Fishbone-shaped dikes are always built on the soft soil submerged in water, and foundation settlement plays a key role stability of these dikes. In this paper, novel simple approach was proposed to predict fishbone by using extreme learning machine. The machine is single-hidden-layer feedforward network with high regression classification prediction accuracy. data-driven models were based small...

Meckel's diverticulitis or Meckel's associated pathology frequently presents in childhood with gastrointestinal bleeding. It is rarely seen in adults. It is a congenital abnormality that commonly goes undetected. We present a case of a perforated Meckel's diverticulum due to fishbone ingestion in an elderly gentleman. The aim of this case report is to highlight the rare presentation of a perfor...

In the design of chemical/energy production systems, a major challenge is to identify the bottleneck issues and improve its sustainability effectively. Due to the multi-dimensional feature of sustainability, how to account for the impacts of various design factors and the cause-and-effect relationships can be very difficult. This paper will present a sustainability root cause analysis method ba...

To err is human. Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) are often not followed and lead to adverse outcomes. The issue on implementation of CPG is complex. A review of CPG implementation is done to identify the barriers and enablers. For the first time, a fishbone diagram is used to delineate the root-causes. And Haddon matrix is applied to help understand the complexity of evidence-based implemen...

A V-band CMOS-MEMS switchable phase shifter based on reflection-type topology is presented in this work. Phase shifter is simulated by using CMOS process. Three discrete phase states are achieved at 65GHz by using Bi-directional fishbone actuators. The measured insertion is very less and the return loss is also better than 14 dB over the 55-65GHz frequency range. It demonstrates a great potenti...

Carbon nanofibres of the fishbone and parallel type were surface-oxidised by several methods. The untreated and oxidised fibres were studied with infrared spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis and XPS. Oxidation in a mixture of concentrated nitric and sulfuric acid turned out to be the most effective method for creating oxygen-containing surface groups. This treatment results not only in the...

A novel fishbone-shape parallel-plate-based capacitor with high tunability and linear C-V response is presented. The electrodes consist of a set of lateral cantilever beams of different lengths, attached to a longitudinal fixed-fixed beam. An insulating layer prevents contact between the electrodes. When a DC voltage is applied, the longitudinal and lateral beams undergo out-of-plane deformatio...

We propose a plasmo-thermomechanical mid-infrared detector operating at 4.3 μm wavelength. The design utilizes an array of the bimetallic fishbone nanowires that are suspended 50 nm above a 1.5 μm × 0.3 μm silicon nitride waveguide to create a leaky wave radiation. Moreover, the thermo-mechanically actuated nanowire will induce evanescent wave modulation that can be detected by the leaky wave o...