In this paper, a Fuzzy PI Adaptive Learning controller is proposed for a flight control system to control the angle of attack of an aircraft. The proposed controller tracks the reference angle as desired by the pilot of the aircraft. The performance indices are evaluated and the corresponding value is compared with that for the conventional controllers obtained from Zigler Nichols (ZN), Tyreus ...

Gender and Ethnic Diversity in US Boardrooms: Is the Glass Ceiling Stifling Firm Financial Growth? by Dionne Roberts May 2017 Committee Chair: Dr. Subhashish Samaddar Major Academic Unit: Robinson College of Business The purpose of this research was to explore the relationship between diversity within the boards of directors of American companies and firm financial growth. Specifically, this st...

The effects of a 10-wk unilateral knee extension strength training (ST) program on peak power (PP) and peak movement velocity (PV), at given absolute (force load) and relative (same % of 1 repetition maximum) resistances (loads), were examined in 30 older men [64 yr (7 SD)] and 32 older women [62 yr (6 SD)]. PP increased significantly in both men and women at the same absolute (P < 0.001) and r...

objective(s): the purpose of this study was to investigate effects of short-term aerobic exercise on energy intake, appetite and energy-regulating hormones in free-living men and women.   materials and methods: sixteen (eight men, eight women) sedentary young normal weight subjects participated in two experimental conditions with two days apart: five days control with no exercise, and five days...

in his recognition of being and achievement of truth, man has two instruments in his constitution and two ways before him: intellect and heart; reasoning and intuition. some have opted the way of reasoning and underestimated intuition because of its lack of reasoning, and some have preferred intuition over reasoning because of its being presential (intuitive). with their research on philosophy ...

1. Gender differences in fat oxidation at rest and during exercise may contribute to higher body fat in women. We examined gender differences in fat oxidation at rest and during submaximal exercise and their relationship to sympathetic nervous system activity, free fatty acid availability, body composition and aerobic capacity in older volunteers. 2. We measured free fatty acid kinetics using [...

CONTEXT There are few published long-term data on absolute risk of subsequent fracture (refracture) following initial low-trauma fracture in women and fewer in men. OBJECTIVE To examine long-term risk of subsequent fracture following initial osteoporotic fracture in men and women. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Prospective cohort study (Dubbo Osteoporosis Epidemiology Study) in Australia...

The paper defines the notions of laughter, humour, ridicule and irony in terms of a cognitive model of communication and social action, and analyses some uses of irony and ridiculisation in an Italian trial of high political import, that has been seen as a “degradation ritual” of a whole political class. In ridiculisation, one remarks some lack of power of the other, that contrasts with some pr...