Applied Sciences, Volume 13, Issue 21

As one of the most developed coastal cities, Shanghai experiences long-term ground surface settlement disasters during urban expansion periods, which has adverse effects on economic development. To date, many studies regarding Shanghai’s ground...

Human-centred design as a research field is characterised by multidisciplinarity and a variety of many similar methods. Previous research attempted to classify existing methods into groups and categories, e.g., according to the degree of user involve...

The generalized dynamic model of the rotor system, presented in this paper, is the first model that takes into account the interconnected oscillations of the “rotor–weakly conductive fluid–foundation” system under the action o...

Due to the complex terrain and intense tectonic activity, and harsh climate in the Qinling-Daba Mountains, many landslides occur in the area. Most of these landslides are extremely active, posing a serious threat to the safety and property of local r...

The structurally diverse bioactive compounds found in marine organisms represent valuable resources for the food and pharmaceutical industries. The marine ecosystem encompasses over half of the world’s biota, providing an extensive range of bio...

Convolutional neural networks (CNN) are widely used for structural damage identification. However, the presence of environmental disturbances introduces noise into the acquired acceleration response data, impairing the performance of CNN models. In t...

Background: Breast cancer has a 14.8% incidence rate and an 8.5% fatality rate in Saudi Arabia. Mammography is useful for the early detection of breast cancer. Researchers have been developing artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms for early breast...

Cutibacterium acnes (C. acnes) is a Gram-positive anaerobic facultative bacterium that is part of the human skin commensal microbiome. It colonizes various regions of the body, including the face, back, and chest. While typically a harmless commensal...

Code cloning is a common practice in software development, where developers reuse existing code to accelerate programming speed and enhance work efficiency. Existing clone-detection methods mainly focus on code clones within a single programming lang...

Laser absorption spectroscopy tomography is an effective combustion diagnostic method for obtaining simultaneous two-dimensional distribution measurements of temperature and gas molar concentrations. For the reconstruction process of complex combusti...

Population expansion and the development of technology have led to an increase in construction activities. In many cases, foundation grounds do not have a high enough bearing capacity and are not capable of ensuring the safe exploitation of the const...

The inertial Navigation Systems/global navigation satellite system (SINS/GNSS) has become a research hotspot in the field of train positioning. However, during a uniform straight-line motion period, the heading misalignment angle of the SINS/GNSS is...

The road traffic state is usually analyzed from a temporal and macroscopic perspective; however, traffic flow parameters, such as density and spacing, can explain the evolution of traffic states from the microscopic perspective and the spatial distri...

Mediterranean olive cultivation faces challenges in the global environmental change context. Pests and diseases caused by arthropods such as Bactrocera oleae, Prays oleae, and certain vectors of Xylella fastidiosa are expected to increase and spread...

To address the contradiction between the convergence error and convergence rate in the LMS algorithm, this study proposes a variable-step-size adaptive filter algorithm with a momentum term based on the logistic function. First, the normalization LMS...

Aiming at the problem that online parameter identification, based on the Model Reference Adaptive System (MRAS), is easily affected by the high-frequency noise of the sensor, an improved MRAS, based on variable bandwidth linear Active Disturbance Rej...

A quantum simulation experiment pairing Hamiltonians of nearest-neighbor interacting superconducting qubits was performed with a complete set of algorithms on an IBM Quantum Computer-IBMq Lima. The experiment revealed that the fidelity is a function...

When a steel box girder is constructed using the jacking method, the contact area between the jack and the bottom of the girder is subjected to complex forces, and it is very critical to ensure the local stability of the girder. When the phenomenon o...

Vibration is challenging and significant in solving engineering problems. The issue of vibration in loaded objects by utilizing a three-dimensional model and experiments. Typically, an object is subjected to a random frequency, which changes the notc...

Fine dust can have serious effects on human health and crop growth. Fodder crops can reduce airborne dust by coagulating soil particles and reducing wind speed on the surface and have the effect of reducing fine dust by adsorbing it on the crop surfa...

Eye-tracking technology has numerous applications in both commercial and research contexts. The recent introduction of affordable wearable sensors has significantly broadened the scope of potential uses, spanning fields such as computer gaming, educa...

Denoising computed tomography (CT) medical images is crucial in preserving information and restoring images contaminated with noise. Standard filters have extensively been used for noise removal and fine details’ preservation. During the transm...

Artificial Intelligence is an indispensable element of the modern world, constantly evolving and contributing to the emergence of new technologies. We meet it in everyday applications, primarily using intelligent systems that aim to improve our lives...

Most small SUVs in the automotive market are equipped with torsion beam suspension for the rear wheels. Torsion beam suspension consists of a cross-member and a trailing arm. The cross-member plays a crucial role in preventing the vehicle from twisti...

The study of airspace sector demarcation can help controllers to deal with complex air situations, provide reference for air traffic control services, reduce the workload of controllers, and ensure safe and efficient airspace operation. Based on comp...

As the most common geological disaster problem in mines, slope geological disasters have become a focus of research, along with the difficulty of mine safety and ecological environment protection together with the ecological restoration of open-pit m...

Background: Nonsurgical periodontal therapy is the first step of periodontal diseases treatment. It could be performed with various instruments and in recent years lasers have been tested too. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the long-term...

It is an economical way to use the pile-supported embankment for the construction of the embankment over soft soil. The combined use of piles and reinforcement effectively reduces the differential settlement of the embankment surface. However, the pr...

Ocean reverberations, a significant interference source in active sonar, arise as a response generated by random scattering at the receiving end, a consequence of randomly distributed clutter or irregular interfaces. Statistical analysis of reverbera...

Animation visualization is one of the primary methods for analyzing unsteady flow fields. In this paper, we addressed the issue of data visualization for large-scale unsteady flow fields using animation. Loading and rendering individual time steps se...

Geometric mean metric learning (GMML) algorithm is a novel metric learning approach proposed recently. It has many advantages such as unconstrained convex objective function, closed form solution, faster computational speed, and interpretability over...

The surface roughness, surface free energy (SFE) of composites, and composite wettability by dental adhesives are determining factors in achieving a strong and durable adhesion (e.g., composite repair, luting adhesively bonded indirect restorations)....

This paper shows the implementation of the Moth–Flame Optimization algorithm in a Cascade-H multilevel inverter with five and seven levels to determine the optimal switching sequence of the inverter’s semiconductor devices. The algorithm...

Monitoring battery voltage is important to ensure a steady supply of energy. A crucial aspect to avoid failure is estimating the voltage required by the battery load. Lead acid batteries play a vital role as engine starters when the generators are ac...

In this paper, to better evaluate the flight performance of pilot cadets, a flight performance evaluation index system was constructed based on the task of the traffic pattern, the flight training manual, and interviews with instructors. The fuzzy co...

Traditional manual visual detection methods are inefficient, subjective, and costly, making them prone to false and missed detections. Deep-learning-based defect detection identifies the types of defects and pinpoints their locations. By employing th...

In this paper, the parameters of a prototype runner of an axial flow pump are optimized by using the immersion boundary–lattice Boltzmann numerical method based on a large-eddy simulation (LES-IB-LBM). A fish-friendly axial flow pump with a lea...

With the rise of image manipulation techniques, an increasing number of individuals find it easy to manipulate image content. Undoubtedly, this presents a significant challenge to the integrity of multimedia data, thereby fueling the advancement of i...

The increase in the overall global temperature and its subsequent impact on extreme weather events are the most critical consequences of human activity. In this scenario, transportation plays a significant role in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, whic...

The recent accident of Mestre (northern Italy), which caused 21 fatalities due to a bus falling from a bridge, strongly highlighted the safety problem related to the presence of old railings along Italian roads. Bridge railings, also known as guardra...

Wind loads have become one of the key influencing factors for the running safety of vehicles and comfort of passengers. The investigation of the wind speed spectrum characteristics of a moving vehicle under turbulent crosswinds is of great importance...

In order to explore the creep characteristics of red clay under different pressures, the stress–strain curve and stress–strain–time curve of red clay under different pressures were obtained, and the triaxial shear and creep characte...

Recognizing facial expressions plays a crucial role in various multimedia applications, such as human–computer interactions and the functioning of autonomous vehicles. This paper introduces a hybrid feature extraction network model to bolster t...

During the operational phase of the expressway, a significant challenge arises concerning substantial differential settlement in the transition zone connecting the culvert and the general subgrade, affecting its smoothness. In order to address the is...

Steel bridges are widely used in bridge engineering. In the structural design of steel bridge deck pavement systems, engineers focus on obtaining mechanical properties by calculating design parameters and are keen to establish a quick and accurate so...

Raman spectroscopy has been widely applied in numerous fields including bioanalysis, disease diagnosis, and molecular recognition, owing to its unique advantages of being non-invasive, rapid, and highly specific. However, the acquisition of Raman spe...

Additive manufacturing (AM) is a potential technology to be applied for replacing wood joints in the furniture industry. Overall, 3D-printed connectors have a lot of advantages in chair construction: the possibility of improving the design by using c...

Over the past few decades, rapid economic development has led to the establishment of numerous monitoring systems, resulting in the accumulation of vast amounts of monitoring data. Among these data, dynamic acceleration data stand out prominently. Ho...

Hemerocallis citrina Baroni with different maturity levels has different uses for food and medicine and has different economic benefits and sales value. However, the growth speed of Hemerocallis citrina Baroni is fast, the harvesting cycle is short,...

The therapeutic potential of Angelica ternata extract was tested against biofilm-associated fungi Candida albicans. Such an extract with a 1.896 ± 0.071% per 1 mL rutin content of flavonoids can reliably suppress the formation of biofilms of p...