Impedance controlled human–robot collaborative tooling for edge chamfering and polishing applications by Kana, Sreekanth, Lakshminarayanan, Srinivasan, Mohan, Dhanya Menoth, Campolo, Domenico

“…Surface finishing, as the final stage in the manufacturing pipeline, is a key process in determining the quality and life span of a product. Such a task is characterized by low contact forces and minimal material removal from the object surface. …”
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Experimental studies of melting PCM in a heat sink by Muhammad Azrin Sa'ad.

“…The heat sink design that was the focus of this study is based on the pin finned heat sink design. Experiments mainly pertaining to the characteristics of the melting PCM in the heat sinks were observed and recorded to further understand the behaviours and characteristics of the melting PCM. …”
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Hybrid biometric authentication for automatic teller machine by Arokiasamy, Steven R., Tomal, Md Raihanul Islam, Moorthy, Kohbalan, Mohd Daud, Kauthar

“…Unlike traditional password or PIN-based methods, biometric authentication uses unique physical characteristics, such as fingerprints, to verify identity. …”
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Design of a dual band planar inverted-F antenna for GMS/DCS mobile handset by Fang, Jun

“…This project involved the study of size miniaturization of microstrip antenna techniques: shorting pin and shorting wall, loading, shorted spiral printed antenna and stacked shorted patch antenna are fully discussed.…”
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Study on the wear characteristics of aluminium metal matrix composite with 15% Al2O3 and 20% Al2O3 by Chua, Swu Chun.

“…The objective of this dissertation was to study the wear characteristics and behaviour of aluminium metal matrix composite materials (MMCs), namely Duralcan 286 and Duralcan 284 as a pin material when mated against three types of dics materials.…”
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Progressive collapse assessment of prestressed concrete beams by Lin, Haoran, Luo, Da, Li, Bing

“…It is observed that the span/depth ratio alters the trend of tendon ratio and influences the change rates of other variables. …”
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Analysis and design of curved steel beam member in elevation using Eurocode 3 by Yandarmadi, Kelvin

“…Its versatile characteristics make curved structures are utilized in various areas, from equipment up to large span structure such as airport terminal and bridge. …”
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Single antenna power measurements based direction finding : an FRI solution by Zhang, Song Bai

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Dynamic behavior of reinforced concrete beams under varying rates of concentrated loading by Adhikary, Satadru Das, Li, Bing, Fujikake, Kazunori

“…The test program was successful in providing a substantial volume of test data including load vs. mid-span displacement, crack profiles, strain at the mid-point of longitudinal tensile reinforcements and acceleration at several locations along the specimens. …”
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Experimental and numerical investigations of hot-rolled stainless steel channel section columns susceptible to flexural buckling by Li, Shuai, Zhang, Lulu, Liang, Yating, Zhao, Ou

“…A thorough testing and numerical modelling programme has been conducted to investigate the minor-axis flexural buckling behaviour and resistances of pin-ended hot-rolled stainless steel channel section columns. …”
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Punching shear strength analysis of corroded reinforcement concrete slab by Fu, Yibin

“…Moreover, internal tensile stress during corrosion tend to result in existing fine line or micro cracks to enlarge, resulting in increasing permeability of concrete and form a chain of interconnected defects. …”
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Measuring membrane capacitance during a depolarizing stimulus by Chen, Peng., Gillis, Kevin., Xue, Renhao., Pui, Tze Sian.

“…It is critical to resolve the highly dynamic kinetic steps along the molecular cascade of exocytosis in order to pin down the specific actions of regulatory molecules and eventually decipher this complex and fundamental process.…”
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Study on mechanical behaviors of cable-supported ribbed beam composite slab structure during construction phase by Qiao, W. T., Zhao, Ming Shan, An, Q., Wang, D.

“…Scheme one indicates that each span of CBS has certain level of mechanical independence such that the construction of a span is not significantly affected by the adjacent spans. …”
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Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors as molecular links between caloric restriction and circadian rhythm by Duszka, Kalina, Wahli, Walter

“…One of the restrictive nutritional approaches, caloric restriction (CR) achieves stunning results in extending health span and life span via coordinated changes in multiple biological functions from the molecular, cellular, to the whole-body levels. …”
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Innocent Until Proven Guilty: Addressing Problem of Criminal Investigation in Pakistan by Ghani, Abdul, Ayub, Zainal Amin, Mat Rus, Mukhriz

“…Criminal investigation of murder cases in Punjab, Pakistan is not up to mark, and this results in pendency of such cases for years. The time span for data collection for the present study ranges from January 01 to 31st of December 2020. …”
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Parallel Algorithms for Hierarchical Nucleus Decomposition by Shi, Jessica, Dhulipala, Laxman, Shun, Julian

“…We also introduce a parallel approximation algorithm for nucleus decomposition, which achieves much lower span in theory and better performance in practice. …”
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Language-guided visual retrieval by He, Su

“…To organize the discrete features, we propose a network called Hybrid Graph Network to capture both the spatial and locally temporal relationships between objects in the frames and also apply semantically matching between objects and words. To model the long-span relationships between activities in the two modalities, we implement a temporal encoder based on the attentive model. …”
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Temperature dependence of elastocaloric effect in a microstructurally graded NiTi alloy by Chen, Junyu, Wang, Wenqiang, Zhang, Qi, Lei, Liping, Ramamurty, Upadrasta, Fang, Gang

“…The work provides a method for overcoming the trade-off between cooling capacity and service temperature span of elastocaloric materials.…”
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Development of a counter-UAV system by Tang, Wen Yue

“…Upon testing, the firing pin mechanism was found to be unable to reliably puncture the CO2 canister, even after improvements. …”
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Lessons from a retrospective look at India’s upstream sector by Elango, P