Three hexagonal patch antennas are designed for circular polarization and experimentally validated. These antennas are labeled; simple hexagonal patch, hexagonal patch with slotted ground and hexagonal patch with parasitic element. The measured impedance bandwidths of the three antennas are 2% for the simple patch, 5.2% for the patch with slotted ground and 6.35% for the antenna with parasitic ...

This research investigated the use of the User Engagement Scale (UES) as a psychometric tool to measure engagement during video game-play. Exploratory factor analysis revealed four factors (Focused Attention, Perceived Usability, Aesthetics, and Satisfaction) as compared to the six found in the original development of the UES. In the context of video game-play, a revised UES (UESz) demonstrated...

In previous papers [L.A. Foreman, J.A. Lambert, I.W. Evett, Regional genetic variation in Caucasians, Forensic Sci. Int. 95 (1998) 27-37; L.A. Foreman, Analyses to investigate appropriate measures of differentiation between European Caucasian populations using short tandem repeat (STR) data, FSS Research Report FSS-RR-804 (1999)], we have carried out detailed investigations of the level of regi...

To determine the role of Ca signaling in activation of the Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase (MAPK) pathway, we subjected MC3T3-E1 pre-osteoblastic cells to inhibitors of Ca signaling during application of fluid shear stress (FSS). FSS only activated ERK1/2, rapidly inducing phosphorylation within 5 minutes of the onset of shear. Phosphorylation of ERK1/2 (pERK1/2) was significantly reduced when...

UNLABELLED We report on a 3-year-old boy with the full phenotypic features of Freeman Sheldon syndrome (FSS). Severe skew foot deformity has been recognized as additional skeletal abnormality. Parents were first degree cousins, raising the possibility of autosomal recessive pattern of inheritance. To the best of our knowledge this is the first report of severe skew foot deformity in a patient w...

Soft Computing technologies are the main topics of this book. This chapter provides the basic knowledge of fuzzy systems (FSs), neural networks (NNs), and genetic algorithms (GAs). Readers who have already studied these technologies may skip the appropriate sections. To understand the functions of FSs, NNs, and GAs, one needs to imagine a multi-dimensional input–output space or searching space....

In this paper, a novel method to design Quad-band stop frequency selective surface (FSS) is proposed shield medical/non-medical devices from electromagnetic radiation of wifi/Bluetooth, GPS,1G, 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G frequencies. The device can also be used in security surveillance protect them attack. FSS unit cell consists convoluted structures on FR4 substrate. study was performed by designing in...

The main attribution of this paper is to propose two methods to construct entropy of interval valued fuzzy sets (IVFSs). First, we use an IVFS to construct two FSs and define entropy by similarity measure of the two FSs; then we use an IVFS to construct two IVFSs and also define entropy by similarity measure of the two IVFSs. At the same time, we give two examples to show that our methods are e...

Abstract Background and Aims Podocyte-glomerular basement membrane (GBM) interaction is the main component to maintain glomerular filtration barrier. Interestingly, podocyte-GBM not static, but dynamic according various podocyte conditions. Thus, we hypothesized that would be changed under stress conditions such as fluid shear (FSS). Here, aim explore change of specific integrin (Itg αVβ3), fib...