Objectives: To evaluate the effects of respiratory exercises and stabilization techniques on patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Methods: This is a quasi-experimental study and a single community-based hospital. Thirty-nine patients wi...
Microgrids have arisen as an alternate solution to the problem of power generation in distributed energy. Compared to ac microgrids, dc microgrids (DC MGs) are superior in terms of system efficiency, power quality, affordability, and ease of control....
DC microgrids (DC MGs) offer advantages such as efficiency, control, cost, reliability, and size compared to AC MGs. However, they often operate with numerous constant power loads (CPLs), exhibiting a negative incremental impedance characteristic tha...
Liposomes have been utilized as a drug delivery system to increase the bioavailability of drugs and to control the rate of drug release at the target site of action. However, the occurrence of self-aggregation, coalescence, flocculation and the preci...
In pursuit of identifying the most accurate and efficient uncertainty modelling (UM) techniques, this paper provides an extensive review and classification of the available UM techniques for probabilistic power system stability analysis. The increase...
Probiotics are beneficial for human health. However, they are vulnerable to adverse effects during processing, storage, and passage through the gastrointestinal tract, thus reducing their viability. The exploration of strategies for probiotic stabili...
Atlantoaxial subluxation (AAS) is a neurosurgical condition caused by joint hyperflexion and is characterized by the development of compressive cervical myelopathy. Various ventral fixation techniques have been described to permanently reduce the sub...
Background: Surgical aortic valve replacement with rapid deployment bioprosthesis guarantees good hemodynamic results but carries the risk of paravalvular leaks. To address this issue, an annulus stabilization technique has been recently developed. M...
Thermal stability is one of the essential parameters characterizing biocatalysts with potential applications in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries. Therefore, it is extremely important to develop standardized procedures for enzyme stability s...
This paper presents a comparative analysis of six sampling techniques to identify an efficient and accurate sampling technique to be applied to probabilistic voltage stability assessment in large-scale power systems. In this study, six different samp...
Nonlinear, time-linearized and adjoint Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) computational fluid dynamics (CFD) solvers are widely used to assess and improve the aerodynamic and aeroelastic performance of aircrafts and turbomachines. While RANS CFD...
In this study, 12 maize hybrids were planted and evaluated to determine the effect of genotype and genotype-environment interaction (GEI) base GGE (genotype plus genotype-by-environment) using a Graphical biplot technique in four research stations (A...
In maintaining the efficiency of coal mining, the stability of roadway plays a significant role, as it is closely related to the production of coal and the safety of personnel. In deep underground coal mines, the rheological deformation of roadway no...
The state of stress in a mining front constantly changes with mining activities. In a recent study, the authors developed and verified with laboratory measurements an analytical model for the calculation of mining-induced stresses based on measuring...
Refugees have an increased risk of developing mental health problems. Due to the unstable setting in refugee state registration and reception centers, recommended trauma-focused treatment approaches are often not applicable. For this purpose, we devi...
Canine disc-associated cervical spondylomyelopathy (DA-CSM) is a form of caudal CSM, characterized by the compression of the spinal cord and nerve roots due to an intervertebral disc protrusion. It is more frequent in large canine breeds. A variety o...
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The aim of this study was to try to compare the effectiveness of manual therapy techniques in combination with stabilization techniques: the so-called Australian method and the Neurac method in relation to pain sensations and the level of kinesiophob...
In this paper, the authors introduce two new classes of series type additive functional Equations (FEs). The first class of equations is derived from the sum of the squares of the alternative series and the second one is obtained from the sum of the...
In this paper a stability analysis of microperiodic beams resting on the periodic inhomogeneous foundation is carried out. The main issue of this considerations, which is the analytical solution to the governing equations characterised by periodic, h...
Anteroinferior shoulder dislocations require surgical intervention when related to critical glenoid bone loss. Scapular spine bone blocks have emerged as a promising alternative to traditional bone augmentation techniques. However, limited data exist...
In this article, a new class of real-valued Euler–Lagrange symmetry additive functional equations is introduced. The solution of the equation is provided, assuming the unknown function to be continuous and without any regularity conditions. The...
Data-driven models are essential tools for the development of surrogate models that can be used for the design, operation, and optimization of industrial processes. One approach of developing surrogate models is through the use of input–output...
MODIS reflective solar bands are calibrated on-orbit using a solar diffuser and near-monthly lunar observations. To monitor the performance and effectiveness of the on-orbit calibrations, pseudo-invariant targets such as deep convective clouds (DCCs)...
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) that can fly around an aircraft carrying several sensors, e.g., thermal and optical cameras, to inspect the parts of interest without removing them can have significant impact in reducing inspection time and cost. One...
Background: Oryza sativa L. is one of the main staple crops in the South Korea. While rice production has remained stable over the past decades, rice consumption has gradually declined, leading to a rapid stockpile in rice inventory. Conventiona...
In recent decades, heavy industrial discharges have caused severe soil and groundwater pollution. Many areas previously occupied by industries are now represented by lands contaminated by the accumulation of toxic metals, which pose serious risks to...
Human health, food spoilage, and plastic waste, which are three great topical concerns, intersect in the field of food packaging. This has created a trend to replace synthetic food preservatives with natural ones, to produce bio-functional food packa...
This study investigates the sustainable use of seabed dredged sediments and water treatment sludges as construction materials using combined dewatering and cement stabilization techniques. Dredged sediments and water treatment sludges, typically cons...
This comprehensive literature review investigates the impact of stabilization and reinforcement techniques on the mechanical, hygrothermal properties, and durability of adobe and compressed earth blocks (CEBs). Recent advancements in understanding th...
Diametaphyseal forearm fractures are difficult to treat because standard methods for long-bone fracture stabilization in the metaphyseal or diaphyseal regions are less effective in this transition zone. We hypothesized that there is no difference in...
Natural food colourants are gaining momentum in the food industry due to their clean-label appeal, safety, and potential health benefits. However, their practical application is often constrained by instability under environmental stressors such as p...
This paper attempts to elucidate the transformative integration of computational techniques within power systems, underscoring their critical role in enhancing system modeling, control, and the efficient integration of renewable energy. It breaks dow...
In this paper, we propose a direct method for the synthesis of robust systems operating under parametric uncertainty of the control plant model. The developed robust control procedures are based on the assumption that the structural properties of the...
The immobilization of enzymes, especially lipases, presents a significant challenge in contemporary biotechnology due to their wide-ranging application in industrial processes. Given the array of available techniques for enzyme immobilization, this s...
This review explores the extensive literature on starch particle-stabilized Pickering emulsions for encapsulating bioactive compounds in food products. These emulsions offer superior stability and unique properties for delivering bioactive compounds...
The feasibility of a newly developed augmentation of ventral fixation technique for surgical stabilization of atlantoaxial instability was clinically evaluated in a cohort of eleven dogs, and long-term clinical outcomes were retrospectively analyzed....
The occurrence of parametric resonance due to the time varying behavior of ocean waves could lead to catastrophic damages to offshore structures. A stable structure that could withstand the wave perturbations is quintessential to operate in such a ha...
This paper presents an investigation into original analytical solutions of the (2+1)-dimensional combined potential Kadomtsev–Petviashvili and B-type Kadomtsev–Petviashvili equations. For this purpose, the generalized Kudryashov technique...
In this paper, a backstepping-based formation control of quadrotors with the state transformation technique is proposed. First, the dynamics of a quadrotor is derived by using the Newton–Euler formulation. Next, a backstepping-based formation control...
The stabilization problems for time-delay stochastic systems with multiplicative noise in the control variable are investigated in this paper. The innovative contributions are described as follows. Since the past work on stabilization is based on som...
Geostructural rock mass surveys and the collection of data related to discontinues provide the basis for the characterization of rock masses and the study of their stability conditions. This paper describes a multiscale approach that was carried out...
Background. A new instrumentation exploiting magneto-dynamic technology (mallet) proposed for implant site preparation was investigated. Methods. In the tibias of three minipigs, two sites were prepared by mallet and two by drill technique. Primary s...
In this paper, we investigated the stability criteria like an exponential and weakly exponential stable for random impulsive infinite delay differential systems (RIIDDS). Furthermore, we proved some extended exponential and weakly exponential stabili...
High-Entropy Alloys (HEAs) represent a transformative class of materials characterized by multiple principal elements and high configurational entropy. This review article provides an in-depth examination of their structural particularities, predicti...
Sunscreens play a fundamental role in skin cancer prevention and in protection against photo-aging. UV filters are often photo-unstable, especially in relation to their vehicles and, being lipophilic substances, they are able to interact with plastic...
Forecasting July precipitation using prophase winter sea surface temperature through a nonlinear machine learning model remains challenging. Given the scarcity of observed samples and more attention should be paid to anomalous precipitation events, t...
This paper is concerned with the problem of fixed-time stabilization for a class of uncertain second-order nonlinear systems. By delicately introducing extra manipulations in the feedback domination and revamping the technique of adding a power integ...
Autonomous underwater missions require the construction of a stable visual sensing system. However, acquiring continuous steady image sequences is a very challenging task for bionic robotic fish due to their tight internal space and the inherent peri...
With the escalating proliferation of wind power plants, the imperative focus on system robustness and stability intensifies. Doubly fed induction machines (DFIMs) are extensively employed in land-based wind power plants due to their performance advan...
Commercially available tea extracts for dietary supplements and nutraceuticals are standardized to characteristic components of Camellia sinensis L., such as epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) and total catechins or polyphenols. However, since most comm...
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