This paper proposes improving the dynamic characteristics of a personal mobility device (PMD) battery charger using fuzzy logic control (FLC). Recently, as the use of PMD has expanded, research on the PMD battery charger has also been actively conduc...
This paper addresses the validation of a robust vision-based pose estimation technique using a Photonic Mixer Device (PMD) sensor as a single visual sensor in the close-range phase of spacecraft rendezvous. First, it was necessary to integrate the de...
This paper presents a pose estimation routine for tracking attitude and position of an uncooperative tumbling spacecraft during close range rendezvous. The key innovation is the usage of a Photonic Mixer Device (PMD) sensor for the first time during...
The aging of explosive charges in pyrotechnic mechanical devices (PMDs) significantly affects the reliability of their performance. Aging decreases the explosive power of explosive charges via pre-oxidation by external sources of oxygen. In this stud...
Persistent Müllerian Duct Syndrome (PMDS) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder of sex development characterized by the presence of fallopian tubes, uterus and upper one-third of the vagina in individuals with XY genotype and normal male phenot...
Sampled points on a measured surface are not evenly spaced on rectangular grids but, rather, have a more general quadrilateral geometry due to the perspective effect of the off-axis configuration, which is extensively utilized in phase measuring defl...
Plasma processes are known to be prone to inducing damage by charging effects. For CMOS image sensors, this can lead to dark current degradation both in value and uniformity. An in-depth analysis, motivated by the different degrading behavior of two...
This paper proposes a transient response enhancement of a personal mobility device (PMD) battery charger using a rule-based fuzzy logic control (RBFLC) method. PMD encompasses various applications, including electric kickboards, electric scooters, an...
Background/Objectives: Patient registries are essential for rare disease research, yet the extensive genetic and phenotypic heterogeneity of primary mitochondrial diseases (PMDs) makes traditional registry development slow and resource-intensive. We...
The aging mechanism of explosive charges in pyrotechnic mechanical devices (PMDs) is pre-oxidations of their fuels (TiH2 for THPP, Zr for ZPP, and B for BKNO3) by external oxygen. The effect of water on the aging of explosive charges was thus investi...
Dengue fever is an acute disease caused by the dengue virus and transmitted primarily by the mosquito Aedes aegypti. The current strategy for dengue prevention is vector control including the use of topical repellents to reduce mosquito biting. Altho...
Phase measuring deflectometry (PMD) plays a more and more significant role in the measurement of specular surfaces. However, most of the deflectometric methods are only suitable for continuous specular surfaces, but not for the discontinuous surfaces...
Background: We developed a novel polymer insect repellent conjugate for extended release and decreased skin permeation of the volatile insect repellent p-menthane-3,8-diol (PMD). Methods: PMD was conjugated with acryloyl chloride via an ester bond to...
Phase-measuring deflectometry (PMD)-based methods have been widely used in the measurement of the three-dimensional (3D) shape of specular objects, and the existing PMD methods utilize visible light. However, specular surfaces are sensitive to ambien...
Pelizaeus–Merzbacher Disease (PMD) is an inherited leukodystrophy affecting the central nervous system (CNS)—a rare disorder that especially concerns males. Its estimated prevalence is 1.45–1.9 per 100,000 individuals in the general...
Background/Objectives: Perinatal mental disorders are important health issues that affect both mothers and their children. The Mediterranean diet (MD) is one of the most well-recognized healthy dietary patterns worldwide. Recent evidence suggests tha...
Primary mitochondrial disease (PMD) is a large group of genetic disorders directly affecting mitochondrial function. Although next generation sequencing technologies have revolutionized the diagnosis of these disorders, biochemical tests remain essen...
Persistent Müllerian duct syndrome (PMDS) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder of sexual development in males, defined by the presence of Müllerian remnants with otherwise normal sexual differentiation. Mutations in anti-Müllerian ho...
The molten salt chlorination method is one of the two main methods for producing titanium tetrachloride, an important intermediate product in the titanium industry. To effectively improve chlorination efficiency and reduce unnecessary waste salt gene...
Wafer-level thin-film stress measurement is essential for reliable semiconductor fabrication. However, existing techniques present limitations in practice. Interferometry achieves high precision but at a cost that becomes prohibitive for large wafers...
As a typical application of indirect-time-of-flight (ToF) technology, photonic mixer device (PMD) solid-state array Lidar has gained rapid development in recent years. With the advantages of high resolution, frame rate and accuracy, the equipment is...
Time-of-flight cameras, based on Photonic Mixer Device (PMD) technology, are capable of measuring distances to objects at high frame rates, however, the measured ranges and the intensity data contain systematic errors that need to be corrected. In th...
Hypomyelinating leukodystrophy 1 (HLD1), also known as Pelizaeus–Merzbacher disease (PMD), is a severe X-linked hereditary hypomyelinating/demyelinating disorder caused primarily by genomic duplications or multiplications that lead to the incre...
The photonic mixer device (PMD) solid-state array lidar, as a three-dimensional imaging technology, has attracted research attention in recent years because of its low cost, high frame rate, and high reliability. To address the disadvantages of tradi...
The atmospheric pressure plasma jet (APPJ) is a popular type of cold atmospheric plasma (CAP). APPJs based on a pulsed atmospheric arc (PAA) are widely spread in industrial processing. A plasma jet of this type, PlasmaBrush PB3 (PB3), is a subject of...
26 August 2024
Small GTP-binding proteins of the Rab family regulate intracellular vesicle trafficking across many aspects of the transport system. Among these, Rab9 is recognized for its role in controlling the transport system not only around the trans-Golgi netw...
To increase the data capacity of a light-emitting diode (LED) based visible light communication (VLC) transmission, a polarization-division-multiplexing (PMD) green (G)- and blue (B)- light-based transmitter (Tx) module is demonstrated here. It was d...
As oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) can develop from potentially malignant disorders (PMDs), it is critical to develop methods for early detection to improve the prognosis of patients. Epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) plays an importa...
In this paper experimental comparisons between two Time-of-Flight (ToF) cameras are reported in order to test their performance and to give some procedures for testing data delivered by this kind of technology. In particular, the SR-4000 camera by Me...
The brain changes in response to sensory signals it is exposed to. It has been shown that long term potentiation-like neuroplasticity can be experimentally induced via visual paired-associative stimulation (V-PAS). V-PAS combines afferent visual stim...
Considerable efforts are being made to reduce CO2 emissions and thereby solve the problems of environmental pollution and global warming. Technologies for environmentally friendly transportation are being developed using batteries. In particular, wit...
The progress made in several fields after 2023 is rather significant. Attenuation achieved by the best HCFs was reduced to 0.05–0.10 dB/km at 1550 nm, while the lowest attenuation achieved in a single-mode fiber with a pure silica core equals 0...
Background: Platelets play a role in venous thromboembolism (VTE) and in mediating colorectal cancer (CRC) progression. Still, platelets’ role in hypercoagulability after surgical intervention for metastatic bone disease (MBD) is ill-defined. M...
The phase transformation characteristics of Sn-Pb-Bi ternary alloys with four representative Bi/Pb mass fraction ratios (0, 0.14, 0.33, and 0.60) were systematically investigated using the deep potential molecular dynamics (DeePMD) method over a temp...
Citrus fruit size is a core quality attribute that determines commercial value and market acceptance. In postharvest processing, rapid, accurate, and non-destructive diameter estimation is an essential prerequisite for automated grading, yet existing...
26 November 2021
Background. Powered mobility devices (PMD) promote independence, social participation, and quality of life for individuals with mobility limitations. However, some individuals would benefit from PMD, but may be precluded access. This is particularly...
24 October 2023
The number of people with mental disorders (PMD) living in the community is increasing; however, it is unclear how home-visiting nurses (HVNs) supporting them in the community acquire their support skills. This study aimed to reveal the process of ho...
The present paper reports on a series of studies conducted at the Regional Center for Assistive Technology (Centro Regionale Ausili, CRA) in Bologna, Italy. Our purpose was to identify a set of internationally validated instruments and a training cir...
Purpose: Pellucid Marginal Degeneration (PMD) is a rare ectatic corneal disorder characterized by inferior peripheral thinning and significant irregular astigmatism. Despite its clinical similarities to keratoconus, PMD presents unique diagnostic and...
Assessing construction process optimization and efficiency is crucial for the industry, yet quantitative methods for comparison are lacking. We propose the process matching degree (PMD) to quantitatively assess construction processes, enhancing effic...
Planned Missing Designs (PMDs) allow for different sets or patterns of variables to be collected from sample units. While the typical motivation for PMDs is to manage respondent burden, they can also reduce data collection costs and provide flexibili...
Background and Objectives: Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (AHSCT) can lead to skeletal muscle loss owing to the catabolic state and inflammatory burden it induces. Pectoral muscle density (PMD), measured on thoracic CT, is a valua...
Perimenopausal depression (PMD) is a psychological disorder that occurs in women during perimenopause. In addition to the common clinical symptoms of depression, it often manifests as a perimenopausal complication, and its notable cause is the declin...
Paroxysmal movement disorders (PMDs) are rare neurological diseases typically manifesting with intermittent attacks of abnormal involuntary movements. Two main categories of PMDs are recognized based on the phenomenology: Paroxysmal dyskinesias (PxDs...
Hypomyelinating leukodystrophy 7 (HLD7) is an autosomal recessive oligodendroglial cell-related myelin disease, which is associated with some nucleotide mutations of the RNA polymerase 3 subunit a (polr3a) gene. POLR3A is composed of the catalytic co...
POLR3B and POLR3A are the major subunits of RNA polymerase III, which synthesizes non-coding RNAs such as tRNAs and rRNAs. Nucleotide mutations of the RNA polymerase 3 subunit b (polr3b) gene are responsible for hypomyelinating leukodystrophy 8 (HLD8...
Micro electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) combining sensing and microfluidics functionalities, as are common in Lab-on-Chip (LoC) devices, are increasingly based on polymers. Benefits of polymers include tunable material properties, the possibility of...
Identified in the late 1970s as an oncogene, a driving force leading to tumor development, p53 turned out to be a key tumor suppressor gene. Now p53 is considered a master gene regulating the transcription of over 3000 target genes and controlling a...
There is an urgent need for the development of elastic dielectric materials for flexible organic field effect transistors (OFETs). In this work, detailed analysis of the AC and DC electrical conductivity of a series of flexible poly(dimethylsiloxane)...
Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is characterised by hyperglycaemia resulting from defective insulin secretion, insulin resistance, or both. The impact of over-nutrition and reduced physical activity, evidenced by the exponential rise in obesity and the prevale...
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