• Synchrotron tomography applications in agriculture and food sciences research: a review 

  Indore, Navnath S.; Karunakaran, Chithra; Jayas, Digvir S. (2022-08-13)

  Abstract Synchrotron imaging is widely used for research in many scientific disciplines. This article introduces the characteristics of synchrotron X-ray imaging and its applications in agriculture and food ...

• Euler equations for isentropic gas dynamics with general pressure law 

  Ibrahim, Muhammad; Din, Anwarud; Yusuf, Abdullahi; Lv, Yu-Pei; Jahanshahi, Hadi; Aly, Ayman A. (2022-01-28)

  Abstract In this work, we explore the limiting behavior of Riemann solutions to the Euler equations in isentropic gas dynamics with general pressure law. We demonstrate that in the distributional sense the ...

• Design Around Bundle Patent Portfolio Based on Technological Evolution 

  Li, Hui; Yuan, Jiefeng; Tan, Runhua; Peng, Qingjin (2019-10-25)

  Abstract Product innovation can be achieved by analyzing leading products patents in the market. Different methods have been proposed for design around patent, commonly using the elimination or replacement ...

• Optimizing radio resources for multicasting on high-altitude platforms 

  Ibrahim, Ahmed; Alfa, Attahiru S (2019-08-29)

  Abstract High-altitude platforms (HAPs) are quasi-stationary aerial wireless communications platforms meant to be located in the stratosphere, to provide wireless communications and broadband services. They ...

• Case study scenarios in site selection of hazardous material facilities based on transportation preferences 

  Mehran, Babak; Khan, Musharraf A; Mehran, Mina; Roh, Hyukjae; Sharma, Satish (2019-06-08)

  Abstract A methodology is proposed to evaluate and rank potential sites for facilities dealing with hazardous materials (HAZMAT). The proposed methodology incorporates HAZMAT route planning into facility siting ...

• A Spiral Spring Electrostatic Actuator for Double Layer Deformable Mirror with Continuous Phase Sheet 

  Zhou, Yu; Shafai, Cyrus; Dietrich, James (2019)

  A new electrostatic actuator for a double layer deformable mirror with continuous phase sheet is presented. The electrostatic actuator employs an upper electrode consisting of multiple Archimedean spiral spring arms ...

• Low power 3 degree-of-freedom Lorentz force MEMS mirror for optical applications 

  Afsharipour, Elnaz; Soltanzadeh, Ramin; Park, Byoungyoul; Chrusch, Dwayne; Shafai, Cyrus (2019)

  A low power three-degree-of-freedom scanning micro-mirror is presented. The 2×2 mm mirror is a gimbaless structure, directly supported by single crystal micro-springs. It is actuated by Lorentz force and is able to tilt ...

• Tissue engineering a tendon-bone junction with biodegradable braided scaffolds 

  Ramakrishna, Harshini; Li, Tieshi; He, Ting; Temple, Joseph; King, Martin W; Spagnoli, Anna (2019-05-16)

  Abstract Background Tendons play an important role in transferring stress between muscles and bones and in maintaining the stability of joints. Tendon tears are difficult to ...

• Data mining and machine learning approaches for the integration of genome-wide association and methylation data: methodology and main conclusions from GAW20 

  Darst, Burcu; Engelman, Corinne D; Tian, Ye; Lorenzo Bermejo, Justo (2018-09-17)

  Abstract Background Multiple layers of genetic and epigenetic variability are being simultaneously explored in an increasing number of health studies. We summarize here different ...

• Data for: An experimental and numerical study for salt dissolution and density-driven flow in porous media 

  Moore, Kayla; Holländer, Hartmut (2018-08)

  The data was collected during laboratory experiments in a 2-D porous media, in a 0.9 m x 0.3 m x 0.12 m box. Sand hydraulic conductivity was 2.3E-3 m/s. A salt core was placed along the bottom third of the tank. A constant ...

• Innovative drugs, chemicals, and enzymes within the animal production chain 

  Hassan, Yousef I; Lahaye, Ludovic; Gong, Max M; Peng, Jian; Gong, Joshua; Liu, Song; Gay, Cyril G; Yang, Chengbo (2018-07-31)

  Abstract The alarming number of recently reported human illnesses with bacterial infections resistant to multiple antibacterial agents has become a serious concern in recent years. This phenomenon is a core ...

• Synthesis of graphene oxide-quaternary ammonium nanocomposite with synergistic antibacterial activity to promote infected wound healing 

  Liu, Tengfei; Liu, Yuqing; Liu, Menglong; Wang, Ying; He, Weifeng; Shi, Gaoqiang; Hu, Xiaohong; Zhan, Rixing; Luo, Gaoxing; Xing, Malcolm; Wu, Jun (2018-05-21)

  Abstract Background Bacterial infection is one of the most common complications in burn, trauma, and chronic refractory wounds and is an impediment to healing. The frequent ...

• Personalization for Massive Product Innovation Using Open Architecture 

  Peng, Qing-Jin; Liu, Yun-Hui; Zhang, Jian; Gu, Pei-Hua (2018-05-06)

  Abstract Product innovation is creation of new concepts to plan and realize technological and functional details in the product to satisfy market and customer needs. One of the key drivers to product innovation ...

• Treatment of old landfill leachate with high ammonium content using aerobic granular sludge 

  Ren, Yanan; Ferraz, Fernanda; Kang, Abbass J; Yuan, Qiuyan (2017-11-09)

  Abstract Background Aerobic granular sludge has become an attractive alternative to the conventional activated sludge due to its high settling velocity, compact structure, and ...

• Study of the variations of fall induced hip fracture risk between right and left femurs using CT-based FEA 

  Faisal, Tanvir R; Luo, Yunhua (2017-10-03)

  Abstract Background Hip fracture of elderly people—suffering from osteoporosis—is a severe public health concern, which can be reduced by providing a prior assessment of hip ...

• Impact of automation on drivers' performance in agricultural semi-autonomous vehicles 

  Bashiri, Behzad; Mann, Danny D (ASABE, 2015)

  Drivers inadequate mental workload has been reported as one of the nega- tive effects of driving assistant systems and in-vehicle automation. The increasing trend of automation in agricultural vehicles raises some concerns ...

• Biomaterials and tissue engineering for scar management in wound care 

  Rahimnejad, Maedeh; Derakhshanfar, Soroosh; Zhong, Wen (2017-01-21)

  Abstract Scars are a natural and unavoidable result from most wound repair procedures and the body’s physiological healing response. However, they scars can cause considerable functional impairment and emotional ...

• Transcriptomic and proteomic analyses of core metabolism in Clostridium termitidis CT1112 during growth on α-cellulose, xylan, cellobiose and xylose 

  Munir, Riffat I; Spicer, Victor; Krokhin, Oleg V; Shamshurin, Dmitry; Zhang, XiangLi; Taillefer, Marcel; Blunt, Warren; Cicek, Nazim; Sparling, Richard; Levin, David B (2016-05-23)

  Abstract Background Clostridium termitidis CT1112 is an anaerobic, Gram-positive, mesophilic, spore-forming, cellulolytic bacterium, originally ...

• Evaluating Disability Management in the Manitoban Construction Industry for Injured Workers Returning to the Workplace with a Disability 

  Winter J., Issa, M.H., Dick, K. and Regehr, J. (NRC Research Press, 2016)

  The poor safety record of the construction industry raises concerns about the extent to which it is able to integrate workers disabled as a result of a workplace injury back to the workplace. A review of the literature ...

• A new diagnostic vestibular evoked response 

  Dastgheib, Zeinab A; Lithgow, Brian; Blakley, Brian; Moussavi, Zahra (2015-04-11)

  Abstract Objective To describe the development of a new clinically applicable method for assessing vestibular function in humans with particular application in Meniere’s ...

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