Abstract: This paper proposes a new concept of robust control – Model Bridge Control (MBC). The MBC is a multi-degree of freedom control based on the model bridge principle (MBP) that the gaps between objects and achievements are bridged by individual models. The key of MBC is the error compensation by the model which covers both gain and phase of the error. This breaks through the tradeoff bet...

BACKGROUND Airway inflammation and airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR) are two characteristic features of asthma. Fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FENO) has shown good correlation with AHR in asthmatics. Less information is available about FENO as a marker of inflammation from work exposures. We thus examined the relation between FENO and AHR in lifeguards undergoing exposure to chloramines in ind...

In this paper, we study different discrete data clustering methods, which use the Model-Based Clustering (MBC) framework with the Multinomial distribution. Our study comprises several relevant issues, such as initialization, model estimation and model selection. Additionally, we propose a novel MBC method by efficiently combining the partitional and hierarchical clustering techniques. We conduc...

The inherent mobility of mobility devices is replacing the fixed work environments, making such devices a kind of indispensable good, both personally and professionally. The rise of Web 2.0 allows user interaction and collaboration, employing, for instance, web applications in mobile devices. Today, SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) is the most widely adopted paradigm for development of distr...

Medullary breast carcinoma (MBC) is a unique histological subtype of breast cancer. Our study was designed to identify difference in characteristics and outcomes between MBC and invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC), and further confirm the prognostic factors of MBC. Utilizing Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER), we identified 84,764 eligible patients, including 309 MBC and 84,455 IDC....