Conductors consisting of thin layers are commonly used in many industries as protective, insulating or thermal barrier coatings (TBC). Nondestructive testing of these types of structures allows one to determine their dimensions and technical conditio...
Zirconium sheet has been widely used in various fields, e.g., chemistry and aerospace. The surface scratches on the zirconium sheets caused by complex processing environment have a negative impact on the performance, e.g., working life and fatigue fr...
Wind turbine blades (WTBs) are critical sub-systems consisting of composite multi-layer material structures. WTB inspection is a complex and labour intensive process, and failure of it can lead to substantial energy and economic losses to asset owner...
Nanocellulose is cellulose in the form of nanostructures, i.e., features not exceeding 100 nm at least in one dimension. These nanostructures include nanofibrils, found in bacterial cellulose; nanofibers, present particularly in electrospun matrices;...
In temperate forests, the roots of various tree species are colonized by ectomycorrhizal fungi, which have a key role in the nitrogen nutrition of their hosts. However, not much is known about the molecular mechanisms related to nitrogen metabolism i...
Intrusion detection systems can defectively perform when they are adjusted with datasets that are unbalanced in terms of attack data and non-attack data. Most datasets contain more non-attack data than attack data, and this circumstance can introduce...
In this paper, we investigate the influence of intrinsic compositional parameters on the viscoelastic compliance by employing three-point bending creep tests on clear, i.e., defect-free, spruce samples with a dimension of 15 × 15 × 280 mm...
Anthracnose, induced by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, poses a substantial economic threat to rubber tree yields and various other tropical crops. Ede1, an endocytic scaffolding protein, plays a crucial role in endocytic site initiation and maturati...
Identifying the printed circuit board (PCB) orders with high reorder frequency for batch production can facilitate production capacity balance and reduce cost. In this paper, the repeated orders identification problem is transformed to a reorder leve...
Automation of the structural health monitoring process involves the use of successful methods for detecting defects and determining their critical characteristics. An efficient means of crack detection in composite materials is the ultrasonic method,...
Based on available sources, the frequency of explosions in the marine engine’s starting air manifolds is determined under real conditions. A cause-and-effect analysis of these explosions and their root causes are identified. A probabilistic mod...
In this paper, a simplified procedure for the assessment of pavement structural integrity and the level of service for urban road surfaces is presented. A sample of 109 Asphalt Concrete (AC) urban pavements of an Italian road network was considered t...
Tea tree oil (TTO) is hypothesized to kill bacteria by indiscriminately denaturing membrane and protein structures. A Staphylococcus aureus small colony variant (SCV) selected with TTO (SH1000-TTORS-1) demonstrated slowed growth, reduced susceptibili...
Developing a bridge management strategy at the network level with efficient use of capital is very important for optimal infrastructure remediation. This paper introduces a novel decision support system that considers many aspects of bridge managemen...
Verticillium wilt, caused by Verticillium dahliae, severely threatens various crops and trees worldwide. This study aimed to characterize the function of a CUE (coupling of ubiquitin conjugation to endoplasmic reticulum (ER) degradation)-domain-conta...
Studies on dislocations in prototypic binary and ternary oxides (here TiO2 and SrTiO3) using modern TEM and scanning probe microscopy (SPM) techniques, combined with classical etch pits methods, are reviewed. Our review focuses on the important role...
Bark inclusions are an understudied structural defect in trees and shrubs. They consist of areas of bark on adjacent parts of stems or scaffolds, typically on the inner faces of a narrow fork, which become overgrown and internalized to occupy part of...
Simultaneous generation of plasma by microwave irradiation of perovskite or the spinel type of silica supported porous catalyst oxides and their reduction by nitrogen in the presence of oxygen is demonstrated. As a result of plasma generation in air,...
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