This paper investigates a framework for the application of robust and smooth second order sliding mode control to a class of underactuated mechanical systems for the realization of high performance control applications.First, using input and state transformations, the dynamics of the class are rstc rangers transformed into a normal form which consi
Prostate cancer (PCa) represents the most common malignancy in adult males with an estimated number of 280 000 newly diagnosed cases only in the United States in 2015.[1] Due to the introduction of PSA in clinical practice, the majority of the patients are currently diagnosed with organ-confined and sometimes indolent disease.However, a nonnegligib
Lung cancer is a major cause of cancer-associated deaths worldwide, and lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) is the most common lung cancer subtype.Micro RNAs (miRNAs) regulate the pattern of gene expression in multiple cancer types and have been explored as potential drug development targets.To develop an oncomiR-based panel, we identified miRNA candidates
Abstract The serendipitous discovery that inhibiting type 5 phosphodiesterase (PDE5) using sildenafil, a potent PDE5 inhibitor (PDE5i) initially developed for cardioprotection, introduced the possibility of orally managing erectile dysfunction (ED) led to an increase in research data, which are currently considered groundbreaking for the new discip
The article presents an empirical study of personality predictors of cyber-victimization and cyber-bullying in adolescence.There is a shortage of domestic (Russian) studies of individual psychological predictors of both cyber victimization and cyber aggression.To overcome this deficit, an empirical study was organized on a sample of 220 students of