Background: Perception-based evaluation using Likert-scale survey data is widely applied in tourism and transport research, yet conventional point-valued encoding imposes artificial precision and overlooks ambiguity between adjacent ordinal categorie...
In the aeronautical field, the damage that occurs to a carbon-fibre-reinforced polymer (CFRP) structure analysis is a crucial point for further improving its capability and performance. In the current the state of the art, in fact, many issues are li...
Integrating spectral and spatial information is proved effective in improving the accuracy of hyperspectral imagery classification. In recent studies, two kinds of approaches are widely investigated: (1) developing a multiple feature fusion (MFF) str...
An important consideration when developing a deep neural network (DNN) for the prediction of molecular properties is the representation of the chemical space. Herein we explore the effect of the representation on the performance of our DNN engineered...
Multispectral object detection addresses the limitations of single-modal approaches by fusing complementary information from visible and infrared images, thereby improving robustness in complex environments. However, the inter-modal representations a...
(1) The presented paper proposes an approach to the BIM-based generation of FE models of different complexity and FE dimensionality. This is particularly important as different FE models are needed to assess various structural or material limit state...
Feed efficiency (FE) is an economically important trait. Thus, reliable predictors would help to reduce the production cost and provide sustainability to the pig industry. We carried out metabolome-transcriptome integration analysis on 40 purebred Du...
A surrogate artificial neural network (ANN) model trained on the data generated from a computational finite element-based (FE-based) model is developed. The developed ANN model enables the estimation of the fatigue life (number of load cycles to fail...
Experimental data from full-scale experiments with reinforced concrete buildings exposed to blast loading are limited. As full-scale experiments are expensive, numerical simulations of the global response of structures exposed to blast loading may be...
Iron (Fe) and nickel (Ni) were both foundational to early metabolism, yet their biological trajectories diverged as Earth’s surface redox state changed. Here, we integrate mineral chemistry network analysis, protein metal-site coordination-sphe...
This paper proposes three feature extraction (FE) methods based on density estimation for hyperspectral images (HSIs). The methods are a mixture of factor analyzers (MFA), deep MFA (DMFA), and supervised MFA (SMFA). The MFA extends the Gaussian mixtu...
Background and aim: Fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) is a non-invasive biomarker of airway inflammation that may provide complementary information on inflammatory phenotypes in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The increasing availa...
Finite element (FE) model updating based on the response surface method using load test data of a cable-stayed bridge. This paper presents a case study of a cable-stayed bridge in which the FE model is refined using the response surface method based...
Feature extraction (FE) is an important step in electroencephalogram (EEG)-based classification for brain–computer interface (BCI) systems and neurocognitive monitoring. However, the dynamic and low-signal-to-noise nature of EEG data makes achi...
The Panjshir Fe-Polymetallic ore deposit is a valuable geological resource in Afghanistan, rich in iron and multiple essential metallic minerals, with substantial potential for industrial development. The exploration phase faces challenges related to...
Obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) is a common sleep disorder characterized by repeated pharyngeal collapse with partial or complete obstruction of the upper airway. This study investigates the biomechanics of upper airway collapse of...
A sewage sludge-based activated carbon (SBAC) intercalated MgAlFe ternary layered double hydroxide (SBAC-MgAlFe-LDH) composite was synthesized via the coprecipitation method. The adsorptive performance of the composite for phenol uptake from the aque...
Accurate representation of structural geometry, physical properties, and boundary conditions remains a major challenge in the finite element (FE) modeling of jacket structures. To address these difficulties, this study proposes a multi-source data sy...
This work investigates a data-driven approach for detecting structural damage in the wing of a Cessna 172 aircraft using reduced-order finite element (FE) models. This study focuses on the ability of machine learning methods to generalize across diff...
Modern offshore wind turbines require increasingly larger monopile foundations, often with low embedded length-to-diameter ratios that fall outside the calibration range of the conventional standard p–y approach. Consequently, existing code-bas...
Mechanical metamaterials (MMMs) are periodic architectures engineered to achieve extraordinary macroscopic mechanical properties. A primary objective in their design is wave propagation isolation, achieved through the generation of phononic bandgaps....
An appropriate representation of faults is fundamental for hydro-mechanical reservoir models to obtain robust quantitative insights into the spatial distribution of stress, strain and pore pressure. Using a generic model containing a reservoir layer...
Nine technology-related metal(loid)s (Ag, Co, Fe, Mo, Pt, Rh, Sb, Se and Y) were monitored in 137 topsoil samples from urban parks, industrial areas and gardens in Alcalá de Henares (Spain) using ICP–MS. Selenium was not detected, while...
Olivine-like NaFePO4 glasses and nanocomposites are promising materials for cathodes in sodium batteries. Our previous studies focused on the preparation of NaFePO4 glass, transforming it into a nanocomposite using high-pressure–high-temperatur...
The analysis of the surface ElectroMyoGraphic (sEMG) signal for controlling the Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) therapy is being widely accepted as an active rehabilitation technique for the restoration of neuro-muscular disorders. Portabilit...
Subject-specific hip capsule models could offer insights into impingement and dislocation risk when coupled with computer-aided surgery, but model calibration is time-consuming using traditional techniques. This study developed a framework for instan...
Insect pollinators provide an important ecosystem service that supports global biodiversity and environmental health. The study investigates the effects of the environmental matrix on six oxidative stress biomarkers in the honey bee Apis mellifera. T...
The unique physicochemical, electrical, mechanical, and thermal properties of micas make them suitable for a wide range of industrial applications, and thus, the interest for these kind of hydrous aluminosilicate minerals is still persistent, not onl...
This paper addresses the problem of interactive auralization of enclosures based on a finite superposition of plane waves. For this, room acoustic simulations are performed using the Finite Element (FE) method. From the FE solution, a virtual microph...
Accurate global mapping of lunar iron oxide (FeO) abundance is essential for understanding the Moon’s geological evolution and for supporting future in situ resource utilization (ISRU). While hyperspectral data from the Moon Mineralogy Mapper (...
This study presents the correct processing of Co–Cr alloys as a method of preserving the properties of the materials as-cast, and therefore they can be safely placed in contact with the oral cavity tissues as resistance frameworks. The basic ma...
Object detection plays a pivotal role in safety-critical applications, including autonomous driving, intelligent surveillance, and unmanned aerial systems. However, many state-of-the-art detectors remain highly resource-intensive; their large paramet...
The patch loading resistance of slender steel plate girders is a critical factor in the design of launched steel and composite steel–concrete bridges. Traditional design methods enhance patch loading resistance through various stiffening techni...
Replicate bones are widely used as an alternative for cadaveric bones for in vitro testing. These composite bone models are more easily available and show low inter-specimen variability compared to cadaveric bone models. The combination of in vitro t...
Floods cause significant damage to human life, infrastructure, agriculture, and the economy. Predicting peak runoffs is crucial for hazard assessment, but it is challenging in remote areas like the Andes due to limited hydrometeorological data. We ut...
Grain structure and macrosegregation are two important aspects to assess the quality of direct chill (DC) cast billets, and the phenomena responsible for their formation are strongly interacted. Transient modeling of grain structure and macrosegregat...
Feature engineering for whole-genome DNA sequences plays a critical role in predicting plant phenotypic traits. However, due to limitations in the models’ analytical capabilities and computational resources, the existing methods are predominant...
Statistical Energy Analysis (SEA) requires a physically meaningful subsystem definition, whereas manual partitioning of complex shell structures is often time-consuming and strongly dependent on engineering experience. To address this issue, this stu...
Syzygium aromaticum L. Myrtaceae is one of the plants rich in bioactive compounds that have beneficial effects on the skin. Fermented plant extracts (FPEs) obtained from this plant have recently been exploited as new cosmetic ingredients. The concept...
Dimensionality reduction is essential in industrial analytics, as high-dimensional process data often contain redundant and correlated variables that increase computational burden and model complexity. This study proposes a weighted composite evaluat...
Video moment retrieval (VMR) aims to localize the temporal segment in an untrimmed video that semantically matches a natural-language query. Although recent detection transformer (DETR) approaches have improved this task, they primarily emphasize que...
Visible and infrared imaging spectroscopy have greatly revolutionized our understanding of the diversity of minerals on Mars. Characterizing the mineral distribution on Mars is essential for understanding its geologic evolution and past habitability....
Chemists use one set of orbitals when comparing to a structural formula, hybridized AOs or NBOs for example, and another for reasoning in terms of frontier orbitals, MOs usually. Chemical arguments can frequently be made in terms of energy and/or ele...
Petroleum hydrocarbons contamination in soil is difficult to remediate due to strong adsorption and limited bioavailability. This study investigated the coupled remediation of diesel contamination in an alkaline kaolin-based model substrate using a s...
Discarding Non-Maximum Suppression (NMS) post-processing and realizing fully end-to-end object detection is a recent research focus. Previous works have proved that the one-to-one label assignment strategy provides the chance to eliminate NMS during...
The numerical modelling of existing reinforced concrete (RC) bridges represents one of the most time-consuming and operator-dependent phases of seismic vulnerability assessment. Although advanced nonlinear analysis procedures are widely available, th...
Recent studies have incorporated tidal elevation into hydrological models, yet they have not focused on simulating or evaluating tidal processes within these frameworks. Integrating tidal dynamics improves the representation of terrestrial–coas...
A layerwise laminate FE model capable of predicting the dynamic response of delaminated composite beams with piezoelectric actuators and sensors encompassing local non-linear contact and sliding at the delamination interfaces was formulated. The kine...
Modeling choice is key to modal analysis of rib-reinforced vibration test fixtures; however, systematic criteria for selecting shell or solid finite element (FE) models remain limited. This study proposes a decision framework that translates comparis...
We describe an attempt to derive the binarity rate of samples of 166 A-, F-, G-, and K-type stars from LAMOST DR5 and 1000 randomly selected presumably single stars from Gaia DR3 catalogs. To this end, we compared continua of the observed spectra wit...
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