Meaningful Cases Research Articles

Nonlinear Interaction of Magnetoacoustic Modes in a Quasi-Isentropic Plasma Flow

The nonlinear interaction of magnetoacoustic waves in a plasma is analytically studied. A plasma is an open system. It is affected by the straight constant equilibrium magnetic flux density forming constant angle with the wave vector which varies from 0 till π. The nonlinear instantaneous equation which describes excitation of secondary wave modes in the field of intense magnetoacoustic perturbations is derived by use of projecting. There is a diversity of nonlinear interactions of waves in view of variety of wave modes, which may be slow or fast and may propagate in different directions. The excitation is analysed in the physically meaningful cases, that is: harmonic and impulsive exciter, oppositely or accordingly directed dominant and secondary wave modes.

Cahn–Hilliard–Brinkman model for tumor growth with possibly singular potentials

We analyze a phase field model for tumor growth consisting of a Cahn–Hilliard–Brinkman system, ruling the evolution of the tumor mass, coupled with an advection-reaction-diffusion equation for a chemical species acting as a nutrient. The main novelty of the paper concerns the discussion of the existence of weak solutions to the system covering all the meaningful cases for the nonlinear potentials; in particular, the typical choices given by the regular, the logarithmic, and the double obstacle potentials are admitted in our treatise. Compared to previous results related to similar models, we suggest, instead of the classical no-flux condition, a Dirichlet boundary condition for the chemical potential appearing in the Cahn–Hilliard-type equation. Besides, abstract growth conditions for the source terms that may depend on the solution variables are postulated.

2022년도 국세기본법 판례회고

In 2022, less than 10 Supreme Court’s Decisions pronounced, which include the issues of the Framework Act on National Taxes(“FANT”) and were published in the Judgement Gazette. Among them, this article is focusing on the 4 meaningful cases.
 First, “Supreme Court’s Decision August 25, 2022, 2017du41313”, reaffirms the position of existing precedents on the requirements and criteria for reorganizing transactions to deny a circumvention transactions or multi-level transactions for the purpose of tax evasion under Article 14(3) of the FANT. The decision is valid as it applies the principle of substantive taxation principle on circumventive or pyramid transactions in relation to calculating the tax base.
 “Supreme Court Decision May 26, 2022, 2022du32825”, reaffirms the position of existing precedents that determine the existence of fraud based on whether the counterparty files the VAT return, pays or refunds VAT. According to these precedents, even though the same taxpayers engaged in the same fictitious transaction, in the case of corporate tax, the taxpayer’s actions alone are used to determine whether fraud is committed, otherwise in the case of VAT, in addition to the taxpayer’s actions whether the taxpayer is aware that the taxpayer’s deduction of VAT will result in a decrease in national tax revenue. However, this decision is not justifiable as it violate tax jurisprudence because (1) it applies different criteria for different tax categories without any reasonable basis, despite the fact that the relevant regulations stipulate ‘fraud’ in the same way regardless of the tax category, and (2) despite the fact that the statute does not require such an additional requirement for long-term limitation for imposition of VAT, the decision requires the subjective requirement (i.e., recognition of the fact that it will result in a decrease in the national tax revenue) only in the case of VAT,.
 On the other hand, “Supreme Court Decision May 26, 2022, 2019du60226”, regarding whether an investor in an Fisheries Partnership are an ‘oligopolistic stockholder’ who is liable for secondary tax, held that an investor in an Fisheries Partnership cannot be such an ‘oligopolistic stockholder’ because he is not a stockholder or a partner in corporations. This decision is justified in light of the principle of strict interpretation of tax laws.
 Lastly, “Supreme Court Decision January 14, 2022, 2017du41108” is the first decision to explicitly determine that the reference point for determining whether there is a justifiable reason to exempt the penalty tax is the deadline for filing and paying taxes under the each tax law.

Voice assistants in private households: a conceptual framework for future research in an interdisciplinary field

The present study identifies, organizes, and structures the available scientific knowledge on the recent use and the prospects of Voice Assistants (VA) in private households. The systematic review of the 207 articles from the Computer, Social, and Business and Management research domains combines bibliometric with qualitative content analysis. The study contributes to earlier research by consolidating the as yet dispersed insights from scholarly research, and by conceptualizing linkages between research domains around common themes. We find that, despite advances in the technological development of VA, research largely lacks cross-fertilization between findings from the Social and Business and Management Sciences. This is needed for developing and monetizing meaningful VA use cases and solutions that match the needs of private households. Few articles show that future research is well-advised to make interdisciplinary efforts to create a common understanding from complementary findings—e.g., what necessary social, legal, functional, and technological extensions could integrate social, behavioral, and business aspects with technological development. We identify future VA-based business opportunities and propose integrated future research avenues for aligning the different disciplines’ scholarly efforts.

Simple modeling of reinforced masonry arches for associated and non-associated heterogeneous limit analysis

This paper proposes a limit analysis heterogeneous model for masonry arches in presence of innovative strengthening, rigid blocks, and joints reduced to interfaces. The reinforcement is considered in a simplified but effective way in the context of limit analysis, suitably modifying the admissibility conditions of the constitutive law that governs the behavior of contact joints. First, the force resultants at the interface after the reinforcement is investigated. Based on that, the yield condition and flow rule in the standard heterogeneous limit analysis formulation are updated. This approach is applied to solve both associated and non-associated sliding cases. For benchmarking purposes, the collapse of a 2D arch with both-side Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) reinforcement is analyzed, followed by several parametric studies and a cost-benefit study. Collapse analysis of a real arch tested in-situ is also presented for further verification. The results show that in some cases an incorrect collapse mechanism and an overestimated ultimate load would be obtained through associated limit analysis. Such overestimation may become very significant once the reinforcement is taken into account. The presented cases illustrate that the maximum overestimation of the load could reach in meaningful cases of technical interest 91% of the associated prediction. This suggests the use of a non-associated flow rule to accurately predict the collapse load increase of reinforced arches. According to the cost-benefit study, it is recommended to strengthen at least half of the joints to guarantee an acceptable effect of the strengthening. The simulation of the collapse of the in-situ tested arch further proves the reliability of the proposed approach.

The Historical Books: Joshua–2 Kings

The Historical BooksJoshua–2 Kings Christopher T. Begg, Richard A. Taylor, Fred W. Guyette, and Brian J. Meldrum 518. [The Deuteronomistic Portrait of Monarchy] Thomas Karimundackal, S.J., "[The] Deuteronomistic Portrait of Monarchy in the Deuteronomistic History," BibBh 47 (1-2, 2021) 33-54. The aim of this paper is to better understand the Deuteronomistic portrayal of monarchy as this is developed over the course of Dtr. Dtr provides a theological interpretation of Israelite monarchy from its very inception until its demise. According to the Deuteronomist, monarchy in Israel was supposed to function in a way that is consistent with the requirements of Yhwh's covenant between himself and Israel established by him at Sinai (see Exodus 19–24) and in the subsequent law of Moses featured in Deuteronomy. Accordingly, the primary purpose of the monarchy in Dtr's view, was to lead and instruct the people in covenantal obedience as a covenantal servant of Yhwh. At the same time, the Dtr presents the Israelite monarchy as a failed form of human leadership vis-à-vis Yhwh's own leadership. Yhwh alone is Israel's true king whom his anointed ones, the kings of Israel, are to adhere to unconditionally. In fact, however, Israel's history turns out to be one in which the man-made evil of monarchy leads to Israel's rejection of Yhwh as its true king. [Adapted from published abstract—C.T.B.] 519. [Constructing a Landscape Monument in Josh 8:30-35] Lisa J. Cleath, "Divine Enthronement in a Conquered Land: Constructing a Landscape Monument in Josh 8:30-35," HeBAI 10 (3, 2021) 331-48. My study reads Josh 8:30-35 in light of ANE landscape monuments of the LBA and the Iron Ages. Building upon a long scholarly tradition that compares the HB's sēper hattôrâ texts to Mesopotamian âde texts, my comparison to landscape monuments and monumental art at Birleyn, Carchemish, and Zincirli highlights the significance of the geographical location of the inscription, the ritual performance of the inscription in a monumental setting, and the transmission of the Joshua pericope itself as literary monumental art. In the Book of Joshua, the narrative of Josh 8:30-35 serves to emphasize Yhwh's rule over the conquered lands of Canaan, via the creation and activation of a monumental tôrâ of Moses. The narrative conveys the enduring and socially efficacious mechanisms of a monumental inscription in ANE contexts, and in so doing serves the larger socio-political purposes of Dtr. [Adapted from published abstract—C.T.B.] 520. [The King List in Josh 12:9-24] Josef Tropper and Juan-Pablo Vita, "Die 'Liste der Könige' diesseits des Jordans (Josua 12,9-24)," BN 192 (2022) 47-57. All previous interpretations of Josh 12:9-24 assume that each of the Cisjordanian kings listed is assigned the number "one" with a concluding total "together thirty-one kings." Our article offers a different understanding of the numbers in the list: it is not the [End Page 177] kings cited in the list who are numbered, but rather their dominions (which are to be distributed to the Israelites). [Adapted from published abstract—C.T.B.] 521. [Parallel Structures in the Book of Judges] Klaas Spronk, "Parallel Structures in Judges and the Formation of the Book," JSOT 46 (3, 2022) 306-18. In addition to the well-known repetitions in the Book of Judges, my article maps a number of meaningful cases of repetition in the form of parallel structures in chaps. 1, 14–16, and 17–21. This special case of repetition can be regarded as characteristic of the editor who was responsible for the book in its final form. The analysis of this phenomenon serves to provide an understanding of the structure of the book as a whole and to explain the function of its double references to the death of Joshua and to Samson's 20-year tenure as judge. The specific use of parallel structures at the beginning and end of the book is of relevance for theories that attempt to account for the formation of the...

How empowerment and materialism contribute to anti-consumers’ well-being

PurposeBecause steadily growing consumption is not beneficial for nature and climate and is not the same as increasing well-being, an anti-consumerism movement has formed worldwide. The renouncement of dispensable consumption will, however, only establish itself as a significant lifestyle if consumers do not perceive reduced consumption as a personal sacrifice. Since prior research has not yielded a consistent understanding of the relationship between anti-consumption and personal well-being, this paper aims to examine three factors about which theory implies that they may moderate this relationship: decision-control empowerment, market-control empowerment and the value of materialism.Design/methodology/approachThe analysis is based on data from a large-scale, representative online survey (N = 1,398). Structural equation modelling with latent interaction effects is used to test how three moderators (decision-control empowerment, market-control empowerment and materialism) affect the relationship amongst four types of anti-consumption (e.g. voluntary simplicity) and three different well-being states (e.g. subjective well-being).FindingsWhile both dimensions of empowerment almost always directly promote consumer well-being, significant moderation effects are present in only a few but meaningful cases. Although the materialism value tends to reduce consumers’ well-being, it improves the well-being effect of two anti-consumption styles.Research limitations/implicationsUsing only one sample from a wealthy country is a limitation of the study. Researchers should replicate the findings in different nations and cultures.Practical implicationsConsumer affairs practitioners and commercial marketing for sustainably produced, high-quality and long-lasting goods can benefit greatly from these findings.Social implicationsThis paper shows that sustainable marketing campaigns can more easily motivate consumers to voluntarily reduce their consumption for the benefit of society and the environment if a high level of market-control empowerment can be communicated to them.Originality/valueThis study provides differentiated new insights into the roles of consumer empowerment, i.e. both decision-control empowerment and market-control empowerment, and the value of materialism to frame specific relationships between different anti-consumption types and various well-being states.

Bilinear Minimax Optimal Control Problems of the Velocity Term in an Extensible Beam Equation with Rotational Inertia

The author studies the minimax optimal control problem for an extensible beam equation that takes into account rotational inertia effects. A velocity term multiplied by the bilinear control and disturbance functions to construct a minimax optimal control strategy is added. The existence of an optimal pair, meaning optimal control and perturbation, is proved by assuming some conditions on the considered quadratic cost function. The optimal conditions for optimal pairs are provided by the adjoint systems that correspond to some physically meaningful observation cases.

Incidence and Economic Burden of Adverse Drug Reactions in Hospitalization: A Prospective Study in Korea.

Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are escalating, and their socioeconomic burden is increasing. However, large-scale prospective studies investigating ADRs during hospitalization are rare in Korea. We prospectively investigated the incidence, characteristics, and economic burden of ADRs in hospitalized patients based on electronic medical records (EMRs). Among patients admitted to three hospitals from October 2016 to October 2017, 5,000 patients were randomly selected and prospectively observed during hospitalization. Research nurses monitored and detected patients who had symptoms, signs, or laboratory findings suspicious for ADRs using an EMR-based detection protocol. Next, allergy and ADR specialists reviewed the medical records to determine the relationship between adverse reactions and drugs. Cases in which a causal relationship was certain, probable/likely, or possible were included in the ADR cases. Clinically meaningful ADR cases or those leading to prolonged hospitalization were defined as significant ADRs. ADRs occurred in 510 (10.2%) patients. The mean length of hospital stay was approximately 5 days longer in patients with ADRs. Opioids accounted for the highest percentage of total ADRs. Significant ADRs were observed in 148 (3.0%) patients. Antibiotics accounted for the highest percentage of significant ADRs. Drug hypersensitivity reactions (DHRs) occurred in 88 (1.8%) patients. Antibiotics accounted for the highest percentage of DHRs. The average medical expenses for one day of hospitalization per patient were highest in significant ADRs, followed by non-significant ADRs, and non-ADRs. ADRs in hospitalized patients are an important clinical issue, resulting in a substantial socioeconomic burden. EMR-based strategy could be a useful tool for ADR monitoring and early detection.

IoTInfer: Automated Blackbox Fuzz Testing of IoT Network Protocols Guided by Finite State Machine Inference

The popularity of Internet of Things (IoT) devices calls for effective yet efficient methods to assess the security and resilience of IoT devices. In this work, we explore a new heuristic based on finite state machine (FSM) inference to guide generation of test cases for blackbox fuzzing tests of IoT network protocol implementations. Our method, which is called IoTInfer, balances exploration and exploitation by continuously monitoring how likely mutation of an input message leads to counterexamples conflicting with the prediction by the current FSM. IoTInfer also applies clustering techniques to coarsen the FSM inferred when there are limited computational resources provisioned for fuzzing tests. We implement IoTInfer for both Bluetooth and Telnet protocols, which are widely used by existing IoT devices. Our experimental results with a variety of IoT devices reveal that IoTInfer is efficient at generating meaningful test cases, some of which can expose previously unknown vulnerabilities or implementation deviations from protocol specifications. We also compare IoTInfer with two other state-of-the-art blackbox IoT device fuzzing tools and find that IoTInfer is better at eliciting different types of responses from the fuzzing targets.

Interpretation of wind turbine performance decline with age based on SCADA data analysis

The performance of wind turbines depends non-trivially on environmental conditions and working parameters and it is therefore complicated to interpret it reliably. Nevertheless, this is fundamental in order to formulate actions for the improvement of wind turbine efficiency. Basing on this, the objective of the present study is developing appropriate SCADA data analysis methods for the long-term investigation of wind turbine performance and interpreting meaningful real-world test cases. Data have been provided by the companies ENGIE Italia and Lucky Wind. The test cases cover different technologies: four Vestas V100 with hydraulic pitch actuation and six Senvion MM92 with electric pitch actuation. The keystone of this work is a deeper exploitation, with respect to the state of the art, of the measurement channels contained in the SCADA-collected data sets. In particular, operation curves related to the blade pitch have been analysed using the method of bins and it arises that the pitch manifold pressure and the pitch motor currents are important quantities to monitor for, respectively, hydraulic and electric pitch control technology. The comparative test case analysis supports the hypothesis that the hydraulic blade pitch is a critical component which is likely associated to the most noticeable performance worsening in time.

On multi-species diffusion with size exclusion

We revisit a classical continuum model for the diffusion of multiple species with size-exclusion constraint, which leads to a degenerate nonlinear cross-diffusion system. The purpose of this article is twofold: first, it aims at a systematic study of the question of existence of weak solutions and their long-time asymptotic behaviour. Second, it provides a weak–strong stability estimate for a wide range of coefficients, which had been missing so far.In order to achieve the results mentioned above, we exploit the formal gradient-flow structure of the model with respect to a logarithmic entropy, which leads to best estimates in the full-interaction case, where all cross-diffusion coefficients are non-zero. Those are crucial to obtain the minimal Sobolev regularity needed for a weak–strong stability result. For meaningful cases when some of the coefficients vanish, we provide a novel existence result based on approximation by the full-interaction case.

Parallel Structures in Judges and the Formation of the Book

In addition to the well-known repetitions in the book of Judges, this article maps a number of meaningful cases of repetition in the form of parallel structures in chapters 1, 14–16 and 17–21. This special use of repetition can be regarded as characteristic of the editor who was responsible for the book in its final form. The analysis of this phenomenon helps to provide a better view of the structure of the book as a whole and to explain the function of the double references to the death of Joshua and to the twenty years of Samson as a judge. The specific use of parallel structures at the beginning and end of the book can also be related to theories that attempt to reconstruct the formation of the book and the way in which it is connected to both the preceding book of Joshua and the following book of Samuel.

The effect of case nodes in problem-based learning on the length and quality of discussion: a 2x2 factorial study.

BackgroundProblem-based learning (PBL) relies heavily on case structure for their success. To make more meaningful cases, faculty introduced a “case node” that requires students to make a group decision on the action they will take at a given point in the case. The purpose of this study was to determine whether case nodes enhance PBL discussions.MethodsTwo PBL cases were designed with and without a node. In 2011, 2012, and 2015, first-year medical students were assigned one PBL case with a node and one without a node. In total, 26 groups processed cases with a node while 27 groups processed the same cases without the node. All sessions were audio recorded and analyzed to determine the length and quality of discussions.ResultsGroups with a node, regardless of case (M = 25.62, SD = 12.25) spent significantly more time in discussion on the node topic than those without a node (M = 16.54, SD = 10.33, p=.005, d = .80). Groups with a node, regardless of case (M = 14.38, SD = 8.04) expressed an opinion significantly more frequently than those without a node (M = 6.07, SD = 5.80, p < .001, d = 1.19).ConclusionsCase nodes increased both the length and depth of discussion on a topic and may be an effective way to enhance case-based instruction.

Research on Business Environment Risk Governance Based on Occupational Claims: 1784 Cases of Food Safety Disputes

There are disputes on the legal acceptance of occupational claims and the risk of occupational claim spoiling business environment is skyrocketing. How to manage the risk of occupational claims in the business environment is the subject of urgent research, especially COVID-19 is ravaging the world and the risk of economic crisis is increasing dramatically. In this study, we collected 1784 cases of food occupational claims from the Chinese legal documents website. Using Excel, Review Manager 5.0 and SPSS 19.0, the number of cases prosecuted as “consumers” were obtained by means of textual analysis, and the development process was directly influenced by occupational claims, with 2017 as a great value point (watershed); the rate of losing occupational claim cases has been climbing since 2018; and the risk of losing occupational claims is higher than that of true meaningful consumer advocacy cases (Z = 6.99, p &lt; 0.001), and in 2019, the risk of losing a case was 33.34 times higher than that of an ordinary consumer. The proportion of occupational claims in the total number of food safety disputes is positively correlated with official protective behavior; the failure rate of occupational claims is positively correlated with official regulatory behavior. The results show that occupational claims are being reexamined by society; the continued rise in the number of unsuccessful occupational claims cases indicates a lack of regulatory guidance for their profit-making behavior, the existence of malicious reporting complaints against business behavior, damage to the business environment, and a certain lack of legality. Therefore, it is proposed that laws and regulations should be in line with international standards, highlight the legal thinking and the concept of the rule of law, return to the original legislative intent, and build a five-in-one mechanism of “consumers, operators, media, government, and justice” to coordinate the management of occupational claims, crack down on occupational claims, and contribute to the creation of a good business environment.

Dimensions of Self-Expression in Facebook Status Updates

We describe the dimensions along which Facebook users tend to express themselves via status updates using the semi-automated text analysis approach, the Meaning Extraction Method (MEM). First, we examined dimensions of self-expression in all status updates from a sample of four million Facebook users from four English-speaking countries (the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia) in order to examine how these countries vary in their self-expressions. All four countries showed a basic three-component structure, indicating that the medium is a stronger influence than country characteristics or demographics on how people use Facebook status updates. In each country, people vary in terms of the extent to which they use Informal Speech, share Positive Events, and discuss School in their Facebook status updates. Together, these factors tell us how users differ in their self-expression, and thus illustrate meaningful use cases for the product: Talking about what’s going on tends to be positive, and people vary in terms of the extent to which their status updates are short, slangy emotional expressions and topics regarding school. The specific words that define these factors showed subtle differences across countries: The use of profanity indicates fewer school words (but only in Australia), whereas the UK shows greater use of slang terms (rather than profanity) when speaking informally. The MEM also identified English-language dialects as a meaningful dimension along which the countries varied. In sum, beyond simply indicating topicality of posts, this study provides insight into how status updates are used for self-expression. We discuss several theoretical frameworks that could produce these results, and more broadly discuss the generation of theoretical frameworks from wholly empirical data (such as naturalistic Internet speech) using the MEM.

An Analytical Approach for the Arbitrary Control of Magnetic Metasurfaces Frequency Response

In this letter, we develop an accurate and effective analytical framework to arbitrarily manipulate the frequency response of magnetic metasurfaces. In particular, we demonstrate the possibility to homogenize the response of the unit cells constituting a finite slab, avoiding undesired truncation effects and, consequently, performance degradation. In addition, we also show that the control over the current flowing in each array element can be arbitrary, thus allowing exotic properties accomplishment. For instance, we prove that the magnetic field distribution reconfigurability can be easily achieved. We finally demonstrate the reliability of the procedure based on the theoretical circuit model through full-wave simulations performed over meaningful test cases. The possibility to accurately control the response of magnetic metasurfaces can be extremely important for enhancing performance in numerous applications, as for instance wireless power transfer and magnetic resonance imaging.

Incorporation of Potential Fields and Motion Primitives for the Collision Avoidance of Unmanned Aircraft

Collision avoidance (CA) using the artificial potential field (APF) usually faces several known issues such as local minima and dynamically infeasible problems, so unmanned aerial vehicles’ (UAVs) paths planned based on the APF are safe only in a certain environment. This research proposes a CA approach that combines the APF and motion primitives (MPs) to tackle the known problems associated with the APF. Since MPs solve for a locally optimal trajectory with respect to allocated time, the trajectory obtained by the MPs is verified as dynamically feasible. When a collision checker based on the k-d tree search algorithm detects collision risk on extracted sample points from the planned trajectory, generating re-planned path candidates to avoid obstacles is performed. After rejecting unsafe route candidates, one applies the APF to select the best route among the remaining safe-path candidates. To validate the proposed approach, we simulated two meaningful scenario cases—the presence of static obstacles situation with local minima and dynamic environments with multiple UAVs present. The simulation results show that the proposed approach provides smooth, efficient, and dynamically feasible pathing compared to the APF.

Encouraging communication and cooperation in e-learning: solving and creating new interdisciplinary case histories.

Background: An increasing number of patients to treat combined with a rapidly growing amount of knowledge to integrate, is challenging for future doctors. To take the medical history and diagnose effectively, to send the patient to an expert, to create a relevant expert to expert communication, to discuss with the patient, the time needed for a decision, should be as short as possible. Investigating medical students’ cognitive processes while solving a patient’s case leads to the conclusion that educators should help and facilitate these reasoning and communication processes. Developments in information technology offer a large variety of tools for educators. Method: Practicing repeated memory retrieval in clinically relevant virtual settings leads to more durable storage of theoretical knowledge, especially when applying the theoretical knowledge to meaningful cases. The cases in the present e-learning tool are only solvable when knowledge is coherent, communicated and well-organized, as they demand combination of different interdisciplinary knowledge-fields. Thus, by practicing in the virtual environment, prospective memory (i.e. the ability to remember to do something in the future) is changed and the intention and attention in learning processes is shaped and adapted to the core requirements of clinical practice. Conclusion: Case-based learning can be a promising approach to teach students how to investigate and ask for important information. This paper focuses on undergraduate education and provides an outlook on possible concepts that can be used in different health care sectors.

Active control of linear vibrating systems for antiresonance assignment with regional pole placement

This paper proposes a novel method for antiresonance assignment and regional pole placement in linear time-invariant vibrating systems, by means of state feedback control. The method also handles asymmetric systems and unstable ones too. Additionally, it works with both point and cross-receptances and handles the simultaneous assignment of more antiresonances in the same receptance.The method relies on two stages. In the first stage, the desired pairs of closed-loop zeros of a prescribed receptance are exactly assigned. In the second stage, all the closed-loop system poles are placed within the desired region of the complex plane. This feature allows the controller to impose the system stability and to feature the desired dynamic properties through a regional pole placement. Since the gain correction computed in the second stage is obtained as a solution of the homogeneous system related to the zero-assignment problem, it does not cause any spillover on the assigned zeros. The first step exploits the receptance method for gain computing, while the second step uses the first-order model formulation to exploit all the benefits of the Linear Matrix Inequality theory, by formulating a bilinear matrix problem solved as a semidefinite optimization aimed at reducing the control effort.The chief original contribution of the proposed method is that it embeds an a-priori imposition of both the closed-loop stability and the pole clustering in the desired regions, by overcoming the limitations of most of the methods appeared in the literature. The method effectiveness is demonstrated through five meaningful test cases.