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- Arnqvist, Hans, et al.
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Vitamin D status in longstanding type 1 diabetes and controls. Association with upper extremity impairments
- 2023
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In: Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences. - : UPSALA MED SOC. - 0300-9734 .- 2000-1967. ; 128:1
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Background: Patients with type 1 diabetes have a high prevalence of upper extremity impairments (UEIs), such as frozen shoulder, carpal tunnel syndrome, and trigger finger. The UEIs are strongly associated with activity limitations and impaired quality of life. The etiology of the UEI is not clear. Vitamin D deficiency has been considered to play a role in the pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes and in the development of macro- and microvascular complications in diabetes. Aim: To characterize vitamin D status in a large population of patients with type 1 diabetes, if vitamin D deficiency is associated with metabolic factors and possible association with UEI. Material and methods: Patients who diagnosed before 35 years of age, whose diabetes duration >20 years, and who are not older than 65 years were invited to participate in this cross-sectional case-control, multicenter study. Controls matched for age and sex were obtained from the national population registry. Fasting blood samples were collected and stored at -80 degrees C until analyzed regarding 25-hydroxy-vitamin D (25(OH)D3) by a liquid chromatographic-mass spectrometric method (LC-MS/MS). Results: Vitamin D levels varied with season as expected in the northern hemisphere. The association between 25(OH)D3 and clinical variables was analyzed in a univariate general linear model, which indicated no difference in 25(OH)D3 in men with and without diabetes but higher values in women with diabetes. About 30% of both patients and controls had vitamin D deficiency (=50 nmol/L). Analyzed by binary logistic regression UEIs was not associated with 25(OH)D3 levels. In both patients and controls, 25(OH)D3 was correlated to apolipoprotein A1 (r = 0.153; 0.220, P < 0.001). Conclusion: In patients with type 1 diabetes and a duration of 20 years or more, vitamin D level is not lower than in nondiabetic controls and is not associated with UEIs.
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- Artursson, Tom, et al.
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Variable reduction on electronic tongue data
- 2002
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In: Analytica Chimica Acta. - 0003-2670 .- 1873-4324. ; 452:2, s. 255-264
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Reduction of the number of variables in data from a so-called electronic tongue contributes to simpler model calculations and less storage requirements. In this study, we have developed a model for this purpose. This model describes the response from the electrodes in the electronic tongue with two exponential functions plus a constant term, i(t) = k + kf e-ta + kc e-tß, where t is the time. From the model, five parameters which describe the signal are extracted. These parameters can be used as inputs instead of the original signal to any multivariate algorithm. The results show that the variables obtained are at least as good as the original data to separate between different classes, even though the number of parameters has been reduced between 80 and 199 times. © 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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- Holmin, Susanne, et al.
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Compression of electronic tongue data based on voltammetry - A comparative study
- 2001
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In: Sensors and actuators. B, Chemical. - 0925-4005 .- 1873-3077. ; 76:1-3, s. 455-464
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Conference paper (other academic/artistic)abstract
- In this paper, three data compression methods are investigated to determine their ability to reduce large data sets obtained by a voltammetric electronic tongue without loss of information, since compressed data sets will save data storage and computational time. The electronic tongue is based on a combination of non-specific sensors and pattern recognition tools, such as principal component analysis (PCA). A series of potential pulses of decreasing amplitude are applied to one working electrode at a time and resulting current transients are collected at each potential step. Voltammograms containing up to 8000 variables are subsequently obtained. The methods investigated are wavelet transformation (WT) and hierarchical principal component analysis (HPCA). Also, a new chemical/physical model based on voltammetric theory is developed in order to extract interesting features of the current transients, revealing different information about species in solutions. Two model experiments are performed, one containing solutions of different electroactive compounds and the other containing complex samples, such as juices from fruits and tomatoes. It is shown that WT and HPCA compress the data sets without loss of information, and the chemical/physical model improves the separations slightly. HPCA is able to compress the two data sets to the largest extent, from 8000 to 16 variables. When data sets are scaled to unit variance, the separation ability improves even further for HPCA and the chemical/physical model. © 2001 Elsevier Science B.V.
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- Jirstrand, Mats, et al.
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A Linear Programming Approach to the Design of Thermostat Controllers of Interconnected Thermal Systems
- 1998
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In: Proceedings of the 37th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control. - Linköping : Linköping University Electronic Press. - 0780343948 ; , s. 449-454, s. 47-54
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- We investigate how to tune the thermostat hysteresis for a system of interconnected thermal processes. Using linear programming techniques and the worst-case analysis we compute switch levels for the controller to make the system stay close to the desired temperature levels. Both the cases with and without amplitude bounded disturbances are treated. The same technique can also be applied to a system of interconnected tanks despite the fact that such a system is nonlinear.
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- Jirstrand, Mats, et al.
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A Negative Result on Piecewise Quadratic Lyapunov Functions for Decay Rate Analysis
- 1999
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In: Proceedings of the 38th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control. - 0780352505 ; , s. 2312-2313 vol.3
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- In recent years, the advent of efficient methods for solving linear matrix inequality (LMI) problems has yielded a new interesting class of Lyapunov functions, the piecewise quadratic Lyapunov functions, subject to efficient computation. This class has shown promise, e.g. in the stability analysis of hybrid systems. In this paper, we describe one example that we have analyzed in order to investigate how LMI methods and piecewise quadratic Lyapunov functions can be used to iteratively synthesize a switched control law in order to obtain an improved decay rate. The example shows that piecewise quadratic Lyapunov functions are not sufficient to analyze the decay rate of a piecewise affine system, given that the partitioning used in the Lyapunov function is the same as in the piecewise affine system. As noted in other performance analysis examples, a finer partitioning is needed
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- Lindgren, David, et al.
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A Novel Feature Extraction Algorithm for Asymmetric Classification
- 2002
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Reports (other academic/artistic)abstract
- A linear feature extraction technique for asymmetric distributions is introduced, the asymmetric class projection (ACP). By emph {asymmetric classification} is understood discrimination among distributions with different covariance matrices. Two distributions with unequal covariance matrices do not in general have a symmetry plane, a fact that makes the analysis more difficult compared to the symmetric case. The ACP is similar to linear discriminant analysis (LDA) in the respect that both aim at extracting discriminating features (linear combinations or projections) from many variables. However, the drawback of the well known LDA is the assumption of symmetric classes with separated centroids. The ACP, incontrast, works on (two) possibly concentric distributions with unequal covariance matrices. The ACP is tested on data from anarray of semiconductor gas sensors with the purpose of distinguish bad grain from good.
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- Lindgren, David, et al.
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A Novel Feature Extraction Algorithm for Asymmetric Classification
- 2004
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In: IEEE Sensors Journal. - : IEEE Sensors Council. - 1530-437X .- 1558-1748. ; 4, s. 643-650
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- A linear feature extraction technique for asymmetric distributions is introduced, the asymmetric class projection (ACP). By emph {asymmetric classification} is understood discrimination among distributions with different covariance matrices. Two distributions with unequal covariance matrices do not in general have a symmetry plane, a fact that makes the analysis more difficult compared to the symmetric case. The ACP is similar to linear discriminant analysis (LDA) in the respect that both aim at extracting discriminating features (linear combinations or projections) from many variables. However, the drawback of the well known LDA is the assumption of symmetric classes with separated centroids. The ACP, incontrast, works on (two) possibly concentric distributions with unequal covariance matrices. The ACP is tested on data from anarray of semiconductor gas sensors with the purpose of distinguish bad grain from good.
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- Lindgren, David, et al.
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A Novel Feature Extraction Algorithm for Asymmetric Classification II
- 2003
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Reports (other academic/artistic)abstract
- A linear feature extraction technique for asymmetric distributions is introduced, the asymmetric class projection (ACP). By asymmetric classification is understood discrimination among distributions with different covariance matrices. Two distributions with unequal covariance matrices do not in general have a symmetry plane, a fact that makes the analysis more difficult compared to the symmetric case. The ACP is similar to linear discriminant analysis (LDA) in the respect that both aim at extracting discriminating features (linear combinations or projections) from many variables. However, the drawback of the well known LDA is the assumption of symmetric classes with separated centroids. The ACP, incontrast, works on (two) possibly concentric distributions with unequal covariance matrices. The ACP is tested on data from anarray of semiconductor gas sensors with the purpose of distinguish bad grain from good.
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- Pogromsky, A. Yu., et al.
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On Stability and Passivity of a Class of Hybrid Systems
- 1998
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In: Proceedings of the 37th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control. - Linköping : Linköping University Electronic Press. - 0780343948 ; , s. 3705-3710 vol.4
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Reports (other academic/artistic)abstract
- The paper deals with the stabilizability and passifiability properties of a class of hybrid dynamical systems. The systems under consideration are composed of a continuous time invariant plant and discrete event controller. An algebraic criterion for existence of a Lyapunov function for a piecewise linear system is given. Based on these results some passifiability issues are considered.
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- Spångéus, Per, et al.
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An LMI based Method for Safety Controller Design
- 1999
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In: Proceedings of the 38th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control. - 0780352505 ; , s. 3633-3638 vol.4
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- A common problem in industry is the issue of safety controllers. Usually there is a basic controller that works well for normal conditions, but when certain state variables get too large we need to switch to a safety controller in order to get the state back to a normal level. The design of the safety controller such that it works well together with the basic controller is the topic of the paper. In practice, the design is often done in an ad hoc manner. The paper describes an approach to extending a given static output feedback control law with a safety controller. The safety controller is activated when the state gets close to the forbidden region in state space. It pushes the state to a safe distance from the forbidden region within a maximum prescribed time despite disturbances. It does this with a prescribed bound on the input and in a manner that guarantees stability of the overall system. The switching between the two controllers takes place through hysteresis, this helps to avoid chattering. The method is based on LMIs which ensures scalability to large systems. However, the LMI approach imposes some conservatism on the results. Also, the method is as at present limited to systems with a relative degree one from the input to a specific output of the system
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