This paper deals with the handling of deformable linear objects (DLOs), such as hoses, wires or leaf springs. It investigates the a priori knowledge about the 6-dimensional force/torque signal for a changing contact situation between a DLO and a rigid polyhedral obstacle. The result is a complete list, containing for each contact change the most significant combination of force/torque signal co...

Hiroyoshi Kubo, a,1,2 Anton J. M. Peeters, b,1 Mark G. M. Aarts, c Andy Pereira, c and Maarten Koornneef b a Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Shinshu University, Matsumoto 390-8621, Japan b Laboratory of Genetics, Wageningen Agricultural University, Dreijenlaan 2, 6703 HA Wageningen, The Netherlands c Department of Molecular Biology, DLO-Centre for Plant Breeding and Reproduction Rese...

In this paper, we propose a robust motion estimation algorithm using uncalibrated 3D motion model considering depth discontinuity. Most of the previous direct motion estimation algorithms with 3D motion model compute the depth value through the local smoothing, which result in erroneous results at depth discontinuity. In this paper, we overcome this problem at depth discontinuity by adding disc...

We consider a one-dimensional two-phase Stefan problem, modeling a layer of solid material floating on liquid. The model includes internal heat sources, variable total mass (resulting e.g. from sedimentation or erosion), and a pressuredependent melting point. The problem is reduced to a set of nonlinear integral equations, which provides the basis for an existence and uniqueness proof and a new...

We consider the approximate solution of the initial value problem du du , .. . . _ = _ „(*,0) = »(*), by a dissipative Galerkin method. When v is taken to have a jump discontinuity at zero, that discontinuity will propagate along x + t = 0, in the true solution u. Estimates in L^ and Lx of the pollution effects of the discontinuity are found. These estimates show those effects to decay exponent...

In epidemiology, the regression discontinuity design has received increasing attention recently and might be an alternative to randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to evaluate treatment effects. In regression discontinuity, treatment is assigned above a certain threshold of an assignment variable for which the treatment effect is adjusted in the analysis. We performed simulations and a validatio...

Background Cerebral electrical activity in extremely preterm infants is affected by various factors including blood gas and circulatory parameters. Objective To investigate whether continuously measured invasive mean arterial blood pressure (BP) is associated with electroencephalographic (EEG) discontinuity in extremely preterm infants. Study design This prospective observational study exam...

This paper deals with the handling of deformable linear objects (DLOs), such as hoses, wires, or leaf springs. It investigates usable features for the visionbased detection of a changing contact situation between a DLO and a rigid polyhedral obstacle and a classification of such contact state transitions. The result is a complete classification of contact state transitions and of the most signi...

Given a theory T extending that of dense linear orders without endpoints (DLO), in a language L ⊇ {<}, we are interested in extensions T ′ of T in languages extending L by unary relation symbols that are each interpreted in models of T ′ as sets that are both dense and codense in the underlying sets of the models. There is a canonically “wild” example, namely, T = Th(〈R, <,+, ·〉) and T ′ = Th(〈...