Combination linear lines of position and neural network for mobile station location estimation by Chien-Sheng Chen

“…To enhance the effectiveness and accuracy of mobile station location estimation, author utilizes time of arrival measurements from three base stations and one angle of arrival information at the serving base station to locate mobile station in non-line-of-sight environments. …”
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Study on the Factors Influencing on Wetting Performance of Blasting Dust in a Limestone Mine by Jinrui Nie, Shujie Yuan, Ye Li, Xiaoming Huang

“…The measurement results of contact angle indicate that the wetting performance of MD is weaker than that of ND. …”
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Controlling the Rejection of Protein During Membrane Filtration by Adding Poly-Vinyl Pyrrolidone (PVP) by Hizba Waheed, Amir Mukhtar

“…The remarkable lessening of contact angle from 83° to 69° well illustrated the better hydrophilicity of CA/PVP membranes. …”
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An Analytical Seismic Response for Rigid Underground Rectangular Tunnel Subjected to Incident P Waves by Yang Liu, Chun Bai, Hexiang Li

“…In addition, a parametric analysis of the effects of the incident angle, surrounding rock medium, and aspect ratio on the tunnel is also presented. …”
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An Improved Filtering Method and Application of Landslide Deformation Monitoring by Xing Qi, Chao Hu, Ruliang Cao

“…In this paper, a tangent angle model based on the improved filtering method is proposed for the early warning of landslides. …”
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Predictive factors of extremity graft occlusion after endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm: A 13-year single center experience by Kaptaniderya Tayfur, Ferhat Borulu, Melih Urkmez, Alpaslan Telli

“…In addition to anatomical factors such as aortic neck angle and diameter in graft leg thrombosis; we aimed to convey the roles of graft extension to the external iliac artery and the effect of graft type selection on the results. …”
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Influence of Aggregate Wettability with Different Lithology Aggregates on Concrete Drying Shrinkage by Yuanchen Guo, Jueshi Qian, Xue Wang, Zhengyi Yan, Huadong Zhong

“…The pore distribution curve of the different coarse aggregates is also measured through a statistical method, and the contact angle of different coarse aggregates and concrete is calculated according to the linear fitting relationship. …”
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Experimental Study on the Atomization and Chemiluminescence Characteristics of Ethanol Flame by Qing Zhang, Xudong Song, Qinghua Guo, Yan Gong, Chonghe Hu, Guangsuo Yu

“…With the increases of spray angle and We, the breakup mode changes from the Rayleigh-type breakup regime to the superpulsating regime. …”
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Malignant Transformation Six Months after Removal of Intracranial Epidermoid Cyst: A Case Report by Fayçal Lakhdar, El Mehdi Hakkou, Rachid Gana, Rachid My Maaqili, Fouad Bellakhdar

“…We report a case of squamous cell carcinoma arising in the cerebellopontine angle. A 52-year-old man presented with left facial paralysis and cerebellar ataxia. …”
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A Low-Cost Photodiode Sun Sensor for CubeSat and Planetary Microrover by Mark A. Post, Junquan Li, Regina Lee

“…A direct measurement of the solar angle uses a photodiode array sensor and slit mask. …”
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Dynamic Behaviors and Energy Transition Mechanism of Droplets Impacting on Hydrophobic Surfaces by Qiaogao Huang, Ya Zhang, Guang Pan

“…The results show that there is a linear relationship between the intrinsic contact angle and the interaction strength of fluid-wall particles. …”
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Conflict and Sensitivity Analysis of Articulated Vehicle Lateral Stability Based on Single-Track Model by Dengzhi Peng, Kekui Fang, Jianjie Kuang, Mohamed A. Hassan, Gangfeng Tan

“…Based on the snaking steering maneuver, the lateral stability criteria including the yaw rate, vehicle sideslip angle, tire sideslip angle, and lateral force are calculated and compared. …”
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Effect of Particle Shape on Mechanical Behaviors of Rocks: A Numerical Study Using Clumped Particle Model by Guan Rong, Guang Liu, Di Hou, Chuang-bing Zhou

“…The increase of sphericity leads to a drop of elastic modulus and a rise in Poisson ratio, while the decreasing sphericity usually results in the increase of cohesion and internal friction angle. Based on volume change of rock samples during simulation of triaxial compression test, variation of dilation angle with plastic strain is also studied.…”
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Dynamic Imbalance Analysis and Stability Control of Galloping Gait for a Passive Quadruped Robot by Chunlei Wang, Ting Zhang, Xiaohui Wei, Yongjun Long, Shigang Wang

“…Through analyzing the influence of the touchdown angle of the rear leg on the posture of the trunk during the flight phase, the stability criterion is concluded: the closer are the two moments which are the zero time of the pitching angle and the peak time of the center of mass, the better is the stability of the trunk posture during the flight phase. …”
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Detection of Illegal Movement in Radioactive Material Transportation Security Systems by Tiejun Zeng, Xiaohua Yang, Yaping Wan, Panpan Jiang, Liu Zhenghai

“…When the radioactive material is inside the compartment, the angle between its corresponding point and the top plane of the compartment is less than 90°. …”
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Sensitivity Analysis of the Coupled Dynamic Behavior of Vehicles in Collision with Semirigid Guardrails by Chun Liu, Hong-Jun Liao, Jun Chen, Qian-Qian Deng

“…The results indicate that the sensitivity values of the collision speed, column wall thickness, and collision angle according to the baseline model are 1.0, 1.0, and 0.741, respectively. …”
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Direction Finding for Bistatic MIMO Radar with Uniform Circular Array by Cao Yunhe, Zhang Zijing, Wang Shenghua, Dai Fengzhou

“…A method of direction of arrival (DOA) and direction of departure (DOD) angle estimation based on polynomial rooting for bistatic multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) radar with uniform circular array (UCA) configuration is proposed in this paper. …”
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Enhancing the Scattering Induced by Gold Periodic Arrays Over Optical Waveguides Through Indium Tin Oxide Buffer Layers by Rita Asquini, Alessio Buzzin, Nicolas Hanine, Alessia Mannetta, Badrul Alam, Vincenzo Ferrara

“…Coupling efficiency, out-of-plane scattering and far-field projected beam focus and diffraction angle are evaluated using Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) method and scattering theory for different nanogratings and nanocylinders array patterns. …”
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Analytical Solution of Three-Dimensional Heaving Displacement of Ground Surface during Tunnel Freezing Construction Based on Stochastic Medium Theory by Hai-bing Cai, Meng-kai Li, Xiao-fang Li, Sheng Li, Rong-bao Hong

“…The calculation results show that, considering the inclination angle between the freezing pipe and the center axis of the tunnel, the maximum heaving displacement of the ground surface occurs at the tunnel center. …”
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Experiment and modeling of submarine emergency rising motion using free-running model by Jooho Lee, Seonhong Kim, Jihwan Shin, Jaemoon Yoon, Jinheong Ahn, Minjae Kim

“…Experimental results reveal that the maximum pitch angle before surface is affected by initial velocity and the operation conditions of ballast systems. …”
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