Safety-Critical Trajectory Tracking Control with Safety-Enhanced Reinforcement Learning for Autonomous Underwater Vehicle by Tianli Li, Jiaming Tao, Yu Hu, Shiyu Chen, Yue Wei, Bo Zhang

“…This paper investigates a novel reinforcement learning (RL)-based quadratic programming (QP) method for the safety-critical trajectory tracking control of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). …”
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‘Only Brooks of Sheffield’: Conversation, Crossover Writing, and Child and Adult Perspectives in David Copperfield and Its Juvenile Adaptations by Hannah Field

“…In the final section, I argue that the relative unimportance of conversation in the adaptations, as opposed to Dickens’s novel, cannot be attributed to concerns with suitability or intelligibility alone. …”
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Predicted Anchor Region Proposal with Balanced Feature Pyramid for License Plate Detection in Traffic Scene Images by Hoanh Nguyen

“…Furthermore, this paper designs a multiscale region proposal network with a novel predicted location anchor scheme to generate high-quality proposals. …”
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Illusory implications: incidental exposure to ideas can induce beliefs by Justin Mikell, Derek Powell

“…Here, we consider whether exposure to ‘premise’ statements affects people’s truth ratings for novel ‘implied’ statements, a pattern of findings we call the ‘illusory implication’ effect. …”
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Substructural Identification of Flexural Rigidity for Beam-Like Structures by Ki-Young Koo, Jin-Hak Yi

“…This study proposes a novel substructural identification method based on the Bernoulli-Euler beam theory with a single variable optimization scheme to estimate the flexural rigidity of a beam-like structure such as a bridge deck, which is one of the major structural integrity indices of a structure. …”
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Treatment Approaches to Speech Sound Disorders: A Scoping Review by Hafsa Noreen, Nazia Mumtaz, Ghulam Saqulain

“…Conclusion: Treatment approaches in use include contextual utilisation, phonological contrast, complexity, core vocabulary, cycles phonological pattern, distinctive feature therapy, metaphor therapy, naturalist speech intelligibility, non-speech oral-motor therapy, speech sound perception training and bilingual or cross-lingual approach, however, novel treatments need to be utilised. Keywords: Articulation disorders, Phonological disorders, Phonological Representations …”
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Current Treatment of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: Should We Add Life to the Remaining Years or Add Years to the Remaining Life? by Jia Li, Peter Moritz Becher, Stefan Blankenberg, Dirk Westermann

“…In this review, we will focus on the tested as well as the promising therapeutic options that are currently studied in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, along with a brief discussion of pathophysiological mechanisms and diagnostic options that are helpful to increase our understanding of novel therapeutic strategies.…”
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Design and Analysis of Thinned Array Pattern Reconfigurable Antenna to Enlarge the Scanning Range by Zhangjing Wang, Xing Fan, Haijuan Cui, Shaoqiu Xiao

“…A novel thinned array with symmetric distribution along the array center is proposed in this paper. …”
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Entire Irregularity Indices: A Comparative Analysis and Applications by Anwar Saleh, Samirah Alsulami, Maryam Alsulami

“…This research introduces two novel topological indices, the entire Albertson index and the entire sigma index, as quantitative measures of molecular irregularity. …”
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Update on New Antigens in the Pathogenesis of Membranous Nephropathy by Maurizio Salvadori, Aris Tsalouchos

“…The discoveries of the M-type phospholipase A2 receptor and of thrombospondin type 1 domain containing 7A as causative antigens in a part of the so-called primary membranous nephropathies opened new knowledge on the effective causes of a large part of these diseases. The availability of novel techniques such as laser micro-dissection and tandem mass spectrometry, as well as immunochemistry with antibodies directed against novel proteins, allowed the confirmation of new antigens involved. …”
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Current Trends in Targeted Therapies for Glioblastoma Multiforme by Fumiharu Ohka, Atsushi Natsume, Toshihiko Wakabayashi

“…Many studies aim to overcome these determinants of resistance to conventional therapy by using various approaches to improve the dismal prognosis of GBM such as modifying TMZ administration and combining TMZ with other agents, developing novel molecular-targeting agents, and novel strategies targeting GSCs. …”
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The Constitutive Model of Rockfill Based on Property-Dependent Plastic Potential Theory for Geomaterials by Xuefeng Li, Ruijie Li, Junhui Zhang, Qi Wang

“…The dilatancy equation was derived based on the novel potential theory and the hardening criterion affected by the critical state was established. …”
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A Low-Power General Matrix Multiplication Accelerator with Sparse Weight-and-Output Stationary Dataflow by Peng Liu, Yu Wang

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Modeling and countermeasures of a social network-based botnet with strong destroy-resistance by Tao YIN, Shi-cong LI, Yu-peng TUO, Yong-zheng ZHANG

“…To defeat botnets and ensure cyberspace security,a novel social network-based botnet with strong destroy-resistance (DR-SNbot),as well as its corresponding countermeasure,was proposed.DR-SNbot constructed command and control servers (C＆C-Servers) based on social network.Each C＆C-Server corresponded to a unique pseudo-random nickname.The botmaster issues commanded by hiding them in diaries using information hiding techniques,and then a novel C＆C channel was established.When different proportions of C＆C-Servers were invalid,DR-SNbot would send out different levels of alarms to inform attackers to construct new C＆C-Servers.Then,DR-SNbot could automatically repair C＆C communication to ensure its strong destroy-resistance.Under the experimental settings,DR-SNbot could resume the C＆C communication in a short period of time to keep 100% of the control rate even if all the current C＆C-Servers were invalid.Finally,a botnet nickname detecting method was proposed based on the difference of lexical features of legal nicknames and pseudo-random nicknames.Experimental results show that the proposed method can effectively (precision:96.88%,recall:93%) detect pseudo-random nicknames generated by social network-based botnets with customized algorithms.…”
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PyIRTAM: A New Module of PyIRI for IRTAM Coefficients by Victoriya V. Forsythe, Ivan Galkin, Sarah E. McDonald, Kenneth F. Dymond, Bruce A. Fritz, Angeline G. Burrell, Katherine A. Zawdie, Douglas P. Drob

“…Abstract A novel model called PyIRI was recently developed. …”
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“Nibezwe kodwa ningabalaleli” – An Analysis of Hidden Treasures in African Literature by Celimpilo Piety Dladla

“…The paper addresses the prevalent criticisms of African literature by examining Nyembezi’s novel “Inkinsela YaseMgungundlovu,” translated as “The Richman of Pietermaritzburg,” by Sandile Ngidi. …”
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MCF-DTI: Multi-Scale Convolutional Local–Global Feature Fusion for Drug–Target Interaction Prediction by Jihong Wang, Ruijia He, Xiaodan Wang, Hongjian Li, Yulei Lu

“…In this paper, we propose a novel drug–target prediction model called MCF-DTI. …”
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Configuration and Motion Modeling of a New Parallel Machine Tool Based on 3-RRRS Mechanism by Chunmei Pan, Ruolan Wang, Liwei Li, Liangwen Wang, Yalei Shi, Shizhao Zhang

“…A novel parallel machine tool configuration is presented based on 3-RRRS mechanism. …”
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Nonfragile H∞ Filter Design for Nonlinear Continuous-Time System with Interval Time-Varying Delay by Zhongda Lu, Guoliang Zhang, Yi Sun, Jie Sun, Fangming Jin, Fengxia Xu

“…By constructing a novel Lyapunov-Krasovskii function and using the linear matrix inequality (LMI), delay-dependent conditions are exploited to derive sufficient conditions for nonfragile designing H∞ filter. …”
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Relapsed childhood T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia and lymphoblastic lymphoma by Andrew D. Hughes, Petri Pölönen, David T. Teachey

“…Recent efforts to comprehensively profile the genomics of T-ALL/LBL to improve understanding of disease biology have enhanced our ability to identify high-risk patients at diagnosis who are more likely to relapse and have also identified novel targets for precision medicines. Novel immunotherapies have transformed the treatment landscape for patients with B-cell ALL (B-ALL). …”
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