The chili pepper harvester has shown potential problems of low pepper stem separation and a high pepper damage rate. The low pepper stem separation has required additional labor, which consists of separating the pepper and stem after pepper harvestin...
The complex rutile ore containing TiO2 and ZrO2 exhibited a high economical value. To effectively recover TiO2 and ZrO2 from the raw sample, a complete gravity separation process including a spiral chute and a shaking table was proposed. Chemical con...
Lithium-ion batteries are a key technology for electromobility; thus, quality control in cell production is a central aspect for the success of electric vehicles. The detection of defects and poor insulation behavior of the separator is essential for...
The evolving regulatory landscape for microplastics—including the European Union’s Drinking Water Directive—underscores the importance of addressing the analytics of emerging contaminants in water, ensuring public health protection,...
Moisture separator reheater (MSR) tubing systems are an important part of a pressurized-water power plant to increase the efficiency of the heat transfer rate. The MSR tubes are finned tubes which are made of ferritic stainless steel (SS439) with a h...
This paper focuses on studying a random effects semiparametric regression model (RESPRM) with separable space-time filters. The model cannot only capture the linearity and nonlinearity existing in a space-time dataset, but also avoid the inefficient...
A study was conducted to search for the best separation of eighteen cannabinoids, the maximum number of cannabinoids that have been quantified so far, for potency testing of hemp-based products using liquid chromatography diode array detector (LC-DAD...
This paper presents simulation and bench test results for a special type of centrifugal pump that enables the transport of dispersive foaming liquids and simultaneous separation of the liquid phase. During the design phase, CFD (Computer Fluid Dynami...
Plasma separation is of high interest for lateral flow tests using whole blood as sample liquids. Here, we built a passive microfluidic device for plasma separation with high performance. This device was made by blood filtration membrane and off-stoi...
The separation process within a mechanical recycling plant plays a major role in the context of the production of high-quality secondary raw materials and the reduction of extensive waste disposal in landfills. Traditional plants for plastic separati...
Plasma separation from whole blood is oftent required as an essential first step when performing blood tests with a viral assay. However, developing a point-of-care plasma extraction device with a large output and high virus recovery remains a signif...
Aiming at the problem of floating shellfish boxes interfering with kelp harvesting when mechanized kelp harvesting is based on shellfish–kelp mixed culture mode, this paper combines the structural characteristics of the shellfish box itself, de...
In order to enhance the comprehensive processing quality and production efficiency of seed melons, a seed melon crushing and seed-extraction separator has been developed and designed. Aiming at the issues of high impurity rate and scratch rate of mel...
The separation mechanism is a critical device that transports and releases satellites during launch and on-orbit. However, as satellites become smaller and more compact, the traditional belt-locking device or pyrotechnic release and separation device...
Background: The elevated plus maze (EPM) and the marble burying (MB) tests are common behavioral tests used for behavioral phenotyping in mouse models for neurodevelopmental disorders. However, the behavioral effects of maternal separation (MS), a st...
Plasma separation is an essential step in blood-based diagnostics. While traditional centrifugation is effective, it is costly and usually restricted to centralized laboratories because it requires relatively expensive equipment, a supply of consumab...
Using silica as the precursor, and methyltrimethoxysilane and dimethyldimethoxysilane as the silicon sources, a super-flexible hydrophobic lipophilic gel solid was prepared via hydrolysis, drying, solvent replacement, and atmospheric-pressure drying....
A new type of high-temperature stable and self-supporting composite separator for lithium-ion batteries was developed consisting of custom-made ultrathin micrometer-sized glass platelets embedded in a glass fiber nonwoven together with a water-based...
A differential separation trommel screener was developed to solve the problems of the impurity content in insects and the high rate of insect impurities in the separation of black soldier fly (BSF) sand mixture. Moreover, the mechanical and physical...
Bed separation is a common geological phenomenon in the overburden strata during coal mining, which easily induces water inrush hazards, surface subsidence hazards, and other engineering disasters, thus seriously threatening the safety and efficiency...
This study evaluated how silicone release liners come away from butyl hot-melt pressure-sensitive adhesive (HMPSA) sealants. An application-specific integration peel test was conducted based on FINAT FTM 10 geometry. It kept the 180° geometry, th...
The potato-soil separation device comprising five function areas (i.e., shearing, bending, throwing, cleaning, and conveying) was developed to address the mentioned problems (e.g., soil with high moisture content, large viscosity, and poor separation...
To separate the long-lived minor actinides (MA = Am, Cm) from high-level liquid waste (HLLW), we have been studying an advanced separation process via selective adsorption that uses minimal amounts of organic solvent and compact equipment. The proces...
Unexpected low value of the relative rotative efficiency ηR is sometimes noted when scaling the towing tank model-test result with the ITTC-78 method to obtain the propulsive efficiency factors of propellers. The paper explains the causes of this...
Mechanical characterization of battery separators provides inputs for material-level finite element models. This study investigates components extracted from a commercial 37 Ah graphite/NMC pouch cell, focusing on single layers of an Al2O3-coated pol...
A two-terminal distributed binary hypothesis testing problem over a noisy channel is studied. The two terminals, called the observer and the decision maker, each has access to n independent and identically distributed samples, denoted by
When the hard and thick key strata are located above the working face, the bed separation structure is easy to be formed after mining because of the high strength and integrity of the hard and thick key strata and the initial breaking step is large....
In this study, X-ray computed tomography was used to analyze powder binder separation in TC4 green bodies. Firstly, for the scanned results of the whole green body, because of the relative low resolution (36 µm), the powder binder separation can only...
The cyclic hardening characteristics of soil hold significant importance for understanding its performance, and the evolution of the deformation modulus serves as a crucial indicator of the hardening properties. Deformations can be classified into el...
Steel is an important industrial raw material and plays an important role in industrial construction. Studying the efficient utilization of complex refractory iron ore with large reserves is of great significance to ensure the strategic safety of Chi...
The mining of shallow buried and thick coal seams may cause ground settlement, loss of surface water, and even soil desertification in arid–semi-arid climate zones. The key to protecting surface water resources through the technology of separated str...
Frequently, a good chiral separation is the result of long trial and error processes. The three-point interaction mechanisms require the fair geometrical fitting and functional group compatibility of the interacting groups. Structure–chiral sel...
Accurately modeling the flow curve over a large strain range is crucial for predicting the flow stress behavior of high silicon steel undergoing strain hardening in the continuous cold rolling process. This study proposes a large strain flow curve mo...
In order to solve the problems that arise from poor fruit–soil separation, a high fruit burial rate, and a high crushing rate during peanut harvesting under clay-heavy soil conditions, a multistage roller peanut harvester that is suitable for o...
Environmental pollution by microplastics (MPs) has become a global problem, but little is known about MPs in soils. This is because MP extraction methods from soils have not yet been standardized. In this study, we tried to establish a simple and eco...
The purpose of this study was to develop a new pediatric acuity chart that can assess the minimum separation threshold by incorporating the minimum separation threshold into the picture. To overcome the design limitations of the Landolt ring, two des...
In recent decades, the versatility of fossil-based polymers has led them to become one of the most used materials for the production of several consumer goods. The destiny of post-consumer plastics is crucial for environmental sustainability. Two are...
Mechanically and thermally stable novel gel polymer electrolytes (GPEs) have been prepared and applied in supercapacitor cells. Quasi-solid and flexible films were prepared by solution casting technique and formulated by immobilization of ionic liqui...
Satellite images in the TIR are relevant for several Earth Observation applications. The retrieval of temperature and emissivity from the emitted radiance, however, requires the use of suitable algorithms, such as the MaxEnTES that uses the concept o...
Cohabiting companion dogs establish hierarchy among themselves. It is hypothesized that the owner represents the main and undividable resource, thus primary access to this is a main organizing factor of rank-related behaviors of dogs. Here we tested...
The strengthening of existing reinforced concrete structures (RC) with carbon reinforced concrete (CRC) has a high potential to save resources and to increase the lifespan of the whole strengthened structure immensely. However, when strengthening str...
This study investigates the aerodynamics of Romanian engineer Aurel Persu’s car through wind tunnel experiments involving force measurements, Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV), and CFD simulations. Tests using scale models revealed significant f...
Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in vision science are commonly evaluated using Cronbach’s alpha, yet Rasch-based statistics may provide different information about their reliability. This study compared Cronbach’s alpha, a Class...
To investigate the effects of one-week maternal separation (MS) on anxiety- and depression-like behaviors in adolescent and adulthood as well as adult hippocampal metabolomics simultaneously in offspring female and male rats. In the MS group, newborn...
It is a challenging but key task to reduce the tritium inventory in EU-DEMO to levels that are acceptable for a nuclear regulator. As solution to this issue, a smart fuel cycle architecture is proposed based on the concept of Direct Internal Recyclin...
Rapid and cost-efficient antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST) is key to timely prescription-oriented diagnosis and precision treatment. However, current AST methods have limitations in throughput or cost effectiveness, and are impractical for micr...
Leaf fragments and grain mixture produced by rice threshing with a combine harvester seriously affects the subsequent grain cleaning efficiency. In this paper, rice leaf breaking force was tested at different temperatures and moisture contents to ana...
To address the labor intensity and potential vegetative damage associated with mechanical picking of Osmanthus fragrans at full bloom, this study proposed a selective separation mechanism using a flexible roller-brush. Biomechanical measurements esta...
Fractional order theory was used to characterize the accelerated creep phase of a nonlinear creep model. To accurately describe each stage of the anthracite creep model, the “gyroscope” unit was introduced by combining the Heaviside funct...
The receiver autonomous integrity monitoring (RAIM) and Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) fault detection literature uses a group of statistical detectors that are often introduced with different names, coordinate systems, and derivation styl...
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