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Thermal and mechanical properties of recyclable epoxy asphalt vitrimers
Epoxy asphalt has been extensively utilized in the construction of long-span steel deck bridges. Due to its thermosetting nature, however, the end-of-life epoxy asphalt cannot be reclaimed as thermoplastic pol...
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Cerastecins inhibit membrane lipooligosaccharide transport in drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii
Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infections have limited treatment options. Synthesis, transport and placement of lipopolysaccharide or lipooligosaccharide (LOS) in the outer membrane of Gram-negative...
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Open AccessBioinformatics analysis identifies coagulation factor II receptor as a potential biomarker in stomach adenocarcinoma
Coagulation factor 2 thrombin receptor (F2R), a member of the G protein-coupled receptor family, plays an important role in regulating blood clotting through protein hydrolytic cleavage mediated receptor activati...
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Open AccessA positive feedback between PDIA3P1 and OCT4 promotes the cancer stem cell properties of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
Increasing evidence has indicated that long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been proven to regulate esophageal cancer progression. The lncRNA protein disulfide isomerase family A member 3 pseudogene 1 (PDIA3P1)...
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Conclusion and Further Work
This monograph is concluded in this chapter, following which some future directions concerning FOSMC are discussed.
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Fractional-Order SMC for the Deployment of STS
This chapter proposes a FO integral sliding mode control with the order \(0<\nu <1\) 0
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Fractional-Order Dynamics and Control of Rigid-Flexible Coupling Space Structures
The book begins with a brief view of fractional order control strength in modeling and control in this chapter. It is well known that rigid-flexible coupling structures have been widely used in spacecraft with...
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Practical Tracking Control via Discrete-Time Fractional-Order SMC
In this chapter, a novel discrete-time fractional-order sliding mode (DFSM) controller is proposed to guarantee the desired tracking performance of the linear motor control system. A discrete-time linear motor...
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Discrete-Time Fractional-Order Terminal Sliding Mode Tracking Control
This chapter presents a practical discrete-time FO terminal sliding mode control strategy for high-precision tracking tasks based on linear motors. In particular, the practical parametric uncertainties involvi...
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Fractional-Order Fuzzy SMC for the Deployment of TSS
In this chapter a novel FO fuzzy SMC strategy is developed to realize the deployment of the TSS with input saturation. The considered TSS is modelled as an under-actuated system. By decoupling the under-actuat...
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Fractional-Order Adaptive SMC for the Deployment of STS
In this chapter, a novel FO SMC scheme based on a nonlinear mathematical model in elliptical orbits is presented. A new dimensionless transform based on coordinate translation is constructed to convert input l...
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Introduction
FO calculus has a long history which can be traced back to 300 years ago. The chapter introduces the preliminaries of FO calculus and briefly review the development of SMC and FOSMC. To apply in engineering, s...
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Fractional-Order Tension Control for Tethered Satellite Systems
The past decades have witnessed 26 tethered satellite missions due to its great potential in space exploration, microgravity, and deep space observation. A typical tethered satellite mission generally involves...
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Practical Tracking Control via Adaptive Fractional-Order Terminal SMC
This chapter proposes a practical adaptive FO terminal SMC strategy for tracking control of the linear motor. Compared with the conventional fast nonsingular SMC, the proposed approach, with a FO integral slid...
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Fractional-Order Sliding Mode Contouring Error Control
This chapter presents a simplified Newton-based contouring error estimation (CEE) and a discrete-time FO sliding mode contouring error control (CEC) strategy to obtain an excellent contouring motion performanc...
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Fractional-Order Nonsingular Terminal SMC for the Deployment of STS
In this chapter, a novel FO nonsingular terminal sliding mode (FONTSM) control scheme is developed, which guarantees the desired deployment performance of STS system. The presented control scheme is to stabili...
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Open AccessSMURF1 attenuates endoplasmic reticulum stress by promoting the degradation of KEAP1 to activate NRF2 antioxidant pathway
Cancer cells consistently utilize the unfolded protein response (UPR) to encounter the abnormal endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress induced by the accumulation of misfolded proteins. Extreme activation of the UP...
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Combining serum AFP and CEUS LI-RADS for better diagnostic performance in Chinese high-risk patients
To evaluate and compare the diagnostic performance of revised contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System version by combining LR-M category and serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) un...
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Magnetic polyvinyl alcohol microspheres with self-regulating temperature hyperthermia and CT/MR imaging for arterial embolization
Trans-catheter arterial embolization, as a minimally invasive therapy strategy, has become a choice for treating liver cancer. Development of embolic agents integrated with therapy and imagining functions is d...
