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Applied Sciences, Volume 14, Issue 12

June-2 2024 - 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
12 Citations
3,177 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
3 Citations
5,918 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
1,739 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
1,293 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
3 Citations
1,759 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
7 Citations
2,267 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
1,970 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
1,995 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
7 Citations
2,452 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
2,340 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...

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Appl. Sci. - ISSN 2076-3417