scholarly journals Evaluation of Functional Insoles for Protective Footwear Under Simulated Use Conditions

2020 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Emilia Irzmańska ◽  
Katarzyna Majchrzycka ◽  
Izabella Krucińska ◽  
Michał Puchalski ◽  
Agnieszka Brochocka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Human Subjects ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Middle Layer ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Superabsorbent Polymer ◽  
Life Conditions ◽  
Layer Composite ◽  
Foot Model ◽  
Polypropylene Melt

AbstractThe objective of the work was to study the properties of functional insoles for protective footwear using an original methodology by simulating the dynamic real-life conditions. Two insole variants were examined; both are made from a three-layer composite with the middle layer being a polypropylene melt-blown nonwoven. The variants differed in terms of the presence or absence of a superabsorbent polymer (SAP) and a biocide in the middle layer. Insole samples were subjected to pressure and examined in terms of the adsorption and desorption of acidic and alkaline liquids, followed by tear strength experiments. In addition, the insoles were placed in protective footwear and the microclimate existing inside the resulting system was determined using T/RH sensors by means of three complementary methods: under controlled climatic conditions, on a thermal foot model, and on human subjects. The results clearly indicate that insoles containing SAP are more effective than those without SAP in terms of both hygienic and mechanical properties.

The variation in low speed impact strength on glass fiber/Kevlar composite hybrids

2020 ◽  
Vol 54 (21) ◽  
pp. 3009-3019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jayna Kátia Dionísio dos Santos ◽  
Rayane Dantas da Cunha ◽  
Wanderley Ferreira de Amorim Junior ◽  
Renata Carla Tavares dos Santos Felipe ◽  
José Lira Braga Neto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Impact Strength ◽  
Glass Fiber ◽  
Residual Strength ◽  
Composite Laminates ◽  
Fiber Material ◽  
Middle Layer ◽  
Damage Area ◽  
Residual Properties ◽  
Layer Composite

The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of hybridization on impact and residual strength in composites as well as the types of damage caused by the impacts, quantifying the delaminated area of the test specimens. Two 11-layer composite laminates were developed, one with bidirectional glass fiber woven and the other a hybrid with three layers of bidirectional aramid fiber substituting the outer layers and the middle layer of the glass fiber. The materials revealed that the hybrid laminate obtained greater impact strength withstanding one impact of 76 J, albeit with an increase in the damaged area of between 64 and 85 cm2, resulting in a decline in mechanical properties along nearly the entire test specimen. This contrasts with what occurred in the glass fiber laminates, which recovered over 80% of their mechanical properties for a distance of 35 mm from the edge of the impactor. Moreover, it demonstrated that the variation in residual strength can be represented by an equation and that there is a relation between the damage area and the residual properties of the glass fiber material.

scholarly journals An expandable approach for design and personalization of digital, just-in-time adaptive interventions

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 198-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suat Gonul ◽  
Tuncay Namli ◽  
Sasja Huisman ◽  
Gokce Banu Laleci Erturkmen ◽  
Ismail Hakki Toroslu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Real Life ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Just In Time ◽  
Intervention Design ◽  
Intervention Delivery ◽  
Life Conditions ◽  
Triggering Conditions ◽  
Delivery Strategies ◽  
Design Mechanism ◽  
Personalized Intervention

AbstractObjectiveWe aim to deliver a framework with 2 main objectives: 1) facilitating the design of theory-driven, adaptive, digital interventions addressing chronic illnesses or health problems and 2) producing personalized intervention delivery strategies to support self-management by optimizing various intervention components tailored to people’s individual needs, momentary contexts, and psychosocial variables.Materials and MethodsWe propose a template-based digital intervention design mechanism enabling the configuration of evidence-based, just-in-time, adaptive intervention components. The design mechanism incorporates a rule definition language enabling experts to specify triggering conditions for interventions based on momentary and historical contextual/personal data. The framework continuously monitors and processes personal data space and evaluates intervention-triggering conditions. We benefit from reinforcement learning methods to develop personalized intervention delivery strategies with respect to timing, frequency, and type (content) of interventions. To validate the personalization algorithm, we lay out a simulation testbed with 2 personas, differing in their various simulated real-life conditions.ResultsWe evaluate the design mechanism by presenting example intervention definitions based on behavior change taxonomies and clinical guidelines. Furthermore, we provide intervention definitions for a real-world care program targeting diabetes patients. Finally, we validate the personalized delivery mechanism through a set of hypotheses, asserting certain ways of adaptation in the delivery strategy, according to the differences in simulation related to personal preferences, traits, and lifestyle patterns.ConclusionWhile the design mechanism is sufficiently expandable to meet the theoretical and clinical intervention design requirements, the personalization algorithm is capable of adapting intervention delivery strategies for simulated real-life conditions.

Analysis of Mechanophysical Properties of Fritillaria ussuriensis Maxim and Designing of Grade Sieve Machine

2013 ◽  
Vol 764 ◽  
pp. 165-168
Author(s):  
Jiang Song ◽  
Song Zhuo Lu ◽  
Li Hua Liu ◽  
Ming Wang ◽  
Tian Xiang Liu
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Friction Coefficient ◽  
Physical And Mechanical Properties ◽  
Middle Layer ◽  
Mathematical Statistics ◽  
Angle Of Repose ◽  
Screening Process ◽  
Geometrical Properties ◽  
Pore Dimension ◽  
Main Index

Based on the field and lab measuerement in harvest time, Physical and mechanical properties of fritillaria ussuriensis maxim (FUM) are researched. Geometrical properties of FUM are analyzed using mathematical statistics method, and the variation sections of main index values of two kinds of FUM are obtained. Mechanical properties of FUM outsifting in screen penetrating process are tested by means of friction experiment, the friction coefficient and angle of repose of two kinds of FUM are obtained using mathematical statistics method. Grade sieve machine is designed based on the analysis of mechanophysical properties of FUM. The main parameters are: shape of sieve pore is rectangle, screen diameter is 20mm, sieve pore dimension of upper layer is 13×20mm2, middle layer is 9×18mm2, and under layer is 7×10mm2. By testing of friction coefficient and angle of repose and movement and dynamics analysis of grade sieve, outsifting velocity is 7<<9rad/s and acceleration is 4<a<13m/s2 in screening process.

Open-Label Study of the Stability of Sublingual Nitroglycerin Tablets in Simulated Real-Life Conditions

2018 ◽  
Vol 122 (12) ◽  
pp. 2151-2156 ◽  
Author(s):  
James J. Nawarskas ◽  
Jason Koury ◽  
David A. Lauber ◽  
Linda A. Felton
Keyword(s):  
Real Life ◽  
Sublingual Nitroglycerin ◽  
Open Label ◽  
Open Label Study ◽  
Label Study ◽  
Life Conditions ◽  
The Stability

scholarly journals Crowd behaviour during high-stress evacuations in an immersive virtual environment

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (122) ◽  
pp. 20160414 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehdi Moussaïd ◽  
Mubbasir Kapadia ◽  
Tyler Thrash ◽  
Robert W. Sumner ◽  
Markus Gross ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Environments ◽  
Virtual Environment ◽  
Human Subjects ◽  
High Stress ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Social Conventions ◽  
Emergency Situations ◽  
Crowd Behaviour ◽  
The Individual

Understanding the collective dynamics of crowd movements during stressful emergency situations is central to reducing the risk of deadly crowd disasters. Yet, their systematic experimental study remains a challenging open problem due to ethical and methodological constraints. In this paper, we demonstrate the viability of shared three-dimensional virtual environments as an experimental platform for conducting crowd experiments with real people. In particular, we show that crowds of real human subjects moving and interacting in an immersive three-dimensional virtual environment exhibit typical patterns of real crowds as observed in real-life crowded situations. These include the manifestation of social conventions and the emergence of self-organized patterns during egress scenarios. High-stress evacuation experiments conducted in this virtual environment reveal movements characterized by mass herding and dangerous overcrowding as they occur in crowd disasters. We describe the behavioural mechanisms at play under such extreme conditions and identify critical zones where overcrowding may occur. Furthermore, we show that herding spontaneously emerges from a density effect without the need to assume an increase of the individual tendency to imitate peers. Our experiments reveal the promise of immersive virtual environments as an ethical, cost-efficient, yet accurate platform for exploring crowd behaviour in high-risk situations with real human subjects.

scholarly journals A cohort of French pediatric patients with primary immunodeficiencies: are patient preferences regarding replacement immunotherapy fulfilled in real-life conditions?

2017 ◽  
Vol Volume 11 ◽  
pp. 1171-1180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marlène Pasquet ◽  
Isabelle Pellier ◽  
Nathalie Aladjidi ◽  
Anne Auvrignon ◽  
Patrick Cherin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Patient Preferences ◽  
Pediatric Patients ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Primary Immunodeficiencies ◽  
Life Conditions
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