East Tennessee State University (ETSU) was awarded a grant through an interagency agreement between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Appalachian Regional Commission to promote cancer control activities between state comprehensive cancer control (CCC) coalitions and local Appalachian communities. We invited representatives from CCC coalitions and Appalachian communities to ...

Applying the controller area network (CAN) bus, this paper proposes the integration of three advanced motion control designs: (1) the zero phase error tracking control (ZPETC) mainly for each individual axis in the multi-axis system, (2) the zero magnitude error tracking control (ZMETC) for each individual axis at the high speed in the multi-axis system and (3) the cross-coupled control (CCC) f...

OBJECTIVE There are limited data on the effects of financial distress (FD) on overall suffering and quality of life (QOL) of patients with advanced cancer (AdCa). In this cross-sectional study, we examined the frequency of FD and its correlates in AdCa. PATIENTS AND METHODS We interviewed 149 patients, 77 at a comprehensive cancer center (CCC) and 72 at a general public hospital (GPH). AdCa c...

The Children's Communication Checklist-2 (CCC-2) is often applied to assess pragmatic language impairment which highly prevalent in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and several mental health conditions. We replicated previous findings on the limited applicability of CCC-2 clinical samples inconsistent concerning factor structure. aim present study was, thus, develop a concise, simplified, revised...

We propose a Shewhart control chart based on gauging theoretically continuous observations into multiple groups. This chart is designed to monitor the process mean and standard deviation for deviations from stability. By assuming an underlying normal distribution, we derive the optimal grouping criteria that maximizes the expected statistical information available in a sample. Control charts ba...

OBJECTIVE To compare two methods for evaluating total body fat and its distribution. METHODS Cross-sectional, cohort-nested study. Sixty-two women received a nutritional status evaluation which included total body fat (BF) obtained through the sum of skinfolds (ΣSF) and bioimpedance (BIA). Visceral fat distribution was measured using ultrasonography (USG) (intra-abdominal fat thickness) (IAT)...

The current popularity of Six Sigma has highlighted the importance of variation reduction in production and service delivery process. In fact, the capability of a company in meeting customers’ quality requirements is primarily determined by the existing variation in their processes. Reducing process variation should be among the top priority for companies pursuing continuous improvement or Six ...

In this paper, a controller featuring cross-coupled control and iterative learning control schemes is designed and implemented on a modular two-axis positioning system in order to improve both contour and tracking accuracy. Instead of using the standard contour estimation technique proposed with the variable gain cross-coupled control, a computationally efficient contour estimation technique is...

The aim of this article is to understand how compulsory community care (CCC) has become a solution in mental health policy in so many different legal and social contexts during the last 20 years. The recent introduction of CCC in Sweden is used as a case in point, which is then contrasted against the processes in Norway, England/Wales and New York State. In Sweden, the issue of CCC was initiate...