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Distinct Systemic Sclerosis Phenotypes Related to Ethnicity: An Opportunity to Personalize Care?

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The objective is to describe and compare demographic, clinical, and serological characteristics of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) according to ethnic background. Methods Participants enrolled in the Canadian Scleroderma Research Group cohort who self‐identified to a single ethnicity group were included.
Danick Goulet, Camille Guertin, Maggie Larché, Isabelle Ferdinand, Marie Hudson, May Y. Choi, Mohammed Osman, Janet Pope, Carter Thorne, Murray Baron, Sasha Bernatsky, Sabrina Hoa   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Q‐Learning Algorithm to Solve the Two‐Player Zero‐Sum Game Problem for Nonlinear Systems

International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing, Volume 39, Issue 3, Page 566-581, March 2025.
A Q‐learning algorithm to solve the two‐player zero‐sum game problem for nonlinear systems. ABSTRACT This paper deals with the two‐player zero‐sum game problem, which is a bounded L2$$ {L}_2 $$‐gain robust control problem. Finding an analytical solution to the complex Hamilton‐Jacobi‐Issacs (HJI) equation is a challenging task.
Afreen Islam, Anthony Siming Chen, Guido Herrmann   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Divergent NO2 air pollution trends during the COVID-19 pandemic in Helsinki Metropolitan Area

Environmental Research Communications
Measures taken during the COVID-19 pandemic reduced key air pollutant concentrations worldwide and highlighted socio-economic disparities in their distribution. While most studies report temporary air quality improvements for lower socio-economic status (
Ákos Gosztonyi, Aleksi Karhula, Sirkku Juhola, Sanna Ala-Mantila   +3 more
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Decoding population PM2.5 exposure in China: interplay of emissions, meteorology, and inequality (2013–2020)

Frontiers in Public Health
Over the past decade, China has significantly improved air quality by integrating environmental policies with economic growth. Yet, environmental inequality remains a major challenge to social equity and sustainable development.
Sujing Li, Sujing Li, Sujing Li, Sujing Li, Chenxi Wang, Linmeng Ma, Xingxing Wang, Guolei Du, Changhao Wu, Changhao Wu, Changhao Wu, Changhao Wu   +11 more
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Reducing health inequality from air pollution requires action in deprived-ethnic neighbourhoods: An environmental justice analysis of air quality in England, 2001-2021

Belgeo, 2006
The changing social distribution of air pollution over 20 years is examined for England, using a range of descriptive statistical techniques, applied to fine scale pollution and population data.
Gordon Mitchell, Paul Norman
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Observer‐Based Adaptive Event‐Triggered Tracking Control for Fuzzy TS Systems With Premise Mismatch

International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing, EarlyView.
This paper presents an adaptive logistic event‐triggered observer‐based tracking controller for Takagi‐Sugeno fuzzy systems under constrained inputs and network delays. Leveraging a hybrid LMI and Secretary Bird Optimization approach, this strategy significantly minimizes communication overhead and computational burden while ensuring optimal reference ...
Oussama Djadane, Salama Makni, Mourad Kchaou, Ahmed El Hajjaji   +3 more
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A Constraint‐Based Analytical Framework for Design‐Space Analysis and Material Screening of Tubular Multilayer Dielectric Elastomer Pumps for Extracorporeal Circulatory Applications

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
A constraint‐based analytical framework maps the coupled effects of material properties, structural parameters, and operating conditions in tubular dielectric elastomer pumps for extracorporeal circulatory applications. The approach defines performance boundaries through mechanical, electrical, and hydraulic constraints and identifies feasible design ...
Yan Zhang, Amine Benouhiba, Yoan Civet, Yves Perriard   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impacts of Income Inequality and Economic Growth on CO₂ Emissions: Comparing the Gini Coefficient and the Top Income Share in OECD Countries

Energies, 2022
This study investigates the nexus of income inequality, economic growth, and CO2 emissions based on the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis for 38 OECD countries during 1990–2015. The indices of income inequality include the Gini coefficient and
Hyunsoo Kang
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Multiobjective Codesign Optimization of a Planar Pneumatic Artificial Muscle‐Based Snake‐Like Robot for Enhanced Agility and Energy Efficiency

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
A codesign multiobjective optimization framework was developed to enhance the morphology and controller of a snake‐like robot driven by artificial muscles. It improved planar locomotion, agility, and power efficiency. The approach optimized link geometry and controller gains, revealing that shorter muscles near joints and longer linkages maximize ...
Ayla Valles, Mahdi Haghshenas‐Jaryani
wiley   +1 more source

Pathways to social inequality

Evolutionary Human Sciences, 2021
Social inequality is ubiquitous in contemporary human societies, and has deleterious social and ecological impacts. However, the factors that shape the emergence and maintenance of inequality remain widely debated.
Hannah J. Haynie, Patrick H. Kavanagh, Fiona M. Jordan, Carol R Ember, Russell D. Gray, Simon J. Greenhill, Kathryn R. Kirby, Geoff Kushnick, Bobbi S. Low, Ty Tuff, Bruno Vilela, Carlos A. Botero, Michael C. Gavin   +12 more
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