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The design of a computer language for linguistic information
(Association for Computational Linguistics, 1984)A considerable body of accumulated knowledge about the design of languages for communicating information to computers has been derived from the subfields of programming language design and semantics. It has been the goal ... -
The Design of a Method to Analyze the Beaks of Darwin's Finches
(2015-06-26)Variation in beak shape among Darwin’s finches has long intrigued scientists[19][5][16]. An adage in biology is “form follows function,” or in this context, the shape of the bird beak is the result of the food available ... -
Design of a Motion Compensated Tissue Resection Catheter for Beating Heart Cardiac Surgery
(ASME International, 2011)Cardiac catheters allow clinicians to minimally invasively interact with the beating heart without stopping the heart or opening the chest. However, the fast motion of the intracardiac structures makes it difficult to ... -
Design of an efficient terahertz source using triply resonant nonlinear photonic crystal cavities
(Optical Society of America, 2009)We propose a scheme for efficient cavity-enhanced nonlinear THz generation via difference-frequency generation (DFG) processes using a triply resonant system based on photonic crystal cavities. We show that high nonlinear ... -
Design of anti-icing surfaces: smooth, textured or slippery?
(Springer Nature, 2016)Passive anti-icing surfaces, or icephobic surfaces, are an area of great interest because of their significant economic, energy and safety implications in the prevention and easy removal of ice in many facets of society. ... -
Design of Control Policies for Spatially Inhomogeneous Robot Swarms with Application to Commercial Pollination
(IEEE Computer Society, 2011)We present an approach to designing scalable, decentralized control policies that produce a desired collective behavior in a spatially inhomogeneous robotic swarm that emulates a system of chemically reacting molecules. ... -
The Design of Fiscal Adjustments
(University of Chicago Press, 2013)This paper offers three results. First, in line with the previous literature, we confirm that fiscal adjustments based mostly on the spending side are less likely to be reversed. Second, spending based fiscal adjustments ... -
Design of Hybrid Passive and Active Mechanisms for Control of Insect-Scale Flapping-Wing Robots
(2015-09-20)Flying insects exhibit a remarkable ability to fly in environments that are small, cluttered and highly dynamic. Inspired by these animals, scientist have made great strides in understanding the aerodynamic mechanisms ... -
Design of Ice-free Nanostructured Surfaces Based on Repulsion of Impacting Water Droplets
(American Chemical Society (ACS), 2010)Materials that control ice accumulation are important to aircraft efficiency, highway and powerline maintenance, and building construction. Most current deicing systems include either physical or chemical removal of ice, ... -
Design of Influencing Agents for Flocking in Low-Density Settings
(2018-06-29)Flocking is a coordinated collective behavior that results from local sensing between individual agents who have a tendency to orient towards each other. Flocking is common amongst animal groups and could also be useful ... -
Design of Mixing Pulses for NMR Spectroscopy by Repeated Rotating Frames
(2014-06-06)In protein NMR spectroscopy, homonuclear mixing pulses are used to reveal correlations amongst chemically bonded nuclear spins. -
Design of Nanowire Optical Cavities as Efficient Photon Absorbers
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Design of template-stabilized active and earth-abundant oxygen evolution catalysts in acid
(Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), 2017)Oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalysts that are earth-abundant and are active and stable in acid are unknown. Active catalysts derived from Co and Ni oxides dissolve at low pH, whereas acid stable systems such as Mn ... -
Design of the Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers (Army STARRS)
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2013)The Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers (Army STARRS) is a multi-component epidemiological and neurobiological study designed to generate actionable evidence-based recommendations to reduce U.S. Army ... -
Design of the Calibration Trajectory and 3D-Printed Warm Gas Propulsion System for an Auxiliary CubeSat for the NASA JPL Europa Clipper Mission
(2023-06-30)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is developing Europa Clipper, a spacecraft intent on studying the inner structure of Europa for signs of life. One of its primary instruments, the Radar for Europa Assessment and Sounding: ... -
Design of the Calibration Trajectory and 3D-Printed Warm Gas Propulsion System for an Auxiliary CubeSat for the NASA JPL Europa Clipper Mission
(2023-06-30)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is developing Europa Clipper, a spacecraft intent on studying the inner structure of Europa for signs of life. One of its primary instruments, the Radar for Europa Assessment and Sounding: ... -
Design of Wearable Robots for the Hip and Knee for Gait Assistance with Selective Mechanical Transparency
(2022-03-17)In recent years, research on wearable assistive devices has shown increasing promise for enhancing human mobility. However, several barriers remain to widespread adoption of these devices for practical real-world use. The ... -
Design Optimization and Immune Kinetics of mRNA Vaccines
(2022-05-16)mRNA vaccines allow for rapid development and large-scale production, making them prime candidates for infectious disease outbreak response. CVnCoV (CureVac) is an mRNA vaccine developed to mitigate the current pandemic ... -
Design Principles for Improving Precision and Dexterity of Soft Robotic Hands
(2022-01-05)As robots move more and more into the real world, they need to be equipped to interact with a wide array of objects and environment features while maintaining a gentle touch. Soft robotic end effectors enable passive ... -
Design Principles for Rapid Prototyping Forces Sensors Using 3-D Printing
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2011)Force sensors provide critical information about robot manipulators, manufacturing processes, and haptic interfaces. Commercial force sensors, however, are generally not adapted to specific system requirements, resulting ...