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Applied Sciences, Volume 14, Issue 7

2024 April-1 - 466 articles

Cover Story: Thermal energy storage (TES) systems play a very important part in addressing the energy crisis. The TES technology has the potential to reach new heights when the biological behavior of nature is incorporated into the design of TES tanks. By mimicking the branched vein pattern observed in plants and animals, the heat transfer fluid (HTF) tube of a TES tank can enhance the heat transfer surface area, hence improving its thermal efficiency without the need to add other enhancements of heat transfer methods. In this study, a unique additive-manufacturing-based bio-inspired TES tank was designed, developed, and tested. The results showed that, compared to the shell-and-tube TES tank, the bio-inspired TES tank had a higher discharging rate and needed 52% less time to release the stored heat. View this paper
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Articles (466)

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,911 Views
15 Pages

8 April 2024

An effective chip formation process is significant for an efficient metal-cutting process. Long continuous chips can lead to scratches on the machined surface, increasing the risk to operator safety and stability of the machining process. The use of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,087 Views
13 Pages

High-Temperature Oxidation of the 304/6061 Welding–Brazing Joint and Its Effects on Corrosion Characteristics

  • Ruilin Liu,
  • Yunqi Liu,
  • Hongming Liu,
  • Yuanxing Li,
  • Hui Chen and
  • Zongtao Zhu

8 April 2024

Laser–MIG hybrid welding–brazing was used to weld 304 stainless steel and 6061-T6 aluminum alloy with a thickness of 2 mm. The microstructure, morphology, chemical composition and corrosion behavior of the samples after high-temperature o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,142 Views
21 Pages

Memory-Enhanced Knowledge Reasoning with Reinforcement Learning

  • Jinhui Guo,
  • Xiaoli Zhang,
  • Kun Liang and
  • Guoqiang Zhang

8 April 2024

In recent years, the emergence of large-scale language models, such as ChatGPT, has presented significant challenges to research on knowledge graphs and knowledge-based reasoning. As a result, the direction of research on knowledge reasoning has shif...

  • Review
  • Open Access
9 Citations
9,299 Views
20 Pages

High-Functioning Autism and Virtual Reality Applications: A Scoping Review

  • Mattia Chiappini,
  • Carla Dei,
  • Ettore Micheletti,
  • Emilia Biffi and
  • Fabio Alexander Storm

8 April 2024

In recent years, the number of applications of virtual reality (VR) for the Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) population has increased and has become one of the most suitable tools to address the psychological needs of these individuals. The present sco...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,827 Views
18 Pages

8 April 2024

Black soil plays an important role in maintaining a healthy ecosystem, promoting high-yield and efficient agricultural production, and conserving soil resources. In this paper, a typical black soil area of Keshan Farm in Qiqihar City, Heilongjiang Pr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,622 Views
14 Pages

Real-Time Monitoring of Wind Turbine Bearing Using Simple Neural Network on Raspberry Pi

  • Tianhao Wang,
  • Hongying Meng,
  • Rui Qin,
  • Fan Zhang and
  • Asoke Kumar Nandi

8 April 2024

Wind turbines are a crucial part of renewable energy generation, and their reliable and efficient operation is paramount in ensuring clean energy availability. However, the bearings in wind turbines are subjected to high stress and loads, resulting i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,203 Views
16 Pages

Activity of Methanolic and Hydrolyzed Methanolic Extracts of Ricinus communis (Euphorbiaceae) and Kaempferol against Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

  • Manolo Rodríguez-Cervantes,
  • Carlos Eduardo Zavala-Gómez,
  • Karla Hernández-Caracheo,
  • Juan Campos-Guillén,
  • Eloy Rodríguez-de León,
  • Aldo Amaro-Reyes,
  • José Alberto Rodríguez-Morales,
  • Sandra Neli Jiménez-García,
  • Rodolfo Figueroa-Brito and
  • Miguel Angel Ramos-López
  • + 2 authors

8 April 2024

Spodoptera frugiperda is the main pest of maize. One of the alternatives proposed for its control is the implementation of products of botanical origin, such as those derived from Ricinus communis. In this work, the insecticidal and insectistatic act...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
6,086 Views
30 Pages

8 April 2024

The surface of Phobos is an intriguing subject of research for many scientists. This is associated, among other things, with the fact that it is perceived as a potential launch site for future human Mars exploration. Additionally, measurements conduc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,661 Views
22 Pages

8 April 2024

Short-circuit resistances are transformer parameters that characterize the electrical load losses and correct operation of these machines. However, the traditional concept of short-circuit resistance, independent of the harmonic frequencies, has been...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,777 Views
18 Pages

Uncovering Success Patterns in Track Cycling: Integrating Performance Data with Coaches and Athletes’ Perspectives

  • Leonardo Cesanelli,
  • Thomas Lagoute,
  • Berta Ylaite,
  • Julio Calleja-González,
  • Eneko Fernández-Peña,
  • Danguole Satkunskiene,
  • Nuno Leite and
  • Tomas Venckunas

8 April 2024

Track cycling entails a challenging progression from the youth categories to elite competition. Hence, this study aimed to investigate the importance of early performance and various publicly available performance indicators in predicting the success...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,912 Views
19 Pages

8 April 2024

The emergence and application of connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) have played a positive role in improving the efficiency of urban transportation and achieving sustainable development. To improve the traffic efficiency at signalized intersecti...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,117 Views
16 Pages

8 April 2024

This study aims to identify the differences in metabolites between Fructus Chebulae (FC) and Fructus Terminaliae Billericae (FTB). Untargeted metabolomics was used to analyze differentially expressed metabolites (DEMs) with ultra-performance liquid c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,745 Views
16 Pages

8 April 2024

Multi-relational graph neural networks (GNNs) have found widespread application in tasks involving enhancing knowledge representation and knowledge graph (KG) reasoning. However, existing multi-relational GNNs still face limitations in modeling the e...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,092 Views
17 Pages

8 April 2024

Mechanical interfaces are prevalent in industries like aerospace and maritime, where the normal contact stiffness on these surfaces is a crucial component of the overall stiffness of mechanical structures. From the perspective of structural mechanics...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,063 Views
16 Pages

8 April 2024

A high-resolution infrared (IR) camera was used for temperature measurements in a pharmaceutical formulation (mannitol/sucrose solution, 4:1%, m/m) during a freeze-drying process. The temperature was measured simultaneously at the surface as well as...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,884 Views
20 Pages

8 April 2024

Traditional capacity forecasting algorithms lack effective data interaction, leading to a disconnection between the actual plan and production. This paper discusses the multi-factor model based on a discrete manufacturing workshop and proposes a digi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,978 Views
15 Pages

Performance of Eco-Friendly Zero-Cement Particle Board under Harsh Environment

  • Arman Hatami Shirkouh,
  • Farshad Meftahi,
  • Ahmed Soliman,
  • Stéphane Godbout and
  • Joahnn Palacios

8 April 2024

The increasing scarcity of virgin natural resources and the need for sustainable waste management in densely populated urban areas have heightened the importance of developing new recycling technologies. One promising approach involves recycling agri...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,535 Views
13 Pages

Constructing Enhanced Composite Solid-State Electrolytes with Sb/Nb Co-Doped LLZO and PVDF-HFP

  • Jinhai Cai,
  • Yingjie Liu,
  • Yingying Tan,
  • Wanying Chang,
  • Jingyi Wu,
  • Tong Wu and
  • Chunyan Lai

8 April 2024

Composite solid-state electrolytes are viewed as promising materials for solid-state lithium-ion batteries due to their combined advantages of inorganic solid-state electrolytes and solid-state polymer electrolytes. In this study, the solid electroly...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,043 Views
13 Pages

8 April 2024

Sleep apnea has emerged as a significant health issue in modern society, with self-diagnosis and effective management becoming increasingly important. Among the most renowned methods for self-diagnosis, the STOP-BANG questionnaire is widely recognize...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,492 Views
18 Pages

Enhancing Insect Sound Classification Using Dual-Tower Network: A Fusion of Temporal and Spectral Feature Perception

  • Hangfei He,
  • Junyang Chen,
  • Hongkun Chen,
  • Borui Zeng,
  • Yutong Huang,
  • Yudan Zhaopeng and
  • Xiaoyan Chen

8 April 2024

In the modern field of biological pest control, especially in the realm of insect population monitoring, deep learning methods have made further advancements. However, due to the small size and elusive nature of insects, visual detection is often imp...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,157 Views
16 Pages

Transforming Customer Digital Footprints into Decision Enablers in Hospitality

  • Achini Adikari,
  • Su Nguyen,
  • Rashmika Nawaratne,
  • Daswin De Silva and
  • Damminda Alahakoon

8 April 2024

The proliferation of online hotel review platforms has prompted decision-makers in the hospitality sector to acknowledge the significance of extracting valuable information from this vast source. While contemporary research has primarily focused on e...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,485 Views
16 Pages

8 April 2024

Configuring complex computer-aided design (CAD) assemblies just by modifying parameters requires the attention and abstraction of the users. This interaction cost can be lowered significantly by graphical interactive control elements that allow for d...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,297 Views
18 Pages

8 April 2024

In light of the environmental problems stemming from chemical pesticides, a preparation system for an ozone-induced free radical solution was developed to replace chemical pesticides for disease control. The effective synthesis process parameters for...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
1,632 Views
18 Pages

8 April 2024

To solve the problem of low diagnostic accuracy caused by the scarcity of fault samples and class imbalance in the fault diagnosis task of box-type substations, a fault diagnosis method based on self-attention improvement of conditional tabular gener...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,681 Views
12 Pages

Designing the Quality Characteristics of Berry Processing Byproducts Using Fermentation

  • Sylwia Sady,
  • Marta Ligaj,
  • Bogdan Pachołek,
  • Alfred Błaszczyk,
  • Zuzanna Płaczek,
  • Nikola Dłużniewska,
  • Patrycja Kawałek,
  • Karolina Pakuła,
  • Adam Konopelski and
  • Eryk Gołaszewski

8 April 2024

In recent years, there has been increasing interest in berry fruit processing byproducts, namely, seeds, pulp, and peel, due to the high content of nutritionally valuable ingredients. The market is seeing an increase in the popularity of fermented pr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,656 Views
14 Pages

8 April 2024

The load-bearing capacity of pebble aggregates plays a pivotal role in influencing the operational performance of uncontrolled trucks on arrester beds. The complexity of this phenomenon stems from the nonuniformity in the shapes of the pebbles and th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,944 Views
26 Pages

8 April 2024

The intricate geological conditions of reservoir banks render them highly susceptible to destabilization and damage from fluctuations in water levels. The study area, the Cheyipin section of the Huangdeng Hydroelectric Station, is characterized by nu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,552 Views
15 Pages

8 April 2024

The prediction of ride comfort holds significant potential for enhancing the driving experience of both human drivers and autonomous vehicles, as it is closely correlated with pavement roughness. However, in urban road scenarios, the presence of shor...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,373 Views
16 Pages

CTGGAN: Controllable Text Generation with Generative Adversarial Network

  • Zhe Yang,
  • Yi Huang,
  • Yaqin Chen,
  • Xiaoting Wu,
  • Junlan Feng and
  • Chao Deng

8 April 2024

Controllable Text Generation (CTG) aims to modify the output of a Language Model (LM) to meet specific constraints. For example, in a customer service conversation, responses from the agent should ideally be soothing and address the user’s diss...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
3,414 Views
29 Pages

7 April 2024

This study introduces a novel predictive methodology for diagnosing and predicting gear problems in DC motors. Leveraging AdaBoost with weak classifiers and regressors, the diagnostic aspect categorizes the machine’s current operational state b...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,688 Views
20 Pages

7 April 2024

The goal of this study was to compare model-generated sounds with the process of sound acquisition in humans. The research utilized two dictionaries of the Chaoshan dialect spanning approximately one century. Identical Chinese characters were selecte...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
2,606 Views
13 Pages

7 April 2024

In order to solve the problem of low safety and efficiency of underground mine vehicles, a path planning method for underground mine vehicles based on an improved A star (A*) and fuzzy control Dynamic Window Approach (DWA) is proposed. Firstly, the e...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,101 Views
20 Pages

7 April 2024

In regions with severe cold and high latitudes, concrete structures are susceptible to cracking and displacement due to uneven temperature stress, which directly impacts their normal utilization. Therefore, to investigate the temperature distribution...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,226 Views
17 Pages

7 April 2024

When new rail stations or lines are planned, long-term planning for decades to come is required. The short-term passenger flow prediction is no longer of practical significance, as it only takes a few factors that affect passenger flow into considera...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,042 Views
14 Pages

7 April 2024

An accurate formula for calculating the pressure loss in concrete pumping plays a significant guiding role in the design and service process of pump trucks. Based on the flow characteristics of concrete pumping, a straight pipe one-dimensional model...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,142 Views
22 Pages

7 April 2024

To effectively enhance the adaptability of earthquake rescue robots in dynamic environments and complex tasks, there is an urgent need for an evaluation method that quantifies their performance and facilitates the selection of rescue robots with opti...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,683 Views
17 Pages

Enhancing Vibration Analysis in Hydraulic Presses: A Case Study Evaluation

  • Daniel Jancarczyk,
  • Ireneusz Wróbel,
  • Piotr Danielczyk and
  • Marcin Sidzina

7 April 2024

Vibration monitoring is essential for maintaining the optimal performance and reliability of industrial machinery, which experiences dynamic forces and vibrations during operation. This study delved into a comprehensive analysis of vibration monitori...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,050 Views
18 Pages

7 April 2024

A critical precondition for realizing mechanized transplantation in rice cultivation is the implementation of seedling tray techniques. To augment the efficacy of seeding, a precise evaluation of the quality of rice seedling cultivation in these tray...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,594 Views
12 Pages

7 April 2024

Training in hypoxic environments enhances endurance, but the various influences of training protocols and supplementation for efficient performance are not yet clear. This systematic review explored the effects of different supplementations and inter...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
4,868 Views
14 Pages

Effects of the Agrivoltaic System on Crop Production: The Case of Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)

  • Aurelia Scarano,
  • Teodoro Semeraro,
  • Antonio Calisi,
  • Roberta Aretano,
  • Caterina Rotolo,
  • Marcello S. Lenucci,
  • Angelo Santino,
  • Gabriella Piro and
  • Monica De Caroli

7 April 2024

Climate change, with rising temperatures, water crises, and an increased frequency of climate disturbances, poses a threat to the ability of agroecosystems to ensure human access to food by affecting both the quantity and quality of crop production....

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,842 Views
12 Pages

7 April 2024

Polyetheretherketone is a high-performance thermoplastic polymer that can be used in 3D printing by fused deposition modeling, and is a promising material for dental applications. Some printing parameters are sensitive and can influence the propertie...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,501 Views
17 Pages

7 April 2024

Ensuring the sustainability of transportation infrastructure for electric vehicles (e-trans) is increasingly imperative in the pursuit of decarbonization goals and addressing the pressing energy shortage. By prioritizing the development and maintenan...

  • Review
  • Open Access
7 Citations
10,116 Views
24 Pages

When Taekwondo Meets Artificial Intelligence: The Development of Taekwondo

  • Min-Chul Shin,
  • Dae-Hoon Lee,
  • Albert Chung and
  • Yu-Won Kang

7 April 2024

This study explores the comprehensive understanding of taekwondo, the application of fourth industrial revolution technologies in various kinds of sports, the development of taekwondo through artificial intelligence (AI), and essential technology in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,147 Views
17 Pages

7 April 2024

Mobile robots play an important role in smart factories, though efficient task assignment and path planning for these robots still present challenges. In this paper, we propose an integrated task- and path-planning approach with precedence constrains...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,863 Views
18 Pages

7 April 2024

The impact of a lightning electromagnetic pulse (LEMP) on a power line or power station produces an effect similar to that of switching between a significant power source and a power line circuit. This switch closure causes a sudden change in routing...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,769 Views
17 Pages

7 April 2024

In this work, homogeneous, thin-film proton exchange membranes (PEMs) with superior proton conductivities and high methanol rejection were fabricated via a facile synthesis procedure. Sulfonated polyether ether ketone (sPEEK) was crosslinked via a Fr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,472 Views
19 Pages

7 April 2024

This study aimed to identify equivalent processing conditions using ultrasound (US), pulsed electric fields (PEF), and high-pressure processing (HPP) for shelf-life extension and to ensure the safety and quality of Reineta Parda apple puree (AP) in c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,575 Views
20 Pages

6 April 2024

The reconstruction of traffic accidents has grown as an interdisciplinary field, encompassing bodies of research from automotive engineering, traffic and transport engineering, biomechanics, and forensic sciences. In this work, a method is proposed b...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
5,502 Views
13 Pages

Assessment of Frost Depth and Frost Heave in Romania

  • Cristian Arion,
  • Radu Vacareanu,
  • Alexandru Aldea and
  • Florin Pavel

6 April 2024

The investigation of extreme weather and climate events has gained momentum in the last few decades, spurred in part by political involvement. However, not enough attention has been paid to the historical recorded data of climate monitoring. An accur...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,807 Views
27 Pages

6 April 2024

Recently, performance development related to noise, vibration, and harshness in sunroof systems has attracted significant research attention. However, research thus far has been limited to analytical and experimental studies relating to structural im...

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