Clustering-based solutions for energy efficiency, adaptability and resilience in IoT networks by Shivaraman, Nitin

“…Given the large-scale deployment of IoT devices and their price-sensitive nature, it is imperative to design algorithmic solutions to meet the three requirements as this thesis proposes. …”
Get full text

Novel material composites for dielectric elastomer actuators by Ankit

“…Hence, a novel low-temperature phase change material is identified for enabling reversible rigidity in the soft actuators owing to its low melting point, significant gap between melting and solidification, superior thermal stability, high mechanical strength and high dielectric constant. …”
Get full text

Compositionally graded alloys fabricated using the laser powder bed fusion technique by Wei, Siyuan

“…Incomplete mixing of the powders combined with the high aspect ratio of the melt pool and the 67° scan rotation between successive layers are the reasons behind the formation of these bands. …”
Get full text

Assessment of Radiometer Calibration With GPS Radio Occultation for the MiRaTA CubeSat Mission by Marinan, A. D., Cahoy, K. L., Bishop, R. L., Lui, S. S., Bardeen, J. R., Mulligan, T., Blackwell, W. J., Leslie, R. V., Osaretin, I. A., Shields, M.

“…In this paper, we focus on objective 3, developing operational models to meet a mission goal of 100 concurrent radiometer and GPSRO measurements, and estimating the temperature measurement precision for the CTAGS instrument based on thermal noise Based on an analysis of thermal noise of the CTAGS instrument, the expected temperature retrieval precision is between 0.17 and 1.4 K, which supports the improvement of radiometric calibration to 0.25 K.…”
Get full text

Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion: Current Stroke Prevention Strategies and a Shift Toward Data-Driven, Patient-Specific Approaches by Mendez, Keegan, Kennedy, Darragh G., Wang, Dee Dee, O’Neill, Brian, Roche, Ellen T.

“…Together, we envisage that these techniques will facilitate a pipeline from the imaging of patient anatomy to patient-specific computational and bench-top models that enable customized, data-driven approaches for LAA occlusion that are engineered specifically to meet each patient’s unique needs.…”
Get full text

Who2chat: A Social Networking System for Academic Researchers in Virtual Social Hours Enabling Coordinating, Overcoming Barriers and Social Signaling by Park, Soya, Song, Jaeyoon, Karger, David R., Malone, Thomas W.

“…As a result, participants were able to meet more people and engage in more meaningful conversations. …”
Get full text

Bursting on a vortex tube with initial axial core-size perturbations by Ji, Lingbo, Van Rees, Wim M.

“…The simulations show that when two twist waves of opposite handedness meet the core expands radially, forming a pair of local ringlike structures with opposite-signed azimuthal vorticity through a process termed vortex bursting. …”
Get full text

Effect of turbine motion on floating off shore wind turbine aerodynamics by Tignol, Bo Junior

“…The quest to meet renewable energy targets and anticipate future energy consumption growth has driven the continuous development of wind energy system design and its push for larger and more efficient wind turbines, especially in offshore environments. …”
Get full text

15.568B Management Information Systems: Generating Business Value from Information Technology, Spring 2003 by Weill, Peter

“…Also notes the redesign of information flows to meet the needs of both control and empowerment in the era of the global information infrastructure and networked organizations. …”
Get full text

Design of robot integrated restaurant by Santhosh Pandiaraj

“…The fact that robots can consistently cook and serve food which meet the desired standard of the restaurant owners, regardless of how long they have been working makes them standout as well. …”
Get full text

Is Africa’s growing public debt really crowding out private investment? by Mulangu, Francis

“…The incongruity between the timing of the cost of servicing the loans and the returns on the public investment they are used for will cause budget deficits because governments will not be able to meet their expenditure commitments by only using revenues and grants. …”
Get full text

Development of innovative nano-satellites with new generation technologies by Menezes, Ajit Denis

“…In addition, the structure is optimized and customized to meet the launcher requirements. The ULTEM structure consists of 6 frames where the side faces have provisions for mounting the solar panels and the top surface has the provision for mounting the antenna. …”
Get full text

Flow network models for online scheduling real-time tasks on multiprocessors by Cho, Hyeonjoong, Easwaran, Arvind

“…The optimal scheduling is here defined to ensure that all real-time tasks meet their deadlines when the total utilization demand of the given tasks does not exceed the total processing capacity. …”
Get full text

Electrochromic smart window for modulation of infrared heat by Loke, Jie Yi

“…An ideal electrochromic material for the application of smart windows should have high NIR modulation, high visible light transmission, fast switching between bleached and coloured states and excellent long term stability. To meet the functional needs, we proposed a novel Nd-Mo co-doped SnO2/α-WO3 electrochromic material in this project. …”
Get full text

Assessment of redistribution policies in Singapore by Ang, Xin Rui, Cham, Zhi An, Peh, Earl Hao Kien

“…A study conducted by the National University of Singapore’s Social Service Research Centre found that an estimated 12% of Singapore households are not earning enough to meet their basic needs, further highlighting the trend of increasing income inequality (Ng et al., 2018). …”
Get full text

Cold-formed light gauge steel for rapid deployable shelters by Wu, Hongjun.

“…In this project, we research on the feasibility of implementing a rapid deployable shelter for the victims after a disaster using cold-formed steel to meet the goals of structurally sound shelters, cost effectiveness and durability. …”
Get full text

Reliable environmental trace heavy metal analysis with potentiometric ion sensor - reality or a distant dreams by Lisak, Grzegorz

“…In short, it is now clear that solely lowering the detection limit of the ion-selective electrodes does not guarantee development of successful sensors that would meet the requirement of environmental matrices over long term usage. …”
Get full text

Fabrication of a humidity-resistant formaldehyde gas sensor through layering a molecular sieve on 3D ordered macroporous SnO₂ decorated with Au nanoparticles by Liu, Wei, Si, Xiaohui, Chen, Zaiping, Xu, Lin, Guo, Junmeng, Wei, Lei, Cheng, Gang, Du, Zuliang

“…Meanwhile, the fast response-recovery process and the repeatability, stability, and selectivity of the sensor indicate that it can meet the requirements for practical application. …”
Get full text

Multi-agent trajectory prediction with heterogeneous edge-enhanced graph attention network by Mo, Xiaoyu, Huang, Zhiyu, Xing, Yang, Lv, Chen

“…A trajectory prediction method handling these challenges will benefit the downstream decision-making and planning modules of autonomous vehicles. To meet these challenges, we propose a three-channel framework together with a novel Heterogeneous Edge-enhanced graph ATtention network (HEAT). …”
Get full text

Comment on Balsamo et al.: Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome with simultaneous hyperplastic polyposis of the gastrointestinal tract: case report and review of the literature by van de Beek, Irma, van Steensel, Maurice A. M., Houweling, Arjan C.

“…In our opinion, the patient described by Balsamo and colleagues does not meet any of the proposed major and minor criteria for the diagnosis of Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome. …”
Get full text