Supplier evaluation has a crucial role in maintaining efficiency in the food industry supply chain. Machine learning approaches can be employed to formulate models aimed at analyzing and evaluating supplier performanc...
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The usability of a prosthetic hand difers significantly from that of a real ***,the complexity of manipulation increases as the number of degrees of freedom to be controlled increases,making manipulation with biologic...
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The usability of a prosthetic hand difers significantly from that of a real ***,the complexity of manipulation increases as the number of degrees of freedom to be controlled increases,making manipulation with biological signals extremely *** overcome this problem,users need to select a grasping posture that is adaptive to the object and a stable grasping method that prevents the object from *** previous studies,these have been left to the operating skills of the user,which is extremely difficult to *** this study,we demonstrate how stable and adaptive grasping can be achieved according to the object regardless of the user's operation *** required grasping technique is achieved by determining the correlation bet ween the motor output and each sensor through the interaction between the prosthetic hand and the surrounding stimuli,such as myoelectricity,sense of touch,and grasping *** agents of the 16 DOF robot hand were trained with the myoelectric signals of six participants,including one child with a congenital forearm ***,each agent could open and close the hand in response to the myoeletric stimuli and could accomplish the object pickup *** the tasks,the agents successfully identified grasping patterns suitable for practical and stable positioning of the *** addition,the agents were able to pick up the object in a similar posture regardless of the partiipant,suggesting that the hand was optimized by evolutionary computation to a posture that prevents the object from being dropped.
A planing hull high-speed ferry with a stepped hull becomes a well-liked mode of water transportation for archipelago countries. On the other hand, the shape of steps on the bottom hull has not been recently taken int...
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Polymer technology has rapidly advanced across diverse domains, particularly in biomedical applications. Among various polymers, polyurethane (PU) hold great potential in developing biomaterials such as biomedical sca...
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Polymer technology has rapidly advanced across diverse domains, particularly in biomedical applications. Among various polymers, polyurethane (PU) hold great potential in developing biomaterials such as biomedical scaffold and drug delivery. In this study, we have innovatively engineered eco-friendly polyurethane using lignin, a sustainable bio-polyol derived from oil palm empty fruit bunches. To enhance the physicochemical properties of the PU, we have incorporated hydroxyapatite (HA) into the composites. The inclusion of HA has led to notable improvements in crucial properties such as density, porosity, and water absorption, making these composites ideal candidates for tissue regeneration scaffolds. Furthermore, to assess their biomedical applicability in drug delivery and cell scaffolding, we have employed the quercetin drug model. The results revealed a sustained kinetic release behavior within the polyurethane/hydroxyapatite (PU/HA) composites, showcasing their potential for controlled drug delivery applications. Moreover, cytotoxicity assays conducted using neuro-2a cell models demonstrated the non-cytotoxic nature of both PU and PU/HA composites. This finding holds significant implications for biomedical applications, indicating that these composites offer biocompatible platforms for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine endeavors. The ability of these composites to support cell viability underscores their potential for a wide range of biomedical applications, including neural tissue engineering and drug delivery systems targeting brain diseases. These findings pave the way for the development of innovative and sustainable biomaterials with diverse biomedical applications. Highlights: An eco-friendly polyurethane has been engineered by harnessing liginin-derived oil palm empty fruit bunches. Incorporation of hydroxyapaptite enhance the physical properties of polyurethane. Controlled kinetic drug release is one of polyurethane/hydroxyapatite (PU/HA) com
Coral-like structures of the Y_(3-x)Pr_(x)Fe_(5-y)Yb_(y)O_(12),(0.00 ≤ x ≤ 0.04, 0.00 ≤ y ≤ 0.02) compound were synthesized using the sol-gel method. Structural investigation certified the YIG cubic crystal struct...
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Coral-like structures of the Y_(3-x)Pr_(x)Fe_(5-y)Yb_(y)O_(12),(0.00 ≤ x ≤ 0.04, 0.00 ≤ y ≤ 0.02) compound were synthesized using the sol-gel method. Structural investigation certified the YIG cubic crystal structure formation, without any secondary phase. It is shown that, the relatively large ionic radius of the dopant cations results in an expansion of the lattice parameter, variations in the Iona-O-Iondangle, Iona-O,Iond-O and Ionc-O bond distances and decrease in the average crystallite size. Fourier transform infrared(FTIR) and Raman measurements are essential to testify the single-phase formation of YIG crystal structure and are observed changes in the stretching and vibrational modes, respectively. The morphological study, energy dispersive spectroscopy(EDS) spectra and textural properties show corallike structures, peaks associated with Pr^(3+) and Yb^(3+) atoms and the effect of dopants on surface area,diameter, and pore volume, respectively. The optical analysis from diffuse reflectance spectra witnessed an increase in the optical gap band, a decrease in Urbach energy and blue shift in the charge transfer,correlated with the expansion of the unit cell due to the dopant's insertion in the YIG structure. A typical ferrimagnetic behavior is exhibited by the Y_(3-x)Pr_(x)Fe_(5-y)Yb_(y)O_(12)compound. The saturation magnetization(M_(s)), cubic anisotropy constant(K_(1)) and coercive field(H_(c)) increase with the Pr^(3+)cations content, as consequence of their magnetic nature and distribution around of Fe^(3+)ions due to the coexistence with the Yb^(3+). Finally, for the first time, antibacterial tests by mean of the direct contact method were performed for YIG co-doped with Pr^(3+)and Yb^(3+)and it is shown that, relatively high dosages of Pr^(3+) cations favored the activity against S. aureus, therefore, a new biological property for YIG doped with rare earths is presented.
Demand generation is crucial for organizations, supplying sales teams with well-qualified commercial opportunities. Despite the wide variety of existing opportunity qualification methodologies, the subjective nature o...
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In recent years, making computers understand the emotions of users is necessary because emotions are an important factor in human communication. Among many methods of recognizing emotions, EEG is widely used because i...
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This paper presents a Python application for ampac-ity calculation in buried submarine cable systems. The program is developed based on the IEC 60287 Standard and CIGRE's TB880 guidelines for ampacity calculation ...
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This paper presents a Python application for ampac-ity calculation in buried submarine cable systems. The program is developed based on the IEC 60287 Standard and CIGRE's TB880 guidelines for ampacity calculation tools, from which two examples are selected as benchmark values. The cables are then modelled in the Python application and DlgSILENT PowerFactory Software. Results show that the developed appli-cation can correctly assess the ampacity for both the simple and complex cable structures presented in this paper. Due to restrictions in cable modeling and some differences in the standard interpretation, PowerFactory ampacity values diverge from the benchmark, which may lead to a less accurate cable selection.
Desulfurization technology plays an essential role in the removal of sulfur existing in raw fuel for an immediate aversion of the formation of acid rain and sulfate particulate matters that endanger the environment an...
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Desulfurization technology plays an essential role in the removal of sulfur existing in raw fuel for an immediate aversion of the formation of acid rain and sulfate particulate matters that endanger the environment and public health. In this study, CeO2–WOx–TiO2 catalyst was synthesized by sol–gel method and applied in the oxidative desulfurization of fuel oil using H2O2 as oxidizing agent. The WOx loading (0.10–0.40 mol fraction) was varied, and the CeO2–WOx–TiO2 catalyst was characterized by energy-dispersive X-ray and scanning electron microscopy. The effect of different parameters such as catalyst dosage (0.1–0.5 g), oxidation time (10–40 min) and quantity of phase transfer agent dosage (0.1–0.5 g) on the dibenzothiophene conversion was investigated. Results show that increasing the oxidation temperature, dosage of both catalyst and phase transfer agent, and oxidation time would result in higher dibenzothiophene conversion from refractory fuel oil. The oxidative desulfurization of fuel oil using CeO2–WOx–TiO2 catalyst exhibited a 100% dibenzothiophene conversion at temperature of 60 ºC, reaction time of 30 min, dosage of catalyst at 0.2 g and phase transfer agent at 0.1 g. Results showed the mole fraction of 0.3 W in CeO2–WOx–TiO2 catalyst provided the highest efficiency in dibenzothiophene conversion, which is essential in industrial applications specifically for oxidative desulfurization of fuel oil. The results in this research support the novel application of the CeO2–WOx–TiO2 catalyst in producing clean fuels in conjunction with the oxidative desulfurization process. Therefore, the catalyst synthesis in this study provides a prospective usability for future industrial applications in the aspect of desulfurization. The present work demonstrates the feasibility of using CeO2–WOx–TiO2 catalyst in oxidative desulfurization to generate desulfurized fuel oil, which is a more economical approach since the process operates at lower temperature and pressure. Graphic
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