Positive framing has been proposed as an intervention to increase COVID-19 vaccination intentions. However, available research has examined fictitious or unfamiliar treatments. This pre-registered study (aspredicted#78369) compared the effect of stan...
Since cobots are designed to be flexible, they are frequently repositioned to change the production line according to the needs; hence, their working area (user frame) needs to be often calibrated. Therefore, it is important to adopt a fast and intui...
In subway tunnel construction, current hand–eye integrated drilling robots use a camera mounted on the drilling arm for image acquisition. However, dust interference and long-distance operation cause a decline in image quality, affecting the st...
Science and engineering practices are intended to engage students authentically in the work that scientists and engineers do in order to provide opportunities for meaningful engagement in disciplinary work, including design-based learning. Meaningful...
The flight capability of drones expands the surveillance area and allows drones to be mobile platforms. Therefore, it is important to estimate the kinematic state of drones. In this paper, the kinematic state of a mini drone in flight is estimated ba...
The differential geometry of space curves is a fascinating area of research for mathematicians and physicists, and this refers to its crucial applications in many areas. In this paper, a new method is derived to study the differential geometry of spa...
In this work, we study classical differential geometry of the curves according to type-2 Bishop trihedra. First, we present some characterizations of a general helix, a helix, special cases and spherical curves. Thereafter, we investigate position ve...
Human perception can depend on how an individual frames information in thought and how information is framed in communication. For example, framing something positively, instead of negatively, can change an individual’s response. This is of rel...
Receivers able to track satellites belonging to different GNSSs (Global Navigation Satellite Systems) are available on the market. To compute coordinates and velocities it is necessary to identify all the elements that contribute to interoperability...
Automatic replacement of bobbins on the frame is one of the core problems that must be solved in the textile industry. In the process of changing the bobbin, it is faced with problems such as the position offset of the bobbin, the loosening and defor...
The recent proliferation of citizen initiatives that aim to contribute to sustainable landscape transition prompted us to study how members of such an initiative in-the-making try to position themselves in their environment in order to make a meaning...
Hydraulic steering systems for mechanical devices, for example, manipulators or vehicle steering systems, should be able to achieve high positioning precision with high energy efficiency. However, this condition is very often not met in practical app...
The paper deals with the verification of the stability of a new design concept of a hybrid harvester intended for thinning and with the determination of deviation between two methods of measuring the machine’s center of gravity, i.e., between t...
Current harmonics in six-phase permanent magnet synchronous motors (PMSMs) arise from inherent asymmetries caused by manufacturing tolerances and nonlinear characteristics in the inverter output. Additionally, magnetic saturation and slight imbalance...
Given the complexity of assessing the environmental sustainability of products, consumers rely on cognitive strategies to simplify complex information and develop quick judgments, often referred to as heuristics, when processing eco-information. One...
This study investigates how positive and negative framing affect sustainable investment behaviour, emphasising the mediating role of investor confidence and the moderating role of intention. An experimental design with 301 participants was employed,...
Frame buildings as important nodes of urban space. The include high-speed railway stations, airports, residences, and office buildings, which carry various activities and functions. Due to illumination irrationality and mutual occlusion between compl...
Until the implementation of the IEEE 802.11az standard in common devices becomes a reality, the IEEE 802.11mc fine time measurement (FTM) procedure used for location purposes in indoor environments may be easily compromised by an adversary. Despite t...
29 January 2022
Vision has been shown to influence body posture. The purpose of this study is to investigate the correlations between visual acuity and body postural control both in a standing and seated position. This cohort study included 37 patients examined usin...
Lightweight steel-framed (LSF) construction, given its advantages, has the potential to reach high standards in energy and environmental performance of buildings, such as nearly zero-energy buildings (nZEB). When compared with traditional constructio...
Amidst the backdrop of the profound synergy between navigation and visual perception, there is an urgent demand for accurate real-time vehicle positioning in urban environments. However, the existing global navigation satellite system (GNSS) algorith...
Common mode error (CME) arises from various sources, including unknown regional errors, potential geophysical signals, and other factors present in global navigation satellite system (GNSS) coordinate solutions, undeniably affecting the GNSS precisio...
Quantum measurements play a fundamental role in quantum information. Therefore, increasing efforts are being made to construct symmetric measurement operators for qudit systems. A wide class of projective measurements corresponds to complex projectiv...
Background/Objectives: Considering that the kinematics of the temporomandibular joints (TMJs) is concomitant with head movements and that temporomandibular joint disorders (TMDs) are frequently associated with neck pain in clinics but seldom or never...
Terrestrial laser scanning is an efficient technique in providing highly accurate point clouds for various geoscience applications. The point clouds have to be transformed to a well-defined reference frame, such as the global Geodetic Reference Syste...
Estimating the driver’s gaze in a natural real-world setting can be problematic for different challenging scenario conditions. For example, faces will undergo facial occlusions, illumination, or various face positions while driving. In this eff...
To address the issues of high breakage rates and substantial labor costs in pigeon egg farming, this study proposes an intelligent pigeon egg recognition and positioning system based on an improved YOLOv12n object detection algorithm and OpenCV barco...
Video super-resolution (VSR), which takes advantage of multiple low-resolution (LR) video frames to reconstruct corresponding high-resolution (HR) frames in a video, has raised increasing interest. To upsample an LR frame (denoted by a reference fram...
10 May 2022
With serious environmental problems increasing, waste separation has drawn much attention. Message framing is an important way to popularize separation knowledge and increase people’s separation willingness. Message framing was classified into...
Existing video object segmentation (VOS) methods based on matching techniques commonly employ a reference set comprising historical segmented frames, referred to as ‘memory frames’, to facilitate the segmentation process. However, these m...
A rodent real-time tracking framework is proposed to automatically detect and track multi-objects in real time and output the coordinates of each object, which combines deep learning (YOLO v3: You Only Look Once, v3), the Kalman Filter, improved Hung...
Accurate oscillating saw tool calibration is an important task for mandibular osteotomy robots to perform precise cutting operations. However, in contrast to traditional tool calibration which just calibrates the tool center position (TCP) or the too...
The Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 ignited propaganda efforts from the U.S. executive branch of government and the U.S. media, as the country tried to position itself towards the war not just in the eyes of its citizens but of the en...
4 August 2022
Insufficient sleep is a severe social public health problem that can adversely affect the physical and mental health of young people. This study examined risk perceptions for unhealthy sleep behaviors and intentions for healthy sleep behaviors under...
Panic selling causes long-term losses and hinders investors’ return to the market. It has been explained using prospect theory aspects such as loss and regret aversion. Additionally, overconfidence and overreaction contribute to the disposition...
This research adds to the growing body of literature on the role of celebrities as emergent spokespersons in climate advocacy using Twitter. This study investigates the effects of framing of celebrities’ messages (emotional framing and framing...
Wi-Fi fingerprinting is the most popular indoor positioning method today, representing received signal strength (RSS) values as vector-type fingerprints. Passive fingerprinting, unlike the active fingerprinting method, has the advantage of being able...
It is now widely recognized that the masonry infill frame used in reinforced concrete structures (RC) greatly enhances both the rigidity and strength of the surrounding frame. The lateral loading behavior of this RC frame is different from the frame...
14 February 2023
To explore the influence of the construction and presentation frames of visualization information for safety (VIS) on people’s situation awareness (SA), we designed a three-level user interface (UI) of VIS based on the three-stage SA theory, in...
The integration of a surveillance camera video with a three-dimensional (3D) geographic information system (GIS) requires the georeferencing of that video. Since a video consists of separate frames, each frame must be georeferenced. To georeference a...
Direct geo-referencing is an efficient methodology for the fast acquisition of 3D spatial data. It requires the fusion of spatial data acquisition sensors with navigation sensors, such as Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receivers. In this c...
20 November 2020
The objective of this study is to explore methods to improve the effectiveness of anti-piracy educational deterrence efforts. We studied the effects of message framing (positive vs. negative), issue involvement (high vs. low), risk perception (high v...
Asylum seekers, refugees, and migrants are central concepts in news coverage of immigration. However, these three terms refer to distinct groups with different meanings and potentially different frames, which could be negative, victim-based, or posit...
High-precision GPS data processing on Bernese has been employed to routinely resolve daily position solutions of GPS stations in the Crustal Movement Observation Network of China (CMONOC). The rank-deficient problems of the normal equation (NEQ) syst...
Beam staircases are widely used in frame structures. In structural design, stair flights are often ignored in the model establishment, and their loads are only added to the stair beams. However, under a seismic load, the flight of stairs will increas...
The positions of millisecond pulsars (MSPs) can be determined with sub-milliarcsecond (mas) accuracy using both Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) and timing, referenced to the International Celestial Reference Frame (ICRF) and planetary epheme...
This study analyzed 911 articles from three major newspapers—Vanguard, Daily Trust, and Leadership—using framing theory to assess coverage. Content analysis revealed most headlines were positively framed. The most prevalent frame was attr...
The position vectors of regular rectifying curves always lie in their rectifying planes. These curves were well investigated by B.Y.Chen. In this paper, the concept of framed rectifying curves is introduced, which may have singular points. We investi...
Assistive robotic arms (ARAs) that provide care to the elderly and people with disabilities, are a significant part of Human-Robot Interaction (HRI). Presently available ARAs provide non-intuitive interfaces such as joysticks for control and thus, la...
The ongoing Ebola virus outbreak in western Africa illustrates the threat coming from emerging infectious diseases and is perceived by the public as a preeminent public health problem[...]
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