The multidimensional deployment of large-scale spatial solar arrays has been the basis for high-power advanced spacecraft and a symbol of the leaps forward in aerospace technology. Activated and passive drives have often been used in combination to i...
Gelation through the liquid-liquid contact between a polymer solution and a gelator solution has been attempted with various combinations of gelator and polymer solutions. In many combinations, the gel growth dynamics is expressed as
As it turns out, both isotope scaling and density limits are phenomena closely linked to fluid closure. The necessity to include ion viscosity arises for both phenomena. Thus, we have added ion viscosity to our model. The experimental isotope scaling...
Lévy walks represent important modeling tools for a variety of real-life processes. Their natural scaling limits are known to be described by the so-called material fractional derivatives. So far, these scaling limits have been derived for spa...
In recent years, deep learning methods have achieved remarkable success in hyperspectral image classification (HSIC), and the utilization of convolutional neural networks (CNNs) has proven to be highly effective. However, there are still several crit...
The ultimate goal of our multi-article series is to demonstrate the Allometric Scaling and Resource Limitation (ASRL) approach for mapping tree heights and biomass. This third article tests the feasibility of the optimized ASRL model over China at bo...
Few non-traditional optimization techniques are applied to the dynamic economic dispatch (DED) of large-scale thermal power units (TPUs), e.g., 1000 TPUs, that consider the effects of valve-point loading with ramp-rate limitations. This is a complica...
The antenna field of view, the angle range that can be accessed by scanning the main beam of a phased array, is one of the key performance prescriptions especially for space-borne aerials. The classical example of the full Earth, continental and subc...
Maximum tree height is an important indicator of forest vegetation in understanding the properties of plant communities. In this paper, we estimated regional maximum tree heights across the forest of the Great Khingan Mountain in Inner Mongolia with...
This study presents the first investigation into the distribution of microplastics (MPs) in Sasebo City, Japan, using principal component analysis (PCA) in conjunction with water flow velocity and salinity variables. The mean MP abundance was 82.4 &p...
Limited power point tracking (LPPT) is emerging as a new technology for power management controllers for small-scale wind turbines (SSWTs) thanks to its advantages in terms of operation flexibility, economy and system security. LPPT operates in such...
The ultimate goal of this multi-article series is to develop a methodology to generate continuous fields of tree height and biomass. The first paper demonstrated the need for Allometric Scaling and Resource Limitation (ASRL) model optimization and it...
Smart, ultra-scaled, always-on wearable, and implantable (WI) sensors are an exciting frontier in personalized medicine. These sensors integrate sensing and actuation capabilities, enabling real-time analyte detection for on-demand drug delivery, aki...
We present the practical resolution limit of a fine electrical structure based on a fiber-coupled electro-optic probing system. The spatial resolution limit was experimentally evaluated on the sub-millimeter to micrometer scale of planar electrical t...
In the paper, multivariate probability distributions are considered that are representable as scale mixtures of multivariate stable distributions. Multivariate analogs of the Mittag–Leffler distribution are introduced. Some properties of these...
A methodology to generate spatially continuous fields of tree heights with an optimized Allometric Scaling and Resource Limitations (ASRL) model is reported in this first of a multi-part series of articles. Model optimization is performed with the Ge...
Shewhart charts are the most commonly utilised control charts for process monitoring in industries with the assumption that the underlying distribution of the quality characteristic is normal. However, this assumption may not always hold true in prac...
As a developing country, China is experiencing rapid urbanization. With rapid economic development and urban population growth, urban land continues to expand. The urban land expansion provides development space for cities; however, the disorderly ex...
Analytic and asymptotic properties of the generalized Student and generalized Lomax distributions are discussed, with the main focus on the representation of these distributions as scale mixtures of the laws that appear as limit distributions in clas...
The seismic performance of buildings requires researchers to collect a suite of seismic records that are usually scaled to characterize the seismic hazard of the site. After scaling the accelerograms, a nonlinear analysis of the buildings allows rese...
Selecting an appropriate ground motion intensity measure (IM) to estimate the aleatory uncertainty produced by ground motion variability is the first and crucial step in fragility analysis. The choice of IM is influenced not only by the structural sy...
The nucleation and growth of surface islands in the pre-coalescence stage has previously been studied by different methods, including the rate equation approach and kinetic Monte Carlo simulations. However, full understanding of island growth kinetic...
In this paper, the representability of the generalized Student’s distribution as uniform and normal-scale mixtures is considered. It is also shown that the generalized Burr and the Snedecor–Fisher distributions can be represented as the s...
An extended hybrid method for the analysis of the symmetric structural behavior of segmental tunnel linings is proposed. Their deformations cannot be determined by the traditional hybrid methods when the convergences are close to the serviceability l...
Monitoring uncontained built-up area expansion remains a complex challenge for the development and implementation of a sustainable planning system. In this regard, proper planning requires accurate monitoring tools and up-to-date information on rapid...
In practical applications, the safe operation of large-diameter prestressed concrete cylinder pipes (PCCPs) depends on the loading performance under internal water pressure. However, there is lack of damage tests for the full-scale large-diameter PCC...
The direct oxidation of methane to methanol as a liquid fuel and chemical feedstock is arguably the most desirable methane conversion pathway. Currently, constructing and understanding linear scaling relationships between the fundamental physical or...
Industrial-sized fermenters differ from the laboratory environment in which bioprocess development initially took place. One of the issues that can lead to reduced productivity on a large scale or even early termination of the process is the presence...
Fisheries management in the Mediterranean Sea faces persistent challenges due to the prevalence of data-poor and data-limited stocks, small-scale multi-species fisheries, and limited long-term monitoring programs. Effective assessment methodologies a...
In the paper, quasi-exponentiated normal distributions are introduced for any real power (exponent) no less than two. With natural exponents, the quasi-exponentiated normal distributions coincide with the distributions of the corresponding powers of...
The reason why metabolic rate often scales allometrically (disproportionately) with body mass has been debated for decades. A critical question concerns whether metabolic scaling is controlled intrinsically at the intracellular level or systemically...
We consider a compact metric graph of size
In the realm of civil engineering, ultra-high-performance concrete-filled steel tube composite columns (UCFSTCs) constitute a new type of building material and structure, exhibiting high compressive strength and commendable durability. Given their pr...
Limited-entry fracturing (LEF) technology is a widely used method to realize the simultaneous propagation of multiple fractures in horizontal wells. The key of this technology is to create high perforation friction to maintain the high treatment pres...
It is a common practice to use a buffer zone to damp out spurious wave growth due to computational error along the lateral boundary of limited-area weather and climate models. Although it is an effective technique to maintain model stability, an unin...
Redox flow batteries (RFBs) have been widely recognized in the domain of large-scale energy storage due to their simple structure, long lifetime, quick response, decoupling of capacity and power, and structural simplicity. Because of the limited open...
The penetrated mortise–tenon joint (PMT) connecting column and beam in traditional timber structures often has neighbouring gaps between connected structural members due to initial manufacture errors and damage accumulated over years. Influence...
The present study investigates the similarity problem associated with the onset of the Mach reflection of Zel’dovich–von Neumann–Döring (ZND) detonations in the near field. The results reveal that the self-similarity in the frozen-limit regime is str...
This article presents an initial effort to systematize two interrelated research fronts within ecological economics (EE): ecological microeconomics and ecological macroeconomics. In response to the field’s transdisciplinary and plural nature&md...
This study develops a modeling framework for utilizing the large footprint LiDAR waveform data from the Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS) onboard NASA’s Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite (ICESat), Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectro-Rad...
In the era of noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) computing, the limited connectivity between qubits is one of the common physical limitations faced by current quantum computing devices. Quantum circuit mapping methods transform quantum circuits...
This article presents a rock armour stability formula for coastal revetments under depth-limited breaking waves that defines requisite armour mass as a function of incident wave energy. Parameters include wave height, wave period, toe depth, revetmen...
In the present paper, based on the representation of the logistic distribution as a normal scale mixture obtained by L. Stefanski in 1990, it is demonstrated that the logistic distribution can be limiting for sums of a random number of random variabl...
For the interpretation of digital entrepreneurship, the context in which the entrepreneurial process takes place plays an important role. The context emphasizes that to analyze the entrepreneurial process, it is no longer sufficient to analyze only t...
Harmful cyanobacterial blooms in freshwater ecosystems are closely associated with changes in the composition of symbiotic microbiomes, water quality, and environmental factors. In this work, the relationship between two representative harmful cyanob...
The assessment of human liver stem cells (HLSCs) as cell therapeutics requires scalable, controlled expansion processes. We first focused on defining appropriate process parameters for HLSC expansion such as seeding density, use of antibiotics, optim...
The GeneXpert HBV Viral Load test is a simplified tool to scale up screening and HBV monitoring in resource-limited settings, where HBV is endemic and where molecular techniques to quantify HBV DNA are expensive and scarce. However, the accuracy of f...
Both the slope and elevation of scaling relationships between log metabolic rate and log body size vary taxonomically and in relation to physiological or developmental state, ecological lifestyle and environmental conditions. Here I discuss how the r...
This study aimed to examine the frequency of temporomandibular disorder among biomedical students and relate its occurrence to lifestyle habits. A cross-sectional collection of data was carried out and included a total of 676 examinees through a ques...
Large-scale production systems (LSPS) operate under growing complexity driven by digital transformation, tighter environmental regulations, and the demand for resilient and resource-efficient operation. Conventional control strategies, particularly P...
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