The distribution of leachate in landfill systems significantly influences landfill stability, pollutant migration, and gas transport. However, existing methods for measuring leachate levels in landfills with multiple intermediate cover layers remain...
The capillary barrier is a type of soil cover system commonly used in various geotechnical applications, such as limiting infiltration for slopes or landfills or providing cover for solid waste. It serves to prevent the movement of water through the...
Solidified municipal sludge is widely used as temporary covering soil in landfill. Due to the complex leachate of landfill, solidified municipal sludge has the problems of stagnant water and strength degradation. In order to investigate the influence...
Human placental-derived allografts are biomaterials categorized as cellular, acellular, matrix-like products (CAMPs) that can serve as wound coverings due to placenta tissue’s innate barrier function. The placental membrane consists of three la...
We present a comparative study of three optical sensing platforms based on surface plasmon resonance (SPR) in plastic optical fibers (POFs). The proposed sensors consist of a D–shaped POF sensing area, where the exposed core is covered by a pho...
Future wind power developments may be located in complex topographic and harsh environments; forests are one type of complex terrain that offers untapped potential for wind energy. A detailed analysis of the unsteady interaction between wind turbines...
The YBa2Cu3O7−x/LaAlO3/YBa2Cu3O7−x (YBCO/LAO/YBCO) heterogeneous trilayer film structures were prepared on the LaAlO3 (001) single-crystal substrate via the sol-gel method. The characteristics of the phase, orientation, and superconductin...
This paper proposes a switchable polarization-insensitive frequency selective rasorber (FSR) within the X-band. The FSR comprises a lossy layer, a lossless layer, and an intermediate air layer. The lossy layer consists of metal patches, folded wires,...
Low-saturated hydraulic conductivity covers (LSHCC) or hydraulic barriers are one of the reclamation techniques used to control the acid mine drainage generation (AMD). These covers are intended to limit the infiltration of water into reactive tailin...
Worldwide emission standards are now required to cover engine operation under extreme ambient conditions, which affect the raw emissions and the efficiency of the exhaust aftertreatment systems. These regulations also target new combustion technologi...
This research presents a microfermentor integrated into an optical fiber sensor based on quasi-elastic light scattering (QELS) to monitor and swiftly identify cellular growth kinetic parameters. The system uses a 1310 nm laser light that is guided th...
A bidirectional infrared absorber leveraging the Fabry–Perot resonance within a cascaded metal-dielectric nano-film structure is proposed. The absorber integrates a top Ag–VO2–SiO2 film stack, an intermediate thin Ag metal layer, an...
The strengthening of intermediate-length concrete-filled steel tubular (CFST) columns using CFRP has attracted growing attention, but the effect of fibre orientation on the axial compressive behaviour—particularly for members where stability ra...
With the development of remote sensing technology and the advent of high-resolution images, obtaining data has become increasingly convenient. However, the acquisition of small manhole cover information still has shortcomings including low efficiency...
The reptile skin is a barrier against water loss and pathogens and an armor for mechanical damages. The integument of reptiles consists of two main layers: the epidermis and the dermis. The epidermis, the hard cover of the body which has an armor-lik...
In this study, we present the age scales for three Antarctic Peninsula (AP) ice cores: Palmer, Rendezvous, and Jurassic. The three cores are all intermediate-depth cores, in the 133–141 m depth range. Non-sea-salt sulfate ([nssSO42−]) and...
The relationship between soil water content (SWC) and vegetation, topography, and climatic conditions is critical for developing effective agricultural water management practices and improving agricultural water use efficiency in arid areas. The purp...
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We investigated liquid freshwater content (FWC) in the upper 100 m layer of the Arctic Ocean using oceanographic observations covering the period from 1990 through 2018. Our analysis revealed two opposite tendencies in freshwater balance—the fr...
Solution processes have promising advantages of low manufacturing cost and large-scale production, potentially applied for the fabrication of organic and quantum dot light-emitting diodes (OLEDs and QLEDs). To meet the expected lifespan of OLEDs/QLED...
In this paper, we adapt a recently proposed U-net deep neural network architecture from melody to bass transcription. We investigate pitch shifting and random equalization as data augmentation techniques. In a parameter importance study, we study the...
Cracking is one of the main distresses in asphalt pavement. At present, few studies have been conducted on the cracking performance of asphalt mixtures from the field due to the difficulty of sample collection. Therefore, this study aims to assess th...
Titanium alloys are widely used in the aerospace, automotive, chemical, and biomedical industries due to their excellent corrosion resistance, mechanical properties, and biocompatibility. However, the surface properties of titanium alloys are often i...
Tactility is an essential perception for intelligent equipment to acquire external information. It can improve safety and performance during human-machine interactions. Based on the uniqueness theorem of the electrostatic field, a novel flexible film...
A series of supported MnOx/MgAl-layered double hydroxide (LDH) catalysts were prepared by hydrothermal co-precipitation to investigate their catalytic performances for low-temperature formaldehyde oxidation reactions. Activity tests show that the 10M...
Registration of the flow pattern and the matter distribution of a free falling liquid drop in a target fluid at rest in the impact mode of coalescence when the kinetic energy (KEn) of the drop exceeds its available surface potential energy (ASPe) was...
Additive Manufacturing (AM) is an advanced technology that has been primarily driven by the demand for production efficiency, minimized energy consumption, and reduced carbon footprints. This process involves layer-by-layer material deposition based...
The development of regional satellite bio-optical models for natural waters with high temporal and spatial variability, such as inland seas, reservoirs, and coastal ocean waters, requires the implementation of an intermediate measuring link in the ch...
The distribution of Internet of Things (IoT) devices in remote areas and the need for network resilience in such deployments is increasingly important in smart spaces covering scenarios, such as agriculture, forest, coast preservation, and connectivi...
Recent advances in multi-modal large language models have enabled systems to jointly process text, images, and audio. However, these developments have primarily benefited high-resource languages, leaving many low-resource communities underserved. In...
The oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is a key kinetic bottleneck in water electrolysis because it involves multistep proton-coupled electron transfer, the evolution of oxygen-containing intermediates and O–O bond formation. MXenes, as two-dimens...
In this review, recent achievements in the application of high-entropy alloys (HEAs) and high-entropy oxides (HEOs) in the technology of solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) are discussed for the first time. The mechanisms of the stabilization of a high-ent...
The growing need for efficient and sustainable urban water management has accelerated the adoption of smart monitoring infrastructures based on wireless sensor networks (WSNs). This study proposes a connectivity-aware methodology for the optimal depl...
Active surface morphing is a nonintrusive flow control technique that can delay separation in laminar and turbulent boundary layers. Most of the experimental studies of such control strategy have been carried out in wind tunnels at low Reynolds numbe...
Virtualization technologies are key enablers of softwarized 5G networks, and their usage in the vehicular domain can provide flexibility and reliability in real deployments, where mobility and processing needs may be an issue. Next-generation vehicul...
This paper provides a review of the implementation of different materials and how they have impacted the efficiency of solar cells. This work elaborates on all solar generation methods that have been developed in the past and covers disparate technol...
Screen-printed membrane sensors based on the use of paper and ceramic substrates are fabricated, characterized, and used for rapid batch and continuous monitoring of CrIII in the form of CrO42− in some industrial products and wastewater samples...
Background/Objectives: The intermediate femoral cutaneous nerve (IFCN), the saphenous nerve, and the medial femoral cutaneous nerve (MFCN) innervate the skin of the anteromedial knee region. However, it is unknown whether the MFCN has a deeper innerv...
Thin layers of bismuth vanadate were deposited using the pulsed laser deposition technique on commercially available FTO (fluorine-doped tin oxide) substrates. Films were sputtered from a sintered, monoclinic BiVO4 pellet, acting as the target, under...
Availability of global satellite based Soil Moisture (SM) data has promoted the emergence of many applications in climate studies, agricultural water resource management and hydrology. In this context, validation of the global data set is of substanc...
Off-stoichiometry thiol-ene polymer (OSTE) is an emerging thermoset with interesting properties for the development of lab-on-a-chip (LOAC), such as easy microfabrication process, suitable surface chemistry for modification and UV-transparency. One o...
Turbofan engines exhibit complex nonlinear dynamics across the entire flight envelope, which cannot be captured by explicit mathematical models, posing significant challenges for engine controller design. Traditional control designs often rely on mul...
Automatic building segmentation from aerial imagery is an important and challenging task because of the variety of backgrounds, building textures and imaging conditions. Currently, research using variant types of fully convolutional networks (FCNs) h...
To meet daily grasping needs under lightweight, low-complexity wearable constraints, this study proposes an underactuated multi-finger prosthetic hand with transmission–control co-design to achieve predictable multi-joint synergies and stable g...
Digital money has transformed from a technological experiment into a central concern of monetary economics, financial regulation, and public policy. Despite rapid growth in cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), and t...
Herbaceous vegetation is a major source of interference with the regeneration of woody species. This is particularly the case after forest fires, as a dense herbaceous layer usually regenerates naturally. Although the competitive effect of the herbac...
A combination of atomistic simulations and vacuum tribometry allows atomic-scale insights into the chemical structure of superlubricious hydrogenated diamond-like carbon (a-C:H) interfaces in vacuum. Quantum molecular dynamics shearing simulations pr...
The development of Internet technology has provided great convenience for data transmission and sharing, but it also brings serious security problems that are related to data protection. As is detailed in this paper, an enhanced steganography network...
For durability design of concrete structures exposed to marine environments, the relationship between chloride concentration and penetration depth is critical as it determines the theoretical onset of rebar corrosion and thickness of the protective l...
Rainfall-triggered shallow landslides (SLs) are rapid slope failures affecting soil layers typically thinner than 3 m. Despite their limited extent, cumulative impact can be significant, particularly in vulnerable hilly environments. This study prese...
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