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Evaluation of kennel flooring surfaces is needed to understand their impacts on dog health and well-being. This pilot study aimed to characterize aspects of physical health, kennel cleanliness, and dog body cleanliness on flooring types common in US...

The cleanliness of the casting blanks could seriously affect the quality of downstream products. Recently, ultrasound technology has been introduced to detect the inclusions in metal materials. However, due to the anisotropy of the material crystal,...

In the manufacturing process of electrical devices, ensuring the cleanliness of technical surfaces, such as direct bonded copper substrates, is crucial. An in-line monitoring system for quality checking must provide sufficiently resolved lateral data...

In recent years, animal cleanliness during production has gradually attracted increasing attention. Although pigs by nature tend to excrete in dark and humid corners, in the prevalent highly intensive pig production, excessive stocking density often...

Improving the competitiveness of steel companies is linked to sustainable, quality-compliant steel production. Therefore, new steel production technologies contributing to increased cleanliness of steel are continuously being developed and optimized....

Cleanrooms often utilize large amounts of supply air to achieve a required cleanliness level. To reduce the overall supply air volume, critical processes demanding the highest cleanliness requirements are suggested to be placed directly beneath the a...

Current gear design guidelines and standards have given little or no consideration to the increase in strength that can be achieved by using ultra-clean steels. In order to fully exploit the potential of ultra-clean steels, it is therefore necessary...

This study evaluated the impact of packaged interventions for operation and maintenance (O&M) on the usability and cleanliness of toilets in public schools in the Philippines. In this cluster-randomized controlled trial, the divisions of Roxas Ci...

The impact of rare earth treatment on the chemical morphology evolution of non-metallic inclusions in bearing steel under different initial cleanliness conditions was studied through simulation. Thermodynamic calculations indicate that at an oxygen c...

Owing to the insufficient converter heat, IF steel is produced via the BOF–LF–RH–CC process in Pangang Group Xichang Steel and Vanadium Co., Ltd. To clarify the evolution of inclusions and the control strategy to improve the cleanli...

There are several environmental and ambient factors that can affect pig eliminative behaviour. The aim of this survey was to investigate factors related to the physical and ambient environment that have the strongest effects on pig and pen cleanlines...

City disaster resilience and urban environmental cleanliness are two representative indicators used to assess the safety of human settlements in China’s Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs). Traditional research on SDGs mainly concentrated a...

China’s achievements in climate change and clean energy have been recognized by the international community. Although China has achieved successes in the field of clean energy, especially clean power dispatch, power dispatch is still one-sided...

Excretion and lying are key behavioral factors that cause pen fouling, thereby affecting pig welfare, pathogen fecal–oral transmission, and air quality in pig housing. This study investigated the effect of space allowance and toy provision on t...

In high-power laser systems, the primary cause of contamination of optical components and degradation of spatial cleanliness is laser-induced sputtering of particles. To mitigate this problem, laminar flow is frequently utilized to control the direct...

Few reports exist on the effect of the basicity of refining slag on inclusions in 15-5PH stainless steel and its removal efficiency. In this study, the effects of various basicities on the formation and removal efficiency of inclusions in molten stee...

ATP bioluminescence monitoring and traditional microbiological analyses (viable counting of total mesophilic aerobes, coliforms and Escherichia coli) were used to evaluate the effectiveness of Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (SSOP) at a univ...

A wide variety of titanium (Ti) alloy dental implant systems are available and as a result, choosing the correct system has become a challenge. Cleanliness of the dental implant surface affects osseointegration but surface cleanliness may be jeopardi...

Various floor systems are used in cattle housing with different characteristics in terms of roughness, abrasion, wetness, bedding material, ease of cleaning, etc. Thus, the activity and welfare of the animals are greatly influenced by the type of flo...

The increasing number of endoscopic procedures performed and their increasing invasiveness mean that endoscopy of the gastrointestinal tract is associated with the risk of transmitting pathogenic microorganisms through infected equipment or contact w...

The effects of the La₂O₃/Al₂O₃ mass ratio (L/A-ratio) in electroslag on La yield and the cleanliness of La-containing H13 steel, as well as slag properties were investigated. The slag–steel interaction experiments between slags bearing varying...

Contaminated surfaces play an important role in the transmission of pathogens. We sought to establish a criterion that could indicate “cleanliness” using a sampling area–adjusted adenosine triphosphate (ATP) assay. In the first phase of the study, ta...

Modern steel plants produce today a large portfolio of various steel grades, many for end-uses demanding high quality. In order to utilize the maximum productivity of the continuous-casting machine, it is sometimes necessary to cast steel grades with...

(1) Background: Accurate evaluation of colon capsule endoscopy videos plays a pivotal role in diagnosing gastrointestinal disorders. A primary step in this process is assessing the cleanliness of the area of interest to determine its admissibility. T...

(1) Background: This paper aimed to compare the cleanliness of clinically well-documented implant systems with implants providing very similar designs. The hypothesis was that three well-established implant systems from Dentsply Implants, Straumann,...

The quantity, size, and distribution of non-metallic inclusions in High-Strength Low-Alloy (HSLA) steel critically influence its service performance. Conventional detection methods often fail to adequately characterize extreme inclusion distributions...

In addition to its ecological and recreational relevance, beach cleanliness is also one of the five most important aspects (i.e., the “Big Five”) for beach visitors around the world. Nonetheless, few efforts have been carried out to guide...

Background—The visual inspection of aircraft parts such as engine blades is crucial to ensure safe aircraft operation. There is a need to understand the reliability of such inspections and the factors that affect the results. In this study, the facto...

Enrichment objects can be a practical way to provide rooting and chewing material to growing pigs, on which they can express species-specific behaviors. The challenge is to provide enrichment objects that will satisfy pigs’ behavioral needs, wh...

The industrial objective of lowering the mass of mechanical structures requires continuous improvement in controlling the mechanical properties of metallic materials. Steel cleanliness and especially control of inclusion size distribution have, there...

Compared to young adults, it is difficult for the older people with relatively low health literacy to perform proper bowel preparation for a colonoscopy. This study aims to identify the relationship between knowledge, compliance with bowel preparatio...

In order to clarify the mechanism for the increase in oxygen content during electroslag remelting, this paper analyzes in detail the effect of slag components on the gas content and number, size and composition of inclusions in electroslag ingots. Th...

This study aimed to evaluate the antibacterial activity of several technical lignins against major environmental bacteria that cause mastitis in dairy cattle. The efficacy of four types of technical lignins against environmental mastitis pathogens wa...

Root canal preparation generates inorganic and organic tissue debris. Various irrigation techniques are used to remove the smear layer from the root canal system. The present study aimed to evaluate canal cleanliness using a novel irrigation device w...

Asphalt plant reclaimed powder is a common solid waste in road engineering. Reusing reclaimed powder as filler holds significant importance for environmental protection and resource conservation. The key factors affecting the feasibility of reclaimed...

Soot blowing optimization is a key, but challenging question in the health management of coal-fired power plant boiler. The monitoring and prediction of ash fouling for heat transfer surfaces is an important way to solve this problem. This study prov...

Endodontic treatments are performed to avoid extractions and maintain the natural dentition. Root canal treatments are undertaken to eliminate or prevent an infection within the root canal system. Chemical and mechanical root canal debridement are th...

Increasing ambient temperatures lead to higher water intake and higher risks of microbial growth in cattle troughs. This study aims to analyze drinking water quality and dairy cows’ drinking behavior (n = 8081 drinking episodes) on a commercial...

Shared sanitation facilities are not considered as basic sanitation owing to cleanliness and accessibility concerns. However, there is mounting evidence that some shared household toilets have a comparable level of service as private toilets. This st...

To investigate the evolution law of inclusions in 42CrMo-S steel, this paper samples and analyzes the steel during its refining process as well as the head and tail billets. An oxygen and nitrogen analyzer, a scanning electron microscope (SEM) equipp...

Increasing the productivity of a showerhead-type capacitively coupled plasma (CCP) reactor requires an in-depth understanding of various physical phenomena related to the showerhead, which is not only responsible for gas distribution, but also acts a...

Background and Objectives: Capsule endoscopy (CE) for bowel cleanliness evaluation primarily depends on subjective methods. To objectively evaluate bowel cleanliness, we focused on artificial intelligence (AI)-based assessments. We aimed to generate...

Pillar-to-pillar dashboards have become common in modern electric vehicles. These dashboards are made of liquid crystal displays (LCDs), of which backlight units (BLUs) are an integral part. Particulate contamination inside BLUs can lead to either an...

Magnetic levitation can reduce particulate contamination that occurs during wafer transportation in the semiconductor manufacturing process. This technology radically eliminates contact between the wafer and the transport system, reducing friction, w...

To correctly assess the cleanliness of technical surfaces in a production process, corresponding online monitoring systems must provide sufficient data. A promising method for fast, large-area, and non-contact monitoring is hyperspectral imaging (HSI...

Inclusive green growth is a sustainable development approach that pursues the coordination of economic growth, the ecological environment, and social equity, which is conducive to solving the problems of environmental pollution and unbalanced economi...

Successful pig farming needs the best conditions of cleanliness in the housings. The present study examined for the first time whether a robot scraper usually applied in dairy farming is usable in sow housings for cleaning the slatted floors and impr...

Modern freestall barns for dairy cattle have been constructed with considerations for dairy cow cleanliness; partitions and other stall features such as neck rails are designed to reduce manure contamination of bedding and decrease farm labor. Howeve...

The presence of crowds during Hajj increases the risk of foodborne infection. Yet, research on the practices of food handlers during Hajj is limited. This study aimed to assess compliance with food safety practices and its associated factors during H...

With the normalization of epidemic prevention and control, air filters are being used and replaced more frequently. How to efficiently utilize air filter materials and determining whether they have regenerative properties have become current research...