Response surface methodology with Box–Benhken (BB) design of experiment approach has been utilized to study the mechanism of interface slip damping in layered and jointed tack welded beams with varying surface roughness. The design utilizes the initial amplitude of excitation, tack length and surface roughness at the interfaces to develop the model for the logarithmic damping decrement of the l...

Floating-Gate Memory In article number 2105472, Young-Jun Yu and co-workers systematically design demonstrate multiple bits on non-volatile memory based vdW heterostructure floating-gate (FGM) by tuning the dimensions of 2D materials. A fingerprint mechanism is established that links bit crystals heterostructures. This approach could enable precise generation desired in layered-material-based F...

In this paper, we proposed a Parallel-Layered Belief-Propagation (PLBP) algorithm first, which makes a breakthrough in utilizing the layered decoding algorithm on the “non-layered” quasi-cyclic (QC) LDPC codes, whose column weights are higher than one within layers. Our proposed PLBP algorithm not only achieves a better error performance, but also requires almost 50% less iterations, compared w...

Information on the web is growing exponentially. The unprecedented growth of available information coupled with the vast number of available online activities. It has introduced a new wrinkle to the problem of web search. It is difficult to retrieve relevant information. In this context search engines have become a valuable tool for users to retrieve relevant information. Finding relevant infor...

Layered learning is a hierarchical machine learning paradigm that enables learning of complex behaviors by incrementally learning a series of sub-behaviors. A key feature of layered learning is that higher layers directly depend on the learned lower layers. In its original formulation, lower layers were frozen prior to learning higher layers. This paper considers an extension to the paradigm th...

Recent work on constrained graph layout has involved projection of simple two-variable linear equality and inequality constraints in the context of majorization or gradient-projection based optimization. While useful classes of containment, alignment and rectangular non-overlap constraints could be built using this framework, a severe limitation was that the layout used an axis-separation appro...

backgrand: cotinine (cot) is a major degradation product of nicotine (nic). the participation of leptin in female reproduction is well-established, but any role in male reproductive function is at the best tenuous. objective: the aim of this study was to evaluate the in-vitro effects of nicotine, cotinine and leptin on sperm parameters in normal semen of non-smokers fertile men. materials and m...

In this study, Finite Elements Method was used for the nonlinear analysis of reinforced concrete plates under gradually loading conditions beginning from zero load to failure load. Layered Composite Material Model was used for the modeling of reinforced concrete plates. The principles of this approach is given in “layered composites mechanics” that it was successfully applied for the nonlinear ...

The dynamic fracture behavior of layered architectures is experimentally studied. Specifically, crack penetration, trapping, and branching at an interface are examined. A newly introduced optical technique called Digital Gradient Sensing (DGS) that quantifies elasto-optic effects due to a non-uniform state of stress is extended to perform full-field measurements during the fracture event using ...

This presentation discusses different Zakharenko waves (ZWs) such as the non-dispersive ZWs, dispersive leaky ZWs, slow surface ZWs and ultrasonic surface ZWs, as well as their possible applications. The nondispersive Zakharenko waves can be found in complex systems such as different layered and quantum systems. Existence examples of the non-dispersive Zakharenko waves in both fundamental modes...