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Smart Flexible Tactile Sensors: Recent Progress in Device Designs, Intelligent Algorithms, and Multidisciplinary Applications

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.
Flexible tactile sensors have considerable potential for broad application in healthcare monitoring, human–machine interfaces, and bioinspired robotics. This review explores recent progress in device design, performance optimization, and intelligent applications. It highlights how AI algorithms enhance environmental adaptability and perception accuracy
Siyuan Wang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparative study on the physico-mechanical characteristics for five types of wood flooring [PDF]

open access: yesConstructii: Journal of Civil Engineering Research, 2014
During the period 1600-1700, the first works with parquet elements at Versailles Palace were performed, but the high cost has made that the wooden floor to be an exclusivist product for a long time.
Gabriela CĂLĂTAN   +3 more
doaj  

Application of Microwave Treatment for the Plasticisation of Beech Wood (Fagus sylvatica L.) and its Densification for Flooring System Purposes

open access: yesBioResources, 2014
In this study, the application of microwave treatment for wood plasticisation and its densification for flooring system purposes is presented. Microwave plasticisation was carried out using a continuous laboratory device at a frequency of 2.45 GHz, and ...
Jakub Dömény   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Looking back on childhood experiences of homelessness: Stories of ongoing residential instability and resilience

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Families' experience of homelessness is typically examined from the perspective of parents during or shortly after a shelter stay. Parents complain about rules, surveillance, crowding, and challenges to parenting in both homeless shelters and in doubling up with other households (sharing the others' homes), and relief when they attain their ...
Marybeth Shinn   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Oriented Strand Board: Opportunities and Potential Products in China

open access: yesBioResources, 2016
North America's first oriented strand board (OSB) mill was built in the early 1980's. Twenty years later, the industry was thriving, with over 50 mills producing the product.
Juwan Jin, Siguo Chen, Robert Wellwood
doaj   +1 more source

Wood Sawdust as a Low‐Cost Filler in Whole‐Tire Reclaimed Rubber: Mechanical Characterization and Factory‐Scale Cost Analysis

open access: yesJournal of Applied Polymer Science, EarlyView.
Whole‐tire reclaimed rubber is upgraded with wood sawdust, a carpentry by‐product available at no cost, across loadings from 0 to 20 wt%. At 5 wt%, tensile strength, elongation, hardness, viscosity, and water absorption all stay within commercial specification, and real factory data show an annual production saving near $62,000 with no capital ...
Mohammed S. Matar   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pelvic morphology and body size in relation to the preauricular sulcus: Evidence from medieval to modern Iberia

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The preauricular sulcus has long been debated as a pelvic feature variably attributed to obstetric stress, ligamentous traction, and broader biomechanical processes. To clarify its determinants, we analyzed 409 adult individuals from three archeological and one early modern skeletal collection from the Iberian Peninsula, integrating graded ...
Rebeca García‐González   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Do Carpets Alleviate Stress?

open access: yesIranian Journal of Public Health, 2016
Background: Owing to increased complexity in the evolution of society, stress has become an important public health problem, and is responsible for more than 30 types of diseases.
Yoko Hoki, Kunio Sato, Yuichi Kasai
doaj  

The Evolution and the Characteristics of Wooden Flooring for Gym and Sport Courts [PDF]

open access: yesPro Ligno, 2017
This paper presents the evolution of the sport flooring and the general aspects of the wooden surfaces. There are references to FIBA (International Basketball Federation) guidelines and requirements for building basketball facilities. Also, the current
Olimpia-Minerva TURCAS (cas. DIACONU)   +1 more
doaj  

Achieving a healthy indoor environment by using an emissions barrier to stop the spread of chemicals from a building into the indoor air

open access: yesUCL Open Environment, 2022
An emissions barrier was used in a premises due to complaints about the indoor air quality (IAQ) as a result of emissions from the building in question. The emissions comprised chlorophenols/chloroanisoles and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) from ...
doaj   +2 more sources

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