Applied Sciences, Volume 8, Issue 5

This paper proposed an improved image semantic segmentation method based on superpixels and conditional random fields (CRFs). The proposed method can take full advantage of the superpixel edge information and the constraint relationship among differe...

In this paper, a sensor based on polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) piezoelectric thin film was designed and fabricated to detect wrist motion signals. A series of dynamic experiments have been carried out, including the contrast experiments of different...

Shearing machines are the key pieces of equipment for spent–fuel reprocessing in commercial reactors. Once a failure happens and is not detected in time, serious consequences will arise. It is very important to monitor the shearing machine and...

The main purpose of the current research is to pilot study the impact damage detection in a beam structure using infrared thermography. In this study, a beam structure, made of polyvinyl alcohol fiber reinforced engineering cementitious composite (PV...

In order to explore the moduli decay patterns of asphalt mixtures under different loading conditions, the nonlinear fatigue damage model was implemented in order to simulate the moduli decay patterns. Then, the direct tensile, indirect tensile, and u...

The prediction of the support pressure (P_i) and the development of the ground reaction curve (GRC) are crucial elements of the convergence–confinement procedure used to design underground structures. In this paper, two different types of artificial n...

Gradient a-Si_1−xGe_x layers have been deposited by ”one-sample concept” combinatorial direct current (DC) magnetron sputtering onto one-inch-long Si slabs. Characterizations by electron microscopy, ion beam analysis and ellipsometry show that the laye...

In this study, we propose a face recognition scheme using local Zernike moments (LZM), which can be used for both identification and verification. In this scheme, local patches around the landmarks are extracted from the complex components obtained b...

This Editorial provides an introduction to and an overview of the special issue “Optics and Spectroscopy for Fluid Characterization”.

Membranes that are resistant to water vapor permeation have potential in natural gas sweetening by reducing the need for pretreatment. The perfluorinated polymer Teflon AF1600 has proven resistance to water vapor, which is adapted here in the form of...