Dosiomics is a texture analysis method to produce dose features that encode the spatial 3D distribution of radiotherapy dose. Dosiomic studies, in a multicentre setting, require assessing the features’ stability to dose calculation settings and the f...
Stability metrics are used to quantify a system’s ability to maintain equilibrium under disturbances. We did not identify the proposition of a stability metric using sensitivity analysis within the literature. This work proposes a system stabil...
High-speed long-span 4-1 cable robots (4-1HSLSCRs) have the characteristics of a simple structure, superior performance and easy control, and they can be used comprehensively in coal quality sampling, water quality monitoring, aerial panoramic photog...
With up to 15% of the world’s population being protected by dikes from flooding, climate-change-induced river levels may dramatically increase the flood risk of these societies. Reliable assessments of dike stability will become increasingly importan...
The stability of pile foundation is influenced by many interacting factors, particularly geological conditions. Quantifying the impact of physical and mechanical soil properties on pile stability is critical for achieving optimal design outcomes. Thi...
This paper reports the design of Ag-Al2O3-Ag heterojunctions based on Ag nanorods (AgNRs) and their applications as thermally stable and ultrasensitive substrates of surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). Specifically, an ultrathin Al2O3 capping l...
Rainfall-induced landslides are widely distributed in many countries. Rainfall impacts the hydraulic dynamics of groundwater and, therefore, slope stability. We derive an analytical solution of slope stability considering effective rainfall based on...
Reducing the sensitivity of high-energy simple explosives is the key technology in improving the practical application of high-energy insensitive powder. As the most widely used high-energy explosive, hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX) is...
A voltage stability index is proposed using a new single-port equivalent depending on component peculiarity representation and sensitivity persistence to locate and determine long-term voltage instability in transmission and distribution power networ...
One of the crucial types of information needed to guarantee the secure operation of power systems is their voltage stability condition. This is particularly true for power systems operating at peak hours or under abnormal conditions, such as continge...
Freshness indicator labels are crucial for food quality monitoring. However, existing labels often lack stability and sensitivity. This study aims to develop a safe freshness indicator label with high stability and sensitivity. By evaluating the pH r...
The method of pseudo-static analysis has been widely used to perform seismic slope stability, in which a seismic coefficient is used to represent the earthquake shaking effect. However, it is important but difficult to select the magnitude of seismic...
With the increasing load and renewable energy capacity in interconnected power grids, the system voltage stability faces significant challenges. Tie-line transmission power is a critical factor influencing the voltage stability margin. To address thi...
Ensuring the long-term, efficient, and safe operation of reservoir dams relies on the slope stability of embankment dams. Periodic fluctuations of the reservoir water level due to reservoir scheduling operations make the slope of the reservoir bank v...
Wave-driven free-surface flows pose numerical challenges due to tensorial radiation stress forcing, anisotropic diffusion, and strong sensitivity to closure parameters. This paper investigates the numerical behavior of a quasi-3D wave-driven flow mod...
Employing cables with strong flexibility and unidirectional restraints to operate a camera platform leads to stability issues for a camera robot with long-span cables considering the cable mass. Cable tensions, which are the constraints for the camer...
The large-scale integration of photovoltaic (PV) power can bring a greatly negative influence on the grid-connected system’s voltage stability. To study the static voltage stability (SVS) of PV grid-connected systems, the traditional SVS index,...
In this article, mathematical modeling and stability analysis of Lyme disease and its transmission dynamics using Caputo fractional-order derivatives is presented. The compartmental model has been formulated to analyze the spread of Borrelia burgdorf...
This study investigates the impact of compression force on stack performance and the effect of testing conditions on sensitivity of stack performance. It explores the variation of assembly force on the pressure distribution at different positions in...
Despite widespread vaccination programs, pertussis continues to pose a major public health challenge, primarily due to waning immunity, persistent transmission, and treatment delays. This study introduces an SVEITR model to explore the transmission d...
Achieving the goals of distribution systems operation often involves taking vital decisions with adequate consideration for several but often contradictory technical and economic criteria. Hence, this paper presents a modified analytical approach for...
Energetic metal–organic frameworks (E-MOFs) have recently emerged as a promising strategy to address the long-standing challenge of reconciling energy and sensitivity in energetic materials. Nitrogen-rich compounds, with their abundant nitrogen...
Industrial isolated power systems are highly sensitive to load disturbances due to their limited inertia and absence of large-grid support. This article analyzes the dynamic stability of an isolated system with a current available generation contribu...
Microalgae-based biomass has been extensively studied because of its potential to produce several important biochemicals, such as lipids, proteins, carbohydrates, and pigments, for the manufacturing of value-added products, such as vitamins, bioactiv...
We study a perturbed coupled system of generalized hybrid pantograph equations involving the deformable derivative of Zulfeqarr–Ujlayan–Ahuja. A central point of the revision is made explicit: for classically differentiable functions this...
Industrial wastewater often consists of toxic chemicals and pollutants, which are extremely harmful to the environment. Heavy metals are toxic chemicals and considered one of the major hazards to the aquatic ecosystem. Analytical techniques, such as...
Bulgaria has the lowest COVID-19 vaccination rate in the European Union and the second-highest COVID-19 mortality rate in the world. That is why we think it is important better to understand the reason for this situation and to analyse the developmen...
Stability is an essential quality attribute of any pharmaceutical formulation. Poor stability can change the color and physical appearance of a drug, directly impacting the patient’s perception. Unstable drug products may also face loss of acti...
In times of global change, it is of fundamental importance to understand the sensitivity, stability and resistivity of a landscape or ecosystem to human disturbance. Landscapes and ecosystems have internal thresholds, giving them the ability to resis...
A series of energetic polymers, poly(vinyl 2,4,6-trinitrophenylacetal)-g-polyglycidylazides (PVTNP-g-GAPs), were synthesized via cross-linking reactions of PVTNP with three different molecular weight GAPs using toluene diisocyanate as the cross-linki...
In the thermal-error compensation of CNC machine tools, temperature-sensitive points (TSPs) are used for predicting thermal error and need to have a high correlation with the thermal error. The stability of the correlation between TSPs and the therma...
Weathered marl hillslopes fail repeatedly across peri-urban Morocco, yet engineers investigating them rarely know which soil or geometric property most deserves their limited testing budget. This study answers that question for the landslide-prone sl...
Aqueous singlet oxygen (1O2) sensitization is of high interest due to its wide application in bio-imaging and photodynamic therapy. For organic photosensitizers like porphyrin derivatives, surfactant-assisted micelles have been intensively explored f...
With increasing renewable and power-electronic penetration, emergency control must convert early post-fault measurements into feasible actions within a short latency budget. This paper proposes a response-driven online framework that uses the simplif...
This research investigates a model of the spread of COVID-19 in Indonesia by paying attention to comorbid disease, self-quarantine, government-provided quarantine, and vaccination factors. The symmetrical aspects of the model are studied. The evaluat...
To support circular economy and sustainability, the use of synthetic polymers should be minimized due to their excessive accumulation in the environment and low biodegradation rate which leads to a global waste problem. Thus, the quota of natural res...
Road construction requires foundation materials with high mechanical performance. Cement is the primary binder used to stabilize these materials, but its widespread use generates substantial CO2 emissions and environmental impacts. Reducing cement de...
With the increasing penetration rate of Power Electronic Converter (PEC) based technologies, the electrical power systems are facing the problem of transient stability since the PEC based technologies do not contribute to the system inertia, and the...
The electrolyte for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) is subject of constant innovation, as the problems of leakage and drying greatly reduce the long-term stability of a device. One possible way to solve these problems is the use of gel polymer ele...
Achieving a balance of good thermal stability, high performance, and appropriate sensitivity in materials remains a primary research goal in energetic materials. In this study, a series of dinitrimine-functionalized tris-1,3,4-oxadiazole-based energe...
To overcome the long-term stability problems of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC) due to solvent evaporation and leakage, gelling the electrolyte with polymers is an appropriate option. Especially for future applications of textile-based DSSCs, which...
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Aeroelastic instabilities such as flutter have a crucial role in limiting the operating range and reliability of turbomachinery. This paper offers an alternative approach to aeroelastic analysis, where the sensitivity of aerodynamic damping with resp...
Alongside efficiency, long-term stability of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) is a key factor regarding their commercialization. One suitable and cost-effective method to increase the long-term stability is to prevent leakage and evaporation of the...
This paper presents the results of a study on the characteristics of semiconductor sensors based on thin SnO2 films modified with antimony, dysprosium, and silver impurities and dispersed double Pt/Pd catalysts deposited on the surface to detect carb...
The intensity of tropical cyclones (TCs) is controlled by their environmental conditions. In addition to the sea surface temperature, tropospheric temperature lapse rate and tropopause height are highly variable. This study investigates the sensitivi...
The excavation of deep tunnels has significant spatial and temporal effects on the stress distribution of the surrounding rock. Accurately describing the distribution characteristics of the surrounding rock stress state is a key issue in analyzing th...
Surface-enhanced Raman scattering has developed into a mature analytical technique useful in various applications; however, the reproducible fabrication of a portable SERS substrate with high sensitivity and good uniformity is still an ongoing pursui...
In this research, we developed a miRNA sensor using an electrical double layer (EDL) gated field-effect transistor (FET)-based biosensor with enhanced sensitivity and stability. We conducted an in-depth investigation of the mechanisms that give rise...
Natural gas hydrates are a promising alternative energy source for oil and gas in the future. However, geomechanical issues, such as wellhead instability, may arise, affecting the safe and efficient development of hydrates. In the present work, a sen...
The large proportion of asymptomatic patients is the major cause leading to the COVID-19 pandemic which is still a significant threat to the whole world. A six-dimensional ODE system (SEIAQR epidemical model) is established to study the dynamics of C...
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