The rolling system for stainless steel, particularly in the production of diamond plates, represents a complex industrial control scenario. The process requires precise load distribution to effectively manage pattern height, due to the high strength,...
This study was motivated by the lack of understanding of the smoke control effect on an ultra-wide tunnel fire, with different smoke exhaust patterns (sidewall and top exhaust patterns) and longitudinal air supply volume (0, 30%, 50%, 70%, and 90%)....
Virtual reality (VR) provides immersive, interactive environments that can be carefully controlled for shaping movement during rehabilitation. Game mechanics such as object velocity and trajectory are often manipulated to increase engagement, but the...
Background/Objectives—Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder caused by the destruction of neurons in the substantia nigra of the brain. Clinical diagnosis of this disease, based on monitoring motor s...
As the use of drones grows, so too does the demand for physical protection against drone damage resulting from collisions and falls. In addition, as the flight environment becomes more complicated, a shock absorption system is required, in which the...
Water conservation in mining is the key to solving the conflict between coal resource exploitation and ecological environment protection, especially in arid and semi-arid mining areas. Continuous excavation and continuous backfilling (CECB) in longwa...
Vibration control for over-track structures is a key challenge in urban rail transit. To systematically investigate the determining effects of building height and train speed on dynamic response, this study developed a novel moving excitation system....
The objectives of this study were to characterize the effects of operational factors on spray application parameters for remotely piloted aerial application systems (RPAAS). The effects of application height and ground speed on spray pattern uniformi...
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) fertilization is important for precision agriculture. However, multi-rotor UAVs show a lot of inconsistencies in homogeneity and unclear deposition patterns when they spread granular fertilizer in different operational s...
Plantations are increasing in frequency and extent across the landscape, especially in China, and forest thinning can accelerate the development of late-successional attributes, thereby enhancing plantation stand structural heterogeneity. To quantify...
This paper investigates the flame behavior and smoke pattern characteristics of lithium-ion battery (LIB) fires using an integrated experimental and numerical simulation approach. Based on fire dynamics theory, a jet flame model for LIB thermal runaw...
Orchard plant protection machinery in China still has a low application efficiency. Air-blast sprayers represent the primary development direction of pesticide applications in orchards. The spray control parameters have to be matched to the tree cano...
The investigation of quantitative phenotypic traits resulting from the interaction between targeted genotypic traits and environmental factors is essential for breeding selection. Therefore, plot-wise controlled environmental factors must be invariab...
Cold roll forming is suitable for sheet metal processing and can provide a new method for the production and processing of anti-collision beams for commercial vehicles. In order to accurately control the edge wave defects of the parts in the roll for...
The aim of this study was to explore the underlying age-related differences in dynamic motor control during different step ascent conditions using muscle synergy analysis. Eleven older women (67.0 y ± 2.5) and ten young women (22.5 y ±...
The coffee industry loses millions of dollars annually worldwide due to the Coffee Berry Borer (CBB); these losses imply a decrease in quality and production. Traps are used to monitor their flight and for pest control. The main objective of this stu...
Chrysolina aeruginosa is a major pest of Artemisia ordosica, and knowledge of the spatial distribution pattern of its larvae in their natural habitat is crucial for the implementation of effective control measures. This study employed geostatistical...
Under casing annulus gas venting, the annulus of the well is in a special state of zero-net liquid flow (ZNLF), leading to gas production without liquid at the wellhead, resulting in significant holdup issues. Therefore, conventional two-phase flow m...
Ricinus communis is a significant economic crop, where plant height and stress tolerance are critical factors influencing both yield and quality. The variation in plant height is influenced by both genetic and environmental factors, with environmenta...
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles are increasingly used for urban photogrammetry, yet best-practice guidance on flight-planning parameters in dense city blocks remains limited. However, the quality of generated orthomosaics is strongly dependent on the proper...
Pipe structures are commonly encountered in the geophysical context, and in particular in sedimentary basins, where they are associated with fluid migration structures. We investigate pipe formation through laboratory experiments by injecting water l...
This study evaluated the initial growth and tolerance to water stress after planting Samanea saman seedlings produced with different substrates and inoculation patterns. The experiment used a factorial design (3 × 3), with three substrates: standard...
Background/Objectives: Because patella alta frequently accompanies objective patellar instability, separating trochlear morphology from patellar height is difficult. We evaluated whether the trochlear facet asymmetry ratio was associated with instabi...
Hydrogel has been regarded as one significant biomaterial in biomedical and tissue engineering due to its high biocompatibility. This paper proposes a novel method to pattern calcium alginate hydrogel in a 3D way via electrodeposition process based o...
Spatial variation of tropical forest tree height is a key indicator of ecological processes associated with forest growth and carbon dynamics. Here we examine the macroscale variations of tree height of humid tropical forests across three continents...
Various error factors influence the inversion of forest canopy height using GEDI full-waveform LiDAR data, and the interaction of these factors impacts the accuracy of forest canopy height estimation. From an error perspective, there is still a lack...
Recovery of oral function is one of the most important objectives of orthognathic surgery. This study investigated the effects of a chewing exercise on chewing patterns and other oral functions after sagittal split ramus osteotomy (SSRO). Ten subject...
Purpose: This study aims to investigate the acute effects of shoe midsole stiffness on the joint biomechanics of the lower extremities during specific basketball movements. Methods: Thirty participants wearing stiff midsole shoes (SS) and control sho...
Coal rib instability is a critical challenge in steeply inclined, large-mining-height longwall faces containing coal seam partings. Taking the No. 4103 working face of Changcheng No. 1 Coal Mine as an engineering case, this study integrates theoretic...
Moso bamboo is well-known for its rapid-growth shoots and widespread rhizomes. However, the regulatory genes of these two processes are largely unexplored. GATA transcription factors regulate many developmental processes, but their roles in moso bamb...
Although it is of great significance to master the height of the water-conducting fracture zone (WCFZ) to prevent coal mine disasters and ensure safe production, the most important thing is to predict the height and range of the WCFZ ahead of the wor...
The wave glider is an unmanned marine observation platform propelled by wave energy. Accurate prediction of its motion performance is crucial for structural design and motion control. This paper presents a four-degree-of-freedom nonlinear coupled dyn...
It has been suggested that airborne laser scanning (ALS) could be used for operational monitoring of vegetation changes in the alpine tree line caused by climate change. Because the vegetation is low in such tree-less areas close to the alpine zone,...
The main objective of this study was to identify optimal burner orientation for a newly designed flame cultivator by quantifying the flame temperature distributions of cross, back, and parallel position of burners at different heights of the soybean...
Road alignment creates unequal shortwave-radiation inputs on opposite embankment slopes, whereas the way in which overlying fill height redistributes this contrast among embankment layers remains unclear. This study aimed to quantify how road-axis az...
Nutrient inadequacies among picky-eaters have adverse effects on growth and development. Oral nutritional supplements (ONS) along with dietary counseling (DC), rather than DC alone as reported in our earlier publication, promoted growth among picky-e...
Jump rope is a widely applied basic training technique in various sports, yet it is understudied biomechanically. This study investigates the impact of cycle-tempo-induced motor control changes in elite jump rope athletes, addressing the biomechanica...
The current study aims to compare the mechanical propensities between healthy runners and runners with hamstring injuries. Retrospective case-control video analysis was used. A total of 35 (12 male and 23 female) videos of runners with hamstring inju...
The agricultural and forestry productivity of Mediterranean ecosystems is strongly threatened by the adverse effects of climate change, including an increase in severe droughts and changes in rainfall distribution. In the present study, we performed...
Background: Soccer aerial duels require rapid take-off, repeated-performance maintenance, and effective head–neck control under physically demanding conditions. This study examined the effects of caffeine (CAF), Rhodiola rosea (RHO), and their...
In the multi-point incremental launching construction process, without setting temporary piers at the mid-span, it is difficult to ensure the synchronization of the launching equipment at the same pier, which can easily cause the beam to deviate from...
This retrospective case-control study is the first to examine the spatial conformity between pacifiers and palates in 39 preterm infants (12 females, 27 males) and 34 term infants (19 females, 15 males), taking into account the facial-soft-tissue pro...
This study aimed to evaluate the non-invasive and subjective symptoms associated with Lehfilcon A water gradient silicone hydrogel contact lenses with bacterial and lipid resistance technology. A prospective, longitudinal, single-centre, self-control...
Self-oscillation enables continuous motion by transforming constant external stimuli into mechanical work, eliminating the necessity for supplementary control systems. This holds considerable promise in domains like actuators, wearable devices and bi...
Efficient control of flow separation holds significant economic promise. This study investigates flow separation mitigation using an experimental platform featuring a combination of passive and active actuators arranged in a matrix configuration. The...
The controllable growth of in-plane Ge nanowires provides alternative material foundations for the scalability of Ge-based semiconductor qubit devices. Here, ordered in-plane Ge hut wires with controllable size are grown on the trench-patterned Si su...
To investigate the dynamic characteristics of key parameters in a piston gravity energy-storage system, an experimental system for novel piston gravity energy storage is designed and developed. Firstly, the structure and working principle of the pist...
Energy pumping is a way to gain kinetic energy based on an active vertical center of mass movement in rollers in sports like skateboarding, skicross, snowboard cross and BMX. While the principle of the energy transfer from the vertical movement to th...
In this study, a pattern detection method is applied on the RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 simulation outputs of seven GCMs—disseminated by the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5)—to determine whether atmospheric teleconnection patte...
The ability to create controllable patterns of micro- and nanostructures on the surface of bulk silicon has widespread application potential. In particular, the direct writing of silicon oxide patterns on silicon via femtosecond laser-induced silicon...
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