The purpose of the current thesis was to conduct a feasibility study of alternate methods for creating proton range compensators. Currently, proton range compensators are made of solid materials, but an interest in creating a...
Palabra clave:
Compensator, Dosimetry, Fluid, Proton, Radiation y Therapy
Within the past few years, research involving gesture recognition has flourished and has led to new and improved programs assisting people who communicate with sign language [1–8]. Although numerous approaches have been...
Tema:
American Sign Language -- Study and teaching -- Computer programs, American Sign Language -- Study and teaching -- Technological innovations y American Sign Language -- Computer-assisted instruction
Stroke is a severe condition that is one of the leading causes to both disabilities and death in the United States. A stroke occurs when blood stops flowing to the brain. It only takes minutes without blood before the brain...
Palabra clave:
Electrical, Functional, Hemiparesis, Recumbent, Stimulation y Stroke
Tema:
Cerebrovascular disease -- Patients -- Rehabilitation -- Technological innovations y Stationary bicycles -- Health aspects
In previous research, using EMD for voice stress analysis showed promising results. The original algorithm was developed in Matlab, utilizing many of its functions. The algorithm decodes audio into a raw format sampling at 8k...
Tema:
Voice -- Psychological stress analysis y Stress (Psychology) -- Measurement
The world is turning to renewable energies as a means of ensuring the planet’s future and wellbeing.There have been a few attempts in the past to utilize wave power as a means of generatingelectricity through the use of Wave...
Tema:
Ocean wave power, Image processing -- Digital techniques, Remote-sensing images, Ocean energy resources y Renewable energy sources
Tennis is a competitive sport played by millions of people worldwide. The characteristics of the game of tennis produce stress on the musculoskeletal system, especially in the upper extremity. Upper extremity injuries often...
Tema:
Tennis -- Physiological aspects -- Research -- Technological innovations y Impact -- Physiological effect -- Research -- Technological innovations
Automated guided vehicles (AGVs) are mobile robots that are generally used for mundane tasks like moving pallets or containers, assembly line processes, sorting, etc. in warehouses and manufacturing facilities. Transbotics,...
Tema:
Transbotics (Firm), Automated guided vehicle systems, Robots -- Design and construction, Robots, Industrial, Mobile robots, Global Positioning System, Robots -- Control systems y Business enterprises -- North Carolina -- Charlotte
The traditional cooker magnetron power supply consists industrial frequency transformer, whichis bulky, inefficient and with high harmonics distortion. There are numerous researchers whoinvestigates magnetron power supply...
Tema:
Magnetrons, Microwave ovens -- Power supply y Electric current converters
This thesis presents an integrated approach to estimating and optimizing the power output of a Wave Energy Converter (WEC) using machine learning, followed by its adaptation to the wave characteristics of the North Carolina...
Tema:
Ocean wave power, Machine learning y Energy harvesting
The purpose of the project was to develop a high speed, high accuracy measuring device to aid the engineering technology department at Western Carolina University. When something requires measurement with a high degree of...
