Reliable l2–l∞ and H∞ Control for Nonlinear Singular Systems via Dynamic Output Feedback by Lin Li, Yuting Kang

“…Some sufficient conditions are obtained in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs), and the controller design method is also proposed. …”
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Keep thinking about unanswered questions in primary care: Cultivating negative capability by Daisuke Son, Kazuoki Inoue, Minako Kamimoto, Shin‐ichi Taniguchi

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Looking after children without parents and encouraging their social integration: a Latvian perspective by Inese Jurgena, Zigurds Mikainis

“…The concept 'integration' is defined as 'a process where different elements are combined together in one community, while each of these elements preserves its own basic identity' (Pabriks, Vēbers, Āboliņš, 2001, p.6). …”

Quality of life disparities among Mexican people with systemic lupus erythematosus. by Ana Laura Hernández-Ledesma, Domingo Martínez, Elizabeth Fajardo-Brigido, Talía V Román-López, Karen J Nuñez-Reza, Andrea Y Tapia-Atilano, Sandra V Vera Del Valle, Donají Domínguez-Zúñiga, Lizbet Tinajero-Nieto, Angélica Peña-Ayala, Estefania Torres-Valdez, Gabriel Frontana-Vázquez, María Gutiérrez-Arcelus, Florencia Rosetti, Sarael Alcauter, Miguel E Rentería, Alejandra E Ruiz-Contreras, Deshiré Alpízar-Rodríguez, Alejandra Medina-Rivera

“…In Mexico, studies assessing the inequities related to quality of life for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus patients remain sparse. …”
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Measuring anti-transgender stigma in low-income and middle-income countries: a scoping review protocol by Clare Barrington, Jennifer Toller Erausquin, Amanda E Tanner, Tamar Goldenberg, Sulianie Mertus, Mohammed Sheikh Eldin Jibriel

“…Introduction Globally, transgender and other gender diverse (trans) people face pervasive stigma, which contributes to health inequities across multiple health outcomes. Stigma is a fundamental cause of health inequities because it simultaneously limits access to resources, contributes to systemic vulnerability and generates chronic stress. …”
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Gendered Social Norms, Exceptions, and Sanctions: Implications for Maternal, Infant, and Young Child Nutrition in Nigeria by Elizabeth Costenbader, Christina Memmott, Kate Litvin, Mackenzie Green, Nnenna Mba-Oduwusi, Izuchukwu Offiaeli, Nemat Hajeebhoy

“…Conclusions: Nigeria currently has one of the highest rates of acute food and nutrition insecurity in Africa and contends with persistent gender inequalities. …”
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Cohort profile: Health in Central Denmark (HICD) cohort - a register-based questionnaire survey on diabetes and related complications in the Central Denmark Region by Annelli Sandbæk, Else-Marie Dalsgaard, Kasper Norman, Lasse Bjerg, Anders Aasted Isaksen

“…In addition to questionnaire data, the cohort is linked to nationwide registries that provide extensive data on hospital diagnoses and procedures, medication use and socioeconomic status decades before enrolment while laboratory registries has provided repeated measures of biochemical markers, for example, lipids, albuminuria and glycated haemoglobin up to 10 years before enrolment.Future plans The HICD will serve as an extensive resource for studies on patient-related information and inequality in type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes. Follow-up is planned to continue for at least 10 years and detailed follow-up questionnaires, including new topics, are planned to be distributed during this period, while registry data are planned to be updated every second year.…”
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De Novo Genome Assembly for an Endangered Lemur Using Portable Nanopore Sequencing in Rural Madagascar by Lindsey Hauff, Noa Elosmie Rasoanaivo, Andriamahery Razafindrakoto, Hajanirina Ravelonjanahary, Patricia C. Wright, Rindra Rakotoarivony, Christina M. Bergey

“…ABSTRACT As one of the most threatened mammalian taxa, lemurs of Madagascar are facing unprecedented anthropogenic pressures. …”
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The status of women in the Ancient East: peculiarities of marriage and family relations in Mesopotamia by I. A. Lohvynenko, Ye. S. Lohvynenko

“…Women's History The Biennial provides grounds for asserting that solving the problems of gender inequality is not possible only by changing the legislation. …”
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Does hospital strategic alliance affect the paediatric service capacity of local hospitals? A difference-in-differences econometric analysis by Zhanchun Feng, Qian Fu, Li Zhang, Xiaolu Yu, Cuiping Xiao, Cuili Yang

“…Background Health inequality caused by the scarcity and uneven distribution of paediatric service resources is common worldwide. …”
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Health system financing fragmentation and maternal mortality transition in Mexico, 2000–2022 by Edson Serván-Mori, Carlos Pineda-Antúnez, Diego Cerecero-García, Laura Flamand, Alejandro Mohar-Betancourt, Christopher Millett, Thomas Hone, Rodrigo Moreno-Serra, Octavio Gómez-Dantés

“…Finally, we mapped state disparities in MMR by health insurance for the last four political administrations. …”
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Synchronization of Complex Networks with Random Coupling Strengths and Mixed Probabilistic Time-Varying Coupling Delays Using Sampled Data by Jian-An Wang

“…By using the properties of random variables and input delay approach, new synchronization error dynamics are constructed. …”
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The Impact of Female Entrepreneurship on Economic Growth in the Asean Countries: A Panel MM-QR Approach by Chikh-Amnache Sabrina, Mekhzoumi Lotfi

“…However, the Gender Inequality Index, Gender Development Index, female pay indicator, female parenthood indicator, and female marriage indicator all have negative effects.…”
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Las músicas amerindias del Chaco argentino entre la hibridación y la exotización by Silvia Citro, Soledad Torres Agüero

“…Nevertheless, the processes of hybridization, exoticization and invisibilization of the indigenous also reveal the tensions and inequalities that persist in the relationships among government, creoles and indigenous people, as well as the tactics of the latter to address them.…”
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Finite-Time Pinning Synchronization Control for Coupled Complex Networks with Time-Varying Delays by Hebing Zhang, Xiaojing Zheng, Ning Li

“…At the same time, sufficient conditions of the finite-time constraint synchronization of the drive-response network are obtained using the Lyapunov stability theory and the matrix inequality method. The effectiveness of the proposed controller is verified by numerical simulation. …”
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Connections between redlining, food access, hypertension, diabetes, and obesity in Boston by Farhad Mehrtash

“…Initiated in the 1930s, the discriminatory practice of marking these neighborhoods as high-risk for lending has led to significant health inequities today. The paper focuses on how limited access to healthier foods in these areas contributes to a higher prevalence of chronic diseases such as hypertension and obesity, compared to wealthier neighborhoods. …”
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Stochastic Passivity of Uncertain Neural Networks with Time-Varying Delays by Jianting Zhou, Qiankun Song, Jianxi Yang

“…By constructing appropriate Lyapunov-Krasovskii functionals, and employing Newton-Leibniz formulation, the free-weighting matrix method, and stochastic analysis technique, a delay-dependent criterion for checking the passivity of the addressed neural networks is established in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs), which can be checked numerically using the effective LMI toolbox in MATLAB. …”
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Stochastic Stability of Neural Networks with Both Markovian Jump Parameters and Continuously Distributed Delays by Quanxin Zhu, Jinde Cao

“…By constructing appropriate Lyapunov-Krasovskii functionals, some novel stability conditions are obtained in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). The proposed LMI-based criteria are computationally efficient as they can be easily checked by using recently developed algorithms in solving LMIs. …”
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Adaptive Cluster Synchronization for Nondelayed and Delayed Coupling Complex Networks with Nonidentical Nodes by Ze Tang, Jianwen Feng

“…Sufficient conditions are derived to guarantee the realization of the cluster synchronization pattern for all initial values by means of the Lyapunov stability theorem and linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). By using the adaptive update law, relative smaller control gains are obtained, and hence the control cost can be substantially lower. …”
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WOMEN’S NEEDS VS. ECONOMIC SURVIVAL DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: NAVIGATING THIS TENSION USING CARE AND JUSTICE by S.A. Puen, R.J.M. Sanchez

“…“Shecession” refers to “the disproportionate impact of a pandemic recession on working women”, which leads to greater gender inequality. Working women have been gravely affected by the pandemic, but their situation is often justified as “necessary” in helping businesses survive. …”
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