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View article: Phenomenological modeling of vinyl-acrylic copolymer emulsion polymerization: Insights from pilot and industrial plants
Phenomenological modeling of vinyl-acrylic copolymer emulsion polymerization: Insights from pilot and industrial plants Open
At an industrial scale, the manufacturing of Vinyl Acetate (VA) and Butyl Acrylate (BA) copolymer emulsions faces significant challenges due to complex reaction kinetics, high heat release, and the need for effective temperature control. A…
View article: Impact of metallurgical features and cross-sectional design on the cyclic and torsional properties of NiTi rotary instruments
Impact of metallurgical features and cross-sectional design on the cyclic and torsional properties of NiTi rotary instruments Open
This study evaluated six NiTi rotary instruments' mechanical and metallurgical properties with varying thermal treatments and cross-sections. A total of 240 instruments (sizes 25.06 and 35.04) were tested: VDW Rotate (VDW), Plex V (PV), Pr…
View article: Analysis of Breast Cancer Mortality in the US—1975 to 2019
Analysis of Breast Cancer Mortality in the US—1975 to 2019 Open
Importance Breast cancer mortality in the US declined between 1975 and 2019. The association of changes in metastatic breast cancer treatment with improved breast cancer mortality is unclear. Objective To simulate the relative associations…
View article: Plant‐wide control for processes with recycle and narrow feasible sets
Plant‐wide control for processes with recycle and narrow feasible sets Open
Recycling mass and energy is a feature in almost all plants and industries. It is reported as an inevitable characteristic in actual industries due to differences between the designed processes and implementation. When a process is set, en…
View article: Characterization of the external exposome and its contribution to the clinical respiratory and early biological effects in children: The PROMESA cohort study protocol
Characterization of the external exposome and its contribution to the clinical respiratory and early biological effects in children: The PROMESA cohort study protocol Open
Background Air pollution contains a mixture of different pollutants from multiple sources. However, the interaction of these pollutants with other environmental exposures, as well as their harmful effects on children under five in tropical…
View article: Effect of flight connectivity on the introduction and evolution of the COVID-19 outbreak in Canadian provinces and territories
Effect of flight connectivity on the introduction and evolution of the COVID-19 outbreak in Canadian provinces and territories Open
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged health services and governments in Canada and around the world. Our research aims to evaluate the effect of domestic and international air travel patterns on the COVID-19 pandemic in Canadian…
View article: Critical Manifolds Based-On State Controllability To Design Dynamic Systems
Critical Manifolds Based-On State Controllability To Design Dynamic Systems Open
In the present work, the formulation of critical manifolds for state controllability is proposed. These critical manifolds are a boundary in the design parameter space that splits it into two regions, one where the controllability is guara…
View article: Observability analysis and state estimator proposal for the chocolate conching process
Observability analysis and state estimator proposal for the chocolate conching process Open
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View article: Identification of Statin’s Action in a Small Cohort of Patients with Major Depression
Identification of Statin’s Action in a Small Cohort of Patients with Major Depression Open
Statins are widely used as an effective therapy for ischemic vascular disorders and employed for primary and secondary prevention in cardiac and cerebrovascular diseases. Their hemostatic mechanism has also been shown to induce changes in …
View article: Evaluation of Dispersed Alkaline Substrate and Diffusive Exchange System Technologies for the Passive Treatment of Copper Mining Acid Drainage
Evaluation of Dispersed Alkaline Substrate and Diffusive Exchange System Technologies for the Passive Treatment of Copper Mining Acid Drainage Open
The study evaluates the performance of the novel ADES (alkaline diffusive exchange System), SDES (sulfidogenic diffusive exchange system) and DAS (Dispersed Alkaline Substrate) technologies for the passive treatment of high-strength acid m…
View article: Efficient feasible set characterization through Distance Field Map algorithm and its use in control
Efficient feasible set characterization through Distance Field Map algorithm and its use in control Open
The feasibility of processes is a well-used notion with several definitions in the literature according to each context. This is understood as the region of operative variables where phenomena of processes occur. In this work, we propose a…
View article: A Novel Phenomenological Based Model of an Upstream Hydro-classifier for Control Purposes
A Novel Phenomenological Based Model of an Upstream Hydro-classifier for Control Purposes Open
Hydro-classification is one of the most important operation to separate particles according with their size and specific gravity. This operation involves many phenomena and its modeling is still not clear. Complex models demand high comput…
View article: Efficient solution of nonlinear model predictive control by a restricted enumeration method
Efficient solution of nonlinear model predictive control by a restricted enumeration method Open
This work presents an alternative method to solve the nonlinear program (NLP) for nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC) problems. The NLP is the most computational demanding task in NMPC, which limits the industrial implementation of t…
View article: Numerical-Experimental Study of the Consolidation Phenomenon in the Selective Laser Melting Process with a Thermo-Fluidic Coupled Model
Numerical-Experimental Study of the Consolidation Phenomenon in the Selective Laser Melting Process with a Thermo-Fluidic Coupled Model Open
One of the main limiting factors for a widespread industrial use of the Selective Laser Melting Process it its lack of productivity, which restricts the use of this technology just for high added-value components. Typically, the thickness …
View article: Topology optimization applied to the design of cooling channels for plastic injection
Topology optimization applied to the design of cooling channels for plastic injection Open
In this paper, topology optimization is applied to design cooling channels in a mold of structural steel. The problem was implemented in COMSOL multiphysics, where two physics were coupled, heat transfer and solid mechanics. The optimizati…
View article: Association of Screening and Treatment With Breast Cancer Mortality by Molecular Subtype in US Women, 2000-2012
Association of Screening and Treatment With Breast Cancer Mortality by Molecular Subtype in US Women, 2000-2012 Open
In this simulation modeling study that projected trends in breast cancer mortality rates among US women, decreases in overall breast cancer mortality from 2000 to 2012 were associated with advances in screening and in adjuvant therapy, alt…
View article: Design of Robust Input-Constrained Feedback Controllers for Nonlinear Systems
Design of Robust Input-Constrained Feedback Controllers for Nonlinear Systems Open
This work contributes to the optimal design of closed-loop nonlinear systems with input saturation in the presence of unknown uncertainty. Stability conditions based on contractive constraints were developed for a general class of nonlinea…
View article: Collaborative Modeling of the Benefits and Harms Associated With Different U.S. Breast Cancer Screening Strategies
Collaborative Modeling of the Benefits and Harms Associated With Different U.S. Breast Cancer Screening Strategies Open
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