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WCE
2007
15 years 8 months ago
FEA and Experimental Studies of Adaptive Composite Materials with SMA Wires
—This study comprises finite element simulations and experimental studies of the shape memory effect due to the presence of SMA (shape memory alloy) wires in composite materials....
K. Kanas, Constantina Lekakou, N. Vrellos
CORR
2010
Springer
156views Education» more  CORR 2010»
15 years 7 months ago
Topological analysis of the power grid and mitigation strategies against cascading failures
This paper presents a complex systems overview of a power grid network under cascading conditions. The cascading effect has been simulated on three different networks, the IEEE 300...
Sakshi Pahwa, Amelia Hodges, Caterina M. Scoglio, ...
IJVR
2008
135views more  IJVR 2008»
15 years 6 months ago
Employing Virtual Lecturers' Facial Expressions in Virtual Educational Environments
This research began with a preliminary exploratory study that observed the relationship between the facial expressions of three human lecturers in a real academic lecture theatre a...
G. Theonas, D. Hobbs, D. Rigas
TCSV
2008
124views more  TCSV 2008»
15 years 6 months ago
A Block-Edge-Pattern-Based Content Descriptor in DCT Domain
In this correspondence, we describe a robust and effective content descriptor based on block edge patterns extracted directly in DCT domain, which is suitable for applications in J...
Jianmin Jiang, Kaijin Qiu, Guoqiang Xiao
COGSCI
2004
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15 years 6 months ago
Using movement and intentions to understand simple events
In order to understand ongoing activity, observers segment it into meaningful temporal parts. Segmentation can be based on bottom-up processing of distinctive sensory characterist...
Jeffrey M. Zacks