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Applied Sciences, Volume 14, Issue 12

2024 June-2 - 401 articles

Cover Story: This study aimed to investigate whether mycotoxins are produced during composting of selectively collected kitchen and garden waste. Kitchen waste, garden leaves, and wood chips were used as a substrate, which was sampled every five days to determine its basic physicochemical characteristics and respirometric activity. The substrate and leachate samples were also tested for the content of eight mycotoxins by HPLC-MS/MS. To screen the local compost market, commercial organic-compost samples were analysed for mycotoxin contamination. The results showed that, although the substrate was colonised by moulds at an early stage, only trace amounts of mycotoxins were detected in a few samples. Similarly, little or no mycotoxins were found in the commercial compost. Our results suggest a low risk of mycotoxin contamination in biowaste compost produced under appropriate technological conditions. View this paper
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Articles (401)

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,374 Views
23 Pages

Small-Sample Bearings Fault Diagnosis Based on ResNet18 with Pre-Trained and Fine-Tuned Method

  • Junlin Niu,
  • Jiafang Pan,
  • Zhaohui Qin,
  • Faguo Huang and
  • Haihua Qin

20 June 2024

In actual production, bearings are usually in a normal working state, which results in a lack of data for fault diagnosis (FD). Yet, the majority of existing studies on FD of rolling bearings focus on scenarios with ample fault data, while research o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
6,537 Views
15 Pages

The Influence of Game-Related Statistics on the Final Results in FIBA Global and Continental Competitions

  • Jasmin Komić,
  • Slobodan Simović,
  • Denis Čaušević,
  • Dan Iulian Alexe,
  • Michal Wilk,
  • Babina Rani and
  • Cristina Ioana Alexe

20 June 2024

Sport, particularly in the realm of professional competition, is a domain of human endeavor that is increasingly dependent on the use of analytical statistical information. Consequently, mathematics and statistics are becoming increasingly crucial el...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,874 Views
24 Pages

Fault-Tolerant Model Predictive Control Applied to a Sewer Network

  • Antonio Cembellín,
  • María J. Fuente,
  • Pastora Vega and
  • Mario Francisco

20 June 2024

This paper presents a Fault-Tolerant Model Predictive Control (FTMPC) algorithm applied to a simulation model for sewer networks. The aim of this work is to preserve the operation of the predictive controller as much as possible, in accordance with i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,348 Views
14 Pages

Kaolin–Fly Ash Composite for Pb2+ and AsO43− Adsorption from Aqueous System

  • Barbora Doušová,
  • Eva Bedrnová,
  • Kateřina Maxová,
  • David Koloušek,
  • Miloslav Lhotka,
  • Lukáš Pilař and
  • Milan Angelis

20 June 2024

The expected benefit of composite adsorbents generally consists in their growing applicability, thanks to the combination of the adsorption properties of individual components. Composite adsorbents were prepared as mixtures of kaolin from a Czech dep...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,895 Views
25 Pages

20 June 2024

The Sala del Dottorato (Hall of Graduates) is a magnificent library in the University of Perugia which plays the double role of providing optimal conservation of valuable books and manuscripts while also hosting important events. This double role is...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,513 Views
13 Pages

20 June 2024

In this study, the digital image correlation (DIC) method and acoustic emission (AE) technology were combined to study the evolution of rock deformation localization in detail. The second-order spatial–temporal subset DIC (STS-DIC) algorithm wa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,102 Views
20 Pages

Modern Design of Carrier for Overhead Conveyor

  • Lukáš Hruzík,
  • Jiří Struž,
  • Miroslav Trochta,
  • Lukáš Klapetek and
  • Daniel Pišťáček

20 June 2024

Modern industry should apply modern design in the construction of production facilities. This is typically the case with belt production, where parts are moved towards the worker, or when moving parts from the factory to the warehouse and shipping ar...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,191 Views
13 Pages

20 June 2024

We introduce an innovative approach for secure communication in the Internet of Things (IoT) environment using a one-time pad (OTP) protocol. This protocol is augmented by incorporating a secure multiparty sum protocol to produce OTP keys from genuin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,599 Views
16 Pages

20 June 2024

Plant pests and diseases are important parts of insect disease control and the high-quality development of agriculture. Traditional methods for identifying plant diseases and pests suffer from low accuracy and slow speed, while the existing machine l...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,540 Views
16 Pages

Lithium Concentrations in Saline Brines of the Shu–Sarysu Depression

  • Refat T. Baratov,
  • Eleonora Y. Seitmuratova,
  • Ermek Z. Murtazin,
  • Diyas O. Dautbekov,
  • Vyacheslav N. Kelyukhov,
  • Nurgali S. Shadiyev and
  • Moldir A. Mashrapova

20 June 2024

This article presents the results of a study on lithium mineralization in salt flats and underground aquifers of the Shu–Sarysu depression. Analysis of brine samples collected from 2022 to 2023, utilizing spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction, rev...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,173 Views
20 Pages

High Strain Rate Response of Sandstones with Different Porosity under Dynamic Loading Using Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar (SHPB)

  • Grzegorz Stopka,
  • Roman Gieleta,
  • Robert Panowicz,
  • Daniel Wałach and
  • Grzegorz Piotr Kaczmarczyk

20 June 2024

This article presents the results of dynamic tests of sandstone samples differing in strength parameters and porosity, which were carried out with the use of the split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB). For this study, three types of sandstones were cons...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,598 Views
42 Pages

20 June 2024

Traditional population-based metaheuristic algorithms are effective in solving complex real-world problems but require careful strategy selection and parameter tuning. Metaphorless population-based optimization algorithms have gained importance due t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,677 Views
15 Pages

Analysis of Kinematic Variables According to Menstrual Cycle Phase and Running Intensity: Implications for Training Female Athletes

  • Carolina Domínguez-Muñoz,
  • Juan del Campo,
  • Alberto García,
  • José Guzmán,
  • Rafael Martínez-Gallego and
  • Jesús Ramón-Llin

20 June 2024

Depending on the phase of the menstrual cycle, different values of running kinematic variables can be obtained. The aim of this study is to analyze whether there are changes in the kinematic variables in running throughout the menstrual cycle and to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,116 Views
15 Pages

20 June 2024

Seismic vulnerability assessment is one of the most impactful engineering challenges faced by modern societies. Thus, authorities require a reliable tool that has the potential to rank given structures according to their seismic vulnerability. Variou...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,614 Views
23 Pages

20 June 2024

Lane occupancy is a crucial indicator of traffic flow and is significant for traffic management and planning. However, predicting lane occupancy is challenging due to numerous influencing factors, such as weather, holidays, and events, which render t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,458 Views
21 Pages

Mechatronic Device Used to Evaluate the Performance of a Compliant Mechanism and Image Processing System in Determining Optometric Parameters

  • Victor Constantin,
  • Daniel Comeagă,
  • Bogdan Grămescu,
  • Daniel Besnea,
  • Adrian Cartal and
  • Edgar Moraru

20 June 2024

The work presented in the paper describes a mechatronic test stand and technique employed to determine the accuracy of a system developed by the authors to assist optometrists in measuring parameters used in the customization of progressive lenses, a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,985 Views
16 Pages

20 June 2024

Real-time target detection plays an important role in campus intelligent surveillance systems. This paper introduces Soft-NMS, GSConv, Triplet Attention, and other advanced technologies to propose a lightweight pedestrian and vehicle detection model...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,403 Views
15 Pages

20 June 2024

The magnetorheological brake (MRB) epitomized a revolutionary modification in the braking systems because of its extremely efficient and well-controlled performance. To increase the safety and controllability of automotive braking system, researchers...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,896 Views
19 Pages

20 June 2024

With the increasing demand for high-resolution images, handling high-dimensional image data has become a key aspect of intelligence algorithms. One effective approach is to preserve the high-dimensional manifold structure of the data and find the acc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,427 Views
22 Pages

20 June 2024

This paper proposes a dead-reckoning (DR) method for vehicles using Lie theory. This approach treats the pose (position and attitude) and velocity of the vehicle as elements of the Lie group SE2(3) and follows the computations based on Lie theory. Pr...

  • Review
  • Open Access
15 Citations
15,210 Views
54 Pages

Food and Drinking Water as Sources of Pathogenic Protozoans: An Update

  • Franca Rossi,
  • Serena Santonicola,
  • Carmela Amadoro,
  • Lucio Marino and
  • Giampaolo Colavita

20 June 2024

This narrative review was aimed at collecting updated knowledge on the risk factors, illnesses caused, and measures for the prevention of protozoan infections transmitted by food and drinking water. Reports screened dated from 2019 to the present and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,915 Views
10 Pages

Heart Rate Dynamics and Quantifying Physical Fatigue in Canadian Football

  • Abdullah Zafar,
  • Samuel Guay,
  • Sophie-Andrée Vinet,
  • Francine Pilon,
  • Géraldine Martens,
  • François Prince and
  • Louis De Beaumont

20 June 2024

The cardiac response to physical exertion is linked to factors such as age, work intensity, and fitness levels. The primary objective of this study was to characterize within-session changes in cardiac response to running in Canadian football athlete...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,652 Views
13 Pages

20 June 2024

Research on next-point-of-interest (POI) recommendation has become a new focus in the field of POI recommendation in recent years. The goal of POI recommendation tasks is to predict a user’s future movement trajectory based on their current sta...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,548 Views
21 Pages

20 June 2024

This study establishes a three-dimensional cohesive model of multi-cluster hydraulic fracturing using finite element method (FEM). It fully considers the interaction between the interlayer and the reservoir and analyzes the key factors influencing fr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
1,616 Views
18 Pages

20 June 2024

This paper aims to address the problems of safety and durability in China’s ballastless track structures, particularly the lack of accurate analysis and methods for predicting the reliability of the new type of prefabricated track structure dur...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,620 Views
13 Pages

20 June 2024

Recent advancements in deep learning have enabled gaze estimation from images of the face and eye areas without the need for precise geometric locations of the eyes and face. This approach eliminates the need for complex user-dependent calibration an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,382 Views
19 Pages

20 June 2024

Due to the limited availability of fault samples and the expensive nature of marking fault samples in Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) gearbox monitoring data, a study was conducted to simulate the degradation process of key components in the CRH5 gearbo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,822 Views
11 Pages

20 June 2024

In the era of Industry 4.0, digital twin technology is revolutionizing traditional manufacturing paradigms. However, the adoption of this technology in modern manufacturing systems is fraught with challenges due to the scarcity of labeled data. Speci...

  • Review
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,228 Views
20 Pages

Application of Quantum Dots for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

  • Xia Gui,
  • Yao Lu,
  • Qin Wang,
  • Mengdie Cai and
  • Song Sun

20 June 2024

There is increased interest in the conversion of solar energy into green chemical energy because of the depletion of fossil fuels and their unpleasant environmental effect. Photocatalytic hydrogen generation from water involves the direct conversion...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,735 Views
17 Pages

Super-Resolution Reconstruction of an Array Lidar Range Profile

  • Xuelian Liu,
  • Xulang Zhou,
  • Guan Xi,
  • Rui Zhuang,
  • Chunhao Shi and
  • Chunyang Wang

20 June 2024

Aiming at the problem that the range profile of the current array lidar has a low resolution and contains few target details and little edge information, a super-resolution reconstruction method based on projection onto convex sets (POCS) combining t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,129 Views
18 Pages

Deep Learning-Based Super-Resolution Reconstruction and Segmentation of Photoacoustic Images

  • Yufei Jiang,
  • Ruonan He,
  • Yi Chen,
  • Jing Zhang,
  • Yuyang Lei,
  • Shengxian Yan and
  • Hui Cao

20 June 2024

Photoacoustic imaging (PAI) is an emerging imaging technique that offers real-time, non-invasive, and radiation-free measurements of optical tissue properties. However, image quality degradation due to factors such as non-ideal signal detection hampe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,791 Views
17 Pages

The Impact of a Virtual Educational Cooking Class on the Inflammatory Potential of Diet in Cancer Survivors

  • Mariah Kay Jackson,
  • Diane K. Ehlers,
  • Laura D. Bilek,
  • Laura Graeff-Armas,
  • Melissa Acquazzino,
  • James R. Hébert,
  • Sherry Price,
  • Rebecca Beaudoin and
  • Corrine K. Hanson

20 June 2024

(1) Background. Cognitive dysfunction is prevalent among cancer survivors. Inflammation may contribute to impaired cognition, and diet represents a novel strategy to mitigate cognitive decline. The purpose was to (1) assess the impact of an education...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,385 Views
20 Pages

Design and Control of a Pneumatic Muscle Servo Drive Applied to a 6-DoF Parallel Manipulator

  • Dawid Sebastian Pietrala,
  • Pawel Andrzej Laski and
  • Jaroslaw Zwierzchowski

20 June 2024

This article is a continuation of research on the possibility of using artificial pneumatic muscles to drive a parallel manipulator with six degrees of freedom. The authors present an artificial pneumatic muscle they have developed. The article conta...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,811 Views
18 Pages

20 June 2024

Fruit fly species classification is a fine-grained task as there is a small gap between species. In order to effectively identify and improve the recognition of fruit flies, a fine-grained image-recognition method based on a multi-channel self-attent...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,457 Views
19 Pages

20 June 2024

The issue of uneven ground settlement caused by the excavation of subway tunnels represents a significant challenge in the design and construction of subway projects. This paper examined the fractal characteristics of surface settlement caused by sub...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,664 Views
12 Pages

20 June 2024

The aft-body mounted inlet of a hypersonic vehicle has garnered attention for its potential to shorten the propulsion system. This study aims to explore the influence of compression direction on the performance of the hypersonic inlet attached to the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,468 Views
15 Pages

Steel Surface Defect Detection Algorithm Based on Improved YOLOv8n

  • Tian Zhang,
  • Pengfei Pan,
  • Jie Zhang and
  • Xiaochen Zhang

20 June 2024

The traditional detection methods of steel surface defects have some problems, such as a lack of feature extraction ability, sluggish detection speed, and subpar detection performance. In this paper, a YOLOv8-based DDI-YOLO model is suggested for eff...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,209 Views
14 Pages

20 June 2024

At present, catch statistics in the pelagic fishery industry rely mainly on manual counting methods. However, this method suffers from low statistical accuracy and insufficient timeliness. An automatic tuna counting approach based on ByteTrack and YO...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,117 Views
22 Pages

20 June 2024

Geological landslide disasters significantly threaten the safety of people’s lives and property. Landslides are a significant threat in Zayu County, Tibet, resulting in numerous geological disasters, including the 1950 earthquake that caused si...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,525 Views
12 Pages

Modeling Conidiospore Production of Trichoderma harzianum Using Artificial Neural Networks and Response Surface Methodology

  • Maria Guadalupe Serna-Diaz,
  • Alejandro Tellez-Jurado,
  • Juan Carlos Seck-Tuoh-Mora,
  • Norberto Hernández-Romero and
  • Joselito Medina-Marin

20 June 2024

An alternative to facing plagues without affecting ecosystems is the use of biocontrols that keep crops free of harmful organisms. There are some studies showing the use of conidiospores of Trichoderma harzianum as a medium for the biological control...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,200 Views
17 Pages

LCAS-DetNet: A Ship Target Detection Network for Synthetic Aperture Radar Images

  • Junlin Liu,
  • Dingyi Liao,
  • Xianyao Wang,
  • Jun Li,
  • Bing Yang and
  • Guanyu Chen

20 June 2024

Monitoring ships on water surfaces encounters obstacles such as weather conditions, sunlight, and water ripples, posing significant challenges in accurately detecting target ships in real time. Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) offers a viable solution...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,981 Views
32 Pages

Spatial Simultaneous Functioning-Based Joint Design of Communication and Sensing Systems in Wireless Channels

  • Pham Ngoc Luat,
  • Attaphongse Taparugssanagorn,
  • Kamol Kaemarungsi and
  • Chatchamon Phoojaroenchanachai

20 June 2024

This paper advocates for spatial simultaneous functioning (SSF) over time division multiple access (TDMA) in joint communication and sensing (JCAS) scenarios for improved resource utilization and reduced interference. SSF enables the concurrent opera...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,925 Views
18 Pages

20 June 2024

A shield tunnel is an assembly structure composed of connecting bolts and segments, generally considered to have good seismic performance. However, there is still a possibility of damage occurring in shield tunnels under strong seismic action. Theref...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
7,605 Views
32 Pages

19 June 2024

This article investigates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on logistics and supply chain processes through a two-phase analysis. First, a literature review maps the existing studies, published from 2021 to 2023 (101 papers), offering a view of the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,242 Views
24 Pages

The Design and Investigation of Hybrid a Microfluidic Micromixer

  • Muhammad Waqas,
  • Giedrius Janusas,
  • Vytenis Naginevičius and
  • Arvydas Palevicius

19 June 2024

Today, microfluidics has become a revolutionary interdisciplinary topic with considerable attention in a wide range of biotechnology applications. In this research work, a numerical investigation of a microfluidic micromixer is carried out using a hy...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,549 Views
18 Pages

19 June 2024

This study introduces a new integrated framework by incorporating the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology as the technological acceptance component, combined with satisfaction and perceived risk as the psychological acceptance componen...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,067 Views
15 Pages

Study of Diagnostic Accuracy: Fundus Photography vs. Optical Coherence Tomography

  • Manuel Moriche Carretero,
  • Ana de los Reyes Sánchez Parejo,
  • Clara Martínez Pérez,
  • Remedios Revilla Amores,
  • Ángel Pérez Gómez and
  • Marc Biarnés Pérez

19 June 2024

(1) Background: This study aimed to determine the diagnostic accuracy that optical coherence tomography (OCT) can add to fundus photography (FP) in assessing the condition of the retinal posterior pole. (2) Methods: We conducted two blocks of analysi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,287 Views
22 Pages

Methodology for the Detection of Contamination and Gradual Outer Race Faults in Bearings by Fusion of Statistical Vibration–Current Features and SVM Classifier

  • Geovanni Díaz-Saldaña,
  • Jonathan Cureño-Osornio,
  • Israel Zamudio-Ramírez,
  • Roque A. Osornio-Ríos,
  • Larisa Dunai,
  • Lilia Sava and
  • Jose A. Antonino-Daviu

19 June 2024

Bearings are one of the main components of induction motors, machines widely employed in today’s industries, making their monitoring a primordial task; however, most systems focus on measuring one physical magnitude to detect one kind of fault...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,275 Views
14 Pages

Green Manufacturing of UHPFRC Made with Waste Derived from Scrap Tires and Oil Refineries

  • Hassan Abdolpour,
  • Murugan Muthu,
  • Paweł Niewiadomski,
  • Łukasz Sadowski,
  • Łukasz Hojdys,
  • Piotr Krajewski and
  • Arkadiusz Kwiecień

19 June 2024

Ultrahigh-performance fiber-reinforced cement-based composite (UHPFRC) made with waste derived from scrap tires and oil refineries was tested in this study. The UHPFRC sample exhibited a maximum compressive strength of about 189 MPa at the end of 28...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,500 Views
16 Pages

19 June 2024

Software-defined networks (SDNs) are expanding their presence beyond laboratories, campus networks, ISPs, and data centre networks, moving into various domains. Although originally designed for campus networks, SDNs face scalability challenges, espec...

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