Improvement of methods and means of control of deviations from straightness by using acousto-optic heterodyne laser measuring systems by E. V. Leun

“…It discusses the use of solid-state AO modulators, phase-locked loop systems phase and frequency together with the fiber phasemodulaters and precision ADC. …”
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Adaptive Chebyshev Neural Network Control for Ventilator Model under the Complex Mine Environment by Ranhui Liu, Xinyan Hu, Chengyuan Zhang, Chuanxi Liu

“…Afterwards, an appropriate Lyapunov function candidate is designed to guarantee the stability of the proposed controller and the closed-loop ventilator system. Finally, the ACNN controller has been demonstrated to be effective in terms of validity and precision for the new proposed ventilator model through the simulations.…”
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Discrete Second-Order Sliding Mode Adaptive Controller Based on Characteristic Model for Servo Systems by Zhihong Wang, Yifei Wu, Wei Chen, Xiang Wang, Jian Guo, Qingwei Chen

“…Furthermore, the stability of the closed-loop system and the convergence of the observer are analyzed. …”
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Concise Neural Nonaffine Control of Air-Breathing Hypersonic Vehicles Subject to Parametric Uncertainties by Xiangwei Bu, Qiong Wang, Yan Zhao, Guangjun He

“…The semiglobally uniformly ultimate boundedness of all the closed-loop system signals is guaranteed via Lyapunov stability theory. …”
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Distance-Based Formation Control for Quadrotors with Collision Avoidance via Lyapunov Barrier Functions by Jawhar Ghommam, Luis F. Luque-Vega, Maarouf Saad

“…Rigorous stability analysis is presented to prove the stability of the entire closed-loop system. Numerical simulation results are presented to validate the proposed control strategy.…”
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Management of Necrotizing Fasciitis and Fecal Peritonitis following Ostomy Necrosis and Detachment by Using NPT and Flexi-Seal by Fahri Yetışır, Akgün Ebru Şarer, H. Zafer Acar

“…We would like to report management of frozen Open Abdomen (OA) with colonic fistula following ostomy necrosis and detachment in an elderly patient with comorbid disease and malignancy. 78-year-old woman with high stage rectum carcinoma was admitted to emergency department and underwent operation for severe peritonitis and sigmoid colonic perforation. Loop sigmoidostomy was performed. At postoperative 15th day, she was transferred to our clinic with necrotizing fasciitis and severe faecal peritonitis due to ostomy necrosis and detachment. …”
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging Lesions in the Central Nervous System of a Dog with Canine Monocytic Ehrlichiosis by Linda G. Lang, John F. Griffin, Jonathan M. Levine, Edward B. Breitschwerdt

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Strong Emergence Arising from Weak Emergence by Thomas Schmickl

“…Ultimately, this suggests that it may be in principle impossible to discriminate between such distinct categories of “weak” and “strong” emergence, as phenomena of both types can be part of the very same feedback loop that mainly governs the system’s dynamics.…”
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CIN III Diagnosed following Surgical Termination of Pregnancy by Ciara Mackenzie, Abiodun Fakokunde, Abha Govind, Delaram Kermani

“…She was referred to colposcopy and, underwent loop excision of the transformation zone (LLETZ) and subsequently vaginal hysterectomy. …”
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Propagation Characteristics and Magnetic Field Distribution of Rotating Magnet-Based Mechanical Antenna in the Air-Seawater-Seabed Three-Layer Medium by S. P. Chen, Q. Zhou, J. Y. Zhang, S. Y. Wang

“…Aiming at the application requirements of underwater cross-domain communication, based on the equivalent relationship between the rotating permanent magnet and the orthogonal time-varying current loop, this paper establishes an air-seawater-seabed three-layer medium model and analyzes the magnetic field distribution and propagation characteristics of the rotating permanent magnet-based mechanical antenna (RMBMA). …”
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Jejunogastric Intussusception: A Rare Complication of Gastric Surgery by Gokhan Cipe, Fatma Umit Malya, Mustafa Hasbahceci, Yeliz Emine Ersoy, Oguzhan Karatepe, Mahmut Muslumanoglu

“…At emergent laparotomy, an efferent loop type JGI was found. Due to necrosis, resection of the intussuscepted bowel with Roux-en-Y anastomosis was performed. …”
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Finocyl Grain Design Using the Genetic Algorithm in Combination with Adaptive Basis Function Construction by Saeed Mesgari, Mehrdad Bazazzadeh, Alireza Mostofizadeh

“…A meta-model is used to surrogate the level-set method in an optimization design loop. Finally, a case study is done to verify the proposed algorithm. …”
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A Hybrid Fault-Tolerant Control for Nonlinear Active Suspension Systems Subjected to Actuator Faults and Road Disturbances by Hui Pang, Xue Liu, Yuting Shang, Rui Yao

“…First, an augmented closed-loop system model is established for the nonlinear active suspension system with the actuator faults and road disturbances. …”
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Path-Tracking Control of Tilting Quadrotor UAV Based on Variable Structure Sliding Mode Control Method by Qinghua Liu, Ke Zhang, Yunfan Pan, Huan Zhang

“…The flight process is controlled using inner and outer loop control methods, and a sliding mode manifold control law for a tilting quadcopter unmanned aerial vehicle is designed using the hyperbolic tangent-sliding mode control method. …”
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Command Filter AILC for Finite Time Accurate Tracking of Aircraft Track Angle System Based on Fuzzy Logic by Chunli Zhang, Xu Tian, Yangjie Gao, Fucai Qian

“…Based on the Lyapunov stability theorem, all signals of the closed-loop system are bounded on the finite time interval 0,T, and the output of the system can track the desired trajectory accurately. …”
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Global Discussion on Life Cycle Assessment Allocation Methods for Recycled Fibers by Ivana Azuaje, Ronalds Gonzalez, Tomas Ekvall, Caroline Gaudreault, Luana Dessbesell, Qingshi Tu, Erlantz Lizundia

“…The event focused on the challenges and complexities associated with allocation methods for open-loop recycling systems, focusing on bio-based fibers for packaging. …”
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Adaptive Fuzzy Fault-Tolerant Output Feedback Tracking Control of Uncertain Stochastic Nonlinear Systems with Unknown Time-Delay and Tracking Error Constrained by Shuai Sui, Shaocheng Tong, Yongming Li

“…It is shown that all the signals of the resulting closed-loop system are bounded in probability and the tracking error remains an adjustable neighborhood of the origin within the prescribed bounds. …”
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Design of a Robust Unknown Input Observer for the State of Charge Estimation for Lithium-Ion Batteries by Omid Rezaei, Mohammadali Faghih

“…The performance of the proposed method for the SoC and terminal voltage estimation has been compared to the Ah-counting method as a commonly used method for different applications through a set of simulations and software in the loop validation. The results confirm the good performance of the proposed method and show that it is a good choice for large-scale applications.…”
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Enabling precise predictions for left-right symmetry at colliders by Jonathan Kriewald, Miha Nemevšek, Fabrizio Nesti

“…These analytic developments are implemented in a comprehensive FeynRules model file. We calculate the one loop QCD corrections and provide a complete UFO file for NLO studies, demonstrated on relevant hadron-collider benchmarks. …”
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Acoustic and Vibration Control for an Underwater Structure under Mechanical Excitation by Shi-Jian Zhu, Xue-Tao Weng, Hong-Liang Dai, Yi-Ming Fu, Yi-Qi Mao

“…Based on negative feedback control algorithm, a control loop with a coupling use of piezoelectric sensor and actuator is built, and accordingly some numerical examples are carried out on active control of structural vibration and acoustic response. …”
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