In 3D pedestrian indoor navigation applications, position estimation based on inertial measurement units (IMUss) fails when moving platforms (MPs), such as escalators and elevators, are not properly implemented.In this work, we integrate the MPs in an upper 3D-simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) algorithm which is cascaded to the pedestria
Entering the field: initiating liturgical research in an African Independent Church (AIC)
African Independent Churches (AICs) have been studied by scholars from various disciplines, especially gift Missiology and Anthropology, making use of various methods including participatory observation.In Ritual and Liturgical Studies, AICs and their abundance of rituals is still a rather under-explored field of research with several reasons makin
Quantitative Attribute Analyses with Ground Penetrating Radar for Infrastructure Assessments and Structural Health Monitoring
In civil structures BABY LOTION and infrastructure, assessing true performance and characterizing unusual structural behaviors can help avoid severe structural problems.To further refine or validate the conclusions from structural health monitoring (SHM) analyses, nondestructive evaluation or techniques (NDE or NDT) can be applied in conjunction wi
Distributed Tracking Control for Connectivity-Preserving and Collision-Avoiding Formation Tracking of Underactuated Surface Vessels with Input Saturation
This paper investigates the formation tracking control problem of a group of underactuated surface vessels (USVs) in the presence of model uncertainties and environmental disturbances.Additional constraints, such as collision avoidance, heterogeneous limited communication range and input saturation are also considered.A modified barrier Protein Ble
Unexpected attraction of polarotactic water-leaving insects to matt black car surfaces: mattness of paintwork cannot eliminate the polarized light pollution of black cars.
The horizontally polarizing surface parts of shiny black cars (the reflection-polarization characteristics of which are similar to those of water surfaces) attract water-leaving polarotactic insects.Thus, shiny black cars are typical sources of polarized light pollution endangering water-leaving insects.A new fashion fad is to make car-bodies matt