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Influence of third particle on the tribological behaviors of diamond-like carbon films
(2016)Tribological mechanisms of diamond-like carbon (DLC) films in a sand-dust environment are commonly unclear due to the complicated three-body abrasion caused by sand particles. This study investigates the three-body abrasion ... -
Tailoring CO2 /CH4 separation properties of mixed-matrix membranes via combined use of two- and three-dimensional metal-organic frameworks
(2018)Mixed-matrix membranes containing both two-dimensional (ns-CuBDC) and three-dimensional (ZIF-8) metal-organic frameworks were fabricated to investigate their potential capabilities in CO2/CH4 separation. The mixed-matrix ... -
Microfiber drug/gene delivery platform for study of myelination
(2018)Our ability to rescue functional deficits after demyelinating diseases or spinal cord injuries is limited by our lack of understanding of the complex remyelination process, which is crucial to functional recovery. In this ... -
Effectiveness of a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease integrated care pathway in a regional health system : a propensity score matched cohort study
(2018)Objective: The chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) integrated care pathway (ICP) programme was designed and implemented to ensure that the care for patients with COPD is comprehensive and integrated across different ... -
Piezoelectric cylindrical design for harvesting energy in multi-directional vibration source
(2017)Vibration Energy Harvester (VEH) has attracted a great attention recently both in academia and industry. One of the most challenging issues in VEH is the possibility to harvest vibration energy in multiple directions. In ... -
Stochastic backward/forward sweep power flow analysis for islanded microgrids
(2018)Distributed generation-based islanded microgrids lack a constant reference voltage node, making it difficult to compute the power flows in the microgrid using traditional power system analysis tools. In this work, we model ... -
Metronidazole causes skeletal muscle atrophy and modulates muscle chronometabolism
(2018)Antibiotics lead to increased susceptibility to colonization by pathogenic organisms, with different effects on the host-microbiota relationship. Here, we show that metronidazole treatment of specific pathogen-free (SPF) ... -
Exact speed tracking realization of the single shaft micro-turbine system via higher-order sliding mode observer
(2018)We present in this paper, a composite control approach to realize the exact speed trajectory tracking for the single shaft micro-turbine (MT) system. The composite controller is developed by incorporating a higher-order ... -
Thrombin and plasmin alter the proteome of neutrophil extracellular traps
(2018)Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) consist of a decondensed DNA scaffold decorated with neutrophil-derived proteins. The proteome of NETs, or “NETome,” has been largely elucidated in vitro. However, components such as ... -
Closed-form solution of discrete-time optimal control and its convergence
(2017)The convergence of a new closed-form solution for the discrete-time optimal control is presented. First, a new time optimal control law with simple structure is constructed in the form of the state feedback for a discrete-time ... -
Enhanced Delta-Notch lateral inhibition model incorporating intracellular notch heterogeneity and tension-dependent rate of Delta-Notch binding that reproduces sprouting angiogenesis patterns
(2018)Endothelial cells adopt unique cell fates during sprouting angiogenesis, differentiating into tip or stalk cells. The fate selection process is directed by Delta-Notch lateral inhibition pathway. Classical Delta-Notch ... -
A comparison of low-complexity real-time feature extraction for neuromorphic speech recognition
(2018)This paper presents a real-time, low-complexity neuromorphic speech recognition system using a spiking silicon cochlea, a feature extraction module and a population encoding method based Neural Engineering Framework ... -
Mechanical strain alters cellular and nuclear dynamics at early stages of oligodendrocyte differentiation
(2018)Mechanical and physical stimuli including material stiffness and topography or applied mechanical strain have been demonstrated to modulate differentiation of glial progenitor and neural stem cells. Recent studies probing ... -
Hand PointNet : 3D hand pose estimation using point sets
(2018-07-16)Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) has shown promising results for 3D hand pose estimation in depth images. Different from existing CNN-based hand pose estimation methods that take either 2D images or 3D volumes as the ... -
Hydrogel effects rapid biofilm debridement with ex situ contact-kill to eliminate multidrug resistant bacteria in vivo
(2018)Multi-drug resistance and the refractory character of bacterial biofilms are among the most difficult challenges in infection treatment. Current antimicrobial strategies typically are much more effective for prevention of ... -
Sensor-based activity recognition via learning from distributions
(2018)Sensor-based activity recognition aims to predict users’ activities from multi-dimensional streams of various sensor readings received from ubiquitous sensors. To use machine learning techniques for sensor-based activity ... -
Multiobjective Thermoeconomic Optimization of the LNG Cold Utilized Micro-cogeneration System
(2018-05-25)Liquefied natural gas (LNG) cold utilization systems are feasible options for the inland and stranded regions where the conventional pipeline technology is challenging. For the best operation conditions of the systems in ... -
HogRider: Champion agent of Microsoft Malmo collaborative AI challenge
(2018-05-25)It has been an open challenge for self-interested agents to make optimal sequential decisions in complex multiagent systems, where agents might achieve higher utility via collaboration. The Microsoft Malmo Collaborative ... -
Variance Characteristics of Tropical Radiosonde Winds Using a Vector-Tensor Method
(2018)In this paper, an exploratory study on the variance characteristics of upper-air winds in a near-equator monsoon region is presented. The data were obtained from historical radiosonde observations from up to 250 stations ... -
Random forest based thermal comfort prediction from gender-specific physiological parameters using wearable sensing technology
(2018)Prior knowledge of occupants’ thermal comfort can facilitate informed control decision of ambient thermal-conditioning in a building environment. This paper investigates the possibility to predict human thermal state ...
