The distribution of burden layers in an ironmaking blast furnace strongly influences the conditions in the upper part of the process. The bed permeability largely depends on the distribution of ore and coke in the lumpy zone, which affects the radial...
COREX is one of the commercialized smelting reduction ironmaking processes. It mainly includes two reactors, i.e., a (reduction) shaft furnace (SF) and a melter gasifier (MG). In comparison with the conventional blast furnace (BF), the COREX MG is no...
The application of information technology provides technical support for achieving the requirements of reducing burden and improving quality in the Chinese “Double Reduction” Policy. Based on the analysis of the mechanism and path of &ldq...
Today, although laser engraving technology is widely used in 2D image engraving, when the image is larger and more complicated, most existing algorithms for engraving path planning have a huge computational burden and reduced engraving efficiency. Ac...
This article presents the variability of Fused deposition modelling (FDM) technology and the possibilities of its use in the design and implementation of a prototype atypical device. The assumptions of the behaviour of individual components and subsy...
Chemical pressure storage tanks are containers designed to store fluids at high pressures, i.e., their internal pressure is higher than the atmospheric pressure. They can come in various shapes and sizes, and may be fabricated from a variety of mater...
In this paper, we propose a multi-layered hierarchical block tracking (HBT) system for continuous real-time sensing and efficient network management of highly mobile nomadic infrastructure. In order to solve the limitations of the existing high-resol...
Perfect absorbers have been extensively investigated due to their significant value in solar cell, photodetection, and stealth technologies. Various subwavelength structures have been proposed to improve the absorption performances, such as high abso...
This study presents KidneyNet, an innovative computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) system designed to identify chronic kidney diseases (CKDs), such as kidney stones, cysts, and tumors, in CT scans. KidneyNet utilizes a convolutional neural network (CNN) str...
LoRa Wide Area Networks (LoRaWAN) can provide a connectivity service to Internet of Things (IoT) for an extremely long run-time and with low power consumption. As the LoRaWAN is extensively applied to various IoT scenarios, LoRaWAN solutions face a f...
Overcoming the limitations of powder-based additive manufacturing processes is a crucial aspect for the manufacturing of patient-specific sophisticated implants with tailored properties. Within this work, a novel manufacturing process for the fabrica...
Glaucoma, a leading cause of irreversible blindness, poses a significant global health burden. Early detection is crucial for effective management and prevention of vision loss. This study presents a collection of novel structural biomarkers in glauc...
Self-powered triboelectric tachometers have wide application prospects in mechanical and electrical industries. However, traditional disc-type tachometers typically require large contact force, which burdens rotary load and increases frictional wear....
As a reasonable statistical learning model for curve clustering analysis, the two-layer mixtures of Gaussian process functional regressions (TMGPFR) model has been developed to fit the data of sample curves from a number of independent information so...
Emergency department (ED) triage is the cornerstone of ED operations. Many different triage systems have been proposed and implemented globally. To date, an ideal triage system has not yet been identified. As the burden on EDs rises, with overcrowdin...
Antenna structure design constitutes a computationally expensive optimization problem due to the requirement for full-wave electromagnetic (EM) simulations. Surrogate-assisted evolutionary algorithms offer a promising approach for addressing such cha...
Ship structures may collapse or be severely deformed during a fire. To precisely assess the post-fire structural integrity of ships, in this study, a thermal–mechanical coupling data interface was created, employing a significant eddy simulatio...
Aiming to solve the problems of different spectral bands and spatial pixels contributing differently to hyperspectral image (HSI) classification, and sparse connectivity restricting the convolutional neural network to a globally dependent capture, we...
The finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method is a versatile electromagnetic simulation technique, widely used for solving various broadband problems. However, when dealing with complex structures and large dimensions, especially when applying perf...
Assessments of changes in the ecological state of aquatic ecosystems are always burdened with uncertainty, which results from environmental reasons and poor repeatability of measurement results of elements enabling the assessment. This study determin...
The composite agglomeration process (CAP) aims at sintering a pelletized feed and a matrix feed together to produce a high-quality burden for a blast furnace. The pelletized feed is balled from fine iron concentrate or refractory iron-bearing resourc...
This paper presents a novel data-driven approach to structural health monitoring (SHM) that uses Echo State Network (ESN) regression for continuous damage assessment. In contrast to traditional classification methods that demand extensive labeled dat...
Bacteria are a common group of foodborne pathogens presenting public health issues with a large economic burden for the food industry. Our work focused on a solution to this problem by evaluating antibiotic activity against two bacteria (Listeria mon...
The influences of implants on the temperature field in tissues during ultrasound diathermy is controversial. In addition, most previous studies have focused on plate implants, and the effects of irregular implants and bones are seldom discussed. In t...
Cymbal piezoelectric energy harvesters offer an effective platform for converting mechanical vibrations into electrical energy due to their ability to exploit both longitudinal (d33) and transverse (d31) piezoelectric coefficients. However, the desig...
With the development of aerospace technology, the variety and complexity of spacecraft components have increased. Traditional manual and machine learning-based detection methods struggle to accurately and quickly identify these parts. Deep learning-b...
The size distribution of coke is important in order to decide the burden layer structure and the burden porosity in the shaft of a blast furnace (BF), which fluctuates daily and can be determined by several parameters. It is measured two or three tim...
Pure silica sol obtained by hydrolysis of tetraethoxysilane and the same silica sol doped with fertilizer Azofoska were used to cover the surface of pea seeds. The surface state of the coated seeds (layer continuity, thickness, elemental composition)...
Plastics represent an integral part of our everyday lives, with various functions from packaging materials to insulation layers in our buildings. Pure expanded polystyrene (EPS) is a good example of a fully recyclable material. However, once polluted...
Concrete structures perform poorly when withstanding thermal shock events, usually requiring repair or replacement after one single instance. In certain industries (such as petrol, metallurgic and ceramics), these events are not only likely but frequ...
Composite laminate recycling and waste disposal routes remain a burden to existing systems, requiring special treatment and separation. The inclusion of a plastic layer is important for several key properties that are required for food safety, which...
Technology transfer from laboratory into practical application needs to meet the demands of economic viability and operational simplicity. This paper reports a simple and convenient strategy to fabricate large-scale and ultrasensitive surface-enhance...
Nowadays, the aging, deterioration, and failure of civil structures are challenges of paramount importance, increasingly motivating the search of advanced Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) tools. In this work, we propose a SHM strategy for online st...
The goal of blast-hole detection is to help place charge explosives into blast-holes. This process is full of challenges, because it requires the ability to extract sample features in complex environments, and to detect a wide variety of blast-holes....
Bone defects caused by trauma or pathological events are major clinical and socioeconomic burdens. Thus, the efforts of regenerative medicine have been focused on the development of non-biodegradable materials resembling bone features. Consequently,...
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In turbocharger design, the accurate determination of thermally induced stresses is of particular importance for life cycle predictions. An accurate, transient, thermal finite element analysis (FEA) of turbocharger components requires transient conju...
In this paper, an adaptive Cuckoo search extreme learning machine (ACS-ELM)-based prognosis method is developed for an electric scooter system with intermittent faults. Firstly, bond-graph-based fault detection and isolation is carried out to find po...
The global polymer waste burden has catalyzed a shift from linear “production–use–disposal” systems to circular models that prioritize recycling, reuse, and value retention. This article proposes an integrated, technology-read...
To better process irregular sample images for their image feature extraction and recognition, this essay proposes asymmetric adaptive neural network (AACNN) structures, including dual structures of an adaptive image feature extraction network (AT-CNN...
Between 51% and 72% of a bituminous roofing membrane used for structural waterproofing consists of organic material, predominantly bitumen—a derivative of crude oil refining—highlighting the strong dependence of this product on fossil res...
Advanced driver assistance system such as adaptive cruise control, traffic jam assistance, and collision warning has been developed to reduce the driving burden and increase driving comfort in the car-following situation. These systems provide automa...
Polarimetric synthetic aperture radar (PolSAR) image classification is a pixel-wise issue, which has become increasingly prevalent in recent years. As a variant of the Convolutional Neural Network (CNN), the Fully Convolutional Network (FCN), which i...
Interactive image segmentation extremely accelerates the generation of high-quality annotation image datasets, which are the pillars of the applications of deep learning. However, these methods suffer from the insignificance of interaction informatio...
Cracks in concrete dam tunnels compromise structural safety, watertightness, and durability, while conventional repair materials such as epoxy and cement impose environmental burdens. This study investigates biomineralization methods, namely Microbia...
Both minor and major depression have high prevalence and are important causes of social burden worldwide; however, there is still no objective indicator to detect minor depression. This study aimed to examine if voice could be used as a biomarker to...
Rising prices are currently a problem in the world. In particular, the abnormal increases in the price of metals, which are often used in dental prosthetics, have increased the burden of dental costs on the public. There is therefore an urgent need t...
The rising prevalence of orthopedic conditions, driven by an aging population, has led to a growing demand for advanced implant materials. Traditional metals such as stainless steel and titanium alloys are biologically inert and often necessitate sec...
Shigella sonnei remains the second most common cause of shigellosis in young children and is now increasingly dominant across developing countries. The global emergence of drug resistance has become a main burden in the treatment of S. sonnei infecti...
The real-time detection of facial skin problems is crucial for improving dermatological health, yet its practical implementation remains challenging. Early detection and timely intervention can significantly enhance skin health while reducing the fin...
Road construction takes a heavy toll on the environment. Therefore, innovative strategies to improve the environmental performances of this sector are needed, and the use of recycled materials (e.g., plastic) has been recently pursued to achieve this...
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