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Robust Pedestrian Dead Reckoning Based on MEMS-IMU for Smartphones

Sensors, 2018
This paper proposes a pedestrian dead reckoning (PDR) algorithm based on the strap-down inertial navigation system (SINS) using the gyros, accelerometers, and magnetometers on smartphones. In addition to using a gravity vector, magnetic field vector, and
Jian Kuang, Xiaoji Niu, Xingeng Chen
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Definitions Matter: BIPOC Nonprofits and Racial Disparities in Nonprofit Funding

Nonprofit Management and Leadership, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) nonprofits have gained increased attention and funding; however, a lack of clear definition and identification persists. This ambiguity hinders our understanding of the BIPOC nonprofits population and racial disparities in nonprofit funding.
Shuyi Deng
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of Shearer Traction Characteristics Considering Attitude Disturbance

Shock and Vibration
The discontinuous contact and collision impact of traction components caused by attitude disturbances is a significant factor that endangers the traction reliability of the shearer.
Dejian Ma, Lirong Wan, Jinwei Wang, Yanpeng Zhu, Kuidong Gao, Zhaoji Li, Qingliang Zeng   +6 more
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Key Technologies in Large-scale Rescue Robot Wrists

MATEC Web of Conferences, 2017
The full-Automatic Quick Hitch Coupling Device (full-AQHCD for short) is used as the starting point, key technologies in a large-scale rescue robot wrist, which is constituted by integrating a quick hitch coupling device, a turning device, and a swaying ...
Tang Zhidong, Yun Chao
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Different Stakeholders, Different Pathways: How Capacity Profiles Shape Managerial Priorities for Beneficiaries and Staff in Decision‐Making

Nonprofit Management and Leadership, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how combinations of organizational capacities shape nongovernmental organization (NGO) managers' prioritization of staff and beneficiaries. While stakeholder theory identifies which stakeholders' interests attract attention, it offers limited guidance on how managers ultimately prioritize among stakeholders in decision ...
Robbie Waters Robichau, Tara Kolar Bryan, Rebekah St. Clair Sims   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

New methods and applications of structural dynamics modeling for railway freight liquid tank

Advances in Mechanical Engineering
As railway freight technology advances towards heavy-load, high-speed capabilities, the design of liquid tank products is evolving to prioritize high load capacity, lightweight, high-strength materials, low structural rigidity, and thin-walled ...
Chunlei Zhao, Shangchao Zhao, Suming Xie, Maosheng He, Xiangwei Li, Yuru Li   +5 more
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How can children and young people have a voice in urban treescapes?

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Scientific understanding of climate change has, to date, failed to result in sufficient action. This paper proposes that a deficit model of top‐down learning and dissemination in relation to public engagement with science may be part of the problem, particularly when considering the attitudes, values and empowerment of children and young ...
Simon Carr, Abi Hackett, Kate Pahl, Samyia Ambreen, Khawla Badwan, Elizabeth Curtis, Susannah Gill, Ambika Kapoor, Peter Lawrence, Johan Siebers, Jan White   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of a virtual walking and therapeutic exercise‐based intervention on gait and balance in people with incomplete spinal cord injury

PM&R, EarlyView.
Abstract Background People with spinal cord injury (SCI) experience sensory and motor impairments that often require exercise‐based treatments. However, these interventions are challenging due to limited active mobility. Novel rehabilitation approaches, such as those targeting the mirror neuron system, could offer additional benefits.
Sara Mollà‐Casanova, Elena Muñoz‐Gómez, Núria Sempere‐Rubio, Noemí Moreno‐Segura, Marta Inglés, Luis‐Millán González, Pilar Serra‐Añó   +6 more
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Influence of Ocean Conditions on Heat and Mass Transfer Performance of Heat Exchangers: A Review

Energy Science & Engineering
The research reviews the study on the thermo‐mass transfer performance of heat exchangers under sloshing conditions in marine environments, aiming to promote the efficient utilization of new energy sources.
Haitao Jiang, Da Jiang, Liang Wang, Dan Hua   +3 more
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Thinking with trees: Responding to sympoietic plant relations through visual art

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Amid escalating climate crises, this paper explores how we might rethink our relationship with the natural world, particularly with plants and trees, through the perspectives of visual art. This paper reveals how art invites us to see trees and other plant life not as passive background scenery, but as living beings with their own forms of experience ...
Xiaoyu Yang
wiley   +1 more source