Vaginal Evisceration: An Unexpected Complication of Conization by Ali Ghassani, Benoit Andre, Caroline Simon-Toulza, Yann Tanguy le Gac, Alejandra Martinez, Fabien Vidal

“…Background. Large loop excision of the transformation zone (LLETZ) is routinely performed for the management of high grade intracervical neoplasia (CIN). …”
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Self-Stabilising Quadrupedal Running by Mechanical Design by Panagiotis Chatzakos, Evangelos Papadopoulos

“…The results presented here are derived by studying the stability of the passive dynamics of a quadruped robot running in the sagittal plane in a dimensionless context and might explain the success of simple, open loop running controllers on existing experimental quadruped robots. …”
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The Reduced-Order Model for Droplet Drift of Aerial Spraying under Random Lateral Wind by Wencheng Li, Wenyun Wang, Xiaomao Huang, Chenyang Li

“…In addition, the reduced-order model could decrease computation cost by 6 orders of magnitude with an acceptable accuracy, which indicates that the proposed method could be used for the design of off-line closed-loop controller of a variable spraying system.…”
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Major Achievements and Prospect of the ATLAS Integral Effect Tests by Ki-Yong Choi, Yeon-Sik Kim, Chul-Hwa Song, Won-Pil Baek

“…A large-scale thermal-hydraulic integral effect test facility, ATLAS (Advanced Thermal-hydraulic Test Loop for Accident Simulation), has been operated by KAERI. …”
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Singularity-Free Neural Control for the Exponential Trajectory Tracking in Multiple-Input Uncertain Systems with Unknown Deadzone Nonlinearities by J. Humberto Pérez-Cruz, José de Jesús Rubio, Rodrigo Encinas, Ricardo Balcazar

“…Likewise, the boundedness of all closed-loop signals can be guaranteed.…”
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Topology controls flow patterns in active double emulsions by Giuseppe Negro, Louise C. Head, Livio N. Carenza, Tyler N. Shendruk, Davide Marenduzzo, Giuseppe Gonnella, Adriano Tiribocchi

“…Second, a pair of particles nucleate one or more disclination loops, with conformational dynamics resembling a rotor or chaotic oscillator, accessed by tuning activity. …”
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Dynamic Evolutionary Games and Coordination of Multiple Recycling Channels considering Online Recovery Platform by Meihong Zhu, Xiao Li, Liqing Zhu, Xueli Zhan, Junhai Ma

“…In this paper, we build a closed-loop supply chain that consists of a manufacturer and a third-party recycler based on the development of “Internet Plus” recovery platform. …”
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Active Fault Tolerant Control Based on a Novel Tracking Differentiator for Elevating Stage Control System by Haijie Mao, Wei Li, Xiaolin Feng

“…First, the analytical redundancy relationship between the velocity and displacement signals in a dual closed loop control system is used to detect a fault. When the deviation between the differential of normal displacement sensor signal and the fault speed sensor output exceeds a certain threshold value, a fault can be considered to occur. …”
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Patterns of Isoform Variation for N Gene Subgenomic mRNAs in Betacoronavirus Transcriptomes by James J. Kelley, Andrey Grigoriev

“…Positions of junction breakpoints relative to stem loop 3 in the 5′-UTR suggest similar mechanisms in SARS-CoV, SARS-CoV-2, and OC43, but not in MERS-CoV. …”
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Construction of 3D Indoor Topological Models Based on Improved Face Sorting by Qun Sun, Xinwu Zhan, Pu Tang

“…In this paper, we present a 3D topological data model for indoor spaces that adopts five topological primitives, namely, node, edge, loop, face, and solid, to describe the topological relationships of indoor spaces. …”
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Structural basis for assembly and function of the Salmonella flagellar MS-ring with three different symmetries by Miki Kinoshita, Fumiaki Makino, Tomoko Miyata, Katsumi Imada, Keiichi Namba, Tohru Minamino

“…A combination of cryoEM structure and structure-based mutational analyses demonstrates that the well-conserved DQxGxxL motif in the RBM2-RBM3 hinge loop allows RBM2 to take two different orientations relative to RBM3. …”
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Parameter Selection Guidelines for a Parabolic Sliding Mode Filter Based on Frequency and Time Domain Characteristics by Shanhai Jin, Ryo Kikuuwe, Motoji Yamamoto

“…The effectiveness of the filter and the presented guidelines is validated through numerical examples and their application to a closed-loop, force control of a robot manipulator.…”
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Estimating Macroscopic Volume Delay Functions with the Traffic Density Derived from Measured Speeds and Flows by Rafał Kucharski, Arkadiusz Drabicki

“…The proposed method is illustrated with half-year measurements from the induction loop system in city of Warsaw, which measured traffic flows and instantaneous speeds of over 5 million vehicles. …”
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Overcoming Weak Grid Challenges: A Combined Approach to VSI Stability with Impedance Adjustment, Control Optimization, and Microgrid Integration by Harendra Pal Singh, Sourav Bose, Anurag K. Swami

“…It proposes the stability analysis of a single loop controller and optimize its settings using various techniques (ZN-method, PSO, GA) to ensure VSI stability and meet current distortion limits (THD compliance), when grid impedance varies. …”
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PTH1R-CaSR Cross Talk: New Treatment Options for Breast Cancer Osteolytic Bone Metastases by Yanmei Yang, Bin Wang

“…The complex interplay among BrCa cells, stromal/osteoblastic cells, and osteoclasts in the osseous microenvironment creates a bone-tumor vicious cycle (a feed-forward loop) that results in excessive bone destruction and progressive tumor growth. …”
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Integrating feedback control for improved human-structure interaction analysis by Santiago A. Lopez, Daniel Gomez, Albert R. Ortiz, Sandra Villamizar

“…This study introduces three closed-loop control models to represent the human-structure interaction (HSI) effect: a Proportional Integral (PI) controller, the Pole Placement control algorithm (PP), and the Linear Quadratic Regulator with an Observer (LQR + L). …”
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Event-Triggered Asynchronous Dissipative Control for Markov Jump Systems With Unknown Probabilities by Huiying Chen, Mingshuai Jiang, Renwei Liu, Zuxin Li, Yanfeng Wang

“…Then, Lyapunov functions are constructed to obtain sufficient conditions for the stochastic stability and dissipative performance of the closed-loop system. Moreover, a design method for controller parameters and event-triggered matrices is proposed. …”
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Use of Molecular Methods for the Rapid Mass Detection of Schistosoma mansoni (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda) in Biomphalaria spp. (Gastropoda: Planorbidae) by Roberta Lima Caldeira, Liana Konovaloffi Jannotti-Passos, Omar Dos Santos Carvalho

“…The low stringency-polymerase chain reaction (LS-PCR) and loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assays were used to detect the presence of S. mansoni DNA in (1) Brazilian intermediate hosts (Biomphalaria glabrata, B. straminea, and B. tenagophila) with patent S. mansoni infections, (2) B. glabrata snails with prepatent S. mansoni infections, (3) various mixtures of infected and noninfected snails; and (4) snails infected with other trematode species. …”
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Study on Inlet and Engine Integrated Model with Normal Shock Position Feedback by Haoying Chen, Haibo Zhang, Zhihua Xi, Qiangang Zheng

“…Based on the inlet and engine integrated model, the closed-loop control simulation of normal shock position is carried out. …”
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Nonequilibrium transport and the fluctuation theorem in the thermodynamic behaviors of nonlinear photonic systems by Yang Liu, Jincheng Lu, Zhongfei Xiong, Fan O. Wu, Demetrios Christodoulides, Yuntian Chen, Jian-Hua Jiang

“…Furthermore, we discover that, in situations involving two reservoirs of opposite temperatures and chemical potentials, an intriguing phenomenon known as the loop current effect can arise, wherein the current in the positive energy sector runs counter to that in the negative energy sector. …”
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