Ambient air quality monitoring data and radar tracking sonde data were used to study the atmospheric boundary layer structure (ABLS) and its changing characteristics over Wuhan. The boundary layer structure index (BLSI), which can effectively describ...
An experiment with male layer-type chickens of the Lohmann Brown Classic breed was carried out at the Institute of Animal Science-Kostinbrod, Bulgaria, aiming to investigate the effect of age at slaughter on the meat quality. The birds were reared in...
Due to the physical characteristics of acoustic channels, the performance of underwater acoustic communication networks (UACNs) is more susceptible to the impacts of multipath and Doppler effects. Channel quality can serve as a measure of the reliabi...
The information in the literature on the effect of printing layer thickness on interim 3D-printed crowns is limited. In the present study, the effect of layer thickness on the trueness and margin quality of 3D-printed composite resin crowns was inves...
Color three-dimensional (3D) printing is an advanced 3D printing technique for reproducing colorful 3D objects, but it still has color accuracy issues. Plastic-based color 3D printing is a common color 3D printing process, and most factors affecting...
Cultivated Land Balance Policy (CLBP) has led to the “better land occupied and worse land supplemented” program. At the same time, the current field-scale cultivated land quality (CLQ) evaluation cannot meet the work requirements of the C...
The effective management of drinking water sources is essential not only for maintaining their water quality but also for the efficient operation of drinking water treatment plants. A decline in water quality in water reservoirs can result in increas...
The aim of this study is to accurately evaluate the quality characteristics of whole tillage cropland and deepen the knowledge of sub-tillage soil quality evaluation in Jilin Province, China. In this study, top-tillage and sub-tillage soil samples we...
Interest in using semen from young bulls is increasing due to identifying promising animals by genomic selection. However, sperm quality in these ejaculates may not reach currently accepted standards for the cattle breeding industry. The purpose of t...
Multiview video plus depth is one of the mainstream representations of 3D scenes in emerging free viewpoint video, which generates virtual 3D synthesized images through a depth-image-based-rendering (DIBR) technique. However, the inaccuracy of depth...
“Cause analysis” constitutes an indispensable component in quality management systems, serving to systematically identify the causes of quality defects, thereby enabling the development of targeted improvement strategies that concurrently...
The effects of different activation functions (sigmoid and hyperbolic tangent), and node numbers in a hidden layer of artificial neural network (ANN) models on urban air quality forecasting were investigated in a coastal city of Korea. The ANN models...
To implement the balance system of cultivated land in occupation and supplement and to adhere to the principle of “supplement the occupied cultivated land of high quality with the one bearing same quality”, in the thesis, a field experime...
To improve the quality of thick powder bed and realize the matching of thick powder bed and thin powder bed in the later stage, the influence of process parameters for the single-track, multi-layer fabrication, relative density, surface quality, defe...
Carcass parameters and meat quality in lambs that consumed diets having layer hen litter (LL) were evaluated in a complete randomized study. Forty-two lambs were allocated equally (14 lambs/treatment diet) into one of three iso-nitrogenous diets for...
Brown rice is composed of rice bran, pericarp, seed coat, and aleurone layers, and the rice bran layer contains a large number of substances useful for the human body, such as dietary fiber, α-tocopherol, α-tocotrienol, and vitamins. Howe...
Water quality monitoring is critical for public health, ecology, and economic sustainability, but traditional methods are limited by temporal-spatial coverage and cost, failing to meet real-time assessment needs. Deep learning for water quality predi...
The goal of this study was to apply the principles of analytical quality by design (AQbD) to the analytical method for determining the radiochemical purity (PQR) of the radiopharmaceutical sodium iodide 131I oral solution, utilizing thin-layer chroma...
High-quality and crack-free aluminum nitride (AlN) film on sapphire substrate is the foundation for high-efficiency aluminum gallium nitride (AlGaN)-based deep ultraviolet light-emitting diodes (DUV LEDs). We reported the growth of high-quality and c...
The Internet of Things (IoT) constitutes a digitally integrated network of intelligent devices equipped with sensors, software, and communication capabilities, facilitating data exchange among a multitude of digital systems via the Internet. Despite...
Citrus fruits are susceptible to microbial infection during storage and transportation, leading to weight loss, quality deterioration and even physiological decay. In this study, a layer-by-layer (LbL) self-assembly edible coating based on chitosan a...
Material Extrusion (MEX) currently stands as the most widespread Additive Manufacturing (AM) process, but part quality deficiencies remain a barrier to its generalized industrial adoption. Quality control in MEX is a complex task as extrusion perform...
A physical retrieval algorithm has been developed for deriving the layered precipitable water vapor (LPWs) product from infrared radiances of the Advanced Geosynchronous Radiation Imager (AGRI) onboard FengYun-4A (FY-4A), the first of the new generat...
Aimed at solving the problems of single control measures in the electro-spark deposition (ESD) process, difficulty controlling the micro-process using heterogeneous materials (for the electrode and matrix), and the unstable quality and reliability of...
In this paper, a two-dimensional, two-layer quality regression model is established to monitor multi-phase, multi-mode batch processes. Firstly, aiming at the multi-phase problem and the multi-mode problem simultaneously, the relations among modes an...
Soil quality (SQ) is critical to sustainable agricultural development. It is sensitive to the crop yield, especially in thin-layer black-soil regions, which have experienced severe degradation in recent years. However, how to evaluate the SQ and its...
In light of the growing interest in printed batteries, we recently demonstrated the possibility of employing industrial gravure printing in battery manufacturing. Gravure is the most appealing printing technique for the low-cost production of functio...
Conversational agents are transforming digital interactions across various domains, including healthcare, education, and customer service, thanks to advances in large language models (LLMs). As these systems become more autonomous and ubiquitous, und...
Alternative ingredients for the manufacture of poultry feeds need to be identified to meet the growing demand. A 42-day feeding trial was conducted to investigate the effects of the inclusion of mango peel waste in layer chicken diets on performance...
This paper addresses the issue of mold release quality in an electrochemical replication of an optical polyvinyl chloride (PVC) mold, which has microlens array or microprisms array on its surface. The main idea is to deposit a nanoscale Cr thin layer...
Each layer of the constructed asphalt pavement is evaluated by measuring its quality indicators, as specified in the construction regulations ĮT ASFALTAS 08, and comparing the obtained values with the corresponding design or threshold values. Du...
In this study, a Cr3C2-NiCr cermet cladding layer was prepared on the surface of Q235 steel via a high-speed laser cladding method. The effects of laser power, scanning speed, and overlap rate on the microstructure, cladding quality, and interfacial...
This study investigates the effects of hot stamping on boron steel surface properties, comparing uncoated steel to Al–Si-coated steel, with a focus on developing atmosphere-controlled hot stamping technology. Experiments using a hat-shaped spec...
In this work, we report the green production of few-layer bio-Graphene (bG) through liquid exfoliation of graphite in the presence of bovine serum albumin. Microscopic characterization evaluated the quality of the produced nanomaterial, showing the p...
An experiment was carried out in the Institute of Animal Science—Kostinbrod, Bulgaria, to investigate the growth performance of male layer-type chickens (Lohmann Brown Classic), raised to 6 and 9 weeks of age, to evaluate the economic aspects o...
In this paper, a high-quality sputtered-GeSn layer on Ge (100) with a Sn composition up to 7% was demonstrated. The crystallinity of the GeSn layer was investigated via high-resolution X-ray diffraction (HR-XRD) and the strain relaxation degree of th...
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of Bacillus subtillis PB6, chromium propionate or a combination of the two on the performance, egg and eggshell quality, nutrient metabolizability and serum biochemistry of layer breeders. White...
Urbanization and climate change affecting water quality are the most critical problems that humanity has to encounter globally. Undoubtedly, urban water bodies are heavily contaminated by phosphorus (P). This study aims to identify the mechanisms and...
The quality and durability of adhesive joints in wood flooring are determined by both the type of adhesive and the parameters of the bonding process. This study examines the effects of pressing time and seasoning time on the bending strength of adhes...
Defects are a leading issue for the rejection of parts manufactured through the Directed Energy Deposition (DED) Additive Manufacturing (AM) process. In an attempt to illuminate and advance in situ quality monitoring and control of workpieces, we pre...
In recent years, ecological environmental problems such as the greenhouse effect, soil erosion, climate change, and biodiversity reduction have become more and more salient, and ecological environmental quality has gradually become a research hotspot...
Powder deposition of even and homogeneous layers is a major aspect of every powder bed fusion process. Powder sieving is commonly performed to powder batches outside of the PBF machine, prior to the part manufacturing stage. In this work, sieving is...
The effects of the in ovo injection site of electrolytes on selected biochemical blood parameters and the quality of layer chicks were investigated. A total of 120 fertile eggs from Rhode Island Red breeders were randomly distributed into 4 groups, w...
Crack detection is essential for observing structural health and guaranteeing structural safety. The manual crack and other damage detection process is time-consuming and subject to surveyors’ biased judgments. The proposed Conv2D ResNet Expone...
We investigated the effects of the crystalline state for seed layers (SLs) on the growth morphology and material characteristics for hydrothermally grown ZnO nanorods (NRs). For this, preheating (PH) at different temperatures (100–300 °C) a...
The bacterial load on the eggshell surface is a key factor in predicting the bacterial penetration and contamination of the egg interior. The eggshell cuticle is the first line of defense against vertical penetration by microbial food-borne pathogens...
Multi-layer multi-pass welding plays an important role in manufacturing industries such as nuclear power plants, pressure vessel manufacturing, and ship building. However, distortion or welding defects are still challenges; therefore, welding monitor...
Reliable joining of multi-layer aluminum foil current collectors is crucial for enhancing the performance and safety of high-capacity lithium-ion batteries. However, laser welding of such thin-thick aluminum combinations is often hindered by porosity...
The abundance of peanut and poultry production within the state of North Carolina and the US Southeast, led us to conduct a layer feeding trial to determine the utilization of whole-in-shell high-oleic peanuts (WPN) and/or unblanched high-oleic peanu...
Contamination of semen with bacteria arises during semen collection and handling. This bacterial contamination is typically controlled by adding antibiotics to semen extenders but intensive usage of antibiotics can lead to the development of bacteria...
of 152