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  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,868 Views
18 Pages

The Problems and Design of a Neck Dummy

  • Christopher René Torres San Miguel,
  • José Antonio Perez Valdez,
  • Marco Ceccarelli and
  • Matteo Russo

This paper addresses the biomechanical requirements and design of a neck dummy for assessing neck injury risks. The need for an accurate biomechanical representation of the human neck in crash tests is highlighted, emphasizing the importance of repli...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
6,627 Views
13 Pages

Analysis of the Head of a Simulation Crash Test Dummy with Speed Motion

  • Marek Jaśkiewicz,
  • Damian Frej,
  • Jan Matej and
  • Rafał Chaba

8 March 2021

The article presents a model of an anthropometric dummy designed for low velocity crash tests, designed in ADAMS. The model consists of rigid bodies connected with special joints with appropriately selected stiffness and damping. The simulation dummy...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,529 Views
13 Pages

Quasi-Static Mechanical Biomimetics Evaluation of Car Crash Dummy Skin

  • Yurun Li,
  • Zhixin Liu,
  • Cuiru Sun,
  • Xiaoya Zheng,
  • Guorui Du,
  • Xiaoshuang Wang,
  • Songchen Wang and
  • Weidong Liu

15 December 2024

Accurate replication of soft tissue properties is essential for the development of car crash test dummy skin to ensure the precision of biomechanical injury data. However, the intricacy of multi-layer soft tissue poses challenges in standardizing the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
3,696 Views
15 Pages

18 May 2021

During the procedure, a location-based service (LBS) query, the real location provided by the vehicle user may results in the disclosure of vehicle location privacy. Moreover, the point of interest retrieval service requires high accuracy of location...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,139 Views
11 Pages

The Design of the Dummy Arm: A Verification Tool for Arm Exoskeleton Development

  • Suzanne J. Filius,
  • Bas J. van der Burgh and
  • Jaap Harlaar

24 September 2024

Motorised arm supports for individuals with severe arm muscle weakness require precise compensation for arm weight and elevated passive joint impedance (e.g., joint stiffness as a result of muscle atrophy and fibrosis). Estimating these parameters in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,529 Views
15 Pages

Upper Limb Design of an Anthropometric Crash Test Dummy for Low Impact Rates

  • Marek Jaśkiewicz,
  • Damian Frej,
  • Dariusz Tarnapowicz and
  • Milos Poliak

10 November 2020

The article presents the design of the upper limb joints of an anthropometric dummy intended for rear crash tests for low impact speeds. These joints represent the connection of the hand to the forearm, the forearm to the arm, and the arm to the shou...

  • Review
  • Open Access
19 Citations
4,504 Views
19 Pages

A Survey of Dummy-Based Location Privacy Protection Techniques for Location-Based Services

  • Shiwen Zhang,
  • Mengling Li,
  • Wei Liang,
  • Voundi Koe Arthur Sandor and
  • Xiong Li

17 August 2022

As smart devices and mobile positioning technologies improve, location-based services (LBS) have grown in popularity. The LBS environment provides considerable convenience to users, but it also poses a significant threat to their privacy. A large num...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,277 Views
15 Pages

An Efficient Dummy-Based Location Privacy-Preserving Scheme for Internet of Things Services

  • Yongwen Du,
  • Gang Cai,
  • Xuejun Zhang,
  • Ting Liu and
  • Jinghua Jiang

5 September 2019

With the rapid development of GPS-equipped smart mobile devices and mobile computing, location-based services (LBS) are increasing in popularity in the Internet of Things (IoT). Although LBS provide enormous benefits to users, they inevitably introdu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,720 Views
19 Pages

3 March 2023

Location-based services (LBS) require users to provide their current location for service delivery and customization. Location privacy protection addresses concerns associated with the potential mishandling of location information submitted to the LB...

  • Article
  • Open Access
779 Views
21 Pages

Machine Learning-Driven Security and Privacy Analysis of a Dummy-ABAC Model for Cloud Computing

  • Baby Marina,
  • Irfana Memon,
  • Fizza Abbas Alvi,
  • Ubaidullah Rajput and
  • Mairaj Nabi

2 October 2025

The Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC) model provides access control decisions based on subject, object (resource), and contextual attributes. However, the use of sensitive attributes in access control decisions poses many security and privacy cha...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,230 Views
21 Pages

11 June 2022

In the internet of vehicles (IoVs), vehicle users should provide location information continuously when they want to acquire continuous location-based services (LBS), which may disclose the vehicle trajectory privacy. To solve the vehicle trajectory...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,476 Views
18 Pages

14 June 2024

The aim of the study is to compare the head displacement of the KPSIT C50 dummy during a frontal collision at a speed of 20 km/h, along with the change in the angle of the car seat backrest. Passenger car manufacturers recommend setting the backrest...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
5,181 Views
13 Pages

4 April 2018

We present a directly competitive fluorescence assay for highly sensitive detection of melamine in milk using magnetic dummy molecularly imprinted polymers (MDMIPs). The detection principle is based on competitive binding between the fluorescent labe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,758 Views
18 Pages

Dummy Template Molecularly Imprinted Polymers for Electrochemical Detection of Cardiac Troponin I: A Combined Computational and Experimental Approach

  • Mohammad Sadegh Sadeghi Googheri,
  • Davide Campagnol,
  • Paolo Ugo,
  • Samira Hozhabr Araghi and
  • Najmeh Karimian

Cardiac troponin I (cTnI) is a crucial biomarker for the early detection of acute myocardial infarction (AMI), playing a significant role in cardiac health assessment. Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) are valued for their stability, ease of fabr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
507 Views
13 Pages

This study investigates the low-signal behavior of electric motors in automotive applications, emphasizing impedance measurement, evaluation, and the definition of a simplified dummy load. A comprehensive experimental analysis was conducted on two in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,239 Views
18 Pages

Enhanced Kalman Filter with Dummy Nodes and Prediction Confidence for Bipartite Graph Matching in 3D Multi-Object Tracking

  • Shaoyu Sun,
  • Chunyang Wang,
  • Bo Xiao,
  • Xuelian Liu,
  • Chunhao Shi,
  • Rongliang Sun and
  • Ruijie Han

16 December 2024

Kalman filter (KF)-based methods for 3D multi-object tracking (MOT) in autonomous driving often face challenges when detections are missed due to occlusions, sensor noise, or objects moving out of view. This leads to data association failures and cum...

  • Article
  • Open Access
416 Views
34 Pages

17 December 2025

Rear-end collisions remain a significant category of road accidents, despite widespread passive safety systems. Although modern seats are designed to reduce injury risk, the influence of accessory lumbar supports on passenger safety is still insuffic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,533 Views
13 Pages

The distribution of disk output voltage is a key factor for the design of an insulated core transformer (ICT) high-voltage power supply. The development of an ICT involves the design and optimization of many parameters, which greatly affect the unifo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,640 Views
6 Pages

31 August 2022

In this study, we have analyzed the optimal bias condition of dummy WL for the sub-block gate induced drain leakage (GIDL) erase operation in 16-layer 3D NAND flash memory. Three-dimensional NAND flash memory performs an erase operation in units of p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,522 Views
10 Pages

A Deep Learning Approach for Efficient Electromagnetic Analysis of On-Chip Inductor with Dummy Metal Fillings

  • Xiangliang Li,
  • Yijie Tang,
  • Peng Zhao,
  • Shichang Chen,
  • Kuiwen Xu and
  • Gaofeng Wang

16 December 2022

A deep learning approach for the efficient electromagnetic analysis of an on-chip inductor with dummy metal fillings (DMFs) is proposed. By comparing different activation functions and loss functions, a deep neural network for DMF modeling is built u...

  • Article
  • Open Access
50 Citations
5,375 Views
24 Pages

27 March 2019

Optical remote sensing data have been widely used for estimating forest aboveground biomass (AGB). However, the use of optical images is often restricted by the saturation of spectral reflectance for forests that have multilayered and complex canopy...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,850 Views
16 Pages

Ellagic acid (EA) is a natural polyphenol and possesses excellent in vivo bioactivity and antioxidant behaviors, which play an important role in the treatment of oxidative stress-related diseases, such as cancer. Additionally, EA is also known as a s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
907 Views
19 Pages

Anthrone-Based Dummy Molecularly Imprinted PVDF Membrane for Monitoring Fluorene and Phenanthrene in River Water

  • Aria Pinandita,
  • Nurrahmi Handayani,
  • Muhammad Iqbal,
  • Untung Triadhi,
  • Rusnadi Rusnadi,
  • Samitha Dewi Djajanti,
  • Muhammad Bachri Amran and
  • Muhammad Ali Zulfikar

16 September 2025

The anthrone-based dummy molecularly imprinted membrane (DIM) was successfully synthesized using a semi-interpenetrating polymer network (semi-IPN) approach for the selective recognition and adsorption of fluorene and phenanthrene in aqueous systems....

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
4,172 Views
15 Pages

This work reports a rapid, simple and low-cost voltammetric sensor based on a dummy molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) that uses 2,4-dinitrophenol (DNP) as a template for the quantification of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) and DNP, and the identificat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,944 Views
16 Pages

Design of Cylindrical Thermal Dummy Cell for Development of Lithium-Ion Battery Thermal Management System

  • Wei Li,
  • Shusheng Xiong,
  • Xiaojun Zhou,
  • Wei Shi,
  • Chongming Wang,
  • Xianke Lin and
  • Junjie Cheng

2 March 2021

This paper aims to design thermal dummy cells (TDCs) that can be used in the development of lithium-ion battery thermal management systems. Based on physical property and geometry of real 18,650 cylindrical cells, a three-dimensional model of TDCs wa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
486 Views
17 Pages

20 February 2015

Whereas early studies of microsaccades have predominantly relied on custom-built eye trackers and manual tagging of microsaccades, more recent work tends to use video-based eye tracking and automated algorithms for microsaccade detection. While data...

  • Article
  • Open Access
35 Citations
5,299 Views
13 Pages

15 October 2018

A molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) for highly selective solid-phase extraction (SPE) of bisphenol A (BPA) was prepared using phenolphthalein (PP) as the novel dummy template by bulk polymerization. A particle diameter distribution of 40–60 &...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,798 Views
15 Pages

18 December 2022

Bisphenol compounds (BPs) are a severe threat to humans and creatures; hence it is critical to develop a quick and simple approach for removing trace BPs from water. This research synthesized a novel template–monomer complex, phenolphthalein-(3...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,670 Views
13 Pages

A 3D-Printed Dummy for Training Distal Phalanx Amputation in Mice

  • Miriam Heuser,
  • Fernando Gonzalez-Uarquin,
  • Maximilian Nuber,
  • Marc A. Brockmann,
  • Jan Baumgart and
  • Nadine Baumgart

22 April 2024

The development of realistic dummies for training the distal phalanx amputation (DPA) technique in mouse pups is a promising alternative to reduce and replace animals in training for research and teaching. To test this, we obtained micro-CT data from...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
1,912 Views
18 Pages

Analysis of Head Movement in KPSIT Dummies and the Impact of Seats and Seat Belts during Low-Speed Collisions 20 km/h

  • Milos Poliak,
  • Damian Frej,
  • Marek Jaśkiewicz,
  • Jacek Caban,
  • Aleksander Górniak,
  • Mirosław Gidlewski,
  • Iwona Ewa Hajduk,
  • Przemysław Kubiak and
  • Dariusz Tarnapowicz

2 September 2024

The aim of this study was to compare the head displacement of the KPSIT C50 dummy, representing a 50th percentile male, with the KPSIT C5 dummy, representing a 5th percentile female, during low-speed collisions. Low-speed collisions, such as those oc...

  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,486 Views
26 Pages

Source anonymity in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) becomes a real concern in several applications such as tracking and monitoring. A global adversary that has sophisticated resources, high computation and full view of the network is an obvious threa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,433 Views
16 Pages

25 August 2020

In this work, a method that minimizes printed wiring board (PWB) warpage by dummy pattern design is proposed. This work suggests that dummy patterns are placed on a preset discretized location in the PWB to reduce the warpage. On each discretized can...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,709 Views
13 Pages

Atmospheric Corrosion Sensor Based on Strain Measurement with Active–Dummy Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors

  • Nining Purwasih,
  • Hiroki Shinozaki,
  • Shinji Okazaki,
  • Hiroshi Kihira,
  • Yukihisa Kuriyama and
  • Naoya Kasai

10 August 2020

Using the relationship between strain and thickness from the materials theory, this paper presents further development of the atmospheric corrosion sensor based on strain measurement (ACSSM). Fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors were used to measure str...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,802 Views
25 Pages

DGS-HSA: A Dummy Generation Scheme Adopting Hierarchical Structure of the Address

  • Mingzhen Li,
  • Yunfeng Wang,
  • Guangcan Yang,
  • Shoushan Luo,
  • Yang Xin,
  • Hongliang Zhu,
  • Yixian Yang,
  • Yuling Chen and
  • Fugui Luo

11 January 2020

With the increasing convenience of location-based services (LBSs), there have been growing concerns about the risk of privacy leakage. We show that existing techniques fail to defend against a statistical attack meant to infer the user’s location pri...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,091 Views
11 Pages

18 May 2019

This study analyzed an atmospheric corrosion sensor using strain measurements (ACSSM) with an active dummy method for corrosion product experiments. An initial compensation thermal strain experiment was performed with elapsed time. Further analyses u...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,842 Views
27 Pages

Addition of Subset and Dummy Variables in the Threshold Spatial Vector Autoregressive with Exogenous Variables Model to Forecast Inflation and Money Outflow

  • Setiawan Setiawan,
  • Gama Putra Danu Sohibien,
  • Dedy Dwi Prastyo,
  • Muhammad Sjahid Akbar and
  • Anton Abdulbasah Kamil

19 December 2024

The TSpVARX model can be used in inflation and money outflow forecasting by accommodating the reciprocal relationship among endogenous variables, the influence of exogenous variables, inter-regional linkages, and the nonlinearity of the relationship...

  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
6,001 Views
19 Pages

27 July 2017

With the development of national-scale forest biomass monitoring work, accurate estimation of forest biomass on a large scale is becoming an important research topic in forestry. In this study, the stem wood, branches, stem bark, needles, roots and t...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,872 Views
14 Pages

Plasma Spraying of a Microwave Absorber Coating for an RF Dummy Load

  • Andreas Killinger,
  • Gerd Gantenbein,
  • Stefan Illy,
  • Tobias Ruess,
  • Jörg Weggen and
  • Venancio Martinez-Garcia

The European fusion reactor research facility, called International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), is one of the most challenging projects that involves design and testing of hundreds of separately designed reactor elements and peripheric...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,876 Views
12 Pages

Hydraulic Experiments on a Small-Scale Wave Energy Converter with an Unconventional Dummy Pto

  • Luca Martinelli,
  • Matteo Volpato,
  • Chiara Favaretto and
  • Piero Ruol

29 March 2019

This paper investigates on a Wave Energy Converter (WEC) named Energy & Protection, 4th generation (EP4). The WEC couples the energy harvesting function with the purpose of protecting the coast from erosion. It is formed by a flap rolling with a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
7,468 Views
13 Pages

4 January 2021

Strontium bismuth tantalate (SBT) ferroelectric-gate field-effect transistors (FeFETs) with channel lengths of 85 nm were fabricated by a replacement-gate process. They had metal/ferroelectric/insulator/semiconductor stacked-gate structures of Ir/SBT...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,163 Views
13 Pages

29 April 2023

In this study, a carbon nanotube (CNTs)—supported dummy template molecularly imprinted polymer (DMIPs) material was synthesized and utilized for the detection of amide herbicides in aquatic products via matrix solid-phase dispersion technology...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,599 Views
20 Pages

Effects of Seat Belts and Shock Absorbers on the Safety of Racing Car Drivers

  • Calin Itu,
  • Ana Toderita,
  • Lucia-Violeta Melnic and
  • Sorin Vlase

1 October 2022

This paper aimed to study the behavior of a body (dummy) that was in a race car in the event of a frontal collision with a wall in order to see what loads were acting on the dummy. Based on a complex car model, equipped with two safety system seat be...

  • Article
  • Open Access
631 Views
28 Pages

An Agent-Based System for Location Privacy Protection in Location-Based Services

  • Omar F. Aloufi,
  • Ahmed S. Alfakeeh and
  • Fahad M. Alotaibi

Location-based services (LBSs) are a crucial element of the Internet of Things (IoT) and have garnered significant attention from both researchers and users, driven by the rise of wireless devices and a growing user base. However, the use of LBS-enab...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,401 Views
21 Pages

Resplace of the Car–Driver–Passenger System in a Frontal Crash Using a Water Impact Attenuator

  • Claudiu Nedelescu,
  • Calin Itu,
  • Anghel Chiru,
  • Sorin Vlase and
  • Bogdan Cornel Benea

Passenger safety remains a primary goal in vehicle engineering, requiring the development of advanced passive safety systems to reduce injuries during collisions. Impact attenuators (particularly for race cars) are a crucial component for the safety...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
6,067 Views
22 Pages

5 January 2023

An essential element for driver safety is represented by the Impact Attenuator (especially for race cars). The effect of the Impact Attenuator can be seen in the behavior of a dummy, tied with a seat belt, in a frontal collision with a rigid wall. Th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,964 Views
14 Pages

22 December 2017

This paper describes an amplifier circuit fabricated by the active-dummy method for atmospheric corrosion monitoring based on strain measurement. The circuit was used to determine the relationship between the voltage and strain. Experiments involving...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,221 Views
17 Pages

12 December 2022

Recently, the automotive industry has used simulation programs much more often than experimental research. Computer simulations are more and more often used due to the repeatability of simulation conditions and the possibility of making modifications...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,072 Views
22 Pages

20 June 2025

(1) Background: Side-channel attacks (SCAs) exploit unintended information leakage to compromise cryptographic security. In cyber-physical systems (CPSs), embedded systems are inherently constrained by limited resources, restricting the implementatio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
6,641 Views
16 Pages

29 February 2020

To improve the limited degree of immersion of static binaural rendering for headphones, an increased measurement effort to obtain multiple-orientation binaural room impulse responses (MOBRIRs) is reasonable and enables dynamic variable-orientation re...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,460 Views
13 Pages

Band 40/41 Surface Acoustic Wave Filters on 42°YX-Lithium Tantalate Substrate with Suppression of Transverse Leakage

  • Qiang Xiao,
  • Zihang Gao,
  • Mengqun Chu,
  • Zeyu Zheng,
  • Xuesong Du,
  • Chengji Hu,
  • Hongzhi Pan,
  • Hualin Li,
  • Jiahe Dong and
  • Jinyi Ma
  • + 5 authors

28 April 2024

The transverse leakage of leaky surface acoustic waves (LSAWs) occurs on 42°YX-lithium tantalate substrates (42LT), which increases the insertion loss, narrows the bandwidth and flattens the roll-off of band 40/41 SAW filters and duplexers. In th...

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