Proportional PDC Design-Based Robust Stabilization and Tracking Control Strategies for Uncertain and Disturbed T-S Model by Chekib Ghorbel, Amira Tiga, Naceur Benhadj Braiek

“…The proposed PPDC control design can greatly reduce the number of adjustable parameters involved in the original PDC and separate them from the feedback gain. …”
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40 Centuries of State and Legal Thought (review for the first Part of the textbook by O. M. Holovko and T. Ye. Kahanovska "History of the Doctrines on Law and State") by V. A. Grechenko

“…The authors set themselves an important task in terms of volume and depth: to reveal the value of the thoughts of their great predecessors and to bring these treasures to the minds of students of the XXI century. …”
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A Study on Students’ Satisfaction with Classroom Teaching of Independent Adult Universities Based on SERVQUAL and IPA Models, Taking Beijing Haidian Adult University as an Example... by Xiaoya Wang, Yuanyang Gao, Sumei Li

“…In view of the characteristics of independent adult universities in recent years, which are characterized by great age difference, uneven foundation, and diversified demands, it is necessary to start the research from the perspective of students, through sufficient investigation, forming a survey index, setting up questionnaires, and conducting empirical research on their satisfaction with classroom teaching. …”
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Sensitivity Enhancement of Heterocore Macrobend Fiber Optics by Adding a ZnO Film by Noor Azie Azura Mohd Arif, Dilla Duryha Berhanuddin, Abang Annuar Ehsan

“…Optical fibers with high sensitivity are in demand due to their great potential in sensor application. Semiconductors, such as ZnO, are good materials. …”
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Colposcopy: its importance for the prevention of cervical cancer by Dayamí Rodríguez Soto, Eneida Bravo Polanco

“…Cervical cancer, or carcinoma of the cervix, is a disease that has caused great impact in all social spheres, contributing to the high rates of morbidity and mortality throughout the world, including malignant neoplasms that develop in the lower fibromuscular portion of the uterus. …”
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Topical antifungal bigels: Formulation, characterization and evaluation by Mazurkeviciute Agne, Ramanauskiene Kristina, Ivaskiene Marija, Grigonis Aidas, Briedis Vitalis

“…All formulations showed great inhibition of Microsporum canis. Thus, bigels with ciclopirox olamine and terbinafine hydrochloride are a promising dosage form for topical use.…”
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Reliability and Random Lifetime Models of Planetary Gear Systems by Peng Gao, Liyang Xie, Wei Hu

“…Moreover, the dispersion of external load has great impacts on the reliability, lifetime distribution, and redundancy of planetary gear systems.…”
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Testosterone-Induced Effects on Lipids and Inflammation by Stella Vodo, Nicoletta Bechi, Anna Petroni, Carolina Muscoli, Anna Maria Aloisi

“…In the study of pain, great attention has been paid to the possible involvement of gonadal hormones, especially in recent years. …”
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Using Molecular Markers to Help Predict Who Will Fail after Radical Prostatectomy by Gregory P. Swanson, David Quinn

“…Recent phase III trial data clearly demonstrate that adjuvant therapy can reduce recurrence and increase survival after prostatectomy for prostate cancer. There is great interest in being able to accurately predict who is at risk of failure to avoid treating those who may not benefit. …”
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An Analytically Modified Finite Difference Scheme for Pricing Discretely Monitored Options by Guo Luo, Min Huang

“…We present an effective analytical modification to existing finite difference methods that greatly enhances their performance on discretely monitored options with non-smooth terminal conditions. …”
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Mobile Robot Simultaneous Localization and Mapping Based on a Monocular Camera by Songmin Jia, Ke Wang, Xiuzhi Li

“…The indoor experimental results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm has a great performance on map building and verify the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.…”
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Developing a Mentorship Program in Higher Education Institutions by Jonathan M. Orsini, Matthew P. Benge, Hannah S. Carter

“…Administrators are faced with the need for more diverse programs which require facilities, faculty, and services, and must decide whether to develop talent internally or recruit new qualified candidates (Kutchner & Kleschick, 2016). Given the great cost of faculty searches, and the perceived diminishing availability of talented applicants, it is imperative that administrators understand the importance and value of mentoring relationships to fill needs with qualified candidates in higher education institutions. …”
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Exosome-Derived Noncoding RNAs as a Promising Treatment of Bone Regeneration by Bei Yin, Qingge Ma, Chenghao Song, Lingyi Zhao, Fanyuan Yu, Chenglin Wang, Yu Shi, Ling Ye

“…While mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) therapy may address these limitations, growing researches have demonstrated that the effectiveness of MSC therapy depends on paracrine factors, particularly exosomes. This aroused great focus on the exosome-based cell-free therapy in the treatment of bone defects. …”
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Semiactive Nonsmooth Control for Building Structure with Deep Learning by Qing Wang, Jianhui Wang, Xiaofang Huang, Li Zhang

“…They demonstrate that the designed control algorithm has great robustness and anti-interference. The proposed control algorithm is more effective than passive control in suppressing structural vibration.…”
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The Ranking Argument - Challenging Favourable Comparative Rhetoric about Swiss Animal Welfare Law by Christian Rodriguez Perez, Nico Dario Müller, Kirsten Persson, David Martin Shaw

“…We argue that, while the argument commits a fallacy of relative privation and is ethically dubious, it can be deployed to great effect by agents opposed to norm change in animal welfare regulation. …”
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Holistic model as theoretical support in the prevention of consumption, production and reproduction of pornography by Alexis Conde Mérida, Patricia Arés Mussio, Natividad Guerrero Borrego

“…The integration of the holistic model and psychological sciences was of great value for the approach of a psychoeducational strategy aimed at the prevention of consumption, production and reproduction of pornography by university students; scientifically based, applicable for the education and promotion of responsible sexuality.…”
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Geometric Information and Rational Parametrization of Nonsingular Cubic Blending Surfaces by Minghao Guo, Tieru Wu, Shugong Zhang

“…The techniques for parametrizing nonsingular cubic surfaces have shown to be of great interest in recent years. This paper is devoted to the rational parametrization of nonsingular cubic blending surfaces. …”
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The Average IFN-γ Secreting Capacity of Specific CD8+ T Cells Is Compromised While Increasing Copies of a Single T Cell Epitope Encoded by DNA Vaccine by Yanmin Wan, Jing Wang, Haizhu Zhou, Zhidong Hu, Xiaonan Ren, Jianqing Xu

“…Previous studies suggested that both the frequency and the mean fluorescence intensity (MFI) of cytokine secreting T cells could be of great value for immunogenicity evaluation of a vaccine. …”
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Migrant's health needs in receiving countries from a bio-psycho-social approach by Angela Yánez Corrales, Laura Andrea de la Fuente Flores, María Cecilia Toffoletto, María Patricia Masalan Apip

“…<p>At present, the Chilean government is making an effort to guarantee the new citizens their rights, with different costumes and in general with a different life style. Therefore, it is of great relevance to know their social, biological and psychological needs through the experience in the receiving countries to make optimum health management in the country. …”
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Collisionless Tearing Instability in Relativistic Nonthermal Pair Plasma and Its Application to MHD Turbulence by Ivan Demidov, Yuri Lyubarsky

“…We apply these results to relativistic MHD turbulence, where magnetic energy greatly exceeds plasma rest energy, and derive an expression for the transverse size of turbulent eddies unstable to tearing mode. …”
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