Applied Sciences, Volume 14, Issue 22

Antioxidants are the most popular active ingredients in anti-aging cosmetics as they can restore the physiological radical balance and counteract the photoaging process. Instead of adding pure compounds into the formulations, some “precious&rdq...

Within the context of the new circular model for wastewater treatment aimed at achieving zero waste, this research seeks an alternative to landfill disposal of waste screenings. It examines the feasibility of thermochemical processes—combustion...

Human activity recognition (HAR) technology is related to human safety and convenience, making it crucial for it to infer human activity accurately. Furthermore, it must consume low power at all times when detecting human activity and be inexpensive...

The widespread reuse of code in the open-source community has led to the proliferation of homologous vulnerabilities, which are security flaws propagated across diverse software systems through the reuse of vulnerable code. Such vulnerabilities pose...

Triticum aestivum (wheat) is one of the most significant crops worldwide. This study compares the chemical composition and radical-scavenging activities of two cultivars of T. aestivum, Saekeumkang wheat (SW) and Baekkang wheat (BW). Sprouted wheatgr...

This study introduces an integrative framework for association mining within the Chinese battery electric vehicle market, aiming to reveal key user experience (UX) factors and their interrelationships through multidimensional analysis. Utilizing late...

This study investigates the implementation of passive design strategies to improve the thermal environment in the extremely hot climates of Brazil, Portugal, and Turkey. Given the rising cooling demands due to climate change, optimizing energy effici...

With the rapid pace of urbanization, the integrity and connectivity of ecosystems are under serious threat, making biodiversity conservation a top priority. We use the Xiongan New Area in China as a case study to explore the significance and applicat...

Shafts play a key role in the operation of mining plants. They connect underground excavations with the surface and provide the ability to transport people, equipment, and raw materials. The nature of the dynamic interaction of a conveyance moving at...

A quantum private comparison (QPC) protocol enables two parties to securely compare their private data without disclosing the actual values to one another, utilizing quantum mechanics to maintain confidentiality. Many current QPC protocols mainly con...

The article focuses on devising solutions for monitoring the condition of the filter capacitors of DC-DC converters. The article introduces two novel DC-DC buck converter designs that monitor the equivalent series resistance (ESR) and the capacitance...

In the context of carbon neutrality and emission reduction goals, energy consumption optimization in the oil and gas industry is crucial for reducing carbon emissions and improving energy efficiency. As a key component in drilling operations, optimiz...

Since the demand for seafood products is growing and aquaculture provides more than fifty percent of the aquatic food as reported by FAO, the development of more accurate and sensitive analytical techniques in order to screen and evaluate the safety...

The vertical curve is designed to smooth sudden gradient changes in the longitudinal profile, enhancing train operational safety and passenger comfort. However, dynamic detection in these segments has consistently encountered issues with long-wavelen...

In order to improve the accuracy and detection effect of fabric defect detection, a fabric defect detection method based on local similarity comparison is proposed in this paper. This method first takes each pixel in the image as the central pixel, s...

The probability of accidents, including conductor breakage and tower collapse, for the transmission tower-line system significantly increases under combined ice and wind loads. The existing research on the failure probability of the tower-line system...

The rising frequency of heavy truck accidents in China poses a significant public safety risk, endangering lives and property. However, current research based on data from heavy truck accidents in China remains limited, making it challenging to suppo...

The adhesive strength of repair composites to concrete substrates was assessed through both Ukrainian and European standard test methods. The types of adhesion loss observed included adhesive failure along the contact layer (AF-S), and cohesion failu...

Laboratory core nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) relaxation measurements offer geological information, including rock porosity and oil saturation, relevant to logging. When core samples drilled from wells are exposed to air, the fluids within their p...

This study proposes a system for analyzing non-face-to-face counseling data using text-mining techniques to assess psychological states and automatically classify them into predefined categories. The system addresses the challenge of understanding in...

The development and testing of a virtual assistant (VA) designed to enhance information retrieval and support in an academic environment are presented in this paper, with the Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) approach being utilized alongside Goog...

With the large-scale integration of renewable energy into the grid, traditional short-circuit current (SCC) calculation methods for synchronous generators are no longer applicable to inverter-based non-synchronous machine sources (N-SMSs). Current SC...

Blockchain technology holds significant promise for healthcare by enhancing the security and integrity of patient health records (PHRs) through decentralized storage and transparent access. However, it has substantial limitations, including problems...

This paper describes the detailed design procedure of electric machines using finite element analysis (FEA). The proposed method uses the available findings from the literature and FEA results for the design procedure. In addition to electromagnetic...

Packaging design plays a critical role in brand recognition and cultural dissemination, yet the traditional design process is time-consuming and dependent on the designer’s technical skills, making it difficult to quickly respond to market chan...

The implantation of materials into in vivo peripheral nerves triggers the production of scar tissue. A scar capsule progressively incorporates foreign bodies, which become insulated from the surrounding environment. This phenomenon is particularly de...

Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a methodology used to analyze the environmental impacts of a product. Initially, it was applied to buildings only, but recently, it has also been applied to entire neighborhood. This expansion from individual buildings...

Increasing research is being directed toward the production of value-added products using plant extracts that are super-fortified with antioxidants. In this study, the extraction parameters for bioactive compounds (such as polyphenols) from Nasturtiu...

Introduction: Subway–pedestrian collisions are a significant and growing problem, but they are poorly understood. This study presents the first subway–pedestrian collision model with the aim of evaluating the baseline safety performance o...

This paper presents a decision support approach to enable decision-makers to identify no-preference solutions in multi-objective optimization for factory layout planning. Using a set of trade-off solutions for a battery production assembly station, a...

This research aims to apply the displacement-based design method (DBDM) for the seismic design of reinforced concrete-coupled shear wall buildings equipped with energy dissipation dampers. The DBDM offers design simplicity by focusing on structural d...

Self-propelled manual wheelchairs offer several advantages over electric wheelchairs, including promoting physical activity and requiring less maintenance due to their simple design. While theoretical analyses provide valuable insights, laboratory te...

The structural integrity of buried pipelines is threatened by the effects of Permanent Ground Deformation (PGD), resulting from seismic-induced landslides and lateral spreading due to liquefaction, requiring accurate analysis of the system performanc...

The aim of this study was to explore the application of computational models for the analysis of histopathological images in the context of colon cancer. A comprehensive dataset of colon cancer images annotated into eight distinct categories based on...

Tuna accounts for 20% of the output value of global marine capture fisheries, and it plays a crucial role in maintaining ecosystem stability, ensuring global food security, and supporting economic stability. However, improper management has led to si...

Alarm sounds significantly influence a user’s sensory perception while driving, directly affecting driving judgement and safety. Personal experience and the environment play an important role in information cognition, but they are rarely consid...

Automatic clothes pattern recognition is important to assist visually impaired people and for real-world applications such as e-commerce or personal fashion recommendation systems, and it has attracted increased interest from researchers. It is a cha...

In today’s competitive industrial landscape, Reliability Engineering plays a vital role in minimizing costs and expenses in energy projects. The main focus of this paper is to propose the integration of a fuzzy-based FMECA process into a RAM an...

Treatment of infections caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa presents a challenge due to its ability to adapt and acquire drug resistance rapidly. Therefore, a key challenge is identifying and investigating new compounds with antibacterial and anti-virul...

This work presents a novel RGB-D dynamic simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) method that improves accuracy, stability, and efficiency of localization while relying on deep learning in a dynamic environment, in contrast to traditional static...

The use of synthetic fertilizers, including nitrogen [N] fertilizers, is an indispensable element in today’s agriculture. Through adequate fertilization, farmers have the opportunity to increase crop yields, which is essential in view of the gr...

Microservices have gained widespread adoption in enterprise software systems because they encapsulate the expertise of specific organizational subunits. This approach offers valuable insights into internal processes and communication channels. The ad...

Graphene-enhanced surface plasmon resonance (SPR) biosensors offer promising advancements in viral detection, particularly for SARS-CoV-2. This study presents the design and optimization of a multilayer SPR biosensor incorporating silver, silicon nit...

In this paper, a differential chaotic shift keying communication system based on noise reduction with orthogonal double bit rate (NR-ODBR-DCSK) is proposed. The system incorporates Walsh orthogonalization at the transmitter side to orthogonalize the...

The COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on public travel and has significantly altered people’s travel behavior. By comparing the travel behaviors of ride-hailing passengers before and after the pandemic (i.e., the pre-pandemic er...

The purpose of this study is to develop an optimized system for predicting Knee Adduction Moment (KAM) using wearable Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) sensors and Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) RNN. Traditional KAM measurement methods are limited by th...

Green hydrogen production is a sustainable energy solution with great potential, offering advantages such as adaptability, storage capacity and ease of transport. However, there are challenges such as high energy consumption, production costs, demand...

This paper presents the type-II fast discrete Hartley transform (DHT-II) algorithms for input data sequences of lengths from 2 to 8. The starting point for developing the eight algorithms is the representation of DHT-II as a matrix–vector produ...

The motion control of vehicles poses distinct challenges for both vehicle stability and path tracking, especially under critical environmental and driving conditions. Overactuated vehicles can effectively utilize the available tyre–road frictio...

This paper outlines a conceptual design for a multi-level natural language-based planning system and describes a demonstrator. The main goal of the demonstrator is to serve as a proof-of-concept by accomplishing end-to-end execution in a real-world e...