Small Engines as Bottoming Cycle Steam Expanders for Internal Combustion Engines by Rohitha Weerasinghe, Sandra Hounsham

Get full text

Human–robot interactions and experiences of staff and service robots in aged care by Valeria Macalupu, Evonne Miller, Lee Martin, Glenda Caldwell

“…It also argues for engaging diverse multi-tiered stakeholders in investigating, designing, and implementing robotics in aged care, emphasising the role of social behaviours and interactions for what we propose as functional social service robots.…”
Get full text

Microstructure and Mechanical Behavior of Hot Pressed Cu-Sn Powder Alloys by Ahmed Nassef, Medhat El-Hadek

Get full text

The Practice and Application of AR Games to Assist Children’s English Pronunciation Teaching by Liang Hu, Yuan Yuan, Qing Chen, Xiangying Kang, Yan Zhu

“…The article analyzes the design of AR educational games based on the concept of learning behavior input, clarifies and determines the factors influencing students’ learning behavior input in AR gamified teaching environment, and proposes the design principles of AR educational games based on learning behavior input. …”
Get full text

Enhanced Dynamic Model of Pneumatic Muscle Actuator with Elman Neural Network by Alexander Hošovský, Ján Piteľ, Kamil Židek

“…To make effective use of model-based control system design techniques, one needs a good model which captures system’s dynamic properties in the range of interest. …”
Get full text

Study on the Equivalence of Penetration Overloading for Projectile-Borne Components in Nonproportional Penetrators by Amin Yan, Aiguo Pi, He Yang, Fenglei Huang, Xiaofeng Wang

“…Thus, a nonproportional scaling design is proposed to represent the rigid-body deceleration of the prototype projectile. …”
Get full text

Analysis of CaF2 Precipitation Process in the Selected Static Mixers by Piotr Maria Synowiec, Magdalena Stec

Get full text

Shaking Table Tests on Earthquake Response Characterization of a Complex Museum Isolated Structure in High Intensity Area by Wenguang Liu, Chuan Qin, Yang Liu, Wenfu He, Qiaorong Yang

“…Owing to special functional requirements of museum, such as great space and story height for exhibitions, large floor slab openings in plan and long span truss in elevation are becoming increasingly considered in museum design, which leads to challenges to structural safety. …”
Get full text

Span Length Variance Effect on the Fatigue Life of FRP Bridge Deck by Ki-Tae Park, Young-Jun Yu, Hyunseop Shin

“…However, considering that the fatigue performance safety margin was approximately 1.6 times more than the design axle load of the DB-24 design truck load in Korea, even at the span of 2.5 m, it is judged that the FRP decks being considered can be effectively used at a span length of 2.5 m.…”
Get full text

An Approach to Model Based Testing of Multiagent Systems by Shafiq Ur Rehman, Aamer Nadeem

“…Prometheus methodology is a commonly used approach to design multiagents systems. Systematic and thorough testing of each interaction is necessary. …”
Get full text

Integrated Teaching Tasks as part of Studying Activities by Luis Alberto Mass Sosa, Pedro Miguel Milián Vázquez, Ana Margarita López Rodríguez del Rey, Orlando Manuel Tomé López, Yanli Vásquez Villazón, Lázaro Roberto Herrera Fragoso

“…A bibliographic revision was conducted to clarify the role of integrated teaching tasks as part of the structure of studying activities and to highlight some aspects that could make easier the design, implementation and control of such tasks. …”
Get full text

Automatic Monitoring System in Underground Engineering Construction: Review and Prospect by Lixin Wang, Shuoshuo Xu, Junling Qiu, Ke Wang, Enlin Ma, Chujun Li, Chunxia Guo

Get full text

Wildlife-Friendly Landscaping: Connecting Professionals and the Public by Dharmendra Kalauni, Laura A. Warner, Emily Marois, John M. Diaz, Adam Dale, Jaret Daniels

“…Green industry professionals, homeowners, and renters all play important roles in deciding how to design and maintain urban and residential landscapes. …”
Get full text

Data and Feature Reduction in Fuzzy Modeling through Particle Swarm Optimization by S. Sakinah S. Ahmad, Witold Pedrycz

“…In contrast to the existing studies, which are focused predominantly on feature selection (namely, a reduction of the input space), a position advocated here is that a reduction has to involve both data and features to become efficient to the design of fuzzy model. The reduction problem is combinatorial in its nature and, as such, calls for the use of advanced optimization techniques. …”
Get full text

Effects of Outlets on Cracking Risk and Integral Stability of Super-High Arch Dams by Peng Lin, Hongyuan Liu, Qingbin Li, Hang Hu

“…Throughout this study, a dam outlet cracking risk control and reinforcement principle is proposed to optimize the outlet design, select the appropriate concrete material, strengthen the temperature control during construction period, design reasonable impounding scheme, and repair the cracks according to their classification.…”
Get full text

QMU Analysis of Flexoelectric Timoshenko Beam by Evidence Theory by Feng Zhang, Jiajia Zhang, Weiyue Wang, Ruijie Du, Cheng Han, Zijie Qiao

“…These results provide a theoretical basis for accurate analysis of flexoelectric components and provide guidance for the design of flexoelectric components with excellent performance.…”
Get full text

Laurence Housman (1865–1959): Fairy Tale Teller, Illustrator and Aesthete by Audrey Doussot

“…Laurence Housman’s work in the fields of fairy literature, illustration and book design was one of the most inventive and innovative contributions to the British Aesthetic movement which turned the artistic and literary scene upside down in the second half of the nineteenth century. …”
Get full text

Handgrip-Ring Structure Sensing Probe Assisted Multiple Signal Amplification Strategy for Sensitive and Label-Free Single-Stranded Nucleic Acid Analysis by Ying Ren, Yu He, Ping Li

“…Therefore, we have devised a novel biosensor that utilizes an elegantly designed handgrip-ring structure sensing probe to enhance the detection sensitivity and reduce background signals. …”
Get full text

Seismic Fragility Analysis of Self-Anchored Suspension Bridge Considering Damping Effect by Xiangong Zhou, Lei Cao, Heng Han, Xiaobo Zheng, Hanhao Zhang, Zhiqing Zhang

“…For this type of bridge, the current code only gives the overall seismic design principle, and there is little research on seismic fragility in the existing literature. …”
Get full text

Low Noise Amplifier at 60 GHz Using Low Loss On-Chip Inductors by Karthigha Balamurugan, M. Nirmala Devi, M. Jayakumar

“…This paper proposes the technique of using low loss on-chip inductors in the design of low noise amplifier (LNA) that offers high gain and lower noise figure. …”
Get full text