In the context of the demand for mass customization of products, a trade-off between highly efficient automated systems and flexible manual operators is sought. The linear arrangement of workstations made it possible to divide the process into many s...
The detection of defects in key transmission-line equipment under complex environments often suffers from insufficient accuracy and reliability due to background interference and multi-scale feature variations. To address this issue, this paper propo...
Leakage of information in power line communication (PLC) networks is a threat to privacy and security. A way to enhance security is to encode the transmitted information with the use of a secret key. If the communication channel exhibits common chara...
Surface target salvage is a crucial component of marine emergencies. Although unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) have emerged as effective alternative platforms to traditional artificial salvage, salvage target tracking remains a challenging issue. The...
Power transmission line icing (PTLI) poses significant threats to the reliability and safety of electrical power systems, particularly in cold regions. Accumulation of ice on power lines can lead to severe consequences, such as line breaks, tower col...
Based on the complex network theory, we established a topological network of the Beijing subway under Space L, Space P, and Space C. Then, we analyzed the complex characteristics of the subway network under each topological network, proposed the glob...
We developed a fully automated key production line for smart manufacturing technologies based on the Internet of Things (IoT) and automatic optical inspection (AOI) to enable efficient and consistent production. The production line consists of seven...
Aiming at the difficulty in detecting defects of key equipment of transmission lines in small samples and complex environments, and the problems of low accuracy and unreliability in one-time detection using traditional deep learning-based methods, an...
Accurate and efficient segmentation of key categories of transmission line corridor point clouds is one of the prerequisite technologies for the application of transmission line drone inspection. However, current semantic segmentation methods are lim...
Windage yaw flashovers under strong wind and rain conditions leave a negative impact on the safe operation of transmission lines. However, the mechanism behind this is not well known yet. Therefore, this paper proposes a systematic method, including...
Large-scale blackouts in power systems are often triggered by weak links susceptible to cascading failures. As the concentrated reflection of the system’s weak links, identifying key transmission sections and further implementing safety control...
The deep integration of smart grid and Internet of Things technologies has made high-speed power line carrier communication a key communication technology in energy management, industrial monitoring, and smart home applications, owing to its advantag...
Wireless sensor networks (WSN) generally utilize cloud computing to store and process sensing data in real time, namely, cloud-assisted WSN. However, the cloud-assisted WSN faces new security challenges, particularly outsourced data confidentiality....
Traditional wireless communication signals are often susceptible to physical obstructions and background noise in complex geographical environments or adverse weather conditions, hindering stable and reliable data transmission. Ultraviolet communicat...
The power grid is under pressure to maintain a reliable supply because of constrained budgets and environmental policies. In order to effectively make use of existing transmission lines, it is important to accurately evaluate the line capacity. Dynam...
Matching of multi-run magnetic flux leakage (MFL) in-line inspection data for oil and gas pipelines provides an essential basis for defect evolution analysis, corrosion growth assessment, and integrity management. However, in practical engineering ap...
Mucolipidosis type II (ML II) is a rare and fatal disease of acid hydrolase trafficking. It is caused by pathogenic variants in the GNPTAB gene, leading to the absence of GlcNAc-1-phosphotransferase activity, an enzyme that catalyzes the first step i...
With the rise of quantum technologies, data security increasingly relies on quantum cryptography and its most notable application, quantum key distribution (QKD). Yet, current technological limitations, in particular, the unavailability of quantum re...
The digital twinning concept stands as a remarkable opportunity to integrate sophisticated mathematical models within the context of existing manufacturing systems. Such models may provide shipyard management with predictive analytics, improving the...
Assembly lines are one of the cornerstones of modern production systems, significantly affecting the global society, economy, and other ancillary sectors. This is why the evaluation of assembly lines is particularly significant. Hence, the research o...
The RSA (Rivest–Shamir–Adleman) cryptosystem is an asymmetric public key cryptosystem popular for its use in encryptions and digital signatures. However, the Wiener’s attack on the RSA cryptosystem utilizes continued fractions, whic...
To improve the distributed carbon emission optimization control capability of the smart distribution network system, thereby reducing the carbon emissions in the distribution process, it is a very important issue to comprehensively analyze the import...
To address the issues associated with traditional multi-point surveying processes in the dead-end cutting for oil and gas pipelines—such as cumbersome procedures, high error rates, lengthy emergency repair cycles, and difficulties in ensuring w...
Today, sustainability represents a fundamental concept to be developed and implemented in any industrial context. Therefore, it is essential to be able to measure sustainability performance by proper indicators, along the entire lifecycle and the val...
A three-dimensional (3D) numerical model was developed to explore the intricate aerodynamic mechanisms associated with aerosol jet printing (AJP). The proposed approach integrates computational fluid dynamics and discrete phase modeling, offering a c...
Understanding the spatial differentiation of ecosystem service (ES) interactions and their underlying driving mechanisms is crucial for effective ecosystem management and enhancing regional landscape sustainability. However, comprehensive analyses of...
Concerns about improving social, environmental, and economic living standards are the basis of the triple bottom line (TBL) link to economic development (ED). Aware of the importance of studying their relationship, this article analysed the influence...
Random Pulse Width Modulation (RPWM) allows controlling the switching signal of power converters in order to reduce the harmonic peaks by spreading the noise spectrum. Currently, many manufacturers of power converters are deploying this modulation sc...
The unacceptably high cost of digital coherent receivers for short-range optical communication has in recent years fueled the study of alternative transmission schemes that are simultaneously highly performing and cost-effective. However, the propose...
The transient response of production systems is of significant importance especially if present advancements in Digital Twinning technology are taken into account. While the steady-state response enables long-term strategic decision making, the trans...
The A* algorithm is widely used in path planning for Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs), but the path it generates is prone to collision with random obstacles. To address this issue, this paper proposes a hybrid path planning algorithm integrating the...
Efficient operation of interconnected production systems requires accurate modeling of upstream–downstream interactions to support informed operational decision-making. This study proposes an interconnected Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System...
In this paper, we revisit a two-user space-time line coded uplink non-orthogonal multiple access (STLC-NOMA) system for Internet-of-things (IoT) networks and propose a novel low-complexity STLC-NOMA system. The basic idea is that both IoT devices (st...
In recent years, the pipe shed advanced support method has emerged as a new technique for excavating tunnels in weak surrounding rock. However, the necessity to maintain a certain inclination angle when constructing large pipe sheds unavoidably incre...
Drug resistance is a well-known and significant obstacle in the battle against cancer, rendering chemotherapy treatments often ineffective. To improve the effectiveness of chemotherapy, researchers are exploring the use of natural molecules that can...
The food-borne mycotoxin aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) poses a significant risk to poultry, which are highly susceptible to its hepatotoxic effects. Domesticated turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) are especially sensitive, whereas wild turkeys (M. g. silvestris) ar...
There has been a significant increase in the proliferation and implementation of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) in different disciplines, including the monitoring of maritime environments, healthcare systems, and industrial sectors. It has now becom...
Inhibition of the dual function cell cycle and transcription kinase CDK7 is known to affect the viability of cancer cells, but the mechanisms underlying cell line-specific growth control remain poorly understood. Here, we employed a previously develo...
Treatment with ultrasound and microbubbles (sonoporation) to enhance therapeutic efficacy in cancer therapy is rapidly expanding, but there is still very little consensus as to why it works. Despite the original assumption that pore formation in the...
Induced granulocytic differentiation of human leukemic cells under all-trans-retinoid acid (ATRA) treatment underlies differentiation therapy of acute myeloid leukemia. Knowing the regulation of this process it is possible to identify potential targe...
A fault disrupts the continuity of the rock strata in a mining area. To study the law governing the fracture of overlying strata in mining areas under discontinuous boundary conditions, the overlying strata were redefined and grouped based on the act...
Unmanned aerial vehicles represent an effective technology for indoor search and rescue operations. Typically, most indoor missions’ environments would be unknown, unstructured, and/or dynamic. Navigation of UAVs in such environments is addressed by...
At present, users can utilize an authenticated key agreement protocol in a Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) to securely obtain desired information, and numerous studies have investigated authentication techniques to construct efficient, robust WSNs. Cha...
Micro aerial vehicles (MAVs) have been acknowledged as an influential technology for indoor search and rescue operations. The time constraint is a crucial factor in most search and rescue operations. The employed MAVs in indoor environments are chara...
As one of the serious diseases of wheat, powdery mildew (Blumeria graminis f. sp. tritici) is a long-term threat to wheat production. Therefore, it is of great significance to explore new powdery mildew-resistant genes for breeding. The wild relative...
Designing sustainable underground metro lines in dense urban environments is a highly challenging task that requires the collaboration of numerous stakeholders and consultants to make crucial decisions influenced by several factors. While it is impos...
This paper explores the importance of smart manufacturing in the context of Industry 4.0, highlighting the crucial role of Manufacturing Execution Systems (MESs) in facilitating Industry 4.0, particularly in data capture and process management. It is...
Developing early-heading wheat cultivars is an important breeding strategy to utilize light and heat resources, facilitate multiple-cropping systems, and enhance annual grain yield. Psathyrostachys huashanica Keng (2n = 2x = 14, NsNs) possesses numer...
Constructing subways in soft soil strata by shields may cause large displacement of ground and tunnels during and after construction. To evaluate the corresponding short-term and long-term displacement, this paper presented a three-dimensional numeri...
Among the different components of the breast cancer microenvironment are adipocytes, which are mainly composed of differentiated adipocytes and adipose progenitors. The role of obesity in tumor progression has become a key topic in clinical studies,...
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