Collection of selected, peer reviewed papers from the International Applied Science and Precision Engineering Conference 2013, October 18-22, 2013, Nan Tou, Taiwan. Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters CPCI-S (WoS). The 228 papers are grouped as follows: Chapter 1: Materials Engineering and Processing Technologies of Materials; Chapter 2: Optoelectronics and Optical Systems; Chapter 3: Machine Parts and Mechanisms, Design and Manufacturing; Chapter 4: Medical Machinery and Technologies, Innovative Developments; Chapter 5: Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Power Electronics; Chapter 6: Energy and Power Engineering; Chapter 7: Automation and Control; Chapter 8: Sensors, Mechatronics and Robotics; Chapter 9: Methods and Algorithms for Processing and Analysis of Data; Chapter 10: Computer and Information Technologies; Chapter 11: Environmental Sciences and Engineering, GIS; Chapter 12: Architecture, Civil and Industrial Engineering; Chapter 13: Related Topics

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Preface, Welcome Address and Committees Chapter 1: Materials Engineering and Processing Technologies of Materials Effect of Bi2O3 Addition on the Microstructure and Electrical Properties of Lead-Free (Na0.5K0.5)NbO3-Bi0.5(Na0.93K0.07)0.5TiO3 Ceramics Effects of Grain Size and Lubricating Conditions on Micro Forward and Backward Hollow Extrusion of Brass Effect on Vibroengineering of Material Deterioration in a Scale-Down Reinforced Concrete Containment Vessel Specimen Preparation and Investigation of Co-Dispersed MWCNT Buckypaper for the Microwave Absorption Direct Heating Billet within Die during Hot Forging Process Using Soft Material as Die during Hot Forging The Characterization of Alumina Reinforced with CNT by the Mechanical Alloying Method Transparent Conductive Oxide GZO Thin Films by Sol-Gel Process Nonlinear Evolution of the Travelling Waves in Roll Coating Flows of Thin Viscoelastic Polymer Falling Films Photo-Electronic Properties of Titanium Dioxide Nano Thin Films Step-Stress Accelerated Degradation Testing of NBR Sealing Ring The Friction Characteristics and Microscopic Properties of Composite Electroplating Thin Films Preparation and Characterization of Cubic and Rod-Shaped Indium Tin Oxide Powders Using the Hydrothermal Process Effect of ZnO Seed Layer and TiO2 Coating Treatments on Aligned TiO2/ZnO Nanostructures for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Tuning the Torsion Mechanical Properties of Carbon Nanotube by Feeding H2 Molecules Atomic Layer Deposited Al2O3 Barrier Layers on Flexible PET Substrates Study the Rheological Property of Gel Abrasives in Magnetic Abrasive Finishing Experiment on Intermittent Gas Jet Assisted Modulated Fiber Laser Drilling Temperature Effect on Mechanical Properties of Aluminum Film Artificial Photosynthesis of Formic Acid Using Iron Doped TiO2 Graded Silicon Nanostructure Arrays for Tailoring Antireflection Performances Thermoelectric Properties of Transition Metal Deposited MWCNT Buckypaper Morphology and Microstructure of Aggregates and Gelation Behaviour of Poly(3-hexylthiophene) in Xylene Solution Small Scale Effect on Nonlinear Vibration of Fluid-Loaded Double-Walled Carbon Nanotubes with Uncertainty Determination of the Optimal Locations for Injection Molding Gates with Higher Order Response Surface Approximations Chapter 2: Optoelectronics and Optical Systems Simulation of Broadband Transmission Photonic Crystal Waveguide Crossing with Linear Taper A Study on Measurement of Photoplethysmograph Using a Smartphone Camera A Simulation Study of the Treatment Effects for the 1064 nm Nd:YAG Laser under Various Fluence and Pulse Durations Assessment of the UVB Transmittance Measurement Uncertainty in Conformity with ISO/IEC 17025 Compound Optical Film Using Gray Scale Mask Embedded with Micro-Voids Design of Secondary Optical Element for a Two-Reflector Solar Concentrator Integrated Multi-Object Taguchi Method with Optical Design for Contact Lenses Improvement on Zhang's Camera Calibration Video Matching by One-Dimensional PSNR Profile Chapter 3: Machine Parts and Mechanisms, Design and Manufacturing An Investigation into Optimized Ti-6Al-4V Titanium Alloy Equal Channel Angular Extrusion Process Design of a Magnetic Gear Set with Low Torque Ripple Heat Transfer of Oscillating Fluid through Finned Heat Sink with Top Bypass Clearance Reducing Cogging Force of a Permanent Magnet Transverse Flux Linear Synchronous Motor Design and Optimization on Active Engine Mounting Systems for Vibration Isolation Harmonic Analysis and Filter Design for the Light Rail Transit Systems Modeling of a Shape Memory Alloy Beam and its Stochastic Chaos Parametric Study of a Micromixer with Convergent-Divergent Sinusoidal Walls Design and Manufacturing of Drug Eluting Depot Stents with Micro-Sized Drug Reservoirs Finite-Element Analysis of the Magnetic Field in a Magnetic Gear Mechanism Kinematic Analysis of an 8-Speed Bicycle Transmission Hub Ground Vibration Characteristics for High-Speed Trains on Embankments Dynamic Response of a Viscoelastic Damping Isolator under High Cyclic Loading Thermal Performances in Ribbed Rectangular Convergent and Divergent Channels Finite Element Analysis of Bridge-Vehicle System with Randomness Design of Geneva Mechanism with Curved Slots The Study and Fabrication of Electron Field Emission Module for Next-Generation Multi-Beams Lithography Applications An Adaptive Parameter Tuning Method with On-Machine Weight Identification Function for CNC Machine Tools Heat Transfer of Oscillating-Move Pin-Fin Heat Sinks with Circular Impinging Jets Performance Improvement of a Hidden Ceiling Fan The Design of Heat Pipe Heat Exchanger for CO2 EGS Optimization of Circular Diamond Saw Blades with Annular Slots Effects of Metal Hydride Absorption in Reactor with Annular Finned Tube Heat Exchanger Magnetic Assisted Laser Percussion Drilling An Electric Wheelchair with Function of Climbing up and down a Step The Meshing Efficiency Analysis of Coupled Planetary Gear Reducer A Study on the Optimization Design of BOP Gantry Crane by ANSYS Stress Distribution Analysis of Different Types of Blade for a Fermentation System Optimal Design of the Single-Mode Piezoelectric Actuator The Design of Multiple Function Acoustic Horns for Ultrasonic Welding of Plastic Five-Axis NC Program Conversion for Inclined Plane Machining The Impact of Bicycle Suspension on Pedaling Forces Development of a Virtual Milling Machining Center Simulation System with Switchable Modular Components Hysteretic Nonlinear Characteristics and Stochastic Bifurcation of Cantilevered Piezoelectric Energy Harvester Optimal Yield Rate in ACF Cutting Process of TFT-LCD Module Using Orthogonal Particle Swarm Optimization An Optimal Design for New Electromagnetic Valve in Camless Engines The Dynamic Analysis and Simulation of Electric Scooter Study on Bevel Gear Worm Forging by Finite Element Analysis The Characteristic Analysis of Interrupted Flow Pulsation on Ultrafiltration System Pressure Distribution in the Air Film and the Porous Conveyor Air Bearing Dynamics of a Quadruped Walking Machine Magnetostatic Field Analysis of Disk-Type Permanent-Magnet Motors Using ADAMS Application on Mechanism Simulation of New Multiaxis Machines An Integrated CFD and Experimental Study of the In-Line Fan The Characteristic Comparison of the Accelerometer and the Gyroscope Using the Pendulum Model of Body Sway Heat Transfer of a Double Layer Microchannel Heat Sink The Analysis of Magnetorheological Brake Structure with Multiple Poles Seismic Response for a One-Third Scale-Down Vertical Cylindrical Cask Specimen Using Cyclic Loading Testing Microstructure Design of Surface Permanent Magnet and Tooth Surface Stator in Brushless DC Motor with Low Rare Earth Material Stability and Dynamic Analysis of the Electrostatic MEMS Actuators A Compact Planar Inverted-F Antenna for Octa-Band Operations of Smart Handsets Chapter 4: Medical Machinery and Technologies, Innovative Developments Application of Artificial Neural Networks for Diagnosing Acute Appendicitis Study on Biohydrogen Production of Dark Fermentation with the Stimulation of Ultrasonic Implementation and Validation of ECG-Derived Respiration with QRS Characteristics A Newly Developed Polyurethane Prosthetic Heart Valve The Measurement of Anesthesia Depth Using Biomedical Signal during General Anesthesia The Effects of Application Site and Time of Vibration Stimulation: Changes in Gait Pattern and Muscle Activity Different Frequency Bands of Electromagnetic Wave on Age-Related Developmental Changes L2-EMD Filter Design for Photoplethysmography Signal Supervised Neural Networks for the Automatic Classification of Leukocytes in Blood Microscope Images Analysis of Non-Fourier Thermal Behavior in Layered Tissue with Pulse Train Heating Chapter 5: Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Power Electronics Contour Data Acquisition System for Electric Vehicle Distance Estimation Method FPGA Implementation of a High-Speed Two Dimensional Discrete Wavelet Transform Low Phase Noise Voltage Controlled Oscillator Using Cascode and Current-Reuse Techniques for Radio Frequency Circuits Time-Frequency Bands of Electromagnetic Wave from ERPCOH on Developmental Changes In-Plane Electromagnetic Generator Fabricated on Printed Circuit Board Technology Wide Area Input Stabilizer for Damping of Power System Inter-Area Oscillation Development of Serial-Connected High Step-Up DC-DC Converter with Single Switch Chapter 6: Energy and Power Engineering Application of TRACE and FRAPTRAN in the Spent Fuel Pool of Chinshan Nuclear Power Plant LAPUR6 Stability Analysis on Power/Flow Map of Lungmen ABWR Potential of Solar Farm Development at UTM Campus for Generating Green Energy Impact of a Large Scale PV Generation System on the Distribution System Development of Intelligent Solar Panel Cleaning System with Fuzzy Logic Theorem Elman Neural Network for Dynamic Control of Wind Power Systems Design and Analysis of a Novel Hybrid Solar/Gas Dish Stirling System (HS/GDSS) An Active Islanding Detection Method for Grid-Connected Renewable Energy Generation System Comparison of Three Short Term Photovoltaic System Power Generation Forecasting Methods Optimal Penetration of Photovoltaic Systems in Distribution Networks HCPV Module Temperature Prediction: A Case Study Based on Measurements at NPUST Effect of Geometry on Energy Absorption of Reduction Tubes Using a Die - A Numerical Study Chapter 7: Automation and Control An Integrated Realization of Motion Control and Motor Drives with FPGA Direct Adaptive CMAC PI Control for Uncertain Nonlinear Systems with Measurable Output Feedback Whole-Body Human-to-Humanoid Motion Imitation The Development of a Hybrid Antilock Braking System Using Magnetorheological Brake Optimization of the Neural Muscular Drive and Respiratory Signals under Dead Space Loading and CO2 Inhalation Development of an Automatic Optical Inspection System and its Application to Defect Examination Design of Flight Control System Bus Controller of UAV Based on Double CAN-Bus A Wireless Sensor Network Deployment Planning Tool to Support Building Automation Cryptanalysis and Improvement of Secure Key Distribution for the Smart Grid Study and Design of Smart Embedded Home System Based on Wireless Electric Power Measurement Monitoring System Home Security Service and Condition Control Chapter 8: Sensors, Mechatronics and Robotics Hysteretic Nonlinear Characteristics of Giant Magnetostrictive Sensors Safety Assessments for Wearable Robot Suits Calibration of RGB-D Sensors for Robot SLAM Experimental Evaluation of a Small-Displacement Sensing System Based on the Surface Plasmon Resonance Technology in Heterodyne Interferometry A Study on FBG Vehicle Loading Sensing System Structure Design of the Biaxial Piezoelectric Actuated Stage Using a Novel Disk Piezoelectric Actuator Stepping Experiment and Characteristics Analysis of a Novel Biaxial Piezoelectric Actuated Stage High Performance CO Sensors Utilizing Sprayed Distributed Toluene-Based Gold Nanoparticles Development of a Laser Measuring Method for Small Displacement of a Thin Plastic String The Design of Multi-Parameter Bio-Signal Sensor for Applying a Smartphone m-Health Service Interpretation of the Oscillating Signals of the Smart NOx Sensors Used in Urea Selective Catalyst Reduction Systems via Spectral Analysis Design of Photo Diode Sensors for Measuring Solar Light Orientation Singularity Avoidance for a Redundant Robot Using Fuzzy Motion Planning An Output Based Adaptive Iterative Learning Control with Particle Swarm Optimization for Robotic Systems Distributed Control Intelligent Robotic Gripper A Laboratory-Based Smart Grid Sensor Network Testbed Discoid and Asymmetrical Micro-Satellite Propulsion Mode Attitude Control with Great Mass Change and without Angular Rate Sensor A Fuzzy-Based Management for Power-Aware Wireless Sensor Network A Centre Clustering Mechanism of Wireless Sensor Network Motion Control of a Robot Arm Enhance A* Searching Algorithm Applying in Multiple Robot System A Cyclostationarity-Based Spectrum Sensing Scheme for Dynamic Traffic Circumstances Distributed Tree Routing Scheme for Large-Scale Wireless Sensor Networks A N-Hop Concentric Clustering Algorithm with Sub-Clusters in a Wireless Sensor Network Chapter 9: Methods and Algorithms for Processing and Analysis of Data Development of Causal Model of Four Parameters upon Statistical and Mathematical Analysis and Management Using Maple to Study the Partial Differential Problems Efficient Computational Workload Distribution on Heterogeneous GPUs Fingerprint Identification Based on Mopso in SVM Accelerometry-Based Motion Pattern Analysis for Physical Activity Recognition and Activity Level Assessment Application of Maple on Evaluation of Definite Integrals A Study on the Multiple Improper Integral Problems with Maple Facial Expression Generated Automatically Using Triangular Segmentation Refinement of Depth Estimation Method via Energy Minimization Modeling and Simulation of the Optical Properties of Low-Speed Target in Near Space Application of Maple on the Integral Problems Application of Maple on Solving the Differential Problem of Rational Functions An Artificial Evolutionary Approach for Solving the Nonlinear Constrained Optimization Problems A Novel Unambiguous Correlation Function with a High and Sharp Main-Peak for BOC Signal Tracking Image Contrast Enhancement by Hybrid 3SAIHT and CLAHE Algorithm A Low Complexity Integer Frequency Offset Estimation Scheme Based on Coherence Phase Bandwidth for OFDM Systems Face Recognition by Geometrical Feature-Point Bilateral Matching Robust Observer-Based Output Feedback Control for Time-Varying Systems Chapter 10: Computer and Information Technologies Volumetric Model Body Outline Computation for an Object Tracking in a Video Stream Efficient Scheduling for Real-Time Pinwheel Tasks on DVS Processors A Method of Handling Missing Data in the Context of Learning Bayesian Network Structure A Automatic Vehicle License Plate Location Based on Sobel Edge Method Detecting Phishing Sites Using URLs Collected from Emails Serum System: An Automatic Curing System for Worms and Buffer Overflow-Based Botnets Impacts of Langauge Learning Based on Computer-Assisted Language Learning Instruction A Novel Fuel Cell System Design by Using Ziegler-Nichols-Based Intelligent Fuzzy Controller A Gesture Recognition Based on Accelerometer and Hidden Markov Model for Human Computer Communication Optical Music Recognition for Numbered Music Notation with Multimodal Reconstruction Color 3D Image Encryption Technique by Combined Use of Computational Integral Imaging Joint Image Scrambling Technique A Cloud-Based Test Architecture for IPv6 SNMPv3 Agent 3D Integral Imaging Encryption Using a Depth-Converted Elemental Image Array On the Security of the Discrete Logarithm Based Remote Authentication Scheme Using Smart Cards A Secure Hybrid P2P Network Mobile Communication Device Design An Enhanced Vehicular Information Dissemination Based on Back-Off Time Mechanism Threshold-Based Privacy-Preserving Key Management Scheme for Vehicle-to-Grid Networks Robust Exponential Stability for Uncertain Discrete-Time Switched Systems with Interval Time-Varying Delay via a Switching Signal The Hybrid Differential Evolution with Dynamic Scaling Mutation and Wrapper Local Search for Optimization Problems Implementation and Experiments of TDOA Monitoring Techniques for Broadcasting Interferences Development of an Equipment Failure Identification Expert System with Multiple Reasoning Approaches Classification of Chinese Popular Songs Using a Fusion Scheme of GMM Model Estimate and Formant Feature Analysis Low Phase Noise and Low Power Voltage-Controlled-Oscillator Using Current-Reuse Techniques for Wireless Communication Circuits Design of 3.1-10.6GHz CMOS LNA Based on Input Matching Technique of Common-Gate Topology A Source Routing Protocol for Bluetooth-Based Sensor Networks Development of Software-as-a-Service Cloud Computing Architecture for Manufacturing Management Systems Based on Virtual COM Port Driver Technology Performance Analysis of Hybrid Fusion in Cognitive Radio Networks Design of a Smart Green Energy Management System Based on DMX512 Protocol An Innovative but Low-Cost Mechanism for E-Payment, E-Ticketing, and E-Identity Document: A Case Study of Multiple Perspectives in Innovation Management Chapter 11: Environmental Sciences and Engineering, GIS Frequency Analysis of the Motor Control Centers in a Nuclear Power Plant Using Testing and Simulating Methods Seismic Testing and Verification for 30 Tons Scaled-Down Model of Reinforced Concrete Containment Vessel Application of GIS on Rapid Evaluation for Potential Portal Areas of Tunnels Preliminary Volcanic Seismic Hazard Analysis for Tatun Volcano Group in Northern Taiwan Weibull Component Reliability Prediction with Masked Data Life Cycle Carbon Dioxide Emission Assessment of Housing in Taiwan Site Response Analysis for a Site with the Dipping Bedrock and Liquefiable Layers Using FLAC 3D A Multi-Agent System for Multi-Level Based Environmental and Physiological Signal Monitoring and Analysis Promoting Usage of Effective Rainfall in Pond Irrigation System Chapter 12: Architecture, Civil and Industrial Engineering Corrosion Risk of Stainless Steel Facilities in the Coastal Regions of Taiwan Corrosion Risk of Welded Steel Frames in the Urban Areas of Taiwan A Study on the Deterioration of External Wall Tiles on RC Buildings in Taiwan The Interaction between Adjacent Structures with Different Foundation Levels under Earthquake Loading Novel Pile-to-Pilecap Connection Under Lateral Load Improvement of Accelerated Weathering Test through Physicochemical Analysis for Polymeric Materials in Building Construction A Study on the Deterioration Condition and Renovation Work for High-Rise Reinforced Concrete Apartment in Japan - The Practice Project Kajima Corporation Minaminagasaki Dormitory The Construction Protest Management Study with NIMBY Conflict Experimental and Analytical Investigation of Lateral-Torsional Buckling of RC Beams with Geometric Imperfections Centrifuge Modeling on Seismic Behavior of Pile in Liquefiable Soil Ground Influence of Angle Thickness towards Stiffness and Strength Prediction for Cold-Formed Steel Top-Seat Flange Cleat Connection Development of Physical-Parameter Identification Procedure for Energy-Dissipated Buildings with Symmetric Ductile Braces Modal Identification of Structures from Seismic Response Data via Amplitude-Dependent Time Series Model Model for Evaluating Uncertain Project Duration Considering Construction Interface Problems Seismic Rehabilitation of Beam-Column Joints Using FRP Sheets and Buckling Restrained Braces Structural Behavior of a Steel Grid Shear Wall Subjected to Combined Axial and Cyclic Lateral Loads Enhancing Collapse Detection and Alarms in Bridge Management A New Damage Detection Method for Aging Offshore Platform Using Two Measurements Chapter 13: Related Topics Item Relational Structure Theory Based on Liu’s Improved Nonparametric IRT Theory An Extensive Evaluation Design Approach to Quality Function Deployment A Framework of Fit Status of Organizational Innovation: Based on the Typology of Organizational Lag Research on Human Resource Strategy under Customer Demand Using System Dynamics for the Thin Film Sputtering Target Material Industry Using RSSI Simple Localization Method to Implement the Context-Aware and Social Recommendation System