BACKGROUND: In order to evaluate occupational disorders and ergonomic problems in a workplace, Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) problem solving methods such as Fuzzy Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) c...
IEEE/ACM transactions on computational biology and bioinformatics
Jan 1, 2017
An important objective of wireless sensor network is to prolong the network life cycle, and topology control is of great significance for extending the network life cycle. Based on previous work, for cluster head selection in hierarchical topology co...
BACKGROUND: In order to compare existing usability data to ideal goals or to that for other products, usability practitioners have tried to develop a framework for deriving an integrated metric. However, most current usability methods with this aim r...
BACKGROUND: In order to take into account the inherent uncertainties during product usability evaluation, Zhou and Chan [1] proposed a comprehensive method of usability evaluation for products by combining the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and fuz...
The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS
Dec 1, 2016
BACKGROUND: It is very important for robotically assisted minimally invasive surgery to achieve a high-precision and smooth motion control. However, the surgical instrument tip will exhibit vibration caused by nonlinear friction and unmodeled dynamic...
Water science and technology : a journal of the International Association on Water Pollution Research
Sep 1, 2016
Coagulation and flocculation are two main processes used to integrate colloidal particles into larger particles and are two main stages of primary water treatment. Coagulation and flocculation processes are only needed when colloidal particles are a ...
Sheng wu yi xue gong cheng xue za zhi = Journal of biomedical engineering = Shengwu yixue gongchengxue zazhi
Aug 1, 2016
In the clinical practice,the mechanical ventilation is a very important assisting method to improve the patients’ breath.Whether or not the parameters set for the ventilator are correct would affect the pulmonary gas exchange.In this study,we try to ...
Accumulating experimental studies have indicated the influence of lncRNAs on various critical biological processes as well as disease development and progression. Calculating lncRNA functional similarity is of high value in inferring lncRNA functions...
Dynamics of large nonlinear complex systems, like metabolic networks, depend on several parameters. A metabolic pathway may switch to another pathway in accordance with the current state of parameters in both normal and cancer cells. Here, most of th...
Clinical evidences of acupuncture and moxibustion for sudden hearing loss(SHL) were completely collected, and the quality of the evidences was evaluated by Jadad scale. Cumulative Meta-analysis and the time tendency test for the results were implemen...
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