Recent advancements in prosthetic arm technology revolutionized the lives of upper limb amputees, offering restored functionality and better quality of life. However, achieving precise control over grasp force modulat...
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Fresh water is essential for day-to-day survival. The primary issue facing undeveloped nations is the continuous scarcity of clean water, and drinking contaminated water to survive may harm one’s health. Due to popul...
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This research aims to investigate the effects of surface finishing techniques on phase transformation, topography, and recovery force of NiTi coil springs designed for actuator applications. The NiTi wire, with a diam...
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This research aims to investigate the effects of surface finishing techniques on phase transformation, topography, and recovery force of NiTi coil springs designed for actuator applications. The NiTi wire, with a diameter of 1 mm, was fabricated into a helical spring with an index of 9 and 20 active coils. The spring was subsequently annealed at 550 °C for 30 min and then quenched in water. The surface finishing techniques applied to the NiTi springs included chemical etching, mechanical polishing, and sand blasting. It was observed that mechanical polishing had a strong impact on topography than both chemical etching and sand blasting. After mechanical polishing, the topography of NiTi coil springs slightly changed compared to the annealed spring. The examined surface was smooth and glistening, with a surface roughness Ra of 0.175 ± 0.006 µm, nearly identical to that of the annealed spring Ra of 0.116 ± 0.021 µm. Chemical etching produced a surface oxide, yet the surface became rough due to an uncontrollable chemical reaction, i.e., the Ra value obtained from chemical etched surface (1.177 ± 0.156 µm) was higher than that of the mechanically polished spring. Meanwhile, sand blasting provided a blue-shaded surface corresponding to an excessive Ra of 1.952 ± 0.204 µm. The DSC results revealed two peaks of R-phase and martensite transformation in the cooling curve, with only austenite transformation appearing on the heating curve. According to the DSC curve, all surface finishing techniques can reduce the latent heat and affect the associated phase transformations. Consequently, the recovery force of the spring was increased by 2–5 times the initial length. The maximum stiffness (k) of 0.129 N/mm and recovery force for the surface-finished springs were provided by mechanical polishing, while the minimum values of 0.104 N/mm were yielded by sand blasting. All experimental findings offer a framework for the development of actuator springs enhanced through each surface f
Patterned surfaces have numerous applications in the microscale flow regime, such as heat transfer enhancement, mixing, and microfluidics devices. The present study analytically examines the pressure-driven flow of tw...
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This paper presents the degenerate kernels for the polyharmonic and poly-Helmholtz partial differential operators in the polar and spherical coordinates. These degenerate kernels are essential if the analytical/semi-a...
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This work seeks to investigate jet array impingement liquid cooling of CPU processors that utilise Integrated Heat Spreaders. In this study, single and centralised heat sources of various sizes (10 mm to 20 mm) were i...
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Sperm selection is an essential component of all assisted reproductive treatments(ARTs)and is by far the most neglected step in the ART workflow in regard to technological *** sperm selection methodologies typically p...
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Sperm selection is an essential component of all assisted reproductive treatments(ARTs)and is by far the most neglected step in the ART workflow in regard to technological *** sperm selection methodologies typically produce a higher total number of sperm with variable motilities,morphologies,and levels of DNA ***-standard techniques,including density gradient centrifugation(DGC)and swim-up(SU),have been shown to induce DNA fragmentation through introducing reactive oxygen species(ROS)during ***,we demonstrate a 3D printed,biologically inspired microfluidic sperm selection device(MSSP)that utilizes multiple methods to simulate a sperms journey toward *** are first selected based on their motility and boundary-following behavior and then on their expression of apoptotic markers,yielding over 68%more motile sperm than that of previously reported methods with a lower incidence of DNA fragmentation and *** from the MsSP also demonstrated higher motile sperm recovery after cryopreservation than that of sU or neat *** were conducted side-by-side against conventional SU methods using human semen(n=33)and showed over an 85%improvement in DNA integrity with an average 90%reduction in sperm *** results that the platform is easy-to-use for sperm selection and mimics the biological function of the female reproductive tract during conception.
Fog Harps harvest substantially more water than conventional mesh‐based ***,to date,all large‐scale Fog Harps have been impractically hand‐wound at low wire tensions and suffer from elastocapillary wire ***,we deve...
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Fog Harps harvest substantially more water than conventional mesh‐based ***,to date,all large‐scale Fog Harps have been impractically hand‐wound at low wire tensions and suffer from elastocapillary wire ***,we develop large‐scale and high‐tension Fog Harps that are manufacturable and *** Fog Harps retain the record‐setting fog harvesting efficiency(η≈17%)of their optimized scale‐model counterparts,while uniquely enabling practical real‐life *** was achieved by adapting the industrial process for making harp screens,a pre‐existing technology used for screening solid *** critical tension required to minimize wire tangling was rationalized by an improved elastocapillary tangling model.
Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage affects 6.1/100, 000 people annually worldwide. After initial bleeding has stopped, victims are at high risk of vasospasm, a narrowing of cerebral arteries that may lead to stroke, f...
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