RING-finger-type ubiquitin E3 ligase Constitutively Photomorphogenic 1 (COP1) and floral integrators such as FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT), TWIN SISTER OF FT (TSF) and SUPPRESSOR OF OVEREXPRESSION OF CONSTANS1 (SOC1) have been identified as regulators of st...
Compared to switched reluctance motors, permanent magnet-assisted switched reluctance motor (PMa-SRM) have higher torque density, but the torque ripple remains severe, especially under high speeds or a heavy load. A novel torque shared function (TSF)...
Switched reluctance motors (SRMs) offer several advantages, including a magnet- and winding-free rotor, high mechanical strength, and exceptional output efficiency. However, the doubly salient pole structure and high-frequency switching power supply...
The accurate and rapid detection of traffic signs is crucial for intelligent transportation systems. Aiming at the problems that traffic signs have including more small targets in road scenes as well as misdetection, omission, and low recognition acc...
The quality of tea bud harvesting directly affects the final quality of the tea; however, due to the small size of tea buds and the complex natural background, accurately detecting them remains challenging. To address this issue, this paper proposes...
In this paper, by evaluating the extreme value of the qth-power current, a torque sharing function (TSF) family for reducing the torque ripples in the switched reluctance motor (SRM) is proposed. The optimization criteria of the TSF has two secondary...
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a prevalent mental illness characterized by persistent sadness, loss of interest in activities, and significant functional impairment. It poses severe risks to individuals’ physical and psychological well-bein...
13 May 2020
Temporary safety facilities (TSFs) are an essential support system providing necessary protection to workers during construction activities, which are targeted towards preventing the occurrence of incidents and accidents at the construction site; how...
The introduction of Taylor Spatial Frame (TSF) in clinical practice allows for unique capabilities in long bone deformity corrections; however, a comprehensive understanding of its mechanical characteristics and their impact on callus formation at th...
This paper reports the uncertainty analysis of the temperature–resistance (TR) data of the newly developed temperature sensing fabric (TSF), which is a double-layer knitted structure fabricated on an electronic flat-bed knitting machine, made of poly...
8 July 2020
The windy season brings numerous community complaints for gold mining companies situated in the Witwatersrand due to windblown dust from partially rehabilitated tailings storage facilities (TSFs). For communities encroaching onto TSFs, windblown dust...
The inappropriate thermal conditions resulting from increasingly severe climate issues have led to numerous complications for urban residents, decreased urban settlement comfort, and increased average and peak energy demands in built environments. Ex...
Accurate brain tumor magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) segmentation is essential for objective lesion assessment and treatment planning, yet it remains challenging because tumors exhibit large-scale variations, irregular morphologies, heterogeneous in...
Consisting of more than 11,000 members distributed over five families, the tautomerase superfamily (TSF) is a large collection of proteins with diverse biological functions. While much attention has been given to individual TSF enzymes, a majority re...
This study introduces a conceptual model for understanding the hydromechanical behavior and zonation within tailings storage facilities (TSFs) constructed using the hydraulic backfill method, which constitutes over 98% of TSFs worldwide. The model id...
Securing mine sites is a challenging task due to the complexity of the infrastructure, the variety of physical and digital components, the distribution of assets and machineries, and the large number of stakeholders involved. Given the risks that are...
Rolling bearing vibration signals often exhibit strong nonstationarity and are susceptible to noise interference, which makes fault feature extraction and accurate diagnosis challenging under complex operating conditions. To address these issues, thi...
Background: Limb lengthening is a surgical procedure intended to correct discrepancies and deformities in limb length or to enhance limb length for functional or cosmetic reasons. Short stature, often seen as a physical condition, can significantly a...
Monitoring the stability of tailings storage facilities (TSFs) is extremely important due to the catastrophic consequences of instability, which pose a threat to both the environment and human life. For this reason, numerous laboratory and field test...
Traditional deposition of tailings slurry in a tailings storage facility (TSF) can create risks of dike failure. In order to minimize these risks and slurry spillage, the surface deposition technique of densified tailings (DT) through dewatering of t...
Surface subsidence in mining areas is a widespread, long-term, and slow-onset geological hazard that can induce cascading failures, including slope instability and ground collapse, thereby threatening infrastructure and human safety. Accurate charact...
This paper deals with a new torque ripple minimization method for a Switched Reluctance Generator (SRG). Although, the SRG has many advantages including simple and robust construction, and high power density as a generator, it has not been widely emp...
High torque ripple dramatically affects the switched reluctance motor (SRM) application. To reduce the torque ripple, a reference torque neural network (RTNN) is proposed to adjust the reference torque online. Firstly, the RTNN is built on the torque...
The growth of the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) and healthcare data analytics allows wearable Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs) and ambient sensors to collect the large quantities of physiological signals necessary for better patient diagnostic...
The T-spherical fuzzy set (TSFS) is a modification of the fuzzy set (FS), intuitionistic fuzzy set (IFS), Pythagorean fuzzy set (PyFS), q-rung orthopair fuzzy set (q-ROFS), and picture fuzzy set (PFS), with three characteristic functions: the members...
The high current ripple and torque ripple are the main drawbacks of the switched reluctance motor (SRM) since the nonlinearity and double saliency, which limits its applications. In order to eliminate the current variation and torque ripple, an optim...
In the domain of financial markets, deep learning techniques have emerged as a significant tool for the development of investment strategies. The present study investigates the potential of time series forecasting (TSF) in financial application scena...
Magnetically levitated artificial hearts impose stringent requirements on the blood-pump motor: zero friction, minimal heat generation and full biocompatibility. Traditional mechanical-bearing motors and permanent-magnet bearingless motors fail to sa...
The contradiction between economic development and ecological protection has become a common challenge for territorial governance in developing countries around the world. However, extant studies have neglected the coupling and symbiotic relationship...
County-level administrative areas serve as fundamental components in China’s territorial spatial governance, and the precision and consistency of their carbon emission reduction policies are directly linked to the efficacy of the “dual-ca...
This paper proposes a lightweight violent behavior recognition model, DualCascadeTSF-MobileNetV2, which is improved based on the temporal shift module and its subsequent research. By introducing the Dual Cascade Temporal Shift and Fusion module, the...
This review synthesises hydro-mechanical evidence on tailings storage facilities from 84 publications selected through a PRISMA-informed Scopus and Web of Science workflow. Descriptive bibliometrics and a structured content analysis were combined wit...
Rapid increase in mining activities, outdated management approaches, and climate change pose risks to the safe operation of mines. We explore public databases on mine tailings storage facilities (TSF) in Kazakhstan, a major mineral producer. We proce...
A hybrid fixation method, using a combination of vertebroplasty and cement-augmented screws, has been demonstrated as a useful technique for securing osteoporotic burst fractures. The purpose of this study was to assess changes in the range of motion...
Continuous monitoring is key to the safety of such critical infrastructure as Tailings storage facilities. Due to the high risk of liquification of the dams, it is crucial to move the water as far as possible from the dam crest. In order to control t...
Intensive economic development is associated with an increasing demand for raw materials, including minerals. An illustrative example of this issue is the development of the copper industry. A significant problem arising from the scale of copper prod...
When the overhead line passes through the forest area, the conductor may contact the line to induce the tree-contact single-phase-to-ground fault (TSF), and the persistence of TSF may induce wildfires, bringing serious consequences. However, the amou...
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a chronic liver disease found worldwide. The present study aimed to evaluate the mechanisms of inhibiting lipid accumulation in free fatty acid (FFA)-treated HepG2 cells caused by bark and fruit extracts o...
In the last 20 years many mining projects around the world have applied a tailings deposition technology named “dry stacking of filtered tailings” at tailings storage facilities (TSFs). This technique produces an unsaturated cake that all...
Considering the global impact on society due to tailings storage facilities (TSFs) accidents, this article describes a study to monitor mine tailings management and prevent mining tailings dam failures, considering the analysis of different TSFs real...
Road traffic safety facilities (TSFs) are of significant importance in the management and maintenance of traffic safety. The complexity and variety of TSFs make it challenging to detect them manually, which renders the work unsustainable. To achieve...
A detailed analysis of the accident that occurred at the flotation tailings storage facility (TSF) at the inactive mine “Stolice” in 2014 is provided in this paper. All factors that caused the accident have been analyzed, with a review of...
27 August 2021
Territorial space classification (TSC) provides the basis for establishing systems of national territory spatial planning (NTSP) and supervising their implementation in China, thus has important theoretical and application significance. Most of the c...
Mapping the raw material (RM) potential of anthropogenic RMs, such as tailings, requires a comprehensive assessment and classification. However, a simple procedure to quickly screen for potentially viable RMs recovery projects similar to reconnaissan...
1 November 2013
The fluoride dose ingested by young children may be overestimated if based on levels of total fluoride (TF) rather than levels of bioavailable fluoride (total soluble fluoride—TSF) in toothpaste. The aim of the present study was to compare doses of...
This paper aims to develop a pullout force formula and increase the understanding of the damage mechanisms of ultra-high-performance fiber reinforced concrete (UHPFRC) with twisted steel fibers (TSFs) through a pull-out test and finite element analys...
Conventional ground reaction force (GRF) and load rate (LR) analyses may overlook temporal and waveform characteristics that reflect injury status and acuity. This study used an alternative GRF processing methodology to characterize GRF waveforms amo...
The tree-contact single-phase-to-ground fault (TSF) in 10 kV distribution networks has high transition resistance, weak fault currents, and nonlinear steady-state waveforms. As existing high-impedance fault models cannot accurately describe its compl...
The tectonic processes leading up to an earthquake and the occurrence of the earthquake itself will cause local changes in the geophysical field (geomagnetic field, stress field, etc.). In this paper, the variation characteristics of the tectonic str...
Analysis of magnetic resonance image (MRI) quality after open (Op)-transforaminal interbody fusion (TLIF) and minimally invasive (MI)-TLIF with the implantation of structurally different systems has not previously been performed. The objective of thi...
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