Independent gear-shifting actuation systems, which are based on linear electromagnetic actuators (LEMAs), have tremendous potential to minimize the shifting duration of automated mechanical transmission (AMT). A velocity estimator based on the measurements of current is designed to achieve sensorless control of the actuator by using only electrical subsystem, thus avoiding the use of a complete...

To avoid inadvertent vertical positioning of the acetabular component during total hip arthroplasty (THA), the authors routinely "cheat" component abduction an additional 10° horizontal (goal=30°). This likely increases the incidence of components placed into abduction of less than 30°, the clinical consequences of which are not well studied. The purpose of this study was to determine the clini...

We address in this article the description and usage of component protocols viewed as specific services. In addition to inter-component service composition, our Kmelia component model supports vertical structuring mechanisms that allow service composition inside a component. The structuring mechanisms (namely state annotation and transition annotation) are then used to describe protocols which ...

Numerical simulations are made for forced turbulence at a sequence of increasing values of Reynolds number Re keeping fixed a strongly stable, volume-mean density stratification. At smaller values of Re, the turbulent velocity is mainly horizontal, and the momentum balance is approximately cyclostrophic and hydrostatic. This is a regime dominated by so-called pancake vortices, with only a weak ...

The additivity assumption relates to the various stereo-disparity components in the vertical and horizontal meridians, each of which is assumed to be independent of the other, with the total disparity in each dimension being the linear sum of the separate components. Information about the position of the eyes provided by the corollary discharge leads to compensatory changes in the lateral genic...

Seamless integration of land-elevation and water-depth information in coastal environments is required in many geospatial applications and decision-making processes. Vertical datum conversion is the central component of the integration process. This study introduces a methodology of vertical datum conversion in Lake Erie, which utilizes the public published models and toolkits developed by Nati...

The paper introduces novel architectures for implementation of fully static master-slave flip-flops for low power, high performance, and high density. Based on the proposed structure, traditional C(2)MOS latch (tristate inverter/clocked inverter) based flip-flop is implemented with fewer transistors. The modified C(2)MOS based flip-flop designs mC(2)MOSff1 and mC(2)MOSff2 are realized using onl...

In this contribution, the processing strategies of real-time BeiDou System (BDS) precise orbits, clocks, and ionospheric corrections in the National BDS Augmentation Service System (NBASS) are briefly introduced. The Root Mean Square (RMS) of BDS predicted orbits are better than 10 cm in radial and cross-track components, and the accuracy of the BDS real-time clock is better than 0.5 ns for Inc...

Flash visually evoked cortical potentials have been recorded in three groups of age- and sex-matched subjects; one comprised of subjects with dissociated vertical deviation, one comprised of subjects with oculocutaneous albinism and one group of controls. The latency of the major positive (P2) component did not show statistically significant contralateral lateralization on monocular stimulation...