Urban buses, particularly in large cities, are exposed to significant noise pollution. This paper presents a new family of materials at the micro/nano level designed for urban noise attenuation, specifically for appli...
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Purpose: Due to failures that occur during intubation, some authors advocate that intubation should always be done with a video laryngoscope. What makes the implementation of this recommendation difficult, especially ...
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Salter's duck,an asymmetrical wave energy converter(WEC)device,showed high efficiency in extracting energy from 2D regular waves in the past;yet,challenges remain for fluctuating wave *** can potentially be addres...
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Salter's duck,an asymmetrical wave energy converter(WEC)device,showed high efficiency in extracting energy from 2D regular waves in the past;yet,challenges remain for fluctuating wave *** can potentially be addressed by adopting a negative stiffness mechanism(NSM)in WEC devices to enhance system efficiency,even in highly nonlinear and steep 3D waves.A weakly nonlinear model was developed which incorporated a nonlinear restoring moment and NSM into the linear formulations and was applied to an asymmetric WEC using a time domain potential flow *** model was initially validated by comparing it with published experimental and numerical computational fluid dynamics *** current results were in good agreement with the published *** was found that the energy extraction increased in the range of 6%to 17%during the evaluation of the effectiveness of the NSM in regular *** irregular wave conditions,specifically at the design wave conditions for the selected test site,the energy extraction increased by 2.4%,with annual energy production increments of approximately *** findings highlight the potential of NSM in enhancing the performance of asymmetric WEC devices,indicating more efficient energy extraction under various wave conditions.
With the advancement of semiconductor technologies, the need for efficient power management solutions in integrated systems, such as RISC-V architecture-based microcontrollers, becomes increasingly critical. However, ...
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Covid-19 is a highly contagious aero-transmissible virus. Even after two years of its emergence, new strains appear that require strengthening security measures such as social distancing, the use of masks, etc. It is ...
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Covid-19 is a highly contagious aero-transmissible virus. Even after two years of its emergence, new strains appear that require strengthening security measures such as social distancing, the use of masks, etc. It is crucial to prevent contamination, and care for the sanity of the air in closed environments, occupied by two or more people. Aerosols expelled by contaminated individuals dissolve in environments and can contaminate individuals regardless of their location. In this project, an air purifier for individual use was proposed to mitigate the risk of contamination by Covid-19 in closed environments. The equipment has been developed and prototyped, but has yet to be presented in the scope of this article. In this phase of the project, a study was conducted through numerical simulation to understand the effect of using this purifier on air circulation and its scope in the environment. Nine scenarios were developed: five two-dimensional and four three-dimensional, subject to different conditions: (i) closed environment, (ii) air infiltration through doors and windows, (iii) air-conditioner use, and purifier use. In individual use of the purifier, even if it is approximately 50 cm from the person in the room, the curtain of "clean air" coming from the purifier has become ineffective due to the existence of another, more intense outlet. The scenario with the airflow from the air-conditioner showed that the higher intensity of the airflow compared to the prototype purifier's airflow, meant that the prototype's airflow could not protect the user from the theoretically contaminated air mixed in the room. When the simulation of the use of the purifier was not done together with the air-conditioner runoff, the purifier proved effective in providing clean air and "protecting" the user with a wind curtain. However, even when the purified air cannot directly protect the user, the effects of the purifier can be beneficial by reducing the contamination of the air in the roo
The demand for efficient power management solutions in electronic devices has increased significantly, especially for microcontrollers operating in low-power modes. This article presents the design and implementation ...
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Soft robotic grippers and hands offer adaptability, lightweight construction, and enhanced safety in human–robot interactions. In this study, we introduce vacuum-actuated soft robotic finger joints to overcome their ...
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Location estimation for waypoint-based autonomous driving robots primarily relies on SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping) and GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) technologies. GNSS performs well in open ...
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Proportional, integral, and derivative (PID) controllers have been widely adopted for industrial applications. However, these controllers are not very efficient for non-linear systems. Artificial neural networks (ANN)...
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