This book addresses and disseminates state-of-the-art research and development in the applications of intelligent techniques for smart grids and renewable energy systems. This helps the readers to grasp the extensive point of view and the essence of the recent advances in this field. The book solicits contributions from active researchers which include theory, case studies and intelligent paradigms pertaining to the smart grid and renewable energy systems. The prospective audience would be researchers, professionals, practitioners and students from academia and industry who work in this field.

This book addresses and disseminates state-of-the-art research and development in the applications of intelligent techniques for smart grids and renewable energy systems. This helps the readers to grasp the extensive point of view and the essence of the recent advances in this field. The book solicits contributions from active researchers which include theory, case studies and intelligent paradigms pertaining to the smart grid and renewable energy systems. The prospective audience would be researchers, professionals, practitioners and students from academia and industry who work in this field.

The volume is a collection of high-quality peer-reviewed research papers presented in the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Evolutionary Computation in Engineering Systems (ICAIECES 2016) held at SRM University, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India. This conference is an international forum for industry professionals and researchers to deliberate and state their research findings, discuss the latest advancements and explore the future directions in the emerging areas of engineering and technology. The book presents original work and novel ideas, information, techniques and applications in the field of communication, computing and power technologies.

This book features selected papers from the International Conference on Power Electronics and Renewable Energy Systems (ICPERES 2021), organized by SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India, during April 2021. It covers recent advances in the field of soft computing applications in power systems, power system modeling and control, power system stability, power quality issues and solutions, smart grid, green and renewable energy technology optimization techniques in electrical systems, power electronics controllers for power systems, power converters and modeling, high voltage engineering, networking grid and cloud computing, computer architecture and embedded systems, fuzzy logic control, fuzzy decision support systems, and control systems. The book presents innovative work by leading academics, researchers, and experts from industry.

The present study was carried out to get an understanding on the epidemiological determinants, diagnostic techniques and assessment of the efficacy of three different drugs in dermatophyte infected dogs.No significant differences were noticed among age, breed, sex and season in the occurrence of dermatomycosis.Diagnosis was mainly based on direct microscopic and cultural examination of skin scrapings.In haematological evaluation, low haemoglobin and leucocyte count were recorded in infected group.Serum biochemistry estimations revealed that total protein, albumin, globulin and A/G ratio were higher in infected group.Treatment trials were conducted in three groups each with nine animals. Group 1 animals were treated with 5 mg/kg b.wt of ketoconazole OD orally for 14 days and ketoconazole treatment gave promising results.Terbinafine was administered at the dose rate of 4 mg/ kg b.wt OD orally for 14 days in group 2 animals. Terbinafine was found to be highly effective in the treatment of dermatomycosis in dogs. The combination of "BiocanM" and topical application of ketoconazole was not found to be effective in treating dermatomycosis infections in dogs.