A new computational method for sparse optimal control of cyber-physical systems with varying delay by Sida Lin, Dongyao Yang, Jinlong Yuan, Changzhi Wu, Tao Zhou, An Li, Chuanye Gu, Jun Xie, Kuikui Gao

“…For this, we proposed a sparse optimal control (SOC) problem governed by the cyber-physical system with varying delay, to minimize $ ||K||_0 $ subject to a maximum allowable compromise in system cost. …”
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Differential Measurement for Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy with Dynamic Allan Variance by Zeqiang Mo, Jin Yu, Jinduo Wang, Jianguo He, Shoujun Dai, Yang Liu

“…With the numerical simulation of the influence of instabilities of sudden, slow, or periodic changes on the measurement accuracy in the ring-down process, DAVAR is proved to be an effective way to evaluate random error characteristics in an interfering environment. In order to minimize influences of time-varying noises in CRDS, a practical differential measurement method is proposed, in which wavelength modulation is applied to detect the ring-down times at the absorption peak and the nonabsorption peak in a time-division manner. …”
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Alveolar Overdistension as a Cause of Lung Injury: Differences among Three Animal Species by Manuel García-Delgado, Inés Navarrete-Sánchez, Virginia Chamorro-Marín, Juan Carlos Díaz-Monrové, Javier Esquivias, Enrique Fernández-Mondéjar

“…Lungs from the pigs and rats showed minimal histological lesions. Pigs ventilated with high tidal volume had significantly greater oedema, higher neutrophil infiltration, and higher percentage area of alveolar collapse than rats ventilated with high tidal volume. …”
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Near-Field Aeroacoustics of Spanwise Forcing on a Transonic Wing: A DNS Study by Niccolò Berizzi, Davide Gatti, Giulio Soldati, Sergio Pirozzoli, Maurizio Quadrio

“…By extracting the acoustic signals on a circumference placed in the near-field around the wing and by studying them in terms of sound intensity and frequency content, it is found that noise intensity is not significantly increased by spanwise forcing and that frequency content is only minimally altered. Furthermore, if the angle of attack is reduced to take into account the increased lift and the reduced drag made possible by the control action, changes in the noise characteristics become negligible.…”
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Examining the optimum concentrations of CuO, ZnO, TiO2, and GO in porous asphalt for urban surface runoff using response surface Methodology by Ramtin Sobhkhiz Foumani, Esmaeil Fatehifar, Taher Rajaee

“…In contrast, nano copper oxide asphalt either had a negative impact, increasing the amount of pollution in runoff, or was minimally effective at best. Graphene oxide and titanium oxide asphalts reduced the levels of specific pollutants: phosphate, lead, zinc, nitrate, and TSS.…”
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Achromatic Fresnel Lens with Improved Efficiency for PV Systems by Mario González Montes, Juan Carlos Martínez-Antón, Daniel Vázquez Moliní, Antonio Álvarez Fernandez-Balbuena, E. Bernabeu

“…Furthermore chromatic dispersion is minimized and the efficiency rate is over 85% of efficiency for a wide spectral range (from 350 nm to 1100 nm).…”
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Critical updates on oral insulin drug delivery systems for type 2 diabetes mellitus by Chan Yew Low, Wei Ling Gan, Su Jeat Lai, Rachel Su-May Tam, Jie Fei Tan, Stefanie Dietl, Lay Hong Chuah, Nicolas Voelcker, Athirah Bakhtiar

“…Exogenous insulin can counteract the diminished response to insulin and effectively controlling blood glucose levels, thereby minimizing diabetes-related complications. However, given the injectable nature of exogenous insulin, apprehensions regarding its safety and the difficulties associated with its administration have hindered its widespread and prompt utilization. …”
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Influence of the Injection Process on Two-Phase Separation in Stainless-Steel Metal Powder Injection Molding by Yan Li, Xingjie Peng, Xiang Zan, Laima Luo, Yucheng Wu

“…Furthermore, the extent of the separation was minimized by the optimization of process parameters. …”
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Investigation of Pressure Relief Borehole Effects Using In Situ Testing Based on Distributed Optical Fibre Sensing Technology by Yunpeng Li, Dequan Sun, Shankun Zhao, Kaihua Liang, Kai Cui, Huaihong Wang

“…The method implemented in this research provides new ways to improve stress relief design and minimize the rock burst occurrence for mine practitioners.…”
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Scalable temporal multiplexing of telecom photons via thin-film lithium niobate photonics by Çağın Ekici, Yonghe Yu, Jeremy C. Adcock, Alif Laila Muthali, Mujtaba Zahidy, Heyun Tan, Zhongjin Lin, Hao Li, Leif K. Oxenløwe, Xinlun Cai, Yunhong Ding

“…The main barriers of multiplexing schemes, however, are minimizing resource requirements to allow scalability and the lack of availability of high-speed, low-loss switches. …”
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An Adaptive Photovoltaic Topology to Overcome Shading Effect in PV Systems by Mohamed Amer Chaaban, Lana El Chaar, Mahmoud Alahmad

“…The proposed system is shown to minimize the shading losses of the PV array in real time by an average of 100% under simulated conditions and 84% in practical experiments.…”
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A Framework of the Meshless Method for Topology Optimization Using the Smooth-Edged Material Distribution for Optimizing Topology Method by Jingbo Huang, Kai Long, Yutang Chen, Rongrong Geng, Ayesha Saeed, Hui Zhang, Tao Tao

“…The 2D and 3D compliance minimization problems serve to validate the efficiency and applicability of the proposed non-penalized SEMDOT approach based on the framework of the meshless method. …”
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Research of defects of hot-rolled steel having rolling nature of formation of the rolling shop no. 1 of rolling mill 850 at OJSC «BSW – Management Company of Holding «BMC» by I. A. Kovaleva, Yu. A. Potapenko

“…With the help of characteristic external and microstructural features of defects, special etching in reagents, the causes of their formation were established, and recommendations for their minimization or complete elimination were proposed.…”
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Optimum Design of a Nonlinear Vibration Absorber Coupled to a Resonant Oscillator: A Case Study by H. F. Abundis-Fong, J. Enríquez-Zárate, A. Cabrera-Amado, G. Silva-Navarro

“…Based on the solution given by the perturbation method mentioned above, a static optimization problem is formulated in order to determine the optimum parameters (mass and length) of the nonlinear absorber which minimizes the steady state amplitude of the primary mass under resonant conditions; then, a PZT actuator is cemented to the base of the beam, so the nonlinear absorber is made active, thus enabling the possibility of controlling the effective stiffness associated with the passive absorber and, as a consequence, the implementation of an active vibration control scheme able to preserve, as possible, the autoparametric interaction as well as to compensate varying excitation frequencies and parametric uncertainty. …”
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The Effects of Polyphenols on Texture and Flavor of Egg Yolk: A Molecular Docking Study by Tingting Tang, Ruyi Zhang, Cuihua Chang, Junhua Li, Luping Gu, Yanjun Yang, Yujie Su

“…As a result, exposure to free sulfhydryl groups, free amino acids and free fatty acids was minimized, thus reducing oxidation reactions.…”
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Adult Bilateral Ureteroceles Presenting with Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms and Acute Urinary Retention by Alexis Rompré-Brodeur, Sero Andonian

“…Transurethral unroofing of the ureterocele is a safe and minimally invasive approach for this disease.…”
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Comprehensive review of greenness, whiteness, and blueness assessments of analytical methods by Sherin F. Hammad, Mohamed A. Adel Hamid, Latifa Adly, Samar H. Elagamy

“…In recent years, there has been a growing emphasis on green analytical chemistry GAC to minimize the environmental impact of analytical methods. …”
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Adaptive responses of large-seeded lentils across diverse Indian climates by Ashok Kumar Parihar, Kali Krishna Hazra, Amrit Lamichaney, Debjyoti Sen Gupta, Jitendra Kumar, Anil Kumar Singh, Sankar Prasad Das, Muniyandi Samuel Jeberson, Parvez Ahmad Sofi, Ajaz Ahmad Lone, Jai Dev, Ashok Kumar, Ravindra Kumar Panwar, Sarvjeet Singh, Harsh Kumar Dikshit, Murlidhar Aski, Bimal Singh Jamwal, Ved Prakash, Sumer Singh Punia, Khajan Singh, Sunil Kumar Nair, Mangala Parikh, Smita Tiwari, Ashok Kumar Saxena, Sudhakar Prasad Mishra, Kamaluddin, Hitesh Kumar, Umesh Kumar, Deepak Singh, Sanjeev Gupta, Shailesh Tripathi, Girish Prasad Dixit

“…Environment factors were the dominant contributor to the yield variability (58 %), followed by GEI (28 %), with minimal genotypic effect (8 %). The CZ exhibited higher mean yields (1.47 t ha−1) with minimal intra-zonal variations, while NHZ had a lower mean yield (1.04 t ha−1). …”
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Identifikasi Gagal Ginjal Kronis dengan Mengimplementasikan Metode Support Vector Machine beserta K-Nearest Neighbour (SVM-KNN) by Alvin Tarisa Akbar, Novanto Yudistira, Achmad Ridok

“…Untuk penelitian ini, kami mengimplementasikan penggabungan metode SVM dengan KNN yang dikenal dengan SVM-KNN yang menggunakan optimasi Simplified Sequential Minimal Optimization (Simplified SMO). Metode ini mencoba untuk menutupi kelemahan dari SVM dan KNN. …”
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Response to Aflibercept Therapy in Three Types of Choroidal Neovascular Membrane in Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Real-Life Evidence in the Czech Republic by Jan Nemcansky, Alexandr Stepanov, Michal Koubek, Miroslav Veith, Yun Min Klimesova, Jan Studnicka

“…To present a cohort of treatment-naive patients with the neovascular form of age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) treated with aflibercept in a fixed regimen and evaluate the treatment response of three types of choroidal neovascular membrane (CNV)—occult (Type 1), classic (Type 2), and minimally classic (Type 4). Methods. This was a multicentre, prospective, observational consecutive case series study. …”
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