Mean Square Consensus of General Linear Multiagent Systems with Communication Noises under Switching Topologies by Kairui Chen, Chuance Yan, Qijun Ren, Xianxian Zeng, Junwei Wang

“…By using the stochastic stability theorem, we show that mean square consensus is achieved in fixed topology case and switching topologies case, respectively. Furthermore, an estimation of the exponential convergence rate of consensus is given explicitly. …”
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Reflectance of Biological Turbid Tissues under Wide Area Illumination: Single Backward Scattering Approach by Guennadi Saiko, Alexandre Douplik

“…Various scenarios of light propagation paths in turbid media (single backward scattering, multiple backward scattering, banana shape) are discussed and their contributions to reflectance spectra are estimated. It has been found that a single backward or multiple forward scattering quasi-1D paths can be the major contributors to reflected spectra in wide area illumination scenario. …”
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Identifying Initial Condition in Degenerate Parabolic Equation with Singular Potential by K. Atifi, Y. Balouki, El-H. Essoufi, B. Khouiti

“…A hybrid algorithm and regularization method are proposed, for the first time, to solve the one-dimensional degenerate inverse heat conduction problem to estimate the initial temperature distribution from point measurements. …”
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Multifocal Osteonecrosis Secondary to Chronic Alcohol Ingestion by Kazu Matsumoto, Hiroyasu Ogawa, Haruhiko Akiyama

“…Multifocal osteonecrosis is a relatively rare disorder with an estimated incidence of around 3% among patients diagnosed as having osteonecrosis. …”
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Effect of pH on the Phase Equilibrium of a Ternary Mixture of Neopentyl Glycol, Salt, and Water by Y. Zhang, D. G. Li

“…The plait points at different pH values were estimated through extrapolation, and empirical equations were used to fit the data and gave good results. …”
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Track-to-Track Association Based on Structural Similarity in the Presence of Sensor Biases by Hongyan Zhu, Suying Han

“…In some challenging scenarios, it may be infeasible to implement bias estimation and compensation in time due to the computational intractability or weak observability about sensor biases. …”
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New Stability Analysis Results for Linear System with Two Additive Time-Varying Delay Components by Haitao Liu, Fang Liu

“…Secondly, an improved delay-dependent stability criterion together with its corollary is obtained by employing the generalized free-weighting-matrix-based (GFWM-based) inequality and some other techniques to calculate the derivative of the constructed LKF, which will further reduce the introduced estimation error and make the criteria less conservative. …”
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Sparse Representation Based Range-Doppler Processing for Integrated OFDM Radar-Communication Networks by Bo Kong, Yuhao Wang, Henry Leung, Xiaohua Deng, Huilin Zhou, Fuhui Zhou

“…The expression of modulation Symbol-Domain method combined with sparse representation (SR) for range-Doppler estimation is introduced and a parallel reconstruction algorithm is employed. …”
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Method for removing haze from images, captured under a wide range of lighting conditions by A.I. Filin, A.V. Kopylov, I.A. Gracheva

“…We propose here to use the degree of belonging of an image element to a localized light source, determined based on a one-class classifier, as a value that characterizes the confidence of the corresponding element of the estimated transmission map during its rectifi-cation based on the gamma-normal model, which makes it possible to increase the accuracy of dehazing when processing images, captured in low-light or nighttime conditions.…”
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Damage Detection for Large-Scale Grid Structure Based on Virtual Axial Strain by Jian-xin Yu, Hui-feng Tan

“…Finally, the frequency-domain decomposition method only using output response signal was selected for modal parameter estimation. A double-layer grid structure was taken as example for verifying the damage detection method. …”
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A Clinical and Radiographic Evaluation of Zirconia Dental Implants: 10-Year Follow-Up by Andrea Enrico Borgonovo, Susanna Ferrario, Carlo Maiorana, Virna Vavassori, Rachele Censi, Dino Re

“…After 10 years, a clinical-radiographic evaluation was performed in order to estimate peri-implant tissue health and marginal bone loss. …”
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Corrosion of Low-Alloy Steel in Ethanolamine Steam Generator Chemistry—The Effect of Temperature and Flow Rate by Iva Betova, Martin Bojinov, Vasil Karastoyanov

“…Interpretation of impedance spectra with a kinetic approach based on the mixed-conduction model enabled estimating the rate constants of oxidation at the alloy–oxide interface, as well as charge transfer and ionic transport resistances of the corrosion process. …”
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The Influence of Different Drying Methods on Constituents and Antioxidant Activity of Saffron from China by Yingpeng Tong, Xingyi Zhu, Yongqiu Yan, Ruoxi Liu, Feng Gong, Ling Zhang, Jiangning Hu, Ling Fang, Ruwei Wang, Ping Wang

“…The correlation between individual saffron profiles and the antioxidant value was estimated by spectrum-effect relationships analysis.…”
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Near-Optimal Efficient MIMO Receiver for Miniature UAV-IoT Communications by Anas Saci, Arafat Al-Dweik, Shihab Jimaa

“…This article proposes a novel Direct Detection (DD) scheme for multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) communications where tedious, slow, and computationally demanding channel state information (CSI) estimation and detection processes are not required. …”
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Research on the Prediction Model of the Friction Coefficient of Asphalt Pavement Based on Tire-Pavement Coupling by Miao Yu, Xinquan Xu, Chuanhai Wu, Shanqiang Li, Mingxia Li, Haifeng Chen

“…Through the comparison between the model measured value and estimated value, their correlation coefficient R2 reached 0.73, indicating that this model is of satisfactory prediction accuracy and applicable to the antiskid design of asphalt pavement.…”
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The Economic Impact of the 2011 Florida BASS Federation Tournament to Osceola County and the Event’s Economic Value to Participants by Sherry Larkin, Jessica Georges, Alan Hodges, Michael Allen, Dale Jones

“…Findings from this analysis should help planners and other stakeholders of similar tournaments better estimate the economic benefits associated with such community activities. …”
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Asynchronous Adaptive Fault-Tolerant Control for Networked Stochastic Unmanned Surface Vehicles with Multiple Types of Actuator Faults by Ai-Min Wang, Jian-Ning Li, Xiao-Bin Xu

“…The partial fault and bias fault of the actuator are taken into consideration simultaneously. By estimating online the unknown bias fault of the actuator and the external disturbances, the proposed adaptive fault-tolerant controller can automatically compensate for these impacts produced by actuator faults and external perturbation while preserving the uniformly ultimate boundedness of the solutions. …”
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Nonconvective Forces: A Critical and Often Ignored Component in the Echocardiographic Assessment of Transvalvular Pressure Gradients by Michael S. Firstenberg, Erik E. Abel, Thomas J. Papadimos, Ravi S. Tripathi

“…While simplified equations, such as the modified Bernoulli equation, are used to estimate intracardiac pressure gradients based upon Doppler velocity data, these modified equations are based upon assumptions of the varying contributions of the different forces that contribute to blood flow. …”
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Existence of Bounded Positive Solutions for Partial Difference Equations with Delays by Zeqing Liu, Zhihua Wu, Young Chel Kwun, Shin Min Kang

“…With the help of the Banach fixed-point theorem, the existence results of uncountably many bounded positive solutions for the partial difference equation are given; some Mann iterative schemes with errors are suggested, and the error estimates between the iterative schemes and the bounded positive solutions are discussed. …”
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Variable Impedance Control for Bipedal Robot Standing Balance Based on Artificial Muscle Activation Model by Kaiyang Yin, Yaxu Xue, Yadong Yu, Shuangxi Xie

“…In particular, an ankle variable impedance model was used to obtain the antidisturbance torque which combined with the ankle dynamic torque to estimate the desired ankle torque for robotic standing balance. …”
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