Efforts to enhance quality control (QC) practices in chip seal construction have predominantly relied on single surface friction metrics such as mean profile depth (MPD) or friction number. These metrics assess chip seal quality by targeting issues s...
Stainless steels are widely used in industry due to their favorable functional properties; however, their machining poses a significant technological challenge. This study analyzed chip shape, chip thickness ratio (Kh), hole dimensional accuracy, and...
The output quality of random-number sources directly affects the security of cryptographic systems. Physical-noise degradation, environmental disturbance, device aging, and fault injection may increase output bias, correlation, and predictability. Th...
The Huang-huai sheep (Dorper × Small-tailed Han), certified in China in 2019, initially exhibited issues with genetic uniformity and meat quality. A six-year (2020–2025) breeding program was conducted at two core farms (collectively housi...
Wood chips from logging residues are a renewable solid fuel that has become widely used in the energy sector. The current work presents a review of European papers on various aspects of wood chips production published in the years 2005–2018. Th...
To guarantee the integrity of a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) for safety-critical users, a satellite-based augmentation system (SBAS) makes use of the integrity monitoring architecture, of which the signal quality monitor (SQM) is an impo...
The color, texture and rancidity of dried fruit are critical parameters to control for consumer acceptance. The goal of this research was to investigate the kinetics of color parameter changes and texture in terms of the crispness and peroxide value...
Modern agriculture is seeking methods that reduce pesticide use while simultaneously providing high-quality raw materials. The aim of this innovative study was to determine how treating potato planting tubers with ultrasound in an aqueous medium (pre...
Potatoes intended for chip production must meet strict quality requirements. The objective of the study was to determine the optimal cultivation approach most favorable for chip potato cultivars (Beo, Picus, Pirol) through the application of various...
Consumption of contaminated drinking water heavily contributes to the burden of gastrointestinal waterborne diseases. Conventional detection methodologies present several shortcomings, such as indirect measure of indicator species, low throughput and...
Although chip morphology changes according to the machining method and related cutting parameters, chip formation affects the quality of the machined surface. In this context, it is very important to understand the relationship between chip morpholog...
The objective of this study was to assess the ability of experimental advanced breeding clones as parental genotypes to transmit agronomic and quality traits to their progenies in breeding programs. A half diallel set of crosses (excluding reciprocal...
We previously reported how the loss of CHIP expression (Carboxyl terminus of Hsc70-Interacting Protein) during pressure overload resulted in robust cardiac dysfunction, which was accompanied by a failure to maintain ATP levels in the face of increase...
When ejaculated sperm travels through the vagina to the uterus, mucus secreted by the cervical canal generally filters out sperm having low motility and poor morphology. To investigate this selection principle in vivo, we developed a microfluidic spe...
Water contamination is a main inducement of human diseases. It is an important step to monitor the water quality in the water distribution system. Due to the features of large size, high cost, and complicated structure of traditional water determinat...
As an important means to protect water resources, water quality detection is of great social and economic significance. Water quality detection sensors processed by micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) technology have the advantages of low-cost, sm...
The cultivation of fast-growing wood (e.g., poplar, willow or black locust) in short rotation coppices and agroforestry systems presents an opportunity for producing biomass sustainably in the agricultural sector. Cost-efficient agricultural wood pro...
Potatoes are essential for chip production, requiring high quality for processors and high yields for farmers. This two-year study was carried out for the purpose of investigating the influence of irrigation, fertilization, and cultivar on potato yie...
To investigate the impact of different milling parameters on milling forces, chip morphology, and machined surface quality during the Paulownia milling process, we conducted experiments using cemented carbide single-tooth shank milling cutters. Addit...
This article focuses on fuel quality in biomass power plants and describes an online prediction method based on image analysis and regression modeling. The main goal is to determine the mixture fraction from blends of two wood chip species with diffe...
The effects of torrefaction of the biopellets made from hardwood chip residue (HW), camellia oilseed cake (CO), and pruning remnants of the toothache tree (TA) and mulberry tree (MT) were evaluated. Torrefaction of the biopellets reduced the volatile...
Conducted by the nonprofit organization Breathe Mongolia—Clean Air Coalition, this study investigated ambient air pollution in Ulaanbaatar, focusing on the significant role of coal briquette combustion within ger areas. This combustion not only...
Solid biofuels, including wood chips, are still the most important feedstock in the structure of primary energy production from renewable energy sources. Wood chips are derived mainly from forests and the wood industry, including sawmills. However, t...
The quality requirements of wood biofuels are regulated by a series of harmonized international standards. These standards define the technical parameter limits that influence the quality of solid biomass as a fuel. In 2014 the European reference sta...
The cutting parameters in drilling operations are important for high-quality holes and productivity improvement in any manufacturing industry. This study investigates the effects of spindle speed and feed rate on temperature, surface roughness, hole...
The excellent mechanical properties of AISI 201 make it well-suited for applications in industrial components, transportation, and household appliances. However, during machining, this material generates high cutting forces and temperatures, leading...
The reduction of toxic acrylamide content in potato snacks, i.e., French fries and potato chips, is necessary due to the adverse effects of this compound on the human body. Therefore, in the presented review paper, a detailed characterization of Fren...
Nomex honeycomb composite (NHC) cores have seen significant growth in recent years, particularly in the aeronautics, aerospace, naval and automotive industries. This development presents significant challenges in terms of improving machining quality,...
Machining of Nomex honeycomb composite (NHC) structures is of critical importance in manufacturing parts to the specifications required in the aerospace industry. However, the special characteristics of the Nomex honeycomb structure, including its co...
Nowadays, consumers are increasingly demanding processed food products with high levels of beneficial components. Bitter melon and apple are both nutritious foods rich in bioactive compounds. In this study, restructured bitter melon and apple chips w...
A self-reconfigurable Network-on-Chip (NoC) architecture that supports anticipative Quality of Service (QoS) control with penetrative switch ability is proposed to enhance the performance of bidirectional-channel NoC communication while supporting pr...
Drilling is an important machining process in various manufacturing industries. High-quality holes are possible with the proper selection of tools and cutting parameters. This study investigates the effect of spindle speed, feed rate, and drill diame...
Nomex honeycomb composites (NHCs) are commonly used in various industrial sectors such as aerospace and automotive sectors due to their excellent material properties. However, when machining this type of structure, problems can arise due to significa...
To address the challenges of complex cutting force formation and low prediction accuracy in discrete-edge end mills, this study proposes a precise cutting force modeling method based on an effective chip slot function. An effective chip slot function...
Hole quality in drilling is considered a precursor for reliable and secure component assembly, ensuring product integrity and functioning service life. This paper aims to evaluate the influence of the key process parameters on drilling performance. A...
Background: The ecological approach to agriculture causes the desire to eliminate pesticides. Work is underway to replace them with natural agents. Aim: The aim of the research was to introduce an innovative factor and non-invasively increase the yie...
We investigated the design and characterization of a Lab-On-a-Chip (LoC) cell detection system primarily designed to support immunotherapy in cancer treatment. Immunotherapy uses Chimeric Antigen Receptors (CARs) and T Cell Receptors (TCRs) to fight...
An effective System-on-Chip (SoC) for smart Quality-of-Service (QoS) management over a virtual local area network (LAN) is presented in this study. The SoC is implemented by field programmable gate array (FPGA) for accelerating the delivery quality p...
The quality of graphene intended for use in biosensors was assessed on manufactured chips using a set of methods including atomic force microscopy (AFM), Raman spectroscopy, and low-frequency noise investigation. It is shown that local areas of resid...
In recent years, as semiconductor manufacturing processes have been steadily scaled down, the transistor count fabricated on a single silicon die can reach up to a billion units. Therefore, current multiprocessor system-on-chips (MPSoCs) can include...
Organs-on-a-Chip (OOAC) is a disruptive technology with widely recognized potential to change the efficiency, effectiveness, and costs of the drug discovery process; to advance insights into human biology; to enable clinical research where human tria...
As a difficult-to-process material, Inconel718 nickel-based superalloy is more and more widely used in aerospace, ocean navigation, and large-scale machinery manufacturing. Based on ABAQUS simulation software, this paper takes the milling force and t...
In recent years, the wine industry has been researching how to improve wine quality along the production value chain. In this scenario, we present here a new tool, MicroVi, a cost-effective chip-sized microscopy solution to detect and count yeast cel...
Capacitive fingerprint sensors are widely used in mobile, access-control, IoT, and biometric authentication systems because of their compact size, low power consumption, low cost, and CMOS compatibility. However, the small capacitance difference betw...
Objective: This study aimed to compare the parent-reported quality of life (QoL) of children and adolescents diagnosed with a chronic mental health disorder to that of those with a chronic somatic disorder. Methods: A comparative analysis was conduct...
Potatoes contain antioxidants such as flavonoids, carotenoids and ascorbic acid. High level consumption worldwide makes potato a valuable source of phytonutrients. Developing new potato varieties with high nutritional value in combination with resist...
The research was conducted with the goal to determine the variability of the quality parameters of the wood chips produced from the most favorable raw material (energy roundwood), and in the most controllable operational conditions (pellet factory),...
High-density biomass plantations have played a key role in the national energy landscape in Italy since the 1990s but, to date, an inversion of tendency and a significant reduction of cultivated areas has been noted. Despite this, the existing planta...
Water pollution seriously affects human health. Accurate and rapid detection and timely treatment of toxic substances in water are urgently needed. A stacked multilayer electrostatic printing technique was developed for making nanofiber-based microfl...
Machining Nomex honeycomb composite structures is crucial for manufacturing components that meet stringent industry requirements. However, the complex characteristics of this material require specialized machining techniques to avoid defects, ensure...
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