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Due to the low density of the aggregates and the longer mixing times, lightweight aggregate concrete (LWAC) is susceptible to segregation of the aggregates. Several studies have proposed different methods to estimate the segregation of concrete becau...

Data transmissions between smartphone users require security solutions to protect communications. Hence, encryption is an important tool that must be associated with smartphones to keep the user’s data safe. One proven solution to enhance the s...

Nutrient analysis through mobile health applications can improve dietary choices, particularly among vulnerable populations. Current mobile nutrient analysis applications face critical limitations: sophisticated deep learning models require substanti...

Lightweight-foamed soils are mixed soils with foam and cement to enhance the solidity and lightness of soils. Marine wastes, especially waste fishing nets, can be additives to reinforce the engineering properties of lightweight-foamed soils. In this...

This paper proposes a lightweight moving object prediction system to detect and recognize pedestrian crossings, vehicles cutting-in, and vehicles ahead applying emergency brakes based on a 3D Convolution network for behavior prediction. The proposed...

The rapid proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT) devices in healthcare, from wearable sensors to implantable medical devices, has revolutionised patient monitoring, personalised treatment, and remote care delivery. However, the resource-constraine...

The functionality of products increases when more sensors are used. This trend also affects future automobiles and becomes even more relevant in connected and autonomous applications. Concerning automotive lightweight design, carbon fibre-reinforced...

The bumper beam is an important device to ensure the safety of the car, which can effectively alleviate the force and absorb energy when the car collides. Traditional bumper beams are mostly made of high-strength steel, which has high strength and a...

Limited information and data are available on the material and structural performance of GC incorporating lightweight fine aggregate. In this research, three types of lightweight fine materials were utilized to partially replace sand volume of GC. Th...

Recently, realistic services like virtual reality and augmented reality have gained popularity. These realistic services require deterministic transmission with end-to-end low latency and high reliability for practical applications. However, for thes...

Predicting the properties of concrete before its design and application process allows for refining and optimizing its composition. However, the properties of lightweight concrete are much harder to predict than those of normal weight concrete, espec...

Aiming at the problem that mining conveyor belts are easily damaged under severe working conditions, the paper proposed a deep learning-based conveyor belt damage detection method. To further explore the possibility of the application of lightweight...

Facial expression is an important carrier to reflect psychological emotion, and the lightweight expression recognition system with small-scale and high transportability is the basis of emotional interaction technology of intelligent robots. With the...

Pumice quarried by LAVA MINING & QUARRYING SA from Yali island, Dodecanese, is used, domestically and abroad, in applications such as concrete lightweight aggregate, masonry units constituent, road substrate, and loose soil stabilization. It is a...

This research focused on the obtainment of sustainable lightweight aggregates (LWAs) for agronomic application. The cleaner production is based on saving matter through the valorization of waste available in industry as a substitute of clays into the...

In recent years, the furniture design trends include ensuring ergonomic standards, development of new environmentally friendly materials, optimised use of natural resources, and sustainably increased conversion of waste into value-added products. The...

Sound insulation performance of partitions is one of the key factors contributing to the comfort of the hotel interior spaces. Based on the theory of constrained layer damping, this study proposed the light-weight composite partition structure with h...

The substitution of traditional copper power transmission cables with lightweight copper–carbon nanotube (Cu–CNT) composite fibers is critical for reducing the weight, fuel consumption, and CO2 emissions of automobiles and aircrafts. Such...

Recent advancement in IoT technology has boosted the healthcare domain with enormous usage of IoT devices to provide elevated services to patients with chronic disorders on a real-time basis by the incorporation of IoT sensors on patients’ bodi...

The increasing usage of multi-rotor aerial platforms and the reliability of flights enabled researchers to add equipment and devices to them for application. The addition of lightweight manipulators, grippers, and mechanisms to fulfill specific tasks...

The treatment and valorization of wastes such as dredged harbor sediments and oyster shells have become critical for environmental management. In order to promote waste valorization and resource sustainability, this study evaluated the feasibility of...

In order to improve the lightweight level of the automotive floor, reduce material application cost, and improve integrated process manufacturing performance through structural design and optimization, this article proposes a design method to link co...

This study aimed to investigate the feasibility of textile sludge as a raw material for sintering lightweight aggregates (LWAs) and its application in concrete. Three samples of different components were taken from the textile sludge, which came from...

High-strength lightweight concrete (HSLC) is increasingly in demand for reducing the self-weight of concrete structures, achieved in this study using shale ceramsite aggregate. Despite its potential, HSLC has been underutilized in field projects due...

Polypropylene (PP)/sepiolite nanocomposites were prepared using the melt blending technique. The effects of nano-sepiolite content on the mechanical property, thermal property, crystallinity, morphology and rheological property of PP/sepiolite nanoco...

Natural flora and fauna, especially in the seas and marine life, as well as human health and global warming, are all significantly impacted by the environmental effects of petroleum-based plastics [...]

Promising lightweight composite materials, bridging the gap between Polymer and Ceramic Matrix Composites, are manufactured as polymer derived ceramics by the use of polysiloxanes and basalt fibers. Such competitive free formable Hybrid Composites ar...

This work presents a hybrid (experimental-computational) application for improving the vibration behavior of structural components using a lightweight multilayer composite. The vibration behavior of a flat steel plate has been improved by the gluing...

In the field of Natural Language Processing (NLP), the lack of support for minority languages, especially Uyghur, the scarcity of Uyghur language corpora in the agricultural domain, and the lightweight nature of large language models remain prominent...

With the growth of urban population, a series of urban problems have emerged, and how to speed up smart city construction has received extensive attention. Remote sensing images have the advantages of wide spatial coverage and rich information, and i...

In resource-intensive Internet of Things applications, Lightweight Stream Ciphers (LWSCs) play a vital role in influencing both the security and performance of the system. Numerous LWSCs have been proposed, each offering certain properties and trade-...

This paper investigates the application of contusion stability yaw control of a lightweight solar-electric vehicle. The vehicle’s customized design envelope makes it more sensitive to variations in load due to its low weight and relatively larg...

Accurate real-time detection of hawthorn by vision systems is a fundamental prerequisite for automated harvesting. This study addresses the challenges in hawthorn orchards—including target overlap, leaf occlusion, and environmental variations&m...

SIMON is a block cipher developed to provide flexible security options for lightweight hardware applications such as the Internet-of-things (IoT). Safeguarding such resource-constrained hardware from side-channel attacks poses a significant challenge...

With the rapid development of artificial intelligence and deep learning technologies, their applications in the field of agriculture, particularly in plant disease detection, have become increasingly extensive. This study focuses on the high-precisio...

Materials for low-permittivity and electrical insulation applications need to be re-engineered to achieve sustainable development. To address this challenge, the proposed study focused on the dielectric and mechanical optimization of 3D-printed cellu...

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) has attracted attention in dermatology applications for skin disease characterization and diagnosis because it provides high-resolution (<10 μm) of tissue non-invasively with high imaging speed (2–8 s)....

Macro-encapsulated phase change material (PCM) lightweight aggregates (ME-LWA) were produced and evaluated for their mechanical and thermal properties in road engineering applications. The ME-LWAs were first characterised in terms of their physical a...

The construction sector faces growing pressure to adopt sustainable alternatives amid the global plastic-waste crisis. This study presents a novel use of mechanically recycled high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and polypropylene (PP) to manufacture ful...

In order to study the feasibility and superiority of foam lightweight concrete (FLC) for existing buried high-pressure gas pipeline section under soft soil roadbed, this paper takes the buried existing high-pressure gas pipeline section under the sec...

Obfuscated Memory Malware (OMM) presents significant threats to interconnected systems, including smart city applications, for its ability to evade detection through concealment tactics. Existing OMM detection methods primarily focus on binary detect...

The use of waste materials as alternative aggregates in cementitious mixtures is one of the most investigated practices to enhance eco-sustainability in the civil and construction sectors. For specific applications, these secondary raw materials can...

Under normal conditions, the cross-sections of reinforced concrete in classic skeleton construction systems are often only partially loaded. This contributes to non-sustainable construction solutions due to an excess of material use. Novel cross-disc...

Sandwich structures are well-known and frequently used solutions in marine applications, especially when structural stiffness is required. An important part of the sandwich structure is the core, which usually carries shear loads. Therefore, choosing...

Three lightweight aluminum-based complex concentrated alloys with chemical compositions that have not been previously studied were manufactured and studied: Al52Mg9.6Zn16Cu15.5Si6.9 w.t.% or Al63Mg13Zn8Cu8Si8 a.t.% (alloy A), Al44Mg18Zn19Cu19 w.t.% o...

The timely and correct identification of rice diseases is essential to ensuring rice productivity. However, many methods have drawbacks such as slow recognition speed, low recognition accuracy and overly complex models that are unfavorable for portab...

This study aims to explore the potential of aerogel to optimise the thermal conductivity of mineralised foam materials. Experiments were conducted with (i) addition methods of aerogel, (ii) proportion of aerogels in cement slurry, and (iii) water/cem...

The Internet of Things (IoT) allows users to collect sensor data, control devices, and analyze collected data over the Internet. IoT devices are located in diverse environments and support many applications. To protect IoT systems from cyber threats,...

Low strength and low impact toughness are two of the main issues affecting the use of lightweight aggregate concrete in harsh cold environments. In this study, the strength of concrete was improved by adding high-strength fibers to bear tensile stres...

Rice is one of the fundamental food items that comes in many varieties with their associated benefits. It can be sub-categorized based on its visual features like texture, color, and shape. Using these features, the automatic classification of rice v...