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New Chattering Attenuation Sliding Mode Control of a Flexible Spacecraft (2014)
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Nemati, H., & Hokamoto, S. (2014). New Chattering Attenuation Sliding Mode Control of a Flexible Spacecraft. Transactions of the Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, 12(ists29), Pd_71-Pd_77. https://doi.org/10.2322/tastj.12.pd_71

An improved sliding mode control (SMC) strategy for the attitude control problem of a nonlinear spacecraft with an elastic appendage is investigated. Since conventional sliding mode controllers include a discontinuous function, a significant problem... Read More about New Chattering Attenuation Sliding Mode Control of a Flexible Spacecraft.

Knowledge Integration and Open Innovation in the Brazilian Cosmetics Industry (2014)
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Celadon, K. L. (2014). Knowledge Integration and Open Innovation in the Brazilian Cosmetics Industry. Journal of Technology Management and Innovation, 9(3), 34-50. https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-27242014000300003

© Universidad Alberto Hurtado, Facultad de Economía y Negocios. This article is based on a thesis that examined open innovation in the Brazilian cosmetics sector and its relationship with knowledge integration, comparing less open and more open firms... Read More about Knowledge Integration and Open Innovation in the Brazilian Cosmetics Industry.

Investigation of the mixed-mode delamination in polymer-matrix composites using acoustic emission technique (2014)
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Fotouhi, M., & Ahmadi Najafabadi, M. (2014). Investigation of the mixed-mode delamination in polymer-matrix composites using acoustic emission technique. Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, 33(19), 1767-1782. https://doi.org/10.1177/0731684414544391

© The Author(s) 2014 Reprints and permissions: sagepub.co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav. This paper is a novel application of acoustic emission (AE) technique to investigate the actual occurring modes of delamination damage (i.e. mode I, mode II and the... Read More about Investigation of the mixed-mode delamination in polymer-matrix composites using acoustic emission technique.

Damage Classification of Sandwich Composites Using Acoustic Emission Technique and k-means Genetic Algorithm (2014)
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Pashmforoush, F., Khamedi, R., Fotouhi, M., Hajikhani, M., & Ahmadi, M. (2014). Damage Classification of Sandwich Composites Using Acoustic Emission Technique and k-means Genetic Algorithm. Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation, 33(4), 481-492. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10921-014-0243-y

© 2014, Springer Science+Business Media New York. In this study acoustic emission (AE) technique was used for monitoring mode I delamination test of sandwich composites. Since, during mode I delamination test various damage mechanisms appear, their c... Read More about Damage Classification of Sandwich Composites Using Acoustic Emission Technique and k-means Genetic Algorithm.

The Canadian contribution to the otolaryngology literature: A five year bibliometric analysis (2014)
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Nunez, D. A., Lin, J. R., Gurberg, J., Akbari, E., & White, P. (2014). The Canadian contribution to the otolaryngology literature: A five year bibliometric analysis. Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 43(November), https://doi.org/10.1186/s40463-014-0047-1

© 2014 Gurberg et al. Objectives: To assess the 2008-2012 Canadian contribution to the Otolaryngology literature. Methods: All articles published from January 2008 - December 2012 in 5 Otolaryngology journals were reviewed. Nationality, number of aut... Read More about The Canadian contribution to the otolaryngology literature: A five year bibliometric analysis.

The distributed co-evolution of an on-board simulator and controller for swarm robot behaviours (2014)
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O'Dowd, P., Studley, M., & Winfield, A. F. (2014). The distributed co-evolution of an on-board simulator and controller for swarm robot behaviours. Evolutionary Intelligence, 7(2), 95-106. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12065-014-0112-8

We investigate the reality gap, specifically the environmental correspondence of an on-board simulator. We describe a novel distributed co-evolutionary approach to improve the transference of controllers that co-evolve with an on-board simulator. A n... Read More about The distributed co-evolution of an on-board simulator and controller for swarm robot behaviours.

Trail laying during tandem-running recruitment in the ant Temnothorax albipennis (2014)
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Basari, N., Laird-Hopkins, B. C., Sendova-Franks, A. B., & Franks, N. R. (2014). Trail laying during tandem-running recruitment in the ant Temnothorax albipennis. Naturwissenschaften, 101(7), 549-556. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00114-014-1191-1

Tandem running is a recruitment strategy whereby one ant leads a single naïve nest mate to a resource. While tandem running progresses towards the goal, the leader ant and the follower ant maintain contact mainly by tactile signals. In this paper, we... Read More about Trail laying during tandem-running recruitment in the ant Temnothorax albipennis.

Modelling conjugate flow and heat transfer in a ventilated room for indoor thermal comfort assessment (2014)
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Horikiri, K., Yao, Y., & Yao, J. (2014). Modelling conjugate flow and heat transfer in a ventilated room for indoor thermal comfort assessment. Building and Environment, 77, 135-147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.03.027

Conjugate natural and forced convection heat transfers in a domestic model room of finite-thickness walls and a heat source have been numerically studied. A 2-D non-ventilated square model room with a heat source is investigated at first for conditio... Read More about Modelling conjugate flow and heat transfer in a ventilated room for indoor thermal comfort assessment.

Effect of mental challenge induced by movie clips on action potential duration in normal human subjects independent of heart rate (2014)
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Child, N., Hanson, B., Bishop, M., Rinaldi, C. A., Bostock, J., Western, D., …Taggart, P. (2014). Effect of mental challenge induced by movie clips on action potential duration in normal human subjects independent of heart rate. Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, 7(3), 518-523. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCEP.113.000909

Background-Mental stress and emotion have long been associated with ventricular arrhythmias and sudden death in animal models and humans. The effect of mental challenge on ventricular action potential duration (APD) in conscious healthy humans has no... Read More about Effect of mental challenge induced by movie clips on action potential duration in normal human subjects independent of heart rate.

Blending moving least squares techniques with NURBS basis functions for nonlinear isogeometric analysis (2014)
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Cardoso, R. P., & Cesar De Sa, J. M. (2014). Blending moving least squares techniques with NURBS basis functions for nonlinear isogeometric analysis. Computational Mechanics, 53(6), 1327-1340. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00466-014-0977-5

IsoGeometric Analysis (IGA) is increasing its popularity as a new numerical tool for the analysis of structures. IGA provides: (i) the possibility of using higher order polynomials for the basis functions; (ii) the smoothness for contact analysis; (i... Read More about Blending moving least squares techniques with NURBS basis functions for nonlinear isogeometric analysis.

Nasogastric tube depth: The 'NEX' guideline is incorrect (2014)
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Taylor, S. J., Allan, K., McWilliam, H., & Toher, D. (2014). Nasogastric tube depth: The 'NEX' guideline is incorrect. British Journal of Nursing, 23(12), 641-644. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2014.23.12.641

© 2014 MA Healthcare Ltd. Misplacing 17-23% of nasogastric (NG) tubes above the stomach (Rollins et al, 2012; Rayner, 2013) represents a serious risk in terms of aspiration, further invasive (tube) procedures, irradiation from failed X-ray confirmati... Read More about Nasogastric tube depth: The 'NEX' guideline is incorrect.

Operative time and outcome of enhanced recovery after surgery after laparoscopic colorectal surgery (2014)
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Harrison, O. J., Smart, N. J., White, P., Brigic, A., Carlisle, E. R., Allison, A. S., …Francis, N. K. (2014). Operative time and outcome of enhanced recovery after surgery after laparoscopic colorectal surgery. Journal- Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, 18(2), 265-272. https://doi.org/10.4293/108680813X13753907291918

Background and Objectives: Combining laparoscopy and enhanced recovery provides benefit to short-term outcomes after colorectal surgery. Advances in training and techniques have allowed surgeons to operate on cases that are technically challenging an... Read More about Operative time and outcome of enhanced recovery after surgery after laparoscopic colorectal surgery.

The effect of corrugated skins on aerodynamic performance (2014)
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Friswell, M. I., Xia, Y., & Bilgen, O. (2014). The effect of corrugated skins on aerodynamic performance. Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, 25(7), 786-794. https://doi.org/10.1177/1045389X14521874

Corrugated skins provide a good solution to morphing wings due to their highly anisotropic behavior. If the low stiffness corrugation plane is aligned in the chordwise direction, the airfoil shape change is possible. In contrast to the traditional sm... Read More about The effect of corrugated skins on aerodynamic performance.

Confirming nasogastric tube position with electromagnetic tracking versus pH or X-ray and tube radio-opacity (2014)
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Taylor, S., Allan, K., McWilliam, H., Manara, A., Brown, J., Toher, D., & Rayner, W. (2014). Confirming nasogastric tube position with electromagnetic tracking versus pH or X-ray and tube radio-opacity. British Journal of Nursing, 23(7), 352-358. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2014.23.7.352

Recent evidence suggests official statistics greatly underestimate the occurrence of complications from misplaced nasogastric (NG) tubes, even when detected. Current methods of confirming tube position do not provide adequate protection from misplace... Read More about Confirming nasogastric tube position with electromagnetic tracking versus pH or X-ray and tube radio-opacity.

Designing and evaluating a social gaze-control system for a humanoid robot (2014)
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Zaraki, A., Mazzei, D., Giuliani, M., & De Rossi, D. (2014). Designing and evaluating a social gaze-control system for a humanoid robot. IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems, 44(2), 157-168. https://doi.org/10.1109/THMS.2014.2303083

This paper describes a context-dependent social gaze-control system implemented as part of a humanoid social robot. The system enables the robot to direct its gaze at multiple humans who are interacting with each other and with the robot. The attenti... Read More about Designing and evaluating a social gaze-control system for a humanoid robot.

Sliding mode control with self-turning law for uncertain nonlinear systems with time-delay and external disturbances (2014)
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Zhen, R., Chen, J., Wu, X., Zhu, Q., Nouri, H., Wu, X., & Zhang, J. (2014). Sliding mode control with self-turning law for uncertain nonlinear systems with time-delay and external disturbances. Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, 452, 159-169. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36385-6_8

This study proposes a novel sliding mode control with self-turning law for nonlinear systems with time-delay and external disturbances possessing uncertain parameters. The adjustable control gain and a bipolar sigmoid function are online tuned to for... Read More about Sliding mode control with self-turning law for uncertain nonlinear systems with time-delay and external disturbances.

Evaluating the effectiveness of a mobile location-based intervention for improving human-computer interaction students' understanding of context for design (2014)
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Alnuaim, A., Caleb-Solly, P., & Perry, C. (2014). Evaluating the effectiveness of a mobile location-based intervention for improving human-computer interaction students' understanding of context for design. International Journal of Mobile Human Computer Interaction, 6(3), 16-31. https://doi.org/10.4018/ijmhci.2014070102

Copyright © 2014, IGI Global. With the ubiquity of interactive computer-based systems, designers are challenged to ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of their designs for a variety of different environments and user activities. To achieve this,... Read More about Evaluating the effectiveness of a mobile location-based intervention for improving human-computer interaction students' understanding of context for design.

Effect of forming conditions on mechanical properties of rheoformed thin plates with microchannels using electromagnetic stirring (2014)
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Jang, C. H., Jin, C. K., Bolouri, A., & Kang, C. G. (2014). Effect of forming conditions on mechanical properties of rheoformed thin plates with microchannels using electromagnetic stirring. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture, 228(3), 399-412. https://doi.org/10.1177/0954405413496403

Rheoforming is a near net-shape manufacturing technology for fabricating components from light alloys in their semisolid states with improved mechanical properties. In this work, a feasibility study on the fabrication of Silafont 36 aluminum thin pla... Read More about Effect of forming conditions on mechanical properties of rheoformed thin plates with microchannels using electromagnetic stirring.

Non-existence of local solutions of semilinear heat equations of Osgood type in bounded domains (2014)
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Laister, R., Robinson, J. C., & Sierzega, M. (2014). Non-existence of local solutions of semilinear heat equations of Osgood type in bounded domains. Comptes Rendus Mathématique, 352(7-8), 621-626. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crma.2014.05.010

We establish a local non-existence result for the equation ut-δu=f(u) with Dirichlet boundary conditions on a smooth bounded domain Ω⊂Rn and initial data in Lq(Ω) when the source term f is non-decreasing and limsups→∞s-γf(s)=∞ for some exponent γ>q(1... Read More about Non-existence of local solutions of semilinear heat equations of Osgood type in bounded domains.

Design, analysis and implementation of real-time harmonics elimination: A generalised approach (2014)
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Makhlouf, B., Bouchhida, O., & Nibouche, M. (2014). Design, analysis and implementation of real-time harmonics elimination: A generalised approach. IET Power Electronics, 7(9), 2424-2436. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-pel.2013.0687

© The Institution of Engineering and Technology 2014. It is not a secret that the problem of harmonics and switching frequency can have a dreadful impact on switching power converters. To counter this problem, a variety of methods have been developed... Read More about Design, analysis and implementation of real-time harmonics elimination: A generalised approach.