A fabricação digital se tornou uma realidade para a produção em diversos setores da indústria nos últimos anos. Com seu uso desenvolvido e consolidado em alguns setores como a medicina, a arquitetura e a robótica, ela ainda é pouco explorada na moda apresentando um grande potenc…
"20" Result
Sort By:
There is a high prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms (MSS) among manual material handling (MMH) workers. However, limited investigations have been undertaken among one large group of workers using a particular MMH method called traditional posterior load carriage (PLC). Such l…
Continental rifting is fundamental to the theory of plate tectonics, yet the force balance driving Earth's largest continental rift system, the East African Rift (EAR), remains debated. The EAR actively diverges the Nubian and Somalian plates spanning ∼5000 km N-S from the Red S…
A more complete understanding of lumbar spine kinematics could improve diagnoses and treatment of low back pathologies and may advance the development of biomechanical models. Kinematics describes motion of the five lumbar vertebrae without consideration for the forces that caus…
Planetary nebulae are formed from the ejecta of evolved stars. These ejecta are swept up by the fast low density wind from the hot central star, as it evolves towards a white dwarf. The sweep-up mechanism is called the Interacting Stellar Winds model (Kwok et al. 1978). The hist…
Research in sports medicine has focused on identifying the risk factors that tend to increase the risk of knee injury in females compared to males. The purposes of these studies are to (1) compare the effects of gender on lower extremity alignment, (2) compare the effects of gen…
Need for a six degrees of freedom test platform to be used in the inertial stabilization development tests of turrets, remote controlled weapon systems or sight systems is present in modern military technology development. To address this research issue, within this thesis study…
Minimal invaziv cerrahi, hasta vücudunda açılan veya doğal olarak bulunan deliklerden yerleştirilen kamera ve el aletleriyle yapılan operasyonlara verilen genel isimdir. Günümüzde gelişen teknoloji ile yaygın bir şekilde kullanılmaya başlanan robotik minimal invaziv cerrahi ise …
Evaporative spray cooling is a technique that utilizes the latent heat of evaporation of a cold liquid spray to rapidly cool a hot gaseous source. During evaporation the liquid droplets are fixed at their boiling point, ensuring a large temperature differential between liquid an…
This dissertation focuses on developing predictive models of the folding performance of multifield responsive structures and optimizing these structures based on design objectives. In particular, these origami-inspired structures incorporate smart materials such as electroactive…
Determining plate boundary kinematics and fault slip rates is critical to gaining an understanding of the seismogenic nature of the faults. The kinematics of plate boundaries vary widely and are a reflection of plate boundaries history, current tectonic regime, geology, and crus…
Subduction zones host the world’s largest earthquakes, but seismic slip is only one style of deformation along the subduction interface. The deformation processes above and below the seismogenic zone are equally fundamental to understanding how relative motion is accommodated du…
This study examined the effects of laryngeal activity on articulation by comparing the articulatory kinematics of the /i/ and /u/ vowels produced in different speaking conditions (loud, comfortable, soft and whisper). Participants included 10 males and 10 females with no history…
The current study examined the change in articulatory patterns when speakers were asked to increase and decrease their speaking rate by matching metered and rhythmic audio recordings and by matching metered and rhythmic audiovisual recordings. There were 10 participants, five ma…
The majority of disc galaxies have a bar, and bars play a major role in the evolution of galaxies and their properties. Given the cumulative influence that bars can have over the properties of their host, determining the epoch of their formation becomes a fundamental step in und…
In this Thesis, a Fuzzy proportional-integral-derivative (FPID) controller is presented to control the dynamics of a 3-DOF robot. A Differential Evolution (DE) optimization method was used to optimize the performance of the FPID controller. The results are compared and validated…
The study of dwarf galaxies is of great importance to understand galaxy formation and evolution on the smallest mass scales. According to the current cosmological paradigm, galaxies grows hierarchically from the accretion of smaller systems. The dwarf galaxies that we observe to…
The purpose of this dissertation was to identify modifiable lower extremity kinematic and neuromuscular factors associated with step clearance and foot placement during transition step negotiation in older adult females with a history of falling. Specifically a full understandin…