Reflecting on Hybrid Events: Learning from a Year of Hybrid Experiences

The COVID-19 pandemic led to a sudden shift to virtual work and events, with the last two years enabling an appropriated and rather simulated togetherness - the hybrid mode. As we return to in-person events, it is important to reflect on not only what we learned about technologies and social justice, but about the types of events we desire,...

ricME: Long-Read Based Mobile Element Variant Detection Using Sequence Realignment and Identity Calculation

The mobile element variant is a very important structural variant, accounting for a quarter of structural variants, and it is closely related to many issues such as genetic diseases and species diversity. However, few detection algorithms of mobile element variants have been developed on third-generation sequencing data. We propose an...

Influence of different corrosion solutions on reinforced concrete by DIC and traditional strain test

When the corrosion expansion stress of the steel reinforcement exceeds the ultimate tensile strength of the concrete, the concrete will crack and eventually cause structural damage. Therefore, direct characterization methods of steel corrosion expansion stress can help predict the concrete cracking time, prevent corrosion expansion and repair...

SensiBlend: Sensing Blended Experiences in Professional and Social Contexts

Unlike traditional workshops, SensiBlend is a living experiment about the future of remote, hybrid, and blended experiences within professional and other social contexts. The interplay of interpersonal relationships with tools and spaces—digital and physical—has been abruptly challenged and fundamentally altered as a result of the COVID-19...

Action-driven Reinforcement Learning for Improving Localization of Brace Sleeve in Railway Catenary

Brace Sleeve (BS) plays an essential role in connecting and fixing cantilevers of railway catenary systems. It needs to be monitored to ensure the safety of railway operations. In the literature, image processing techniques that can localize BSs from inspection images are proposed. However, the boxes produced by existing methods can contain...

A method of modeling and service encapsulation on cloud logistics resources

The Effect of Four New Floodgates on the Flood Frequency in the Dutch Lower Rhine Delta

The Dutch Lower Rhine Delta, a transitional area between the Rivers Rhine, Meuse and the North Sea, is at risk of flooding induced by infrequent events of storm surges or fluvial floods, or the combination of both. To protect the delta from storm surges, it can be closed off from the sea by large dams and controllable storm surge barriers. Also,...

A numerical study of U-tube passive anti-rolling tanks