Adaptive surge control of variable-mass unmanned surface vehicle based on super-twisting sliding mode observation by Zhaokun YAN, Guanyu YANG, Hongdong WANG

“…ObjectiveThis paper presents a novel approach to the precise control of variable mass unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) during payload deployment tasks, addressing the control challenges caused by unpredictable variations in both mass and draught. …”
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Religious factors predict support for genomic medicine more strongly than politics, education, or trust: A survey of 4,939 adults in the United States by James M. DuBois, Eu Gene Chin, Erin D. Solomon, Jenine K. Harris, Peter Hill, Kari Baldwin, Lauren L. Baker

“…Only seven variables uniquely predicted attitudes toward genomic medicine: acceptance of evolution, support for promoting community health within their spiritual community, knowledge of genetics, more permissive attitudes toward reproduction and end of life care within their spiritual community, distrust in the healthcare system, political orientation, and frequency of volunteering (in descending order).DiscussionOur findings suggest that stereotyping based on religious affiliation is seriously misguided, and engagement with religious groups on genomic medicine must go beyond education and address moral issues and worldviews.…”
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Cryptobenthic crab assemblages are more distinct across a 90 m depth gradient than 2500 km of shallow marine habitat in the Hawaiian archipelago by Mykle L. Hoban, Kaleonani K. C. Hurley, Kerry Reardon, Derek J. Skillings, Molly A. Timmers, Robert J. Toonen

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Biochar reduces early-stage mineralization rates of plant residues more in coarse-textured soils than in fine-textured soils – an artificial-soil approach by T. M. Inagaki, S. Weldon, F. B. Bucka, F. B. Bucka, E. Farkas, D. P. Rasse

“…<p>Quantifying the impact of biochar on carbon persistence across soil textures is complex, owing to the variability in soil conditions. Using artificial soils with precise textural and mineral compositions, we can disentangle the effects of biochar from the effects of soil particle size. …”
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Real-world outcomes for a complete nationwide cohort of more than 3200 teriflunomide-treated multiple sclerosis patients in The Danish Multiple Sclerosis Registry. by Viktoria Papp, Mathias Due Buron, Volkert Siersma, Peter Vestergaard Rasmussen, Zsolt Illes, Matthias Kant, Claudia Hilt, Zsolt Mezei, Homayoun Roshanisefat, Tobias Sejbæk, Arkadiusz Weglewski, Janneke van Wingerden, Svend Sparre Geertsen, Stephan Bramow, Finn Sellebjerg, Melinda Magyari

“…Sixty-three percent of the patients treated with teriflunomide for 5 years were relapse-free, while significantly more treatment-naïve versus previously treated patients experienced a relapse during the follow-up (p<0.0001). …”
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The Actual Clinical Situation Ruthlessly Exposes the Challenge of Rational Care for Nosocomial and Community-Acquired Infections and Requires Even More Efforts for Satisfactory Ant... by Hans H. Diebner, A. Melina Wallrafen, Nina Timmesfeld, Tim Rahmel, Hartmuth Nowak

“…Analyses are based on the clinical and microbiological data of a German hospital over an observation period of more than 7 years, which we evaluate descriptively and semi-quantitatively in order to obtain a basis for informed and intelligent action in terms of antibiotic stewardship. …”
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“Less words, more pictures”: creating and sharing data visualizations from a remote health monitoring system with clinicians to improve cancer pain management by Virginia LeBaron, Natalie Crimp, Nutta Homdee, Kelly Reed, Victoria Petermann, William Ashe, Leslie Blackhall, Bryan Lewis

“…Both survey results and group discussion feedback revealed a preference for more familiar, simpler data visualizations that focused on the physical aspects of pain assessment, such as number of high intensity pain events and response to pharmacological interventions. …”
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Hypertensive patients with greater genetic risk respond less effectively to treatment and are more likely to be treatment resistant in the Anglo-Scandinavian Cardiac Outcomes Trial... by Marianna Danielli, Tatiana Garofalidou, Ajay Gupta, Peter Sever, Patricia Munroe, Helen Warren

“…Therefore, we investigated whether BP-GRS are associated with RHTN and antihypertensive drug response, among treated hypertensive patients.We defined RHTN cases as patients with uncontrolled high BP despite the use of three or more antihypertensive drug classes, vs controls, who were defined as having controlled BP levels requiring the use of no more than three drug classes.BP-GRS were constructed for European ancestry patients from ASCOT for systolic (SBP), diastolic BP (DBP) and pulse pressure (PP). …”
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Estimating Aircraft Power Requirements: A Study of Electrical Power Demand Across Various Aircraft Models and Flight Phases by Viola Voth, Sascha M. Lübbe, Oliver Bertram

“…Using existing literature methods, this study aims to identify the essential variables for estimating the magnitude of power consumption. …”
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A High-Precision Method for the Determination of Cavity Length of a Fabry-Perot Interferometer by Yunqing Guan, Biao Yin, Xiaopeng Dong

“…A novel method to obtain the cavity length of a Fabry-Perot interferometer (FPI) precisely based on the Vernier effect via a virtually variable reference FPI is proposed in this paper. Compared with the traditional method based on the measurement of wavelength spacing between two adjacent peaks in the spectrum of a single FPI, or enlarge the wavelength spacing with the Vernier effect by incorporating a real reference FPI in the sensor part, the present scheme is more flexible and applicable. …”
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Genetic diversity and seed supply variables affecting the regeneration of sandalwood in Gunung Sewu: Implications for sustainable forestry by Utami Sulistyaning H., Ratnaningrum Yeni W.N., Prehaten Daryono

“…Results revealed that more flowers and seeds maintained more seed banks and developed more seedlings. …”
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Operation Performance and Modeling for R32 Variable Frequency Rotary Compressor under Varied Operating Conditions by Yu Zhongyang, Tao Leren, He Jun, Yuan Zhaoyang

“…To model the electrical efficiency of a compressor that can apply a suction refrigerant state under both superheated and two-phase conditions, the performance of an R32 variable frequency rotary compressor, which varies with the compressor frequency, pressure ratio, and evaporating temperature, is analyzed in this paper. …”
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Development of a New Sound Quality Parameter for Road Noise Perception Inside Vehicle Cabinet by Aytekin Ozkan, Mehdi Yildiz, Ahmet Yildiz

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Candidate RR Lyrae Associated with the Ultrafaint Dwarf Galaxy Aquarius III by Chow-Choong Ngeow, Anupam Bhardwaj

“…Therefore, this RR Lyrae is the first variable star identified to be associated with Aquarius III, despite its projected distance is more than 15 times the half-light radius of Aquarius III. …”
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Preventing Posterior Collapse with DVAE for Text Modeling by Tianbao Song, Zongyi Huang, Xin Liu, Jingbo Sun

“…DVAE compels the latent variables to encode more information about the input texts through path B and fully utilize the expressiveness of the decoder, as well as avoiding the local optimum when path B is active through path A and the stopping strategy. …”
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Vibration‐Based Energy Harvesting From a Two‐Degree‐of‐Freedom Auxetic Beam Element With Variable Stiffness by Fevzi Çakmak Bolat, Bartu Türkcan Çetin, Neven Alujevic

“…It is aimed to obtain more energy by gluing the piezoelectric material on the auxetic region. …”
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The influence of spatial variability of solar radiation on the mass balance of glaciers in the Grønfjorden Bay area (the Svalbard archipelago) by A. V. Terekhov, U. V. Prokhorova, V. E. Demidov

“…We have found that both glaciers are distinctly divided into two parts, more and less sunlit. The spatial pattern of insolation of the Vøringbreen glacier is controlled by the shading of the walls surrounding the cirque, while the Aldegondabreen one due to its concave shape has two different areas with a more southern and more northern exposure. …”
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Variable growth responses of four tree species to climate and drought in a Madrean pine-oak forest by Marín Pompa-García, J. Julio Camarero, Cristina Valeriano, Eduardo Daniel Vivar-Vivar

“…The Vaganov-Shashkin growth model evidenced that winter-spring soil moisture was the key driver of growth. Under more arid conditions and more frequent and hotter droughts, pine stands could rapidly shift towards mixed pine-oak forests.…”
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Tactical Indicators and Situational Variables Affecting Goal-Scoring Opportunities in the UEFA Youth League 2023–2024 by Vasileios Armatas, Spyridon Plakias, Sotirios Drikos, Michalis Mitrotasios

“…While winning teams were more likely to employ counter-attacking strategies, final attempts were more frequent when the team initiated the attack without immediate pressure and when a penetrative action was involved. …”
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DYNAMICS OF HEART RATE VARIABILITY AND VENTRICULAR ECTOPIC ACTIVITY IN IVABRADINE-TREATED PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEART FAILURE by M. V. Surovtseva, N. A. Koziolova, A. I. Chernyavina

“…The increase in HRVti was more pronounced in Group 2 than in Groups 1 and 3 (p&gt;&lt;0,001). …”
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