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Autonomic responses to pressure sensitivity of head, face and neck: Heart rate and skin conductance

Yang, W. (author), Chen, Tingshu (author), He, Renke (author), Goossens, R.H.M. (author), Huysmans, T. (author)

Subjective scales are frequently used in the design process of head-related products to assess pressure discomfort. Nevertheless, some users lack fundamental cognitive and motor abilities (e.g., paralyzed patients). Therefore, it is vital to find non-verbal measurements of pressure discomfort and pressure pain. This study gathered the autonomic...

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Plastic particles affect N₂O release via altering core microbial metabolisms in constructed wetlands

Yang, X. (author), Chen, Yi (author), Liu, Tao (author), Zhang, Lu (author), Wang, Hui (author), Chen, Mengli (author), He, Qiang (author), Liu, G. (author), Ju, Feng (author)

Constructed wetlands (CWs) have been proven to effectively immobilize plastic particles. However, little is known about the differences in the impact of varying sized plastic particles on nitrous oxide (N₂O) release, as well as the intervention mechanisms in CWs. Here, we built a lab-scale wetland model and introduced plastic...

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A finite element thermomechanical analysis of the development of wheel polygonal wear

He, C. (author), Yang, Z. (author), Zhang, P. (author), Li, S. (author), Naeimi, M. (author), Dollevoet, R.P.B.J. (author), Li, Z. (author)

Polygonal wear is a type of damage commonly observed on the railway wheel tread. It induces wheel-rail impacts and consequent train/track components failure. This study presents a finite element (FE) thermomechanical wheel-rail contact model, which is able to cope with the three possible generation and development mechanisms of polygonal wear...

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Aging and Sintered Layer Defect Detection of Discrete MOSFETs Using Frequency Domain Reflectometry Associated With Parasitic Resistance

Yun, Minghui (author), Yang, Daoguo (author), Cai, Miao (author), Yan, Haidong (author), Yu, Jiabing (author), Liu, Mengyuan (author), He, Siliang (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author)

Metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) undergo fatigue degradation under high thermal and electrical stresses. This process results in changes in their parasitic parameters, which can be detected using frequency domain reflectometry (FDR). Frequency domain impedance analysis is employed to characterize the various...

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Pressure sensitivity for head, face and neck in relation to soft tissue

Yang, W. (author), He, Renke (author), Goossens, R.H.M. (author), Huysmans, T. (author)

Pressure sensitivity research on the head, face, and neck is critical to develop ways to reduce discomfort caused by pressure in head-related products. The aim of this paper is to provide information for designers to be able to reduce the pressure discomfort by studying the relation between pressure sensitivity and soft tissue in the head,...

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The contribution shift of ammonia-oxidizing archaea and bacteria to ammoxidation under Ag-NPs/SWCNTs/PS-NPs stressors in constructed wetlands

Yang, X. (author), Guo, Fucheng (author), Liu, Tao (author), He, Qiang (author), Vymazal, Jan (author), Chen, Yi (author)

Ammonia-oxidizing microorganisms (AOMs, archaea (AOA) and bacteria (AOB)) are primarily responsible for the ammoxidation in constructed wetlands (CWs). However, little is known about evaluating the response of AOA and AOB to engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) and quantifying the shift of their contribution to ammoxidation. Herein, we operated a...

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Distribution of porosity surrounding a microfiber in cement paste

He, S. (author), Chen, Y. (author), Liang, M. (author), Yang, En-Hua (author), Schlangen, E. (author)

This study investigates the microstructural changes of cement paste due to the inclusion of polymeric microfiber at different water-to-cement (w/c) ratios. A procedure to quantify the porosity of epoxy impregnated interfacial transition zone (ITZ) is also presented. Results show that the microstructures of the ITZ beneath and above a...

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Effect of CO₂-based binary mixtures on the performance of radial-inflow turbines for the supercritical CO₂ cycles

Yang, Yueming (author), Wang, Xurong (author), Hooman, K. (author), Han, Kuihua (author), Xu, Jinliang (author), He, Suoying (author), Qi, Jianhui (author)

Recently, the supercritical carbon dioxide (SCO₂) power cycle has become a hotspot in the field of energy-efficient utilization. The utilization of additives in the power cycle has been proven to be an effective way to improve the SCO₂ power cycle efficiency. As one of the core components of the system, the influence of...

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Optimization of adaptive metal foam arrangement in a heat storage tank

Guo, Junfei (author), Li, Ze (author), Wei, Pan (author), Li, Ling (author), Yang, Xiaohu (author), He, Ya Ling (author), Hooman, K. (author)

The integration of phase change materials (PCMs) and metal foam has been widely concerned recently. To decrease non-uniformity of uniform metal foam-PCMs, adaptive metal foam arrangement strategy with increasing porosity from inside to outside has attracted widespread attention. This work conducted a symmetric simulation model of vertical...

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Soft Tissue Thickness Estimation for Head, Face, and Neck from CT Data for Product Design Purposes

Yang, W. (author), He, Renke (author), Chen, Tingshu (author), Goossens, R.H.M. (author), Huysmans, T. (author)

Analysing the contact area between head-related products and the corresponding craniofacial profile is necessary to make such products more comfortable. The study of soft tissue biomechanical experiments provides a reliable perspective for understanding such contact areas and improving the comfort. In order to obtain more accurate and visualized...

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One-step controllable fabrication of 3D structured self-standing Al₃Ni₂/Ni electrode through molten salt electrolysis for efficient water splitting

Hua, Zhongsheng (author), Wu, Xiaobin (author), Zhu, Zengli (author), He, Jiwen (author), He, Shiwei (author), Liu, Huan (author), Xu, Liang (author), Yang, Y. (author), Zhao, Zhuo (author)

Exploring more efficient and low-cost electrocatalysts to replace platinum (Pt) is highly desired to promote the practical hydrogen production through water splitting. Herein, a facile and effective strategy is proposed to fabricate self-standing Al₃Ni₂/Ni electrode with controlled phase composition and surface...

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Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Sintering Densification of Multi-Scale Silver Layer

Liang, Peijie (author), Pan, Zhiliang (author), Tang, Liang (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author), Yang, Daoguo (author), He, Siliang (author), Yan, Haidong (author)

Based on molecular dynamics (MD), in this study, a model was established to simulate the initial coating morphology of silver paste by using a random algorithm, and the effects of different sizes of particles on sintering porosity were also analyzed. The MD result reveals that compared with the sintering process using large-scale silver...

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Prior-Guided Deep Interference Mitigation for FMCW Radars

Wang, J. (author), Li, Runlong (author), He, Yuan (author), Yang, Yang (author)

In this article, the interference mitigation (IM) problem is tackled as a regression problem. A prior-guided deep learning (DL)-based IM approach is proposed for frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) radars. Considering the complex-valued nature of radar signals, a complex-valued convolutional neural network, which is different from the...

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Failure quantitative assessment approach to MOSFET power device by detecting parasitic parameters

Yun, Minghui (author), Yang, Daoguo (author), He, Siliang (author), Cai, Miao (author), Xiao, Jing (author), Zhang, Kailin (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author)

With the emerging wide bandgap (WBG) semiconductor development, the increasing power density and efficiency of power electronic converters may cause more switching oscillation, electromagnetic interference noise, and additional power loss, further increasing the probability of device failure. Therefore, determining and quantifying the failure...

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A sequence-based method for dynamic reliability assessment of MPD systems

Zhu, Jingyu (author), Chen, Guoming (author), Khan, Faisal (author), Yang, M. (author), Li, Xinhong (author), Meng, Xiangkun (author), He, Rui (author)

Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD) system is widely used in the deepwater drilling operation. Reliability assessment plays a critical role in the MPD system in the management of drilling operation risk and the prevention of blowouts. However, the reliability assessment of the MPD system is challenged due to its sequential operations and multiple...

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Human Motion Recognition With Limited Radar Micro-Doppler Signatures

Li, X. (author), He, Y. (author), Fioranelli, F. (author), Jing, X. (author), Yarovoy, Alexander (author), Yang, Y. (author)

The performance of deep learning (DL) algorithms for radar-based human motion recognition (HMR) is hindered by the diversity and volume of the available training data. In this article, to tackle the issue of insufficient training data for HMR, we propose an instance-based transfer learning (ITL) method with limited radar micro-Doppler (MD)...

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Abundant grain boundaries activate highly efficient lithium ion transportation in high rate Li₄Ti₅O₁₂ compact microspheres

Ma, Jiaming (author), Wei, Yinping (author), Gan, Lin (author), Wang, C. (author), Xia, Heyi (author), Lv, Wei (author), Li, Jia (author), Li, Baohua (author), Yang, Quan Hong (author), Kang, Feiyu (author), He, Yan Bing (author)

It is a huge challenge for high-tap-density electrodes to achieve high volumetric energy density but without compromising the ionic transportation. Herein, we prepared compact Li₄Ti₅O₁₂ (LTO) microspheres consisting of densely packed primary nanoparticles. The real space distribution of lithium ions inside the...

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High-Density Microporous Li₄Ti₅O₁₂ Microbars with Superior Rate Performance for Lithium-Ion Batteries

Tang, Linkai (author), He, Yan Bing (author), Wang, Chao (author), Wang, Shuan (author), Wagemaker, M. (author), Li, Baohua (author), Yang, Quan Hong (author), Kang, Feiyu (author)

Nanosized Li₄Ti₅O₁₂ (LTO) materials enabling high rate performance suffer from a large specific surface area and low tap density lowering the cycle life and practical energy density. Microsized LTO materials have high density which generally compromises their rate capability. Aiming at combining the favorable...

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Hybrid Plasmonics Slot THz Waveguide for Subwavelength Field Confinement and Crosstalk between Two Waveguides

Xiao, Jing (author), Wei, Qi-Qin (author), Yang, Duo Guo (author), Zhang, Ping (author), He, Ning (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author), Chen, Xian Ping (author)

The slot waveguide has attracted considerable attention because of its ability to confine and guide electromagnetic energy at the subwavelength scale beyond the diffraction limit. We propose a novel terahertz slot waveguide structure to achieve a better tradeoff between propagation length and field confinement capacity, the novel waveguide...

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A CMOS-Compatible Hybrid Plasmonic Slot Waveguide With Enhanced Field Confinement

Xiao, Jing (author), Wei, Qi-Qin (author), Yang, Daoguo (author), Zhang, Ping (author), He, Ning (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author), Ren, Tian-Ling (author), Chen, Xian-Ping (author)

The emerging field of nanophotonics requires plasmonic devices to be fully compatible with semiconductor fabrication techniques. However, very few feasible practical structures exist at present. Here, we propose a CMOS-compatible hybrid plasmonic slot waveguide (HPSW) with enhanced field confinement. Our simulation results show that the HPSW...

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