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Flexible DPPT-TT/PEO Fiber-Exploiting Electro-optical Synaptic Transistor for Artificial Withdrawal Reflex Arc
An artificial withdrawal reflex arc that can realize neuromorphic tactile perception, neural coding, information processing, and real-time responses was fabricated at the device level without dependence on alg...
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Comparison of corncob-derived solid acids and evaluation of catalytic cellulose hydrolysis performance in LiBr
In order to enhance the valorization of corncob, corncob-based solid acid catalysts were prepared via the method of partial carbonization followed by sulfonation. The prepared acid catalysts were either derive...
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Open AccessAn artificially-intelligent cornea with tactile sensation enables sensory expansion and interaction
We demonstrate an artificially-intelligent cornea that can assume the functions of the native human cornea such as protection, tactile perception, and light refraction, and possesses sensory expansion and inte...
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Facile strategy for carbon foam fabrication with lignin as sole feedstock and its applications
This research is a follow-up to our recent discovery of a facile strategy for directly converting lignin powder into carbon foam. In this work, we report that the thermal pretreatment parameters in air can rem...
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On-Ramp Merging for Highway Autonomous Driving: An Application of a New Safety Indicator in Deep Reinforcement Learning
This paper proposes an improved decision-making method based on deep reinforcement learning to address on-ramp merging challenges in highway autonomous driving. A novel safety indicator, time difference to mer...
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An Improved SoC Balancing Strategy for Battery Energy Storage System in All-Electric Propulsion Ships Current Sharing Effect
A dynamic state of charge (SoC) balancing strategy for parallel battery energy storage units (BESUs) based on dynamic adjustment factor is proposed under the hierarchical control framework of all-electric prop...
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Open AccessDepth Estimation Based on Monocular Camera Sensors in Autonomous Vehicles: A Self-supervised Learning Approach
Estimating depth from images captured by camera sensors is crucial for the advancement of autonomous driving technologies and has gained significant attention in recent years. However, most previous methods re...
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Open AccessMammalian-brain-inspired neuromorphic motion-cognition nerve achieves cross-modal perceptual enhancement
Perceptual enhancement of neural and behavioral response due to combinations of multisensory stimuli are found in many animal species across different sensory modalities. By mimicking the multisensory integrat...
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Use of Oculomotor Behavior to Classify Children with Autism and Typical Development: A Novel Implementation of the Machine Learning Approach
This study segmented the time series of gaze behavior from nineteen children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and 20 children with typical development in a face-to-face conversation. A machine learning appr...
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Characteristics of Visual Fixation in Chinese Children with Autism During Face-to-Face Conversations
Few eye tracking studies have examined how people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) visually attend during live interpersonal interaction, and none with the Chinese population. This study used an eye tracker...
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Design and Development of Wearable Upper Limb Soft Robotics for Load Lifting Task Assistance
Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) pose a significant concern in several industries, especially those involving manual or repetitive tasks. Wearable assistive robotics technology has emerged as a p...
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An Improved Lightweight Network Based on YOLOv5s for Object Detection in Autonomous Driving
Object detection with high accuracy and fast inference speed based on camera sensors is important for autonomous driving. This paper develops a lightweight object detection network based on YOLOv5s which is on...
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Correction to: Random and Short‑Term Excessive Eye Movement in Children with Autism During Face‑to‑Face Conversation
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Random and Short-Term Excessive Eye Movement in Children with Autism During Face-to-Face Conversation
This study investigated the oculomotor performance in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) during a face-to-face conversation. A head mounted eye tracker recorded the eye movements in 20 children with ...
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Identifying Autism with Head Movement Features by Implementing Machine Learning Algorithms
Our study investigated the feasibility of using head movement features to identify individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Children with ASD and typical development (TD) were required to answer ten ye...
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Open AccessML-ANet: A Transfer Learning Approach Using Adaptation Network for Multi-label Image Classification in Autonomous Driving
To reduce the discrepancy between the source and target domains, a new multi-label adaptation network (ML-ANet) based on multiple kernel variants with maximum mean discrepancies is proposed in this paper. The ...
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Uncovering the Structural Defect Effect on Thermal Transport in Carbon Fiber Mat by Thermal Reffusivity Dependence on Temperature
Low-cost carbon fiber based on eco-friendly precursors is very sought. Although much work focuses on the manufacturing process and mechanical properties improvement of lignin-based carbon fiber, the thermal an...
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Deep Reinforcement Learning Enabled Decision-Making for Autonomous Driving at Intersections
Road intersection is one of the most complex and accident-prone traffic scenarios, so it’s challenging for autonomous vehicles (AVs) to make safe and efficient decisions at the intersections. Most of the relat...
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Open AccessAn Efficient Stevia rebaudiana Transformation System and In vitro Enzyme Assays Reveal Novel Insights into UGT76G1 Function
Stevia rebaudiana (Bertoni) is one of a very few plant species that produce zero calorie, sweet compounds known as steviol glycosides (SG). SGs differ in their sweetness and organoleptic properties depending on t...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Preliminary Study on the Assessment of Restrictedness in High Functioning Autism
Restricted and repetitive behavior is one of the two cardinal symptoms of autism, and it might find its root in the neuropsychological trait of “insistence on sameness”. Conceived from the perspective of embod...