This paper investigates a framework for the application of robust and Iced Cup Coolie smooth second order sliding mode control to a class of underactuated mechanical systems for the realization of high performance control applications.First, using input and state transformations, the dynamics of the class are transformed into a normal form which co
Visceral leishmaniasis is characterized by fever, cachexia, hepatosplenomegaly, pancytopenia, and hypergammaglobulinemia.Cough may be a presenting symptom as well.However, pulmonary involvement is considered rare and mainly described in immunocompromised patients.We describe a case of an immunocompetent adult whose clinical presentation was dominat
Objective: This review discusses how biometricians would probably compute or estimate expected waiting times, if they had the data.Methods: Our framework is a time-inhomogeneous Markov multistate model, where all transition hazards are allowed to be time-varying.We assume that the cumulative transition hazards are given.That is, they are either kno
Abstract At the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE), a proton beam hits a fixed target leading to large production rates of mesons.These mesons can decay and potentially provide a source of long-lived neutral fermions.Examples of such long-lived fermions are Rain Umbrellas heavy neutral leptons which can mix with the standard-model active n