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Feedback Control in the Presence of Noisy Channels: "Bode-Like" Fundamental Limitations of Performance by Martins, N.C., Dahleh, M.A.

“…This paper addresses fundamental limitations of feedback using information theoretic conservation laws and flux arguments. The paper has two parts. In the…”
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Characterization of dual effects induced by antimicrobial peptides: Regulated cell death or membrane disruption by Paredes-Gamero, Edgar J., Martins, Marta N.C., Cappabianco, Fábio A.M., Ide, Jaime S., Miranda, Antonio

“…Some reports describe lysis mechanisms by antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), while others describe the activation of regulated cell death. In this study, we…”
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Optimal Output Feedback Control Using Two Remote Sensors Over Erasure Channels by Gupta, V., Martins, N.C., Baras, J.S.

“…Consider a discrete-time, linear time-invariant process, two sensors and one controller. The process state is observed in the presence of noise by the sensors,…”
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Feedback stabilization of uncertain systems in the presence of a direct link by Martins, N.C., Dahleh, M.A., Elia, N.

“…We study the stabilizability of uncertain stochastic systems in the presence of finite capacity feedback. Motivated by the structure of communication networks,…”
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Fundamental Limitations of Disturbance Attenuation in the Presence of Side Information by Martins, N.C., Dahleh, M.A., Doyle, J.C.

“…In this paper, we study fundamental limitations of disturbance attenuation of feedback systems, under the assumption that the controller has a finite horizon…”
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Optimal Preview Control of Markovian Jump Linear Systems by Running, K.D., Martins, N.C.

“…In this technical note, we investigate the design of controllers, for discrete-time Markovian jump linear systems, that achieve optimal reference tracking in…”
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A Linear Programming Approach to Parameter Fitting for the Master Equation by Martins, N.C., Goncalves, J.M.

“…This technical note proposes a new framework for the design of continuous time, finite state space Markov processes. In particular, we propose a paradigm for…”
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On Stability in the Presence of Analog Erasure Channel Between the Controller and the Actuator by Gupta, V., Martins, N.C.

“…Consider a discrete-time networked control system, in which the controller has direct access to noisy measurements of the output of the plant. However,…”
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Coding for Additive White Noise Channels With Feedback Corrupted by Quantization or Bounded Noise by Martins, N.C., Weissman, T.

“…We present coding strategies, which are variants of the Schalkwijk-Kailath scheme, for communicating reliably over additive white noise channels in the…”
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FEASIBILITY, SAFETY, AND EFFICACY OF AUTOLOGOUS ADIPOSE-DERIVED MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS ADHERED TO TYPE I/III COLLAGEN MEMBRANE FOR FOCAL KNEE CARTILAGE DEFECTS: A PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL by Kaleka, C.C., Antonioli, E., Martins-Oliveira, N.C., Silva, P.D., Castro, A.D., Cohen, M.

“…Mesenchymal stromal cell (MSC) transplantation has shown promising outcomes in treating focal chondral defects of the knee, providing notable improvements in…”
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VALIDATION PROCESS OF A TISSUE ENGINEERED CELL THERAPY PRODUCT FOR CHONDRAL LESIONS: A CASE STUDY FROM THE BRAZILIAN CELL THERAPY LABORATORY by Antonioli, E., Martins-Oliveira, N.C., de Godoy, J.A., kondo, A.T., Kutner, J.M., da Silva, N.C., Lenza, M.

“…Cell therapy presents a promising avenue for addressing cartilage lesions, offering substantial financial benefits to healthcare systems. A cost-effectiveness…”
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CELL-FREE THERAPY FOR INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION: UNRAVELING THE POTENTIAL OF UMBILICAL-CORD MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELL SECRETOME FRACTIONS by Martins-Oliveira, N.C., Martins, J.B., Antonioli, E., Cebinelli, G.M., Maza-Barbosa, R., Vo, N., Lenza, M., Pohl, P.I.

“…Intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD) has a multifactorial etiology that ultimately leads to progressive loss of nucleus pulposus (NP) and structural…”
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Topologically unique heterometallic Cu(II)/Li coordination polymers self-assembled from N,N-bis(2-hydroxyethyl)-2-aminoethanesulfonic acid biobuffer: versatile catalyst precursors for mild hydrocarboxylation of alkanes to carboxylic acids by Kirillova, Marina V, Kirillov, Alexander M, Martins, André N C, Graiff, Claudia, Tiripicchio, Antonio, Pombeiro, Armando J L

“…The facile aqueous medium reactions of copper(II) nitrate with BES biobuffer [(HOCH(2)CH(2))(2)N(CH(2)CH(2)SO(3)H), hereinafter referred as H(3)bes] in the…”
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A Synthetic Fragment of Leptin Increase Hematopoietic Stem Cell Population and Improve Its Engraftment Ability by Dias, Carolina C., Nogueira-Pedro, Amanda, Tokuyama, Paula Yumi, Martins, Marta N. C., Segreto, Helena Regina Comodo, Buri, Marcus V., Miranda, Antonio, Paredes-Gamero, Edgar J.

“…ABSTRACT Several studies have shown the important actions of cytokine leptin that regulates food intake and energy expenditure. Additionally, the ability to…”
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Isolation, analytical quantification and seasonal variation of labdanolic acid from the Portuguese-grown Cistus ladaniferus by Martins, André N.C., Simeonov, Svilen P., Frija, Luís M.T., Viveiros, Raquel, Lourenço, Anita, Silva, Mara Soares da, Casimiro, Teresa, Afonso, Carlos A.M.

“…•Analytical protocol for the quantification of labdanolic acid in a crude oil.•Seasonal and regional distribution of labdanolic acid from Cistus…”
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Witsenhausen's Counter Example Holds in the Presence of Side Information by Martins, N.C.

“…In this paper, we consider a two-step decentralized control problem with two agents which are not co-located. The first agent is located at the source of a…”
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Optimal state estimation in the presence of communication costs and packet drops by Lipsa, G.M., Martins, N.C.

“…Consider a first order, linear and time-invariant discrete time system driven by Gaussian, zero mean white process noise, a pre-processor that accepts noisy…”
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Consensus problems with directed Markovian communication patterns by Matei, I., Martins, N.C., Baras, J.S.

“…This paper is a continuation of our previous work and discusses the consensus problem for a network of dynamic agents with directed information flows and…”
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On stability in the presence of analog erasure channels by Gupta, V., Martins, N.C.

“…Consider a discrete-time networked control scheme, in which the controller has direct access to noisy measurements of the plant¿s output, but the controller…”
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On the closest quadratically invariant constraint by Rotkowitz, M.C., Martins, N.C.

“…Quadratic invariance is a condition which has been shown to allow for optimal decentralized control problems to be cast as convex optimization problems. The…”
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