We present a numerical investigation of tapered arteries that addresses the transient simulation of non-Newtonian bio-magnetic fluid dynamics (BFD) of blood through a stenosis artery in the presence of a transverse magnetic field. The current model is consistent with ferro-hydrodynamic (FHD) and magneto-hydrodynamic (MHD) principles. In the present work, blood in small arteries is analyzed usin...

An optimal reconfiguration control scheme based on control allocation CA is proposed to stabilize the yaw dynamics of the tractor-semitrailer vehicle. The proposed control scheme is a twolevel structure consisting of an upper level of sliding mode yaw moment controller SMYC and a lower optimal brake force distributor BFD . The upper SMYC is designed to follow the tractor yaw rate and the combin...

The main objective of this work was to test the performance of major formulas for assessment of small suprathreshold color differences in the blue region. The models examined include CIELAB color space based equations, including CIELAB, CIE94, CIEDE2000, CMC (l:c), BFD (l:c), and formulas based on more uniform color spaces, such as DIN99d, CAM02-SCD, CAM02-UCS, OSA-GP, and OSA-Eu in comparison ...

We consider the minimization of the number of non-zero coefficients (the 0 “norm”) of the representation of a data set in a general dictionary under a fidelity constraint. This (nonconvex) optimization problem leads to the sparsest approximation. The average performance of the model consists in the probability (on the data) to obtain a K-sparse solution—involving at most K nonzero components—fr...

A decline in marine water quality entering the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) lagoon is associated with terrestrial runoff discharged from adjacent GBR catchments. Reef Plan 2013 outlines water quality targets to address this decline, with the eWater CRC Source Catchment modelling framework used to report progress towards meeting these targets. Catchment modelling is an ideal tool to investigate cons...

The most used full reference image quality assessments are error-based methods. Thus, these measures are performed by pixel based difference metrics like Delta E ( E), MSE, PSNR, etc. Therefore, a local fidelity of the color is defined. However, these metrics does not correlate well with the perceived image quality. Indeed, they omit the properties of the HVS. Thus, they cannot be a reliable pr...

BACKGROUND To evaluate the interchangeability of perfusion parameters obtained with help of models used for post-processing of perfusion-CT images in pancreatic adenocarcinoma and to determine the mean values and ranges of perfusion in different tumour gradings. METHODS Perfusion-CT imaging was performed prospectively in 48 consecutive patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma. In 42 patients b...