A communication infrastructure is an essential part to the success of the emerging smart grid. A scalable and pervasive communication infrastructure is crucial in both construction and operation of a smart grid. In this paper, we present the background and motivation of communication infrastructures in smart grid systems. We also summarize major requirements that smart grid communications must meet. From the experience of several industrial trials on smart grid with communication infrastructures, we expect that the traditional carbon fuel based power plants can cooperate with emerging distributed renewable energy such as wind, solar, etc, to reduce the carbon fuel consumption and consequent green house gas such as carbon dioxide emission. The consumers can minimize their expense on energy by adjusting their intelligent home appliance operations to avoid the peak hours and utilize the renewable energy instead. We further explore the challenges for a communication infrastructure as the part of a complex smart grid system. Since a smart grid system might have over millions of consumers and devices, the demand of its reliability and security is extremely critical. Through a communication infrastructure, a smart grid can improve power reliability and quality to eliminate electricity blackout. Security is a challenging issue since the on-going smart grid systems facing increasing vulnerabilities as more and more automation, remote monitoring/controlling and supervision entities are interconnected.

https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1315&context=electricalengineeringfacpub

A Survey on Smart Grid CommunicationInfrastructures: Motivations, Requirements andChallenges

This paper is concerned with the design of an autonomous hybrid alternating current/direct current (AC/DC) microgrid for a community system, located on an island without the possibility of grid connection. It is comprised of photovoltaic (PV) arrays and a diesel generator, AC loads, and battery energy storage devices for ensuring uninterruptible power supply during prolonged periods of low sunshine. A multi-objective, non-derivative optimisation is considered in this residential application; the primary objective is the system cost minimisation, while it is also required that no load shedding is allowed. Additionally, the CO2 emissions are calculated to demonstrate the environmental benefit the proposed system offers. The commercial software, HOMER Pro, is utilised to identify the least-cost design among hundreds of options and simultaneously satisfy the secondary objective. A sensitivity analysis is also performed to evaluate design robustness against the uncertainty pertaining to fuel prices and PV generation. Finally, an assessment of the capabilities of the utilised optimisation platform is conducted, and a theoretical discussion sheds some light on the proposal for an enhanced design tool addressing the identified issues.

Design of a Hybrid AC/DC Microgrid Using HOMER Pro: Case Study on an Islanded Residential Application

The rapid progress in digitalization and automation have led to an accelerated growth in healthcare, generating novel models that are creating new channels for rendering treatment at reduced cost. The Metaverse is an emerging technology in the digital space which has huge potential in healthcare, enabling realistic experiences to the patients as well as the medical practitioners. The Metaverse is a confluence of multiple enabling technologies such as artificial intelligence, virtual reality, augmented reality, internet of medical devices, robotics, quantum computing, etc. through which new directions for providing quality healthcare treatment and services can be explored. The amalgamation of these technologies ensures immersive, intimate and personalized patient care. It also provides adaptive intelligent solutions that eliminates the barriers between healthcare providers and receivers. This article provides a comprehensive review of the Metaverse for healthcare, emphasizing on the state of the art, the enabling technologies to adopt the Metaverse for healthcare, the potential applications, and the related projects. The issues in the adaptation of the Metaverse for healthcare applications are also identified and the plausible solutions are highlighted as part of future research directions.

Metaverse for Healthcare: A Survey on Potential Applications, Challenges and Future Directions

A robust drug recall supply chain management system using hyperledger blockchain ecosystem

Single-diode model is commonly used for modeling the electrical properties of photovoltaic (PV) modules, in which the current–voltage ( I–V ) equation is implicit and not convenience in parameter identification and power prediction. In this article, a novel method based on the power-law model (PLM) is proposed to model and characterize the electrical properties of PV modules under various operating conditions. Due to inherent simplicity and explicit trait of PLM, I – V properties of PV module under different operating conditions are predicted without using any nonelementary functions or iterative process, which reduces the computational complexity and costs. The dependence of the parameters in PLM on solar irradiance and module temperature is derived and investigated in detail. Moreover, the dependence of shape parameters in PLM on operating conditions is discussed thoroughly for the first time. Using our method, the parameters in PLM under various operating condition are calculated and then the I–V curve is predicted accurately and effectively. The accuracy and reliability of the model are validated by massive I–V curves measured outdoor in large-scale conditions. The capability of the model is demonstrated for different types of PV modules. The proposed processes are simple and especially useful to calculate the actual performances of PV modules under operating conditions, making it scalable for direct online application.

Modeling and Prediction of PV Module Performance Under Different Operating Conditions Based on Power-Law I – V Model

A hybrid algorithm (BAPSO) for capacity configuration optimization in a distributed solar PV based microgrid

The mobile nodes are infrequent movement in nature; therefore, its packet transmission is also infrequent. Packet overload occurred for routing process, and data are lossed by receiver node, since hackers hide the normal routing node. Basically, the hidden node problem is created based on the malicious nodes that are planned to hide the vital relay node in the specific routing path. The packet transmission loss occurred for routing; so, it minimizes the packet delivery ratio and network lifetime. Then, proposed enhanced self-organization of data packet (EAOD) mechanism is planned to aggregate the data packet sequencially from network structure. The hacker node present in routing path is easy to separate from network with trusty nodes. In order to secure the regular characteristics of organizer node from being confirmed as misbehaving node, the hidden node detection technique is designed for abnormal routing node identification. This algorithm checks the neighboring nodes that are hacker node, which hide the trust node in the routing path. And that trust nodes are initially found based on strength value of every node and assign path immediately. It increases network lifetime and minimizes the packet loss rate.

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Implementation of Hidden Node Detection Scheme for Self-Organization of Data Packet

The highly infectious COVID-19 critically affected the world that has stuck millions of citizens in their homes to avoid possible spreading of the disease. Researchers in different fields are continually working to develop vaccines and prevention strategies. However, an accurate forecast of the outbreak can help control the pandemic until a vaccine is available. Several machine learning and deep learning-based approaches are available to forecast the confirmed cases, but they lack the optimized temporal component and nonlinearity. To enhance the current forecasting frameworks' capability, we proposed optimized long short-term memory networks (LSTM) to forecast COVID-19 cases and reduce mean absolute error. For the optimization of LSTM, we applied bat algorithm. Furthermore, to tackle the premature convergence and local minima problem of BA, we proposed an enhanced variant of BA. The proposed version utilized Gaussian adaptive inertia weight to control the individual velocity in the entire swarm. In addition, we substitute random walk with the Gaussian walk to observe the local search mechanism. The proposed LSTM examines the personal best solution with the swarm's local best and preserves the optimal solution by combining the Gaussian walk. To evaluate the optimized LSTM, we compared it with the non-optimal version of LSTM, recurrent neural network, gated recurrent units, and other recent state-of-the-art algorithms. The experimental results prove the superiority of the optimized LSTM over other recent algorithms by obtaining 99.52 % accuracy.

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Enhanced bat algorithm for COVID-19 short-term forecasting using optimized LSTM.

A hybrid deep learning based intrusion detection system using spatial-temporal representation of in-vehicle network traffic

Wearable technology has played an essential role in the Mobile Health (mHealth) sector for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of numerous diseases and disorders. One such neuro-degenerative disorder is Parkinson’s Disease (PD). It is categorized by motor symptoms that affect a patient’s motor skills and non-motor symptoms that affect the general health of a PD patient. The quality of life of a patient with PD is highly compromised. To date, there is no cure for the disease, but early intervention and assistive care can help a PD patient to perform daily activities with considerable ease. Many research works in PD management discuss the challenges that healthcare professionals face in the early detection and management of this disease. Sensor devices have been promising to overcome these challenges to a certain degree because of the low cost and accuracy in measurement, yielding precise conclusive results to detect, monitor, and manage PD. This paper presents a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) that provides an in-depth analysis of the PD symptoms, Motor and Non-Motor Symptoms (NMS), the current diagnosis and management techniques used and their efficacy. The paper also highlights the work of various researchers in wearable sensors and their proposals to improve the quality of life of a PD patient by diagnosing, monitoring, and managing PD symptoms remotely via wearable sensors. Another area of focus is commercially available wearables for PD management and a few promising works in progress. This paper will be beneficial for future researchers to identify existing gaps and provide the clinicians better insight into the disease progression, and avoid complications. This paper analyzes around 50+ articles from 2016 to 2021 and concludes that there is still much room for improvement in wearables for PD management during the research process. While much work has been attributed to PD Motor Symptom management, there is little focus on the management of PD NMS via wearable sensors. Furthermore, this paper also presents future work for PD management.

https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/ielx7/6287639/9668973/09743908.pdf

Ahmad Almadhor

Papers

A hybrid algorithm (BAPSO) for capacity configuration optimization in a distributed solar PV based microgrid

Implementation of Hidden Node Detection Scheme for Self-Organization of Data Packet

Enhanced bat algorithm for COVID-19 short-term forecasting using optimized LSTM.

A hybrid deep learning based intrusion detection system using spatial-temporal representation of in-vehicle network traffic

Parkinson’s Disease Management via Wearable Sensors: A Systematic Review