In this paper, an indirect adaptive fuzzy sliding mode control scheme is designed for hybrid electric bus. The trajectory tracking control for stopping the bus in a bus station is proposed. The control strategies of regenerative braking in the hybrid electric bus add the control difficulty of the longitudinal braking system. Its nonlinearities are estimated by adaptive fuzzy method and projecti...

-A structure refinement of kaolinite made using the Rietveld neutron profile refinement technique has given non-hydrogen atom positions which were not significantly different from those given by B. B. Zvyagin in i960. All of the hydrogen atoms have been located; the three inner-surface hydrogen atoms are involved in interlayer hydrogen bonds with lengths of 2.95(4), 2.95(4), and 3.06(4) ]k with...

Studies of spin-resolved electron momentum densities involve the measurement of the so-called magnetic Compton profile. This is a one-dimensional projection of the electron momentum distribution of only those electrons that contribute to the spin moment of a sample. The technique is applicable to ferriand ferromagnetic materials. The profile is obtained via the inelastic ‘Compton’ scattering of...

This paper proposes the combination multiple facial feature extraction methods and probabilistic neural network for facial recognition. Firstly, we use horizontal projection of 2-D image to obtain accumulated energy profile signal. Secondly, we obtain the statistical distribution of facial gray images. Finally, we adopt wavelet transform to extract low frequency coefficients from 1-D energy pro...

AIM The aim of the study was psychological diagnosis of body self structure in Polish group of women (120 young women) suffering from eating disorders (anorexia and bulimia nervosa) and schizophrenic psychosis. METHOD The authoress used the following method: Eating Disorder Inventory EDI D.Garner, Satisfaction of Body Questionnaire T.Thompson and projection methods: Thompson's Figures Test an...

Introduction: Potential clinical benefits of high-resolution imaging using intravascular probes is often limited due to the image intensity distortion caused by the signal inhomogeneity associated with the placement of the probe. Methods developed for the phased-array and other surface coils are not as successful for intravascular imaging since the conducting structures of the RF-receiving devi...

This paper presents an intensity ratio approach for 3D object profilometry measurement based on projection of triangular patterns. Compared to existing intensity ratio approaches, the proposed one is not influenced by the surface reflectivity and ambient light. Moreover, the proposed intensity ratio is point-by-point-based and thus does not suffer from the influence of surrounding points. The p...

The editors of the Revista de Saúde Pública describe the journal's editorial profile and discuss the challenges of scientific publication in the area. A historical overview of almost 50 years of the journal is reported, with the temporal projection of their bibliometric indicators. Qualitative and quantitative parameters of its editorial profile and indexes are also reported. Budget constraints...

In this study, a novel moiré fringe analysis technique is proposed for measuring the surface profile of an object. After applying a relative displacement between two gratings at a constant velocity, every pixel of CMOS camera can capture a heterodyne moiré signal. The precise phase distribution of the moiré fringes can be extracted using a one-dimensional fast Fourier transform (FFT) analysis o...

Face Detection is the first step of facial recognition algorithms and has been widely researched in the visible spectrum. Current research has shown that thermal facial recognition is as accurate as the visible spectrum recognition algorithms. This paper presents three face detection algorithms in both long-wavelength infrared (LWIR) images and visible spectrum images. The paper compares the Vi...