Editorial Volume 15, number 1 (of four in 2015) is here with another load of 50 papers (sent for publication between March and September 2014). We should notice that over the last years, the quality of papers increased to the point that now we started, with this issue, sending hard copies dedicated to ISI for assessment hoping for the best. In the meantime, we have to recognize that we still have thinks to improve. Here are a few examples: - Too many authors still produce papers without experiments; - Quite a few authors still conceive papers with limited theoretical original contributions; - Many papers proposals do not contain a thorough documentation of their originality claims by comprehending enough digital simulations and experiments; - The literature cited needs to be far more representative; - Some authors who are asked to bring changes fail to do so even after one year when they are automatically rejected. To avoid, further problems with this respect we have decided to reduce the time to bring changes to articles slated for revision to maximum 60 days. We kindly ask the associate editors and the potential authors to observe this new limitation. In the end, we thank the associated editors for their input to the reviewing process, but urge them to act more swiftly in the process, so that the backlog of papers could be further reduced. Sincerely, Ion Boldea - IEEE Life Fellow

Published: 2013-10-25

Indoor Propagation Modeling for UWB Communications Using LOD-FDTD Method

Md. Masud Rana, M. A. Motin, M. S. Anower, M. M. Ali

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AN EQUIVALENT CIRCUIT OF A MATRIX CONVERTER WITH PASSIVE OR ACTIVE LOADS

ibrahim A. M. ABDEL-HALIM, hamed G. HAMED, mohammed E.ELFARASKOURY, ahmed M. HASSAN

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Obstacle Avoidance and Control of Swedish Wheeled Mobile Robot

Muhammad Adil, Ahsan Ali, Muhammad Ahmad Choudhry

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SIMULATION STUDY OF RENEWABLE ENERGY DRIVEN MICROGRID

Rahul Kozhi, Meeni Kumari, L.Ramesh L.Ramesh

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Fuzzy Logic Controller based SAPF for Isolated Asynchronous Generator

Sachin Tiwari, Sushma Gupta, Shailendra Jain, Bhim Singh

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EFFECT OF THE ORDER FLUID MODEL ON A GLOW DISCHARGE

Guendouz Djillalia, Hamid Azzdean

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VHDL-AMS Based Modeling of SiC-Schottky Diode

Tarek Selmi, Dr. Mohammad Sabati, Dr. Otmar Irscheid, Eng. Hania Baitie

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FEATURE SELECTION AND PARAMETER OPTIMIZATION WITH

Izham Zainal Abidin, Yap Keem Siah

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ANALYSIS OF FUEL CELL BASED CONVERTERS IN APPLICATION OF MICRO GRIDS

o. chandra sekhar, G.R.S. Naga Kumar, suresh L.

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Power Transformer Condition Monitoring and Fault

A. El-Saeed, ahmed Y. Hatata, Mahmoud S. kandil

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OPTIMAL REACTIVE POWER PLANNING USING A NEW IMPROVED DIFFERENTIAL EVOLUTION INCORPORATING FACTS

K.R.VADIVELU K.R.VADIVELU, k.bALAJI NANDAKUMAR REDDY, D.R.G.VENKATA MARUTHESWAR

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All Optical Logic Full Adder Based On XPM Effect In SOA-MZI

abbas zarifkar, ali farmani, Mohammad hossein sheikhi

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Sensorless DC Voltage Control with Backstepping Design Scheme for Shunt Active Power Filter

Ashraf A. Hagras, Sherif A. Zaid, Ahmed A. Elkousy, Shokry M. Saad

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EFFECT OF THE NUMBERS OF SLOTS AND BARRIERS ON THE OPTIMAL DESIGN OF SYNCHRONOUS RELUCTANCE MACHINES

Marco Palmieri, Maurizio Perta, Francesco Cupertino, Gianmario Pellegrino

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Performance Analysis and MPPT Control of a Standalone Hybrid Power Generation System

G.Ganesh G.Ganesh, G.Vijay Kumar, ar vijay Babu, G.Srinivasa Rao, Yr tagore

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SOFTWARE-BASED CHARGE DEEP LEVEL TRANSIENT SPECTROMETER FOR THE CHARACTERIZATION OF SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS

Sudarshan K. Loyalka, Robert V. Tompson, Tushar K. Ghosh, Mark A. Prelas, Daniel E. Montenegro, Jason B. Rothenberger

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NOVEL SPEED SENSORLESS INDIRECT FIELD-ORIENTED CONTROL OF INDUCTION MOTOR USING PLL AND EKF

Beddiaf.Y Beddiaf.Y, Larbi. cherifi, Drir.S Drir.S, Zidani.F Zidani.F

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