This paper presents a compact-sized haptic device based on a cable-driven parallel robot (CDPR) mechanism for teleoperation. CDPRs characteristically have large workspaces and lightweight actuators. An intuitive and user-friendly remote control has n...
In this article, we present the results of our experiments on sentiment and emotion recognition for English and Polish texts, aiming to work in the context of a therapeutic chatbot. We created a dedicated dataset by adding samples of neutral texts to...
In this paper, we propose a mitigation method for reducing lightning-induced insulator voltages based on the installation of low-voltage surge arresters aligned parallelly to the insulator. The three-dimensional finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) m...
Computer vision tasks, such as motion estimation, depth estimation, object detection, etc., are better suited to light field images with more structural information than traditional 2D monocular images. However, since costly data acquisition instrume...
The highlighted area or object is defined as the salient region or salient object. For salient object detection, the main challenges are still the clarity of the boundary information of the salient object and the positioning accuracy of the salient o...
This article is dedicated to providing a detailed review concerning the SPH-based hydrodynamic simulations for ocean energy devices (OEDs). Attention is particularly focused on three topics that are tightly related to the concerning field, covering (...
In this paper, we study the effects of the shield tunnel construction on the deformation of an existing pipeline parallel to and above the new shield tunnel. We propose an analytical solution to predict the spatiotemporal deformation of the existing...
Smartphone sensors can collect data in many different contexts. They make it feasible to obtain large amounts of data at little or no cost because most people own mobile phones. In this work, we focus on collecting motion data in the car using a smar...
In this work, an interactive optimisation framework—a combination of a low fidelity flow solver, Athena Vortex Lattice (AVL), and an interactive Multi-Objective Particle Swarm Optimisation (MOPSO)—is proposed for aerodynamic shape design...
Drug-drug interaction (DDI) is becoming a serious issue in clinical pharmacy as the use of multiple medications is more common. The PubMed database is one of the biggest literature resources for DDI studies. It contains over 150,000 journal articles...
This article explores the integration of a hapto-visual digital twin on a master device used for bilateral teleoperation. The device, known as a quasi-spherical parallel manipulator, is currently employed for the remote center of motion control in te...
In this work we propose a novel device for controlling the flow of information using Weyl fermions. Based on a previous work by our group, we show that it is possible to fully control the flow of Weyl fermions on several different channels by applyin...
Accurate seismic safety assessment of nuclear power plant (NPP) structures with pile foundations on soft soil sites requires consideration of soil nonlinearity and pile–soil–structure interaction (PSSI). This study develops an efficient p...
Suspensions are prevalent in daily life and serve various purposes, including applications in food, medicine, and industry. Many of these suspensions display non-Newtonian characteristics stemming from particle–fluid interactions. Understanding...
Parallel-stranded G-quadruplex structures are found to be common in the human promoter sequences. We tested highly fluorescent 9-methoxyluminarine ligand (9-MeLM) binding interactions with different parallel G-quadruplexes DNA by spectroscopic method...
To conduct a comfortable lift for the care-receiver, it takes a lot of time and operations to design the motion trajectory for each care-receiver before transfer tasks. To solve this problem, this paper proposed a method to design a lift trajectory f...
As web technologies shift from traditional content delivery toward high-performance computing, Web Worker-based parallelism for compute-intensive tasks such as fractal rendering has become essential for improving web application performance and inter...
Parallel converter operation enables flexible capacity expansion of energy-storage power conversion systems. However, parallel converter interactions, filter-inductor saturation, and grid-strength variations increase the risk of resonance instability...
With the increasing penetration of renewable energy sources into modern power systems, parallel inverters with LCL filters are commonly employed in the grid interface, giving rise to potential resonance problems. Among the different resonances, inter...
Demonstrating parallelism in quantitative laboratory tests is crucial to ensure accurate reporting of data and minimise risks to patients. Regulatory authorities make the demonstration of parallelism before clinical use approval mandate. However, ach...
A new parallel code based on models of special relativistic hydrodynamics is presented for describing interacting flows. A new highly accurate numerical method is considered and verified. A parallel implementation of the method by means of Coarray Fo...
Parallel microdispensing of high-viscous liquid is a fundamental task in many industrial processes. Herein, a smart printing head is developed, including the probe array, the electric control module, the contact force measurement module, and the extr...
Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are conducted to determine energy and momentum accommodation coefficients at the interface between rarefied gas and solid walls. The MD simulation setup consists of two parallel walls, and of inert gas confined bet...
Based on the van der Waals (vdW) interaction between carbon atoms, the interface cohesive energy between parallel single-walled carbon nanotubes was studied using continuous mechanics theory, and the influence of the diameter of carbon nanotubes and...
Many familial diseases are caused by genetic accidents, which affect the genome and its epigenetic environment, summarized as an interaction network between genes. We wish to study the existence or absence of robustness for such genetic interaction n...
We analyze schemes of high-fidelity multi-qubit CNOT
The N-body problem is a classic problem involving a system of N discrete bodies mutually interacting in a dynamical system. At any moment in time there are
G-quadruplexes (G4s) are higher-order supramolecular structures, biologically important in the regulation of many key processes. Among all, the recent discoveries relating to RNA-G4s, including their potential involvement as antiviral targets against...
In this paper, a hybrid distributed-parallel cluster software framework for heterogeneous computer networks is introduced that supports simulation, data analysis, and machine learning (ML), using widely available JavaScript virtual machines (VM) and...
The interaction between macromolecular chains and phospholipid membranes in aqueous solution was investigated using dissipative particle dynamics simulations. Two cases were considered, one in which the macromolecular chains were pulled along paralle...
Aspect-Based (also known as aspect-level) Sentiment Classification (ABSC) aims at determining the sentimental tendency of a particular target in a sentence. With the successful application of the attention network in multiple fields, attention-based...
Nanoparticles in drug delivery have been widely studied and have become a potential technique for cancer treatment. Doxorubicin (DOX) and carbon graphene are candidates as a drug and a nanocarrier, respectively, and they can be modified or decorated...
The interactions of G–quadruplexes of different topologies with highly fluorescent 9-methoxyluminarine ligand 9-MeLM were investigated by fluorescence and circular dichroism spectroscopy. The results showed that 9-methoxyluminarine was able to intera...
This paper introduces a variant of the classic Towers of Hanoi (TH) puzzle in which parallel moves—simultaneous transfers of multiple discs—are permitted. The problem is formalized with Generalized Nets (GN), an extension of Petri nets (P...
Assembled complexes, [Fe(NCX)2(bpanth)2]n (X = S, Se, BH3; bpanth = 9,10-bis(4-pyridyl)anthracene), were synthesized. The iron for the three complexes was in temperature-independent high spin state by 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy and magnetic suscepti...
G-quadruplex (G4), an important secondary structure of nucleic acids, is polymorphic in structure. G4 monomers can associate with each other to form multimers, which show better application performance than monomers in some aspects. G4 dimers, the si...
In this paper, we consider the vacuum energy of a scalar field in the spacetime of two non-parallel cosmic strings. To this end, we obtain metrics for orthogonal straight cosmic strings and for slightly nonparallel strings. In the first case, we deri...
Programming by demonstration (PBD) is a technique which allows end users to create, modify, accommodate, and expand programs by demonstrating what the program is supposed to do. Although the ideal of common-purpose programming by demonstration or by...
The discrete element method (DEM), a discontinuum-based method to simulate the interaction between neighbouring particles of granular materials, suffers from intensive computational workload caused by massive particle numbers, irregular particle shap...
The interaction between projects and servers has grown significantly in complexity; thus, applying parallel calculations increases dramatically. However, it should not be ignored that parallel processing gives rise to synchronization constraints and...
Early stages of sheath formation by Leptothrix sp. strain OUMS1 and its derivative sheathless mutant grown in media with or without Fe were examined by light and electron microscopy. Results showed that the initial parallel arrangement of fibrils exc...
Modern computational models tend to become more and more complex, especially in fields like computational biology, physical modeling, social simulation, and others. With the increasing complexity of simulations, modern computational architectures dem...
In DC microgrids, parallel-connected power converters are commonly used to integrate distributed energy sources. However, interactions of power switching noises among these power converters could lead to large low-frequency beat frequency oscillation...
G-quadruplexes (G4s) are of vital biological significance and G4-specific ligands with conformational selectivity show great application potential in disease treatment and biosensing. RHAU, a RNA helicase associated with AU-rich element, exerts biolo...
Most single-object trackers currently employ either a convolutional neural network (CNN) or a vision transformer as the backbone for object tracking. In CNNs, convolutional operations excel at extracting local features but struggle to capture global...
Background/Objectives: Motor decline in older adults can hinder cognitive assessments. To address this, we developed a brain–computer interface (BCI) using electroencephalography (EEG) and event-related potentials (ERPs) as a motor-independent...
Cable-driven parallel robots are suitable candidates for rehabilitation due to their intrinsic flexibility and adaptability, especially considering the safety of human–robot interaction. However, there are still some challenges to apply cable-d...
Energetic particles are ubiquitous in the interplanetary space and their transport properties are strongly influenced by the interaction with magnetic field fluctuations. Numerical experiments have shown that transport in both the parallel and perpen...
Understanding the function and control of channel transport is of paramount importance for cell physiology and nanotechnology. In particular, if several species are involved, the mechanisms of selectivity, competition, cooperation, pumping, and its m...
This paper presents an in-depth analysis of the oscillation phenomenon occurring in multi-chip parallel automotive-grade power modules under short-circuit conditions and investigates three suppression methods. We tested and analyzed two commercial au...
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