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The article presents the possibility of verifying the efficiency of a diesel particulate filter (DPF) with the use of particle counters using two different measurement methods. The tests were carried out at a vehicle inspection station using a conden...

Technical debt is a well understood and used concept in IT development. The metaphor, rooted in the financial world, captures the amount of work that development teams owe to a product. Every time developers take a shortcut within development, the te...

The technical debt (TD) in a software project refers to the adoption of an inadequate solution from its design to the source code. When developers admit the presence of technical debt in the source code, through comments or commit messages, it is cal...

An accurate rating of hand activity and force is essential in risk assessment and for the effective prevention of work-related musculoskeletal disorders. However, it is unclear whether the subjective ratings of workers and observers correlate to corr...

Mechanically recycled cotton is heterogeneous, and nep counts obtained from different analytical platforms may not be numerically interchangeable. This study provides a preliminary cross-platform comparison of five industrial batches selected in the...

Background and aim: Diagnosing nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is challenging. This study intended to explore the diagnostic value of multiple technical acoustic measurements in the diagnosis of NASH, and to establish a diagnostic model combining...

Periodic technical inspection (PTI) of vehicles guarantees safety and environmental compliance during their lifetime. Particulate matter emissions of diesel vehicles are controlled with opacity measurements. After the introduction of diesel particula...

Technical retrofit Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDSs) are a suitable option in the numerous mitigation measures to reduce the amount of tyre wear entering the environment. In the study presented here, such a filter system was tested under extreme c...

Objective: The totally endoscopic approach is on the rise to become the new standard in mitral valve surgery. The aim of this study was to develop a morphometric measurement tool for educational purposes to predict operability with low conversion and...

Human-in-the-loop pipelines are widely used in artificial intelligence (AI)-based inspection systems, coupling an automated model, human reviewers, and an organizational reporting layer that drives decisions and, potentially, model retraining. The cl...

(1) Background: Hazardous substances in surgical smoke that is generated during laser or electrosurgery pose a potential health hazard. In Germany, the Technical Rules for Hazardous Substances (TRGS 525) have included recommendations for appropriate...

Environmental impact and use of energy and materials are relevant topics in companies. To achieve energy savings and enhance environmental performance, managers can invest in technologies (technical measures) and/or implement management practices (lo...

Air displacement plethysmography (ADP) is fast, accurate, and reliable. Nevertheless, in about 3% of the cases, standard ADP tests provide rogue results. To spot these outliers and improve precision, repeated trials protocols have been devised, but f...

Potential pitfalls of fractional flow reserve (FFR) measurements are well-known drawbacks of invasive physiology measurement, e.g., significant drift of the distal pressure trace may lead to the misclassification of stenoses. Thus, a simultaneous wav...

Reducing CO₂ emissions from global shipping remains a critical challenge in the pursuit of sustainable international trade. Though the technical and operational (T/O) measures and alternative fuel (AF) solutions have shown promise, the global maritim...

(1) Background: As countries with troubled histories, China, Japan, and Korea have, in recent times, attempted to overcome political and economic differences in a bid to forge strong trade relationships. However, Non-Tariff Measures (NTMs) have emerg...

Privacy protection is a fundamental guarantee for secure data flows and the basic requirement for data security. A reasonable privacy protection system acts as a catalyst for unlocking the financial value of data. The current legislative framework fo...

In the perspective of energy sustainability, biomass is the widely used renewable domestic energy with low cost and easy availability. Increasing studies have reported the health impacts of toxic substances from biomass burning emissions. To make pro...

The Bratislava region in Slovakia aims to improve its transport infrastructure by connecting the airport with the railway network. As part of the Trans-European Network for Transport project (TEN-T), an underground railway line is proposed to be cons...

Studies using technical measurements of physical behavior show wide interindividual variations. This study aimed to explore underlying factors related to sitting, standing and walking among office workers. Cross-sectional data for background characte...

Technical Measures to Trade have the characteristics of strong concealment and imperceptibility, which makes some WTO members frequently use “technical barriers” to restrict China’s product exports. Based on the multi-period differe...

The TSTOF stands for the time-shift time-of-flight measurement method, which is used to characterize individual dynamic particles—such as droplets in droplet clouds or particles in flows—in various industrial applications. Over the past 1...

Detecting fraudulent behaviors in electricity consumption is a significant challenge for electric utility companies due to the lack of information and the complexity of both constructing patterns and distinguishing between regular and fraudulent cons...

Firewood stoves are widespread and popular for renewable heat supply in Europe. Several new technological measures have been developed recently that aim at improving the appliance performance in terms of emissions and efficiency. In order to support...

Critical infrastructure systems are increasingly challenged by climate variability, aging assets, population growth, and operational interdependencies that threaten long-term system resilience and sustainability. Water utilities, as complex socio-tec...

Inquiry into somatotype often seeks to assign participants into somatotype groups. The aim of this study was to demonstrate how the intra-tester reliability of anthropometric measures can influence how somatotype is categorized. Sixty-eight physicall...

Talent mobility is the key driving force to accelerate innovation and economic development. Prior studies focused much attention on the mobility of scientific talents from the angle of bibliometrics. Still, the mobility of technical talents was not t...

The paper explains how nano exposure is assessed in the construction field and focuses on the production of fire-resistant insulation panels with nanoclay. Utilizing the commercial ANSYS CFX^® software, a preliminary theoretical simulation was con...

Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) are a major contributor to disability worldwide and substantial societal costs. The use of wearable motion capture instruments has a role in preventing WMSDs by contributing to improvements in exposure a...

This paper addresses the growing importance of efficient street lighting management, driven by rising electricity costs and the need for municipalities to implement cost-effective solutions. Central to this study is the UNI 11248 Italian regulation,...

Waterborne transport contributes to around 14% of the overall greenhouse gas emissions of transport in the European Union and it is among the most efficient modes of transport. Nonetheless, considering the aim of making the European Union carbon-neut...

Current methods for assessing the technical condition of aircraft hydrostatic drives require disassembly of the hydraulic components and their testing on test stands. These methods are expensive and do not provide a quick assessment of their technica...

Traditional methods for evaluating tennis technique, such as visual observation and video analysis, are often subjective and time consuming. On the other hand, a quick and accurate assessment can provide immediate feedback to players and contribute t...

The efficient-market hypothesis (EMH) is one of the most important economic and financial hypotheses that have been tested over the past century. Due to many abnormal phenomena and conflicting evidence, otherwise known as anomalies against EMH, some...

The article discusses an important issue of railway line construction and maintenance, which fundamentally is the verification of geometric parameters of the railway track. For this purpose, mobile measurements have been performed using a measuring p...

(1) Background: The aim of the study is to develop a set of models for managing a fleet of complex technical systems with metrological support, allowing the simulation and management at all the stages of the life cycle of the complex technical system...

Carbon monitoring and carbon measurement are not only important foundations for realizing the marketization of carbon trading, but also a key link in realizing China’s strategic “dual carbon” goal. The aim of this research is to com...

Under an intense internationally competitive business environment, it is important to understand the production efficiency of the baking industry, where efficient management is becoming increasingly important to ensure the sustainable development of...

To achieve the goals of low carbon emission and carbon neutrality, some urgent challenges include the development and utilization of low-carbon or zero-carbon internal combustion engine fuels. Hydrogen, as a clean, efficient, and sustainable fuel, ha...

In many energy-intensive industrial process plants, significant improvements in energy efficiency can be achieved through increased heat recovery. However, retrofitting plants for heat integration purposes can affect process operability. The aim of t...

(1) Background: To predict clinical outcomes in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) and delayed cerebral ischemia (DCI) by assessment of the cerebral perfusion using a 2D perfusion angiography (2DPA) time–contrast agent (CA)...

For heritage buildings, energy-efficient retrofitting cannot be applied with the same range of possibilities as with existing buildings. Applying such improvements to heritage buildings can be challenging due to their historic and/or cultural signifi...

Background: A variety of techniques for measuring lower limb loading exists, each with their own limitations. A new ambulatory biofeedback system was developed to overcome these limitations. In this study, we described the technical aspects and valid...

A Periodic Technical Inspection (PTI) of vehicles promotes road safety and environmental protection. Indeed, a PTI is also used to verify the proper functioning of the vehicle’s aftertreatment system (ATS) over its lifetime. While the current D...

The safety monitoring and tracking of aircraft is becoming more and more important. Under aerodynamic loading, the aircraft wing will produce large bending and torsional deformation, which seriously affects the safety of aircraft. The variation of lo...

By simulating the operating conditions, it is possible to verify and evaluate the technical properties of motor vehicle oil filters and the functionality of the designed equipment. Contaminated engine oil from operation was used with MANN W950/26 oil...

With the continuous expansion of global trade, achieving sustainable maritime transport optimization and operations has become a key strategic direction for transforming maritime transport companies. To summarize the current state of research and ide...

The development of mineral resources in China is increasingly targeting the recovery of residual ore bodies, which significantly elevates geotechnical risks, including goaf collapse and pillar instability. To address these challenges, this study deve...

This study aims to identify areas of opportunity for improvement across selected U.S. water utilities through evaluating system operational performance and productivity and the relationship to water losses. Throughout the water utility industry, ther...

Quantitative assessment of parkinsonian tremor based on inertial sensors can provide reliable feedback on the effect of medication. In this regard, the features of parkinsonian tremor and its unique properties such as motor fluctuations and dyskinesi...