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The growing demand in food and non-food industries for camelina oil is driving the interest of farmers and contractors in investing in such feedstock. Nonetheless, the cost, performance and critical aspects related to the harvesting stage are still n...

Soccer players purposefully head the ball, raising concerns about reduced tolerance to concussion and potential long-term brain health. By combining qualitative video analysis with custom-fit instrumented mouthguards (iMGs), we aimed to categorize he...

This pioneering study presents an in-depth biomechanical examinations of soccer’s diving header, aiming to quantify its impact on ball speed enhancement (BSE) and effective offensive range (EOR). Despite the diving header’s widespread acc...

This study investigated the impact of thin-flame combustor design on hydrogen flame characteristics and combustion performance through numerical simulations. Differences in the flame shape and combustibility between pure methane and pure hydrogen com...

Castor bean (Ricinus communis L.) is a promising industrial crop suitable for cultivation in marginal conditions in the Mediterranean area, but the mechanical harvesting of the seeds is still usually performed manually. In this manuscript, the author...

As is well known, intelligence and efficiency are important development directions for modern agriculture. The harvesting header, as key components of crop harvesters, have significant implications for achieving intelligent control of their working h...

To promote the germination of rice panicles during the regeneration season, it is necessary to ensure a stubble height of 300–450 mm when mechanically harvesting the first-season rice. However, due to variations in the depth of the paddy soil a...

This study investigates the impact of the bearing plate position on the uplift bearing capacity of low-header concrete expanded pile (CEP) foundations using the ANSYS finite element simulation method. Nine models of low-header CEP single piles with v...

Smart metering IoT applications are among the most energy-critical in the current panorama. Metering sensors are battery-powered and are expected to have a lifetime exceeding ten years. In order to achieve such long operation duration, a generic head...

Vapor-liquid separation during condensation enables the enhancement of heat transfer coefficient and reduction in pressure drop simultaneously. The vapor-liquid separator is vital to the performance of such a liquid-separation condenser (LSC). It sho...

Most head impacts in soccer occur from purposeful heading; however, the link between heading and neurological impairment is unknown. Previous work suggests concussion may result in an uncoupling between the autonomic nervous system and cardiovascular...

The contribution of castor oil for reaching the targets set by RED1 and RED2 in Europe can be tangible if the problem related to the mechanical harvesting is overcome. Dwarf hybrids suitable for mechanical harvesting are already available on the mark...

In response to the unclear impact of header vibration on cutting performance (stalk cutting quality and cutting energy consumption) during field operations of industrial hemp harvesters, this study utilized a vibration recorder to collect information...

The Internet of Things (IoT) facilitates the integration of diverse devices, leading to the formation of networks such as Low-power Wireless Personal Area Networks (LoWPANs). These networks have inherent constraints that make header and payload compr...

To reduce grain loss during pickup and prevent stalk entanglement in buckwheat harvesters, thereby improving the quality of mechanized harvesting, a three-stage pickup conveyor roll with a ground-level rotary knife-type pickup header was designed and...

This research explores the forefront of all-optical data processing systems through the utilization of carrier reservoir semiconductor optical amplifiers (CR-SOAs). Recent advancements have showcased the successful design and implementation of CR-SOA...

The effects of repetitive head impacts associated with soccer heading, especially in the youth population, are unknown. The purpose of this study was to examine balance, neurocognitive function, and head impact biomechanics after an acute bout of hea...

Weed management is a persistent challenge in Southeast Asian rice production, particularly in direct-seeded rice (DSR), due to the diversity of weed species and variable field and environmental conditions that can compromise weed control, necessitati...

The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) has standardized a new framework, called Static Context Header Compression and fragmentation (SCHC), which offers adaptation layer functionality designed to support IPv6 over Low Power Wide Area Networks (LP...

Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) has become a major wireless technology for the Internet of Things (IoT). Recent efforts of academia, industry and standards development organizations have focused on creating BLE mesh network solutions. 6BLEMesh is a specif...

In response to the urgent need for full-process mechanization in Xinjiang’s cotton–cumin intercropping system, and to address the prominent bottlenecks of missing equipment for key harvesting steps and reliance on manual operations, we de...

Sports are yielding a wealth of benefits for cardiovascular fitness, for psychological resilience, and for cognition. The amount of practice, and the type of practiced sports, are of importance to obtain these benefits and avoid any side effects. Thi...

Radio astronomy commenced in earnest after World War II, with Australia keenly engaged through the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. At this juncture, Australia’s Commonwealth Solar Observatory expanded its portfolio from primarily stud...

In boilers operating in modern power plants, thick-walled elements of complex shapes, such as valves, superheater headers, T-pipes, Y-pipes, four-way pipes, and elbows, are especially prone to fatigue processes. Higher operation parameters and more f...

The routing algorithm is one of the main factors that directly impact on network performance. However, conventional routing algorithms do not consider the network data history, for instances, overloaded paths or equipment faults. It is expected that...

Domain shift is one of the key challenges affecting reliability in medical imaging-based machine learning predictions. It is of significant importance to investigate this issue to gain insights into its characteristics toward determining controllable...

We investigated the impact of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) protocol adherence on the ability of functional tumor volume (FTV), a quantitative measure of tumor burden measured from dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI, to predict response to neoadjuvant...

The dawn of the Internet of Things (IoT) paradigm has brought about a series of novel services never imagined until recently. However, certain deployments such as those employing Low-Power Wide-Area Network (LPWAN)-based technologies may present seve...

The wireless Internet of Things (IoT) landscape is quite diverse. For instance, Low-Power Wide-Area Network (LPWAN) technologies offer low data rate communication over long distance, whereas Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN) technologies can reac...

The Internet of Things (IoT) leverages added valued services by the wide spread of connected smart devices. The Swarm Computing paradigm considers a single abstraction layer that connects all kinds of devices globally, from sensors to super computers...

The significant increase of the Internet of Things (IoT) devices in smart homes and other smart infrastructure, and the recent attacks on these IoT devices, are motivating factors to secure and protect IoT networks. The primary security challenge to...

With the integration of an increasing number of outward-facing components in intelligent and connected vehicles, the open controller area network (CAN) bus environment faces increasingly severe security threats. However, existing security measures re...