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Device that compares two voltages or currents
In electronics, a comparator is an electronic component that compares two input voltages or currents and outputs a digital signal indicating which is larger. It has two analog input terminals and and one binary digital output. The output should be bistable and is ideally Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: ComparatorA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: A phase IIa active-comparator-controlled study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of efinopegdutide in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver diseaseInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: The Naked ApeThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Beyond the comparator model: A multifactorial two-step account of agencyCited 846 times
- Go sideways: Schmitt triggerA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Operational amplifierA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun Any of various devices for comparing a physical property of two objects, or an object with a standard.
Noun An electronic device that compares two voltages, currents or streams of data.
Noun Anything that serves as a comparison.
Noun A thing being compared against in the PICO process; often, a diagnostic method or a treatment being compared against another.
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Beyond the comparator model: A multifactorial two-step account of agency
Efficacy and safety of guselkumab, an anti-interleukin-23 monoclonal antibody, compared with adalimumab for the continuous treatment of patients with moderate to severe psoriasis: Results from the phase III, double-blinded, placebo- and active comparator–controlled VOYAGE 1 trial
Efficacy and safety of LY3298176, a novel dual GIP and GLP-1 receptor agonist, in patients with type 2 diabetes: a randomised, placebo-controlled and active comparator-controlled phase 2 trial
Efficacy and safety of guselkumab, an anti-interleukin-23 monoclonal antibody, compared with adalimumab for the treatment of patients with moderate to severe psoriasis with randomized withdrawal and retreatment: Results from the phase III, double-blind, placebo- and active comparator–controlled VOYAGE 2 trial
The Active Comparator, New User Study Design in Pharmacoepidemiology: Historical Foundations and Contemporary Application
Endothelial Cell Recovery Between Comparator Polymer-Based Drug-Eluting Stents
Direct Linear Transformation from Comparator Coordinates into Object Space Coordinates in Close-Range Photogrammetry
Blood-pressure reduction with LCZ696, a novel dual-acting inhibitor of the angiotensin II receptor and neprilysin: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, active comparator study
🆕 Influential since 2022
A phase IIa active-comparator-controlled study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of efinopegdutide in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Fracture risk reduction and safety by osteoporosis treatment compared with placebo or active comparator in postmenopausal women: systematic review, network meta-analysis, and meta-regression analysis of randomised clinical trials
Effects of Randomized Treatment With Icosapent Ethyl and a Mineral Oil Comparator on Interleukin-1β, Interleukin-6, C-Reactive Protein, Oxidized Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol, Homocysteine, Lipoprotein(a), and Lipoprotein-Associated Phospholipase A2: A REDUCE-IT Biomarker Substudy
Safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity of a 21-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, V116, in healthy adults: phase 1/2, randomised, double-blind, active comparator-controlled, multicentre, US-based trial
Reducing cardiovascular risk with immunomodulators: a randomised active comparator trial among patients with rheumatoid arthritis
📚 Books worth reading
The Naked ApeDesmond Morris · 1772
The Power of NowEckhart Tolle · 1997
Today's ismsAlan O. Ebenstein, Alan Ebenstein · 1954
Syntactic structuresNoam Chomsky · 1900
Philosophie zoologiqueJean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet de Lamarck · 1809
GoverningAustin Ranney · 1971
Psychotherapy, East and WestAlan Watts · 1961
Aspects of the Theory of SyntaxNoam Chomsky · 1965
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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