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Performance improvement of discrete‐time linear‐quadratic regulators applied to uncertain linear systems using the Tikhonov regularization method

open access: yesAsian Journal of Control, EarlyView.
Abstract The linear‐quadratic regulator (LQR) problem of optimal control of an uncertain discrete‐time linear system (DTLS) is revisited in this paper from the perspective of Tikhonov regularization. We show that an optimally chosen regularization parameter reduces, compared to the classical LQR, the values of a scalar error function, as well as the ...
Fernando Pazos, Amit Bhaya
wiley   +1 more source

La Metodología de Actuación Realista como Dispositivo de Atenuación de la Presencia del Actor en Teatro y Cine

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Estudos da Presença, 2017
En el presente trabajo nos proponemos analizar la metodología de actuación realista como dispositivo de atenuación de la presencia del actor. Consideramos que el sistema Stanislavski constituyó la primera y más acabada resolución técnica a una larga ...
Karina Mauro (Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) – Buenos Aires, Argentina)
doaj  

Luminescence dating of glacial advances at Lago Buenos Aires (∼46 °S), Patagonia

open access: yes, 2016
Understanding the timing of past glacial advances in Patagonia is of global climatic importance because of the insight this can provide into the influence on glacier behaviour of changes in temperature and precipitation related to the Southern Westerlies.
R. Smedley, N. Glasser, G. Duller
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Trans‐Tendon Suture‐Bridge Knotless Proximal Pulley Repair With Bioinductive Patch Augmentation for High‐Grade Partial Hip Abductor Tendon Tears

open access: yesArthroscopy Techniques, EarlyView.
Abstract This technical note describes a knotless trans‐tendon proximal‐pulley repair with distal suture‐bridge fixation and bioinductive collagen patch augmentation for high‐grade partial gluteus medius and minimus tears. The technique preserves intact tendon fibers, restores broad footprint compression, and supports biologic healing through a ...
Maria Agustina Olarán   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

To do without Thinking? To Think without Doing? Two old prejudices in the new postdramatic scene

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Estudos da Presença, 2013
In order to deal with the definitive overcoming of two theatrical prejudices still in force – the self-proclaimed rejection of producers against theoretical reflection and lack of artistic experience, which allegedly devaluate critical discourse – we ...
Beatriz Alicia Trastoy (Universidad de Buenos Aires - Buenos Aires, Argentina)
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Conceptualizing Corporate Political Activity for Sustainability Governance—The CPA Cube

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainability transformations in the economy, and related public policy decisions, are highly contested, attracting business involvement. To better understand how business influence on government impacts the success or failure of sustainability governance efforts, this paper extends the literature on corporate political activity (CPA) by ...
Burkard Eberlein, Janina Grabs
wiley   +1 more source

Building families—Implementing balanced sexual and reproductive health

open access: yesInternational Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract One of the main initiatives of the World Health Organization (WHO) is the promotion of Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH). Sexuality, infertility, and contraception are three interconnected pillars of SRH, each essential for achieving global equity in family planning and family building.
Peter Y. Liu   +9 more
wiley   +2 more sources

Social segregation and gated communities in Santiago de Chile and Buenos Aires. A comparison

open access: yes, 2016
The two Cono Sur capitals share similarities (effects of globalization, socio-spatial segregation, fragmentation, rise of gated cities, social housing in remote locations lacking public transport), however a variety of differences can be observed ...
A. Borsdorf   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Striving for Significance: Development and Validation of the Desire for Significance Scale

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The need for personal significance (i.e., the desire for mattering, meriting respect and ‘being someone’) is a psychogenic need that guides a variety of human behaviours studied across multiple domains of social psychology. Despite its relevance, a validated measure of stable individual differences in the motivation to satisfy the need for ...
Erica Molinario   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating for Learning: Latin American Strategies and Experiences From the Evalparticipativa Community

open access: yesNew Directions for Evaluation, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article documents EvalParticipativa's 6‐year effort to democratize evaluation across Latin America through participatory approaches rooted in the region's traditions of Popular Education, Participatory Action Research, and Sistematización de Experiencias.
Pablo Rodríguez Bilella   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

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