Fixed-time adaptive control for nonstrict-feedback nonlinear systems with sensor faults and input saturation by Mohamed Kharrat, Hadil Alhazmi

“…This paper addresses the challenge of fixed-time adaptive control for nonstrict-feedback nonlinear systems with input saturation and sensor faults. The difficulty arising from the non-smooth saturation nonlinearity is to overcome by employing a smooth non-affine function to estimate the saturation signal. …”
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Perceptions on causes and effects of common oral diseases among HIV-positive and HIV-negative adults in Kigali, Rwanda: a qualitative study by Julienne Murererehe, Yolanda Malele-Kolisa, Aimable Musafili, Veerasamy Yengopal

“…The reported perceptions on oral diseases effect were physical or functional effects (affected appearance, eating difficulty, pain, difficulty smiling or laughing); psychological effects (heartbreak, being annoyed, feeling inferior, anxiety, being unhappy, being worried, hopelessness) and social effects (avoidance or self-isolation, shame or embarrassment and exposure to mockeries). …”
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Activity-Based Interventions to Increase Independence After Stroke In the Hospital Setting: Protocol for a Systematic Review by Tayla Grant, Laura Jolliffe, Kylie Wales, Emma Schneider, Avril E Drummond, Natasha A Lannin

“…Rehabilitation is recommended to improve functional performance; however, it remains unknown whether early (hospital-based) intervention is effective; nor is it known what intervention components should be delivered. …”
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Key technologies of 3D Web engine for coal mine based on Unity3D by Long CHEN, Jun GUO, Jianzhong ZHANG, Zexu YU, Zhizhuang LI, Rongliang WANG

“…Aiming at the difficulty of developing a coal mine 3D visualization business system based on Unity3D, based on the analysis of the Unity3D framework and underlying technology, the 3D Web engine is designed and packaged from five perspectives: asset packaging and downloading, 3D scene loading and unloading, scene editing, scene interaction, and Web interface function communication. …”
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Psychiatry disorders and dengue: Is there a relationship? by Leonardo Caixeta, Paulo Verlaine Borges Azevedo, Marcelo Caixeta, Cláudio Henrique Ribeiro Reimer

“…Five dimensions of hoarding are evaluated with this instrument: difficulty using spaces due to clutter, difficulty discarding possessions, excessive acquisition of objects, emotional distress and functional impairment due to hoarding behaviors. …”
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The neurocognitive mechanism underlying math avoidance among math anxious people by Jie Liu, Zhifeng Li, Jiawang Yang, Hao He, Fang Cui

“…Neuroimaging revealed distinct activation in the ventral valuation network (e.g., nucleus accumbens, hippocampus) and cognitive control regions (e.g., precuneus, mid-cingulate cortex, temporo-parietal junction) in HMA individuals. Functional connectivity among these regions effectively distinguished HMA from low math anxiety participants. …”
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Management of Congenital Macroglossia Due to Lymphatic Malformation in a Child with Review of Literature by Sushma Achugatla, Surendra Singh, Sonia Thakur, Rajeev Redkar

“…This enlargement can lead to a variety of oral and facial problems, with structural deformities such as diastema, disproportionate mandibular growth, and functional disorders such as difficulty in eating and swallowing, speech impairment, or even difficulty in breathing if it is severe. …”
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FSE-RBFNN-Based AILC of Finite Time Complete Tracking for a Class of Time-Varying NPNL Systems with Initial State Errors by Chunli Zhang, Lei Yan, Yangjie Gao

“…The paper proposed an adaptive iterative learning control (AILC) strategy for the unmatched uncertain time-varying nonparameterized nonlinear systems (NPNL systems). Addressing the difficulty of nonlinear parameterization terms in system models, a new function approximator (FSE-RBFNN) which is combined with radial basis function neural network (RBFNN) and Fourier series expansion (FSE) is introduced to model each time-varying nonlinear parameterization function. …”
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RELIABILITY PREDICTION METHOD BASED ON THE 3CAW DISTRIBUTION (MT) by FAN LiTian, QI HongLiang, CHEN HongWen

“…The results show that although the model is complex, it has the highest logarithmic likelihood function value and the highest fitting accuracy. The cross-entropy method reduces the difficulty of parameter estimation, making it worth further promotion in engineering practice.…”
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Effective Family Parenting for the Child in the Face of Globalization by Antissar Sahraoui

“…The mother plays a crucial role in the educational function, followed by the father. This process is not easy, as it relies on skills that depend primarily on the nature of the parents' personalities and the quality of the relationship between them. …”
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Analyzing Hospital Services Quality Using a Hybrid Approach: Evidence from Information Technology by Farshid Jahanshahee Nezhad, Ali Zamani Babgohari, Mohammadreza Taghizadeh-Yazdi

“…After collecting data, the identified needs were classified into three categories called basic, functional, and motivational using the Kano model, and 7 needs were set as basic needs. …”
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Occupational Therapy and Prevention of Common Sports Injuries for Special Physical Training by Tao Lei, Yi Huang, Zhijuan Zhou

“…Since the most common musculoskeletal injuries occur in the lower quadrant, this paper proposes a lower extremity functional test (LEFT) model as a means of identifying injury risk and guiding the implementation of training programs to prevent sports injuries. …”
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Wind Instrumentalist’s Magnet-assisted Embouchure Denture by Prakash Pugazhendhi, Sai Pranathi Putta, Anil Kumar Gujjari, K. N. Raghavendraswamy

“…Embouchure dentures are designed for their carrier purpose, primarily to suit the functional needs of the orofacial muscles, ensuring that there is no dislodgment of the dentures during the blowing of wind instruments. …”
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A retrospective multicenter study comparing the punctures to B2 and B3 in endoscopic ultrasound–guided hepaticogastrostomy by Masanari Sekine, Yusuke Hashimoto, Taro Shibuki, Kei Okumura, Ikuhiro Kobori, Aki Miyagaki, Yoshihiro Sasaki, Yuichi Takano, Keita Matsumoto, Hirosato Mashima

“…The present study was to compare the safety, difficulty, and technical and functional success between biliary access via B2 and B3 during EUS–HGS. …”
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Clinical Rehabilitation Practice Guidelines on Standing Balance Disorder in Patients with Stroke by SHEN Ying, YIN Zhifei, MENG Dianhuai, SU Min, HE Jian, LAN Yue, WANG Chuhuai, ZOU Jun, JIANG Shan, TANG Congzhi, WANG Hongxing

“…This guideline covers the technical scope of practice, normative reference documents, terms and definitions (balance, base of support, center of mass, center of gravity, limits of stability, proprioception, vestibular function, visual sense, vestibulo-ocular reflex, standing balance function, standing balance disorder, core stability, balance strategy), rehabilitation assessments (clinical manifestation, clinical evaluations, special assessments related to balance function, visual and coordination function assessment), rehabilitation treatments (vestibular function training, sensory function training, visual function training, motor function training, coordination and dystaxia training, psychotherapy, kinesitherapy, dual task training, virtual reality technique, non-invasive neural regulation technology, rehabilitation robot, hydrotherapy, visual feedback balance training，traditional rehabilitation therapy and medical gymnastics) and evaluations of therapeutic efficiency. …”
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Cross-Hand Replantation by S. Raja Sabapathy, Hari Venkatramani, Sanjai Ramkumar, Monusha Mohan, Dafang Zhang

“…The patient achieved satisfactory functional results, allowing him independence with daily living activities and return to gainful employment. …”
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Did high frequency phone surveys during the COVID-19 pandemic include disability questions? An assessment of COVID-19 surveys from March 2020 to December 2022 by Amanda Nascimento Dial, David Vicente, Sophie Mitra, Douglas Teodoro, Minerva Rivas Velarde

“…While disability questions were not widely absent from HFPS datasets, only 3% of HFPS datasets included functional difficulty questions that meet international standards. …”
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Combined robot motor assistance with neural circuit-based virtual reality (NeuCir-VR) lower extremity rehabilitation training in patients after stroke: a study protocol for a singl... by Meng Ren, Xu-Yun Hua, Jia-Jia Wu, Jian-Guang Xu, Zhi-Qing Zhou, Jing-Jing Xu, Chun-Lei Shan

“…Introduction Improving lower extremity motor function is the focus and difficulty of post-stroke rehabilitation treatment. …”
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Electrostatic scattering by strips by E. Danicki

“…The spatial spectrum of charge distribution in the plane of strips is of our primary interest. In spite of the functional dependence between the spectrum and the spatial distribution of charge by means of the Fourier transform, its direct application leads to a considerable numerical error caused by poor numerical representation of the singular field at the strip edges. …”
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Lumbar Puncture Alleviates Chorea in a Patient with Huntington’s Disease and Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus by Peyman Shirani, Alicia R. Salamone, Elham Lahijani, Michele K. York, Paul E. Schulz

“…He had depression, poor cognitive function, choreiform movements, difficulty pronouncing words, and difficulty walking. …”
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