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Integrated Guidance and Control with Input Saturation and Impact Angle Constraint
Aiming at the problem of impact angle constraint and input saturation, an integrated guidance and control (IGC) algorithm with impact angle constraint and input saturation is proposed.
Zhenhua Fu +3 more
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ABSTRACT Objective This prospective study aimed to evaluate the impact on oral health‐related quality of life (OHRQoL) in skeletal Class III patients treated with the surgery‐first approach using either orthodontic aligners or fixed appliances. Materials and Methods Patients were treated using the Surgery‐First Approach (SFA) combined with either clear
Arthur Cunha +3 more
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ABSTRACT Plant viruses cause significant crop losses, a situation that could worsen due to anthropogenic activities driving global climate change, one factor of which is the increase in atmospheric CO2 concentration. This study assessed the impact of elevated CO2 concentration (eCO2, 1000 vs. 400 ppm) on two genotypes of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris
Tiffanie Scandolera +12 more
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The target area of this work is a heavy metal anomaly in the surroundings of a gold mine and a lead mining complex. This work investigated the distribution of selected heavy elements in soil samples and Si-Phytoliths from plants. The aim was to verify if
Heloiza Márcia Fernades-Horn +7 more
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Specialized Committees of International Organizations an Important Source of Organizational Autonomy
ABSTRACT Assigning the preparation of decisions to specialized committees composed of member state representatives is a widespread response to the ‘governor's dilemma’, that is, the tension between competence and control, in international organizations (IOs). We theorize a causal mechanism referring to self‐selection and agenda‐setting effects and show
Michael Giesen +3 more
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Corporate governance, Islamic governance and earnings management in Oman: A new empirical insights from a behavioural theoretical framework [PDF]
Purpose: This paper examines the impact of corporate (CG) and Islamic (IG) governance mechanisms on corporate earnings management (EM) behaviour in Oman.
Avison, Lynn +3 more
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Collaborative Group of the Americas on Inherited Gastrointestinal Cancers (CGA-IGC) Annual Virtual Meeting, November 13–15, 2021 [PDF]
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Abstract Development of ipsilateral breast carcinoma following a diagnosis of breast ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) has been assumed to represent recurrence of the primary tumour. However, this may not always be the case, and it is important to determine how often such recurrences represent new tumours.
Tanjina Kader +32 more
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Biomass competition connects individual and community scaling patterns
Both metabolism and growth scale sublinearly with body mass across species. Ecosystems show the same sublinear scaling between production and total biomass, but ecological theory cannot reconcile the existence of these nearly identical scalings at ...
Lorenzo Fant, Giulia Ghedini
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Conservation challenges and opportunities for native apple (Malus) species in Canada
Apple, one of the world's most widely cultivated and economically important fruit crops, has two wild relatives native to Canada. In this review, we describe the importance of these native apple species to Indigenous heritage and the current threats the species faces due to pests, diseases, and habitat loss.
Terrell T. Roulston +13 more
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