Applied Sciences, Volume 14, Issue 10

The main objective of this study was (1) to analyze the patterns of acceleration (Ac) and deceleration (Dec) during football matches in elite youth football, both within and between different segments of the match; and (2) to investigate the impact o...

This study proposes a three-dimensional upper bound solution for estimating the soil thrust of tracked vehicles on saturated clay slopes. The present study considered block, triangular wedge, and trapezoidal wedge failure modes to formulate an upper...

This study presents the effects of piston bowl size on the characteristics of a four-stroke single-cylinder diesel engine, which is considered in relation to changes in factors such as fuel injection pressure and turbocharger pressure. The study was...

A theoretical model, based on the classical Pennes’ bioheat theory, incorporating various boundary conditions, was established and compared to analyze the influence of the latent heat of vaporization via simulation. The aim was to elucidate the...

This study presents the utilization of the microwave infrared thermography (MIRT) technique to identify and analyze the defects in the carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) composite reinforcement of concrete specimens. At first, a set of numerical...

Pathologies in concrete structures can be visually evidenced on the concrete surface, such as by fissures or cracks, fragmentation of part of the concrete, concrete efflorescence, corrosion stains on the concrete surface, or exposed steel bars, the l...

Propaganda in the digital era is often associated with online news. In this study, we focused on the use of large language models and their detection of propaganda techniques in the electronic press to investigate whether it is a noteworthy replaceme...

Honey is well known for its antioxidant and antimicrobial properties, which significantly contribute to its high demand among consumers. While there is plenty of information available about the antioxidant potential of honey, there is still a lack of...

The American cranberry is a perennial North American fruit plant that is grown successfully on commercial plantations in Poland. The purpose of this study was to recognize filamentous fungi that colonize roots, leaves, and fruits without visible dise...

Broiler chicken meat is the preferred meat among the human population. Broiler meat contains high-quality protein and a low-fat content, alongside a desirable fatty acid profile. A frequent problem in human nutrition is an insufficient PUFA intake in...

Aero-space aluminum alloys, as vital materials in aerospace engineering, find extensive application in various aerospace components. However, prolonged usage often leads to the emergence of fatigue natural cracks, posing significant safety risks. The...

Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) radiolabeled with therapeutic and diagnostic radioisotopes have been broadly studied as a promising platform for early diagnosis and treatment of many diseases including cancer. Our main goal for this study was the comparis...

In the realm of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSs), traffic flow prediction is crucial for multiple applications. The primary challenge in traffic flow prediction lies in the handling and modeling of the intricate spatial–temporal correl...

To explore the causes of mine tremors in coal mines with sandstone roofs, a three-point bending loading experiment was designed for composite sandstone layers, and the fracture and interlayer shear slip characteristics of the composite sandstone laye...

Short-term (with a lead time of about one week) earthquake (EQ) prediction is one of the most challenging subjects in geoscience and applied science; however, it is highly required by society because it is of essential importance in mitigating the hu...

With the widespread adoption of smart farms and continuous advancements in IoT (Internet of Things) technology, acquiring diverse additional data has become increasingly convenient. Consequently, studies relevant to deep learning models that leverage...

In the field of integrated sensing and communication, there is a growing need for advanced environmental perception. The terahertz (THz) frequency band, significant for ultra-high-speed data connections, shows promise in environmental sensing, partic...

This study aims to address challenges in media monitoring by enhancing closed-set topic classification in multilingual contexts (where both training and testing occur in several languages) and crosslingual contexts (where training is in English and t...

For some chalcogenide glasses, the temperature dependence of the activation energy E(T) of viscous flow in the glass transition region was calculated using the Williams–Landel–Ferry (WLF) equation. A method for determining the activation...

Today, Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors (PMSMs) are a dominant choice in industry applications. During operation, different possible faults in the system can occur, so early and automated fault detection and severity estimation are required to ens...

In recent times, transformer-based deep learning models have risen in prominence in the field of machine learning for a variety of tasks such as computer vision and text generation. Given this increased interest, a historical outlook at the developme...

In this study, black chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa) juice pomace was used to enrich the extrudates from rice in order to create a functional food. A response surface methodology was applied to optimize the physical (expansion ratio, bulk density, mo...

Traditional data-driven tool wear state recognition methods rely on complete data under targeted working conditions. However, in actual cutting operations, working conditions vary, and data for many conditions lack labels, with data distribution char...

Axial force is one of the important factors affecting the life and reliability of centrifugal pumps. Based on the SST turbulence model, the unsteady internal flow field of an aero fuel centrifugal pump under various working conditions was analyzed by...

The purpose of this study is to determine the material properties of CFRP composites in the form of a fabric for the construction of racing car bodywork. This work focused on the determination of the strength and tribological properties as well as in...

Proteins can adsorb on the surface of materials, such as soft contact lenses (SCLs), and can affect the hydrophobicity, roughness, and surface properties of the contact lenses (CLs), which, in turn, can influence the friction between the lenses and t...

The purpose of this study was to obtain a biodegradable film based on polyvinyl alcohol with reduced water vapor permeability. The hydrophobic character of the films was achieved by incorporating beeswax, vegetable bio-surfactant, citric acid as a cr...

The high-precision dynamic positioning of highway vehicles is the foundation and prerequisite for achieving intelligent connected transportation. To address the shortcomings of the GNSS/INS combination and GNSS/INS/OD combination in tunnel vehicle po...

Ultrasound is a highly adaptable medical imaging modality that offers several applications and a wide range of uses, both for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. The principles of sound wave propagation and reflection enable ultrasound imaging to fu...

As the construction industry is facing the challenge of meeting the ever-increasing demand for environmentally friendly and durable concrete, the role of viscosity-modifying admixtures (VMAs) has become increasingly essential to improve the rheologic...

The strategic selection of suppliers and the allocation of orders across multiple periods have long been recognized as critical aspects influencing company expenditure and resilience. Leveraging the enhanced predictive capabilities afforded by machin...

Path planning for mobile robots is a key technology in robotics. To address the issues of local optima trapping and non-smooth paths in mobile robot path planning, a novel algorithm based on the NSGA-II (Non-dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm II) is...

The intention of the Special Issue “Advances in Spectroscopy for Materials: Bridging Science and Engineering” is to include various enthusiastic works that focus on the use of various analytical spectroscopic techniques while characterizi...

The Côte d’Ivoire Basin is one of the most important oil production areas in Africa; and it is also the focus of global oil and gas exploration, but the degree of oil exploration and development in this basin are still in the early stages...

Brushless Direct Current (BLDC) motors have seen significant improvements across various electrical applications. The growing focus on motor design research highlights the BLDC motor’s superior efficiency compared to traditional motors, which c...

In the present study, we prepared an ethanol extract from the flowers of Styphnolobium japonicum L. (SJFE) and found that it contains rutin as a major constituent as well as quercetin kaempferol and isorhamnetin as minor components. In lipopolysaccha...

Cyberattacks have increased in intensity and sophistication in recent years, resulting in defensive actions to safeguard company assets and vulnerable people [...]

Microgreens are a new, rapidly growing group of foodstuffs. The decorative function of these is often accompanied by their use in traditional dishes. As microgreens are eaten at very early stages, when the development of the epidermis is at its minim...

The article presents an advanced two-dimensional (2D) computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model of an external gear pump which considers relief grooves. Relief grooves are limiting design features for the flow process of this type of pump, and their i...

Integrated energy systems (IESs) can easily accommodate renewable energy resources (RESs) and improve the utilization efficiency of fossil energy by integrating various energy production, conversion, and storage technologies. However, the coupled mul...

In the development of intelligent mines, unmanned driving transportation has emerged as a key technology to reduce human involvement and enable unmanned operations. The operation of unmanned vehicles in mining environments relies on remote operation,...

Since 2021, China’s promotion of common prosperity has captured global attention and sparked considerable debate. Yet, scholarly examination of the Chinese public’s attitudes toward this policy, which is crucial for guiding China’s...

A gearbox compound fault intelligent diagnosis method based on the period group sparse model is proposed for the problem that the fault features are coupled with each other and the fault components are superimposed on each other and difficult to be s...

This study presents a novel microfluidic mixer designed, fabricated, and characterized using additive manufacturing technology—stereolithography (SLA)—and harnessing capillarity principles achieved through microstructure patterning. Micro...

This study presents the predicted hydrodynamic characteristics of different rudder plane configurations on the stern of a full-scale submarine in deep water, which are obtained using the Reynolds-Averaged Navier–Stokes method in Ansys Fluent So...

Banana bunchy top virus (BBTV) was recently detected in Mozambique and appears to be limited to the provinces of Gaza, Maputo and Zambezia, but it has great potential to spread to other provinces. Despite its importance, nothing is known about the BB...

This study aims to generate visually useful imagery by preventing cropping while maintaining resolution and minimizing the degradation of stability and distortion to enhance the stability of a video for Augmented Reality applications. The focus is pl...

To discover the spatial–temporal patterns of sea surface temperature (SST) in the South China Sea (SCS), this paper proposes a spatial–temporal co-clustering algorithm optimized by information divergence. This method allows for the cluste...

Aluminium smelter waste (ASW) is a big contributor to landfills, and its recycling has been of great interest. This study investigates the tribological properties of aluminium matrix syntactic foams manufactured using an Al 6082 alloy and ASW. Ball-o...

In this study, the ultrasonic extraction (UAE) of free phenolic compounds and relative biological activities of the Bulgarian peach variety “Filina” was optimized using chemometric techniques (response surface methodology). A Box–Be...