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Analysis Of Factors Influencing The Stationarity Of Surface Electromyography Signals Measured In Non-Fatigued Shoulder Muscles, Hui Ci

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

A reduction in the % stationarity of surface electromyography (SEMG) signals with respect to the initial or fresh condition is used to predict localized muscle fatigue. However, factors other than muscle fatigue can also influence the stationarity of SEMG signals. This study was aimed at analyzing the effect of various work/task related factors on the stationarity of SEMG signals obtained from non-fatigued shoulder muscles. Twelve participants were recruited for data collection and each one performed 120 trials characterized by the combination of 2 shoulder angles (60° and 120°), 2 planes of exertions (sagittal and scapular), 3 force levels (0lb, 2.5lb, …

Evaluation Of Control Strategies For Overhead Work Using Electromyography Of Rotator Cuff Muscles, Hossein Motabar

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) of shoulder have a significant impact on overall health and economics in the industrialized nations. Rotator cuff is the most frequently injured region in the shoulder complex. Overhead work is considered as one of the most predominant causes of rotator cuff injuries. The workers in construction, automotive, and aerospace industries are routinely exposed to overhead exertions. Elimination of overhead work is nearly impossible due to various task and technology constraints. Therefore, appropriate intervention strategies based on the engineering and administrative controls opt to be used to prevent the hazardous impact of overhead exertions. The objective of …

Implications Of Variability Of Electromyographic Measurements For Assessing Localized Muscle Fatigue, Hamad Nasser Alasim

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

The impact of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) is enormous due to a combination of direct and indirect costs associated with healthcare, lost workdays and human suffering. Because of the established relationship between Localized Muscle Fatigue (LMF) development and WMSDs, and in order to reduce and/or prevent WMSDs in workplaces, different fatigue assessment methods have been developed. Surface Electromyography (SEMG) is a commonly used LMF assessment technique. The SEMG signals are typically analyzed in time and frequency domains to predict LMF based on a relative change with respect to initial, or under no-fatigue conditions. Quantifying such change, however, relies on the …

Assess The Performance Against Ets And Pm1 And Evaluate The Users’ Experiences Of Comfort Of Nasal Filters, Ibrahim Almuhaidib

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Many cities around the world experience severe air pollution. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 7 million people die annually from exposure to small airborne Particulate Matter (PM) that is found in atmospheric pollution. Particulate matter in atmospheric pollution is one of six classifications of common air pollutants and is typically referred to as PM₁ and PM_2.5. Particulates designated as PM₁ and PM_2.5 refer to particles having aerodynamic diameters of 1 or 2.5 micrometer (µm), respectively. These size ranges of particles are the most commonly found in air pollution. It is hard to differentiate …

Route Planning For Long-Term Robotics Missions, Christopher Alexander Arend Tatsch

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Many future robotic applications such as the operation in large uncertain environment depend on a more autonomous robot. The robotics long term autonomy presents challenges on how to plan and schedule goal locations across multiple days of mission duration. This is an NP-hard problem that is infeasible to solve for an optimal solution due to the large number of vertices to visit. In some cases the robot hardware constraints also adds the requirement to return to a charging station multiple times in a long term mission. The uncertainties in the robot model and environment require the robot planner to account …

Metaheuristics For The Generalized Quadratic Assignment Problem, Roseline Mostafa

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

The generalized quadratic assignment problem (GQAP) is the task of assigning a set of facilities to a set of locations such that the sum of the assignment and transportation costs is minimized. The facilities may have different space requirements, and the locations may have varying space capacities. Also, multiple facilities may be assigned to each location such that space capacity is not exceeded. In this research, an application of the GQAP is presented for assigning a set of machines to a set of locations on the plant floor. Two meta-heuristics are proposed for solving the GQAP: tabu search (TS) and …

Sustainability-Based Expert System For Additive Manufacturing And Cnc Machining, Josage Chathura Pamuditha Perera

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

The development of technologies which enable resource efficient production is of paramount importance for the continued advancement of the manufacturing industry. In order to ensure a sustainable and clean energy future, manufacturers should be able to contrast and validate existing manufacturing technologies on a sustainability basis. In the post COVID-19 era of enterprise management, the use of artificial intelligence to simulate human expert decision making abilities will open new doors to achieving heightened levels of productivity and efficiency. The introduction of innovative technologies such as CNC machining and 3D printing to production systems has redefined the manufacturing landscape in a …

An Exact Single-Agent Task Selection Algorithm For The Crowdsourced Logistics, Chung-Kyun Han, Shih-Fen Cheng

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

The trend of moving online in the retail industry has created great pressure for the logistics industry to catch up both in terms of volume and response time. On one hand, volume is fluctuating at greater magnitude, making peaks higher; on the other hand, customers are also expecting shorter response time. As a result, logistics service providers are pressured to expand and keep up with the demands. Expanding fleet capacity, however, is not sustainable as capacity built for the peak seasons would be mostly vacant during ordinary days. One promising solution is to engage crowdsourced workers, who are not employed …

The Potentials Of Faecal Sludge Treatment Using Local Conditioners In Tanzania: A Review, Doglas Benjamin1

Tanzania Journal of Engineering and Technology (TJET)

Worldwide, every day human beings generate millions of tons of Faecal Sludge (FS), which is rich in water, nutrients, energy, and organic compounds. Yet FS is not being managed in a way that permits us to derive value from its reuse, while at the same time, millions of farmers struggle with depleted soils and lack of water. In most of the developing countries, energy for cooking is mainly derived from cutting of trees, either as wood or charcoal. Resource recovery and reuse from FS can create livelihoods, enhance food security, support green economies, reduce waste and contribute to cost recovery …

Reviewing The Potential And Constraints Of Modified Technology Options For Faecal Sludge Management In Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, Amour Seleman

Tanzania Journal of Engineering and Technology (TJET)

Cities in the developing world face the challenge of safe management of faecal sludge because of rapid population growth that overwhelms the sanitation infrastructure and services. In developing countries, only 50% of faecal sludge (FS) generated is safely managed the remaining portion is haphazardly disposed of in the environment risking public health and environment. In response to the urgent need for safely managed sanitation services, technological options for containment, desludging and transportation of FS are being modified. This paper reviewed current desludging practices and the potential of modified technological options for addressing FSM at containment, desludging, and transportation in Dar …

Design And Development Of A Perfusion Bioreactor With Internal Volume Expansion And Cell Retention For Cell And Gene Therapy Manufacturing, Corinna Doris

KGI Theses and Dissertations

Economically producing patient-specific cell therapies at commercial levels remains a challenge as it requires manufacturing separate batches per patient where the production system must be scaled-out rather than scaled-up to supply more patient doses. The resulting high production cost and consequent price-point can limit patient access. Specifically, the current cell expansion processes are highly manual and laborious, with the number and complexity of operations and components increasing the opportunities for failure and contamination. This work therefore aims to design a mechanically simple bioreactor that is better suited for scale-out by consolidating the cell expansion process to fewer components, vessels, and …

Tracked Vehicle Physics-Based Energy Modelling And Series Hybrid System Optimisation For The Bradley Fighting Vehicle, Travis E. Mcwhirter, Torrey J. Wagner, John E. Stubbs, Denise M. Rizzo, Jada B. Williams

Faculty Publications

A hybrid electric tracked ground vehicle (HETGV) can reduce military fuel usage, however a review of current tools determined they are not suitable to estimate HEGTV performance. Based on topographic data and vehicle attributes, this research developed an estimation tool by creating a model to determine tracked vehicle energy and fuel requirements, and using these requirements, created a HEGTV cost and performance optimisation for the Bradley fighting vehicle energy system. The optimised design reduced fuel consumption by 15%, and met the vehicle's peak power requirement of 365 kW, with a recommended configuration of a 135 kW generator and 100 kWh …

Meal Duration: Implications For Restaurant Revenue Management, Dale F. Billings

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

A comprehensive revenue management strategy addressing space, product, price and time, has been shown to increase profits within the hospitality sector. While the literature shows that the restaurant industry has frequently addressed space, product, and price when looking at financial strategy, the effect of the variable of time on revenue generation has not been adequately studied. Restaurants shy away from the practice of using time as a commodity, particularly regarding meal duration, due to fears of reducing customer satisfaction.

This project explores the use of time as a commodity in restaurant revenue management. In particular, it examines consumers’ feelings about …

Design Of A Flexible System Simulation Evaluation Framework, Rusheng Ju, Zimin Cai, Wang Song, Wang Peng

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: To meet variable evaluation requirement of complex system simulation, this paper puts forward a design strategy of flexible effectiveness evaluation framework. The composition structure of system simulation evaluation framework is analyzed. To help users design reference dynamically, the method of evaluation reference edit and display is introduced based on Web. To enhance the extensibility of evaluation model, the method of interface design and code generation is investigated. To ensure the flexibility and extensibility of evaluation framework, the relation and mapping mechanism of evaluation references, evaluation model and evaluation result is studied. The framework is realized and verified in …

Research On Simulation Platform For Equipment System Analysis, Yuping Li, Shaojie Mao, Zhenqi Ju, Zhou Fang, Guoqiang Yan

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: With the development of equipment construction from platform-centric to network-centric, simulation analysis of equipment system is an important means and tool to support the transformation and development of equipment construction under the condition of multi-task joint operation. Starting from the requirement of system simulation analysis, a cloud-based equipment system simulation architecture is proposed to realize flexible and configurable simulation environment according to task requirements; and a high-performance simulation framework is conducted, which provides strong support for different application modes, such as parallel hyper-real-time and distributed simulation deduction. The unified description, organization and management method of model and data resources …

Research On Corridor Setting Based On Pedestrian Simulation Of Social Groups, Yiting Xu, Zhang Rui

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: As the connector of each space in the hub, the rail transit hub corridor plays the role of transition and buffer. The existence of social groups makes an important impact on pedestrian traffic and its simulation. The paper supplements the consideration of pedestrian traffic related studies on social groups travel, analyses the characteristics of social groups in rail transit hub corridor, improves Moussaïd social group force model, and redevelops AnyLogic micro-simulation platform based on Python language. Taking a subway station in Beijing as an example, fully considering the influence of social groups, it is obtained that the optimal channel …

Parallel Tasks Optimization Scheduling In Cloud Manufacturing System, Chenwei Feng, Wang Yan

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: To solve the problem of unbalanced resource requirements and low resource utilization when the same type of tasks are executed in parallel in the cloud manufacturing system, a task resource scheduling model with the goal of minimizing cost, minimizing time, maximizing reliability and optimizing quality is established. A non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm based on reference points (NSGA-III) is adopted to solve the model by combining real number matrix coding and crossover and mutation based on real number coding instead of common evolutionary strategy. And an optimal decision strategy based on combination of analytic hierarchy process and entropy value method …

Research On The Value Accessing Method For Calibrating Micro Traffic Simulation Model Parameters, Chenjing Zhou, Rong Jian, Kwok Lam

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Parameter calibration is the precondition of the application of micro traffic simulation technology. This study focuses on the value accessing method for parameter calibration in order to further improve the parameter calibration process. The analysis of the distribution characteristics of each parameter calibration results shows that the parameters have different trends in the process of gradual iteration, and there are multiple optimal solutions for the model parameter calibration results. In this paper, the dispersion is used as the quantitative analysis index of the concentration degree of each parameter calibration result, and the parameter value of the model is determined …

Research On Source Seeking Methods Of Harmful Gas Leakage In Chemical Industry Parks, Zhao Yong, Bin Chen, Xiaodong Wang, Zhengqiu Zhu, Rongxiao Wang, Xiaogang Qiu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Chemical production safety accidents often lead to harmful gas leakage, causing serious environmental damage and casualties. Mastering the information of leaking source quickly can assist in emergency disposal decisions and reduce the harm of accidents. In this paper, Entrotaxis algorithm is used to guide the ground source seeking equipment to move to the vicinity of the leaking source quickly and autonomously in a chemical park scene, and to master the source information. According to the characteristics of the chemical industry park scene, this paper applies intermittent search module into Entrotaxis algorithm and proposes a robust and suitable algorithm (Entrotaxis-Jump …

Numerical Simulation Analysis Of Anti-Blast Impact Of Underground Rescue Capsule Based On Ls-Dyna, Zhang Fan, Yuanhua Yang, Xiaoxu He, Deng Yu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Aiming at the strength problem of the underground rescue cabin under explosion impact load, a finite element model of overall explosion impact load and fluid-solid coupling structure response is established in transient dynamic soft LS-DYNA. The flow field impact load is generated by explosion algorithm, and the propagation of the impact load in the air is calculated. The dynamic response of the rescue cabin structure under the impact load is calculated by the fluid-solid coupling method. The results show that the maximum load occurs on the end surface closest to the explosion source, and the structural deformation is small …