In automated hydraulically driven agricultural machines, valve settings and motion limits are usually selected empirically, without knowing cylinder loads. These loads were predicted for the Horty AutoHammer orchard post-driving machine from its soli...
This work presents a comprehensive analysis of the load stepping method in digital photoelasticity, examined through four complementary perspectives: the classical formulation of load stepping, its extension using polarized-camera technology, a compu...
Calcareous desert deposits present significant challenges for geotechnical site characterisation because of their heterogeneous composition, variable carbonate cementation, and complex mechanical behaviour. This study investigates the practical engin...
Cephalometric analysis is essential in patients with cleft palate only (CPO) for the assessment of craniofacial morphology and treatment planning. This study evaluated the test–retest repeatability of CephX AI-driven cephalometric analysis and...
Dual Active Bridge (DAB) converters can be considered promising devices for isolated bidirectional DC-DC power converters; however, there are certain difficulties related to transformers, high-current PCB design, switch behavior, and heat dissipation...
Unsteady flow induced by peak-regulation of large hydropower stations can cause rapid variations in downstream hydraulic conditions, posing significant challenges to navigation safety in restricted navigation reaches. Previous studies have provided v...
Bearing remaining useful life (RUL) estimates require causal inputs and temporal consistency before supporting maintenance. This study develops a large language model (LLM)-assisted pipeline connecting online degradation evidence, prediction applicab...
This study presents a comparative actuator-stroke analysis of flap- and piston-type wave makers using previously published experimental stroke–wave-height datasets acquired in separate campaigns on the same hydraulic wave channel. Matched check...
Audience-centered haptic technologies have attracted increasing attention as a means of enhancing emotional engagement during audiovisual experiences, but wearable devices can be difficult to deploy in large-scale public environments. This study prop...
Surface defects in wind power equipment exhibit substantial variations in scale, morphology, texture, and orientation and are frequently affected by complex backgrounds, illumination changes, and surface contamination, posing challenges to reliable v...
Based on GNSS observations from the Crustal Movement Observation Network of China (CMONOC) spanning 1998–2024, this study investigates crustal deformation characteristics within the northern segment of the North–South Seismic Belt in Chin...
As modern DRAM manufacturing processes continue to shrink, the Rowhammer vulnerability has emerged as one of the most severe threats to microarchitectural security isolation. To defend against such attacks, hardware vendors have introduced complex bl...
Falls are among the leading causes of injury, hospitalization, disability, and loss of independence in older adults. Traditional fall-prevention programs primarily focus on reducing fall risk through improvements in balance, muscle strength, and func...
This study develops a quasi-3D higher-order shear deformation theory for the static analysis of laminated composite plates on elastic foundations. The seven-field kinematic formulation employs a single through-thickness function whose successive deri...
Objective: To examine the differences between quota-based and field-derived CO2 emissions from highway subgrade earthworks while assessing the robustness of procedure attribution. Methods: Quota workdays were compared with equipment CO2 concentration...
With the increasing integration of renewable energy, large-scale energy storage systems are required to improve the flexibility of energy supply and alleviate the mismatch between power generation and demand. However, the performance evaluation of in...
Knowledge graph quality can be examined through statistical plausibility and structural constraints. This study investigates when embedding models and constraint-guided continuous-time dynamics provide complementary information for detecting anomalou...
With the advent of Industry 4.0, manufacturing is being reshaped by the adoption of digital technologies, which can support and enhance design and management activities in production systems. Within this context, the concept of the Digital Twin emerg...
Polarization 3D imaging has gained attention due to its simple hardware, low cost, and suitability for weakly textured and long-range scenes; however, its inherent 180° azimuth ambiguity restricts practical deployment. This paper proposes a monoc...
The seismic response of piled-raft foundations depends on the pile-head connection and the groundwater level, but their combined effect under different ground motions has received little attention. Three-dimensional finite element analyses (PLAXIS 3D...
Agricultural residues are increasingly used as feedstocks for renewable heat and power generation, but their thermochemical conversion also produces secondary fractions that are often treated as problematic wastes. Condensates, tars, aqueous phases,...
Citation intent classification identifies the underlying functions of scholarly citations and provides semantic information beyond citation counts. However, existing methods pay limited attention to temporal information in citation relationships and...
Reconstructing high-quality, high-resolution RGB images from raw sensor data is a critical task in the image signal processing (ISP) pipeline. However, cascading these processing stages often leads to error accumulation and imposes excessive computat...
An uncollimated scintillator array encodes source direction and distance in both its spatial response and total count rate. We modeled an isotropic 11.6 keV point source and a 12 × 12 yttrium orthosilicate array in Geant4 11.3.2, using a scinti...
Conventional high-resolution marine seismic surveys often face challenges in detecting small features in the shallow subsurface because acquisition parameters involve trade-offs among spatial resolution, penetration, signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), and...
This study experimentally investigates the effects of hybrid refrigerant injection on the heating performance of an inverter-driven heat pump system operating with R410A as the primary refrigerant and R32 as the injection refrigerant. The objective i...
Text-to-motion retrieval systems enable users to find 3D human motion using natural-language descriptions. However, conveying highly specific intent with a single text query is often difficult, and users may wish to find a motion that preserves the c...
Based on the Su-Tai Expressway Phase I project, this study investigates the lateral bearing characteristics of two PHC800(130)-AB single piles and one Wang-shaped pile group foundation through field lateral loading tests and theoretical calculation....
Correlations between the standard penetration test blow count (SPT-N) and shear wave velocity (Vs) are widely used for seismic site classification of buildings, but their transferability to new sites is rarely tested. A database of 2666 SPT-N–V...
Geometric and laminate modifications can increase bending-induced twists in wind turbine blade spars, but the associated changes in deformation, stress, mass, and vibration are not always assessed on a consistent basis. This study therefore compares...
The object of this study was a fast gliding unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with an extremely small aspect ratio which is dropped by another aircraft (a carrier). The aim was to investigate the behavior of the UAV using different mathematical models fo...
Acoustic emission (AE) monitoring captures transient elastic waves generated by rock fracturing. Reliable identification of fracture-related AE signals supports rock-mass damage monitoring and subsequent early-warning analysis of mining-induced geoha...
Many head pose estimation approaches are limited by the scarcity of diverse, accurately annotated datasets, especially for skewed facial orientations. Such extreme angles occur far less frequently in real-world data collection, leaving them severely...
Hip Lock, a coaching construct for single-leg actions, comprises stance-side hip co-contraction for pelvic stabilization and free-side pelvic elevation, but how task strategies influence these components remains unclear. This study examined which com...
Key information extraction (KIE) models are increasingly used in high-stakes document workflows, where each extracted value must be accompanied by evidence a reviewer can verify. Evaluating their explanations is difficult: human rationale annotation...
Previous studies of HYROX have described its physiological demands and pacing, but the organization of race-segment performance and the existence of distinct performance profiles among high-performing athletes remain unclear. This retrospective obser...
Predictive models of lightweight aggregate (LWA) properties are renowned for their excellent prediction performance within a single source of data, but their generalization power across multiple literature sources is highly questionable. Examination...
Tofu is a traditional staple food widely consumed in Asian countries, which is currently experiencing rapid growth and consumer demand across other continents. Conventional tofu production relies on the coagulation of soy proteins using established m...
With the rapid advancement of digital microfluidic technology, this study presents the design and fabrication of a PCB-based digital microfluidic system aimed at reducing chip driving voltage and manufacturing costs while enhancing droplet manipulati...
During the drilling and well test operation cycles of horizontal wells, wellbore instability and collapse frequently occur in sand–mudstone reservoirs. The fallen wellbore debris and rock fragments accumulate inside the wellbore, triggering loc...
To address the thermal bottlenecks in high-power-density liquid-cooled IGBT modules, a synergistic optimization method integrating thermal-bottleneck mitigation and thermal-shortcut enhancement is proposed. The thermal conductivity and thickness of t...
Pre-execution feasibility validation can substantially improve LLM-based task planning without proportional inference cost, but only when it is grounded, deterministic, and tightly bounded. We propose Plan-Then-Verify (PTV), a verifier-first control...
As ports become increasingly embedded in broader transport and logistics systems, inter-port linkages have become important for understanding regional port-system evolution. Although network analysis has been used to examine port systems, the charact...
Existing oblivious transfer (OT)-based private set intersection (PSI) protocols use cuckoo hashing and assume that participants hold similarly sized sets. In multi-institutional collaboration, set sizes differ, and OT costs follow the largest set alt...
Footprint mechanics, which govern most of the tire properties, are complex to model and expensive to measure. A physics-based numerical model requires extensive parameterization for modeling each subcomponent, while data-driven models are limited by...
Under China’s agricultural “double-carbon” strategy and the implementation of national emission standards, new energy tractors have become the core direction of green and low-carbon transformation of agricultural machinery, forming...
This study investigates an inertial electromagnetic energy harvester designed to simultaneously attenuate vibrations and harvest electrical energy. The proposed system is based on a nonlinear oscillator incorporating an electromagnetic transducer, wh...
Maize (Zea mays L.) is a major cereal used for food, feed, and industrial applications. This study assessed genetic diversity and biochemical variability among 49 maize genotypes to identify promising material for grain quality improvement. RAPD prof...
Identifying rock conditions ahead of a tunnel face is essential for drilling-parameter optimization, construction safety, and support design. Measurement-while-drilling (MWD) data from drilling jumbos offer a continuous, low-cost basis for this task,...
Land cover changes occur continuously across the world. Both human activities and natural processes constantly modify the appearance of a given area. Predicting the direction of such changes can not only help prepare the population mentally for them,...
