Segmented polyurethane(SPU)s are block polymers which have a good elastic property and thermoplasticity. However, the biocompatibility of SPU is not sufficient, and a living organism rejects the SPU as a foreign material. Thus, some modification is needed to provide excellent biocompatibility and retain the good physical characteristics of the SPUs. In this study, we blended the 2methacryloylox...

Esophageal cancer patients are often associated with multiple primary cancers (MPC). The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of MPC on prognosis in esophageal cancer patients treated by radiotherapy. Between 2001 and 2008, esophageal cancer patients treated by definitive radiotherapy at Gunma Cancer Center were retrospectively reviewed. Exclusion criteria were preoperative or postoperat...

With the advent of computer control, supervisory controllers such as simple cascade control, model predictive control (MPC), dynamic matrix control (DMC), etc are increasingly being used in process industries. In this study, performance of three such controllers namely simple cascade controller, ‘MPC cascaded to PID’ and ‘PID free MPC’ are compared on a continuous stirred tank heater (CSTH) sys...

Multivariate controller performance assessment (MVPA) has been developed over the last several years, but its application in advanced model predictive control (MPC) has been very limited mainly due to issues associated with comparability of variance control objective and that of MPC. MPC has been proven as one of the most effective advanced process control (APC) strategies to deal with multivar...

Tension tests of metal-plate connected (MPC) joints for Chinese larch (Larix gmelinii (Rupr.) Rupr.) were conducted in four orientations. Loaddeflection curves were obtained for each MPC jointed specimen. Ultimate tension load, translation stiffness, stiffness at large slip, and failure modes for each specimen were obtained. A Foschi 3-parameter model was found to fit the load-deflection curves...

PURPOSE We investigated the clinicopathologic information of patients with gastric cancer with multiple primary cancers (GC-MPC) of three or more sites. MATERIALS AND METHODS Between 1995 and 2009, 105,908 patients were diagnosed with malignancy at Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System. Of these, 113 (0.1%) patients with MPC of three or more sites were registered, and 41 (36.3%)...

Model predictive control (MPC) anticipates future events to take appropriate control actions. Nonlinear MPC (NMPC) describes systems with nonlinear models and/or constraints. Continuation MPC, suggested by T. Ohtsuka in 2004, uses Krylov-Newton iterations. Continuation MPC is suitable for nonlinear problems and has been recently adopted for minimum time problems. We extend the continuation MPC ...

Model Predictive Control (MPC) strategies are typically implemented in two levels: a steady-state target calculation and a control calculation. The steady-state target calculation consumes excess degrees of freedom within the control problem to provide optimal steady-state performance with respect to some specified objective. In some MPC approaches, the target calculation is formulated as a Lin...

Myogenic progenitor cell (MPC) is responsible for postembryonic muscle growth and regeneration. Progranulin (PGRN) is a pluripotent growth factor that is correlated with neuromuscular disease, which is characterised by denervation, leading to muscle atrophy with an abnormal quantity and functional ability of MPC. However, the role of PGRN in MPC biology has yet to be elucidated. Here, we show t...