Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Flexural Edge Waves in a Thick Piezoelectric Film Resting on a Winkler Foundation

This paper is concerned with the analysis of bending edge waves travelling in a thick Kirchhoff-type piezoelectric film resting on a Winkler–Fuss foundation. The electromechanical coupling is accounted for in defining flexural rigidities to embrace piezoelectric and dielectric material constants. Dynamics is solved analytically and demonstrated numerically by assuming harmonic wave propagation. It is observed that an increase of the voltage leads to a decrease of the critical velocity, while an increase of the Winkler’s constant leads to an increase of the critical velocity.
The Application of Virtual Proofs of Reality to Nuclear Safeguards and Arms Control Verification

Nuclear inspections, for example as part of non-proliferation treaty safeguards and arms control agreements, often involve compliance veriﬁcation in sites to which inspectors have limited access. Traditionally, this necessitates the irreversible transfer of inspector-provided sensor equipment to the inspected parties prior to inspection. This can lead to competing interests between inspectors and inspected parties, for example concerning the frequency or intrusiveness of onsite inspections, and regarding the question of mutual trust in the sensor equipment. Meeting these requirements continues to be a challenge. This paper develops a radically new approach to this problem based on the idea of “Virtual Proofs of Reality. ” Virtual Proofs oﬀer a way to prove physical statements over insecure communication channels between two parties in two separate locations. They do not require classical tamper-resistant sensor hardware with cryptographic keys to this end, but rely on the use of Physical Unclonable Functions (PUFs) in an interactive protocol instead. Among other things, this reduces the necessary security assumptions on the sensor equipment, making secure sensor fabrication and mutual trust in the equipment substantially easier. Our paper discusses two example Virtual Proofs that appear particularly relevant in the context of nuclear safeguards and arms control.
De-politicising and re-politicising transport infrastructure futures

The planning for future transport and its infrastructure is deeply political. Yet, how we understand re-politicisation, and what those efforts tell us about what is political in the planning for future cities, remains under explored. One lens through which to explore these acts is to consider the role of urban coalitions in drawing attention to the dominant politics of planning and setting the ground for the re-politicisation of transport infrastructure futures. Drawing on the work of post-foundational scholars Mouffe and Rancière, this paper examines the interplay between de-politicisation and re-politicisation and how two urban coalitions negotiated this landscape in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area during a sustained period of contestation surrounding the proposal of new transport infrastructure. Through this analysis, this paper draws on in-depth interviews with coalition members, transport planners, politicians and engaged citizens to illustrate how these urban coalitions produced a ‘collective will’ and a struggle towards a ‘consensus cure’ in their re-politicising actions. This paper reveals how coalition-led re-politicisation establishes the grounds for the politics to shift on contested future transport proposals and offers insight into the incremental and oftentimes incomplete ways re-politicisation nurtures transformational change.
Q-switched fiber laser using a polysulfone membrane enhanced with biosynthesized zinc oxide and titanium dioxide nanoparticles for use as saturable absorber

We presented the polysulfone membrane enhanced with zinc oxide and titanium dioxide (Psf membrane ZnO TiO2) saturable absorber (SA) to induce passively Q-switched erbium-doped fiber laser (EDFL). The Psf membrane ZnO TiO2 was synthesized by the phase inversion technique. To obtain the Psf membrane ZnO TiO2 as a SA, the SA was deposited on the fiber ferrule through a simple exfoliation technique. The modulation depth of the Psf membrane ZnO TiO2 SA was 1.06%, with a saturation intensity of 0.0006 MW cm−2. Stable Q-switched pulses were generated at 1572 nm with a threshold pump power of 59.80 mW after inserting the prepared Psf membrane ZnO TiO2 into the EDFL ring cavity. As the pump power ranges from 59.80 mW to 165.50 mW, the repetition rate increases from 13.05 to 22.61 kHz, while the pulse duration decreases from 76.60 to 44.23 µs. When the pump power reaches a maximum power of 165.50 mW, the corresponding pulse energy and optical signal-to-noise ratio are 19.00 nJ and 61.27 dB, respectively. To our best knowledge, this is the first research utilizing Psf membrane ZnO TiO2 as SA to generate Q-switched pulses. Our research work addresses a new reference for the generation of pulsed laser using Psf membrane ZnO TiO2 and discovers that it has numerous applications in nonlinear optics and ultrafast laser technology, which significantly broadens the barrier of materials for the ultrafast laser techniques.
A matrix-free Model Order Reduction scheme for vibro-acoustic problems with complex damping treatments

As the high computational cost hampers simulation over large frequency bands, the current generation of CAE tools, such as the Finite Element Method (FEM), struggles. This problem becomes even worse in the presence of damping treatments. Many Model Order Reduction (MOR) techniques have been developed to alleviate the overall computational load of numerical simulations. Most of them, however, struggle with the complex, and especially frequency dependent properties of typical damping materials. To overcome this problem, a matrix-free technique is proposed. This method is a rational Krylov approach as it uses forced responses to span the projection subspace to reduce the model. As its name (“matrix-free”) suggests, it does not require explicit knowledge on the model matrices; the method works on any black-box transfer function between a given number of inputs and outputs. As such, it is a promising technique to speed up vibroacoustic calculations, even in the presence of damping materials with frequency dependent properties.
The Role of Music Therapy with Infants with Perinatal Brain Injury

Perinatal brain injury occurs in 5.14/1000 live births in England. A significant proportion of these injuries result from hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE) in term infants and intracranial haemorrhage (IVH) or periventricular leukomalacia (PVL) in preterm infants. Standardised care necessitates minimal handling from parents and professionals to reduce the progression of injury. This can potentially increase parental stress through the physical inability to bond with their baby. Recent research highlights the ability of music therapy (MT) to empower parental bonding without handling, through sharing culturally informed personal music with their infant. This review therefore aimed to systematically evaluate the use of MT with infants diagnosed with perinatal brain injury in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Search terms were combined into three categories (audio stimulation (MT), population (neonates) and condition (brain injury), and eight electronic databases were used to identify relevant studies following PRISMA guidelines. Eleven studies using music or vocal stimulation with infants diagnosed with perinatal brain injury were identified and quality assessed using Cochrane ROB2, the ROBINSI Tool and the Newcastle Ottawa Scale. Studies used either voice as live (n = 6) or pre-recorded (n = 3) interventions or pre-recorded instrumental music (n = 2). Studies had two primary areas of focus: developmental outcomes and physiological effects. Results suggested the use of music interventions led to a reduction of infants’ pain scores during procedures and cardiorespiratory events, improved feeding ability (increase oral feeding rate, volume intake and feeds per day) and resulted in larger amygdala volumes than control groups. Additionally, MT intervention on the unit supported long-term hospitalised infants in the acquisition of developmental milestones. Vocal soothing was perceived to be an accessible intervention for parents. However, infants with PVL showed signs of stress in complex interventions, which also potentially resulted in an increase in maternal anxiety in one study. MT with infants diagnosed with perinatal brain injury can have positive effects on infants’ behavioural and neurological parameters and support parental involvement in their infants’ developmental care. Further feasibility studies are required using MT to determine appropriate outcome measures for infants and the support required for parents to allow future comparison in large-scale randomised control trials.
Hybrid three-dimensional modelling for reservoir fluorescent dissolved organic matter risk assessment

ABSTRACT A coupled data-driven and 3-dimensional (3D) process-based fluorescent dissolved organic matter (fDOM) prediction model was developed for a shallow, subtropical Australian reservoir. The extent to which reservoir water volume, inflow, and wind conditions affect the fDOM transport dynamics during cyclonic weather events was assessed through scenario analysis and a data-driven Bayesian network (BN) approach. The analysis shows that (a) inflow plumes are the main sources of fDOM during heavy rainfall; (b) the concentration of fDOM near the dam wall is related to rainfall intensity; (c) higher reservoir volumes reduce the rate of increase and peak of fDOM concentration during rainfall events; and (d) fDOM transport to the dam wall is strongly influenced by the prevailing wind direction. A naïve BN developed for fDOM assessment displayed a strong sensitivity of the peak fDOM value to rainfall-related characteristics while the lag time between rainfall event and fDOM peak at the dam wall was highly sensitive to reservoir water volume and wind speed. The hybrid modelling approach provides both new information on 3D fDOM transport in reservoirs during extreme weather events through the model application and an easy-to-interpret, instantaneous modelling output for treatment operators through the BN modelling component. The BN modelling is an essential addition for water treatment operators to promptly predict the impacts of extreme weather events and proactively adjust treatment operations without the computational time burden of a 3D process-based model.
Innovative Antenna Designs for Broadband Circularly-Polarized Wireless Systems and Software Radios

Author(s): Kovitz, Joshua | Advisor(s): Rahmat-Samii, Yahya | Abstract: Sustaining current increases in wireless data rates has driven engineers of all related backgrounds to seek fresh and innovative approaches in wireless system design. With the advancement of RF switching technology, transceiver architectures, and digital signal processing capabilities, the pressure now falls on the antenna designs for future broadband and adaptive wireless services. The ﬁrst part of the work focuses on enhancing the bandwidth of low-proﬁle patch antennas for circularly-polarized (CP) wireless systems. We start with an in-depth examination of the CP patch antenna cavity model and reveal that traditional circularly polarized (CP) patch antennas are not being utilized to their full potential for bandwidth. Some new modiﬁcations to enable broader bandwidths are proposed. A high-performance antenna for future Mars Rover missions is also discussed, and a novel CP Half E-shaped patch antenna subarray was developed and prototyped to demonstrate its use. Another concept uses composite right/left-handed (CRLH) transmission lines towards creating wideband CP arrays. Our resulting array prototype using a CRLH transmission line feed network showed an overall bandwidth of 60%, which is a formidable increase compared to designs using conventional quarter-wavelength transmission lines.In the second part of this work, reconﬁgurable antenna functionalities for software and cognitive radios are pursued. With the development of practical reconﬁgurable antenna simulation models in conjunction with nature-inspired optimization techniques, two reconﬁgurable E-shaped patch antenna implementations are evaluated for potential use as frequency or polarization reconﬁgurable antennas. This is particularly useful for systems wanting to achieve unidirectional patterns with a low-proﬁle antenna. Both the frequency and polarization reconﬁgurable designs were optimized, fabricated, and characterized through measurement. Our frequency reconﬁgurable E-shaped patch antenna design is able to support an overall bandwidth of 50% by incorporating MEMS switches. The CP reconﬁgurable version design provided CP bandwidths of 17% and 20% for an element and array concept, respectively. Lastly, a rejection reconﬁgurable array element is developed. The design uses a reconﬁgurable frequency rejection slot within a wideband monopole antenna, and some simulation and experimental measurement studies are undertaken. By integrating another reconﬁgurable ﬁlter, a higher-order ﬁlter capability is achieved, leading to stronger rejection levels from strong blockers.
Translational Biotechnolgy: hemopressin and other intracellular peptides

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Design of non‐restoring binary array divider in majority logic‐based QCA

A novel quantum-dot cellular automata (QCA) design for the non-restoring binary array divider is presented, which is constructed using the proposed coplanar QCA Exclusive-OR gate and full adder. The results show that proposed designs have better performances than the best existing structures in terms of common design metrics. The presented 3 × 3 and 4 × 4 dividers are able to achieve 65, 75, 45% and 41, 27, 41% reductions in cell count, latency, and area, respectively.
Healthy Eating Index Scores, Body Mass Index and Abdominal Obesity Among Asian Americans: NHANES 2011–2018

Objective Obesity rates are increasing among Asian Americans so, the objective of this study was to examine associations between Healthy Eating Index scores (a measure of adherence to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGAs)) and body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (measure of abdominal obesity) among Asian American adults. Methods Included in these analyses were Asian Americans ≥20 years from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2011–18) who had: (1) two 24 h diet recalls to calculate HEI and HEI subcomponent scores, (2) height and weight data to calculate BMI overweight ≥25 kg/m2 and obese ≥ 30kg/m (2), and (3) waist circumference data (high risk ≥ 80 cm for women and ≥ 90 cm for men; n = 1024 women and n = 904 men). Multinomial logistic regression models were run with BMI as the outcome and logistic regression models were run with waist circumference as the outcome, controlling for age, income, marital status, education, and physical activity. Results Among women, a diet with greater adherence to the DGAs for total fruit, fatty acids and total protein was associated with lower likelihood of developing obesity, but a diet with greater adherence to the DGAs in terms of whole grains and sodium (i.e., lower sodium intake) was associated with a higher likelihood of obesity. Among men, greater adherence to the DGAs for fatty acids was associated with a lower likelihood of obesity but greater adherence to the DGAs in terms of whole grains and sodium (i.e., lower sodium intake) was associated with a greater likelihood of obesity. Conclusions Future research is needed to examine associations between consumption of specific foods and beverages and how they are associated with BMI and waist circumference among Asian American adults. Furthermore, there is a need culturally relevant obesity prevention interventions for Asian American adults, especially interventions that take into consideration cultural food norms of specific Asian American subgroups.
Research on control system of live working vehicle

This paper according to real grid power maintenance needs put forward a kind of live working robot, live working robot is developed for distribution live line work of a safe and reliable live working equipment. The live working robot vehicle control system, software and hardware realization of the motion control system. At last, the paper introduces the system of position servo control and force / position hybrid control, and through the MATLAB simulation of two kinds of control method of position tracking, simulation curves prove with force feedback the control effect is better. KEYWORD: Live working; robot; position tracking; MATLAB simulation 4th International Conference on Mechanical Materials and Manufacturing Engineering (MMME 2016) © 2016. The authors Published by Atlantis Press 433 Fig.2 Chassis structure Fig.3 Upload assembly 2.2 Upload Assembly The top coat assembly comprises a rotary table, a lower folding arm, an upper folding arm, a basic arm, a telescopic insulating arm, an insulating working platform and a liquid. Pressure motion system. The jacket assembly is the main function component of the bucket arm vehicle, it is required to work stably, safely and reliably. Dynamic. All parts are required to carry out safety check, keep enough safety margin. Schematic diagram is as follows 3. 2.3 Electric Control System Electrical control using PLC control, the use of battery powered. Including the turntable and chassis electrical system and electrical system platform. The two systems to platform electrical system as a priority, according to GB / T 9465-2008 (the "highaltitude car", when people work in the platform, chassis control platform function disabled. At the same time, it is equipped with tow line control box, which is convenient to move and adjust the position of the vehicle[2]. An electrical system principle diagram as shown below: Fig . 4 Electric principle diagram of the platform 2.4 Hydraulic Control System The operating vehicle is powered by batteries, and the hydraulic system performs the function of movement. In addition to walking, the operating vehicle is driven by hydraulic pressure in the direction of the steering, the rotation, the folding lifting, the telescopic movement and the like. The hydraulic system has the characteristics of stable operation, large load capacity, safety, reliability, control technology maturity and so on. Operating vehicle hydraulic control system diagram is as follows:
Identifying and Evaluating Novel Biological Targets to Improve Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering Strategies

i Acknowledgements.iv Organization of Dissertation.vii List of Tables.1 List of Figures.2 Chapter 1. Background, Rationale, and Research Objectives.3 Chapter 2. Literature Review.11 Chapter 3. Functional Tissue Engineering of Tendon: Establishing Biological Success Criteria for Improving Tendon Repair.36 Abstract.37 Introduction.38 Using FTE Principles to Improve Tendon Repair.38 Need for Developing Biological Success Criteria.40 Strategy to Develop Biological Success Criteria.41 Comparing Normal Development and Natural Healing to Select Biological Success Criteria.43 Discussion.49 Conclusion.51 Acknowledgements.52 Chapter 4. Improved Biomechanical and Biological Outcomes in the MRL/MpJ Murine Strain Following a Full-Length Patellar Tendon Injury.53 Abstract.54 Introduction.55 Results.57 Discussion.70 Materials and Methods.74 Acknowledgements.81 Chapter 5. Comparing and Contrasting the Temporal Healing RNA Expression Profiles Following Injury Among the C57BL/6, LG/J, and MRL/MpJ Murine Strains.82 Abstract.83 Introduction.84 Results.85 Discussion.91 Materials and Methods.96 Acknowledgements.100
Multiphase Flowrate Measurement With Multimodal Sensors and Temporal Convolutional Network

Accurate multiphase flow measurement is vital in monitoring and optimizing various production processes. Deep learning has as of late arose as a promising approach for assessing multiphase flowrate dependent on various customary flow meters. In this paper, we propose a multi-modal sensor and Temporal Convolution Network (TCN) based method to predict the volumetric flowrate of oil/gas two-phase flows. The volumetric flowrates of the liquid and gas phase vary from 0.96 - 6.13 $\text{m}^{{3}}$ /h and 5.5 - 121.2 $\text{m}^{{3}}$ /h, respectively. The multi-modal sequential sensing data are simultaneously collected from a Venturi tube and a dual-plane Electrical Capacitance Tomography (ECT) sensor in a pilot-scale multiphase phase flow facility. The reference data are derived from the single-phase flowmeters. Z-score and First-Difference (FD) data pre-processing methods are employed to manipulate the collected instantaneous time series multi-modal sensing data. The pre-processed data are utilized for training the TCN model. Experimental results reveal that the TCN model can effectively predict the multiphase flowrate based on the multi-modal sensing data. The results provide guidance on data pre-processing methods for multiphase flowrate estimation and demonstrate the effectiveness of combining multi-modal sensors and TCN for multiphase flowrate prediction under complex flow conditions.
Implementation of Nursing Care During Covid-19 Pandemic in Outpatient Installation of Hospital

Nursing care must follow a new lifestyle during Covid-19 pandemic, called the new normal. Nursing care during the pandemic in outpatient installations feels somewhat reduced. The purpose of this study was to analyze the factors that influence the implementation of nursing care during Covid-19 pandemic in the outpatient installation of hospital. The research method used is descriptive correlation design with a cross-sectional approach. The results showed that there was a relationship between nurses' age, nurses' perceptions of the management tools in the form of money and materials and machines on the implementation of nursing care perceived by patients. Implication: if nursing care is not optimal, if it continues, it will result in a decrease in the quality of health services. Hospital management support is needed so that knowledge and skills development funds are available, and complete facilities and infrastructure are needed in an effort to optimize nursing care.
A Multiactivity Location Model with Accessibility- and Congestion-Sensitive Demand

This paper has two aims. The first one is to build a generalization of the doubly-constrained spatial interaction model, in order to account for sensitiveness of demand to accessibility and congestion and for possible multiple interacting activities. In Section 2 it is shown how this can be done by keeping an extremal representation for the model, which is closely related to the Neuburger's consumer surplus maximizing principle. The second aim is to embed the model developed in Section 2 in a multiactivity optimal location problem, and to develop operational tools to solve the resulting mathematical programming problems. This subject is treated in Section 3. Section 4 is devoted to the discussion of three possible applications: the urban system, the health care system, and the retail system.