Clarkson University

About: Clarkson University is a education organization based out in Potsdam, New York, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Particle & Turbulence. The organization has 4414 authors who have published 10009 publications receiving 305356 citations. The organization is also known as: Thomas S. Clarkson Memorial School of Technology & Thomas S. Clarkson Memorial College of Technology.

The evidence-based rationale for physical therapy treatment of children, adolescents, and adults diagnosed with joint hypermobility syndrome/hypermobile Ehlers Danlos syndrome.

Abstract: New insights into the phenotype of Joint Hypermobility Syndrome (JHS) and Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome-hypermobile type (hEDS) have raised many issues in relation to classification, diagnosis, assessment, and treatment. Within the multidisciplinary team, physical therapy plays a central role in management of individuals with hypermobility related disorders. However, many physical therapists are not familiar with the diagnostic criteria, prevalence, common clinical presentation, and management. This guideline aims to provide practitioners with the state of the art regarding the assessment and management of children, adolescents, and adults with JHS/hEDS. Due to the complexity of the symptoms in the profile of JHS/hEDS, the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) is adopted as a central framework whereby the umbrella term of disability is used to encompass functions, activities and participation, as well as environmental and personal factors. The current evidence-based literature regarding the management of JHS/hEDS is limited in size and quality and there is insufficient research exploring the clinical outcomes of a number of interventions. Multicenter randomized controlled trials are warranted to assess the clinical and cost-effectiveness of interventions for children and adults. Until further multicenter trials are conducted, clinical decision-making should be based on theoretical and the current limited research evidence. For all individuals diagnosed with JHS/hEDS, international consensus and combined efforts to identify risk profiles would create a better understanding of the pathological mechanisms and the potential for optimizing health care for affected individuals. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

What is special about diffusion on scale-free nets?

Abstract: We study diffusion (random walks) on recursive scale-free graphs and contrast the results to similar studies in other analytically soluble media. This allows us to identify ways in which diffusion in scale-free graphs is special. Most notably, scale-free architecture results in a faster transit time between existing nodes when the network grows in size; and walks emanating from the most connected nodes are recurrent, despite the network's infinite dimension. We also find that other attributes of the graph, besides its scale-free distribution, have a strong influence on the nature of diffusion.

A Tighter Piecewise Linear Approximation of Quadratic Cost Curves for Unit Commitment Problems

Abstract: This letter provides a tighter piecewise linear approximation of generating units' quadratic cost curves (QCCs) for unit commitment (UC) problems. In order to facilitate the UC optimization process with efficient mixed-integer linear programing (MILP) solvers, QCCs are piecewise linearized for converting the original mixed-integer quadratic programming (MIQP) problem into an MILP problem. Traditionally, QCCs are piecewise linearized by evenly dividing the entire real power region into segments. This letter discusses a rigorous segment partition method for obtaining a set of optimal segment points by minimizing the difference between chord and arc lengths, in order to derive a tighter piecewise linear approximation of QCCs and, in turn, a better UC solution as compared to the equipartition method. Numerical test results show the effectiveness of the proposed method on a tighter piecewise linear approximation for better UC solutions.

Stair Ascent With a Powered Transfemoral Prosthesis Under Direct Myoelectric Control

Abstract: This paper presents experimental results of a myoelectric controller designed for reciprocal stair ascent using a transfemoral prosthesis with an actively powered knee joint. The control architecture is derived from able-bodied gait data and estimates knee torque with a linear two-state (stance/swing) impedance control form that includes proportional myoelectric torque control combined with a state-determined knee impedance. The experimentally implemented control interface affords the amputee subject with direct control of knee torque using surface electromyogram (EMG) measurements of muscles in the residual thigh supplemented with a nominal knee impedance whose set-point switches based on the detection of ground contact at the foot. Preliminary clinical evaluations of the EMG-based control system with a single subject with unilateral transfemoral amputation show robust and repeatable performance for alternating stair ascent. The amputee subject effectively modulates power output at the knee using EMG commands during stance, while leveraging the knee's nominal swing-phase impedance and only modest EMG influence to achieve the desired knee trajectories during swing.

Robust SCUC Considering Continuous/Discrete Uncertainties and Quick-Start Units: A Two-Stage Robust Optimization With Mixed-Integer Recourse

Abstract: This paper presents a comprehensive two-stage robust security-constrained unit commitment (SCUC) approach, which minimizes the operation cost of the base case while guaranteeing that the robust solution can be adaptively and securely adjusted in response to continuous load and wind uncertainty intervals as well as discrete $N-K$ generation and transmission contingency security criteria. In addition, corrective capabilities of both non-quick-start and quick-start units are rigorously formulated. Specifically, unit commitment of quick-start units is adaptively adjusted in the recourse stage for satisfying security constraints under various uncertainties, which introduces mixed-integer recourse to the proposed two-stage robust SCUC model. The proposed model is solved by the combination of modified Benders decomposition (BD) method and column-and-constraint generation (C&CG) algorithm, which decompose the original problem into a master UC problem for the base case and security checking subproblems for uncertainties. Numerical case studies on the modified IEEE 118-bus system illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed robust SCUC approach. Although the modified BD does not provide the tightest lower bound and may not guarantee the global optimality, robustness performance tests indicate that a reasonable threshold on the violation of security checking subproblems would guarantee good enough solutions from engineering point of view.