In this paper, a minimum and near-minimum time optimal control laws are developed and compared for a rigid space platform with flexible links during an orientating maneuver with large angle of rotation. The control commands are considered as typical bang-bang with multiple symmetrical switches, the time optimal control solution for the rigid-body mode is obtained as a bang-bang function and app...

Magnetic nanoparticles attracted a great deal of attention in the medical applications due to their unique properties. The most exceptional property of magnetic particles is their response to a magnetic force, and this property has been utilized in applications such as drug targeting, bioseparation, contrast agents in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and heating mediators for cancer therapy. In...

Degradation is a major problem for the particle filter algorithm. Although the conventional resampling method can solve the degradation problem, it will make the particles lose diversity. In this paper, we proposed a weights selected particle filter (WSPF) algorithm for adaptive multi-user detection (MUD) in synchronous code division multiple access (CDMA) system. This algorithm assumes the num...

BACKGROUND Advances in nebulizer design have produced both ultrasonic nebulizers and devices based on a vibrating mesh (vibrating mesh nebulizers), which are expected to enhance the efficiency of aerosol drug therapy. The aim of this study was to compare 4 different nebulizers, of 3 different types, in an in vitro model using albuterol delivery and physical characteristics as benchmarks. METH...

Continuous vibrating spatial particle ALD reactors were developed to achieve high powder throughput while minimizing reactor footprint. Unlike fluidized bed reactors, continuous operate below fluidization, using linear vibration convey particles through alternating regions of precursor gas. Fine convection in these is still not well understood, so cohesive discrete-element-method (DEM) simulati...