in this paper standing balance control of a biped with toe-joint is presented. the model consists of an inverted pendulum as the upper body and the foot contains toe-joint. the biped is actuated by two torques at ankle-joint and toe-joint to regulate the upper body in upright position. to model the interaction between foot and the ground, configuration constraints are defined and utilized. to s...

this article deals with the issues associated with developing a new design methodology for the nonlinear model-predictive control (mpc) of a chemical plant. a combination of multiple neural networks is selected and used to model a nonlinear multi-input multi-output (mimo) process with time delays.  an optimization procedure for a neural mpc algorithm based on this model is then developed. the p...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this longitudinal study was to establish an equation to predict incremental mandibular length on the basis of the analysis of the cervical vertebrae on a single cephalometric radiograph and to compare the predictive accuracy with the method by Mito et al. METHODS Data consist of a group of 33 Iranian girls, 9 to 11 years old with two lateral cephalometric radiographs...

OBJECTIVE Considering that the Cockcroft-Gault formula and the equation of diet modification in renal disease are amply used in clinical practice to estimate the glomerular filtration rate, although they seem to have low accuracy in obese patients, the present study intends to evaluate the predictive performance of 12 equations used to estimate the glomerular filtration rate in obese patients. ...

Objective: This study aimed to develop and validate a new continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) prediction equation compare it with other formulas.Material Methods: We retrospectively included patients obstructive sleep apnea who underwent CPAP titration between January 2012 December 2016. All clinical polysomnographic data were collected. The was developed using the first set, predictabil...