purpose: this study aimed to investigate the status of the open access policies of highly-ranked digital repositories in the world’s universities by identifying the policies regarding the components of submission, content, data, meta-data, preservation, and access. methodology: this survey was descriptive-analytical. data was collected by administrating a researcher-made questionnaire completed...

Cell mechanical stretching in vitro is a fundamental technique commonly used in cardiovascular mechanobiology research. Accordingly, it is crucial to measure the accurate strain field of cell substrate under different strains. Digital image correlation (DIC) is a widely used measurement technique, which is able to obtain the accurate displacement and strain distribution. However, the traditiona...

The purpose of this research is to develop a theory that helps produce accurate data integration output given multiple, overlapping, inaccurate sources. At present, the theoretical foundations of solutions that center on source selection and conflict resolution with a similar goal are limited. This paper introduces a new solution approach and theory that center on notions of complementarity, ba...

Objectives: An efficient, safe, affordable and easily accessible measuring instrument for quantitative assessment of bone prior to dental implant placement enables more accurate treatment planning. Costly imaging modalities are neither widely available, nor affordable for some patients. This study sought to assess the efficacy of a newly designed digital bone gauge for measurement of bone width...

An adaptive digital algorithm is described for acquiring and correcting the errors of the feedback DAC used in a multibit ADC. The method is highly accurate, and is particularly useful for wideband ADCs, where mismatch error shaping becomes ineffective.