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  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,346 Views
23 Pages

10 January 2022

Recently, due to the miniaturization of electronic products, printed circuit boards (PCBs) have also become smaller. This trend has led to the need for high-precision electrical test equipment to check PCBs for disconnections and short circuits. The...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,141 Views
33 Pages

Research on High Precision Stiffness Modeling Method of Redundant Over-Constrained Parallel Mechanism

  • Sen Wang,
  • Haoran Li,
  • Xueyan Han,
  • Jiahao Wei,
  • Tao Zhang and
  • Shihua Li

26 June 2023

Traditional stiffness modeling methods do not consider all factors comprehensively, and the modeling methods are not unified, lacking a global stiffness model. Based on screw theory, strain energy and the virtual work principle, a static stiffness mo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
643 Views
15 Pages

11 September 2025

The voltage model (VM) is widely used in sensorless induction motor drives owing to its structural simplicity and speed-independence. However, DC offsets in back electromotive force (BEMF) caused by measurement errors can degrade the accuracy of flux...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
7,639 Views
16 Pages

7 August 2017

This paper proposes a back electromotive force estimation error compensation method for accurate rotor position estimation of surface mounted permanent magnet synchronous motors. When estimating the rotor position of surface mounted permanent magnet...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,341 Views
18 Pages

Health Burden and Driving Force Changes Due to Exposure to PM2.5 and O3 from 2014 to 2060 in a Typical Industrial Province, China

  • Chuanyong Zhu,
  • Changtong Zhu,
  • Mengyi Qiu,
  • Yichao Gai,
  • Renqiang Li,
  • Ling Li,
  • Chen Wang,
  • Na Yang,
  • Baolin Wang and
  • Chongqing Xu
  • + 2 authors

10 November 2023

While air quality in China has improved significantly in recent years, the population is becoming increasingly vulnerable to air pollution due to the aging population. In this study, we assessed premature deaths attributable to long- and short-term e...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,918 Views
20 Pages

9 May 2021

We investigate structural and dynamical properties of Janus nanodimers (NDs) dispersed in lamellar phases of a diblock copolymer. By performing molecular dynamics simulations, we show that an accurate tuning of the interactions between NDs and copoly...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,458 Views
18 Pages

Design and Analysis of 5-DOF Compact Electromagnetic Levitation Actuator for Lens Control of Laser Cutting Machine

  • Chuan Zhao,
  • Qinwei Zhang,
  • Wenzhe Pei,
  • Junjie Jin,
  • Feng Sun,
  • Hongkui Zhang,
  • Ran Zhou,
  • Dongning Liu,
  • Fangchao Xu and
  • Lijian Yang
  • + 1 author

In laser beam processing, the angle or offset between the auxiliary gas and the laser beam axis have been proved to be two new process optimization parameters for improving cutting speed and quality. However, a traditional electromechanical actuator...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,074 Views
15 Pages

16 February 2023

The outflow of the rural labor force has a great impact on the location distribution of agricultural production, which has not attracted enough attention in existing studies. This article describes the mechanism of agricultural production location ad...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,842 Views
17 Pages

25 October 2022

The development of traditional vehicles which consume fossil carbon-based fuels is constrained by environmental pollution and the energy crisis, and it has become a social consensus to develop electric vehicles with new energy resources and low emiss...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
792 Views
21 Pages

Interface Rotation in Accumulative Rolling Bonding (ARB) Cu/Nb Nanolaminates Under Constrained and Unconstrained Loading Conditions as Revealed by In Situ Micromechanical Testing

  • Rahul Sahay,
  • Ihor Radchenko,
  • Pavithra Ananthasubramanian,
  • Christian Harito,
  • Fabien Briffod,
  • Koki Yasuda,
  • Takayuki Shiraiwa,
  • Mark Jhon,
  • Rachel Speaks and
  • Arief Suriadi Budiman
  • + 4 authors

7 October 2025

Accumulative rolling bonding (ARB) Cu/Nb nanolaminates have been widely observed to exhibit unique and large numbers of interface-based plasticity mechanisms, and these have been associated with the many extraordinary properties of the material syste...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,756 Views
22 Pages

21 August 2019

For First Nations people living in the central desert of Australia, the performance of oral storytelling drawing in the sand drives new agency in the cultural metamorphosis of communication practices accelerated by the proliferation of portable digit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
7,176 Views
20 Pages

12 June 2015

Regional carbon dioxide emissions study is necessary for China to realize the emissions mitigation. An environmental input–output structural decomposition analysis (IO-SDA) has been conducted in order to uncover the driving forces for the increment...

  • Review
  • Open Access
52 Citations
12,939 Views
27 Pages

Review of On-Orbit Robotic Arm Active Debris Capture Removal Methods

  • Wei Zhang,
  • Feng Li,
  • Junlin Li and
  • Qinkun Cheng

23 December 2022

Space is the driving force of the world’s sustainable development, and ensuring the sustainability of human activity in space is also necessary. Robotic arm active debris capture removal (RA-ADCR) is a noteworthy technology for containing the d...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,782 Views
8 Pages

Phase Optimized Photoacoustic Sensing of Gas Mixtures

  • Mario Mordmueller,
  • Simon Edelmann,
  • Markus Knestel,
  • Wolfgang Schade and
  • Ulrike Willer

7 January 2020

In this paper, we report on the progress of the auto-triggered quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy (QEPAS) technique which operates without external frequency generators and ensures permanent locking to the current resonance frequency of the t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,270 Views
17 Pages

11 May 2024

Shafts with a stepped shoulder are particularly well known in the field of drive technology. In combination with a form-fit shaft–hub connection, the shaft shoulder fixes the hub on the shaft as well as being responsible for the absorption of t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
2,517 Views
15 Pages

12 May 2022

To develop effective strategies to reduce CO2 emissions from electricity systems, this study accounted for carbon emissions from power systems (production, transmission, consumption) in Gansu Province based on life cycle theory. We used LMDI and SDA...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,420 Views
23 Pages

Documenting the Evolution of a Southern California Coastal Lagoon during the Late Holocene

  • Sarah Dickson,
  • Joseph Carlin,
  • Nicole Bonuso and
  • Matthew E. Kirby

24 May 2022

Coastal wetlands are declining globally, and although wetland restoration looks to offset these losses, its success relies on anticipating environmental response to external forces. The purpose of this study is to investigate the sedimentological rec...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,744 Views
17 Pages

Cost-Effective Design Modification of a Sleeve Bearing with Large Bearing Clearance

  • Gudeta Berhanu Benti,
  • Jan-Olov Aidanpää and
  • Rolf Gustavsson

31 January 2024

In 2015, a 45 MW vertical hydropower machine exhibited excessive vibration after refurbishment. Measurements revealed a substantial bearing clearance at the lower generator guide bearing. Consequently, the bearing was unable to generate sufficient op...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,861 Views
30 Pages

Driving Forces of Changing Environmental Pressures from Consumption in the European Food System

  • Philipp Schepelmann,
  • An Vercalsteren,
  • José Acosta-Fernandez,
  • Mathieu Saurat,
  • Katrien Boonen,
  • Maarten Christis,
  • Giovanni Marin,
  • Roberto Zoboli and
  • Cathy Maguire

8 October 2020

The paper provides an integrated assessment of environmental and socio-economic effects arising from final consumption of food products by European households. Direct and indirect effects accumulated along the global supply chain are assessed by appl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
3,158 Views
18 Pages

31 August 2022

Ecosystem water use efficiency (WUE) plays an important role in maintaining the carbon assimilation–water transpiration balance in ecosystems. However, spatiotemporal changes in WUE in the subtropical region of China (STC) and the impact of dri...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,561 Views
17 Pages

28 September 2023

The Slumgullion landslide is a large translational debris slide whose currently active part has likely been sliding for approximately 300 years. Its permanent motion and evolutionary processes have attracted the attention of many researchers. In orde...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,909 Views
18 Pages

19 August 2022

In membrane distillation, the vapor pressure difference is the driving force of mass transfer. The vapor pressure is generally assumed by the saturation pressure and calculated by the Antoine equation. However, in the actual operation process, the fe...

  • Review
  • Open Access
15 Citations
5,474 Views
16 Pages

TLQP-21, A VGF-Derived Peptide Endowed of Endocrine and Extraendocrine Properties: Focus on In Vitro Calcium Signaling

  • Elena Bresciani,
  • Roberta Possenti,
  • Silvia Coco,
  • Laura Rizzi,
  • Ramona Meanti,
  • Laura Molteni,
  • Vittorio Locatelli and
  • Antonio Torsello

24 December 2019

VGF gene encodes for a neuropeptide precursor of 68 kDa composed by 615 (human) and 617 (rat, mice) residues, expressed prevalently in the central nervous system (CNS), but also in the peripheral nervous system (PNS) and in various endocrine cells. T...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
2,376 Views
22 Pages

Agricultural emission reduction is a key objective associated with sustainable agricultural development and a meaningful way to slow down global warming. Based on the comprehensive estimation of agricultural carbon emissions, this study applied the t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,794 Views
15 Pages

19 January 2024

The sustainable management of public hospitals is usually threatened by long-term operating deficit, which was exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to quantitatively decompose the historical changes in the annual operating costs...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,059 Views
28 Pages

13 December 2024

The China Bearing Reducer (CBR) is a single-stage cycloid reducer with a compact structure, primarily used in high-precision fields such as robotic joints and Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machine tool turntables, where strict requirements for tra...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,528 Views
17 Pages

Promoting technological advancements and energy transitions in electricity generation are crucial for achieving carbon reduction goals. Some studies have examined the effectiveness of these measures by analysing the driving forces of “aggregate...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,810 Views
15 Pages

15 July 2024

The environmental burden is a global problem affecting the European Union. A comprehensive analysis of the environmental burden is essential for creating strategies supporting sustainable economic development. This study attempts to answer the questi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
239 Views
34 Pages

17 January 2026

South Africa’s manufacturing sector, a driving force for sustainable development, faces a profound challenge in decarbonizing without deindustrializing. This study provides an optimized, scenario-based assessment of the sector explicitly aligne...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,937 Views
17 Pages

Research on the Obstacle-Avoidance Steering Control Strategy of Tracked Inspection Robots

  • Chuanwei Wang,
  • Saisai Wang,
  • Hongwei Ma,
  • Heng Zhang,
  • Xusheng Xue,
  • Haibo Tian and
  • Lei Zhang

18 October 2022

Tracked inspection robots possess prominent advantages in dealing with severe environment rescue, safety inspection, and other important tasks, and have been used widely. However, tracked robots are affected by skidding and slipping, so it is difficu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,965 Views
21 Pages

Discrete Element Modeling of the Breakage of Single Polyhedral Particles in the Rotary Offset Crusher

  • Titus Nghipulile,
  • Mulenga Murray Bwalya,
  • Indresan Govender and
  • Henry Simonsen

20 June 2024

Innovation in comminution is expected to continue unabated to address the inefficiencies that are inherent in comminution circuits. The rotary offset crusher (ROC) is a new comminution device with a promising performance potential in terms of through...

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
10,279 Views
19 Pages

Potential of Alternate Wetting and Drying Irrigation Practices for the Mitigation of GHG Emissions from Rice Fields: Two Cases in Central Luzon (Philippines)

  • Björn Ole Sander,
  • Pia Schneider,
  • Ryan Romasanta,
  • Kristine Samoy-Pascual,
  • Evangeline B. Sibayan,
  • Constancio A. Asis and
  • Reiner Wassmann

Reducing methane (CH4) emission from paddy rice production is an important target for many Asian countries in order to comply with their climate policy commitments. National greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory approaches like the Tier-2 approach of the In...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,804 Views
14 Pages

First-Principles Study of Cu-Based Inorganic Hole Transport Materials for Solar Cell Applications

  • Adriana Pecoraro,
  • Pasqualino Maddalena,
  • Michele Pavone and
  • Ana B. Muñoz García

18 August 2022

Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) and dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) both represent promising strategies for the sustainable conversion of sunlight into electricity and fuels. However, a few flaws of current devices hinder the large-scale establishmen...