bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Supplementary Figure 23 from Ultrasensitive Detection of Circulating LINE-1 ORF1p as a Specific Multicancer Biomarker
Authors: Taylor Martin S. , Wu Connie , Fridy Peter C. , Zhang Stephanie J. , Senussi Yasmeen , Wolters Justina C. , Cajuso Tatiana , Cheng Wen-Chih , Heaps John D. , Miller Bryant D. , Mori Kei , Cohen Limor , Jiang Hua , Molloy Kelly R. , Chait Brian T. , Goggins Michael G. , Bhan Irun , Franses Joseph W. , Yang Xiaoyu , Taplin Mary-Ellen , Wang Xinan , Christiani David C. , Johnson Bruce E. , Meyerson Matthew , Uppaluri Ravindra , Egloff Ann Marie , Denault Elyssa N. , Spring Laura M. , Wang Tian-Li , Shih Ie-Ming , Fairman Jennifer E. , Jung Euihye , Arora Kshitij S. , Yilmaz Osman H. , Cohen Sonia , Sharova Tatyana , Chi Gary , Norden Bryanna L. , Song Yuhui , Nieman Linda T. , Pappas Leontios , Parikh Aparna R. , Strickland Matthew R. , Corcoran Ryan B. , Mustelin Tomas , Eng George , Yilmaz Ömer H. , Matulonis Ursula A. , Chan Andrew T. , Skates Steven J. , Rueda Bo R. , Drapkin Ronny , Klempner Samuel J. , Deshpande Vikram , Ting David T. , Rout Michael P. , LaCava John , Walt David R. , Burns Kathleen H.
Published: January 2024

Targeted proteomics analysis of patient plasma.
Supplementary Figure 20 from Ultrasensitive Detection of Circulating LINE-1 ORF1p as a Specific Multicancer Biomarker
Authors: Taylor Martin S. , Wu Connie , Fridy Peter C. , Zhang Stephanie J. , Senussi Yasmeen , Wolters Justina C. , Cajuso Tatiana , Cheng Wen-Chih , Heaps John D. , Miller Bryant D. , Mori Kei , Cohen Limor , Jiang Hua , Molloy Kelly R. , Chait Brian T. , Goggins Michael G. , Bhan Irun , Franses Joseph W. , Yang Xiaoyu , Taplin Mary-Ellen , Wang Xinan , Christiani David C. , Johnson Bruce E. , Meyerson Matthew , Uppaluri Ravindra , Egloff Ann Marie , Denault Elyssa N. , Spring Laura M. , Wang Tian-Li , Shih Ie-Ming , Fairman Jennifer E. , Jung Euihye , Arora Kshitij S. , Yilmaz Osman H. , Cohen Sonia , Sharova Tatyana , Chi Gary , Norden Bryanna L. , Song Yuhui , Nieman Linda T. , Pappas Leontios , Parikh Aparna R. , Strickland Matthew R. , Corcoran Ryan B. , Mustelin Tomas , Eng George , Yilmaz Ömer H. , Matulonis Ursula A. , Chan Andrew T. , Skates Steven J. , Rueda Bo R. , Drapkin Ronny , Klempner Samuel J. , Deshpande Vikram , Ting David T. , Rout Michael P. , LaCava John , Walt David R. , Burns Kathleen H.
Published: January 2024

Additional second-generation ORF1p Simoa assay measurements in healthy and cancer patients.
Supplementary Figure 19 from Ultrasensitive Detection of Circulating LINE-1 ORF1p as a Specific Multicancer Biomarker
Authors: Taylor Martin S. , Wu Connie , Fridy Peter C. , Zhang Stephanie J. , Senussi Yasmeen , Wolters Justina C. , Cajuso Tatiana , Cheng Wen-Chih , Heaps John D. , Miller Bryant D. , Mori Kei , Cohen Limor , Jiang Hua , Molloy Kelly R. , Chait Brian T. , Goggins Michael G. , Bhan Irun , Franses Joseph W. , Yang Xiaoyu , Taplin Mary-Ellen , Wang Xinan , Christiani David C. , Johnson Bruce E. , Meyerson Matthew , Uppaluri Ravindra , Egloff Ann Marie , Denault Elyssa N. , Spring Laura M. , Wang Tian-Li , Shih Ie-Ming , Fairman Jennifer E. , Jung Euihye , Arora Kshitij S. , Yilmaz Osman H. , Cohen Sonia , Sharova Tatyana , Chi Gary , Norden Bryanna L. , Song Yuhui , Nieman Linda T. , Pappas Leontios , Parikh Aparna R. , Strickland Matthew R. , Corcoran Ryan B. , Mustelin Tomas , Eng George , Yilmaz Ömer H. , Matulonis Ursula A. , Chan Andrew T. , Skates Steven J. , Rueda Bo R. , Drapkin Ronny , Klempner Samuel J. , Deshpande Vikram , Ting David T. , Rout Michael P. , LaCava John , Walt David R. , Burns Kathleen H.
Published: January 2024

Assay validation for second-generation ORF1p Simoa assays.
Supplementary Figure 18 from Ultrasensitive Detection of Circulating LINE-1 ORF1p as a Specific Multicancer Biomarker
Authors: Taylor Martin S. , Wu Connie , Fridy Peter C. , Zhang Stephanie J. , Senussi Yasmeen , Wolters Justina C. , Cajuso Tatiana , Cheng Wen-Chih , Heaps John D. , Miller Bryant D. , Mori Kei , Cohen Limor , Jiang Hua , Molloy Kelly R. , Chait Brian T. , Goggins Michael G. , Bhan Irun , Franses Joseph W. , Yang Xiaoyu , Taplin Mary-Ellen , Wang Xinan , Christiani David C. , Johnson Bruce E. , Meyerson Matthew , Uppaluri Ravindra , Egloff Ann Marie , Denault Elyssa N. , Spring Laura M. , Wang Tian-Li , Shih Ie-Ming , Fairman Jennifer E. , Jung Euihye , Arora Kshitij S. , Yilmaz Osman H. , Cohen Sonia , Sharova Tatyana , Chi Gary , Norden Bryanna L. , Song Yuhui , Nieman Linda T. , Pappas Leontios , Parikh Aparna R. , Strickland Matthew R. , Corcoran Ryan B. , Mustelin Tomas , Eng George , Yilmaz Ömer H. , Matulonis Ursula A. , Chan Andrew T. , Skates Steven J. , Rueda Bo R. , Drapkin Ronny , Klempner Samuel J. , Deshpande Vikram , Ting David T. , Rout Michael P. , LaCava John , Walt David R. , Burns Kathleen H.
Published: January 2024

Second round of screening of newly developed monoclonal antibody and dimeric nanobody reagent pairs in patient plasma.
Supplementary Data from RETRACTED: In Vivo Monitoring of Polycythemia Vera Development Reveals Carbonic Anhydrase 1 as a Potent Therapeutic Target
Authors: Murakami Shohei , Barroca Vilma , Perié Leïla , Bravard Anne , Bernardino-Sgherri Jacqueline , Tisserand Amandine , Devanand Caroline , Edmond Valérie , Magniez Aurélie , Tenreira Bento Sabrina , Torres Claire , Pasquier Florence , Plo Isabelle , Vainchenker William , Villeval Jean-Luc , Roméo Paul-Henri , Lewandowski Daniel
Published: January 2024

Supplementary Data from RETRACTED: In Vivo Monitoring of Polycythemia Vera Development Reveals Carbonic Anhydrase 1 as a Potent Therapeutic Target
TABLE 4 from Pain and Its Association with Survival for Black and White Individuals with Advanced Prostate Cancer in the United States
Authors: Rencsok Emily M. , Slopen Natalie , McManus Hannah D. , Autio Karen A. , Morgans Alicia K. , McSwain Lawrence , Barata Pedro , Cheng Heather H. , Dreicer Robert , Gerke Travis , Green Rebecca , Heath Elisabeth I. , Howard Lauren E. , McKay Rana R. , Nowak Joel , Pileggi Shannon , Pomerantz Mark M. , Rathkopf Dana E. , Tagawa Scott T. , Whang Young E. , Ragin Camille , Odedina Folakemi T. , Kantoff Philip W. , Vinson Jake , Villanti Paul , Haneuse Sebastien , Mucci Lorelei A. , George Daniel J.
Published: January 2024

Stratified analyses for the association between pain scales at enrollment and death, IRONMAN Registry 2017–2023
Supplementary Table S7 from Pain and Its Association with Survival for Black and White Individuals with Advanced Prostate Cancer in the United States
Authors: Rencsok Emily M. , Slopen Natalie , McManus Hannah D. , Autio Karen A. , Morgans Alicia K. , McSwain Lawrence , Barata Pedro , Cheng Heather H. , Dreicer Robert , Gerke Travis , Green Rebecca , Heath Elisabeth I. , Howard Lauren E. , McKay Rana R. , Nowak Joel , Pileggi Shannon , Pomerantz Mark M. , Rathkopf Dana E. , Tagawa Scott T. , Whang Young E. , Ragin Camille , Odedina Folakemi T. , Kantoff Philip W. , Vinson Jake , Villanti Paul , Haneuse Sebastien , Mucci Lorelei A. , George Daniel J.
Published: January 2024

Baseline average pain scale Cox model results from sensitivity analysis for missing indicator values during MICE procedure
Supplementary Table S6 from Pain and Its Association with Survival for Black and White Individuals with Advanced Prostate Cancer in the United States
Authors: Rencsok Emily M. , Slopen Natalie , McManus Hannah D. , Autio Karen A. , Morgans Alicia K. , McSwain Lawrence , Barata Pedro , Cheng Heather H. , Dreicer Robert , Gerke Travis , Green Rebecca , Heath Elisabeth I. , Howard Lauren E. , McKay Rana R. , Nowak Joel , Pileggi Shannon , Pomerantz Mark M. , Rathkopf Dana E. , Tagawa Scott T. , Whang Young E. , Ragin Camille , Odedina Folakemi T. , Kantoff Philip W. , Vinson Jake , Villanti Paul , Haneuse Sebastien , Mucci Lorelei A. , George Daniel J.
Published: January 2024

Baseline EORTC pain scale Cox model results from sensitivity analysis for missing indicator values during MICE procedure
Supplementary Table S4 from Pain and Its Association with Survival for Black and White Individuals with Advanced Prostate Cancer in the United States
Authors: Rencsok Emily M. , Slopen Natalie , McManus Hannah D. , Autio Karen A. , Morgans Alicia K. , McSwain Lawrence , Barata Pedro , Cheng Heather H. , Dreicer Robert , Gerke Travis , Green Rebecca , Heath Elisabeth I. , Howard Lauren E. , McKay Rana R. , Nowak Joel , Pileggi Shannon , Pomerantz Mark M. , Rathkopf Dana E. , Tagawa Scott T. , Whang Young E. , Ragin Camille , Odedina Folakemi T. , Kantoff Philip W. , Vinson Jake , Villanti Paul , Haneuse Sebastien , Mucci Lorelei A. , George Daniel J.
Published: January 2024

Reasons for being off-study by self-reported race
Supplementary Table S2 from Pain and Its Association with Survival for Black and White Individuals with Advanced Prostate Cancer in the United States
Authors: Rencsok Emily M. , Slopen Natalie , McManus Hannah D. , Autio Karen A. , Morgans Alicia K. , McSwain Lawrence , Barata Pedro , Cheng Heather H. , Dreicer Robert , Gerke Travis , Green Rebecca , Heath Elisabeth I. , Howard Lauren E. , McKay Rana R. , Nowak Joel , Pileggi Shannon , Pomerantz Mark M. , Rathkopf Dana E. , Tagawa Scott T. , Whang Young E. , Ragin Camille , Odedina Folakemi T. , Kantoff Philip W. , Vinson Jake , Villanti Paul , Haneuse Sebastien , Mucci Lorelei A. , George Daniel J.
Published: January 2024

Number of participants receiving each therapy category between 3 months prior to enrollment and any time after enrollment stratified by disease state and self-reported race (N=19 therapy categories), N (%)
Supplementary Figure S4 from Pain and Its Association with Survival for Black and White Individuals with Advanced Prostate Cancer in the United States
Authors: Rencsok Emily M. , Slopen Natalie , McManus Hannah D. , Autio Karen A. , Morgans Alicia K. , McSwain Lawrence , Barata Pedro , Cheng Heather H. , Dreicer Robert , Gerke Travis , Green Rebecca , Heath Elisabeth I. , Howard Lauren E. , McKay Rana R. , Nowak Joel , Pileggi Shannon , Pomerantz Mark M. , Rathkopf Dana E. , Tagawa Scott T. , Whang Young E. , Ragin Camille , Odedina Folakemi T. , Kantoff Philip W. , Vinson Jake , Villanti Paul , Haneuse Sebastien , Mucci Lorelei A. , George Daniel J.
Published: January 2024

Kaplan-Meier survival curve by disease state at study enrollment
Supplementary Figure S3 from Pain and Its Association with Survival for Black and White Individuals with Advanced Prostate Cancer in the United States
Authors: Rencsok Emily M. , Slopen Natalie , McManus Hannah D. , Autio Karen A. , Morgans Alicia K. , McSwain Lawrence , Barata Pedro , Cheng Heather H. , Dreicer Robert , Gerke Travis , Green Rebecca , Heath Elisabeth I. , Howard Lauren E. , McKay Rana R. , Nowak Joel , Pileggi Shannon , Pomerantz Mark M. , Rathkopf Dana E. , Tagawa Scott T. , Whang Young E. , Ragin Camille , Odedina Folakemi T. , Kantoff Philip W. , Vinson Jake , Villanti Paul , Haneuse Sebastien , Mucci Lorelei A. , George Daniel J.
Published: January 2024

Kaplan-Meier survival curve by self-reported race
Data from Pain and Its Association with Survival for Black and White Individuals with Advanced Prostate Cancer in the United States
Authors: Rencsok Emily M. , Slopen Natalie , McManus Hannah D. , Autio Karen A. , Morgans Alicia K. , McSwain Lawrence , Barata Pedro , Cheng Heather H. , Dreicer Robert , Gerke Travis , Green Rebecca , Heath Elisabeth I. , Howard Lauren E. , McKay Rana R. , Nowak Joel , Pileggi Shannon , Pomerantz Mark M. , Rathkopf Dana E. , Tagawa Scott T. , Whang Young E. , Ragin Camille , Odedina Folakemi T. , Kantoff Philip W. , Vinson Jake , Villanti Paul , Haneuse Sebastien , Mucci Lorelei A. , George Daniel J.
Published: January 2024

Abstract
Bone pain is a well-known quality-of-life detriment for individuals with prostate cancer and is associated with survival. This study expands previous work into racial differences in multiple patient-reported dimensions of pain and the association between baseline and longitudinal pain and mortality. This is a prospective cohort study of individuals with newly diagnosed advanced prostate cancer enrolled in the International Registry for Men with Advanced Prostate Cancer (IRONMAN) from 2017 to 2023 at U.S. sites. Differences in four pain scores at study enrollment by race were investigated. Cox proportional hazards models and joint longitudinal survival models were fit for each of the scale scores to estimate HRs and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for the association with all-cause mortality. The cohort included 879 individuals (20% self-identifying as Black) enrolled at 38 U.S. sites. Black participants had worse pain at baseline compared with White participants, most notably a higher average pain rating (mean 3.1 vs. 2.2 on a 10-point scale). For each pain scale, higher pain was associated with higher mortality after adjusting for measures of disease burden, particularly for severe bone pain compared with no pain (HR, 2.47; 95% CI: 1.44–4.22). The association between pain and all-cause mortality was stronger for participants with castration-resistant prostate cancer compared with those with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer and was similar among Black and White participants. Overall, Black participants reported worse pain than White participants, and more severe pain was associated with higher mortality independent of clinical covariates for all pain scales.
Significance:
Black participants with advanced prostate cancer reported worse pain than White participants, and more pain was associated with worse survival. More holistic clinical assessments of pain in this population are needed to determine the factors upon which to intervene to improve quality of life and survivorship, particularly for Black individuals.
Black soldier fly larvae should be considered beyond their use as feedstuff
Authors: Tettamanti G. , Bruno D.
Published: January 2024

In recent years the entomological landscape has witnessed substantial progress in the promotion of insects for food and feed purposes. In particular, the black soldier fly (BSF) sector is experiencing an unprecedented expansion and is attracting growing attention from both researchers and entrepreneurs. Despite the well-established supply chain based on the valorisation of waste and by-products by BSF larvae for producing feedstuff, the BSF industry is considering alternative challenging substrates for rearing the larvae and exploring novel applications of bioactive molecules from BSF beyond animal feed. This editorial challenges the conventional boundaries of the insects for food and feed sector, and delves into the innovative use of BSF proteins, lipids, and chitin, pointing out diverse opportunities across the biomedical, biotechnological, agricultural, zootechnical, and environmental sectors that could further propel the utilisation of this insect.
Scutellaria wushanensis (Lamiaceae), a new species from Chongqing, China
Authors: ZHANG HUAN , ZHOU HOULIN , LV XINYUN , YANG YUBING , ZUO YOUWEI , XIA CHANGYING , YU JIE , DENG HONGPING
Published: January 2024

Scutellaria wushanensis (Lamiaceae), found in the broad-leaf forest of Chongqing Wulipo National Nature Reserve, Chongqing, China, is described and illustrated as a new species after comparing it with related species. The new species shares a similar leaf shape and inflorescence morphology with Scutellaria lotienensis. However, the new species can be clearly distinguished from Scutellaria lotienensis by the bract shape, the pubescence inside the corolla, the hairless filaments, and the posterior corolla lobe shape and the purple-red patches.
Propofol Infusion Syndrome Following Endoscopic Tracheoplasty and Jet Ventilation: Case Report
Authors: Chen Bonnie , Tran Andrew , Alnijoumi Mohammed , Gilbert Mark R.
Published: January 2024

Objective:

We present a case of propofol infusion syndrome (PRIS) following jet ventilation.

Method:

Case report and review of literature.

Results:

A 70-year-old man required CO2 laser endoscopic tracheoplasty for tracheal and subglottic stenosis due to A-frame deformity. Postoperatively, the patient was reintubated for respiratory distress and propofol was resumed. Over the next two days the patient developed acute kidney injury, leukocytosis, acute primary respiratory acidosis with high anion gap metabolic acidosis, multiple end organ damage, elevated cardiac markers, and worsening lactic acidosis. The patient was recognized as having propofol infusion syndrome and propofol was immediately discontinued and replaced with dexmedetomidine. Unfortunately the patient progressed to multi-organ failure complicated by rhabdomyolysis and distributive intravascular coagulopathy.

Conclusions:

Propofol is often used as an anesthetic for jet ventilation during otolaryngologic airway surgery. Propofol related infusion syndrome is an uncommon but life-threatening peri-operative complication that should be considered in any patient with an unusual post-operative recovery characterized by metabolic acidosis, ECG changes, end organ damage, and elevated lactate.
The Bureaucratization of Islam in Algeria: The State as the Only Controller of Religion
Authors: Tamburini Francesco
Published: January 2024

Since its independence in 1962, Algeria used Islam to strengthen the sense of national identity or as a tool of self-legitimization. The Algerian political elite not only legitimized governments in the shadow of Islam, but institutionalized it through different organisms, represented by the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Endowments (Awqaf), the Islamic High Council, and more recent institutions, such as those gravitating around the Great Mosque of Algiers with important cultural, social, and administrative tasks. This bureaucratization of Islam represented the cornerstone of the state fight against radicalization and the crystallization of an Algerian national Islam that has been vital for the stabilization of the country.
Human Security and Sustainable Development Goals: The Voices of Afghan Women Refugees in Pakistan
Authors: Bakare Najimdeen , Sadaf Lubaba , Wahaj Zujaja , Kamal Kainat , Anwar Sundus
Published: January 2024

This study investigates the lived experiences of Afghan women refugees in Kohat camps in Pakistan. The objective of the study is to understand women’s everyday experiences of discrimination and/or empowerment while living in these camps. Using the thematic analysis (TA), the major themes extracted in this study relate to submissiveness and docility, gender equality and empowerment, and structural inequalities culminating in discrimination. These themes were found to be influential in the lives of Afghan women refugees. Drawing from the discussions surrounding human security, gender security, SDGs 5 (gender equality) and 10 (reduced inequalities), the key findings suggest that women in camps have cocooned lives, and their patriarchal cultural set-up perpetuates gender-spatial segregation which consequently limits women’s opportunities to access and traverse spaces other than their immediate residential location (camps). In addition, they are deprived of seeking education outside the radius of the camps and are not allowed to have mobile phones. Consequently, this limits their worldview. Given these circumstances, it is pertinent to extend facilitation to refugee women in Pakistan within a holistic framework.
Pilot Testing an Asynchronous Online Harm Reduction and Pharmacotherapy Stigma Reduction Training for Substance Use Treatment Professionals
Authors: Sulzer Sandra H. , Prevedel Suzanne , Barrett Tyson S. , Mekjian Margo , Vincent Mindy , Frabis Felicia , Meier Cris , Shiverdecker Claire Warnick , Voss Maren Wright , Cook Paula J. , Madden Erin Fanning
Published: January 2024

Harm reduction and pharmacotherapy approaches to addressing substance use disorder are evidence-based practices for reducing adverse health outcomes. However, professional stigma toward these approaches impedes implementation. In this pilot study, professionals working in substance use treatment services received a 4-hour asynchronous online harm reduction and pharmacotherapy training. Pre- and post-training surveys used Likert-scale questions to assess attitudes and planned actions. Four of the 23 survey items demonstrated a significant change in pre- to post-attitudes and planned actions relating to harm reduction or pharmacotherapy. These items included less attitudinal stigma towards: methadone and buprenorphine ( p = .021), overdose prevention sites/“drug consumption facilities” ( p = .025), and naloxone distribution ( p = .017), as well as lower intent to primarily promote abstinence-based interventions ( p = .007). This study demonstrated that online asynchronous educational interventions show promise for reducing stigmatizing attitudes towards evidence-based practices among substance use treatment professionals.
Housing movement coalitions in the United States: Trends from big networks among urban civil society leaders
Authors: Messamore Andrew
Published: January 2024

Coalitions of formal housing, civil rights and anti-poverty organisations play an important role in urban housing movements. However, the extent and dynamics of these ‘housing movement coalitions’ are not well understood. In this article, I document the geography of housing movement coalitions across 148 US cities using leadership networks among 11.8 million civic leaders. I show that cohesive coalitions of formal housing, civil rights and anti-poverty leaders exist in a wide range of US cities, including in conservative states. In terms of change, housing coalitions have only grown in a handful of politically liberal cities since the global financial crisis, and most housing coalitions have stagnated and some have declined. Finally, change score regression models indicate that economic insecurity is associated with housing coalition emergence, but municipal austerity and hostile political environments may weaken the opportunities for coalitions to expand. These findings suggest movement scholars should widen their focus to include housing coalitions in more diverse contexts, and more closely examine how municipal funding shapes housing coalitions and their relationship to grassroots activism.
Distributed nonsingular terminal sliding mode control–based RBFNN for heterogeneous vehicular platoons with input saturation
Authors: Wang Jianmei , Luo Xiaoyuan , Li Mengjie , Guan Xinping
Published: January 2024

In this paper, a distributed nonsingular terminal sliding mode control (NTSMC) is proposed for vehicular platoons subjected to nonlinear uncertainty, external disturbance, and input saturation. Due to the presence of input saturation, the platoon control becomes more complicated. However, only considering the impact of uncertainty on the system, input saturation will usually lead to a decline in the driving performance, even lead to string instability. First, the input saturation is compensated by a single parameter, which is simple and direct. The radial basis function neural network (RBFNN) based on disturbance observer is employed to compensate the nonlinear uncertainty and external disturbance, respectively. The basis function of neural network is only related to the velocity and acceleration of the leader. Therefore, the nonlinearity of the vehicle systems does not need to meet the matching conditions. Then, a distributed NTSMC is designed to realize the internal stability, which weakens the chattering of traditional sliding mode control (SMC) to some extent. In addition, the nonsingular problem in terminal sliding mode control (TSMC) is solved. The string stability is realized by employing a coupled sliding mode control (CSMC). Finally, simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness and feasibility of the proposed strategy.
Presynchronization control for ship microgrid of merchant marine inverters based on VSG algorithm with MFAC
Authors: Yao Wenlong , Pei Chunbo , Chi Ronghu , Shao Wei , Li Boyang
Published: January 2024

The paper studies a presynchronization control of grid connection for large merchant marine microgrid inverters. We present a virtual synchronous generator (VSG) algorithm with model-free adaptive control (MFAC) to optimize the stable grid connection of ship microgrid and shore-to-ship power. To solve poor precision of presynchronization control under nonideal ship microgrid condition, an MFAC controller and its presynchronization method are developed for grid connection of ship-distributed generation inverters. The proposed presynchronization control method effectively avoids a high transient overcurrent and achieves a seamless grid connection to different types of shore power. The simulation results verify the effectiveness of the proposed control method.
Adaptive backstepping control for a class of uncertain systems with actuator delay and faults
Authors: Guo Dong , Jiang Peng , Liu Jun , Cai Jianping , Bychkov Igor , Hmelnov Alexei
Published: January 2024

Unknown actuator failures are inevitable in practical systems. At the same time, time delay exists in many physical actuators, and the system performance will be affected by such actuator delay and faults. However, the results of studies that attempt to compensate for unknown failures of actuators with time delay are still very limited. In this paper, such a problem is studied, and an adaptive control scheme is proposed based on backstepping approaches. First, the input delay of actuator faults and output disturbances are transformed into unknown effects on the output signal. In the backstepping recursive design, these unknown effects will accumulate to the last step of the controller design. Then, a new Lyapunov function is constructed by introducing auxiliary signals to prove the stability of the system. It is shown that the proposed control scheme can compensate for the effects caused by unknown actuator failures and input delays. The stability of the closed-loop system can be guaranteed by this adaptive controller. Finally, simulation studies are used to verify the effectiveness of the proposed scheme.
Teaching Mathematics in Kindergarten: How Does Instruction Differ by Classroom Ability?
Authors: Gottfried Michael , Fletcher Tina , Comstock Meghan
Published: January 2024

Background/Context:

Kindergarten mathematics instruction is critical for students’ future academic success. The nature and quality of this instruction may vary depending on classroom characteristics. However, little empirical work has examined how mathematics instruction in kindergarten might differ based on classroom performance levels.

Purpose, Objective, Research Question, or Focus of Study:

This study focuses on whether kindergarten teachers’ mathematics instructional practices differ based on reported performance levels of students in the classroom. In particular, we focused on whether mathematics instructional time, as well as the extent to which teachers use traditional versus ambitious mathematics practices, differed based on teaching a higher proportion of children performing below grade level.

Research Design:

This study used a nationally representative dataset of approximately 2,900 kindergarten teachers from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2010–11. With these data, the study utilized a model that compared teachers to each other within the same school (i.e., school fixed effects).

Conclusions or Recommendations:

This study found that mathematics instructional time did not differ based on the proportion of children reported to be below grade level in the classroom. However, how teachers taught mathematics differed: teachers who reported having a greater percentage of students performing below grade level used ambitious practices less frequently. These findings were not moderated by measures of teacher background or teachers’ reported expectations of their students.
Utilising crowdsourcing and text mining to enhance information extraction from social media: A case study in handling COVID-19 supply requests in Thailand
Authors: Rattanatamrong Prapaporn , Boonpalit Yutthana , Boonnavasin Manassanan
Published: January 2024

Social media platforms are critical for disaster communication and relief efforts. Rapid and precise social media post analysis is required for effective disaster response. This article presents a comprehensive study of a framework that combines crowdsourcing and text mining techniques to enhance data extraction from social media. The research focuses on a particular case study of COVID-19 pandemic medical supply request, which shows several key findings. First, the incorporation of domain-specific data during the training of named entity recognition (NER) models is essential for accurately identifying and retrieving important entities, such as the names of medical supplies and hospitals. Second, the implementation of a hybrid system leads to improvement in the extraction of information from social media posts. Finally, the involvement of crowdsourcing is found to be significant in the validation, verification, and filtering of disorganised information within the hybrid system. Our performance analysis demonstrates that the use of hybrid models has the potential to significantly improve the extraction of supply names (by up to 37%) and hospital names (by up to 66%), especially in the absence of a comprehensive vocabulary or specially trained NER models. During the COVID-19 supply shortage in Thailand, volunteers utilised hybrid models to expedite the identification of the necessary information. Experiment results demonstrated significant improvement in the accuracy of extracted data, the ability to acquire relevant information in real-time, the capacity to handle a substantial number of posts and the practical benefit of the proposed framework.
Self-reflective terrain-aware robot adaptation for consistent off-road ground navigation
Authors: Siva Sriram , Wigness Maggie , Rogers John G. , Quang Long , Zhang Hao
Published: January 2024

Ground robots require the crucial capability of traversing unstructured and unprepared terrains and avoiding obstacles to complete tasks in real-world robotics applications such as disaster response. When a robot operates in off-road field environments such as forests, the robot’s actual behaviors often do not match its expected or planned behaviors, due to changes in the characteristics of terrains and the robot itself. Therefore, the capability of robot adaptation for consistent behavior generation is essential for maneuverability on unstructured off-road terrains. In order to address the challenge, we propose a novel method of self-reflective terrain-aware adaptation for ground robots to generate consistent controls to navigate over unstructured off-road terrains, which enables robots to more accurately execute the expected behaviors through robot self-reflection while adapting to varying unstructured terrains. To evaluate our method’s performance, we conduct extensive experiments using real ground robots with various functionality changes over diverse unstructured off-road terrains. The comprehensive experimental results have shown that our self-reflective terrain-aware adaptation method enables ground robots to generate consistent navigational behaviors and outperforms the compared previous and baseline techniques.
Leveraging symmetries in pick and place
Authors: Huang Haojie , Wang Dian , Tangri Arsh , Walters Robin , Platt Robert
Published: January 2024

Robotic pick and place tasks are symmetric under translations and rotations of both the object to be picked and the desired place pose. For example, if the pick object is rotated or translated, then the optimal pick action should also rotate or translate. The same is true for the place pose; if the desired place pose changes, then the place action should also transform accordingly. A recently proposed pick and place framework known as Transporter Net (Zeng, Florence, Tompson, Welker, Chien, Attarian, Armstrong, Krasin, Duong, Sindhwani et al., 2021) captures some of these symmetries, but not all. This paper analytically studies the symmetries present in planar robotic pick and place and proposes a method of incorporating equivariant neural models into Transporter Net in a way that captures all symmetries. The new model, which we call Equivariant Transporter Net, is equivariant to both pick and place symmetries and can immediately generalize pick and place knowledge to different pick and place poses. We evaluate the new model empirically and show that it is much more sample-efficient than the non-symmetric version, resulting in a system that can imitate demonstrated pick and place behavior using very few human demonstrations on a variety of imitation learning tasks.
Hemoperfusion with high-affinity polyethylene microbeads (Seraph-100®) for the removal of pathogens in chronic critically ill patients: Clinical experience
Authors: Votrico Valentina , Grilli Matteo , Gerini Ugo , Berlot Giorgio
Published: January 2024

Critically ill septic patients present variable clinical trajectories, with some succumbing to hyperinflammatory responses while others develop a chronic critical illness, characterized by a prolonged low-grade inflammation, muscle atrophy, and mechanical ventilation dependency and often develop secondary infections often caused by from low-virulence microorganisms or reactivated latent viruses. The Seraph-100® hemoperfusion cartridge takes advantage from heparin-coated ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene microbeads mimicking pathogen-binding cell receptors and can adsorb both pathogens and damage-associated molecular patterns released by injured tissues. We describe two chronic critically ill patients who developed secondary viral bloodstream infections successfully treated with this device.
Canadian Association of Radiologists Gastrointestinal Imaging Referral Guideline
Authors: Hamel Candyce , Avard Barb , Belanger Catherine , Chatterjee Avi , Hartery Angus , Lim Howard , Kanagaratnam Sivaruban , Fung Christopher
Published: January 2024

The Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR) Gastrointestinal Expert Panel consists of radiologists, a gastroenterologist, a general surgeon, a family physician, a patient advisor, and an epidemiologist/guideline methodologist. After developing a list of 20 clinical/diagnostic scenarios, a systematic rapid scoping review was undertaken to identify systematically produced referral guidelines that provide recommendations for one or more of these clinical/diagnostic scenarios. Recommendations from 58 guidelines and contextualization criteria in the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluations (GRADE) for guidelines framework were used to develop 85 recommendation statements specific to the adult population across the 20 scenarios. This guideline presents the methods of development and the referral recommendations for dysphagia/dyspepsia, acute nonlocalized abdominal pain, chronic abdominal pain, inflammatory bowel disease, acute gastrointestinal bleeding, chronic gastrointestinal bleeding/anemia, abnormal liver biopsy, pancreatitis, anorectal diseases, diarrhea, fecal incontinence, and foreign body ingestion.
Research on traction guidance cooperative control of virtual track train based on path-tracking and articulation hinge forces optimisation
Authors: Wang Zehan , Lu Zhenggang
Published: January 2024

Virtual track train (VTT) is a new urban public transportation system that adopts rubber wheel and rail transit management mode. Its characteristics of all-wheel-driving all-axle-steering (AWDAAS) enable this multi-articulated vehicle to run along the target path (virtual track) with high precision. This paper proposes a new traction guidance cooperative control strategy aiming at path-tracking and hinge forces optimisation. Firstly, the vehicle dynamics model is established using the two-step method, which mainly includes the centre of gravity (CG) forces model between the wheel steering angles, torques and the generalised forces at every unit. Secondly, the vehicle multi-body dynamics model is built with the CG generalised forces as the control input and carries on the concrete modelling for the three-unit six-axle AWDAAS-VTT. This modelling method can satisfy the rapid expansion and reconstruction according to the different marshalling numbers and axles. Then the hinge forces are analysed and expressed quantitatively by vehicle state and control inputs. A traction guidance cooperative control strategy based on a hierarchical framework is proposed, which has mainly three parts: the cooperative distribution of path-tracking and longitudinal speed targets, the CG generalised forces calculation of every unit based on improved model predictive control (MPC) and Stanley algorithm, and the control allocation (CA) of wheel torque and angle. The control strategy is verified by Co-simulation. The results show that the proposed control strategy can achieve excellent tracking accuracy and effectively reduce hinge forces. In addition, the vehicle under cooperative control also has excellent curve passing stability and continuous curve adaptability. The control strategy has high robustness under different running speeds, curve radii and payloads. Even under the extreme condition of passing through the R20 m curve at 14 m/s, the maximum tracking error is less than 0.035 m.
Adaptive fuzzy sliding-mode control of under-actuated systems with unknown input gain function
Authors: Mousavi Alireza , Markazi Amir HD
Published: January 2024

This research addresses the design of an Adaptive Fuzzy Sliding-Mode Control (AFSMC) for a group of nonlinear under-actuated systems with unknown input gain functions. In the proposed approach, to provide a structure for controlling the under-actuated subsystem, the sliding manifold corresponding to the whole dynamic system is derived based on the backstepping technique. In addition, two separate fuzzy inference systems are utilized for approximating the system’s internal dynamics and the unknown input gain function. In order to derive the robust part of the controller, a novel method is proposed to define the upper bound of the uncertain term in the form of a state-dependent second-degree polynomial. It should be mentioned that the output vectors of the fuzzy systems and the coefficients of the robust part of the controller are obtained by the designed adaptation laws. The asymptotic stability analysis for the proposed AFSMC structure is provided by the second theorem of Lyapunov and Barbalat’s lemma. In the end, the AFSMC effectuality is confirmed by the depth control of a REMUS Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV).
Research on gait generation and gait conversion of (2UPS-U) +R series-parallel hybrid wheel-legged quadruped robot
Authors: Li Shanshan , Wang Hongbo , Li Dong , An Jing , Zhang Xingchao , Tian Junjie , Niu Jianye
Published: January 2024

This paper proposes a gait control method considering lateral stability for a four-wheeled foot robot that can realize wheel-foot transformation to achieve foot-stable walking, uses the CPG gait generator to study the generation methods of different gait patterns of the robot, selects the Hopf oscillator to establish the whole CPG control network, and analyzes the relevant parameters in its mathematical model; To analyze the CPG output signal and gait generation strategy in terms of joint swing angle and foot-end coordinates, to model the CPG gait generator model using Simulink, to verify the Walk gait and Tort gait by numerical simulation; The lateral adjustment of the body is introduced into the motion control of the robot, the Walk gait, the Tort gait, and the transition strategy between gaits are simulated and verified. The trajectory of the foot end of the robot is analyzed during in situ rotation and turn-turn walking, and the CPG control network for in situ rotation and turn-turn walking is established and simulated to verify the correctness of gait generation. The gait generation and conversion strategy studied in this paper can meet the stability of the robot’s walking, and at the same time, can be converted between gait according to the road conditions and the demand for travel speed, and also provides a high reference significance for the research of multiple gait control methods for quadruped robots.
A parametric study of a bolted joint rotor-bearing system with an unbalanced offset disk
Authors: Zhu Zhimin , Li Yuqi , Wen Chuanmei , Long Tianliang , Jin Long
Published: January 2024

The turbine disk is the core component of an aero-engine whose position and unbalanced force seriously affect the vibration stability of the rotor system. Ignoring the influence of the offset disk may result in discrepancies between real-world scenarios and numerical simulation results. The present work aims to explore the nonlinear dynamic characteristics of rotor systems under the coupling of bolted joint and offset disk effect, as well as the influence of offset disk position and its unbalanced force on the system dynamic behavior and bending stiffness of bolted joint also investigated. The governing equations of a bolted joint rotor-bearing system with an offset disk were established based on the finite element method and derived as a dimensionless expression in the first. Then, the Newmark method was employed for the numerical solution of the motion equations, and then a bifurcation analysis of the rotor system and the evolution of bending stiffness for the bolted joint was studied. Next, by comparing the frequency-amplitude diagrams, bifurcation diagrams, time history, shaft obits, and bending stiffness diagrams of the bolted joint, the effect of the offset disk position and its unbalanced force on the nonlinear system dynamic was revealed. Finally, an experimental study was carried out to verify the numerical result using the bolted joint rotor test rig with an offset disk. The analysis result of the present work can provide theoretical guidance for structure design and stability analysis on the aero-engine.
Effective measures to improve thermal efficiency of medium-sized diesel engine in practical application: Energy-exergy analysis and test verification
Authors: Huang Haozhong , Wang Yi , Zhou Chengzhong , Guo Xiaoyu , Xing Kongzhao
Published: January 2024

As the fourth stage of China’s fuel consumption limits for heavy commercial approaches, engine manufacturers are facing huge challenges. Here, the impact of different strategies on brake thermal efficiency (BTE) was studied through experiments and simulations, and the main energy loss items were obtained based on energy and exergy analysis. According to experimental results, the removal of exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) mainly reduced exhaust losses, resulting in a 0.5% increase in BTE at 1200 r/min. Turbocharger scheme 2, with a high flow rate and high efficiency, was beneficial in reducing pumping losses. Owing to consistent brake power, simultaneously increasing the compression ratio and peak firing pressure can reduce the exhaust losses and combustion irreversibility. When fuel injection quantity was constant, the use of high flow injectors could advance CA50, thereby increasing output power and reducing exhaust losses. Finally, the actual development of the new engine was completed, and the test results showed that the maximum BTE reached 46.9%, and CO and soot emissions were reduced by 74.2% and 78.3%, respectively. Therefore, for medium-sized diesel engines, adopting the non-EGR route, using high flow turbochargers and injectors, and increasing compression ratio can effectively improve BTE and reduce carbon emissions.
Superior analgesic efficacy of preemptive low-dose ketorolac compared with parecoxib after total knee arthroplasty: A retrospective propensity score matching study
Authors: Iamthanaporn Khanin , Rojjanasirisawat Nuttawut , Yuenyongviwat Varah
Published: January 2024

Background

Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a routine orthopedic procedure often associated with significant postoperative pain. Efficient pain management is paramount for patient recovery, with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) being a common choice. Nevertheless, the specific NSAID and its dosing regimen can have varying impacts on outcomes.

Methods

In this retrospective cohort study spanning from January 2016 to December 2020, we analyzed patients who underwent TKA. These patients were divided into two groups: one receiving preemptive low-dose ketorolac (15 mg) followed by 15 mg every 6 h for 48 h, and the other receiving parecoxib (40 mg) every 12 h for the same duration. We assessed pain scores, opioid consumption, and monitored adverse events.

Results

Our findings reveal that ketorolac yielded superior results compared to parecoxib. Specifically, patients receiving ketorolac reported significantly lower Visual Numeric Rating Scale (VNRS) scores at 8- and 20-h post-surgery. This trend was further confirmed by linear mixed models ( p = .0084). Additionally, ketorolac was associated with reduced opioid consumption during the initial 24 h. Importantly, the rates of adverse events were comparable between the two groups.

Conclusion

The utilization of preemptive low-dose ketorolac demonstrates promising potential in bolstering pain control within the initial 24 h post-TKA, potentially reducing the need for opioids. However, further exploration is required to thoroughly assess its prolonged analgesic effects and safety across various surgical contexts. These investigations could provide invaluable insights for optimizing pain management protocols.
“I Haven’t Told Anyone but You”: Experiences and Biopsychosocial Support Needs of People With Type 2 Diabetes and Binge Eating
Authors: Lindgreen Pil , Willaing Ingrid , Clausen Loa , Ismail Khalida , Grønbæk Helle Nergaard , Andersen Charlotte Humble , Persson Frederik , Cleal Bryan
Published: January 2024

Up to 25% of people with type 2 diabetes (T2D) may binge eat which is almost 10 times as many as in the general population. Binge eating is associated with depression, anxiety, and social isolation. Moreover, binge eating may increase the risk of obesity and high blood glucose levels, both of which can accelerate the onset of complications to diabetes and death in people with T2D. Still, little is known about the experiences, needs, and preferences of people with T2D and binge eating that can inform and develop current and future treatment efforts. The aim of the study was therefore to gain in-depth insights into the experiences and biopsychosocial support needs of women and men with T2D and binge eating. Twenty semi-structured individual interviews (65% with females) were conducted and analyzed according to the methodology of Interpretive Description. Four themes were identified: (a) T2D and binge eating: Feeling trapped in a vicious circle; (b) Unwanted outcasts: Responding to continuous criticism; (c) Biomedical relief: Blaming and adjusting the body; and, (d) Silent struggles: Wanting to cease the secrecy. Pertinent to all themes were the guilt, shame, and worries about developing complications that the participants experienced when binge eating despite having T2D. Although binge eating triggered emotional distress, binge eating was at the same time a way of coping with such distress. Implications for treatment and future research are discussed, including the need to systematically assess and address binge eating in routine T2D care.