In order to achieve a smooth surface while rendering a triangle-based mesh, we need to eliminate the mismatch between the smoothness of the shading and the non-smoothness of the geometry that is particularly visible at silhouettes. To eliminate these artifacts, we substitute the geometry of a cubic triangular Bézier curved patch for a triangular flat geometry. Meanwhile a subdivision algorithm ...

The effect of stance width on postural responses to 12 different directions of surface translations was examined. Postural responses were characterized by recording 11 lower limb and trunk muscles, body kinematics, and forces exerted under each foot of 7 healthy subjects while they were subjected to horizontal surface translations in 12 different, randomly presented directions. A quasi-static a...

In this study, a radiation pattern reconfigurable microstrip antenna is designed and fabricated. The antenna’s radiation pattern is directed in 9 different angles by employing a radiating patch and embedding complementary split ring resonators (CSRR) on the ground plane. The radiating patch is of circular shape, while for CSRR elements both circular and rectangular shapes are investigated. The ...

Patch-based de-noising algorithms and patch manifold smoothing have emerged as efficient de-noising methods. This paper provides a new insight on these methods, such as the Non Local Means [1] or the image graph de-noising [8], by showing its use for filtering a selected pattern. K ̄ eywords: NL-Means, diffusion processes, diffusion geometry, graph filtering, patch manifold.

Recent developments in the area of smart structures indicate that variable geometry / stiffness truss network is of fundamental importance in designing smart transformable structures and systems for space applications. This paper presents the conceptual design and dynamic modeling of a cooperative re-configurabel dual-arm robotic structure called Dual-Arm Cam-Lock Manipulator. The Manipulator i...

Let the patch of a partner in a protein complex be the collection of atoms accounting for the interaction. To improve our understanding of the structure-function relationship, we present a patch model decoupling the topological and geometric properties. While the geometry is classically encoded by the atomic positions, the topology is recorded in a graph encoding the relative position of concen...

Local Area Augmentation System (LAAS) based on multiconstellation GNSS can provide improved accuracy, availability and integrity needed to support all weather category II and III precision approach landing of aircraft. In order to receive satellite signals of GNSS, an antenna working over wide frequency band and high phase center stability is preferred. Commonly used antennas like crossed dipol...

Abstract A series of uniaxial compression tests were conducted on unfilled or filled marble specimens with a parallel flaw pair to study the effect geometry and infilling crack coalescence pattern. Special attention was paid initiation, propagation, processes, which traced by CCD camera digital image correlation (DIC) technique. The experimental results have shown that appearance white patch st...

: Our case was a 70-year-old male with past history of coronary artery bypass graft surgery and true aneurysmectomy seven years ago who presented chest pain dyspnea. Echocardiography demonstrated scarred aneurysmal apex (6.15 cm × 2.19 cm) small rupture just at most protruding part it, to from flow across this site resulted in slow oozing blood into pericardial sac mobile clot apex, formation e...