The power grid is under pressure to maintain a reliable supply because of constrained budgets and environmental policies. In order to effectively make use of existing transmission lines, it is important to accurately evaluate the line capacity. Dynam...
This research work introduces a connection of adjoint Bernoulli’s polynomials and a gamma function as a sequence of linear positive operators. Further, the convergence properties of these sequences of operators are investigated in various funct...
Forest Fire Danger Rating (FFDR) models are widely used in fire management decision-making, from daily operations, to seasonal planning and long-term land management [...]
Driven by digital technologies, it is possible that high-tech equipment management personnel use monitored job cycles to ensure products’ operation and maintenance over their life cycle. By means of monitored job cycles, this paper designs two...
The goal of this manuscript is to introduce a new Stancu generalization of the modified Szász–Kantorovich operator connecting Riemann–Liouville fractional operators via Charlier polynomials. Further, some estimates are calculated as test functions an...
Pre-emergence control is one of the critical steps in the agricultural production of direct-seeding rice. To investigate the mechanism of pre-emergence flame control, a flame control test bench and a flame control and sowing integrated operation mach...
Since the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) instrument cannot detect clouds accurately for snow-covered or nighttime images due to a lack of spectral bands, Terra/MODIS cloud mask (MOD35) products have been altern...
The introduction of food waste disposers (FWDs) has been discussed in various countries, and in Korea, a method for utilizing FWDs has been considered. The results of the study show that the use of FWDs is more eco-friendly and economical than other...
Network slicing is gaining an increasing importance as an effective way to introduce flexibility in the management of resources in 5G networks. We envision a scenario where a set of network operators outsource their respective networks to one Infrast...
The integrated energy system coupling multi-type energy production terminal to realize multi-energy complementarity and energy ladder utilization is of great significance to alleviate the existing energy production crisis and reduce environmental pol...
Operation scheduling of apron support vehicles is an important factor affecting aircraft support capability. However, at present, the traditional support methods have the problems of low utilization rate of support vehicles and low support efficiency...
With the continuous improvement of wastewater treatment standards, advanced nitrogen removal from municipal wastewater treatment plant effluents faces severe challenges. This paper systematically analyzes the application potential of sulfur-based aut...
Owing to the lack of a unified ESG (environmental, social and governance) rating standard, notable inconsistencies have appeared in ESG ratings assigned to the same firm by various rating agencies. Based on data encompassing Chinese A-share listed co...
High-average-power narrow-linewidth tunable solid-state lasers in the wavelength region between 2 and 3 μm are attractive light sources for many applications. This paper reports a narrow-linewidth widely tunable laser system based on the polycryst...
This research focuses on the approximation properties of Kantorovich-type operators using Frobenius–Euler–Simsek polynomials. The test functions and central moments are calculated as part of this study. Additionally, uniform convergence a...
This experimental study examines the use of a real time viable particle counter in pharmaceutical cleanroom operations under ISO class 8/Annex 1 Class C ‘in operation’ conditions. The used measuring system, a Biofluorescent Particle Count...
An empirical study was conducted to determine the impact of different types of risk on the performance management of credit rating agencies (CRAs). The different types of risks were classified as operational, market, business, financial, and credit....
Background: Heart rate variability (HRV) is an established, non-invasive parameter for the assessment of cardiac autonomic nervous activity and the health status in general cardiology. However, there are few studies on HRV in adults with congenital h...
At present, sensor-based sorting machines are usually not operated at the optimal operation point but are either overrun or underrun depending on the availability of waste streams. Mathematical approaches for predefined ideal mixtures can be found ba...
The short-term optimal operation model discussed in this paper uses the 2016 to 2018 daily and monthly data of Baluchaung II hydropower station to optimize power generation by minimizing water consumption effectively in order to get more revenue from...
Implemented in road transport enterprises (RTEs) on a large scale, telematics systems are dedicated both to the particular aspects of their operation and to the integrated fields of the total operational functioning of such entities. Hence, a researc...
Australia aims to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, and its building sector needs rapid change. The Nationwide House Energy Rating Scheme (NatHERS) is supported by the Australian Government to expand the current building envelope thermal performanc...
Data collected using sensors plays an essential role in active bridge health monitoring. When analyzing a large number of bridges in the U.S., the National Bridge Inventory data as been widely used. Yet, the database does not provide information abou...
The Alhué mining district, Chile, is an example of a high-grade Au-Ag-Zn(-Pb) deposit with mineralized veins that contain variable amounts of copper sulfides, which are detrimental to the cyanidation process. Similar deposits can be found in t...
This work tackles a relatively new issue in power system operation, known as the Environmental/Economic Dispatch problem. For this purpose, the combination of two powerful heuristic algorithms, namely, the Exchange Market Algorithm (EMA) and Adaptive...
This review is aimed at the integrated circuit design community and it explores slew-rate enhancement techniques for switched-capacitor amplifiers, with a primary focus on optimizing settling time within power constraints. Key challenges are addresse...
In cryogenic fluid storage and delivery, the rapid contraction and rebound of bubbles are prone to occur during bubble collapse due to the pressure saltation. With the contraction and rebound of bubbles, the pressure and temperature in the bubbles fl...
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) systems operating in the 860–960 MHz frequency range are widely used in applications such as supply chain management, retail, access control, healthcare, and transportation. This study presents the design,...
Parallel-type slew-rate enhancers (PSREs) improve the driving capability of operational transconductance amplifiers (OTAs) for large capacitive loads. While capacitive-boosting (CB) techniques enhance PSRE efficiency in fully-differential designs, th...
Robust algorithms have been widely used and intensively studied in the communities of engineering, statistics, and machine learning since such algorithms are less sensitive to outliers and effective in addressing the issue of non-Gaussian noise durin...
The valorization and sustainable management of historic centers is a topic relevant to the cultural identity and heritage of European cities. A rational strategy to preserve the centers must consider both energy and environmental retrofitting, even i...
In this paper, we introduce and investigate the concept of statistical derivatives within the framework of the deferred Cesàro summability technique, supported by illustrative examples. Using this approach, we establish a novel Korovkin-type t...
Background/Objectives: The optimal surgical approach for kidney stones (KS) measuring 15–20 mm remains debated. RIRS and mini-PCNL are both effective options, but they differ in invasiveness, resource use, and cost. This study aimed to compare...
The article considers a hysteretic model of consumer behaviour in mono-product markets. Demand generation with regard to an individual consumer is modeled using a non-ideal relay with inverted thresholds. Therefore, the sales rate is defined as an an...
The management of the liquid fraction of digestate produced from the anaerobic digestion of biodegradable municipal solid waste is a difficult affair, as its land application is limited due to high ammonium concentrations and the municipal waste that...
Research of manufacturing cell design problems is still pertinent today, because new manufacturing strategies, such as mass customization, call for further improvement of the fundamental performance of cellular manufacturing systems. The main scope o...
Background/Objectives: New-onset atrial fibrillation (AF) after cardiac surgery is associated with patient-important outcomes. Uncertainty persists regarding its prevention, detection, and management. This review seeks to identify, compile, and descr...
Biometrics is a scientific technology to recognize a person using their physical, behavior or chemical attributes. Biometrics is nowadays widely being used in several daily applications ranging from smart device user authentication to border crossing...
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Hyperactive behaviour refers to a person making more movement than expected for his or her age and development, acting impulsively, and being easily distracted. There is a need to encourage early and reliable detection through the proposal of new met...
The design of human-machine interfaces of occupational exoskeletons is essential for their successful application, but at the same time demanding. In terms of information gain, biosensoric methods such as surface electromyography (sEMG) can help to a...
This study addresses the challenge of aligning inventory forecasting with sustainability and service level goals in re-order point systems. It introduces a semiparametric forecasting method based on exponential smoothing and M-estimation, designed to...
Gastritis is a progressive disease that evolves from a non-atrophic to atrophic state and progresses through intestinal metaplasia, with some cases leading eventually to gastric cancer. Since gastritis by definition is an inflammatory process of the...
The dynamics of cardiac signals can be studied using methods for nonlinear analysis of heart rate variability (HRV). The methods that are used in the article to investigate the fractal, multifractal and informational characteristics of the intervals...
Transportation systems play a key role in urban development by providing access for people to markets and education, employment, health care, recreation, and other key services. However, uncontrolled urban population and fast growth of vehicle mobili...
Objective: Quality of intraoperative teamwork may have a direct impact on patient outcomes. Heart rate variability (HRV) synchrony may be useful for objective assessment of team cohesion and good teamwork. The primary aim of this study was to investi...
Light-duty trucks (LDTs) are often used to tow trailers. Towing increases the load on the engine, and this additional load can affect exhaust emissions. Although heavy-duty towing impacts are widely studied, data on LDT towing impacts is sparse. In t...
The switched inertance hydraulic converter (SIHC) is a new technology providing an alternative to conventional proportional or servo-valve-controlled systems in the area of fluid power. SIHCs can adjust or control flow and pressure by means of using...
Timber harvesting operations, including manual and motor-manual activities, require workers who are in good health to be able to work effectively. The aim of our paper was to introduce a simplified index methodology for workload assessment. Generally...
Private water supply operators (PWSOs) play an important role in extending piped water services in small cities in Cambodia. However, the connection rates to PWSOs are highly varied. Therefore, this study aimed to find the reasons for the low connect...
This paper presents a study on dynamic line rating (DLR) forecasting procedure aimed at developing a new methodology able to forecast future ampacity values for rare and extreme events. This is motivated by the belief that to apply DLR network operat...
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