We investigated the mouth-opening transition pattern (MOTP), which represents the change of mouth-opening degree during the end of an utterance, and used it to predict the next speaker and utterance interval between the start time of the next speaker...
This paper addresses the problem of modeling maneuvering target motion in tracking applications. A target trajectory can typically be divided into segments with different dynamic motion modes, such as a constant velocity motion, a constant accelerati...
The theory of conservation of resources (COR) can be used for searching mechanisms which explain spiritual changes caused by trauma. The aim of this paper was to analyze the relationship between distribution of personal resources and spiritual change...
The Triassic Chang 6 reservoir in the Suijing Oilfield is characterized by poor reservoir quality, pronounced heterogeneity, well-developed fractures, and suboptimal well pattern configuration, which collectively impede the establishment of an effici...
This paper presents a 250 kHz bidirectional battery charger circuit using a GaN HEMT. The charger is subjected to a high-/low-side constant voltage at 200 V/20 V. The charger circuit is a hybrid of the LLC and flyback circuit topologies. Both the pow...
Autumn phenology, commonly represented by the end of season (EOS), is considered to be the most sensitive and crucial productivity indicator of alpine and cold grassland in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Previous studies typically assumed that the rate...
This study investigated and compared driver behaviors at signalized and non-signalized roundabouts in Qatar, focusing on turn signal usage, lane change behavior, and correct lane usage. The primary objectives were to determine the frequency of turn s...
With the understanding that language variation, whether synchronic or diachronic, is, for the most part, not random but systematic and predictable, linguists and philologists have long engaged with the task of providing accounts and explanations for...
Background: Chronic diseases have an impact on and can change the lives of the persons affected by them. This study examines how a disease can influence patients’ daily lives, the strategies they adopt to cope, and their experiences of support....
In this paper, electromagnetic multi-step transmissions are introduced as a method for increasing the torque and efficiency of electric vehicle driving motors. Motors using permanent magnets have a limited ability in increasing the speed as the back...
In conjunction with Earth’s ongoing global warming, the Southwest China (SWC) region has become a fascinating case study on the control of local climate change. Moreover, an entire period of climate change may partially mask the patterns in som...
Driving cycles are commonly used to evaluate the fuel efficiency and mileage of internal combustion engine vehicles and electric vehicles (EVs). To improve the mileage of EVs, efficient propulsion motors and inverters must be employed, particularly a...
This study aimed to examine the effects of change of direction (COD) speed and technique modification training on 180° turning performance (completion time, ground contact time [GCT], and exit velocity), kinetics, and kinematics. A non-randomised 6 w...
Adaptive urban traffic management requires timely recognition of changes not only in total traffic volume but also in turning-demand composition. This study develops a structural-entropy framework for identifying sustained changes in turning-demand s...
Surface and subsurface microstructural characterization after machining operations is a topic of great interest for both academic and industrial research activities. This paper presents a newly developed finite element (FE) model able to describe mic...
Extreme climate events are occurring frequently under global warming. Previous studies primarily focused on isolated extreme climate events, whereas research on the synergistic changes between extreme cold (EC) and extreme warm (EW) events remains li...
Bringing a sustainable population of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) back into the Rhine, after the species became extinct in the 1950s, is an important environmental ambition with efforts made both by governments and civil society. Our analysis finds...
Crowd-sourced geographic information is becoming increasingly available, providing diverse and timely sources for updating existing spatial databases to facilitate urban studies, geoinformatics, and real estate practices. However, the discrepancies b...
13 October 2020
The purpose of this study was to explore and identify factors that influence motivation for and barriers to adopting and maintaining lifestyle changes in patients with type 2 diabetes, following participation in an intensive multiple-lifestyle interv...
The Late Bronze Age crisis is one of the most significant events in human history an had occurred in about 1200 BCE. The aridization was one the reasons of a decline of agriculture, migrant expansion and the transition to nomadic style of life. In Ea...
21 May 2021
The aim of this study was to characterize the turning phase during a modified 505 test. Forty collegiate basketball students, divided into faster and slower performers and high-playing-level and low-playing-level groups, were evaluated for the force-...
It is known that a ship’s shafting system can be adversely affected by hull deformation, variations in the engine power, the propeller load, and eccentric propeller thrusts, thereby increasingly affecting the behavior of the shaft’s movem...
Pork is a major global source of animal protein, and improving both its production efficiency and meat quality is a central goal in modern animal agriculture and food systems. This study investigated post-inflection-point growth patterns in two genet...
When a turn-to-turn short fault occurs in an induction motor, it will be accompanied by vibration and heating, which will have adverse effects on the entire power system. Thus, turn-to-turn short fault diagnosis of the stator is required, and major a...
In recent years, tunnel-boring machines (TBMs) have been widely applied in deep coal mining. Turning is an inevitable challenge in TBM tunneling, and a TBM turning roadway exhibits greater instability than a straight roadway, as engineering experienc...
Left-turn crashes occur frequently at signalized intersections and often lead to severe injuries. This problem can be addressed through the implementation of protected left-turn signals. This gives left-turning vehicles the right to enter the interse...
Bond wire fatigue is a prominent problem affecting the reliability of IGBT modules and power electronic converters, and has thus received much attention in the research community. As bond wire fatigue leads to changes in the gate circuit parameters,...
It is well-established that processes involving changing direction or turning in which either or both standing and walking turns are utilized involve coordination of the whole-body and stepping characteristics. However, the turn context and whole-bod...
Unprotected left turns at urban intersections require drivers to continually regulate their driving behavior while negotiating conflicts with opposing through traffic. Existing studies have mostly examined such maneuvers through gap-acceptance decisi...
The accurate simulative reconstruction of blind spot accidents requires innovative simulation methods. The objective of this paper is to analyze the avoidability of a specific blind spot accident and assess the impact of various parameters as if an a...
In this paper, the performance variations of SiC MOSFET-based voltage and current source inverters under gate oxide degradation are studied. It is confirmed that the turn-on and turn-off delays of SiC MOSFETs change significantly by high electric fie...
Recently, the number of alpine ski junior players in Japan has drastically decreased. The causes include a decrease in ski areas and instructors, along with difficulty of early childhood alpine ski guidance. The alpine ski competition is not simply a...
The structural polymorphism and the physiological and pathophysiological roles of two important proteins, β-amyloid (Aβ) and tau, that play a key role in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are reviewed. Recent results demonstrate that monomeric Aβ has importan...
Although urban rail transit provides significant daily assistance to users, traffic risk remains. Turn-back faults are a common cause of traffic accidents. To address turn-back faults, machines are able to learn the complicated and detailed rules of...
We examine changes in the picosecond structural dynamics with irreversible photobleaching of red fluorescent proteins (RFP) mCherry, mOrange2 and TagRFP-T. Measurements of the protein dynamical transition using terahertz time-domain spectroscopy show...
Background: A stroke often bequeaths surviving patients with impaired neuromusculoskeletal systems subjecting them to increased risk of injury (e.g., due to falls) even during activities of daily living. The risk of injuries to such individuals can b...
The presented article deals with the influence of the heat treatment of C45 steel on the surface quality after turning. Turning is a machining technology used to prepare specific geometrical characteristics of surface and dimensional quality. In the...
The development of high resolution SAR makes the influence of moving target more prominent, which results in defocusing and other unexplained phenomena. This paper focuses on the research of imaging signatures and velocity estimation of turning motio...
Climate change in dam areas is one of the environmental problems associated with dams. However, the main factors and mechanisms that impact climate change in dam areas remain unclear. In this study, linear regression, the observed minus reanalyzed (O...
This paper proposes a method of detecting driving vehicles, estimating the distance, and detecting whether the brake lights of the detected vehicles are turned on or not to prevent vehicle collision accidents in highway tunnels. In general, it is dif...
The use of flexible wearable sensors to monitor the impact of sleeping position and turning frequency on sleep and to study sleep patterns can help bedridden patients heal and recover. The flexible wearable sleeping-position monitoring device was des...
12 October 2022
This study examined differences regarding climate change pro-environmental behaviors (PEBs), comparing between individuals with chronic diseases and those without. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 402 adults, of whom 25% had a chronic dis...
Plate turning is an essential step in the plate rolling process. The traditional control mode relies on the manual observation of billets and mainly manual operation. Manual plate turning becomes an external disturbance of the automatic control syste...
To improve the surface corrosion resistance of 42CrMo4 high-strength steel used in a marine environment, this article studied the effects of hard turning on the surface integrity and corrosion resistance of 42CrMo4 high-strength steel through the sin...
We applied the time-series clustering method to analyze the trajectory data of rummy-nose tetra (Hemigrammus rhodostomus), with a particular focus on their spontaneous paired turning behavior. Firstly, an automated U-turn maneuver identification meth...
The accurate interpretation of land cover changes in multi-temporal satellite imagery is critical for Earth observation. However, existing methods typically yield static outputs—such as binary masks or fixed captions—lacking interactivity...
The AdMos receiver from Advanced Sport Instruments is a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) frequently used in alpine ski racing, with users from national and professional teams. Therefore, a validation was conducted for use of the AdMos in alp...
Turning-point memories, experiences that impact personal development, may be interpreted in ways that emphasize positive, negative, or mixed development because the memory prompt is open-ended with regard to event valence (i.e., it does not elicit ‘h...
Many falls in persons with multiple sclerosis (PwMS) occur during daily activities such as negotiating obstacles or changing direction. While increased gait variability is a robust biomarker of fall risk in PwMS, gait variability in more ecologically...
The poetic turn—a significant shift in the rhetorical and/or dramatic trajectory of a poem—is a considerably under-recognized aspect of poetry. Despite being a crucial element in the working of so many poems, no large-scale critical conve...
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