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A Boundary-Layer Solution Verified by Buckling of a Rectangular Plate
The so called edge-zone or boundary-layer solutions are widely used in large dediection problems of thin elastic plates [20,35,36] and shells...
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Inclined Girders with End Constraint Subjected to Normal Loads
A two-bar truss subjected to lateral normal distributed loads as shown in Fig. 9.1 represents a double leaf miter-type gate used in navigation locks...
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Algebras with Fuzzy Equalities
The present chapter studies algebras with fuzzy equalities. Briely speaking, an algebra with fuzzy equality is a set equipped with a fuzzy equality...
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Fuzzy Horn Logic
Implications between identities have been widely studied in universal algebra. There are numerous results on implicationally defined classes of...
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Multimedia Communication System for the Blind
A Multimedia communication system for blind users is developed. The system is named MIMIZU and its terminal is composed of a refreshable tactile...
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15 Experimental Analysis of the Proprioceptive and Exteroceptive Sensors of an Underactuated Prosthetic Hand
The development of a prosthetic hand able to replicate as much as possible the gras** and sensory features of the natural hand represents an...
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3 Toward a Human-Friendly User Interface to Control an Assistive Robot in the Context of Smart Homes
The design of robot dedicated to person with disabilities necessitates users implication in all steps of product development: design solution,...
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21 Newly Designed Rehabilitation Robot System for Walking-Aid
The increase in the life span of many elderly people means that there are more demands for aids to support them in normal life [11]. Previous efforts...
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16 Design and Testing of WREX
A passive gravity-balanced, 4 DoF arm orthosis was built for children with arm weakness such as in muscular dystrophy. The orthosis is identically...
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25 Post Stroke Shoulder-Elbow Physiotherapy with Industrial Robots
Robotic motor rehabilitation is a promising approach to rehabilitation of post stroke, traumatic brain injury, and spinal cord injury neuromotor...
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A Dynamic Model of Gene Regulatory Networks Based on Inertia Principle
In molecular biology, functions are produced by a set of macromolecules that interact at different levels. Genes and their products, proteins,...
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6 Dynamic Analysis
A general dynamical system subjected to an external force vector $\vec{f}(t)$...
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10 Equivalent Statistical Linearization
The solution of non-linear vibration problems in terms of probabilistic characteristics of the response is a complex task, since no general methods...
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12 Stability Analysis of Cylindrical Shells with Random Imperfections
As an example of imperfection sensitive structures, the axially compressed cylindrical shell is analyzed in the subsequent sections. Despite of its...
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2 Outline
The monograph is structured as follows: Part I including Chapts. 3–6 reviews briefly the theoretical background of the deterministic methods and...
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17 A Concept for Control of Indoor-Operated Autonomous Wheelchair
The present chapter introduces a navigation algorithm for a wheelchair in semistructured home environment. The user sets the end position and...
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18 Design of an Intelligent Wheelchair for the Motor Disabled
As rehabilitation technologies such as robotics, artificial intelligence, and computer science have been rapidly developed, the dream of overcoming...
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8 Selectable Operating Interfaces of the Meal-Assistance Device “My Spoon”
Eating is a basic need for humans. In fact, it is so basic that most people are not aware of the motions that they use while eating. For some...
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Two Methods for Analysis of Continuum Mechanics of Elastic Structures
There are two basic methods to analyze the continuum elastic structural mechanics: One is by applying Newton’s law of motion to a free body element...
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Vibrations of Inclined Bars with End Constraint
Considered are the vibrations of inclined bars with the bottom end flxed in space and the top end having a constraint which requires that this end...