Machine Learning (ML) has gained prominence and has tremendous applications in fields like medicine, biology, geography and astrophysics, to name a few. Arguably, in such areas, it is used by domain experts, who are not necessarily skilled-programmer...
Parametric design in architecture is often pigeonholed by its own definition and computational complexity. This article explores the generative capacity to integrate patterns and flows analogous to evolutionary developmental biology (Evo-Devo) strate...
Owning to the application of artificial intelligence and big data analysis in industry, automobiles, aerospace, and other fields, the high-bandwidth candidate, time-sensitive networking (TSN), is introduced into the data communication network. Apart...
New protocols and technologies are continuously competing in the Internet of Things. This has resulted in a fragmented landscape that complicates the integration of different solutions. Standardization efforts try to avoid this problem, however withi...
Automated code generation and process flow management are central to web-based application development today. This database-centric approach targets the form and process management challenges faced by corporate companies. It minimizes the time losses...
This article presents the DEMOS prototype platform for creating and exploring multimodal extended-reality smart environments. Modular distributed event-driven applications are created with the help of visual codeless design tools for configuring and...
In this paper, a comprehensive real-time dispatch model considering renewable uncertainty based on dynamic load flow (DLF) is proposed. Through DLF, the primary and secondary frequency regulation amount caused by the variation of renewable energy as...
This paper presents an economic reliability-aware model predictive control (MPC) for the management of drinking water transport networks (DWNs). The proposed controller includes a new goal to increase the system and components reliability based on a...
This paper presents an agent-based simulation model for end-of-life product flow analysis in recuperation and recycling supply networks that focuses on individual consumer behaviors. The simulation model is applied to a deposit-return program on wine...
As a pump-free and lightweight analytical tool, paper-based microfluidic analytical devices (μPADs) attract more and more interest. If the flow speed of μPAD can be programmed, the analytical sequences could be designed and they will be more popular....
Intentional controlled islanding (ICI) is a crucial strategy to avert power system collapse and blackouts caused by severe disturbances. This paper introduces an innovative IoT-based ICI strategy that identifies the optimal location for system segmen...
The significance of spillways is to allow the flood to be safely discharged from downstream. There is a strong correlation between the poor design of spillways and the failures of dams. In order to address this concern, the present study investigates...
The control flow of a program represents valuable and sensitive information; in embedded systems, this information can take on even greater value as the resources, control flow, and execution of the system have more constraints and functional implica...
Background/Objectives: To develop and preliminarily evaluate a practical Python-based program for dynamic intracardiac blood flow visualization and the extraction of new quantitative parameters, serving as an initial step toward future flow-based car...
With the improvement of software copyright protection awareness, code obfuscation technology plays a crucial role in protecting key code segments. As the obfuscation technology becomes more and more complex and diverse, it has spawned a large number...
There is a growing interest in the potential beneficial effects of mindfulness meditation training in protecting against age-related physical, emotional, and cognitive decline. The current prospective, single-center, single-arm study investigated if...
A novel flow-based approach for the preparation of benzimidazol-2-one (1) scaffold by the 1,1′-carbonyldiimidazole (CDI)-promoted cyclocarbonylation of o-phenylenediamine (2) is reported. Starting from a preliminary batch screening, the model r...
The paper presents a newly built model used to simulate the European Union (EU) internal electricity market and assess market reform policies. The model performs an hourly simulation of all stages of the wholesale markets at a Pan-European scale, cov...
Chemical derivatization for improving selectivity and/or sensitivity is a common practice in analytical chemistry. It is particularly attractive in flow analysis in view of its highly reproducible reagent addition(s) and controlled timing. Then, meas...
In order to safeguard the health of river ecosystems and maintain ecological balance, it is essential to rationally allocate water resources. This study utilized continuous runoff data from 1967 to 2020 at the Zhouqu Hydrological Station on the Bailo...
With the growing interest and popularity of electric vehicles (EVs), the electrification of buses has been progressing recently. To achieve the seamless operation of electric buses (e-Buses) for public transportation, some bus stations should play th...
Software-defined networking (SDN) is a network approach achieved by decoupling of the control and data planes. The control plane is logically centralized and the data plane is distributed across the network elements. The real-time network is in need...
This paper proposes a novel approach to optimize the main energy consumptions of heavy oil refining industries (ORI) in response to electricity price uncertainties. The whole industrial sub-processes of the ORI are modeled mathematically to investiga...
Fairness is critical in delay-sensitive group applications—multiplayer online games, live collaborative editing, and distributed interactive simulations—where every participant should receive each message within a bounded delay and with m...
Compared with traditional fuel vehicles, battery electric vehicles (BEVs) as a sustainable transportation form can reduce carbon dioxide emissions and save energy, so its market share has great potential. However, there are some problems, such as: Th...
Since entering the era of the experience economy, consumers’ attention gradually turns toward gaining a pleasant service process experience. This study addresses the service process problem, aiming to discover the root cause of the service proc...
Control flow critical metadata play a key role in hardware-based control flow integrity (CFI) mechanisms that effectively monitor and secure program control flow based on pre-extracted metadata. The existing control flow analysis tools exhibit some d...
Background/Objectives: Antimicrobial resistance is a global threat to safe health care, and a reduction in antibiotic consumption seems to be an appropriate preventive measure. In Germany, the reporting of hospital antibiotics consumption to an indep...
Free-form architecture is a prominent trend in contemporary architecture where streamlined geometric buildings are constructed. The main problem in free-form architecture is rationalization, which involves realizing free-form surfaces at a reasonable...
The flipped teaching method has become increasingly mature and critical. Previous flow experience studies have concentrated on game-based learning, and cognitive load studies have concentrated on different types of teaching materials (e.g., video). D...
Preserving the confidentiality of information is a growing concern in software development. Secure information flow is intended to maintain the confidentiality of sensitive information by preventing them from flowing to attackers. This paper discusse...
In natural environments, fish almost always swim in groups. Investigating the coupled mechanism of biomimetic fish exhibiting autonomous swimming capabilities advances our understanding of fish schooling phenomena and simultaneously aids in refining...
Control-flow integrity(CFI) ensures that the execution flow of a program follows the control-flow graph(CFG) determined at compile time. CFI is a security technique designed to prevent runtime attacks such as return-oriented programming (ROP). With t...
This paper provides a complete program for the valuation of aggregate non-life insurance liability cash flows based on claims triangle data. The valuation is fully consistent with the principle of valuation by considering the costs associated with a...
This study examined the instructional effects of integrating a game-based learning system into a programming course, focusing on how tool-supported practice influences students’ learning outcomes and learning experiences. A quasi-experimental d...
The continuous data-flow application in the IoT integrates the functions of fog, edge, and cloud computing. Its typical paradigm is the E-Health system. Like other IoT applications, the energy consumption optimization of IoT devices in continuous dat...
Flow scheduling in Data Center Networks (DCN) is a hot topic as cloud computing and virtualization are becoming the dominant paradigm in the increasing demand of digital services. Within the cost of the DCN, the energy demands associated with the net...
This paper explains the evaluation process of seakeeping performance for small vessels using a CFD-modified potential (CMP) model, a hybrid simulation model that modifies the damping ratio with computational fluid dynamics (CFD) after analyzing ship...
For the control of the outlet flow rate of a constant-flow water-saving device under different water pressures, this study developed and implemented a custom User-Defined Function (UDF) program to simulate the dynamic motion of the water-saving valve...
The seal cavity leakage flow has a considerable impact on the performance of the aeroengine, especially on the multistage compressor. Thus, a quasi-three-dimensional simulation program named CAM is developed basing on circumferentially averaged throu...
Programmable logic controllers are commonly used in automation systems. Continuously growing demands result in the growth of control program complexity. The classic approach, based on programmatic serial-cyclic execution, results in an unacceptable e...
The development of shipping companies relies on multiple financing channels and requires decisions to be made regarding fleet management. Therefore, a firm’s performance should be modeled based on multiple decision variables. The purpose of thi...
This paper presents a design of a flow meter based on a programmable logic controller (PLC). The new construction of a flow meter controlled by PLC increases the possibilities for the control and automation of fluid flow. Additionally, the didactic p...
FPGA has recently played an increasingly important role in heterogeneous computing, but Register Transfer Level design flows are not only inefficient in design, but also require designers to be familiar with the circuit architecture. High-level synth...
The problem regarding of optimal power flow in bipolar DC networks is addressed in this paper from the recursive programming stand of view. A hyperbolic relationship between constant power terminals and voltage profiles is used to resolve the optimal...
The rotating annular flume has been widely adopted to generate quasi-steady and uniform flow, thus serving for the investigation of sediment motion characteristics. This complex flow structure is significantly associated with the rotational speed rat...
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The article examines Israel’s experience in managing the COVID-19 vaccination program beginning in December 2020. Utilizing principles of mass casualty event management, such as triaging, flow of casualty care, and flexibility (among others), we anal...
Physical-based soil erosion models are playing an important role in the assessment of soil erosion, transportation, and deposition in the watershed. Most of these models were developed for data-rich areas of the world and they need a measured data to...
This study aimed to analyze the effect of a flow training program based on mindfulness applied to young and adult elite handball athletes. A quantitative, quasi-experimental, descriptive data analysis approach was carried out. The sample included 105...
Due to the dynamic mobility feature, the proactive flow rule cache method has become one promising solution in software-defined networking (SDN)-based access networks to reduce the number of flow rule installation procedures between the forwarding no...
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