Facial expression processing mainly depends on whether the facial features related to expressions can be fully acquired, and whether the appropriate processing strategies can be adopted according to different conditions. Children with autism spectrum...
As a fundamental part of water management, water sampling treatments have recently been integrated into unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technologies and offer eco-friendly, cost-effective, and time-saving solutions while reducing the necessity for qual...
Adequate vertical track support is essential for safe and efficient railway operations. Insufficient support leads to distorted track geometry, increased dynamic loads, component stress, poor ride quality, rolling stock damage, and derailment risks....
As an important part of the boundary conditions on both sides of the high-speed railway track–bridge system, the seismic response of the subgrade structure is different from that of the bridge structure. This difference has become increasingly...
Aiming at the problems of large capacity, narrow transverse width, large excitation, high safety level, and difficulty in accurately grasping the working state of the cable-stayed bridge for the long-span track, this research obtains the structural r...
With the development of the railway industry and the progression of deep learning technology, object detection algorithms have been gradually applied to track defect detection. To address the issues of low detection efficiency and inadequate accuracy...
In the single-beacon underwater tracking system, vehicles rely on slant range measurements from an acoustic beacon to bound errors accumulated by dead reckoning. Ranges are usually obtained based on a presumed known effective sound velocity (ESV). Si...
28 November 2016
The use of rhetorical figures has become a widely–accepted method for capturing attention and positively increasing cognitive effort in print advertisements. So far research studies mostly analyzed the effect of rhetorical figures in the written as w...
It is essential to understand the effectiveness of any training program so it can be improved accordingly. Various studies have applied standard metrics for the evaluation of visual behavior to recognize the areas of interest that attract individuals...
Posture detection is essential for capsule robots to be manipulated in a relatively closed gastrointestinal (GI) tract and to fulfill some medical operations. In this paper, a posture detection technique for a magnetic-actuated dual-hemisphere capsul...
This paper studies the trajectory tracking control problem of an Air Cushion Vehicle (ACV) with yaw rate error constraint, input effective parameters, model uncertainties and external wind disturbance. Firstly, based on the four-degree of freedom (DO...
(1) The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence of the relative age effect (RAE) in the best young (10 to 15 years old) track and field athletes. (2) Hypothesis: The prevalence of the RAE in the best young track and field athletes of both...
In order to study the effect of temperature on the alignment of a long-span special track bridge, this paper provides a theoretical basis and technical support for bridge design, construction and later operation. This research established the section...
This paper investigates the reliability of a dual-axis solar tracking system using Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), and Reliability Block Diagrams (RBD). The system’s control and data transfer subsystems are...
This paper presents a cost-effective approach for the template-assisted electrodeposition fabrication of substrates for surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) with metal nanowires (NWs) grown in pores of polymer track-etched membranes (TM). This te...
3 July 2021
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of physical guidance (PG) frequency on learning a tracking task in children with hemiplegic spastic cerebral palsy (CP). For this purpose, 25 children, aged 7–15 years with CP affecting the left...
It is necessary for polymeric materials to have superior tracking resistance against various stress conditions for outdoor applications. In this study, the effect of nano-sized alumina tri-hydrate (ATH) particles on the tracking resistance of silicon...
Uneven subgrade frost heave has been a severe problem for the operation of high-speed railways in cold regions. In order to reveal the influencing mechanism of frost heave on the vehicle-track system, a novel FEM (finite element method) model based o...
With an ageing population, healthy ageing becomes more important. Healthy nutrition is part of this process and can be supported in many ways. The PROMISS trial studies the effect of increasing protein intake in older adults on their physical functio...
Deep-sea mining vehicles (DSMVs) are highly prone to sinking and slippage when traveling on extremely soft seafloor sediments. In addition, DSMVs can be vulnerable to dangerous situations such as overturning due to the non-homogeneous characteristic...
Background: Older adults often struggle to comprehend speech in noisy environments, a challenge influenced by declines in both auditory processing and cognitive functions. This study aimed to investigate how differences in speech-in-noise perception...
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is characterized by several cognitive and behavioral problems such as inattention and impulsivity, abnormal control of eye movements and relocation, visual fixation and visuospatial perception. There is a link...
In this paper, we explore the effect of using different convolutional layers, batch normalization and the global average pooling layer upon a convolutional neural network (CNN) based gaze tracking system. A novel method is proposed to label the parti...
Tamping needs to guarantee safety in limiting geometric failures in isolated points, reduce dynamic forces by a smooth through-going longitudinal level, and provide a certain riding comfort for passengers. Although different methods are applied to de...
With the continuous development of precise measurement and precise tamping (PMPT) technology on Chinese railway conventional speed lines, the efficiency of machinery tamping operation and the quality of the track have been effectively improved. A var...
The radiosensitivity of biological systems is strongly affected by the system oxygenation. On the nanoscopic scale and molecular level, this effect is considered to be strongly related to the indirect damage of radiation. Even though particle track r...
Arterial stiffness represents an independent predictor of the risk of subsequent cardiovascular events. Early identification of high-risk individuals is necessary for effective prevention and targeted interventions. Carotid wall echo-tracking is a mo...
We present a calibration procedure for a humidity sensor made of a fiber Bragg grating covered by a polyimide layer. FBGs being intrinsically sensitive to temperature and strain, the calibration should tackle three variables, and, therefore, consists...
Linear perspective has long been used to create the illusion of three-dimensional space on the picture plane. One of its central axioms comes from Euclidean geometry and holds that all parallel lines converge in a single vanishing point. Although lin...
This study investigates how strategic environments shape a decision maker’s reasoning processes by incorporating visual attention and cognitive engagement. Using eye-tracking methods within experimental guessing games featuring interior equilibria, w...
The main objective of this article was to determine the effectiveness of a web map GUI (Graphical User Interface) layout designed specifically for desktop monitors and smartphones. A suitable design of buttons for the graphical user interface is vita...
A novel three-dimensional (3D) coupled train-track-soil interaction model is developed based on the multi-body simulation (MBS) principle and finite element modeling (FEM) theory using LS-DYNA. The novel model is capable of determining the highspeed...
Micro-sized aluminum trihydrate (ATH) filled silicone rubber is useful as insulation in the electric power system. The addition of nanofillers can improve further, its overall performance. However, the degradation of such silicone insulator due to ag...
To address the significant challenges associated with achieving precise target tracking and engagement of high-energy laser systems operating under complex atmospheric conditions, this study proposes an indirect detection strategy based on the charac...
In view of the weak isolation and shock absorption effect of ordinary isolation bearings at present, a new track damping negative-stiffness device was designed based on the principle of negative stiffness. The principle of negative stiffness was appl...
Due to their great balance between excellent performance and high efficiency, discriminative correlation filter (DCF) tracking methods for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have gained much attention. Due to these correlations being capable of being ef...
Natural phenomena such as insect migration and the thermal soaring of birds in turbulent environments demonstrate animals’ abilities to exploit complex flow structures without knowledge of global velocity profiles. Similar energy-harvesting fea...
Sex categorization from faces is a crucial ability for humans and non-human primates for various social and cognitive processes. In the current study, we performed two eye tracking experiments to examine the gaze behavior of participants during a sex...
Distance simultaneous interpreting is a typical example of technology-mediated interpreting, bridging participants (i.e., interpreters, audience, and speakers) in various events and conferences. This study explores how presentation mode affects cogni...
17 May 2019
Victoria’s (Australia) Environment Protection Authority (EPA), the state’s environmental regulator, has recognized the need to develop an Environmental Health Tracking System (EHTS) to better understand environmental health relationships....
Indoor pedestrian tracking has been identified as a key technology for indoor location-based services such as emergency locating, advertising, and gaming. However, existing smartphone-based approaches to pedestrian tracking in indoor environments hav...
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Reliability testing for Single Event Effects (SEEs) requires accurate localization of heavy-ion tracks from projection images. Conventional localization often relies on handcrafted features and geometric fitting, which is sensitive to noise and diffi...
There is no consensus on the importance of satellite images in the process of memorizing a route from a map image, especially if the route is displayed on the Internet using dynamic (animated) cartographic visualization. In modern dynamic maps built...
In this paper, we propose a novel equivalent composite control architecture for electro-optical equipment. The improved tracking performance and loss of robustness caused by this structure have a clear relationship with
Path tracking is a crucial part of agricultural machinery automatic navigation system (ANS) and has been extensively investigated in prior research. Although existing ANS designs perform satisfactorily under mild soil condition, path-tracking algorit...
Readers tend to allocate more cognitive resources to processing belief-consistent than belief-inconsistent information when reading multiple texts displaying discrepant views. This phenomenon, known as the text-belief consistency effect, results in i...
Systematic research on the response of crystal materials to the deposition of irradiation energy to electrons and atomic nuclei has attracted considerable attention since it is fundamental to understanding the behavior of various materials in natural...
13 March 2020
Obesity in children is an international health concern. Against this background, there is an increasing interest in understanding how healthy and unhealthy food marketing in narrative media can affect children. In particular, children’s implici...
Under the combined action of bidirectional (longitudinal and transverse) shear loads and corrosive environments, the shear performance of stud connectors in steel–concrete composite track beams of straddle-type monorail transit systems is susce...
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