Developmental endothelial cell locus-1 (Del-1) glycoprotein is secreted by endothelial cells and a subset of macrophages. Del-1 plays a regulatory role in vascular remodeling and functions in innate immunity through interaction with integrin α(V)β(3). Del-1 contains 3 epidermal growth factor (EGF)-like repeats and 2 discoidin-like domains. An Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) motif in the second EGF domain (EG...

The motion planning approach of a multi-fingered robot for carton flap folding operations has been newly developed. This approach considers the loci of the tool center point for carton flap folding operations. Also that considers the pushing or fixing points of the carton flap. This approach is calculated from the rotating angle for carton flap folding and the position of a robot finger tip in ...

We study, analytically and numerically, singularity formation in an interface flow driven by a multipole for a two-dimensional Hele–Shaw cell with surface tension. Our analysis proves that singularity formation is inevitable in the case of a dipole. For a multipole of a higher order, we show that the solution does not tend to any stationary solution as time goes to infinity if its initial cente...

We have demonstrated a personal identification system that is based on near-infrared finger vein patterns. Finger vein patterns of 678 volunteers are acquired by transmitting near-infrared light through a finger and capturing the image with a CCD camera. These vein patterns are enhanced by a background-reduction filter. The similarity between two patterns is then quantified by use of the normal...

This paper presents tip-grasp experiences with a robotic hand with three 1 dof anthropomorphic fingers of human sizes. The last prototype of LARM Hand built at LARM in Cassino is illustrated as a low-cost easy-operation design. Cylindrical-grasp experiences have been previously carried out in order to compare the force measure results with the force results that are measured during the tip-gras...

Touch screens are immensely popular in the modern world. They have reached the pinnacle of their success in mobile phones. Touch screens, along with the Android OS, have completely revolutionized the cell phone and have led to the creation of the smart-phone as we know it today. These touch screens are generally resistive or capacitive. A third type exists, which is the image processing based t...