This study explored the impact of lifestyle habits and sensory processing patterns on sleep quality by analyzing body movements (BMs) during the first and last 3 h of sleep in toddlers. We collected cross-sectional data about sleep-related habits fro...
Overweight and obesity are rapidly rising in Sub-Saharan Africa including in rural areas. However, most studies focus on urban centers, and have attributed this epidemic to the consumption of processed foods without their clear characterization. This...
The moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer (MODIS) calculates the leaf area index (LAI) for each pixel without incorporating the temporal correlation information, leading to a higher sensitivity for the LAI that produces uncertainties in obser...
Background/Objectives: The objective was to establish whether particular SPD risk factors are correlated with particular SPD patterns and whether these factors affect the motor development of children Methods: The study procedures included medical ex...
This study aims to address the research gap in the digital analysis of traditional patterns by proposing an image-processing-driven parametric modeling method that combines graphic primitive function modeling with topological reconstruction. The imag...
Vegan and vegetarian dietary patterns have moved from minority dietary choices to central elements of contemporary nutritional guidance, supported by observational cohorts, short-term randomised trials, and umbrella-level evidence (i.e., syntheses of...
The agricultural sector is undergoing a revolution that requires sustainable solutions to the challenges that arise from traditional farming methods. To address these challenges, technical and sustainable support is needed to develop projects that im...
Understanding the marine environment dynamics to accordingly design computational predictive tools, represents a factor of paramount relevance to implement suitable policy plans. In this framework, mesoscale marine events are important to study and u...
As the primary means of modern enterprise management, business process management (BPM) technology has become the mainstream development trend of modern enterprise management. The efficient and accurate establishment of business processes is essentia...
This study proposes a novel process that integrates the molding and patterning of solid-state polymers with the force generated from the volume expansion of the microcellular-foaming process (MCP) and the softening of solid-state polymers due to gas...
Companies accumulate a large amount of production process data during product manufacturing. Sequence data from the mining production process can enable a company to evaluate the manufacturing process, to find the key factors affecting product qualit...
The consumption of processed foods is increasingly widespread and could have an impact on diet quality and health. Understanding the factors influencing people’s eating habits is useful for assessing such impact. There are limited data on the c...
We implemented ultra-high resolution patterns of 2822 pixels-per-inch (PPI) via an inkjet printing and vacuum drying process grafted onto a sublimation transfer process. Co-solvented ink with a 1:1 ratio of N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) to ortho-dichlr...
This paper explores the integration of decision tree classifiers in the assessment of machining process stability using control charts. The inherent variability in manufacturing processes requires a robust system for the early detection and correctio...
Business processes (BPs) have become extremely complex with thousands of tasks to be completed. These processes should be modelled to manage their complexity, but deviations from these models can occur during execution. To account for the potential o...
Common practice in agile delivery planning is based on user requirements-related artifacts. However, an aspect of business process alignment to software product functions comes into focus in the phase of inception of enterprise-aware disciplined agil...
Under the continuous disturbance of ecosystems driven by urbanization, landscape fragmentation and the disruption of ecological processes and functions are key challenges in optimizing ecological networks (EN). This study aims to examine the spatiote...
Control chart pattern recognition (CCPR) can quickly recognize anomalies in charts, making it an important tool for narrowing the search scope of abnormal causes. Most studies assume that the observations are normal, independent and identically distr...
Control chart pattern recognition was initially focused on single patterns with the assumption of normal, independent, and identical distribution. In practice, though, these assumptions are rarely valid in manufacturing processes, due to numerous inf...
The way our brain processes personal familiarity is still debatable. We used searchlight multivoxel pattern analysis (MVPA) to identify areas where local fMRI patterns could contribute to familiarity detection for both faces and name categories. Sign...
Scientific inquiry is fundamental to science education, encompassing the processes through which students construct scientific knowledge and develop thinking skills. However, the unfolding of these inquiry processes and their relation to performance...
We propose a novel method to pattern the charge recombination layer (CRL) with a low-temperature solution-processable ZnO layer (under 150 °C) for organic solar cell applications. Due to the optimal drying process and thermal annealing condition,...
This paper proposes a new method for recognizing, extracting, and processing Phase-Resolved Partial Discharge (PRPD) patterns from two-dimensional plots to identify specific defect types affecting electrical equipment without human intervention while...
Statistical process control (SPC) charts are commonly used to monitor quality characteristics in manufacturing processes. When monitoring two or more related quality characteristics simultaneously, multivariate
Four-dimensional (4D) printing adds the dimension of time to 3D-printed specimens, causing movement when external stimuli are applied. This movement enables applications across various fields, including the soft robotics, aerospace, apparel, and auto...
Background/Objective: Temporal eating patterns and ultra-processed food (UPF) consumption have independently been associated with obesity and non-communicable diseases. Little is known about the temporal patterns of UPF consumption, as data is challe...
We propose that the ability of humans to identify and create patterns led to the unique aspects of human cognition and culture as a complex emergent dynamic system consisting of the following human traits: patterning, social organization beyond that...
A micro pattern is a key component of various functional devices. In the present study, using the poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) mixed material as the direct-writing solution and photographic paper as the flexible...
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Ultra-processed foods are associated with chronic diseases, cardiometabolic factors and obesity. According to the NOVA system, foods are classified into four categories (from 1 = unprocessed to 4 = ultra-processed foods). The purpose of the present s...
The spatiotemporal features of land use changes and the evolution process of landscape pattern from 1980 to 2017 were investigated using historical satellite images from a Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) for 1980, 1990, 2000, 2005, 2010 and 2017 in the...
This study presents a photoresist-free patterning method for solution-processed indium zinc oxide (IZO) thin films using two photochemical exposure techniques, namely pulsed ultraviolet (UV) light and UV-ozone, and a plasma-based method using oxygen...
Microorganisms have a profound impact on the stability and ecological health of aquatic environments. Fungi, as important components of river ecosystems, play critical roles as decomposers and symbionts. A comprehensive understanding of the mechanism...
Synthetical eco-environmental problems’ treatment is a new stage for certain pollutant control or ecological restoration. Traditional urban planners have focused more on social–economic development but less on eco-environmental considerat...
Saudi Arabia has developed rapidly over the last five decades in the wake of an extensive development programme implemented by the government throughout the entire country. Several previous studies have measured the extent and rate of urbanization in...
Rapid urbanization alters natural runoff processes in hilly cities and increases flood risk, yet translating runoff-process understanding into coordinated land-use decisions remains challenging. Multi-scenario land-use simulation for 2035 linked runo...
Dietary assessment, while traditionally based on pen-and-paper, is rapidly moving towards automatic approaches. This study describes an Australian automatic food record method and its prototype for dietary assessment via the use of a mobile phone and...
Frequent working condition conversions in pumped-storage power stations often induce stability problems, especially when the operating point enters the S-shaped region, during which flow transitions and pressure fluctuations are serious. The pump-tur...
We numerically investigate high-efficiency third-harmonic generation via cascaded
The Three Gorges Project (TGP) has greatly enhanced the heterogeneity of the underlying surface in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area (TGRA), thereby affecting the hydrologic processes and water quality. However, the influence of the differences of unde...
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This study aimed to identify multimorbidity patterns and explore the disablement process by utilizing the model raised by Verbrugge and Jette as a theoretical framework. This cross-sectional study used public Long-term Care Insurance (LTCI) claimants...
Pumped storage power stations are effective stabilizers and regulators of the power grids. However, during the transient process, especially the operating point entering the S-shaped region, the internal flow patterns and pressure pulsations in the p...
Whole-plant corn silage is a predominant forage for livestock that is processed in Heilongjiang province (Daqing city and Longjiang county), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (Helin county and Tumet Left Banner) and Shanxi province (Taigu and Shanyin...
Many applications in image analysis require the accurate classification of complex patterns including both color and texture, e.g., in content image retrieval, biometrics, and the inspection of fabrics, wood, steel, ceramics, and fruits, among others...
Several factors affect existing electric power systems and negatively impact power quality (PQ): the high penetration of renewable and distributed sources that are based on power converters with or without energy storage, non-linear and unbalanced lo...
Cryocrystallography is a widely used method for determining the crystal structure of macromolecules. This technique uses a cryoenvironment, which significantly reduces the radiation damage to the crystals and has the advantage of requiring only one c...
Electromyography (EMG) has become essential in biomedical engineering, rehabilitation, and human–machine interfacing due to its ability to capture neuromuscular activation for control, monitoring, and diagnosis. Recent advances in sensing hardw...
Lithium-ion batteries experience nonlinear degradation characteristics during long-term operation. Accurate estimation of their remaining useful life (RUL) is of significant importance for early fault diagnosis and residual value evaluation. However,...
This study aimed to identify dietary patterns (DPs) and their associations with sociodemographic factors and diet quality in Portuguese adults and the elderly. Cross-sectional data were obtained from the National Food, Nutrition and Physical Activity...
Dual-layer bit-patterned magnetic recording (DL-BPMR) is a promising approach to extend areal-density scaling by exploiting the vertical dimension; however, reliable retrieval is challenged by the inherently weaker lower-layer readback and additional...
The spatial analysis of biota, particulate organic matter, and sediments for stable isotopes of carbon (δ13C), nitrogen (δ15N), and sulfur (δ34S) have proved useful for identifying patterns in productivity, nutrient pollution, and r...
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