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Characterization of Circumference and Internal Pressure of a Penis by Using Stretchable Capacitive Sensors and a Penis Dummy for Diagnosing Erectile Dysfunction
An erection is a common phenomenon for a healthy man. If a man has difficulty achieving an erection, the fast and accurate diagnosis of the erectile dysfunction is needed to assure quality of life. An erection...
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Open AccessA novel diagnostic method based on filter bank theory for fast and accurate detection of thermoacoustic instability
This study proposes and analyzes a novel methodology that can effectively detect multi-mode combustion instability (CI) in a gas turbine combustor. The experiment is conducted in a model gas turbine combustor,...
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Development of Particle Flow-Based Inflatable Robot Body for Shape Rigidity Modulation
Disaster robots are needed to perform various tasks through narrow gaps between building debris to be used for rescue. A soft material-based disaster robot can have easy access to the rescue site through the n...
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Open AccessNature-inspired rollable electronics
Inspired by the rolling mechanism of the proboscis of a butterfly, rollable electronics that can be rolled and unrolled to a great extent on demand are developed. Generally, electronic devices that are attache...
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Shock Absorber Mechanism Based on an SMA Spring for Lightweight Exoskeleton Applications
Wearable exoskeletons have generally been designed to enhance user strength or to reduce user fatigue. Two areas that have often been overlooked are that exoskeletons should increase user safety and have incre...
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Mechanism of bone-conducted hearing: mathematical approach
For better understanding of bone-conducted (BC) hearing, a mechanical BC model is formulated using the Wentzel–Kramers–Brillouin (WKB) method. The BC hearing can be generally described by three main mechanisms...
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UV-LEDs for the Disinfection and Bio-Sensing Applications
UV-LEDs are used to generate ultraviolet (UV) light with high wall-plug efficiency. UV-LEDs have a unique character of generating a relatively narrow monochromatic UV wavelength band which makes them different...
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Open AccessSimulation of the power transmission of bone-conducted sound in a finite-element model of the human head
Bone conduction (BC) sound is the perception of sound transmitted in the skull bones and surrounding tissues. To better understand BC sound perception and the interaction with surrounding tissues, the power tr...
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Inertial Bone Conduction: Symmetric and Anti-Symmetric Components
Of the two pathways through which we hear, air conduction (AC) and bone conduction (BC), the fundamental mechanisms of the BC pathway remain poorly understood, despite their clinical significance. A finite ele...
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Congenital thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura associated with unilateral moyamoya disease
Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is a thrombotic microangiopathy disorder associated with congenital or acquired deficiency of the von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease, ADAMTS13. The central nervou...
