The Design Guide Line of the ‘Apartment District’ Plan in the 1970’s - A Case Study of the Yeongdong Apartment District Masterplan

The development of raft foundation design guide (RFDG) used in the high-rise building was programmed based on the secondary development language of ANSYS, such as TCL/TK, APDL and UDIL. The RFDG program provides a friendly GUI, which can be used expediently for the numerical experiment. The settlement analysis of raft foundation in the case study was carried out by RFDG. At the same time, the main technique for the secondary development of ANSYS has also been discussed in this paper.

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3D Printed Anatomy-Specific Fixture for Consistent Glenoid Cavity Position in Shoulder Simulator

Journal of Healthcare Engineering ◽

10.1155/2018/2572730 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 2018 ◽

pp. 1-6 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Gabriel Venne ◽

Greg Esau ◽

Ryan T. Bicknell ◽

J. Tim Bryant

Keyword(s):

Biomechanical Testing ◽

Anatomical Structure ◽

Testing System ◽

Anatomical Structures ◽

Anatomical Features ◽

Design Guide ◽

Loading System ◽

Bony Anatomy ◽

3D Printed

Purpose. Fixation methods for consistent anatomical structure positioning in biomechanical testing can be challenging. Image-based 3D printing is an attractive method for fabrication of biomechanical supports of anatomical structure due to its ability to precisely locate anatomical features with respect to the loading system. Method. A case study is presented to provide a design guide for fixation block fabrication. The anatomy of interest was CT scanned and reconstructed in 3D. The model was imported into commercially available CAD software and modified into a solid object and to create the fixture block. The CAD fixture block is standardized such that anatomical features are always in the same position for the testing system by subtracting the anatomy from a base fixture block. Results. This method allowed a strong immobilization of anatomical specimens and a controlled and consistent positioning feature with respect to the testing system. Furthermore, the fixture block can be easily modified and adapted to anatomical structures of interest using CAD software. Conclusion. This approach allows preservation of the bony anatomy integrity and provides a repeatable and consistent anatomical positioning with respect to the testing system. It can be adapted for other anatomical structures in various other biomechanical settings.

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A Design Guide-line of Auditory Display for Electric Appliance

Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Auditory Display (ICAD 2019) ◽

10.21785/icad2019.002 ◽

2019 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Takanori Komatsu ◽

Eiji Hayashi

Keyword(s):

User Studies ◽

Mechanical Turk ◽

Amazon Mechanical Turk ◽

Auditory Display ◽

Free Communication ◽

Guide Line ◽

Design Guide ◽

Significant Interest

The auditory channel is important for communication between computers and users because of its properties, such eye-free communication and strong attention grabbing properties. However, interpreting the meanings of sounds is not a trivial task. Users have to learn and memorize the mapping between sounds and their meanings for each device. Therefore, as the number of devices increases, this becomes challenging for users. To mitigate the challenge, it is desirable to use sounds that users can understand intuitively. Thus, investigating the intuitiveness of sounds is of significant interest. In this work, we investigated 2,012 sounds consisting of 48 earcons, 80 auditory icons, and 1,884 beep sequences through a series of user studies using Amazon Mechanical Turk as well as a lab study that validated the results of the Mechanical Turk studies. The results provided a guideline for designing sounds that users might understand more intuitively.

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The Genesis and Internal Dynamics of El Salvador's People's Revolutionary Army, 1970–1976

Behavioral and Brain Sciences ◽

10.1017/s0140525x13009850 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 38 (01) ◽

pp. 102-129

Author(s):

ALBERTO MARTÍN ÁLVAREZ ◽

EUDALD CORTINA ORERO

Keyword(s):

Latin America ◽

El Salvador ◽

Early Years ◽

Left Wing ◽

Internal Dynamics ◽

Internal Coherence ◽

The 1960S

AbstractUsing interviews with former militants and previously unpublished documents, this article traces the genesis and internal dynamics of the Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo (People's Revolutionary Army, ERP) in El Salvador during the early years of its existence (1970–6). This period was marked by the inability of the ERP to maintain internal coherence or any consensus on revolutionary strategy, which led to a series of splits and internal fights over control of the organisation. The evidence marshalled in this case study sheds new light on the origins of the armed Salvadorean Left and thus contributes to a wider understanding of the processes of formation and internal dynamics of armed left-wing groups that emerged from the 1960s onwards in Latin America.

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Culture and the plasticity of perception

Behavioral and Brain Sciences ◽

10.1017/s0140525x19002887 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 43 ◽

Author(s):

Michael Lifshitz ◽

T. M. Luhrmann

Keyword(s):

Cultural Context ◽

Sensory Experience ◽

Cultural Learning ◽

The World

Abstract Culture shapes our basic sensory experience of the world. This is particularly striking in the study of religion and psychosis, where we and others have shown that cultural context determines both the structure and content of hallucination-like events. The cultural shaping of hallucinations may provide a rich case-study for linking cultural learning with emerging prediction-based models of perception.

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