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Makrina Viola Kosti, Maurice Benayoun, Nefeli Georgakopoulou, Sotiris Diplaris, Theodora Pistola, Vasileios-Rafail Xefteris, Athina Tsanousa, Kalliopi Valsamidou, Panagiota Koulali, Yash Shekhawat, Piera Sciama, Ilias Kalisperakis, Stefanos Vrochidis and Ioannis Kompatsiaris
Demographic change confronts us with an ever-increasing number of elderly people who face isolation and socialization issues. Background: The main challenge of this study is to inject emotional and aesthetic aspects into the design process of a virtual r...
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Qiang Pei, Pengfei Qi, Zhicheng Xue, Jintu Zhong and Yao Zhang
The aim of this study was to further research the mechanical properties of epoxy thick-layer rubber isolation bearings, adopting orthogonal design and efficacy coefficient methods in order to optimize the geometric dimensions and material parameters of t...
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Xu Gao, Jiyuan Wei, Jiajing Huo, Zhishuai Wan and Ying Li
An improved re-entrant negative Poisson?s ratio metamaterial based on a combination of 3D printing and machining is proposed. The improved metamaterial exhibits a superior load-carrying and vibration isolation capacity compared to its traditional counter...
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Xuan Viet Linh Nguyen, Tony Gerges, Pascal Bevilacqua, Jean-Marc Duchamp, Philippe Benech, Jacques Verdier, Philippe Lombard, Pangsui Usifu Linge, Fabien Mieyeville, Michel Cabrera and Bruno Allard
Harvesting of ambient radio-frequency energy is largely covered in the literature. The RF energy harvester is considered most of the time as a standalone board. There is an interest to add the RF harvesting function on an already-designed object. Polymer...
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Lei Niu, Zhiyong Wang, Yiquan Song and Yi Li
Indoor evacuation efficiency heavily relies on the connectivity status of navigation networks. During disastrous situations, the spreading of hazards (e.g., fires, plumes) significantly influences indoor navigation networks? status. Nevertheless, current...
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Muhammad, C.W. Lim and Andrew Y. T. Leung
The current century witnessed an overwhelming research interest in phononic crystals (PnCs) and acoustic metamaterials (AMs) research owing to their fantastic properties in manipulating acoustic and elastic waves that are inconceivable from naturally occ...
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Eftychia Kalogianni, Peter van Oosterom, Efi Dimopoulou and Christiaan Lemmen
Land Administration practices worldwide rely mainly on 2D-based systems to define legal and other spatial boundaries related to land interests. However, the built environment is increasingly becoming spatially complex. Land administrators are challenged ...
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Zheng Xu, Camilo Valdes and Jennifer Clarke
Scanning technologies based on X-ray Computed Tomography (CT) have been widely used in many scientific fields including medicine, nanosciences and materials research. Considerable progress in recent years has been made in agronomic and plant science rese...
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