Power consumption is the major constraint for modern microprocessor designs. In particular, static power consumption becomes a serious problem as the transistor size shrinks via semiconductor technology improvement. This paper proposes a technique th...
Hybrid-electric regional aircraft require detailed thermal management digital twins to assess performance and feasibility while reducing physical test effort. The Functional Mock-Up Interface (FMI) enables partners to exchange subsystem models as Fun...
Influence of polycarboxylate superplasticizers (PCs) with different functional units on the hydration heat and hydration products of C3A-gypsum was investigated. Three kinds of PCs with different monomers were discussed. It was seen that PCs mainly s...
Urban environmental monitoring increasingly requires methods that translate Earth observation (EO) data into spatial units relevant to ecosystem-service assessment and planning. This study develops a landscape-unit framework for smart monitoring of u...
A novel approach for the robust integration of Functional Mock-up Units (FMUs) into Modelica is proposed, which maintains the computational robustness of the Modelica base model and minimizes the simulation time. Using a control-like approach, the ba...
Developing materials with dynamic room-temperature phosphorescence (RTP) properties is crucial for expanding the applications of organic light-emitting materials. In this study, we designed and synthesized two novel RTP molecules by combining functio...
In China, the combination of land supply finitude and land use inefficiency has become a barrier to sustainable development in urban society and the economy. Land consolidation has been widely implemented as a tool to improve the quality and quantity...
Polymer-modified cementitious repair mortars improve adhesion and durability but usually increase cradle-to-gate (A1–A3) emissions. This study develops a performance-normalized embodied-carbon screening framework that compares repair materials...
The transition toward energy-efficient and smart buildings requires Digital Twins (DTs) that can couple real-time data with physics-based Building Energy Models (BEMs) for predictive and adaptive operation. Yet, despite rapid digitalisation, there re...
Here in this paper, we establish the basic inclusion relations among the harmonic class
Assessment of osteoporosis-associated fracture risk during clinical routine is based on the evaluation of clinical risk factors and T-scores, as derived from measurements of areal bone mineral density (aBMD). However, these parameters are limited in...
We start from a pure vector update of the concepts of complex numbers and the characteristic function of a probability distribution, free from the imaginary unit, and update some basic properties of the latter. In particular, we derive vector inverse...
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Cities that experience earthquake disasters face a lot of uncertainties and unsustainability resulting from the fragility of their infrastructure, which should be considered in engineering. This study proposes a seismic fragility assessment framework...
In this paper, we propose a Lagrange multiplier (LM)-type unit root test for functional time series. The key novelty lies not in introducing a new LM principle but in establishing the asymptotic validity of such a test under the functional random wal...
This paper aims to assess the possibility of using functionally redundant inertial units to solve problems of increasing reliability and ensuring the fault tolerance of the various classes and purposes of aircraft navigation systems. We present the r...
Thermal management is an area of study in electronics focused on managing temperature to improve reliability and efficiency. When temperatures are too high, cooling systems are activated to prevent overheating, which can lead to reliability issues. T...
The activation function is a critical component in convolutional neural networks that perform nonlinear mappings between inputs and outputs. The rectified linear unit (ReLU) function is currently the baseline activation function in the deep learning...
In the last decade, modern vehicles have become very complex, being equipped with embedded electronic systems which include more than a thousand of electronic control units (ECUs). Therefore, it is mandatory to analyze the potential risk of automotiv...
More and more efforts are directed towards the standardization of the methods of determining the functional unit (FU) in a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). These efforts concern the development of theories and detailed methodological guides, but also the...
Upper-middle reaches of Luanhe River Basin belongs to Haihe River Basin and it is a pretty important water source to North China, especially to Tianjin and Tangshan Cities, Hebei. Based on control units of the water function areas and the sub-basins...
The choice of activation functions and weight initialization strategies plays a critical role in the trainability and performance of deep neural networks. In deep architectures, improper weight initialization can lead to vanishing or exploding signal...
Improving the environmental situation and obtaining cement composites with new properties for various operating conditions is possible with the use of secondary resources. The paper is devoted to the criteria for evaluating the impact of clinker-free...
There is little published research on limited physical functioning in United States (US) adults with arthritis. The objective of this cross-sectional 2021 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) database study was to investigate the variables associa...
The aim of this study was to examine consumers’ opinions toward adopting electric vehicles (EVs) for light-duty transport in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from the functional value (i.e., the utility or benefit attained by consumers from the f...
Assessing objective physical function in patients with cancer is crucial for evaluating their ability to tolerate invasive treatments. Current assessment methods, such as the timed up and go (TUG) test and the short physical performance battery, tend...
Introduction. Bronchiolitis is the leading cause of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) admission for lower respiratory tract infection in infants. Although survival has improved, concerns remain regarding potential long-term functional impairments,...
Diabetes mellitus (DM) and hypothyroidism (HT) are prevalent diseases associated with dry eye (DE). Their impact on the lacrimal functional unit (LFU) is poorly known. This work evaluates the changes in the LFU in DM and HT. Adult male Wistar rats ha...
Characterizing the taxi travel network is of fundamental importance to our understanding of urban mobility, and could provide intellectual support for urban planning, traffic congestion, and even the spread of diseases. However, the research on the i...
Background: This study investigated the incidence, characteristics and functional outcomes associated with unplanned Acute Care Unit Readmissions (ACUR) during inpatient traumatic brain injury (TBI) rehabilitation in an Asian cohort. Methods: A retro...
The kindergarten activity unit is the main space for children’s daily life and learning, and also represents a special type of densely populated public building. Its layout and evacuation design play an important role in ensuring children&rsquo...
Functional hallux limitus (FHL) is a biomechanical condition defined by restricted motion of the first metatarsophalangeal joint during walking, which may impair stability and increase fall risk in older adults. This study compared fall risk between...
(1) Objective: This study aimed to analyze the effect of ligaments on the strength of functional spine unit (FSU) assessed by finite element (FE) analysis of anatomical models developed from multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) data. (2) Methods...
Background/Objectives: The purpose of this study was to clinically characterize the lacrimal functional unit (LFU) of patients with chronic ocular pain associated with dry eye disease (DED). Methods: Ninety-three participants were included in this cr...
Approximate computing is a promising approach to the design of area–power-performance-efficient circuits for computation error-tolerant applications such as image processing and machine learning. Approximate functional units, such as approximat...
Energy and climate targets necessitate efficiency indicators to reflect resource-saving potentials. Prevailing indicators for cooling towers, however, often omit the effect of outside conditions. Hence, this study introduces an innovative indicator g...
Assessing the landscape health of suburban forest parks is a prerequisite for achieving the dual objectives of forest resource conservation and recreational services. However, studies that analyze landscape health in suburban forest parks at a landsc...
Urban trees are important biological carbon pools in cities, yet their standing carbon stocks and the associated methodological uncertainty regarding their evaluation often vary among functional spaces. This study assessed 2442 individual trees repre...
Green infrastructure (GI) is planned at various scales, including a regional one: city-regions. Strategic GI planning included in the city-regions spatial development policy can contribute to their sustainable development through, among others, provi...
Background/Objectives: Functional tissue units (FTUs), including tertiary lymphoid structures (TLSs), blood vessels, and glands, encode localized immune, vascular, and epithelial organization in histopathology. Accurate quantification of these struct...
Aim: To evaluate the evolution of the functional profile of older adults admitted to a health unit in Portugal; to relate the functional profile of these individuals with age, sex, education level and emotional state; and to evaluate the probability...
Computer Aided Design (CAD) is a family of techniques that support the automation of designing and drafting 2D and 3D models with computer programs. CAD software is a software platform that provides the process from designing to modeling, such as Aut...
Measures of scanpath similarity are essential in many domains of eye tracking research. Depending on the question, different calculations are adequate. We (Foerster, Carbone, Koesling, & Schneider, 2011) developed a method with a functional match...
Background: The success of healthy aging depends on the ability of countries to study and act on frailty in the elderly, control chronic diseases, improve functional capacity and prevent cognitive decline and social interaction. Aim: (1) to evaluate...
The synthesis and characterization of a platform of novel functional fluorinated gradient copolymers soluble in liquid and supercritical CO2 is reported. These functional copolymers are bearing different types of complexing units (pyridine, triphenyl...
A thorough understanding of the consequences of urbanization can be significantly advanced by examining urban environmental dynamics at high spatial and temporal resolutions. This study evaluates eco-environmental quality and investigates the underly...
Due to the limits of computational time and computer memory, topology optimization problems involving fluidic flow frequently use simplified 2D models. Extruded versions of the 2D optimized results typically comprise the 3D designs to be fabricated....
In this paper, explicit exact representations of the Unit Step Function and Ramp Function are obtained. These important functions constitute fundamental concepts of operational calculus together with digital signal processing theory and are also invo...
The manuscript is an initiative to construct a full and exhaustive theory of analytical multivariate functions in any complete Reinhardt domain by introducing the concept of
The national-scale evaluation and modeling of the impact of agricultural management and climate change on soils, crop growth, and the environment require soil information at a spatial resolution addressing individual agricultural fields. This manuscr...
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