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- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2020 ERAU Conference paper
Drones are Everywhere!
Drones are everywhere! Using technology to enhance learning in collegiate and secondary school education. Unmanned Aerial Systems are invading our campus at Utah State University, and we see drones flying everywhere.
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2020 ERAU Conference paper
Implementation of Team-Based Learning in Aviation Education
Recent research in the field of Aviation Education and Educational Psychology has shown that students are in need of greater interaction and social skills.
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2020 ERAU Conference paper
Drones: Where does the National Airspace System Start?
Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), Unmanned Aeronautical Vehicles (UAV), drones and Personal Aerial Vehicles (PAV) constitute the greatest technological advancement since the jet age.
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2020 ERAU Conference paper
Examining UAS Employment Expectations and Requirements
Unmanned aircraft system (UAS) technology is radically changing how organizations, such as government agencies, non-profit corporations, and companies, apply aviation resources.
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2020 ERAU Conference paper
Global Outlook of Aviation & Drones
This presentation will discuss the Global outlook in Aviation & Drones. It will cover both manned and unmanned aviation forecast. Topics that will be covered - The Future of Aviation Aviation Forecast Who is using Drones…
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2020 ERAU Conference paper
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- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2020 ERAU Conference paper
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- Semantic Scholar 2020 Article (Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy)
Routine opioid outcome monitoring in community pharmacy: Outcomes from an open-label single-arm implementation-effectiveness pilot study.
BACKGROUND In response to rising harms with prescription opioids, recent attention has focused on how to better utilise community pharmacists to monitor outcomes with opioid medicines.
- Semantic Scholar 2020 Article (Italian National Conference on Sensors)
Arc Tracking Control in Insulation Systems for Aeronautic Applications: Challenges, Opportunities, and Research Needs
Next generation aircrafts will use more electrical power to reduce weight, fuel consumption, system complexity and greenhouse gas emissions.
- AOPA Air Safety Institute 2020 AOPA-ASI Safety advisor
Safety Advisor: Emergency Procedures
Safety advisor on emergency-handling: engine failure on takeoff vs cruise vs approach, partial power loss, electrical failure, smoke/fire, gear malfunction, and forced-landing technique.
- NASA NTRS 2020 ARC Presentation
Monitoring for Flight Path Management: Inputs to Pilot Monitoring Training
The commercial aviation industry world-wide has identified a need for improved pilot monitoring (e.g., ICAO, 2016). More specifically, aviation safety data indicate that failures in pilots' monitoring for flight path man…
- arXiv 2020 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Probably Approximately Correct Vision-Based Planning using Motion Primitives
This paper presents an approach for learning vision-based planners that provably generalize to novel environments (i.e., environments unseen during training).
- Semantic Scholar 2020 Article (Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation)
Changes in leg cycling muscle synergies after training augmented by functional electrical stimulation in subacute stroke survivors: a pilot study
Muscle synergies analysis can provide a deep understanding of motor impairment after stroke and of changes after rehabilitation. In this study, the neuro-mechanical analysis of leg cycling was used to longitudinally inve…
- arXiv 2020 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Optimal Jammer Placement in UAV-assisted Relay Networks
We consider the relaying application of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), in which UAVs are placed between two transceivers (TRs) to increase the throughput of the system.
- arXiv 2020 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Data Freshness and Energy-Efficient UAV Navigation Optimization: A Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach
In this paper, we design a navigation policy for multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) where mobile base stations (BSs) are deployed to improve the data freshness and connectivity to the Internet of Things (IoT) devic…
- arXiv 2020 ARXIV arXiv preprint
UAV Aided Search and Rescue Operation Using Reinforcement Learning
Owing to the enhanced flexibility in deployment and decreasing costs of manufacturing, the demand for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is expected to soar in the upcoming years.
- arXiv 2020 ARXIV arXiv preprint
A two-stage algorithm for aircraft conflict resolution with trajectory recovery
As air traffic volume is continuously increasing, it has become a priority to improve traffic control algorithms to handle future air travel demand and improve airspace capacity.
- Semantic Scholar 2020 Article
First Steps Toward Positive Behavior Support in the Netherlands: A Pilot Study Exploring the Effectiveness of a Training for Staff
Despite the effectiveness of positive behavior support (PBS) in reducing challenging behaviors, the availability of PBS for individuals with intellectual disabilities is limited in many countries including the Netherland…
- Semantic Scholar 2020 Article (Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy)
Compassion Meditation Training for Hospital Chaplain Residents: A Pilot Study
Abstract This study examines the effectiveness of incorporating compassion meditation training into a clinical pastoral education (CPE) curriculum to enhance compassion satisfaction and reduce burnout among hospital chap…
- arXiv 2020 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Distributed Collaborative 3D-Deployment of UAV Base Stations for On-Demand Coverage
Deployment of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) performing as flying aerial base stations (BSs) has a great potential of adaptively serving ground users during temporary events, such as major disasters and massive events.
- arXiv 2020 ARXIV arXiv preprint
A Visual-inertial Navigation Method for High-Speed Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
This paper investigates the localization problem of high-speed high-altitude unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with a monocular camera and inertial navigation system.
- arXiv 2020 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Combining LoRaWAN and a New 3D Motion Model for Remote UAV Tracking
Over the last few years, the many uses of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have captured the interest of both the scientific and the industrial communities.
- Semantic Scholar 2020 Article (medRxiv)
Effect of respiratory muscle training on dysphagia in stroke patients—A retrospective pilot study
Dysphagia is prevalent with cerebrovascular accidents and contributes to the burden of disease and mortality. Strengthening dysfunctional swallow muscles through respiratory muscle training (RMT) has proven effective in …
- arXiv 2020 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Autonomous quadrotor obstacle avoidance based on dueling double deep recurrent Q-learning with monocular vision
The rapid development of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) puts forward a higher requirement for autonomous obstacle avoidance. Due to the limited payload and power supply, small UAVs such as quadrotors usually carry simple…
- arXiv 2020 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Resource Allocation for UAV Assisted Wireless Networks with QoS Constraints
For crowded and hotspot area, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are usually deployed to increase the coverage rate. In the considered model, there are three types of services for UAV assisted communication: control message…
- Semantic Scholar 2020 Article (Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine)
EFFECTIVENESS OF ROBOTIC BALANCE TRAINING ON POSTURAL INSTABILITY IN PATIENTS WITH MILD PARKINSON’S DISEASE: A PILOT, SINGLE-BLIND, RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL
Objective To examine whether tailored robotic platform training could improve postural stability compared with conventional balance treatment in patients with mild Parkinson’s disease.
- arXiv 2020 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Ice penetration by a bluff-body melting probe
We analyze the operation of melting probes as a Stefan problem for the liquid/solid interface surrounding the probe. We assume that the liquid layer is thin and, therefore, amenable to analysis by lubrication theory.
- Semantic Scholar 2020 Article (BMC Medical Education)
Effectiveness and feasibility of a mindful leadership course for medical specialists: a pilot study
Medical specialists experience high levels of stress. This has an impact on their well-being, but also on quality of their leadership.
- arXiv 2020 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Mobility Management for Cellular-Connected UAVs: A Learning-Based Approach
The pervasiveness of the wireless cellular network can be a key enabler for the deployment of autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in beyond visual line of sight scenarios without human control.
- Semantic Scholar 2020 Article (Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
Early-Integrated Palliative home care and standard care for end-stage COPD (EPIC): A Phase II pilot RCT testing feasibility, acceptability and effectiveness.
BACKGROUND While early-integrated palliative home care (PHC) is believed to be beneficial for COPD patients, trials testing this hypothesis are rare and show inconclusive results.
- Semantic Scholar 2020 Article (Journal of Nursing Administration)
The Effectiveness of Charge Nurse Training on Leadership Style and Resiliency.
OBJECTIVE The study objective was to investigate a charge nurse pilot training program as an effective, evidence-based training modality to improve leadership style and resiliency.
- Semantic Scholar 2020 Article (Research in Nursing and Health)
Fatigue management for adults living with HIV: A randomized controlled pilot study.
Fatigue is a prevalent symptom for adults living with HIV infection. The purpose of this randomized clinical trial was to pilot test a behavioral-educational intervention to reduce fatigue.
- arXiv 2020 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Sensing and Communication Tradeoff Design for AoI Minimization in a Cellular Internet of UAVs
In this paper, we consider the cellular Internet of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), where UAVs sense data for multiple tasks and transmit the data to the base station (BS).
- arXiv 2020 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Direct NMPC for Post-Stall Motion Planning with Fixed-Wing UAVs
Fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) offer significant performance advantages over rotary-wing UAVs in terms of speed, endurance, and efficiency.
- arXiv 2020 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Tackling Air Traffic Conflicts as a Weighted CSP : Experiments with the Lumberjack Method
In this paper, we present an extension to an air traffic conflicts resolution method consisting in generating a large number of trajectories for a set of aircraft, and efficiently selecting the best compatible ones.
- arXiv 2020 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Artificial Intelligence Aided Next-Generation Networks Relying on UAVs
Artificial intelligence (AI) assisted unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) aided next-generation networking is proposed for dynamic environments.
- NASA NTRS 2020 ARC Presentation
NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS)
This presentation presents an overview of NASA's Aviation Safety Reporting System including report processing metrics and outreach activities.
- Semantic Scholar 2020 Article (Physical Therapy)
Effectiveness of an Evidence-Based Amputee Rehabilitation (EBAR) Program: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.
BACKGROUND Despite the prevalence of lower limb amputation (LLA) only a small percentage of people with LLA actually receive physical therapy post amputation and are rehabilitated to their full potential level of functio…
- arXiv 2020 ARXIV arXiv preprint
A generalized Bellman-Ford Algorithm for Application in Symbolic Optimal Control
Symbolic controller synthesis is a fully-automated and correct-by-design synthesis scheme whose limitations are its immense memory and runtime requirements.
- arXiv 2020 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Integrated Supervised Adaptive Control for the More Electric Aircraft
The innovative concept of Electric Aircraft is a challenging topic involving different control objectives. For instance, it becomes possible to reduce the size and the weight of the generator by using the battery as an a…
- arXiv 2020 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Transonic aeroelasticity: a new perspective from the fluid mode
Within the transonic regime, the aeroelastic problems exhibit many unique characteristics compared with subsonic and supersonic cases.
- arXiv 2020 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Payload-Mass-Aware Trajectory Planning on Multi-User Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Future unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) will be shared by multiple users and will have to operate in conditions where their fully-autonomous function is required.
- arXiv 2020 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Design and Control of a Variable Aerial Cable Towed System
Aerial Cable Towed Systems (ACTS) are composed of several Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) connected to a payload by cables. Compared to towing objects from individual aerial vehicles, an ACTS has significant advantages s…
- Semantic Scholar 2020 Article
Information Management to Mitigate Loss of Control Inflight Airline Accidents
- Semantic Scholar 2020 Article (Transportation Science)
Aviation Safety: A Whole New World?
In 2017, over four billion passengers worldwide embarked on air journeys on scheduled flights. Only eight of them were killed in air accidents. Viewed in isolation, this outcome would suggest that ...
- Semantic Scholar 2020 Article (Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology)
Sensing for aerospace combustor health monitoring
Purpose This paper proposes new methods of fault detection for fuel systems in order to improve system availability. Novel fault systems are required for environmentally friendly lean burn combustion, but can carry high …
- arXiv 2020 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Mid-Air Haptics in Aviation -- creating the sensation of touch where there is nothing but thin air
The exciting new technology known as mid-air haptics has been adopted by several industries including Automotive and Entertainment, however it has yet to emerge in simulated pilot training or in real-life flight decks.
- arXiv 2020 ARXIV arXiv preprint
A Two-Stage Batch Algorithm for Nonlinear Static Parameter Estimation
A two-stage batch estimation algorithm for solving a class of nonlinear, static parameter estimation problems that appear in aerospace engineering applications is proposed.
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2020 ERAU Journal article (JAAER)
Scenario-Based Strategic Planning for Future Civil Vertical Take-off and Landing (VTOL) Transport
Rapid evolvement of the vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) technology in conjunction with recent robust R&D has demonstrated the technical feasibility of the civil VTOL system as a short-haul mass transit mode.