In this article, we propose a novel detection method for underwater moving targets by detecting their extremely low frequency (ELF) emissions with inductive sensors. The ELF field source of the targets is modeled by a horizontal electric dipole at di...
The higher-order nonlinear Schrödinger equation with combined nonlinearities is derived by an asymptotic reduction from the (2+4) Korteweg–de Vries model for weakly nonlinear wave packets for the context of interfacial waves in a three-lay...
In high-mobility scenarios, a user’s media experience is severely constrained by the difficulty of network channel prediction, the instability of network quality, and other problems caused by the user’s fast movement, frequent base statio...
Shiga toxins (Stxs) produced by ingested E. coli can induce hemolytic uremic syndrome after crossing the intact intestinal barrier, entering the bloodstream, and targeting endothelial cells in the kidney. The method(s) by which the toxins reach the b...
Composites designed by employing metal/dielectric composites coupled to the components of the incident electromagnetic (EM) fields are named metamaterials (MMs), and they display features not observed in nature. This type of artificial media has attr...
This study examines how an inland city constructs a cutting-edge technological identity through media framing, thereby addressing a critical gap in urban image research. Focusing on Guiyang’s reinvention as “China Data Valley”, we a...
Disease spreading in multi-layer complex networks often spreads among multiple populations with the help of media. In order to reveal the cross-layer spreading characteristics of diseases and control the cross-layer spreading of diseases by analyzing...
A photonic surface wave, a propagating optical mode localized at the interface of two media, can play a significant role in controlling the flow of light at nanoscale. Among various types of such waves, surface waves with hyperbolic dispersion or sim...
The effect of high contrast on the multiscale behaviour of elastic laminates is studied. Mathematical modelling in this area is of significant interest for a variety of modern applications, including but not limited to advanced sandwich structures an...
Under simulated conditions typical of a high-temperature, high-pressure (HTHP) oil and gas reservoir in the South China Sea, dynamic corrosion evaluation experiments were performed on a three-layer screen structure and three types of sand retaining m...
We report the elaboration of redox-responsive functional micellar nanocarriers designed for triggered release of caffeic acid phenethyl ester (CAPE) in cancer therapy. Three-layered micelles, comprising a poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) core, a mi...
In this study, spheres of poly (vinylidene fluoride)/clay were synthesized using an easy dripping method (also known as phase inversion). The spheres were characterized by scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and thermal analysis. Finally...
With the advancement of cloud computing and fog computing, more and more services and data are being moved from local servers to the fog and cloud for processing and storage. Videos are an important part of this movement. However, security issues inv...
Balancing efficiency and accuracy is often challenging in the numerical solution of three-dimensional (3D) point source acoustic wave equations for layered media. To overcome this, an efficient solution method in the spatial-wavenumber domain is prop...
Mobile users’ demands to delay-sensitive video streaming media put forward new requirements for mobile networks, such as architecture optimization. Edge caching as a new paradigm is proposed to enhance the quality of service (QoS) for mobile users at...
This study used the roto-evaporation technique to engineer a 6 mm three-layer polyurethane vascular graft (TVG) that mimics the architecture of human coronary artery native vessels. Two segmented polyurethanes were synthesized using lysine (SPUUK) an...
New types of highly chemically resistant coating systems, primarily intended for concrete and metal substrates, were designed and experimentally verified in the paper. Secondary raw materials in optimal amounts, including solidified hazardous waste (...
Biofiltration systems, as one of the best management practices, have good potentials to improve stormwater quality and hydrology of urban catchments. While biofiltration systems are well-studied in developed countries, the majority of those studies a...
Social networks and official statistics have become vital sources of information in times of health emergencies. The ability to monitor and profile social sentiment is essential for understanding public perception and response in the context of publi...
The dynamics of medical resource demand during public health crises pose significant challenges to emergency supply chain management, particularly within an evolving and complex social environment. To explore this, the interactive effects of informat...
Control of oxygen over cell cultures in vitro is a topic of considerable interest, as chronic and cyclic hypoxia can alter cell behaviour. Both static and transient hypoxic levels have been found to affect tumour cell behaviour; it is potentially val...
Electrostatic interaction energy W between two point charges in a three-layer plane system was calculated on the basis of the Green’s function method in the classical model of constant dielectric permittivities for all media involved. A regular...
Gas hydrate formation processes in porous media are always accompanied by water transfer. To study the transfer characteristics comprehensively, two kinds of layered media consisting of coarse sand and loess were used to form methane hydrate in them....
Twelve bioretention filter columns with different media were designed to study the effects of media on dissolved heavy metals in bioretention systems by changing three test conditions (inflow concentration, discharge ratio, and recurrence interval)....
Real sedimentary media can usually be characterized as transverse isotropy. To reveal wave propagation in the true models and improve the accuracy of migrations and evaluations, we investigated the algorithm of wavefield simulations in an anisotropic...
Polypyrrole (Ppy) and poly(methylene blue) (PMB) heterostructure (Ppy-PMB) was electrochemically formed on the indium tin oxide (ITO) coated glass slides, which served as working electrodes. For electropolymerization, a solution containing pyrrole, m...
This paper focuses on preventing forms of social dysfunction such as invasions of privacy and stalking by understanding the diversified situation of the rapidly increasing number of social media users who use social media services, which are various...
Applications of geotextiles within tertiary stormwater treatment systems and for stormwater infiltration can provide a substrate for biofilm formation, enabling biological treatment of contaminants. Geotextiles can serve as an efficient part of storm...
Time-domain (TD) diffuse reflectance can be modeled using diffusion theory (DT) to non-invasively estimate optical transport coefficients of biological media, which serve as markers of tissue physiology. We employ an optimized N-layer DT solver in cy...
Marine natural gas hydrate (NGH) can mainly be found in argillaceous fine-silt reservoirs, and is characterized by weak consolidation and low permeability. Sand production is likely to occur during the NGH production process, and fine-silt particles...
Induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells constitute a perfect tool to study human embryo development processes such as myogenesis, thanks to their ability to differentiate into three germ layers. Currently, many protocols to obtain myogenic cells have be...
The heterogeneity of layered soils affects the transport processes of water in the vadose zone. However, the mechanism of soil moisture transport in the vadose zone under heterogeneous media conditions, especially the three-dimensional transport mech...
Three-dimensional (3D) cancer cell culture systems have been developed to aid the study of molecular mechanisms in cancer development, identify therapeutic targets, and test drug candidates. In this study, we developed a strategy for mimicking the hy...
The microscale simulation of ultrafine particle transport and deposition in fibrous filtration media was achieved with a novel particle tracking model using a 3D Monte Carlo model. The particle deposition process is governed by the convection–d...
The viscosity of actual underground media can cause amplitude attenuation and phase distortion of seismic waves. When seismic images are processed assuming elastic media, the imaging accuracy for the deep reflective layer is often reduced. If this at...
The rise and fall of the groundwater level can drive air flow in the vadose zone. In turn, the air flow can interact with the water flow. When the unconfined aquifer is covered by a low-permeability media, the coupling of the water flow and the air f...
Structured light beams have played important roles in the fields of optical imaging and optical manipulation. However, light fields scatter when they encounter highly anisotropic scattering media, such as biological tissue, which destroys their origi...
This manuscript presents a study of the possibility of applying metallic fibre filter media made of stainless steel for the filtration process of liquid aerosols. To perform the experiment, three types of filters were used: single layer and symmetric...
This article proposes a protocol layer trust-based intrusion detection scheme for wireless sensor networks. Unlike existing work, the trust value of a sensor node is evaluated according to the deviations of key parameters at each protocol layer consi...
Since high quality realistic media are widely used in various computer vision applications, image compression is one of the essential technologies to enable real-time applications. Image compression generally causes undesired compression artifacts, s...
Gonocytes are progenitors of spermatogonial stem cells in the neonatal testis. We have previously shown that upon culturing, neonatal porcine gonocytes and their colonies express germ cell and pluripotency markers. The objectives of present study wer...
Sources of contamination in a subsurface environment are petrol, diesel fuel, gasoline at oil refineries, underground storage tanks, transmission pipelines, and different industries. The permeable reactive barrier (PRB) is a promising technology to r...
This paper proposes a scheme to determine the optical dispersion properties of a medium using multiple localized surface plasmon resonances (SPR) in a D-shaped photonic crystal fiber (PCF) whose flat surface is covered by three adjacent gold layers o...
The combustion of liquid fuels that have leaked into inert porous media, such as sand, is a critical issue for industrial safety and fire risk assessment. Despite its importance, the complex influence of porous media on the combustion process, partic...
Green stormwater infrastructure such as bioretention is commonly implemented in urban areas for stormwater quality improvements. Although bioretention systems’ soil media and vegetation have the potential to increase carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) stora...
Magneto-optic surface plasmon resonance (MOSPR)-based sensors are highly attractive as next-generation biosensors. However, these sensors suffer from oxidation leading to degradation of performance, reproducibility of the sensor surface, because of t...
Hormones have a harmful impact on the environment and their detection in water bodies is an urgent matter. In this work, we present and analyze a sensor device able to detect traces of the synthetic hormone 17α-ethinylestradiol (EE2) below 10&m...
The implementation of heat sinks in high-power pulse electronic devices within hypersonic aircraft cabins has been facilitated by the emergence of innovative phase change materials (PCMs) characterized by excellent thermal conductivity and high laten...
Background: Three-dimensional cellular models provide a more comprehensive representation of in vivo cell properties, encompassing physiological characteristics and drug susceptibility. Methods: Primary hepatocytes were seeded in ultra-low attachment...
In calcific aortic valve disease (CAVD), microcalcifications originating from nanoscale calcifying vesicles disrupt the aortic valve (AV) leaflets, which consist of three (biomechanically) distinct layers: the fibrosa, spongiosa, and ventricularis. C...
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