Abstract: The carpal tunnel is a tightly bounded space, making the median nerve prone to compression and eventually leading to carpal tunnel syndrome. Carpal tunnel release surgery transects the transverse carpal ligament to expand ...

Abstract: This study presents a methodology to determine thumb and index finger kinematics while utilizing a minimal set of markers. The motion capture of skinsurface markers presents inherent challenges for the accurate and ...

Abstract: hree kinds of ?visible? cloud optical thickness τ?matching shortwave direct, global, and scattering solar irradiances (Ids, Igs and Iss)?are defined, which are marked as τd, τg, and τs, respectively. It is found from ...

Abstract: Analysis of the passenger-load movement is of increasing importance for the transportation industry on economic operation and system planning and management, especially in China. In this study, the so-called elliptic orbit ...

Abstract: In the past, various methods have been used to estimate the parameters in the nonlinear three-parameter Muskingum model to allow the model to more closely approximate a nonlinear relation compared to the original two-parameter ...

Abstract: This paper presents a computational method for eliminating severe-stress concentration at the unsupported railhead ends in rail joints through innovative shape optimization of the contact zone, which is complex due to near ...

Abstract: Although phenomenon-mimicking algorithms, such as genetic algorithms, particle swarm optimization, and harmony search, have overcome the disadvantages of mathematical algorithms, such as the nonlinear least-squares method, ...

Abstract: A heuristic approach to the application of bandwidth-oriented signal timing is proposed based on a system partition technique. The proposed approach divides a large signalized arterial into subsystems with three to five ...