Provocative tests of anal sphincter function correlate with symptoms and subtypes of faecal incontinence by John McLaughlin, Dipesh H Vasant, Asbjørn Mohr Drewes, Abhiram Sharma, Matthew Davenport, Edward Kiff, Karen Telford, Alexander O'Connor, Donghua Liao, Niels Klarskov

“…With FLIP, there was a trend towards reduced squeeze function in the urge group (pressure-diameter volume loop at 50 mL; p=0.295).Conclusions FLIP and AAR correlate better with FI symptoms compared with HRAM. …”
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A High Performance Adaptive Digital LDO Regulator With Dithering and Dynamic Frequency Scaling for IoT Applications by Muhammad Asif, Imran Ali, Danial Khan, Muhammad Riaz Ur Rehman, Qurat- Ul-Ain, Muhammad Basim, Young Gun Pu, Minjae Lee, Keum Cheol Hwang, Youngoo Yang, Kang-Yoon Lee

“…It automatically senses load variations and adaptively controls multi-loop architecture to reduce quiescent current, minimize output voltage ripples and achieve fast transient response. …”
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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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Enkele riglyne vir 'n preek uit Deuteronomium 10-11 by PR du Toit

“…Die sameloop van omstandighede laat my besluit dat dit miskien vir die leser goed sal wees om die pad saam met my te loop vanaf die keuse van die teks tot by die buitelyne vir die diens, eerder as om 'n geliefde en vir die prediker bekende gedeelte te kies. …”
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Bias Magnetic Field of Stack Giant Magnetostrictive Actuator: Design, Analysis, and Optimization by Zhaoshu Yang, Zhongbo He, Dongwei Li, Ce Rong

“…This paper concerns the methodology of bias field design for a specific GMA with stack PMs and GMMs (SGMA): both loop and field models for its bias field are established; the optimization method for given SGMA structure is outlined; a prototype is fabricated to verify the theory. …”
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Adaptive Fuzzy Control for Stochastic Pure-Feedback Nonlinear Systems with Unknown Hysteresis and External Disturbance by Xikui Liu, Yingying Ge, Yan Li

“…The results show that the proposed control scheme ensures that all signals of the closed-loop system are semiglobally uniformly bounded and the tracking error converges to the small neighborhood of origin in the sense of mean quartic value. …”
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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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Partial Control of a Continuous Bioreactor: Application to an Anaerobic System for Heavy Metal Removal by M. I. Neria-González, P. A. López-Pérez, R. Aguilar-López

“…Furthermore, a nonlinear controllability analysis was done, which proved the closed-loop instability of the inner or uncontrolled dynamics of the bioreactor. …”
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Adaptive Control Allocation in the Presence of Actuator Failures by Yu Liu, Luis G. Crespo

“…Two adaptive control allocation algorithms, guaranteeing closed-loop stability and asymptotic state tracking when partial and total loss of control effectiveness occur, are developed. …”
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Dissipativity-Based Controller Design for Time-Delayed T-S Fuzzy Switched Distributed Parameter Systems by Xiaona Song, Mi Wang, Shuai Song, Jingtao Man

“…Subsequently, using single Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional and some matrix inequality methods, sufficient conditions that guarantee the stability and dissipativity of the closed-loop systems are presented in the form of linear matrix inequalities, which allow the control gain matrices to be easily obtained. …”
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Successful Flexible Bronchoscopic Management of Dynamic Central Airway Obstruction by a Large Tracheal Carcinoid Tumor by Vijay Hadda, Karan Madan, Anant Mohan, Umasankar Kalai, Randeep Guleria

“…Successful electrosurgical excision (using a snare loop) of the polypoidal growth was performed using the flexible bronchoscope itself. …”
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Stability Analysis of Networked Control Systems with Random Time Delays and Packet Dropouts Modeled by Markov Chains by Li Qiu, Fengqi Yao, Xiaopin Zhong

“…The random time delays and packet dropouts existed in feedback communication link are modeled by two independent Markov chains; the resulting closed-loop system is described by a new Markovian jump linear system (MJLS) with Markov delays. …”
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A PI-Type Sliding Mode Controller Design for PMSG-Based Wind Turbine by Jun Liu, Feihang Zhou, Chencong Zhao, Zhuoran Wang

“…Compared with the conventional control method, the PI-type SMC proposed in this paper not only can make the closed-loop system globally stable, but also has a better robustness and slightly reduced the current ripple and distortion. …”
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Ileocecal intussusception in a patient with ileal melanoma metastasis: clinical case and review of the literature by M. A. Danilov, A. O. Atroschenko, S. V. Pozdnyakov, G. G. Saakyan

“…Surgical approach in intestinal intussusception varies widely from conservative reposition of intussuscepted loop to expanded resection of intestinal segment. …”
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Finite-Time Orbit Control for Spacecraft Formation with External Disturbances and Limited Data Communication by Lei Xing, Dechao Ran, Jian Zhang, Li Huang

“…Combined with the adding one power integrator method and backstepping technique, a new finite-time tracking control strategy with adaptation law is designed to ensure that the closed-loop system is practical finite-time stable, and that the tracking errors of relative position and velocity are bounded within finite-time despite with limited data communication and external disturbances. …”
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Experiment and Analysis of Active Vibration Suppression via an Absorber with a Tunable Delay by Yixia Sun

“…The inherent and intentional time delays in the feedback control loop are taken into consideration. The value of the former is fixed, while the value of the latter is tunable in the controller. …”
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Applying a Self-Made Automobile Heterodyne Interferometer to Measure the Parameters of Twisted Nematic Liquid Crystal by Shinn-Fwu Wang, Pei-Cheng Ke, Wesley Lai, Hao Ma, Yi-Zhan Su, Jyh-Shyan Chiu

“…A self-made automobile heterodyne interferometer with a closed control loop is presented. In addition, we will apply the self-made automobile heterodyne interferometer to measure the parameters of optically compensated twisted nematic liquid crystal (TN LC). …”
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Dynamic Compensator-Based Output Feedback Controller Design for Uncertain Systems with Adjustable Robustness by Jeang-Lin Chang, Tsui-Chou Wu

“…Although the system has unknown uncertainties and disturbances, the uniformly ultimate boundedness of system states in the closed-loop system is analytically shown using the Lyapunov method. …”
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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

“…Then, the global asymptotic stability with decay rate and disturbance attenuation of the closed-loop T-S model affected by uncertainties and external disturbances are discussed using the H∞ synthesis and linear matrix inequality (LMI) tools. …”
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Finite-Time Adaptive Tracking Control for a Class of Pure-Feedback Nonlinear Systems with Disturbances via Decoupling Technique by Qiangqiang Zhu, Ben Niu, Shengtao Li, Peiyong Duan, Dong Yang

“…Furthermore, the constructed controller can stabilize the system within a finite-time so that all signals in the closed-loop system are semiglobally uniformly finite-time bounded (SGUFB), while ensuring the tracking performance. …”
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