Smoking cessation and harm reduction: a systematic overview of ongoing, randomized controlled trials by Mara Derissen, Sebastian Scheliga, Benjamin Clemens, Delia Leiding, Knut Kröger, Hinrich Böhner, Ute Habel

“…This review examines ongoing randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on smoking cessation and harm reduction, focusing on adherence to German S3 guidelines for tobacco dependence and identifying areas needing further research and neglected aspects in the implementation of treatment guidelines for tobacco dependence. …”
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Improvement of the Fault Tolerance in IoT Based Positioning Systems by Applying for Redundancy in the Controller Layer by Nawzad K. Al-Salihi

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What are the important morbidities associated with paediatric cardiac surgery? A mixed methods study by Stephen Morris, Serban Stoica, Andrew Parry, Christina Pagel, Jo Wray, David J Barron, Karen Sheehan, Kathleen Selway, Lyvonne Tume, Jane Cassidy, Alison Jones, John Stickley, David Anderson, Deborah Ridout, Peter Davis, Emma Hudson, Andrew Mclean, Warren Rodrigues, Thomas Witter, Victor T Tsang, Sheryl Snowball, Luke Maidment, Sarah Bohannon, Kate Penny-Thomas, Joanne Webb, Sinead Cummins, Natasha Khan, Teresa Dickson, Ray Samson, Isobel Mcleod, Paul Wellman, Rhian Lakhani, Carrie Cherrington, Rob Tulloh, Bill Gaynor, Rodney Franklin, Lisa Allera, Kate Bull, Trevor Ritchens, Branko Mimic, Jon Smith, Vibeke Hjortdal, Michael Vath, Tom Treasure, Anne Keatley Clarke, Bea Tuten

“…Our objectives were to prospectively measure the incidence of morbidities following paediatric cardiac surgery and to evaluate their clinical and health-economic impact over 6 months.Design The design was a prospective, multicentre, multidisciplinary mixed methods study.Setting The setting was 5 of the 10 paediatric cardiac surgery centres in the UK with 21 months recruitment.Participants Included were 3090 paediatric cardiac surgeries, of which 666 patients were recruited to an impact substudy.Results Families and clinicians prioritised:Acute neurological event, unplanned re-intervention, feeding problems, renal replacement therapy, major adverse events, extracorporeal life support, necrotising enterocolitis, postsurgical infection and prolonged pleural effusion or chylothorax.Among 3090 consecutive surgeries, there were 675 (21.8%) with at least one of these morbidities. …”
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Evaluation on the effectiveness of comprehensive control of a bedbug infestation incident in Jiading District， Shanghai by WANG Ping, LI Jie, YU Ruhua, WANG Qiaoyan, ZHONG Peisong, YUAN Hong, RENG Dongsheng

“…After a series of comprehensive control measures including environmental cleanup, aerosol elimination, replacement of wooden beds with iron frame beds, and purchase of all-inclusive mattress, the bedbug infestation rate dropped to 5.26%.ConclusionComprehensive control can effectively prevent the breeding and spread of bedbugs. …”
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Pseudo-input signal generation for smart structural control and fast seismic response analysis by Hiroki Akehashi, Bohan Wang

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Artificial Intelligence in UAV Flight Controls: Deep Reinforcement Learning Based Altitude-Hold Strategies for Fixed-Wing UAVs by Hasan Raza Khanzada, Adnan Maqsood, Abdul Basit

“…Subsequently, three approaches were investigated; First, the altitude hold controller was replaced by a Reinforcement Learning (RL) agent, while the PID control was maintained for pitch control. …”
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Model-Free Adaptive Fast Integral Terminal Sliding Mode Control for Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor with Position Error Constraint by Xingyu Qu, Shuang Zhang, Chengkun Peng

“…However, it faces issues such as nonlinearity, time-varying uncertainties, and external disturbances, which may degrade the system control performance. To address these challenges, this paper proposes a prescribed performance model-free adaptive fast integral terminal sliding mode control (PP-MFA-FITSMC) method. …”
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Water quality and residents' health: a survey by the self-assessed health method by Jing Yan, Shuai Cui

“…The analysis focuses on household cooking water sources (river/lake, well, tap, mineral/purified/filtered) and water pollution exposure in living or working environments.MethodsAn ordered probit (oprobit) model was employed to analyze the relationship between water quality and residents' self-assessed health ratings, controlling for accessibility of medical services, individual lifestyles, and socio-demographic characteristics. …”
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Aircraft Acquisition Post-Pandemic: Human vs. AI Perspectives using Multi-Criteria Decision Methods by Rizki Akbar Prasetya, Akhmad Hidayatno

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Gut Microbiome and Metabolome Changes in Chronic Low Back Pain Patients With Vertebral Bone Marrow Lesions by Wentian Li, Ji Tu, Jinjian Zheng, Abhirup Das, Qi Yan, Xiaotao Jiang, Wenyuan Ding, Xupeng Bai, Kaitao Lai, Sidong Yang, Cao Yang, Jun Zou, Ashish D. Diwan, Zhaomin Zheng

“…Methods Serum metabolomic profiling and gut microbiome analysis were conducted in chronic LBP patients with and without FR (LBP + FR, n = 40; LBP, n = 40) and Healthy Controls (HC, n = 31). …”
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Residual host cell proteins: sources, properties, detection methods and data acquisition modes by Yifan Yao, Yifan Yao, Xuemei Wen, Xuemei Wen, Hongjuan Pan, Hongjuan Pan, Ziwei Chen

“…Therefore, in the biopharmaceutical process, even trace amounts of HCPs need to be strictly regulated and controlled. The main bottlenecks associated with the detection of HCPs include a wide dynamic range of detection and instability of HCPs. …”
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Comprehensive Evaluation and Future Perspectives of Non-Surgical Contraceptive Methods in Female Cats and Dogs by Sheila I. Peña-Corona, Melissa Aurea Vaquera-Guerrero, José Cerbón-Gutiérrez, Juan I. Chávez-Corona, Adrián E. Iglesias-Reyes, Alonso Sierra-Reséndiz, Juan José Pérez-Rivero, Socorro Retana-Márquez, Pablo Adrián Vizcaino-Dorado, David Quintanar-Guerrero, Gerardo Leyva-Gómez, Dinorah Vargas-Estrada

“…This review aims to provide an updated and comprehensive analysis of non-surgical contraceptive methods tested in studies controlled in vivo in feline and canine females. …”
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Influence of in vitro test conditions on the Biomechanical properties of degenerated human lateral menisci by Michael Seidenstuecker, Luisa de Roy, Max F. Weiske, O. Piquet, Graciosa Quelhas Teixeira, Hermann O. Mayr, Bianca Riedel, Andreas M. Seitz

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Efficacy of tenapanor in managing hyperphosphatemia and constipation in hemodialysis patients: A randomized controlled trial. by Naoki Suzuki, Yuuki Takeda, Akie Kabuto, Takao Konishi, Takahiro Konishi, Fumi Sumino, Hayanari Iwata, Mone Iwagami, Yusuke Kouchi, Yasumasa Hitomi, Toru Takatani, Masato Nishimura, Nodoka Sato

“…Serum phosphorus levels were decreased in both groups, with comparable control. Lanthanum carbonate prescriptions decreased significantly in the tenapanor group and were largely replaced by low-dose tenapanor.…”
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Efficiency of Vivianite from Water Purification Depending on Its Mixing with Superphosphate and Application Method by Tolulope Ayeyemi, Ramiro Recena, Ana María García-López, José Manuel Quintero, María Carmen del Campillo, Antonio Delgado

“…A pot experiment was conducted by growing sunflowers in calcareous soil under controlled conditions involving two factors. The first factor was the combinations of vivianite and superphosphate: 100% Vivianite + 0% Superphosphate –T2–, 70% Vivianite + 30% Superphosphate –T3–, 30% Vivianite + 70% Superphosphate –T4–, 0% Vivianite + 100% Superphosphate –T5—at a single P rate of 50 mg P kg⁻¹ and a non-fertilized control –T1–. …”
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Machine learning assisted adjustment boosts efficiency of exact inference in randomized controlled trials by Han Yu, Alan Hutson, Xiaoyi Ma

“…Abstract In this work, we proposed a novel inferential procedure assisted by machine learning based adjustment for randomized control trials. The method was developed under the Rosenbaum’s framework of exact tests in randomized experiments with covariate adjustments, replacing the traditional linear model with nonparametric models that capture the complex relationships between covariates and outcomes. …”
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Formation Control of Underactuated AUVs Using a Fractional-Order Sliding Mode Observer by Long He, Mengting Xie, Ya Zhang, Shizhong Li, Bo Li, Zehui Yuan, Chenrui Bai

“…This paper proposes a control method that combines a fractional-order sliding mode observer and a cooperative control strategy to address the problem of path-following for underactuated autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) in complex marine environments. …”
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Data Driven Second Integral Sliding Mode Control for the Digital Phase-Locked Loop by Haiqin Liu, Mingdong Hou, Guangye Li, Renming Yang, Yun Zhang

“…This article designs a new controller based on the traditional SOGI-PLL (second-order generalized integral phase-locked loop) and the Ultra-Local Model (ULM). …”
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AUTONOMOUS TRANSMISSION CONTROL OF A 2017 YAMAHA GRIZZLY 700 ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE by Greg WHEATLEY, Samuel POPOOLA

“…This project aims at developing a vehicle which can be used in the Australian outback to control and eradicate weeds. Preliminary tests were conducted on the vehicle to determine the performance parameters required to replace the movement supplied by the operator. …”
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Sensor Fault Detection and Reliable Control of Singular Stochastic Systems with Time-Varying Delays by Yunling Shi, Haosen Yang, Gang Liu, Xiaolin He, Jajun Wang

“…Firstly, the corresponding sliding mode controller (SMC) is designed by using the equivalent control principle, and the unknown nonlinearity is equivalently replaced by changing the system input. …”
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