Robust Finite-Time Tracking Control Based on Disturbance Observer for an Uncertain Quadrotor under External Disturbances by Hamid Hassani, Anass Mansouri, Ali Ahaitouf

“…A novel supertwisting nonsingular terminal sliding mode control (STNTSMC) has been developed to ensure that the tracking errors vanish in a short finite-time. …”
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A Simple Exact Penalty Function Method for Optimal Control Problem with Continuous Inequality Constraints by Xiangyu Gao, Xian Zhang, Yantao Wang

“…We consider an optimal control problem subject to the terminal state equality constraint and continuous inequality constraints on the control and the state. …”
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Velocity Control for Coning Motion Missile System Using Direct Discretization Method by Rui-sheng Sun, Chao Ming

“…This paper presents a new coning motion control methodology, which takes into account the terminal speed constraint to design the velocity control system for a missile. …”
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An Analytically Modified Finite Difference Scheme for Pricing Discretely Monitored Options by Guo Luo, Min Huang

“…Finite difference methods are commonly used in the pricing of discretely monitored exotic options in the Black–Scholes framework, but they tend to converge slowly due to discontinuities contained in terminal conditions. 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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Ceramics from the North Church in Old Dongola revisited by Katarzyna de Lellis-Danys

“…These findings are placed within the context of the terminal phase of Christianity in the capital of the Kingdom of Makuria. …”
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Morphological Characteristics of Normal Foveal Avascular Zone by Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography by Zeiad Eldaly, Wael Soliman, Mohamed Sharaf, Ali Natag Reyad

“…Mean subcentral retinal thickness was 200.1 ± 5.66 um (192–210 um). The number of terminal vessels was variable (range, 8–11). Mean maximum terminal vessel-to-vessel intervening distance was 527.8 ± 60.3 um (471–674 um). …”
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Contact-dependent growth inhibition (CDI) systems deploy a large family of polymorphic ionophoric toxins for inter-bacterial competition. by Tiffany M Halvorsen, Kaitlin A Schroeder, Allison M Jones, Disa Hammarlöf, David A Low, Sanna Koskiniemi, Christopher S Hayes

“…CdiA is presented on the inhibitor cell surface and delivers its toxic C-terminal region (CdiA-CT) into neighboring bacteria upon contact. …”
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An Adaptive Estimation Scheme for Open-Circuit Voltage of Power Lithium-Ion Battery by Yun Zhang, Chenghui Zhang, Naxin Cui

“…The scheme only uses the measurable input (terminal current) and the measurable output (terminal voltage) signals of the battery system and is simple enough to enable online implement. …”
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Robust Decentralized Formation Flight Control by Zhao Weihua, Tiauw Hiong Go

“…Divided into decentralized subsystems, the whole formation flight system is guaranteed stable if proper terminal cost and terminal constraints are added to each decentralized MPC formulation of the UAV subsystem. …”
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Algorithms for Computing Wiener Indices of Acyclic and Unicyclic Graphs by Bo Bi, Muhammad Kamran Jamil, Khawaja Muhammad Fahd, Tian-Le Sun, Imran Ahmad, Lei Ding

“…The Wiener, Wiener polarity, and the terminal Wiener indices are the distance-based topological indices. …”
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A Multiconstrained Ascent Guidance Method for Solid Rocket-Powered Launch Vehicles by Si-Yuan Chen, Qun-Li Xia

“…Then, constraints, such as terminal height, velocity, flight path angle, and angle of attack, are converted into the constraints within height-time profile according to the second-stage rocket flight characteristics. …”
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Nurses' Psychosocial Barriers to Suicide Risk Management by Sharon Valente

“…Justifications for euthanasia included poor symptom control, poor quality of life, incurable illness or permanent disability, terminal illness, and terminal illness with inadequate symptom control or impending death, patient autonomy, and clinical organ death. …”
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Effect of His-Tag on Expression, Purification, and Structure of Zinc Finger Protein, ZNF191(243-368) by Dongxin Zhao, Zhongxian Huang

“…Our findings suggest that insertion of a His-tag at the N-terminal or C-terminal end of ZNF191(243-368) has different effects on the protein. …”
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Midregion PTHrP and Human Breast Cancer Cells by Claudio Luparello

“…PTHrP is a polyhormone undergoing proteolytic processing into smaller bioactive forms, comprising an N-terminal peptide, which is the mediator of the “classical” PTH-like effect, as well as midregion and C-terminal peptides. …”
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Successful Aging and Longevity in Older Old Women: The Role of Depression and Cognition by Daniel Paulson, Mary Elizabeth Bowen, Peter A. Lichtenberg

“…Based in successful aging theory and terminal cognitive drop research, this paper investigates cerebrovascular burden (CVB), depressive symptoms, and cognitive decline as threats to longevity. …”
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Cooperative Midcourse Guidance Law with Communication Delay by Zihao Wu, Quanbin Ren, Zhiqing Luo, Yangwang Fang, Wenxing Fu

“…The initial conditions of the cooperative terminal guidance law, which are the terminal conditions of the cooperative midcourse guidance, have a greater impact on its cooperation and guidance precision, so it is worthy of investigating the cooperative midcourse guidance. …”
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Foreign Body Moves Retrograde through Ileocecal Valve during Colonoscopy by Maria Paparoupa, Markus Bruns-Toepler

“…The foreign body removal from terminal ileum was effective and safe using an endoscopic loop. …”
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Prescribed Performance Guidance Law with Multiple Constraints by Xu Li, Jikun Ye, Chijun Zhou, Xiao Tang

“…In the terminal guidance phase of intercepting aerial target, a guidance law, satisfying impact angle constraint, acceleration constraint, and second-order dynamic characteristic of interceptor autopilot, is designed based on the prescribed performance control and dynamic surface control method. …”
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A Novel Guidance Law for Intercepting a Highly Maneuvering Target by Gang Wu, Ke Zhang

“…Firstly, based on the nonsingular terminal sliding mode control theory, a finite-time convergent nonsingular terminal sliding mode surface is designed. …”
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Child with Deletion 9p Syndrome Presenting with Craniofacial Dysmorphism, Developmental Delay, and Multiple Congenital Malformations by Nirmala D. Sirisena, U. Kalpani S. Wijetunge, Ramya de Silva, Vajira H. W. Dissanayake

“…A 4-month-old Sri Lankan male child case with a de novo terminal deletion in the p22→pter region of chromosome 9 is described. …”
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