Within sites affected by industrial, domestic, and agricultural contaminants, the geotechnical characteristics of soils are susceptible to a certain degree of deterioration. The resultant corrosion of concrete exacerbates the vulnerability of undergr...
Rice is an important food crop in China, and diseases and pests are the main factors threatening its safety, ecology, and efficient production. The development of remote sensing technology provides an important means for non-destructive and rapid mon...
The Galileo satellite navigation system now provides initial services. With further satellite launches, the performance of Galileo will gradually improve, and new services will be introduced. This study aims to provide a comprehensive analysis of Gal...
Dry reforming of methane (DRM) has a substantial potential to provide a cost-effective process and in reducing greenhouse gases. Its application has been hindered by carbon deposition and instability problems. The use of an appropriate catalyst is in...
Bee pollen is a natural nutrient substance collected by bees from plants. Its metabolites have been extensively studied, yet the characteristic metabolites of bee pollen from different floral sources have not been clearly identified. In this study, w...
The closed-form solution, one of the effective and sufficient optimization methods, is usually less computationally burdensome than iterative and nonlinear minimization in optimization problems of heat source localization. This work presents two-dime...
With the escalating demand for Astragalus polysaccharides products developed from Radix Astragali (RA), the necessity for quality control of polysaccharides in RA has become increasingly urgent. In this study, a specific method for the simultaneous d...
In recent years, sound source localization, as a passive localization technique with higher safety and convenience compared with other localization techniques such as active emission of electromagnetic waves, has received more and more attention in a...
Gravity and magnetic measurements are common remote sensing strategies to obtain the property change of observed targets. Nowadays, the characteristic value of the derivatives of gravity and magnetic anomalies is commonly used to detect the source ho...
This study proposes an efficient numerical scheme for simulating heat transfer governed by the diffusion equation with moving singular sources. The work addresses two-dimensional problems with line sources and three-dimensional problems with plane so...
We demonstrate spectroscopic imaging using a compact ultra-broadband terahertz semiconductor source with a high-power, mid-infrared quantum cascade laser. The electrically pumped monolithic source is based on intra-cavity difference-frequency generat...
Monitoring and analyzing radio interference sources play a crucial role in ensuring the safe operation of civil aviation navigation, communication, airport management, and air traffic control. Traditional ground monitoring methods are slow and inadeq...
The aeromagnetic survey is a common remote sensing tool for detecting iron deposits. The local wavenumber of a magnetic anomaly is used to interpret the edges or positions of the sources, and can involve first- or second-order local wavenumbers. In t...
Matched field processing (MFP) is an established technique for source localization in known multipath acoustic environments. Unfortunately, in many situations, imperfect knowledge of the actual propagation environment and sidelobes due to modal inter...
Accumulating studies show that the host microbiome influences the development or progression of many diseases. The eukaryotic virome, as a key component of the microbiome, plays an important role in host health and disease in humans and animals, incl...
The role of final consumers for reaching different environmental policy targets is crucial. Therefore, raising awareness and fostering pro-environmental behaviours is of importance. However, there are a variety of sources for environmental informatio...
To investigate the combustion characteristics of multiple fire sources in the tunnel caused by ‘jumping’ discontinuous fire spread, we utilized scaled model experiments, numerical simulation software, and theoretical research. Our study f...
Hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) is one of the most promising approaches to upgrading pyrolysis oils, but this process normally operates over expensive noble metal catalysts (e.g., Ru/C, Pt/Al2O3) under high-pressure hydrogen gas, which raises processing cos...
This paper proposes a harmonic source localization method for power systems, combining voltage difference features with a random forest classifier. The method captures harmonic propagation patterns and optimizes network topology handling to ensure ac...
Light quality is a key parameter of building design, which is mainly defined by the perceived luminance and the color rendering. Nowadays, there is a wide variety of metrics that do not converge in the color rendition evaluation of current light sour...
The effects of nitrogen sources on the biosynthesis of jarosite were investigated by analyzing the changes in pH, Fe2+, total Fe (TFe), and jarosite production in a 9K culture medium containing different nitrogen sources. Three nitrogen sources, name...
The abuse of high beam lights dazzles the opposite drivers when the vehicles meet at night, which can easily cause traffic accidents. The existing night vision anti-halation algorithms based on different-source image fusion can eliminate halation and...
There are different phosphorus (P) sources of varied concentrations in aquatic ecosystems. The sensing of P by cyanobacteria in the environment is predominantly regulated by two-component signal transduction systems in which the phosphate (Pho) regul...
In large organizations, it is often required to collect data from the different geographic branches spread over different locations. Extensive amounts of data may be gathered at the centralized location in order to generate interesting patterns via m...
As the need for non-renewable sources such as fossil fuels has increased during the last few decades, the search for sustainable and renewable alternative sources has gained growing interest. Enzymatic hydrolysis in bioethanol production presents an...
Audio data collected in commercial broiler houses are mixed sounds of different sources that contain useful information regarding bird health condition, bird behavior, and equipment operation. However, characterizations of the sounds of different sou...
Astaxanthin from different sources possesses different biological activities and optical isomers. The ingredients of astaxanthin mixtures from different sources on the market have often been mislabeled. Therefore, it is important to determine the sou...
Omnidirectional sources used in room acoustics usually take the form of multi-speaker sources. Few alternatives for the most commonly used dodecahedral sound source have been derived recently. The project aimed to measure room acoustic parameters usi...
Technological progress has always been regarded as an important factor affecting haze pollution. A large number of academic studies have focused on the effect of technological progress on haze pollution, but there are few discussions on the effects o...
The bioavailability of dietary zinc (Zn) in pigs may differ according to the Zn source and is affected by other components in the diet. The aim was to determine the biomarkers of Zn bioavailability (apparent total tract digestibility of Zn and serum...
Pellets are solid biofuels with a combustion efficiency of 85–90%, low CO2 emissions and costs, great comfort and versatility. However, the ash generated during combustion can present sintering and fusibility, decreasing boiler efficiency and p...
Recent studies have clearly shown the importance of omega-3 (ω-3) and omega-6 (ω-6) polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) for human and animal health. The long-chain eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA; 20:5ω-3) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA;...
This study compares different nationwide multi-temporal spatial data sources and analyzes the cropland area, cropland abandonment rates and transformation of cropland to other land cover/land use categories in Slovakia. Four multi-temporal land cover...
Meat analogs are processed foods designed to mimic meat products. Their popularity is increasing among people seeking foods that are healthy and sustainable. Animal-sourced protein products differ in both their environmental impact and nutritional co...
Elevated serum phosphate concentrations are an established risk factor for cardiovascular disease and mortality in chronic kidney disease in various species. Independent associations of other parameters of phosphorus metabolism, such as phosphorus in...
Due to the depletion of fossil fuels, biofuel production from renewable sources has gained interest. Malaysia, as a tropical country with huge resources, has a high potential to produce different types of biofuels from renewable sources. In Malaysia,...
Current therapeutic unfractionated heparin available in Europe and US is of porcine mucosal origin. There is now interest, specifically in the US, to use bovine mucosa as an additional source for the production of heparin. The anticoagulant action of...
Nanoparticles possess unique features due to their small size and can be composed of different surface chemistries. Carbon quantum dots possess several unique physico-chemical and antibacterial activities. This review provides an overview of differen...
Cerebral ischemia refers to the symptom of insufficient blood supply to the brain. Cells of many different origins participate in the process of repairing damage after cerebral ischemia occurs, in which exosomes secreted by the cells play important r...
The aim of the present study was to evaluate the differential expression of plasma proteins in broiler chickens supplemented with different sources (sulfates and hydroxychlorides) and levels of copper (15 and 150 mg kg−1) and manganese (80 and...
Background and Objectives: Physical function is influenced by light irradiation, and interest in the influence of light irradiation on health is high. Light signals are transmitted from the retina to the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) via the retinal...
Phosphorus (P) is an essential element for plant growth and development. Finding new P sources and ways to improve crop P utilization are necessary due to the depletion of phosphate reserves. Five crop species, buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum L.), ma...
The habitants of Sofia, the capital city of Bulgaria, are unfortunately exposed to high levels of particulate matter (PM), despite a lot of efforts made by the government and the municipality in recent decades. A high resolution model using the Atmos...
As a solid mixture discharged during coal production, coal gangue possesses comprehensive utilization potential. Efficient sorting and pre-enrichment of its classification are crucial for green mining practices. This study categorizes coal gangue int...
The epidemiology of Salmonella Infantis is complex in terms of its distribution and transmission. The continuous collection and analysis of updated data on the prevalence and antimicrobic resistance are essential. The present work aimed to investigat...
In aquafeeds in which plant proteins are used to replace fishmeal, exogenous methionine (Met) sources are demanded to balance the amino acid composition of diets and meet the metabolic fish requirements. Nonetheless, since different synthetic Met sou...
Medicinal plants are rich sources of specialized metabolites that are of great importance to plants, animals, and humans. The usefulness of active biological compounds cuts across different fields, such as agriculture, forestry, food processing and p...
Soybean has the ability to live in symbiosis with microorganisms and take up nitrogen from the atmosphere, fertiliser and soil reserves. The amount of nitrogen taken up from these sources depends on many biotic and abiotic factors, e.g., the rhizobiu...
Next-generation sequencing (NGS) and the technique of DNA metabarcoding have provided more efficient and comprehensive options for testing water quality compared to traditional methods. Recent studies have shown the efficacy of DNA metabarcoding in c...
The morphology, nanostructures, and crystallinity of hydroxyapatite (HA) materials have significant effects on their physicochemical properties and biomedical applications. However, the controllable synthesis of HA nanomaterials with various size and...
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