Electromyography signal processing based on time and time-frequency representations for prosthesis application by Mahdavi, Farzaneh Akhavan

“…It is worth mentioning that eighteen healthy people had participated in EMG signal recording and different wrist motions (flexion, extension, abduction, adduction and rest) had been recorded. As a result, the output of the proposed algorithm for EMG signal processing using various techniques presented an improvements in EMG signal classification in terms of accuracy. …”
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Design and development of a gravity-balanced device for the upper limb by Foo, Danny Chen Hui.

“…The designed device includes the following features: 1) it is passive, the device only use springs to achieve gravity balancing. 2) The device has two adjusting mechanism, one for the level of gravity balancing and another for the lifting force adjustment. 3) The device come with a quick release mount to allow mounting of other medical device. …”
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How to profit from pharmaceutical IPO first day returns. by Chew, Benjamin Wei Chiang., Chua, Hui Ting., Soon, John Hao Han.

“…We observed that before the adjustment for cash and leverage, our model produced results with an accuracy of 74.2%. …”
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Strengthening fiscal discipline in the EMU in a market-led approach. by Cui, Cong.

“…After looking into three mainstream approaches, the author believes that the market-led approach, which applies the market automatic adjustment system to strengthen the fiscal discipline, is the most promising one. …”
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Design of a battery-operated portable DC power supply. Part 1 : voltage output control by Neo, Wei Xiang

“…DC-to-DC boost converter can convert the input voltage supply from batteries to an adjustable output voltage that is much higher in magnitude. …”
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Predictors and outcomes of healthcare-associated infections caused by carbapenem-nonsusceptible enterobacterales: a parallel matched case-control study by Hoo, Grace S. R., Cai, Yiying, Quek, Yan Ching, Teo, Jocelyn Q., Choudhury, Saugata, Koh, Tse Hsien, Lim, Tze Peng, Marimuthu, Kalisvar, Ng, Oon Tek, Kwa, Andrea L.

“…Time to discharge remained significantly longer in patients with CnSE-HAI (adjusted hazard ratio, 0.71; 95% CI, 0.51 – 0.98) after adjusting for disease severity, receipt of antibiotics with reported susceptibility and receipt of appropriate source control. …”
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Socioeconomic inequalities in risk of infection with SARS-CoV-2 delta and omicron variants in the UK, 2020-22: analysis of the longitudinal COVID-19 Infection Survey by Razieh, C, Shabnam, S, Dambha-Miller, H, Morris, EJA, Yates, T, Chudasama, Y, Zaccardi, F, Gillies, C, Banerjee, A, Pareek, M, Lacey, B, White, M, Khunti, K, Islam, N

“…Multivariable Poisson regression models were fitted to estimate the adjusted incidence rate ratio after adjusting for age, sex, ethnic group, comorbid conditions, urban or rural residence, household size, patient or client facing job, and time (as quarters of the year).…”

Macroeconomic perspective on global imbalances. by Lee, Pei Hua., Su, Zhixiang., Teoh, Shi Ying.

“…Overall, the empirical results substantiate our argument that both internal and external adjustments are required to rebalance the global economy, starting with closing the US external deficit.…”
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Acculturation index for stress and subjective well-being : study of mainland chinese in Singapore. by Low, Wan Xin.

“…In addition, using qualitative research method, the study has also identified that the common stressors faced by sample population in Singapore - socio-cultural adjustment and general living adjustment – were qualitatively different from the common stressors they faced in country of origin, namely academic achievement, interpersonal conflict and conflict from non-academic activities.…”
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Impact of extended trading hours in market microstructure: evidence from the Kuala Lumpur stock exchange by Gan, Seow Cheng, Lo, Sok Tsing, Lee, Seow Li

“…Last but not least, the analysis on both autocorrelation coefficients and price adjustment show that the Kuala Lumpur stock market has not improved substantially on processing market-wide information despite the additional trading hours.…”
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Adaptive average arterial pressure control by multi-agent on-policy reinforcement learning by Hong, X, Ayadi, W, Alattas, KA, Mohammadzadeh, A, Salimi, M, Zhang, C

“…Initially, a flexible MFULM controller is created to make adjustments to blood pressure and medication dosages. …”

Optimizing selenization conditions of Cu2CdSn(S,Se)4 by Wong, Jia Mian

“…Selenization has also showed that it is able to reduce band gap and by adjusting S/Se ratio band gap can be adjusted. EDX results displayed that at annealing temperature of 560°C Cd/Sn ratio is the closest to 1.25, which is the optimized ratio. …”
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Optimizing mechanical ventilation: Personalizing mechanical power to reduce ICU mortality ‐ a retrospective cohort study by Alkhalifah, AS, Rumindo, K, Brincat, E, Blanchard, F, Helleberg, J, Clarke, D, Popoff, B, Duranteau, O, Mohamed, ZU, Senosy, A

“…Safe upper limits for IBW-adjusted MP varied across hypoxemia groups. The XGBoost model showed the highest predictive accuracy for ICU mortality. …”

Fast Charging of Lithium-Ion Batteries While Accounting for Degradation and Cell-to-Cell Variability by Kim, Minsu, Schaeffer, Joachim, Berliner, Marc D, Pedret Sagnier, Berta, Bazant, Martin Z, Findeisen, Rolf, Braatz, Richard D

“…We explore the reduction of battery degradation by adjusting constraints such as the maximum C-rate and voltage. …”
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Muscle ultrasound changes and physical function of critically ill children: a comparison of rectus femoris cross-sectional area and quadriceps thickness measurements by Ong, Chengsi, Lee, Jan Hau, Leow, Melvin Khee-Shing, Puthucheary, Zudin A.

“…Motor function change at PICU discharge was significantly associated with RFCSAchange (adjusted β coefficient, 0.02 [95% CI, 0.01-0.03]; p = 0.013) but not QT change (adjusted β coefficient,-0.01 [95% CI,-0.02 to 0.01]; p = 0.415). …”
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Design and development of a solar-powered vehicle by Zhou, Bo

“…A thin film solar panel rated at 6V DC is used to power the car. An adjustable joint is used to tilt the solar panel so as to make sure the solar panel is perpendicular to the sunlight. …”
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Achieving seamless and scalable ethernet networks using ethernet over SONET by Jape, Milind

“…This dissertation focuses on a new layer 2 mapping technology "Ethernet Over SONET", in which virtual concatenation and link capacity adjustment scheme have given the SONET a new lease of life around the world by extending Ethernet over Metropolitan area Network (MAN) and Wide Area Network (WAN).…”
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Customer behaviour model in e-commerce by Singh, Kamaljit.

“…The business can also use the model to identify potential problems and make critical adjustments before they show up in the sales figures.…”
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Optimizing earbud microphone performance through the use of digital filter by Tan, Kelvin Wei Wen

“…Just to name a few, there are no gain adjustments, no frequency adjustments and sound quality is largely mediocre at best. …”
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A 1-bit 16×16 reconfigurable intelligent surfaces array for C-band by Zhang, Yucheng

“…Through specific calculation of algorithm, arrangement of RIS array used for different target direction with different composed number of RIS units could be figured out. Adjustments of RIS array then could be applied to realize the goal of beamforming to certain users. …”
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