Saul Kripke once noted that there is a tight connection between computation and de re knowledge of whatever the computation acts upon. For example, the Euclidean algorithm can produce knowledge of which number is the greatest common divisor of two nu...
A numerical simulation of the laminar flow field and convection–diffusion mass transfer in a regular system of parallel fully absorbing fibers for the range of Reynolds numbers up to Re = 300 is performed. An isolated row of equidistant circula...
Vehicular networks are becoming increasingly dense due to expanding wireless services and platooning has been regarded as a promising technology to improve road capacity and on-road safety. Constrained by limited resources, not all communication link...
Vapor bubbles are widely concerned in many industrial applications. The deformation and collapse of a vapor bubble near a free surface after being heated and raised from the bottom wall are investigated in this paper. On the basis of smoothed particl...
Quantitatively analyzing the factors influencing the horizontal migration of microplastics (MPs) in water bodies and understanding their movement patterns are crucial for explaining and predicting their transport principles and final destinations. Th...
Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) have set state-of-the-art performance numbers in diverse fields of electronics (computer vision, voice recognition), biology, bioinformatics, etc. However, the process of learning (training) from the data and application o...
This article aims at providing some extension of the modal square of opposition in the light of Ockham’s account of modal operators. Moreover, we set forth some significant remarks on the de re–de dicto distinction and on the modal operat...
The Giant Sunfish (Mola alexandrini) has unique patterns on its body, which allow for individual identification. By continuously gathering and matching images, it is possible to monitor and track individuals across location and time. However, matchin...
Data-based analysis gives out an estimation of the incubation period. A dynamic model is established and discussed. Disease reproduction number reveals the high probability of COVID-19 pandemic, but strengthening the exposure of asymptomatic people w...
In the current work, the flow characteristics of single isothermal and non-isothermal jets discharging into the upper plenum of a 1/16th scaled-down high-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) facility were studied. ANSYS Fluent simulations were carri...
Copy number variation (CNV) serves as a crucial source of genomic variation and significantly aids in the mining of genomic information in cattle. This study aims to analyze re–sequencing data from Chinese Hainan yellow cattle, to uncover breed...
Although the Tesla valve is a well-known technology spanning almost 100 years, its wide range of potential applications in modern engineering problems has made it particularly attractive to researchers in the last few years. The major factor that cha...
Renewable energy sources are intended to support the decarbonisation process of the Polish economy. Since 2005, the share of renewable energy in total electricity in Poland has been increasing. The number of photovoltaic panels installed by prosumers...
Understanding natural flows in porous media with low Reynolds number (Re) has significant implications for both science and engineering. However, knowledge and experimental gaps remain regarding such natural flows. In this context, we designed a sand...
The Religious Society of Friends was traditionally disinclined to define “membership” in pursuit of the Quaker mission to create a worldwide church. As a result, for almost two centuries before the first census of 1847, there are no recor...
This paper revisits the theoretically predicted inherent stability of fully developed laminar pipe flow, which remains unconfirmed by experimental evidence. A recently developed theory of pipe-flow stability/instability addresses the gap between expe...
This study investigated the efficiency of scale-propellers, typically used on small drones. A scale-propeller is accepted as having a diameter of 7 to 21 inches. Recent special operations has demonstrated the utility of relatively small, low-cost fir...
This study presents an innovative passive micromixer design featuring convergent–divergent sinusoidal walls, evaluated using the Villermaux–Dushman protocol. Five distinct designs were fabricated and tested, demonstrating superior mixing...
In this paper, a first-order projection method is used to solve the Navier–Stokes equations numerically for a time-dependent incompressible fluid inside a three-dimensional (3-D) lid-driven cavity. The flow structure in a cavity of aspect ratio...
Prokaryotes have an essential gene—gyrase—that catalyzes negative supercoiling of plasmid and chromosomal DNA. Negative supercoils influence DNA replication, transcription, homologous recombination, site-specific recombination, genetic tr...
Results from a series of field experiments, conducted to investigate the influence of infragravity waves (from wave groups), ripple type and location relative to the breaker line on cross-shore suspended sediment flux close to the sea bed in nearshor...
Flight range, endurance, maneuverability, and agility are the key elements that determine an aircraft’s performance. Both conventional and morphing wing aircraft have been well studied and estimated in all aspects of performance. When consideri...
An unbiased scene graph generation (SGG) algorithm referred to as Skew Class-Balanced Re-Weighting (SCR) is proposed for considering the unbiased predicate prediction caused by the long-tailed distribution. The prior works focus mainly on alleviating...
The research carried out on socioeconomic implication models of (re)emerging infectious diseases triggering pandemics has shown us that these largely depended on infection transmission, conditioned by the type of pathogen and the human host. Also, th...
Many people admire the Japanese language and culture, but mastering the language’s writing system, particularly handwritten kanji, presents a significant challenge. Furthermore, translating historical manuscripts containing archaic or rare kanj...
A micromixer is one of the most significant components in a microfluidic system. A three-dimensional micromixer was developed with advantages of high efficiency, simple fabrication, easy integration, and ease of mass production. The designed principl...
In the present study, numerical simulations are performed to identify the role of Reynolds number (Re), Richardson number (Ri) and free-stream orientations (α) on flow structures, aerodynamic parameters and heat transfer characteristics for the...
A numerical study estimated the mixed convection around a sinusoidal cylinder inside a rectangular cavity. The key parameters for sinusoidal circular cylinders were the wavelength and Reynolds number (Re = 100, 500, and 1000) with a fixed Prandtl num...
Inspired by the forward swimming of long-tailed crustaceans, we study an underwater propulsion mechanism for a swimming body with multiple rigid paddles attached underneath undergoing cycles of power and return strokes with a constant phase-differenc...
Pressure drop, heat transfer, and energy performance of ZnO/water nanofluid with rodlike particles flowing through a curved pipe are studied in the range of Reynolds number 5000 ≤ Re ≤ 30,000, particle volume concentration 0.1% ≤ Φ ≤...
A novel passive micromixer based on multiple baffles and a submergence scheme was designed, and its mixing performance was simulated over a wide range of Reynolds numbers ranging from 0.1 to 80. The degree of mixing (DOM) at the outlet and the pressu...
Flow characteristics within entrance regions in microchannels are important due to their effect on heat and mass transfer. However, relevant research is limited and some conclusions are controversial. In order to reveal flow characteristics within en...
Accurate computation of the performance of a horizontal-axis wind turbine (HAWT) using Blade Element Momentum (BEM) based codes requires good quality aerodynamic characteristics of airfoils. This paper shows a numerical investigation of transitional...
A wide range of existing passive micromixers are reviewed, and quantitative analyses of ten typical passive micromixers were performed to compare their mixing indices, pressure drops, and mixing costs under the same axial length and flow conditions a...
Recurrent acute myocardial infarctions (AMI) are common and associated with dismal outcomes. We evaluated the clinical characteristics and the prognosis of AMI survivors according to the number of recurrent AMIs (ReAMI) and the time interval of event...
Ta/Re layered composite material is a high-temperature material composed of the refractory metal tantalum (Ta) as the matrix and high-melting-point, high-strength rhenium (Re) as the reinforcement layer. It holds significant potential for application...
Repetitive elements (REs) occupy a significant part of eukaryotic genomes and are shown to play diverse roles in genome regulation. During embryogenesis of the sea urchin, a large number of REs are expressed, but the role of these elements in the reg...
Rectangular cylinders have the potential to provide valuable insights into the behavior of fluids in a variety of real-world applications. Keeping this in mind, the current study compares the behavior of fluid flow around rectangular cylinders with a...
Flow and heat transfer property of Oldroyd-B-fluid-based nanofluids containing cylindrical particles are studied in a pipe with circular cross-section in the range of Reynolds number (Re) from 100 to 2000, Weissenberg number (We) from 0.1 to 2, parti...
Landslide inventories could provide fundamental data for analyzing the causative factors and deformation mechanisms of landslide events. Considering that it is still hard to detect landslides automatically from remote sensing images, endeavors have b...
This study was designed to investigate the protective effect of resveratrol (RES) on premature ovarian failure (POF) and the proliferation of female germline stem cells (FGSCs) at the tissue and cell levels. POF mice were lavaged with RES, and POF ov...
Two kinds of rectangular mini-channels of different sizes were designed and fabricated for testing the convective heat transfer characteristics of graphene nanofluids. The experimental results show that the average wall temperature decreases with the...
In this study, numerical simulations were carried out to investigate the flow and heat transfer characteristics of jet array impingement cooling in the quasi-leading-edge channel of gas turbine blades. The influence laws of Reynolds number (Re, 10,00...
Turbulence is a complex and challenging concept, often simplified for students through the use of the Reynolds Number (Re), used to indicate when flow transitions from laminar to turbulent occurs. However, the Re number focus on the ratio of inertial...
The dual sweeping jet (DSJ)-producing fluidic oscillator is a novel device developed by sharing a feedback channel between two standard fluidic oscillators. This device produces a pair of sweeping jets in the outer domain and has the potential to be...
The article presents the results of numerical studies of heat transfer and pressure drops in a channel with transverse micro-fins. The main aim of the study was to prepare the thermal and flow characteristics of such a channel for a variable longitud...
Inspired by the airway for phonation, fluid flow in an idealized model within a sudden expansion and contraction channel with a geometrically symmetric structure is investigated, and the nonlinear behaviors of the flow therein are explored via numeri...
In the renewable energy source (RES) market, which is highly atomized, business events play an important role in supporting inter-organizational cooperation. The aim of this paper was to examine the impact of three characteristics of the events, name...
A passive micromixer based on the modified Tesla mixing unit was designed by embedding tip clearance above the wedge-shape divider, and its mixing performance was simulated over a wider range of the Reynolds numbers from 0.1 to 80. The mixing perform...
Micromixers, as crucial components of microfluidic devices, find widespread applications in the field of biochemistry. Due to the laminar flow in microchannels, mixing is challenging, and it significantly impacts the efficiency of rapid reactions. In...
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