Sentence examples for description of controls from inspiring English sources

The quality of the studies was very variable, particularly concerning description of controls and recruitment methods, as well as details of laboratory techniques.

The study quality was satisfactory overall, and the selected studies had low risk of bias from ascertainment of (R VVC and the MBL2 allele genotypes, while the description of controls was clearly accessible in 2 of 5 (40%) studies [ 14, 18], so bias from control selection might be present in the remaining 3 studies [ 15– 17].

31 Five of the seven case-control studies had a medium risk of bias 32 33 34 35 36 and two a low risk, 37 38 mostly because of inconsistencies in the text and lack of adequate description of controls (see web extra table).

Table 3 Description of control mixes for different w/b ratio.

The paper presents a method for hierarchical description of control algorithms with their partitioning into tasks that are executed sequentially and those that run concurrently.

The method is illustrated with the description of control functions for a use case including a boiler, a thermal storage, an air handling unit and a floor heating system modelled with a widely used BIM software tool.

A detailed description of control selection has been published previously (Chang et al, 2006).

Time in a relevant glycaemic band can provide a more robust description of control performance than an average glycaemic value.

Thus, fuzzy logic has a particular advantage in areas where precise mathematical description of control processes is impossible and is thus especially suited for use in supporting medical decision making [ 2- 4].

Research needs in this area include a) a better definition of what is meant by shift work and related exposure metrics; b) studies of markers of circadian disruption in non day workers; c) better descriptions of controls and their exposure to light at night; and d) investigation of the effect of variations in expression of circadian genes on cancer in shift workers.

A brief description of feedback control, adaptive control, model-based control and sliding mode control are provided first by introducing a simplified Rijke-type combustion system.