Precision agriculture relies heavily on measuring grain production per unit plot, and a grain flow monitoring system performs this using a combine harvester. In response to the high cost, complex structure, and low stability of the yield monitoring s...
To develop a grain flow sensor for combine auger grain outlets, a combine auger elevator was evaluated as the research object. A multi-point distributed array-style differential grain flow sensor for rice and wheat has been developed and tested on th...
Network monitoring is important to improve network performance and security. The separation of the data plane and the control plane of SDN gives the network flexibility. This flexibility facilitates network management and gives rise to the need for a...
The radial distribution of material feeding onto a screen surface is an important factor affecting vibration screening performance, and it is also the main basis for the optimization of the operating parameters of a vibration screening system. In thi...
Studies on the stability inter-controlled factors of fine-grained sediments in debris flow gullies play an important role in predicting the scale and danger of debris flows. However, up to the present, few studies have been carried out on the spatial...
Rice grain yield was estimated from a locally made Thai combine harvester using a specially developed sensing and monitoring system. The yield monitoring and sensing system, mounted on the rice combine harvester, collected and logged grain mass flow...
Software-defined measurement (SDM) is a simple and efficient way to deploy measurement tasks and collect measurement data. With SDM, it is convenient for operators to implement fine-grained network-wide measurements at the flow level, from which many...
Urban air quality mapping has been widely applied in urban planning, air pollution control and personal air pollution exposure assessment. Urban air quality maps are traditionally derived using measurements from fixed monitoring stations. Due to high...
This study takes a sample of green storage monitoring data for corn from a biochemical energy enterprise, based on the enterprise’s original storage monitoring system while establishing a “green fortress” intending to achieve green...
We investigate the movement of LNAPL (light non-aqueous phase liquid) into and out of monitoring wells in an immediate-scale experimental cell. Aquifer material grain size and LNAPL viscosity are two factors that are varied in three experiments invol...
Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) is a toxic compound naturally produced by the genera Aspergillus. Distillers’ grains can be used as animal feed since they have high content of crude protein and other nutrients. However, they are easily contaminated by mycotoxins...
Real-time crop harvest data acquisition from harvesters during harvesting operations is an important way to understand the distribution of crop harvest in the field. Most real-time monitoring systems for grain yield using sensors are vulnerable to fa...
Network monitoring is becoming increasingly challenging as networks grow in scale, speed, and complexity. The evolution of monitoring approaches reflects a shift from device-centric, localized techniques toward network-wide observability enabled by m...
Honing processes provide a special cross-hatch pattern to the internal surface of cylinders that favors oil flow. However, along honing operation the abrasive grains wear out and lose their ability to cut material. The honing chips mixed with oil fil...
Among non-destructive testing (NDT) techniques applied to structural health monitoring in existing timber structures, ranging from visual inspection to more sophisticated analysis, acoustic emission (AE) is currently seldomly used to detect mechanica...
The evolution of the microstructure changes during hot deformation of high-chromium content of stainless steels (martensitic stainless steels) is reviewed. The microstructural changes taking place under high-temperature conditions and the associated...
This article explores the informal seed business, focusing on the yellow bean in Tanzania. The yellow bean is a major bean type traded, yet little is known about the seed supply that fuels it. The survey research in 2019 encompassed larger grain trad...
Modern information communication technologies (ICT) infrastructures are getting complicated to cope with the various demands needed to accommodate the emerging technology paradigms such as cloud, software-defined networking (SDN), and internet of thi...
A lead bismuth eutectic (LBE) spallation target will be installed in the Target Test Facility (TEF-T) in the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC). The spallation target vessel filled with LBE is made of type 316L stainless steel. Howeve...
Torrential flows are hazardous hydro-geomorphological phenomena characterized by sudden water discharge and intense sediment transport. They occur in mountainous areas where hydrometeorological monitoring is often limited or absent. The lack of such...
In order to obtain desirable crop yields, grain seeds need to be sown at the optimal seed amount per hectare with uniform distribution in the field. In previous grain sowing processes, the seeding rates are controlled by the rotational speed of the f...
Air pollution presents a serious hazard to human health and the environment for the global rise in industrialization and urbanization. While fine-grained monitoring is crucial for understanding the formation and control of air pollution and their eff...
Flash floods in ephemeral streams are rare, short and difficult to forecast and thus to monitor. During these events, bedload transport reaches very high rates and most sediment transport occurs within a limited number of hours during the course of a...
Industrial fusion of microalloying elements in steelmaking is imperative in defining and optimizing certain steel properties due to their strengthening and significant grain refinements effects at minute quantities. Copper, vanadium, and columbium ar...
River regulations ultimately degrade fluvial forms and morphodynamics and simplify riparian and aquatic habitats. For several decades, river restoration actions have been performed to recover geomorphic processes and diversify these habitats to enhan...
The casting−curing process is a common technology for manufacturing the Nitrate Ester Plasticized Polyether (NEPE) propellants. The curing process involves a coupled thermal-chemical reaction of the adhesive systems of propellant, which influen...
Ochratoxin A (OTA) is a mycotoxin identified as a contaminant in grains and wine throughout the world, and convenient, rapid and sensitive detection methods for OTA have been a long-felt need for food safety monitoring. Herein, we presented a new com...
Setting environmental flows downstream of hydropower dams is widely recognized as important, particularly in Alpine regions. However, the required flows are strongly influenced by the effects of the physical environment of the downstream river. Here,...
Aeration is one of the most important methods to keep stored grain safe and maintain its quality. Experimental platforms are used for stored grain aeration study in a laboratory-scale. The purpose of this paper was to provide the real-time data acqui...
Micro-expression recognition (MER), as an important branch of intelligent visual sensing, enables the analysis of subtle facial movements for applications in emotion understanding, human–computer interaction and security monitoring. However, ex...
Heat velocity (Vh) is a key metric to estimate sap flow which is linked to transpiration rate and is commonly measured using thermocouples implanted in plant stems or tree trunks. However, measuring transpiration rates in the Gramineae family, charac...
Encrypted traffic classification poses significant challenges in network security due to the growing use of encryption protocols, which obscure packet payloads. This paper introduces a novel framework that leverages dual embedding mechanisms and Grap...
The application of sanitary sewage using subsurface drip irrigation can mitigate current challenges related to water availability and food production. However, before implementing these techniques, it is crucial to conduct studies to assess their imp...
The red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum, is an important pest of stored products. We compared an existing standard commercial trap with five experimental trap designs differing from the status quo in shape, surface texture, and in forced air capabi...
The particle size distribution (PSD) is a crucial parameter used to characterize the material composition of debris-flow deposits which determines their hydraulic permeability, affecting the mobility of debris flows and, hence, the sustainable develo...
Coastal erosion poses a significant threat to small tropical island regions, where coastal tourism and infrastructure play vital economic roles. However, the processes affecting tropical beaches, particularly in Central America, remain underexplored...
Spiral concentrators are gravity and centrifugal force-based devices designed for mineral concentration. During processing operations, dynamic variations in the slurry’s liquid film thickness can induce hydrodynamic instability, generating roll...
The transport of a non-uniform bed load in a river is a complicated process and has enormous implications on the sediment flux and anomalous riverbed evolution. To investigate the transport characteristics of the non-uniform bed load and the related...
Encrypted network traffic classification remains a critical component in network security monitoring. However, existing approaches face two fundamental limitations: (1) conventional methods rely on manual feature engineering and are inadequate in han...
Grey cast iron releases energy in the form of stress waves when damaged. To analyse the evolution of the physical and mechanical properties and acoustic emission characteristics of grey cast iron under uniaxial compression, acoustic emission signals...
Pig husbandry constitutes a significant segment within the broader framework of livestock farming, with porcine well-being emerging as a paramount concern due to its direct implications on pig breeding and production. An easily observable proxy for a...
For various sorts of hard coal, enrichment by flotation is used for feed consisting of grains smaller than 0.5 mm. Regarding process automation, coal flotation is a multidimensional, dynamic nonlinear object of control, for which the main control sig...
This study presents a multivariate regression-based analysis aimed at quantifying the influence of key vibration-generating components in two types of grain combines—C110H (with straw walker) and CASE IH (axial flow)—on the operator&rsquo...
Successful germination and seedling development are crucial steps in the growth of a new plant. In this study, we investigated the course of the cell cycle during germination in relation to grain hydration in the model grass Brachypodium distachyon (...
Aflatoxins (AFs) are highly toxic compounds that can cause both acute and chronic toxicity in humans. Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) is considered the most toxic of AFs. Therefore, the rapid and on-site detection of AFB1 is critical for food safety management....
During the development of unconventional reservoirs with high sand production rate and fine silt content such as heavy oil and hydrate reservoirs, silt sand blockage problem is a serious issue. A two-stage gravel-packing sand control technique is app...
Impurity rate is one of the key performance indicators of the rice combine harvester and is also the main basis for parameter regulation. At present, the tracked rice combine harvester impurity rates cannot be monitored in real time. Due to the lack...
Enhancing the detection capabilities of marine vessels is crucial for maritime security and intelligence acquisition. However, accurately identifying small ships in complex oceanic environments remains a significant challenge, as these targets are fr...
The article describes the remediation of contaminated groundwater during the ex situ remediation of coal tar contamination following the closure of a coking plant in the Moravian–Silesian Region (Czech Republic). The aim of the article is to po...
Recognizing vessel navigation patterns plays a vital role in understanding maritime traffic behaviors, managing and planning vessel activities, spotting outliers, and predicting traffic. However, the growth in trajectory data and the complexity of ma...
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