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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Thermal comfort prediction using normalized skin temperature in a uniform built environment
(2017)Thermal comfort prediction can be instrumental in bridging the gap between energy efficiency and occupants’ comfort by utilizing the predicted thermal state (Discomfort/Comfort) of occupant as a control criterion for the ... -
Energy efficiency improvement with k-means approach to thermal comfort for ACMV systems of smart buildings
(2017)This paper proposes a novel methodology to predict thermal comfort states of occupants with k-means approach. The approach is embedded into an optimization problem, which is used to locate optimal operating conditions via ... -
Stability analysis of event-triggered anytime control with multiple control laws
(2018)To deal with time-varying processor availability and lossy communication channels in embedded and networked control systems, one can employ an event-triggered sequence-based anytime control (E-SAC) algorithm. The main idea ... -
Complete genome sequence of bacillus altitudinis type strain SGAir0031 isolated from tropical air collected in Singapore
(2017)Bacillus altitudinis strain SGAir0031 (Firmicutes) was isolated from tropical air samples collected in Singapore. Its genome was assembled using short reads and single-molecule real-time sequencing, comprising one chromosome ...
