This paper presents an intentional investigation of the effect object tilt angle on tracking local minimum method (TL method), which is one for detecting measurement target position optical axis, in a chromatic confocal probe employing differential dual-fiber-detector system with mode-locked femtosecond laser as light source. The dual-detector probes, and even has not been investigated detail s...

It has long been considered necessary that large-scale energy storage be installed on power grids in developed and developing economies. Storage damps the grid system, reduces its inefficiencies, offsets peaks, reduces fossil fuel loads and creates the opportunity for larger penetration of renewable energy into the grid. However there have been substantial technical, safety, environmental and f...

We report the first mode-locked fiber laser to operate in femtosecond regime well beyond 3 {\mu}m. The uses dual-wavelength pumping and non-linear polarisation rotation produce 3.5 {\mu}m wavelength pulses with minimum duration of 580 fs at a repetition rate 68 MHz. pulse energy is 3.2 nJ, corresponding peak power 5.5 kW.

An integrated optimization framework, including location assignment under grouping class-based storage policy and schedule of dual shuttle cranes, is offered by presenting a new optimization programming model. The objective functions, which are considered at this level, are the minimization of total costs and energy consumption. Scheduling of dual shuttle cranes among specified locations, which...

INTRODUCTION Locked knee caused by inferior patellar dislocation is considered rare in elderly patients. It was originally thought that, in the osteoarthritic knee, osteophytes on the pole of the patella become entrapped in the inter-condylar notch, which is managed by performing closed reduction and immobilization in a knee splint for three to four weeks. We present an unusual case of a locked...

In this paper, a robust optimization approach is proposed to design a dynamic cellular manufacturing system (DCMS) under uncertainty of processing time of products. In addition, a mathematical model considering cell formation, inter-cell design and production planning under a dynamic environment (i.e., product mix and demand are changed in each period) is presented. Therefore, reconfiguration b...

CONTEXT Household firearms are associated with an elevated risk of firearm death to occupants in the home. Many organizations and health authorities advocate locking firearms and ammunition to prevent access to guns by children and adolescents. The association of these firearm storage practices with the reduction of firearm injury risk is unclear. OBJECTIVE To measure the association of speci...

The rapid growth of single-cell RNA-seq studies (scRNA-seq) demands efficient data storage, processing, and analysis. Big-data technology provides a framework that facilitates the comprehensive discovery of biological signals from inter-institutional scRNA-seq datasets. The strategies to solve the stochastic and heterogeneous single-cell transcriptome signal are discussed in this article. After...

Consider a mechanical system whose Lagrangian dynamics evolves on a n-dimensional con guration manifold M with its kinetic energy as the Lagrangian and a sumbersion h : M→N from M to a m-dimensional manifold N (n ≥ m). In this paper, we reveal a fundamental property of the mechanical system in this setting s.t. its n-dimensional dynamics can be decomposed into 1) m-dimensional shape system desc...