Dissipative Estimating for Nonlinear Markov Systems With Protocol-Based Deception Attacks and Measurement Quantization.

This article investigates the asynchronous estimator design for the interval type-2interval type-2 (IT2) fuzzy Markov jump systems subject to dynamic quantization and deception attacks. From the perspective of the attacker, a novel protocol-based deception attackdeception attack (DA) strategy is proposed, which utilizes the information of quantized output to assess the importance degree of transmission signals. Furthermore, in order to conserve the limited energy of the adversary, the independent attack strategies are designed for different sensors.

Biofilm formation and microbial interactions in moving bed-biofilm reactors treating wastewater containing pharmaceuticals and personal care products: A review.

The risk of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) has been paid more attention after the outbreak of COVID-19, threatening the ecology and human health resulted from the massive use of drugs and disinfectants. Wastewater treatment plants are considered the final stop to restrict PPCPs from wide spreading into the environment, but the performance of conventional treatment is limited due to their concentrations and characteristics. Previous studies have shown the unreplaceable capability of moving bed-biofilm reactor (MBBR) as a cost-effective method with layered microbial structure for treating wastewater even with toxic compounds.

The Causal Association Between Medication Intake and Increased Risk of Psoriasis.

Introduction: Psoriasis is a chronic, inflammatory, and papulo-squamous skin disorder without a radical cure. Although previous observational analyses have discovered a relationship between medication intake and increased risk of psoriasis, they are susceptible to confounders.

Objectives: We intend to ascertain if there is a causal association between specific medication intake and increased risk of psoriasis by utilizing the Mendelian randomization (MR) method.

Data-Driven Optimal Bipartite Consensus Control for Second-Order Multiagent Systems via Policy Gradient Reinforcement Learning.

This article investigates the optimal bipartite consensus control (OBCC) problem for unknown second-order discrete-time multiagent systems (MASs). First, the coopetition network is constructed to describe the cooperative and competitive relationships between agents, and the OBCC problem is proposed by the tracking error and related performance index function. Based on the distributed policy gradient reinforcement learning (RL) theory, a data-driven distributed optimal control strategy is obtained to guarantee the bipartite consensus of all agents' position and velocity states.

Fuzzy-Affine-Model-Based Filtering Design for Continuous-Time Roesser-Type 2-D Nonlinear Systems.

This article tackles the problem of filtering design for continuous-time Roesser-type 2-D nonlinear systems via Takagi-Sugeno (T-S) fuzzy affine models. The aim is to design an admissible piecewise affine (PWA) filter such that the filtering error system is asymptotically stable with a prescribed disturbance attenuation level. First, 2-D Roesser nonlinear systems are approximated by a kind of 2-D fuzzy affine models with norm-bounded uncertainties.

[Analysis of the influence of tibial component posterior slope angle on short- and mid-term effectiveness of unicompartmental knee arthroplasty].

Objective: To investigate the influence of tibial component posterior slope angle (TCPSA) on the short- and mid-term effectiveness of unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA).

Methods: The clinical data of the patients with anterior medial knee osteoarthritis (KOA) treated by UKA between May 2014 and May 2019 were retrospectively analysed. There were 10 males and 45 females with a median age of 68 years (range, 49-83 years).

Prognosis Risk Model Based on Pyroptosis-Related lncRNAs for Bladder Cancer.

Objective: Bladder cancer (BC) is the most common malignancy in the urinary system and is prone to recurrence and metastasis. Pyroptosis is a kind of cell necrosis that is triggered by the gasdermin protein family. lncRNAs are noncoding RNAs that are more than 200 nucleotides long.

Reliable Control for Flexible Spacecraft Systems With Aperiodic Sampling and Stochastic Actuator Failures.

This article addresses the aperiodic sampled-data control problem for flexible spacecraft with stochastic actuator failures. Flexible spacecraft dynamics are approximated by a group of T-S fuzzy models due to strong nonlinearity, and the multi-stochastic failures of spacecraft are depicted by a time-continuous and state-discrete Markov chain. To reduce the design conservativeness, a membership-sampling-dependent Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional (MSDLKF) is introduced to utilize the information of fuzzy membership functions and aperiodic sampling modes.

[Effect of body mass index on short- and medium-term effectiveness of unicompartmental knee arthroplasty].

Objective: To investigate the effect of body mass index (BMI) on the short- and medium-term effectiveness of unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) in the treatment of anterior medial compartmental osteoarthritis of knee joint.

Methods: The clinical data of 55 patients (61 knees) with anterior medial compartmental osteoarthritis of knee joint treated with minimally invasive UKA between May 2014 and May 2019 were retrospectively analyzed. According to BMI, the patients were divided into 3 groups: normal body mass group [group A, BMI 18.

Stability Analysis for Delayed Neural Networks via Improved Auxiliary Polynomial-Based Functions.

This brief is concerned with stability analysis for delayed neural networks (DNNs). By establishing polynomials and introducing slack variables reasonably, some improved delay-product type of auxiliary polynomial-based functions (APFs) is developed to exploit additional degrees of freedom and more information on extra states. Then, by constructing Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional using APFs and integrals of quadratic forms with high order scalar functions, a novel stability criterion is derived for DNNs, in which the benefits of the improved inequalities are fully integrated and the information on delay and its derivative is well reflected.

[A retrospective study on the application of cemented polyethylene liner technique in hip revision].

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of cemented polyethylene liner technique in hip revision.

Methods: Based on inclusion criteria, the clinical data of 26 patients who were undergone hip revision between January 2011 and December 2013, were retrospectively reviewed. Among them, 14 cases were treated with isolated liner exchange (group A) and 12 cases were treated with cemented polyethylene liner technique (group B).

Improved Stability Analysis for Delayed Neural Networks.

In this brief, by constructing an augmented Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional in a triple integral form, the stability analysis of delayed neural networks is investigated. In order to exploit more accurate bounds for the derivatives of triple integrals, new double integral inequalities are developed, which include some recently introduced estimation techniques as special cases. The information on the activation function is taken into full consideration.

Further results on stabilization for interval time-delay systems via new integral inequality approach.

This paper investigates the stability and stabilization problems for interval time-delay systems. By introducing a new delay partitioning approach, various Lyapunov-Krasovskii functionals with triple-integral terms are established to make full use of system information. In order to reduce the conservatism, improved integral inequalities are developed for estimation of double integrals, which show remarkable outperformance over the Jensen and Wirtinger ones.

Improved Electrochemical Performance of LiFePO@N-Doped Carbon Nanocomposites Using Polybenzoxazine as Nitrogen and Carbon Sources.

Polybenzoxazine is used as a novel carbon and nitrogen source for coating LiFePO to obtain LiFePO@nitrogen-doped carbon (LFP@NC) nanocomposites. The nitrogen-doped graphene-like carbon that is in situ coated on nanometer-sized LiFePO particles can effectively enhance the electrical conductivity and provide fast Li transport paths. When used as a cathode material for lithium-ion batteries, the LFP@NC nanocomposite (88.

New H control approaches for interval time-delay systems with disturbances and their applications.

In this paper, the H performance and control problems for linear systems with interval state or input delays and disturbances are investigated. In order to exploit more information on the delay range, the quadruple -integral terms and quadratic forms of triple integrals are introduced into the Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional (LKF). Particularly, an improved integral inequality is developed for estimation of the cross terms in triple-integral type, which displays significant improvement over the Wirtinger inequality.

Improved stability and stabilization design for networked control systems using new quadruple-integral functionals.

This paper investigates stability analysis and stabilization for networked control systems. By a refined delay decomposition approach, slightly different Lyapunov-Krasovskii functionals (LKFs) with quadruple-integral terms and augmented vectors containing triple-integral forms of state are constructed. New integral inequalities are proposed to estimate the cross terms from derivatives of the LKFs, which can be proved to offer tighter bounds than what the Jensen one produces theoretically.

Novel delay-partitioning stabilization approach for networked control system via Wirtinger-based inequalities.

This paper studies the problems of stability analysis and state feedback stabilization for networked control system. By developing a novel delay-partitioning approach, the information on both the range of network-induced delay and the maximum number of consecutive data packet dropouts can be taken into full consideration. Various augmented Lyapunov-Krasovskii functionals (LKFs) with triple-integral terms are constructed for the two delay subintervals.

Infliximab is superior to other biological agents for treatment of active ulcerative colitis: A meta-analysis.

Aim: To compare the efficacy and safety of biological agents for the treatment of active ulcerative colitis (UC).

Methods: PubMed, MEDLINE, EMBASE and the Cochrane library were searched to screen relevant articles from January 1996 to August 2014. The mixed treatment comparison meta-analysis within a Bayesian framework was performed using WinBUGS14 software.

[A biomechanical study on polyethylene liner cementing into a fixed acetabular shell in revision total hip arthroplasty].

Objective: To evaluate the strength of polyethylene linercement interface when cementing a new liner into a fixed acetabular cup in revision.

Methods: Twenty-five pairs of metal acetabular cups with polyethylene liners were randomly divided into 5 groups: 1 group with standard locking device as control group (group A), other liners were cemented into acetabular cups as 4 experimental groups. According to different intersection angles of metal acetabular cups with polyethylene liners and the polyethylene liners with or without metal ball, the 4 experimental groups were no ball 0 degrees group (group B), 0 degrees group (group C), 10 degrees group (group D), and 20 degrees group (group E), metal acetabular cups intersected with polyethylene liners without metal ball in group B, with metal ball in groups C, D, and E, respectively.