INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES Ventricular dynamic afterload depends on arterial viscoelastic and geometric properties. Vasoactive factors produced in the adventitia modulate arterial tone. However, it is still not known whether the adventitia is involved in determining the magnitude of the dynamic afterload. The aim of this study was to investigate the role played by the adventitia, via smooth mu...

Objectives: While it has been suggested that resistance training may have a beneficial effect on psychological health in young people, evidence supporting this assertion is limited. The primary aim of this study was to explore the effect of free weights and elastic tubing resistance training on physical selfperception in adolescents. Design: Randomized controlled trial. Method: Participants (N1...

This paper proposed a design scheme of wide band monopulse antenna system for the passive radar seeker (PRS) of anti-radiation missile (ARM). To save the installation space of the PRS, the conical conformal log periodic antennas (LPDA) are employed to form the monopulse antenna system. The specific implementation scheme of PRS based on the conically conformal monopulse antennas was designed and...

A short review of current methods for damage detection and failure prevention in complex machinery is first presented. Two main classes are identified: (a) detailed inspection through machinery strip-down and minute examination with a variety of scanning methods, and (b) in-situ health monitoring using passive and active sensors. The emergence of new in-situ sensor techniques based on the activ...

In an oscillatory flow, the resistance to flow, more appropriately defined as the impedance to flow, is a function of oscillating frequency, which refers to the harmonic composition of the driving pressure wave. Flow in an elastic tube may be resisted in numerous ways such as the fluid viscosity, fluid inertia and tube elasticity. The concept of impedance arises in the dynamics of the Resistanc...

This paper presents the modular design and control of a novel variable impedance compact compliant wearable ankle robot (powered Ankle-Foot Orthosis, AFO) for overground gait rehabilitation and assistance mainly for stroke patients. Design of AFO, its construction, kinematics, working principle, actuation, control etc. are described. A novel variable impedance compact compliant series elastic a...

The human-robot interaction has played an important role in rehabilitation robotics and impedance control has been used in the regulation of interaction forces between the robot actuator and human limbs. Series elastic actuators (SEAs) have been an efficient solution in the design of this kind of robotic application. Standard implementations of impedance control with SEAs require an internal fo...

The nanoindentation experiment was carried out to estimate nanomechanical characteristics of polycarbonate polymer films. Hardness, effective elastic modulus and contact stress–strain rate curve were obtained. The results showed that the effective elastic modulus and the hardness decreased as the applied load was increased. As the hold time was increased, the effective elastic modulus and the h...

Evaluating any subsurface CO2 storage site comprises the reservoir, seal, and overburden investigation to mitigate injection storage-related complications. The Upper-Middle Jurassic Sognefjord, Fensfjord, Krossfjord formation sandstones are potential reservoirs at Smeaheia area, northern North Sea. area is located east of Troll oil gas field. Upper organic-rich Heather Draupne Formation shales ...

Impedance matrices are obtained for radially inhomogeneous structures using the Stroh-like system of six first-order differential equations for the time-harmonic displacement-traction 6-vector. Particular attention is paid to the newly identified solid-cylinder impedance matrix Z(r) appropriate to cylinders with material at r = 0, and its limiting value at that point, the solid-cylinder impedan...