L. Restivo, T. Apostolidis, C. Julian-Reynier

Psycho-Oncologie, Vol.16, No.3, pp. 323-336, 2022, DOI:10.3166/pson-2022-0207

Abstract Aim: The aim of this study is, first, to identify available scales assessing illness representations and, second, to analyze their use in empirical works with cancer patients.
Procedure: This includes literature review.
Results: Seven measuring tools are available in the literature. Only one of them is cancer specific; 29 of the 33 included studies use one of the three Illness Perception Questionnaire (IPQ) versions.
Conclusion: We propose to combine these scales’ applications with other methods based on different approaches focused on sociocultural context.

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Objectif : Dresser un bilan des outils quantitatifs disponibles pour mesurer les représentations de la… More >

V. W. Bhatkar^a, Anirban Sur^b,*, Anindita Roy^b

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.19, No.1, pp. 1-8, 2022, DOI:10.5098/hmt.19.3

Abstract In heating, Wet-bulb temperature in HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) applications is crucial for building the equipment. But radiation from the surrounding surfaces caused the errors during the thermodynamic wet-bulb temperature measurement. The wet-bulb temperature of moist air is measured in the current work utilising an aspiration psychrometer designed, developed, and built to reduce the error term caused by radiation and convection heat transfer. Wet-bulb temperature is calculated in the experiments using an aspiration psychrometer at various locations throughout the year, both with and without a shield. It has been found that the error term depends on several factors,… More >

M. El-Bayoumi^a,†, A. M. Abouel-Fotouh^a, Amal El Berry^a

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.20, No.1, pp. 1-6, 2023, DOI:10.5098/hmt.20.8

Abstract Ram pumps employ renewable energy in the form of water head to pump water, but they have performance issues that require difficult on-site testing and tuning, hence limiting their application. The current research developed a low-cost lab-scale testing system for small ram pumps’ performance evaluation, tuning and leak testing. The developed system is made from available, low-cost, sensors and components. It conserves test water by setting the supply head through continuous circulation of water. The system was tested on a low-cost small sized ram pump, specially built using plumbing components. Test results demonstrated the capacity of the developed testing system. More >

Kusnandar¹, Win-Jet Luo^1,2, Indra Permana¹, Fu-Jen Wang^2,*, Gantulga Bayarkhuu²

Energy Engineering, Vol.120, No.6, pp. 1387-1399, 2023, DOI:10.32604/ee.2023.027459

Abstract The heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) system consumes nearly 50% of the building’s energy, especially in Taiwan with a hot and humid climate. Due to the challenges in obtaining energy sources and the negative impacts of excessive energy use on the environment, it is essential to employ an energy-efficient HVAC system. This study conducted the machine tools building in a university. The field measurement was carried out, and the data were used to conduct energy modelling with EnergyPlus (EP) in order to discover some improvements in energy-efficient design. The validation between field measurement and energy modelling was performed, and… More >

Qiucheng Sun^*, Weiyu Dai, Mingyu Sun, Zeming Ren, Mingze Wang

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.75, No.2, pp. 3957-3970, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.037254

Abstract In the traditional fringe projection profilometry system, the projector and the camera light center are both spatially virtual points. The spatial position relationships specified in the model are not easy to obtain, leading to inaccurate system parameters and affecting measurement accuracy. This paper proposes a method for solving the system parameters of the fringe projection profilometry system, and the spatial position of the camera and projector can be adjusted in accordance with the obtained calibration parameters. The steps are as follows: First, in accordance with the conversion relationship of the coordinate system in the calibration process, the calculation formula of… More >

Shu-Yin Chiang^*, Dong-Ye Wu

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.75, No.2, pp. 2509-2526, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.036466

Abstract Physiological signals indicate a person’s physical and mental state at any given time. Accordingly, many studies extract physiological signals from the human body with non-contact methods, and most of them require facial feature points. However, under COVID-19, wearing a mask has become a must in many places, so how non-contact physiological information measurements can still be performed correctly even when a mask covers the facial information has become a focus of research. In this study, RGB and thermal infrared cameras were used to execute non-contact physiological information measurement systems for heart rate, blood pressure, respiratory rate, and forehead temperature for… More >

Shuai Zhang, Liguo Weng^*

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.136, No.3, pp. 2635-2654, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2023.025405

Abstract Transmission line (TL) Parameter Identification (PI) method plays an essential role in the transmission system. The existing PI methods usually have two limitations: (1) These methods only model for single TL, and can not consider the topology connection of multiple branches for simultaneous identification. (2) Transient bad data is ignored by methods, and the random selection of terminal section data may cause the distortion of PI and have serious consequences. Therefore, a multi-task PI model considering multiple TLs’ spatial constraints and massive electrical section data is proposed in this paper. The Graph Attention Network module is used to draw a… More > Graphic Abstract

Muhammad Imran¹, Jinsheng Sun^1,*, Fatima Sehar Zaidi², Zameer Abbas^3,4, Hafiz Zafar Nazir⁵

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.136, No.2, pp. 1207-1257, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2023.025492

Abstract Control charts (CCs) are one of the main tools in Statistical Process Control that have been widely adopted in manufacturing sectors as an effective strategy for malfunction detection throughout the previous decades. Measurement errors (M.E’s) are involved in the quality characteristic of interest, which can effect the CC’s performance. The authors explored the impact of a linear model with additive covariate M.E on the multivariate cumulative sum (CUSUM) CC for a specific kind of data known as compositional data (CoDa). The average run length is used to assess the performance of the proposed chart. The results indicate that M.E’s significantly… More >

Wenhui Li¹, Dazhi Wang^1,*, Shuo Cao², Deshan Kong¹, Sihan Wang¹, Zhong Hua¹

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.75, No.1, pp. 259-276, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.034622

Abstract In this paper, the axial-flux permanent magnet driver is modeled and analyzed in a simple and novel way under three-dimensional cylindrical coordinates. The inherent three-dimensional characteristics of the device are comprehensively considered, and the governing equations are solved by simplifying the boundary conditions. The axial magnetization of the sector-shaped permanent magnets is accurately described in an algebraic form by the parameters, which makes the physical meaning more explicit than the purely mathematical expression in general series forms. The parameters of the Bessel function are determined simply and the magnetic field distribution of permanent magnets and the air-gap is solved. Furthermore,… More >

Hua Li^1,*, Dezhi Xiong^2,3, Zhi Wang^2,3

Energy Engineering, Vol.120, No.3, pp. 715-727, 2023, DOI:10.32604/ee.2022.022990

Abstract The on-site inspection of high-power DC chargers results in new DC high-current measurement and DC energy traceability system requirements. This paper studies the traceability technology of electric energy value for automotive high-power DC chargers, including: (1) the traceability method of the built-in DC energy meter and shunt of the charger; (2) precision DC high current and small precision DC voltage output and measurement technology. This paper designs a 0.1 mA~600 A DC high current measurement system and proposes a 0.005 level DC power measurement traceability system. The uncertainty evaluation experiment of the DC power measurement calibration system and the high-power… More >