Motion Measurement and Analysis of Different Instruments for Single-Incision Laparoscopic Surgery by Kunyong Lyu, Lixiao Yang, Chengli Song

“…Working with precurved instruments seems like a compromise to traditional laparoscopic surgery if the transmission property, and shaft curvature of the instruments could be improved. An integrated mechanical platform or robotic system might be the ultimate solution for single-incision laparoscopic surgery to pursue even less trauma.…”
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Cost-Effective Drone Survey of Areas with Elevated Background Radiation by Hédi Katreiner, Béla Kovács, Ákos Horváth, Szabolcs Tóth, Fanni Vörös

“…We convert these data into GIS-compatible formats and produce accurate isoline maps using the Minimum Curvature interpolation technique. The results show that while the radiation intensity decreases with height, the anomaly was visible but less detailed at all heights investigated. …”
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A Star‐Nose‐Inspired Bionic Soft Robot for Nonvisual Spatial Detection and Reconstruction by Qiwei Shan, Yunqi Cao, Haozhen Chi, Shuyu Fan, Ziying Zhu, Dibo Hou

“…By implementing a constant curvature model for robot motion control, positional information is provided for the contact points between the cylindrical sensor array and the external environment. …”
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Anterior Chamber Angle Shape Analysis and Classification of Glaucoma in SS-OCT Images by Soe Ni Ni, J. Tian, Pina Marziliano, Hong-Tym Wong

“…The angle structure configuration is quantified by the following six features: (1) mean of the continuous measurement of the angle opening distance; (2) area of the trapezoidal profile of the iridocorneal angle centered at Schwalbe's line; (3) mean of the iris curvature from the extracted iris image; (4) complex shape descriptor, fractal dimension, to quantify the complexity, or changes of iridocorneal angle; (5) ellipticity moment shape descriptor; and (6) triangularity moment shape descriptor. …”
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Proximal Hypospadias Repair Outcomes in Patients with a Specific Disorder of Sexual Development Diagnosis by Blake W. Palmer, William Reiner, Brad P. Kropp

“…Such procedures are done to correct ventral curvature of the phallus, reposition a proximally located urethral meatus, and cosmetically correct the appearance of labioscrotal folds. …”
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Engineering Characteristics and Reinforcement Approaches of Organic Sandy Soil by Jun Hu, Liang Jia, Wei Wang, Hong Wei, Juan Du

“…The experimental results showed that the coefficient of uniformity and coefficient of curvature were 2.07 and 1.25, respectively. The maximum dry density and optimum water content were 1.723 g/cm3 and 12.23%, respectively. …”
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Motion Control of a 4WS4WD Path-Following Vehicle: Dynamics-Based Steering and Driving Models by Zhonghua Zhang, Caijin Yang, Weihua Zhang, Yanhai Xu, Yiqiang Peng, Maoru Chi

“…The vehicle path-following control is exhibited by dynamic simulation in CarSim with consideration of a complex vehicle model and a variable-curvature planned path. Numerical results obtained are analyzed and show control models have capable of dealing with a complex path-following problem. …”
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Deficits in reaching movements under visual interference as a novel diagnostic marker for mild cognitive impairment by Ciro Rosario Ilardi, Giovanni Federico, Marco La Marra, Raffaella Amato, Alessandro Iavarone, Andrea Soricelli, Gabriella Santangelo, Sergio Chieffi

“…Also, our results suggest that trajectory curvature may discriminate between patients with MCI and healthy older adults. …”
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Dynamic Response and Lubrication Performance of Spur Gear Pair Under Time-Varying Rotation Speeds by Jiaxing Pei, Yuanyuan Tian, Hongjuan Hou, Yourui Tao, Miaojie Wu, Zhigang Guan

“…The results reveal that the time-varying rotation speed induces chaotic motion of the gear system, resulting in significant changes in the dynamic meshing force, entrainment velocity, and curvature radius of the gear pair compared to those in constant-speed scenarios. …”
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Significance of Nonsimilar Numerical Simulations in Forced Convection from Stretching Cylinder Subjected to External Magnetized Flow of Sisko Fluid by Jifeng Cui, Umer Farooq, Ahmed Jan, Murtada K. Elbashir, Waseem Asghar Khan, Mogtaba Mohammed, Ziyad Ali Alhussain, Jamshaid Ul Rahman

“…Fluid velocity is increased as the material and curvature parameters are increased, resulting in improved heat transfer. …”
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Denoising of Tourist Street Scene Image Based on ROF Model of Second-Order Partial Differential Equation by Xiaofeng Yang

“…By improving the diffusion coefficient and introducing a curvature operator that can distinguish details such as edges, it can effectively denoise the tourist street scene image, and it also has a good effect on avoiding the step effect. …”
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A New Approach for Estimating Rock Discontinuity Trace Intensity Based on Rectangular Sampling Windows by Xiaoxue Huo, Qiong Wu, Huiming Tang, Zhen Meng, Di Wang, Yuxin Liu, Shiyu Li

“…Results indicate that the proposed new method based on rectangular windows shows close accuracy and less variability than that of the method based on circular windows due to the influence of finite sample size and the variability of location of the window and has advantage in application to sampling surfaces longer in one direction than in the other such as tunnel cross sections and curved sampling surfaces such as outcrops that show some curvature.…”
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Mercury Intrusion Effects Modelled in Pores with Axial Symmetry and Attenuated Cross Section by Isaac Kornhauser, Carlos Felipe, Juan Marcos Esparza, Armando Domínguez, Fernando Rojas

“…One of them is the influence of the pore-wall angle of inclination on the intrusion pressure and meniscus radius of curvature. Another one is that Hg penetration in pores of this sort cannot proceed gradually but only in a jump-like manner. …”
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Total Pancreatectomy for Malignant Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm (IPMN) Complicated by Gastropancreatic Fistulae by Oshan Basnayake, Pradeep Wijerathne, Umesh Jayarajah, Nilesh Fernandopulle, Sivasuriya Sivaganesh

“…A passage of oral contrast was noted from the greater curvature and pylorus of the stomach into the dilated duct suggestive of fistulae formation. …”
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Research on the Influence of Wheel Tread Wear on Pinion and Rack Contact State of Rack-rail Trains by Lei Huanhuan, Zhao Jiadong, Zhao Yukai, Shi Lubing, Li Zhiyuan, Yue Zihao

“…The greater the wear of the wheel tread is, the greater the contact stress near the meshing entry point of the rack and pinion will be; and the influence mechanism is that the radius of curvature of the drive gear near the meshing entry point is sharply reduced by wheel wear. …”
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Fast Load Distribution Calculation for Cylindrical Gears with Non-Involute Tooth Profiles by Karsten Fetzer, Stefan Landler, Jonas-Frederick Berger, Michael Otto, Karsten Stahl

“…Special gearings with customized non-involute tooth profile geometries offer a promising alternative to conventional involute gears, addressing limitations, such as undercutting and small radii of curvature near the tooth root. However, the absence of standardized design procedures for non-involute gears, such as ISO 6336 for involute gears, often necessitates reliance on numerical simulations and methodologies using approximations. …”
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Analytical forecasting of the optimal trajectory of mobile robot by A. A. Lobaty, D. V. Kapskiy, A. K. Ibrahim, I. A. Shishkovets

“…In this case, at each given point in space, the trajectory direction to the next point is taken into account, which ensures the optimal curvature of the trajectory at a given flight speed of the aircraft. …”
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Taper Preparation Variability Compared to Current Taper Standards Using Computed Tomography by Richard Gergi, Joe Abou Rjeily, Nada Osta, Joseph Sader, Alfred Naaman

“…Methods. 60 root canals with severe angle of curvature (between 25∘ and 35∘) and short radius (𝑟<10 mm) were selected. …”
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Local corner smoothing based on deep learning for CNC machine tools by Bai Jiang, Rong Sun, Ze-long Li, Liang Xu, Huang Liao, Xiao-yan Teng, Bing Li

“…To generate a smooth machining path, a new optimization strategy is proposed to optimize the toolpath at the curvature level. First, the three essential components of optimization are introduced, and the local corner smoothness is converted into an optimization problem. …”
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Quantum gravitational corrections to the geometry of charged AdS black holes by Behnam Pourhassan, Ruben Campos Delgado, Sudhaker Upadhyay, Hoda Farahani, Himanshu Kumar

“…By employing the effective field theory framework for quantum gravity, we compute quantum corrections to the entropy of charged AdS black holes, focusing on second-order curvature terms. By incorporating scale-dependent coefficients, we establish that the Wald entropy is renormalization group (RG) invariant, confirming the robustness of the framework. …”
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