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Chapter and Conference Paper
Automatic Guidance of Agricultural Vehicles Based on Global Positioning System
The need for automatic guidance of farm vehicles has been recognized for a considerable time. Automatic guidance of agricultural vehicles must have some effective method for determining their position in the w...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Fuzzy Integral Method of Applying Support Vector Machine for Multi-class Problem
This paper proposed a novel method of applying support vector machine for multi-class problem based on fuzzy integral. Firstly, the fuzzy measure of each binary classifier is constructed based on its classific...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Clustered Routing Protocol with Distributed Intrusion Detection for Wireless Sensor Networks
Clustered routing protocols in wireless sensor networks (WSN) provide significant advantages in energy saving and data preprocessing. However, the communication greatly depends on cluster heads, which leads to...
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Optimized triangulation algorithm in terrain modeling
3D reconstruction of terrain model based on digital line graphics (DLG) is discussed. An auto-coupling triangles algorithm based on triangle topological relationship is put forward, and the topological data mo...
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A new method of moving object detection and shadow removing
This paper presents an adaptive method of objects and shadows detection in video streams. Models of background are firstly set up and adaptively updated in Hue Saturation Intensity (HSI) color space to detect ...
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Tensile, impact and dielectric properties of three dimensional orthogonal aramid/glass fiber hybrid composites
Aramid/glass hybrid composites with three different stacking sequences and their corresponding single fiber type composites have been fabricated and their tensile, impact and dielectric properties were investi...
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Composite Fibrin Scaffolds Increase Mechanical Strength and Preserve Contractility of Tissue Engineered Blood Vessels
We recently demonstrated that fibrin-based tissue engineered blood vessels (TEV) exhibited vascular reactivity, matrix remodeling and sufficient strength for implantation into the veins of an ovine animal mode...
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Up-Regulation of Epithelial Membrane Protein-1 in the Temporal Neocortex of Patients with Intractable Epilepsy
Epithelial membrane protein-1 (EMP-1), called Tumor-associated membrane protein, is the marker of a drug-resistant tumor and take part in the drug-resistant mechanism of tumor, with the relationship of epiderm...
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Fabrication of semiconductor nanowires by conjugation of quantum dots to actin filaments
We demonstrate the feasibility of fabrication of semiconducting nanowires (quantum dots) using F-actin as a template. Three different approaches of assembling quantum dots into nanowires are described. The nan...
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How China responded to the May 2008 earthquake during the emergency and rescue period
This article describes the overall damage caused by the May 2008 earthquake in Beichuan County of Sichuan Province in China and the response over the initial three-month ‘Emergency Response and Rescue Period’ ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A PSO-Based Algorithm for Gateway Placement in Wireless Mesh Networks
In a wireless mesh network (WMN), the optimal placement of gateways is important to the network performance. In this paper, we propose a particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm PSO-LBPG to get the optimal ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Short-Term Power Load Forecasting by Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Logic System
Power load forecasting is very important in power industry, which can ensure power network runs safely and economically. A novel method for forecasting power load based on interval type-2 fuzzy logic system is...
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Open AccessEffect of Nb Microalloying and Hot Rolling on Microstructure and Properties of Ultrathin Cast Strip Steels Produced by the CASTRIP® Process
The microstructure and corresponding tensile properties of both plain and Nb-microalloyed grades of ultrathin cast strip (UCS) low alloy steel produced using the CASTRIP® process were studied. Both as-cast and ho...
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Ethnicity and Cardiovascular Risk Factors Among Asian Americans Residing in Michigan
Asian Americans are at least 4% of the US population, but there are very few studies about the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors among this group. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of d...
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Measuring Tumor Aggressiveness and Targeting Metastatic Lesions with Fluorescent pHLIP
Malignant cancer foci develop acidic extracellular environments. Mild acidic conditions trigger insertion and folding of the pH (low) insertion peptide (pHLIPTM) across a cellular membrane, enabling targeting of ...
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Effect of Wire Space and Weaving Pattern on Performance of Microstrip Antennas Integrated in the Three Dimensional Orthogonal Woven Composites
A conformal load-bearing antenna structure (CLAS) combines the antenna into a composite structure such that it can carry the designed load while functioning as an antenna. Novel microstrip antennas woven into ...
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Open AccessDevelopment and validation of a chromatographic method for determining Clematichinenoside AR and related impurities
Clematichinenoside AR is a promising lead compound for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. A systematic research for the related impurities in AR bulk samples is still lacking. For the safe use of this natu...
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Risk assessment for sustainable food security in China according to integrated food security—taking Dongting Lake area for example
Integrated food security covers three aspects: food quantity security, food quality security, and sustainable food security. Because sustainable food security requires that food security must be compatible wit...
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Open AccessGlobal informetric perspective studies on translational medical research
Translational medical research literature has increased rapidly in the last few decades and played a more and more important role during the development of medicine science. The main aim of this study is to ev...
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Open AccessEffect of Weaving Direction of Conductive Yarns on Electromagnetic Performance of 3D Integrated Microstrip Antenna
A three-dimensionally integrated microstrip antenna (3DIMA) is a microstrip antenna woven into the three-dimensional woven composite for load bearing while functioning as an antenna. In this study, the effect ...
