The paper presents a Barrier Function Adaptive Event-Triggered (ET) Sliding Mode Controller (SMC) for a class of nonlinear systems with matched disturbances. The proposed approach integrates barrier-function-based gain adaptation into the event-trigg...
Background: Myofascial trigger points (MTrPs) are hyperirritable spots in skeletal muscle associated with pain and dysfunction, often impacting individuals’ quality of life. Various interventions, such as dry needling and manual therapy, have s...
Background: Central facial palsy (CFP) is a common condition following stroke, typically affecting the lower face and causing symptoms such as drooling, dysarthria, and facial asymmetry. Despite available rehabilitation methods, the evidence supporti...
A distributed adaptive fuzzy event-triggered bipartite formation tracking control scheme is proposed for switched nonlinear multi-agent systems (MASs) with function constraints on states. Fuzzy logic systems (FLSs) are used to identify uncertain item...
Distinctive from other forms of microfluidic system, capillary microfluidics is of great interest in autonomous micro-systems due to its well-engineered fluidic control based on capillary force. As an essential component of fluidic control in capilla...
(1) Background: This study investigated the effect of 3-dimensional robotic therapy (RT) combined with electromyography-triggered neuromuscular electrical stimulation (RT–ENMES) on stroke patients’ upper-limb function and cerebral cortex...
This paper presents an adaptive event-triggered nonsingular fast terminal sliding-mode control (AETSMC) framework for quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicles subject to aerodynamic disturbances, actuator loss of effectiveness (LOE) of up to 60%, and inter...
Background/Objectives: Stroke often results in lasting upper limb deficits. Mirror visual feedback (MVF) supports motor recovery, and electromyography-triggered electrical stimulation (ES) could enhance engagement. However, the effects in healthy old...
This paper proposes an event-triggered distributed switching strategy, which solves the consensus problem of switching multi-agent systems. By introducing an event-triggering mechanism, the exchange signals of each agent are updated only at discrete...
This paper is concerned with the event-based synchronization control for chaotic neural networks by using a refined discontinuous trigger scheme. To get rid of the Zeno phenomenon and decrease the triggering times, a refined discontinuous event-trigg...
This article discusses edge detectors implemented in programmable logic controllers. The behaviors of different vendors’ solutions are presented with pros and cons. The trigger functions defined in the IEC 61131-3 standard were analyzed for imp...
This paper addresses the tracking control problem for stochastic nonlinear systems (SNSs) subject to distributed time-varying delays and output dead zones. A novel dynamic event-triggered control scheme is proposed by integrating the backstepping tec...
Objective: To evaluate the morphofunctional alterations in the foot and their association with functionality, considering aspects such as disability, pain, and limitations in daily activities in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS). Methods: A c...
To solve the trajectory tracking control problem for a class of nonlinear systems with time-varying parameter uncertainties and unknown control directions, this paper proposed a neural sliding mode control strategy with prescribed performance against...
A class of heterogeneous second-order multi-agent consensus problems is studied, in which an event-triggered method is used to improve the feasibility of the control protocol. The sliding mode control method is used to achieve the robustness of the s...
This article focuses the event-triggered adaptive finite-time control scheme for the states constrained fractional-order nonlinear systems (FONSs) under uncertain parameters and external disturbances. The backstepping scheme is employed to construct...
In this paper, the fixed-time control for high-order nonlinear multi-agent systems under unknown stochastic time delay is investigated via an event-triggered approach. First of all, RBF neural networks are utilized to approximate the system’s u...
In this paper, we present a finite-time synchronization (FTS) for quantized Markovian-jump time-varying delayed neural networks (QMJTDNNs) via event-triggered control. The QMJTDNNs take into account the effects of quantization on the system dynamics...
A fixed-time adaptive guaranteed performance tracking control is investigated for a category of nonholonomic mobile robots (NMRs) under asymmetric state constraints. For the sake of favorable transient and steady-state properties of the system, a pre...
This paper addresses the set stabilization problem of probabilistic Boolean control networks (PBCNs) via a self-triggered control strategy. Firstly, the algebraic representation of the considered PBCNs is established by employing the semi-tensor prod...
To address the key issues in cooperative collision avoidance of multiple aircraft, such as unknown dynamics, external disturbances, and limited communication resources, this paper proposes a reference correction method based on the Artificial Potenti...
This paper focuses on dealing with the problem of co-designing a fuzzy-basis-dependent event generator and an asynchronous filter of fuzzy Markovian jump systems via event-triggered non-parallel distribution compensation (non-PDC) scheme. The introdu...
This paper studies spacecraft control under communication congestion, multi-source uncertainties, and input constraints. To reduce communication load, a static event-triggered mechanism is used so that transmissions occur only when necessary. Unknown...
A predefined-time adaptive fuzzy cooperative controller with event triggering is proposed for multi-robot systems that takes into account external disturbances, input saturation, and model uncertainties in this paper. First, based on the asymmetric t...
This work addresses the output agreement problem for networked nonlinear agents with simultaneous transient performance specifications and state limitations. A performance function confines synchronization deviation of each agent within a user-design...
This paper explores the problem of attitude stabilization of spacecraft under multiple uncertainties and constrained bandwidth resources. The proposed control law is designed by combining the sliding mode control (SMC) technique with a prescribed per...
In this paper, an event-triggered finite-time controller is proposed for solving the formation control problems of underactuated multiple autonomous surface vessels (ASVs), including asymmetric mass matrix, collision avoidance, maintaining communicat...
This paper investigates the leader–follower consensus problem for fractional-order nonlinear multi-agent systems operating under simultaneous Sybil and Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks. The communication topology is modeled as a time-varying dir...
This paper proposes a decentralized adaptive event-triggered fault-tolerant cooperative control (ET-FTCC) scheme for multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) with actuator faults and external disturbances under den...
The gain of a LLC resonant converter can vary with the loads that can be used to improve the efficiency and power density for some special applications, where the maximum gain does not apply at the heaviest loads. However, nonlinear gain characterist...
Variations in the drive motor’s load inertia during wafer transfer robot arm motion critically degrade end-effector trajectory accuracy. To address this challenge, this study proposes an anti-disturbance control strategy integrating Radial Basi...
The second part of our review describing new achievements in the field of biofilm prevention and control, begins with a discussion of the active antibiofilm nanocoatings. We present the antibiofilm strategies based on antimicrobial agents that kill p...
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Plantar heel pain (PHP) is one of the most common foot pain conditions in adults. Several biological and psychological factors could be involved in chronic PHP in a complex matrix. However, reciprocal interactions between these factors are unknown. T...
This paper proposes a hierarchical cooperative tracking control method for multi-missile formations under dynamic event-triggered mechanisms, addressing parameter uncertainties and saturated overload constraints. The proposed hierarchical structure c...
The number of systematic reviews (SR) summarizing the literature regarding the clinical effects of Dry Needling (DN) has increased rapidly. Yet, rigorous evidence about the clinical effectiveness of this technique is still lacking. The aim of this um...
We study a continuous-time cooperative differential game of pollution control in which the pollution stock accumulates emissions and affects long-run welfare. The key feature is a one-time random increase in the public damage weight, interpreted as a...
This preliminary randomized clinical trial explores the efficacy of task-oriented electromyography (EMG)-triggered multichannel functional electrical stimulation (EMG-MES) compared to single-channel cyclic neuromuscular electrical stimulation (cNMES)...
Platelets play crucial roles in the development and progression of coronary artery disease (CAD). The triggering receptor expressed in myeloid cells-like transcript-1 (TLT-1) is stored in platelet α granules, and activated platelets release a s...
Hybrid dynamical systems may exhibit Zeno behavior, where infinitely many discrete transitions occur in finite time, leading to a loss of well-posedness of trajectories beyond the accumulation point. This paper develops a measure-theoretic formulatio...
Stroke is a neurological emergency, where the mechanism of the blood supply to the brain is impaired, resulting in brain cell ischemia and death. Neuroinflammation is a key component in the ischemic cascade that results in cell damage and death after...
This study was conducted to investigate the effects of balance training with electromyogram-triggered functional electrical stimulation (EMG-triggered FES) to improve static balance, dynamic balance, and ankle muscle activation in stroke patients. Fo...
This study aimed to determine the effects of electromyography (EMG)-triggered pedaling training to improve motor functions in the lower extremities, muscle activation, gait, postural balance, and activities of daily living in stroke patients. Subject...
This study carries out the research on event-triggered output feedback control tailored for discrete-time switched linear systems. A dynamic event-triggered mechanism (DETM) is utilized to mitigate the triggering frequency. To ensure stability and co...
This paper investigates discrete-time distributed optimization for multi-agent systems (MASs) with time-varying objective functions. A novel fully distributed event-triggered discrete-time zeroing neural network (ET-DTZNN) algorithm is proposed to ad...
Objective: Ultra-high-field B0 ≥ 7 tesla (7T) cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) offers increased resolution. However, electrocardiogram (ECG) gating is impacted by the magneto-hydrodynamic effect distorting the ECG trace. We explored the techni...
Functional electrical stimulation (FES) aims to improve the gait pattern in case of foot drop of people suffering chronic diseases, e.g., multiple sclerosis. The fibular nerve can be stimulated by electrical impulses sent through electrodes on the sk...
Background: In patients with prior Takotsubo syndrome (TTS), long-lasting functional cardiac limitations were described as compared with normal subjects. Emotion-triggered Takotsubo syndrome (E-TTS) has more favorable outcomes than TTS preceded by a...
Background: Autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) is a pleasant tingling sensation elicited by specific sensory stimuli. Neuroimaging studies of ASMR have mainly involved young adults. This study explored whether the functional connectivity dif...
The superfamily of immunoglobulin cell-adhesion molecules (IgCAMs) is a well-known family of cell-adhesion molecules used for immune-cell extravasation and cell–cell interaction. Amongst others, this family includes DNAX accessory molecule 1 (D...
Upconversion (UC) nanoparticles characterized by red upconversion emission, particularly interesting for biological applications, have been prepared and subsequently modified by the covalent anchoring of Verteporfin (Ver), an FDA approved photosensit...
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