This study aims to find out the procedure for developing starter system learning media as a learning tool for improving student learning outcomes, measure how appropriate the learning media is for improving student le...
This study aims to find out the procedure for developing starter system learning media as a learning tool for improving student learning outcomes, measure how appropriate the learning media is for improving student learning outcomes, measure student learning outcomes after using starter system learning media. The type of research used is Research and development (R&D) to produce products and test products in improving student learning outcomes. The research subjects were 50 students. Data collection techniques in this study used tests, questionnaires, and documentation. The data obtained are the results of the evaluation, student responses about the media, validation, and reliability. The results of the assessment by media experts get a percentage of 97.50% in the very good category, the material expert assessment gets a percentage score of 92.5% in the very valid category. Student responses went through two stages, namely the limited group trial of the media getting a score percentage of 92.25% in the very good category and the media response taken from the experimental class which was the subject of the application of the media to get an average value (mean) of 83.2, so that the information obtained by 17 students was stated passed and 8 students were declared to have not passed because the score was still less than the KKM, so it could be concluded by looking at the results of the media assessment, the media was in the very good category.
This paper investigates the cooperative planning and control problem for multiple connected autonomous vehicles (CAVs) in different scenarios. In the existing literature, most of the methods suffer from significant pr...
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The Miriti Palm (Mauritia flexuosa) grows abundantly in the Amazon Region of Brazil. The petiole (PMP) that supports the leaves, has a density of about one-half of Balsa wood (BW), which is used in the manufacture of ...
The Miriti Palm (Mauritia flexuosa) grows abundantly in the Amazon Region of Brazil. The petiole (PMP) that supports the leaves, has a density of about one-half of Balsa wood (BW), which is used in the manufacture of wind turbine blades. A further possible advantage of PMP is that harvesting does not kill the palm tree, in contrast to the harvesting of BW. Because the mechanical properties of PMP have not been measured, we determined the shear and tensile properties of 16 samples of PMP and BW to allow a preliminary assessment of PMP as a possible material for blades. The absolute shear and tensile strengths for BW are higher, but specific properties (normalized by the density) are similar and can favour PMP. Direct substitution of BW by PMP would reduce the weight of a typical large blade by around 2%.
The efficient manufacturing of cardiomyocytes from human-induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) is essential for advancing regenerative therapies for myocardial injuries. However, ensuring cell quality during product...
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This cross-sectional study aimed to determine the chewing ability of 97 institutionalized older adults and its relevance to their status of dentition and type of prosthetic rehabilitation. The participants were catego...
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This cross-sectional study aimed to determine the chewing ability of 97 institutionalized older adults and its relevance to their status of dentition and type of prosthetic rehabilitation. The participants were categorized according to their dental status. The chewing ability was determined by semi-quantitative evaluation of a colour-changeable chewing gum and by recording the personal perception of the participants on a similar scale. The colorimetric means of the participants was significantly lower than the perception means. One-third of the participants had at least one jaw restored with complete dentures, while 17% were restored with tooth-supported or implant-supported fixed partial dentures. Based on the colorimetric method, edentulous participants displayed significantly lower chewing performance compared to all other groups. Additionally, participants with at least one complete denture exhibited weaker chewing function than those with natural teeth or fixed partial dentures . The age and sex of the participants had no further impact on the results. As the institutionalized elderly seem to overestimate their chewing efficiency, the colour changeable chewing gum could be used in nursing homes, as a simple method to determine their real masticatory function status and improve their dental care.
Tactile displays have been proposed as a human-computer interface. Nowadays, it is utilised in hundreds of applications and a standard means of information presentation. Shape information display became essential to m...
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The localized stress and strain field simulation results are critical for understanding the mechanical properties of materials, such as strength and toughness. However, applying off-the-shelf machine learning or deep ...
The localized stress and strain field simulation results are critical for understanding the mechanical properties of materials, such as strength and toughness. However, applying off-the-shelf machine learning or deep learning methods to a digitized microstructure restricts the image samples to be of a fixed size and also lacks interpretability. Additionally, existing methods that utilize deep learning models to solve boundary value problems require retraining the model for each set of boundary conditions. To address these limitations, we propose a customized Pixel-Wise Convolutional Neural Network (PWCNN) to make fast predictions of stress and strain fields pixel-by-pixel under different loading conditions and for a wide range of composite microstructures of any size (e.g., much larger or smaller than the sample on which the PWCNN is trained). Through numerical experiments, we show that our PWCNN model serves as an alternative approach to numerical solution methods, such as finite element analysis, but is computationally more efficient, and the prediction errors on the test microstructure are around 5%. Moreover, we also propose an interpretable machine learning framework to facilitate the scientific discovery of why certain microstructures have better or worse performance than others, which has important implications in the design of composite microstructures in advanced manufacturing.
Nanoscale biosensors for sensitive DNA detection require advanced and precise fabrication techniques, which make them highly expensive and result in low yield rates. For such DNA biosensors, sensor regeneration is hig...
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Nanoscale biosensors for sensitive DNA detection require advanced and precise fabrication techniques, which make them highly expensive and result in low yield rates. For such DNA biosensors, sensor regeneration is highly desirable. In this study, we investigated the effectiveness of various denaturants, including ultrapure water, urea solution, tris-ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid buffer, and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), for the denaturation of target DNAs hybridized to probe DNAs on sensors. We used giant magnetoresistive (GMR) biosensors equipped with a temperature control unit in conjunction with magnetic nanoparticles. To examine the effect of DNA sequence on denaturation efficiency, 14 orthogonal DNA pairs were designed and tested. Furthermore, to maintain a consistent sensitivity in subsequent measurements, we evaluated the integrity of the probe DNAs on the sensors after denaturation. Among all the denaturants tested, 40% DMSO demonstrated excellent performance in the denaturation of probe DNAs covalently bonded to the sensors, without any heating process. This optimal denaturant can be applied to other planar DNA biosensor systems; moreover, GMR biosensors can facilitate the evaluation of newly developed denaturants.
The surface properties of activated carbon significantly determine the adsorption ability of activated carbon. These properties include pore volume, specific surface area, pore diameter, and surface morphology. This p...
The surface properties of activated carbon significantly determine the adsorption ability of activated carbon. These properties include pore volume, specific surface area, pore diameter, and surface morphology. This paper concerns investigating the surface properties of swat bamboo-activated carbon. The samples were carbonized at a temperature of 750°C for an hour and activated chemically using phosphoricy acid. The impregnation ratio applied was 1:1 (char:H3PO4, % weight). The activations were carried at variations temperatures of 400, 550 dan 700°C. The surface properties and morphology characterization were done by applied adsorption isotherm and SEM tests. The results of research show that increasing the activation temperature affects decreasing of pore volume and fluctuating of surface area and pore diameter. The best characteristics were obtained by activated carbon with an activation temperature of 400°C with specific surface area, pore-volume, and pore diameter of 463.30 m2/g, 0.45 cc/g, and 1.86 nm, respectively. The SEM images (surface morphology) of activated carbons showed significant improvement of activated carbon pores compared to the char, indicating the carbonization and activation are work well.
Titanium alloys find extensive applications in the modern aerospace and offshore industry, as well in the field of biomedical implants. Nevertheless, the titanium inherent thermo-physical properties (low thermal condu...
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Titanium alloys find extensive applications in the modern aerospace and offshore industry, as well in the field of biomedical implants. Nevertheless, the titanium inherent thermo-physical properties (low thermal conductivity and high chemical reactivity) make it a hard to machine material. For the efficient machining of titanium alloys, non-conventional machining processes are employed. Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM) is a non-contact machining process, in which the material removal occurs through repetitive electrical sparks. The capabilities of machining any electrically conductive material, regardless of its thermo-physical and other properties, render it as one of the most widely used non-conventional machining processes. As titanium alloys are used in high-quality parts and products, the integrity and texture of the machined surface constitute an essential parameter. The current study presents an experimental investigation of the surface texture and integrity of Ti6Al4V ELI after its machining with high power EDM. Namely, a full-scale experiment has been carried out, for pulse currents up to 65A and pulse-on time up to 200 μs, using graphite electrode. The surface texture (ST) and integrity has been estimated in terms of arithmetic mean height (Sa), the maximum height of scale-limited surface (Sz), maximum peak height (Sp), maximum pit height (Sv) and skewness of the scale-limited surface (Ssk). Additionally, through microscopy observation, the surface topography and integrity have been estimated, distinguishing and characterizing the surface cracks and micro-cracks. For all the above mentioned ST parameters, an Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) test has been performed.
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