Dengue is the most prevalent mosquito-borne viral disease in humans, and cases are continuing
to rise globally. In particular, islands in the Caribbean have experienced more frequent …

The importance of closed-loop uncertainty predictions in robust model-predictive control (MPC)
has been discussed by a number of authors in previous years [(A. Bemporad, 1998), (D. …

Many of the robust model-predictive controllers (MPC) developed to-date suffer from
excessively conservative control because they rely upon open-loop predictions of future system …

This thesis addresses the issue of sequential decision-making under uncertainty. The results
presented here are applicable to any linear decision-making system in which feedback is …

Recent legislative changes have opened the door for new and exciting financial products.
Futures contracts on individual stocks and narrow indexes are expected to begin trading …

The present study explored African American (n=16) and European American (n=19) college
women's ideal body size perceptions for their own and the other ethnic group along with …

MMWR/February 27, 2015/Vol. 64/No. 7 189 community involved in the outbreak and add to
their ability to rapidly deploy the necessary resources to the affected area. For this report, …

A new software suite, called Crystallography & NMR System (CNS), has been developed for
macromolecular structure determination by X-ray crystallography or solution nuclear …

Background Patient centred care necessitates that healthcare experiences and perceived
outcomes be considered across all transitions of care. Information encoded within free-text …

Benzo[a]pyrene (BP) and dibenzo[a,l]pyrene (DBP) are two polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
(PAHs) that exhibit distinctly different mutagenicity and carcinogenicity profiles. Although …