Applied Sciences, Volume 10, Issue 8

Metro systems play a key role in meeting urban transport demands in large cities. The close relationship between historical weather conditions and the corresponding passenger flow has been widely analyzed by researchers. However, few studies have exp...

An enhanced multimodal stacking scheme is proposed for quick and accurate online detection of harmful pornographic contents on the Internet. To accurately detect harmful contents, the implicative visual features (auditory features) are extracted usin...

Soil total arsenic (TAs) contamination caused by human activities—such as mining, smelting, and agriculture—is a problem of global concern. Visible/near-infrared (VNIR), X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF), and laser-induced breakdown s...

Pulmonary Embolism (PE) is a respiratory disease caused by blood clots lodged in the pulmonary arteries, blocking perfusion, limiting blood oxygenation, and inducing a higher load on the right ventricle. Pulmonary embolism is diagnosed using contrast...

Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have made great achievements on computer vision tasks, especially the image classification. With the improvement of network structure and loss functions, the performance of image classification is getting higher a...

Smart grid implementation is facilitated by multi-source energy systems development, i.e., microgrids, which are considered the key smart grid building blocks. Whether they are alternative current (AC) or direct current (DC), high voltage or low volt...

Dam-break flows may change into debris flows if certain conditions are satisfied, such as abundant loose material and steep slope. These debris flows are typically characterized by high density and can generate strong impact forces. Due to the comple...

In an effort to produce cost-effective and environmentally friendly cementitious binders. mainly ternary (Portland cement + limestone + pozzolanas) formulations have been investigated so far. Various proportions of constituents have been suggested, a...

The reaction microscope (REMI) endstation for atomic and molecular science at the free-electron laser FLASH2 at DESY in Hamburg is presented together with a brief overview of results recently obtained. The REMI allows coincident detection of electron...

As people communicate with each other, they use gestures and facial expressions as a means to convey and understand emotional state. Non-verbal means of communication are essential to understanding, based on external clues to a person’s emotion...