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Symmetry, Volume 11, Issue 9

2019 September - 122 articles

Cover Story: The illustration shows how chiral light interacts with a lossless, dual-symmetric nanosphere (left) and a lossy, metallic nanosphere (right). While both optical helicity and optical chirality conservation hold for the lossless, dual-symmetric case (left), the presence of a lossy, dispersive medium (right) breaks duality symmetry, and helicity conservation no longer holds in its physically observable form. By contrast, the conservation law of optical chirality can be formulated to account for dissipative effects in the presence of lossy, dispersive media. Cover artwork created by Jack Hu for the article “Optical Helicity and Optical Chirality in Free Space and in the Presence of Matter” by Lisa V. Poulikakos, Jennifer A. Dionne, and Aitzol Garcia-Etxarri. View this paper.
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Articles (122)

  • Article
  • Open Access
35 Citations
5,855 Views
12 Pages

19 September 2019

This work presents a new approach to speech recognition, based on the specific coding of time and frequency characteristics of speech. The research proposed the use of convolutional neural networks because, as we know, they show high resistance to cr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,724 Views
19 Pages

19 September 2019

Heterogeneity and outliers are two aspects which add considerable complexity to the analysis of data. The Cauchy mixture model is an attractive device to deal with both issues simultaneously. This paper develops an Expectation-Maximization-type algor...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
5,630 Views
21 Pages

LCA/LCC Model for Evaluation of Pump Units in Water Distribution Systems

  • Mitar Jocanovic,
  • Boris Agarski,
  • Velibor Karanovic,
  • Marko Orosnjak,
  • Milana Ilic Micunovic,
  • Gordana Ostojic and
  • Stevan Stankovski

18 September 2019

In this multidisciplinary research, an LCA/LCC model is developed for assessing the costs, energy consumption, and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions during the pump unit lifecycles in drinking water distribution systems (WDS). The presented methodology...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
8,321 Views
15 Pages

18 September 2019

The success of after-sales services fundamentally depends on the possibility of symmetry balancing needs, supply and customer satisfaction. Spare parts planning (SPP) software selection is an investment in balancing the symmetry of inventory control,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
43 Citations
16,965 Views
20 Pages

A Modified Equation for Thickness of the Film Fabricated by Spin Coating

  • Un Gi Lee,
  • Woo-Byoung Kim,
  • Do Hyung Han and
  • Hyun Soo Chung

18 September 2019

According to the equation for Newtonian fluids, the film thickness after spin coating is determined by five parameters: angular velocity, spin coating time, viscosity, density of the coating material, and initial thickness of the material before spin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
2,859 Views
17 Pages

17 September 2019

As far as taking-away of the symmetry constraints is concerned, as a scientifically symmetry problem, the global synthesis for antenna arrays that produce the desired radiation pattern is also a highly nonlinear optimization issue in fact. Besides th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,205 Views
19 Pages

Converging Cylindrical Symmetric Shock Waves in a Real Medium with a Magnetic Field

  • Munesh Devi,
  • Rajan Arora,
  • Mustafa M. Rahman and
  • Mohd Junaid Siddiqui

17 September 2019

The topic “converging shock waves” is quite useful in Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF). Most of the earlier studies have assumed that the medium of propagation is ideal. However, due to very high temperature at the axis of convergence, t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,777 Views
8 Pages

Commuting Graphs, C(G, X) in Symmetric Groups Sym(n) and Its Connectivity

  • Athirah Nawawi,
  • Sharifah Kartini Said Husain and
  • Muhammad Rezal Kamel Ariffin

17 September 2019

A commuting graph is a graph denoted by C ( G , X ) where G is any group and X, a subset of a group G, is a set of vertices for C ( G , X ) . Two distinct vertices, x , y X , will be connected by an edge if the commutativ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
4,517 Views
20 Pages

17 September 2019

In the context of the problem of water pollution, the movement characteristics and patterns of fish under normal water quality and abnormal water quality are clearly different. This paper proposes a biological water quality monitoring method combinin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,872 Views
12 Pages

17 September 2019

Noether symmetries and first integrals of a class of two-dimensional systems of second order ordinary differential equations (ODEs) are investigated using real and complex methods. We show that first integrals of systems of two second order ODEs deri...

  • Article
  • Open Access
38 Citations
3,755 Views
16 Pages

16 September 2019

Recently, the so-called new type Euler polynomials have been studied without considering Euler polynomials of a complex variable. Here we study degenerate versions of these new type Euler polynomials. This has been done by considering the degenerate...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,941 Views
10 Pages

The Weighted Surplus Division Value for Cooperative Games

  • Hui Yang,
  • Wenna Wang and
  • Zhengsheng Ding

16 September 2019

The weighted surplus division value is defined in this paper, which allocates to each player his individual worth and then divides the surplus payoff with respect to the weight coefficients. This value can be characterized from three different angles...

  • Article
  • Open Access
80 Citations
4,086 Views
18 Pages

16 September 2019

The present article investigates the effect of multiple slips on axisymmetric magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) buoyant nano-fluid flow over a stretching sheet with radiation and chemical effect. The non-linear partial differential equations were transforme...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,857 Views
15 Pages

Single-Qubit Driving Fields and Mathieu Functions

  • Marco Enríquez,
  • Alfonso Jaimes-Nájera and
  • Francisco Delgado

16 September 2019

We report a new family of time-dependent single-qubit radiation fields for which the correspondent evolution operator can be disentangled in an exact way via the Wei–Norman formalism. Such fields are characterized in terms of the Mathieu functi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,849 Views
25 Pages

Path Mapping Approach for Network Function Virtualization Resource Allocation with Network Function Decomposition Support

  • Basheer Raddwan,
  • Khalil AL-Wagih,
  • Ibrahim A. Al-Baltah,
  • Mohamed A. Alrshah and
  • Mohammed A. Al-Maqri

16 September 2019

Recently, Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and Software Defined Networking (SDN) have attracted many mobile operators. For the flexible deployment of Network Functions (NFs) in an NFV environment, NF decompositions and control/user plane separat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,721 Views
27 Pages

Dynamical Properties of Dark Energy Models in Fractal Universe

  • Muhammad Umair Shahzad,
  • Ayesha Iqbal and
  • Abdul Jawad

16 September 2019

In this paper, we consider the flat FRW spacetime filled with interacting dark energy and dark matter in fractal universe. We work with the three models of dark energy named as Tsallis, Renyi and Sharma–Mittal. We investigate different cosmolog...

  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
3,891 Views
19 Pages

Optimization of Energetic Train Cooperation

  • Michał Urbaniak,
  • Ewa Kardas-Cinal and
  • Marianna Jacyna

16 September 2019

In the article, possible ways of using energy recovered during regenerative braking of trains are presented. It is pointed out that the return of recovered electricity directly to the catenary and its use in the energy cooperation of vehicles can be...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,979 Views
12 Pages

On the Secure Total Domination Number of Graphs

  • Abel Cabrera Martínez,
  • Luis P. Montejano and
  • Juan A. Rodríguez-Velázquez

15 September 2019

A total dominating set D of a graph G is said to be a secure total dominating set if for every vertex u V ( G ) \ D , there exists a vertex v D , which is adjacent to u, such that ( D \ { v } ) { u } is a tot...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
5,945 Views
21 Pages

15 September 2019

The evacuation of the cruise ship is directly related to the safety of passengers during accidents. The method for avoiding and reducing casualties in accidents has become a research frontier of maritime safety. This paper presents the simulation of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,784 Views
26 Pages

Fast Finger Vein Recognition Based on Sparse Matching Algorithm under a Multicore Platform for Real-Time Individuals Identification

  • Ruber Hernández-García,
  • Ricardo J. Barrientos,
  • Cristofher Rojas,
  • Wladimir E. Soto-Silva,
  • Marco Mora,
  • Paulo Gonzalez and
  • Fernando Emmanuel Frati

15 September 2019

Nowadays, individual identification is a problem in many private companies, but also in governmental and public order entities. Currently, there are multiple biometric methods, each with different advantages. Finger vein recognition is a modern biome...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,936 Views
21 Pages

14 September 2019

In this article, we analyze the spectrum of discrete magnetic Laplacians (DML) on an infinite covering graph G ˜ G = G ˜ / Γ with (Abelian) lattice group Γ and periodic magnetic potential β &t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
5,400 Views
17 Pages

Feature Selection for Blood Glucose Level Prediction in Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus by Using the Sequential Input Selection Algorithm (SISAL)

  • Ignacio Rodríguez-Rodríguez,
  • José-Víctor Rodríguez,
  • Aurora González-Vidal and
  • Miguel-Ángel Zamora

14 September 2019

Feature selection is a primary exercise to tackle any forecasting task. Machine learning algorithms used to predict any variable can improve their performance by lessening their computational effort with a proper dataset. Anticipating future glycemia...

  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
5,068 Views
15 Pages

13 September 2019

The problem of collision avoidance of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) group is studied in this paper. A collision avoidance method of UAV group formation based on second-order consensus algorithm and improved artificial potential field is proposed....

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,295 Views
24 Pages

A Bi–LSTM and k-NN Based Method for Detecting Major Time Zones of Overloaded Vehicles

  • Sangmin Park,
  • Byung-Won On,
  • Ryong Lee,
  • Min-Woo Park and
  • Sang-Hwan Lee

12 September 2019

Overloaded vehicles such as large cargo trucks tend to cause large traffic accidents. Such traffic accidents often bring high mortality rates, including injuries and deaths, and cause fatal damage to road structures such as roads and bridges. Therefo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,717 Views
15 Pages

A Hybrid Active Filter Using the Backstepping Controller for Harmonic Current Compensation

  • Nora Daou,
  • Francisco G. Montoya,
  • Najib Ababssi and
  • Yacine Djeghader

12 September 2019

This document presents a new hybrid combination of filters using passive and active elements because of the generalization in the use of non-linear loads that generate harmonics directly affecting the symmetry of energy transmission systems that infl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,555 Views
18 Pages

An Image Style Transfer Network Using Multilevel Noise Encoding and Its Application in Coverless Steganography

  • Shanqing Zhang,
  • Shengqi Su,
  • Li Li,
  • Qili Zhou,
  • Jianfeng Lu and
  • Chin-Chen Chang

11 September 2019

Most of the existing image steganographic approaches embed the secret information imperceptibly into a cover image by slightly modifying its content. However, the modification traces will cause some distortion in the stego-image, especially when embe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3,568 Views
20 Pages

ILRA: Novelty Detection in Face-Based Intervener Re-Identification

  • Pedro A. Marín-Reyes,
  • Itziar Irigoien,
  • Basilio Sierra,
  • Javier Lorenzo-Navarro,
  • Modesto Castrillón-Santana and
  • Concepción Arenas

11 September 2019

Transparency laws facilitate citizens to monitor the activities of political representatives. In this sense, automatic or manual diarization of parliamentary sessions is required, the latter being time consuming. In the present work, this problem is...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,151 Views
14 Pages

Low-Rank Multi-Channel Features for Robust Visual Object Tracking

  • Fawad,
  • Muhammad Jamil Khan,
  • MuhibUr Rahman,
  • Yasar Amin and
  • Hannu Tenhunen

11 September 2019

Kernel correlation filters (KCF) demonstrate significant potential in visual object tracking by employing robust descriptors. Proper selection of color and texture features can provide robustness against appearance variations. However, the use of mul...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,917 Views
20 Pages

Hybrid Multi-Domain Analytical and Data-Driven Modeling for Feed Systems in Machine Tools

  • Zaiwu Mei,
  • Jianwan Ding,
  • Liping Chen,
  • Ting Pi and
  • Zaidao Mei

11 September 2019

Position error-compensation control in the servo system of computerized numerical control (CNC) machine tools relies on accurate prediction of dynamic tracking errors of the machine tool feed system. In this paper, in order to accurately predict dyna...

  • Review
  • Open Access
28 Citations
6,079 Views
26 Pages

11 September 2019

In functional laterality research, most ungulate livestock species have until recently been mainly overlooked. However, there are many scientific and practical benefits of studying laterality in ungulate livestock. As social, precocial and domestic s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,890 Views
14 Pages

Study on Stiffness-Oriented Cable Tension Distribution for a Symmetrical Cable-Driven Mechanism

  • Kaisheng Yang,
  • Guilin Yang,
  • Si-Lu Chen,
  • Yi Wang,
  • Chi Zhang,
  • Zaojun Fang,
  • Tianjiang Zheng and
  • Chongchong Wang

11 September 2019

In this paper, we focus on the issues pertaining to stiffness-oriented cable tension distribution for a symmetrical 6-cable-driven spherical joint module (6-CSJM), which can be employed to construct modular cable-driven manipulators. Due to the redun...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,767 Views
12 Pages

11 September 2019

The present study’s objective is to focus on some developments in the field of statistical models of a complex system, like nanoparticles responses in the environmental media. An important problem that still needs to be studied and interpreted...

  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
4,936 Views
20 Pages

Extraction of Cellulose Nano-Whiskers Using Ionic Liquid-Assisted Ultra-Sonication: Optimization and Mathematical Modelling Using Box–Behnken Design

  • Zaira Zaman Chowdhury,
  • R. Reevenishaa Ravi Chandran,
  • Afrin Jahan,
  • Khalisanni Khalid,
  • Md Mahfujur Rahman,
  • Md Al-Amin,
  • Omid Akbarzadeh,
  • Irfan Anjum Badruddin,
  • T. M. Yunus Khan and
  • Ganiyu Abimbola Adebisi
  • + 4 authors

10 September 2019

This study focuses on the extraction of cellulose nano-whiskers (CNWs) from the leaves of Adansonia kilima (AK), usually known as African baobab, using a combination of a microwave-assisted alkali (KOH) pre-treatment with subsequent bleaching process...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,478 Views
17 Pages

Multi-Aspect Embedding for Attribute-Aware Trajectories

  • Thapana Boonchoo,
  • Xiang Ao and
  • Qing He

10 September 2019

Motivated by the proliferation of trajectory data produced by advanced GPS-enabled devices, trajectory is gaining in complexity and beginning to embroil additional attributes beyond simply the coordinates. As a consequence, this creates the potential...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,208 Views
13 Pages

10 September 2019

In this paper we introduce a new distribution constructed on the basis of the quotient of two independent random variables whose distributions are the half-normal distribution and a power of the exponential distribution with parameter 2 respectively....

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
4,051 Views
15 Pages

A Model for Generating Workplace Procedures Using a CNN-SVM Architecture

  • Justyna Patalas-Maliszewska and
  • Daniel Halikowski

10 September 2019

(1) Background: Improving the management and effectiveness of employees’ learning processes within manufacturing companies has attracted a high level of attention in recent years, especially within the context of Industry 4.0. Convolutional Neu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
4,565 Views
27 Pages

Visual Analysis of the Newton’s Method with Fractional Order Derivatives

  • Krzysztof Gdawiec,
  • Wiesław Kotarski and
  • Agnieszka Lisowska

9 September 2019

The aim of this paper is to investigate experimentally and to present visually the dynamics of the processes in which in the standard Newton’s root-finding method the classic derivative is replaced by the fractional Riemann–Liouville or C...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
3,438 Views
12 Pages

9 September 2019

This paper presents an experimental investigation on the effect of nano-montmorillonite, carbon nanotubes, and nano calcium carbonate on autogenous shrinkage of cement based materials. Cement paste with different nano-montmorillonite dosage (1.0 wt.%...

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
5,764 Views
26 Pages

9 September 2019

Manual test case generation is an exhaustive and time-consuming process. However, automated test data generation may reduce the efforts and assist in creating an adequate test suite embracing predefined goals. The quality of a test suite depends on i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,341 Views
14 Pages

9 September 2019

This paper proposes a reversible data hiding technique based on the residual histogram shifting technique. To improve the hiding capacity, this study proposes a multiple-round hierarchical prediction mechanism that generates the prediction errors of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,004 Views
15 Pages

CSE_E 1.0: An Integrated Automated Theorem Prover for First-Order Logic

  • Feng Cao,
  • Yang Xu,
  • Jun Liu,
  • Shuwei Chen and
  • Xinran Ning

8 September 2019

First-order logic is an important part of mathematical logic, and automated theorem proving is an interdisciplinary field of mathematics and computer science. The paper presents an automated theorem prover for first-order logic, called C S E _ E ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
6,289 Views
13 Pages

7 September 2019

The objective of this observational clinical study was to analyze the behavior of peri-implant tissues around cone Morse dental implants installed in the subcrestal bone position considering different clinical variables: Mucosal thickness, implant di...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
5,764 Views
17 Pages

Reinforcement Learning Approach to Design Practical Adaptive Control for a Small-Scale Intelligent Vehicle

  • Bo Hu,
  • Jiaxi Li,
  • Jie Yang,
  • Haitao Bai,
  • Shuang Li,
  • Youchang Sun and
  • Xiaoyu Yang

7 September 2019

Reinforcement learning (RL) based techniques have been employed for the tracking and adaptive cruise control of a small-scale vehicle with the aim to transfer the obtained knowledge to a full-scale intelligent vehicle in the near future. Unlike most...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,491 Views
13 Pages

7 September 2019

On the high-demand bus route where there are commuting passengers, the stops for boarding and alighting passengers are concentrated in a certain section of the route. According to this demand pattern, transit operators need to respond symmetrically....

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,450 Views
7 Pages

7 September 2019

In this paper, a second-order nonlinear recursive sequence M ( h , i ) is studied. By using this sequence, the properties of the power series, and the combinatorial methods, some interesting symmetry identities of the structural properties of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,054 Views
13 Pages

Lorenz Type Behaviors in the Dynamics of Laser Produced Plasma

  • Stefan Andrei Irimiciuc,
  • Florin Enescu,
  • Andrei Agop and
  • Maricel Agop

6 September 2019

An innovative theoretical model is developed on the backbone of a classical Lorenz system. A mathematical representation of a differential Lorenz system is transposed into a fractal space and reduced to an integral form. In such a conjecture, the Lor...

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