A novel adaptive dynamic sliding mode (ADSM) fault-tolerant control (FTC) methodology is developed for near space vehicle attitude control systems with actuator faults in this paper. The proposed ADSM approach combines dynamic sliding mode with adaptive control strategies that can make the systems stable and accurately track the desired signals in the presence of external disturbances, model pa...

Recently a “Bag-of-Audio-Words” approach was proposed [1] for the combination of lexical features with audio clips in a multimodal semantic representation, i.e., an Audio Distributional Semantic Model (ADSM). An important step towards the creation of ADSMs is the estimation of the semantic distance between clips in the acoustic space, which is especially challenging given the diversity of audio...

This study examined durational cues at discourse boundaries in spontaneous speech in Taiwan Southern Min (TSM) using a two-hour monologue corpus contributed by four elderly female speakers from the same dialectal region. Discourse labeling was done following the method of Fon et al. (2011). Two durational cues were examined: syllable duration and post-syllable pause duration. Results showed tha...

This paper investigates the performance of MERIS reduced resolution data to monitor water quality parameters in the Berau estuary waters, Indonesia. Total Suspended Matter (TSM) and Chlorophyll-a (Chl-a) concentration were derived from MERIS data using three different algorithms for coastal waters: standard global processor (MERIS L2), C2R and FUB. The outcomes were compared to in situ measurem...

Multi-application smart card technology has gained momentum due to the Near Field Communication (NFC) and smart phone revolution. Enabling multiple applications from di erent application providers on a single smart card is not a new concept. Multi-application smart cards have been around since the late 1990s; however, uptake was severely limited. NFC has recently reinvigorated the multi-applica...

The Impedance analysis technique complemented with curve fitting software was used to monitor changes in film properties of Thickness Shear Mode (TSM) resonator on vapour exposure. The approach demonstrates how sensor selectivity can be achieved through unique changes in film viscosity caused by organic vapour adsorption.

Introduction. Sealing abilities of two self-etch adhesives were evaluated after two aging processes: storage in water and thermocycling. Materials and Methods. Cl V cavities were prepared on the buccal and lingual aspects of 48 human premolars, with cervical margins 1 mm below the CEJ. Clearfil Protect Bond (CPB) and BeautiBond (BB) (two-step and one-step self-etch adhesives, resp.) were applie...

An improved Two Scale Model (TSM) has been investigated for the depolarization of electromagnetic waves from sea surface. Classical TSM produce depolarized results due to the tilt of reflecting plane. To include the contribution of actual phenomenon we add the second order scattering effects at small scale and develop an improved TSM. Numerical results are obtained for both backscattering and b...

Spiculated margins indicate a high risk of malignancy for breast cancer. Detection accuracy of current computerized diagnostic systems Computer Aided Detections (CADs) for spiculated margins is not high due to the existence of intensity heterogeneities, often subtle and varied in appearance. This paper presents an automatic system for Accurately Detection of Spiculated Margins (ADSM) by measuri...

Despite longstanding contributions to oceanography, similar use of fluorescence light detection and ranging (LiDAR) in lake settings is not routine. The potential for ship-mounted, multispectral Ultraviolet Fluorescence LiDAR (UFL) to provide rapid, high-resolution data in variably turbid and productive lake conditions are investigated here through a series of laboratory tank and field measurem...