Applied Sciences, Volume 13, Issue 2

In order to improve the prediction accuracy of the machine learning model for concrete fatigue life using small datasets, a group calculation and random weight dynamic time warping barycentric averaging (GRW-DBA) data augmentation method is proposed....

Orthognathic surgery is a procedure used to correct intermaxillary discrepancies, thus promoting significant improvements in chewing and breathing. During the surgical planning stage, orthodontists often use two-dimensional imaging techniques. The as...

Gas–liquid two-phase flow is very common in industrial pipelines. Flow regime identification is the first step to design, analyze, and operate the gas–liquid system successfully. The purpose of this study is to develop a methodology for i...

To study the mechanical damage characteristics of rock under the effect of subversion, a series of mechanical experiments, including both uniaxial and triaxial mechanical compression experiments under various levels of water content were performed. I...

Modeling the nonlinearity of a system is of primary importance both for optimizing its design and for controlling the behavior of physical systems operating with a wide dynamic range of input values, for which the linearity hypothesis may not be suff...

The monitoring and evaluation of air quality is a topic of great global interest as, with the decline of air quality, there are negative effects on human health and ecosystems. Thus, the purpose of this paper was to evaluate the air quality over 11 y...

Cuffless blood pressure (BP) monitoring is crucial for patients with cardiovascular disease and hypertension. However, conventional BP monitors provide only single-point estimates without confidence intervals. Therefore, the statistical variability i...

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most common pathology among disorders of the peripheral nervous system related to median nerve compression. To our knowledge, there are limited data on the effect of tendon movement on median nerve compression. Thi...

Due to the barely resonant earthed system used in the transmission line, it is more challenging to identify faults at a 66 kV voltage level because of insufficient fault identification techniques. In this paper, a 66 kV transmission line fault identi...

Due to recent advances in communication systems, dielectric and magnetic ceramics (ferrites) are attractive for use in devices. Spinel-type ferrites were the first material utilized in microwave devices; however, yttrium iron garnet (YIG) has low die...

Southern Romania is a geographic region with alluvial deposits. This soil type leads to rather long corner periods and provides as a particularity of the response spectrum an enlarged plateau. These conditions produce large displacement demands. More...

As an emerging flexible-scale energy storage technology, underwater compressed gas energy storage (UW-CGES) is regarded as a promising energy storage option for offshore platforms, offshore renewable energy farms, islands, coastal cities, etc. Liquid...

Aiming at the robotization of the grinding process in the steel bar finishing process, the steel bar grinding robot can achieve the goal of fast, efficient, and accurate online grinding operation, a multi-layer forward propagating deep neural network...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of oxygen tension on mouse induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells by assessing differentiation in terms of embryoid body (EB) size and mRNA and protein expression levels of collagen type 1 and Ru...

This paper investigates the dissipativity analysis of large-scale networked systems with linear time-invariant dynamics. The networked system is composed of a large number of subsystems whose connections are arbitrary, and each subsystem can have dif...

Stable subphthalocyanine-type dyes with a high electron affinity attract much attention as potential substitutes for traditional fullerenes in molecular electronics devices. One possible way to enhance the acceptor properties of the subphthalocyanine...

Chia seed mucilage is a polysaccharide capable of forming hydrogels with excellent water-binding capacity due to its physical and chemical properties and favorable characteristics for encapsulating and protecting valuable hydrophilic molecules in the...

Melanin skin lesions are most commonly spotted as small patches on the skin. It is nothing but overgrowth caused by melanocyte cells. Skin melanoma is caused due to the abnormal surge of melanocytes. The number of patients suffering from skin cancer...

The novelty of this paper is to propose a numerical method for solving ordinary differential equations of the first order that include both linear and nonlinear terms (ODEs). The method is constructed in two stages, which may be called predictor and...

It is generally known that the two most crucial elements of concrete that depend on the slump value of the mixture are workability and compressive strength. In addition, slump retention is more delicate than the commonly used slump value since it ref...

Congenital muscular dystrophies (CMDs) are a heterogeneous group of genetic neuromuscular disorders. They usually occur at birth or in early childhood, with delayed acquisition of motor milestones, and diffuse muscle weakness. A dystrophic pattern is...

Domain-generalized few-shot text classification (DG-FSTC) is a new setting for few-shot text classification (FSTC). In DG-FSTC, the model is meta-trained on a multi-domain dataset, and meta-tested on unseen datasets with different domains. However, p...

In this research series, several sugar beet molasses of different osmolalities were inoculated with a mix of the following microorganisms, Escherichia coli, Salmonella spp. and Listeria monocytogenes, to develop mathematical models and correlations o...

Counterbalanced forklift trucks (FLT) are frequently used in combination with interchangeable equipment in order to handle loads in different manners. The main risks which may arise after assembling interchangeable equipment to a FLT are related to t...

Mechanical methods of tunnel excavation are widely used because of their high excavation output, and the selection of appropriate technology depends on ground composition and project-related features. Compared with tunnel boring machines (TBMs) and r...

Microalgae harvesting by coagulation can use coagulant agents such as alum, synthetic polymers or biocoagulants. Biocoagulants have attracted the attention of researchers because they are natural, biodegradable, and promote high microalgal harvesting...

Despite the many proposals to solve the neural machine translation (NMT) problem of low-resource languages, it continues to be difficult. The issue becomes even more complicated when few resources cover only a single domain. In this paper, we discuss...

Driver fatigue can be further categorized into passive fatigue and active fatigue based on the task-induced fatigue perspective, with its categorization necessary from a theoretical basis and practical needs. Passive fatigue is caused by mental under...

Software design patterns have a proven impact on the quality of software applications and the development process of an application. The success of design patterns in the software industry has attracted mobile game developers and researchers to apply...

Natural gas is cheaper than fuel on an energy basis, making it an alternative ship fuel which leads to a reduced operating cost and clean gas environmental conditions. The current study analyses the retrofit of an ageing multi-purpose ship to use liq...

Infrared point-target detection is one of the key technologies in infrared guidance systems. Due to the long observation distance, the point target is often submerged in the background clutter and large noise in the process of atmospheric transmissio...

Macrophytes play an important role in assessing the condition of aquatic ecosystems. The aim of the study was to assess the effectiveness of cadmium uptake by frogbit (Hydrocharis morsus-ranae) for the phytoremediation of aquatic ecosystems. The stud...

Adherence to physical exercise is especially low in patients with fibromyalgia, and there is a tendency to overestimate its performance. This study explores the relationship between perceived and actual walking behavior in patients with fibromyalgia,...

Based on the spectral element method (SEM) and a convolutional neural network (CNN), an inversion algorithm for the dynamic modulus of concrete pavement structures is proposed in this paper. In order to evaluate the service performance of pavement st...

A network model of epidemic spread accounting for inhomogeneous population district division is investigated. Motivated by the COVID-19 pandemic, we analyze the effects of infection development in the area, for example, of a city divided into several...

The development of intelligence-based methods and application systems has expanded for the use of quality blastocyst selection in in vitro fertilization (IVF). Significant models on assisted reproductive technology (ART) have been discovered, includi...

Vegetative pathogens actively grow in foods, metabolizing and dividing their cells. They have consequently become a focus of concern for the food industry, food regulators and food control agencies. Although much has been done by the food industry an...

Space robots are one of the most promising solutions for on-orbit servicing (OOS) duties like docking, berthing, refueling, re-pairing, upgrading, transporting, rescuing, and orbital trash disposal. Numerous enabling techniques and technological demo...

Understanding the asperity damage behaviors of joints during shearing is critical for evaluating the stability of deep underground engineering structures. In this paper, we prepared plaster joints and used them for direct shear tests under different...

Extending the maximum driving distance of an electric vehicle would be beneficial given these vehicles’ long charging time and limited battery capacity and to improve electricity consumption. Research on the optimal development of the powertrai...

Fingerprints are the most widely used of all biological characteristics in public safety and forensic identification. However, fingerprint images extracted from the crime scene are incomplete. On the one hand, due to the lack of effective area in par...

Members of the genus Streptococcus inhabit a variety of sites in humans and other animals and some species are prolific producers of proteinaceous antibiotics (bacteriocins). As little is known about (i) streptococci inhabiting domestic pets, and (ii...

Background: Recently, intraoral scanning (IOS) has been proposed as a new tool to evaluate the accuracy of static computer-assisted implant surgery (s-CAIS); however, further research is needed to improve the precision of IOS for full-arch impression...

This document presents the modeling of load profile consumption for Low-and-Moderate-Income (LMI) communities in the Caribbean Islands, as well as an assessment of the solar-rooftop energy potential. In this work, real data, together with synthetic a...

There is an increasing demand for processing large volumes of unstructured data for a wide variety of applications. However, protection measures for these big data sets are still in their infancy, which could lead to significant security and privacy...

Semantic segmentation of assembly images is to recognize the assembled parts and find wrong assembly operations. However, the training of supervised semantic segmentation requires a large amount of labeled data, which is time-consuming and laborious....

The operational measure (OM) of the Second-Generation Intact Stability Criteria (SGISC) is the initial step toward the design of a performance-based dynamic stability assessment of the ship by considering the vessel’s operation, loading conditi...

Agriculture is the backbone of any developing or developed country that makes any living to survive. To make food available throughout the year, it is necessary to know about agriculture and the work and strategies involved. Hence, agricultural cours...

The importance of accurate livestock identification for the success of modern livestock industries cannot be overstated as it is essential for a variety of purposes, including the traceability of animals for food safety, disease control, the preventi...

The herbaceous peony (Paeonia lactiflora Pall.) has high ornamental and nutritional value, and the seeds of P. lactiflora can be used to produce high-quality edible oil. However, low seed yield limits the application of P. lactiflora. This can be mit...