Finite-Time Terminal Sliding Mode Tracking Control for Piezoelectric Actuators by Jin Li, Liu Yang

“…The proposed controller is applied for nanopositioning of piezoelectric actuators (PEAs). Nonlinearities, mainly hysteresis, can drastically degrade the system performance. …”
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Pulse protein quality and derived bioactive peptides by Matthew G. Nosworthy, Matthew G. Nosworthy, Bianyun Yu, L. Irina Zaharia, Gerardo Medina, Nii Patterson

“…Pulse crops, such as lentils, beans, chickpeas, and peas, are gaining popularity due to their environmental sustainability, nutrient density, and functional attributes. …”
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Analysis of Viability of Core Inflation Components Based on Excluded Items in Uganda. by Munyambonera, Ezra, Mukiza, Chris Ndatira, Niyimpa, Ediga Mfite

“…Particularly tobacco leaves, peas, matooke and malewa recorded the highest volatility with a low persistence while cassava fresh, water melons, apples, ground nuts and french beans recorded the least price volatility during the study period. …”
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Factors associated with iron deficiency aneamia among pregnant women at Chuk hospital in Kigali, Rwanda by Mercy Nwankwo, Chinenye, Hashim Abdullahi, Fardosa

“…A balanced diet, rich in proteins, iron and vitamins from good sources like liver, meat, eggs, green peas, figs, beans, whole wheat and green bananas remains very critical in tackling iron deficiency anaemia problem among the pregnant women. …”
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Effect of P Application Rate and Rhizobium Inoculation on Nodulation, Growth, and Yield Performance of Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) by Mebrahtu Gebremariam, Teklay Tesfay

“…Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is the world’s third most vital food legume after beans and peas in production level. Yet, its productivity in the last decade has been declined, and it has been contended that the usual native soil rhizobial populations are insufficient/ineffective in N2-fixation. …”
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Multidimensional Plasma Lipids Affect Preeclampsia/Eclampsia: A Mendelian Randomization Study by Shaole Shi, Fangyuan Wu, Shanshan Zhao, Zilian Wang, Yongqiang Fan

“…Conversely, seven species, including five phosphatidylcholines (PCs) (16:1_20:4, O‐18:1_20:4, 18:1_20:4, 16:0_20:4, 17:0_20:4) and two phosphatidylethanolamines (PEAs) (18:0_20:4, 16:0_20:4), all containing arachidonic acid (ARA) in the sn‐2 position, were associated with a reduced risk of preeclampsia/eclampsia (all p < 0.05). …”
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