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The Impact of ACE Gene Variants on Acute-Phase Reactants in Children with Rheumatic Heart Disease
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MDPI
, 2023 , Article)
Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is the most important sequela of upper respiratory group A Streptococcus (GAS) infection. The role of the common angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) insertion/deletion (I/D) variant in the ...
Dorm augmented college assignments
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Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
, 2024 , Article)
In college assignments, a common practice is that students receive their dorm allocation after the realization of college placements. This causes wasted resources and unfair allocation. To fix this, we consider a college ...
A hybrid piezoelectric-electromagnetic energy harvester from vortex-induced vibrations in fluid-flow; the influence of boundary condition in tuning the harvester
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Elsevier
, 2022 , Article)
In this paper, a hybrid piezoelectric-electromagnetic energy harvester is proposed to harvest energy from fluid flow around a bluff-body using vortex-induced vibration (VIV). The hybrid piezoelectric-electromagnetic harvester ...
Adaptive Electromagnetic Vibration Absorber for a Multimode Structure
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Assoc. of Mechanical Eng. and Technicians of Slovenia
, 2022 , Article)
All structures experience vibrations due to external dynamic force excitations, such as earthquakes and wind loadings. At resonance, the impact of this natural dynamic force on structures may lead to structural failures. ...
Energy harvesting from railway slab-tracks with continuous slabs
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SAGE Publications Inc.
, 2023 , Article)
This paper contributes to the literature and development of knowledge in the topic of energy harvesting by presenting the modelling and calculations of energy from vibration of railway tracks due to moving trains on ...
Magnetorheological elastomer-based variable stiffness flexible coupling for vibration isolation
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Canadian Science Publishing
, 2021 , Article)
Rotating mechanical equipment such as pumps and motors can suffer from unattenuated torsional vibration. The causes of such vibration range from imbalance within the rotating system to misalignment, or even operating at ...
Surface Roughness Modelling of the Micromechanically Patterned CNT Forests
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Bentham Science Publishers
, 2023 , Article)
Introduction: A new method of modelling surface roughness of the resultant structure from various parameters in the microforming of CNT forests has been developed. One of the top-down microforming methods of CNT forests ...
An enhanced distance-dependent electric field model for contact-separation triboelectric nanogenerator: Air-breakdown limit as a case study
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Elsevier
, 2023 , Article)
Theoretical models have been proposed to bring an in-depth understanding of the working mechanisms of
triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs), aiming to enhance their output performance. This work proposes an
enhanced ...
DEVELOPMENT OF SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY (SMA) BASED ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE FOR APPLICATION IN SOFT GRIPPER
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Taylor's University
, 2023 , Article)
Soft robotics is a branch of robotics that utilize soft materials instead of the common rigid links. Shape memory alloy (SMA) wire has the advantage of being compact and lightweight, as they only require simple control ...
Electrostatic-hydraulic coupled soft actuator for micropump application
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Institute of Physics
, 2024 , Article)
The development of a soft actuator with high displacement is crucial for the effective operation of micropumps, ensuring a high fluid pump rate. This study introduces an innovative approach by presenting the design and ...