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Applied Sciences, Volume 13, Issue 23

2023 December-1 - 436 articles

Cover Story: CO2 trapping and methanation allow us to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and recycle CO2 into a sustainable fuel, provided renewable H2 is employed. Microwave (MW)-based reactors provide an efficient means to use electrical energy for upgrading chemicals, since MW can selectively heat up the load placed in the reactor and not the reactor itself. In this study, CO2 capture and methanation were investigated using solid adsorbents (ZrO2 and Fe3O4), microwave absorbers (SiC and Fe3O4) and Ru/SiO2 as CO2, the methanation catalyst. The sorption and catalyst beds were located in a domestic MW oven that was used to trigger CO2 desorption and methanation in the presence of H2. View this paper
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Articles (436)

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,289 Views
23 Pages

Skin Imaging: A Digital Twin for Geometric Deviations on Manufactured Surfaces

  • Elnaz Ghanbary Kalajahi,
  • Mehran Mahboubkhah and
  • Ahmad Barari

4 December 2023

Closed-loop manufacturing is crucial in Industry 4.0, since it provides an online detection–correction cycle to optimize the production line by using the live data provided from the product being manufactured. By integrating the inspection syst...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,396 Views
27 Pages

Hydraulic Analysis of a Passive Wedge Wire Water Intake Screen for Ichthyofauna Protection

  • Michał Zielina,
  • Agata Pawłowska-Salach and
  • Karol Kaczmarski

4 December 2023

A passive wedge screen, thanks to its many functional and environmental advantages, has recently become a popular type of surface water intake for municipal and industrial purposes. The design solutions proposed in this paper for a passive wedge wire...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,983 Views
21 Pages

Effect of Loading Frequency on the Fatigue Response of Adhesive Joints up to the VHCF Range

  • Davide Pederbelli,
  • Luca Goglio,
  • Davide Paolino,
  • Massimo Rossetto and
  • Andrea Tridello

4 December 2023

Modern structures are designed to withstand in-service loads over a broad frequency spectrum. Nonetheless, mechanical properties in numerical codes are assumed to be frequency-independent to simplify calculations or due to a lack of experimental data...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,197 Views
22 Pages

4 December 2023

This paper presents a new method for optimizing the thickness distribution of a functionally graded lattice structure. It links the thickness of discrete lattice regions via mathematical functions, reducing the required number of optimization variabl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,037 Views
30 Pages

A Modeling of Human Reliability Analysis on Dam Failure Caused by Extreme Weather

  • Huiwen Wang,
  • Dandan Li,
  • Taozhen Sheng,
  • Jinbao Sheng,
  • Peiran Jing and
  • Dawei Zhang

4 December 2023

Human factors are introduced into the dam risk analysis method to improve the existing dam risk management theory. This study constructs the path of human factor failure in dam collapse, explores the failure pattern of each node, and obtains the perf...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,302 Views
17 Pages

Self-Improved Learning for Salient Object Detection

  • Songyuan Li,
  • Hao Zeng,
  • Huanyu Wang and
  • Xi Li

4 December 2023

Salient Object Detection (SOD) aims at identifying the most visually distinctive objects in a scene. However, learning a mapping directly from a raw image to its corresponding saliency map is still challenging. First, the binary annotations of SOD im...

  • Review
  • Open Access
121 Citations
60,289 Views
26 Pages

4 December 2023

We are currently witnessing an unprecedented era of digital transformation in sports, driven by the revolutions in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and Data Visualization (DV). These technologies hold the pr...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,998 Views
27 Pages

Plant-Derived Bioactive Compounds for Rhabdomyosarcoma Therapy In Vitro: A Systematic Review

  • Cristina Mesas,
  • Beatriz Segura,
  • Gloria Perazzoli,
  • Maria Angeles Chico,
  • Javier Moreno,
  • Kevin Doello,
  • Jose Prados and
  • Consolación Melguizo

4 December 2023

Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS), the most common soft tissue sarcoma in children, constitutes approximately 40% of all recorded soft tissue tumors and is associated with a poor prognosis, with survival rates of less than 20% at 3 years. The development of res...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,526 Views
12 Pages

Rapid Induction of Astaxanthin in Haematococcus lacustris by Mild Electric Stimulation

  • Laxmi Priya Sathiyavahisan,
  • Aditya Lakshmi Narasimhan,
  • Rendi Mahadi,
  • Sangui Kim,
  • Catherine Christabel,
  • Hyoji Yu,
  • Young-Eun Kim and
  • You-Kwan Oh

4 December 2023

Efficient induction of astaxanthin (AXT) biosynthesis remains a considerable challenge for the industrialization of the biorefinement of the microalga Haematococcus lacustris. In this study, we evaluated the technical feasibility of photosynthetic el...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
16,963 Views
23 Pages

4 December 2023

The number of motor vehicles on the road is constantly increasing, leading to a rise in the number of traffic accidents. Accurately identifying the factors contributing to these accidents is a crucial topic in the field of traffic accident research....

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,709 Views
21 Pages

4 December 2023

Migraine is now the sixth most common disease in the world and affects approximately 15% of the population. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, including ketoprofen, diclofenac sodium, and ibuprofen, are often used during migraine attacks. Unfortu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
7,901 Views
18 Pages

FedRDS: Federated Learning on Non-IID Data via Regularization and Data Sharing

  • Yankai Lv,
  • Haiyan Ding,
  • Hao Wu,
  • Yiji Zhao and
  • Lei Zhang

4 December 2023

Federated learning (FL) is an emerging decentralized machine learning framework enabling private global model training by collaboratively leveraging local client data without transferring it centrally. Unlike traditional distributed optimization, FL...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,208 Views
20 Pages

4 December 2023

The tea plant (Camellia sinensis), as a major, global cash crop providing beverages, is facing major challenges from droughts and water shortages due to climate change. The accurate estimation of the actual evapotranspiration (ETa) of tea plants is e...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,742 Views
16 Pages

Improving the Maritime Traffic Evaluation with the Course and Speed Model

  • Eui-Jong Lee,
  • Hyun-Suk Kim,
  • Eunkyu Lee,
  • Kyungsup Kim,
  • Yongung Yu and
  • Yun-Sok Lee

4 December 2023

Recent projections from marine transportation experts highlight an uptick in maritime traffic, attributed to the fourth industrial revolution’s technological strides and global economic rebound. This trend underscores the need for enhanced syst...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,568 Views
22 Pages

4 December 2023

With the increasing ease of building information modeling data usage, digital watermarking technology has become increasingly crucial for BIM data copyright protection. In response to the problem that existing robust watermarking methods mainly focus...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,389 Views
15 Pages

Speed Optimization in DEVS-Based Simulations: A Memoization Approach

  • Bo Seung Kwon,
  • Young Shin Han and
  • Jong Sik Lee

4 December 2023

The DEVS model, designed for general discrete event simulation, explores the event status and time advance of all DEVS atomic models deployed at the time of the simulation, and then performs the scheduled simulation step. Each simulation step is acco...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,469 Views
21 Pages

4 December 2023

It is crucial to analyze opinions about the significant shift in education systems around the world, because of the widespread use of e-learning, to gain insight into the state of education today. A particular focus should be placed on the feedback f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,859 Views
21 Pages

4 December 2023

This study aims to optimize the evaluation system of inclusive design in urban parks, emphasizing the systemic nature of sensory, cognitive, and motor capacity support and exploring its role in park design practice. Based on the capability demand mod...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,907 Views
27 Pages

4 December 2023

This research focuses on enhancing neonatal care by developing a comprehensive monitoring and control system and an efficient model for predicting electrical energy consumption in incubators, aiming to mitigate potential adverse effects caused by exc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,860 Views
17 Pages

4 December 2023

The paper is devoted to the assessment of the content of anthropogenic radionuclides in tundra landscapes of the subarctic zone of Russia. The authors of the article studied the features of accumulation and migration of anthropogenic radionuclides an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,245 Views
9 Pages

A Bilateral Craniectomy Technique for In Vivo Photoacoustic Brain Imaging

  • Laura S. McGuire,
  • Mohsin Zafar,
  • Rayyan Manwar,
  • Fady T. Charbel and
  • Kamran Avanaki

4 December 2023

Due to the high possibility of mechanical damage to the underlying tissues attached to the rat skull during a craniectomy, previously described methods for visualization of the rat brain in vivo are limited to unilateral craniotomies and small crania...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,612 Views
13 Pages

4 December 2023

When marine animals and underwater acoustic sensor networks (UASNs) share spectrum resources, problems such as serious harm caused to marine animals by underwater acoustic systems and scarcity of underwater spectrum resources are encountered. To addr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,960 Views
12 Pages

Computational Imaging at the Infrared Beamline of the Australian Synchrotron Using the Lucy–Richardson–Rosen Algorithm

  • Soon Hock Ng,
  • Vijayakumar Anand,
  • Molong Han,
  • Daniel Smith,
  • Jovan Maksimovic,
  • Tomas Katkus,
  • Annaleise Klein,
  • Keith Bambery,
  • Mark J. Tobin and
  • Saulius Juodkazis
  • + 1 author

4 December 2023

The Fourier transform infrared microspectroscopy (FTIRm) system of the Australian Synchrotron has a unique optical configuration with a peculiar beam profile consisting of two parallel lines. The beam is tightly focused using a 36× Schwarzschil...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,815 Views
21 Pages

4 December 2023

Space robots have been playing an important role in space on-orbit operation missions. However, the traditional configuration of space robots only has a single function and cannot meet the requirements of different space missions, and the launch cost...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,104 Views
15 Pages

4 December 2023

The transfer matrix approach is used to study the optical characteristics of thermal radiation in a one-dimensional photonic crystal (1DPC) with metamaterial. In this method, every layer within the multilayer structure is associated with its specific...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
5,850 Views
22 Pages

4 December 2023

In the smart grid paradigm, precise electrical load forecasting (ELF) offers significant advantages for enhancing grid reliability and informing energy planning decisions. Specifically, mid-term ELF is a key priority for power system planning and ope...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,291 Views
31 Pages

4 December 2023

Graph theory is a common topic that is introduced as part of the curricula of computing courses such as Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Data Science, Information Technology and Software Engineering. Understanding graphs is fundamental for sol...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,175 Views
19 Pages

Cuckoo Coupled Improved Grey Wolf Algorithm for PID Parameter Tuning

  • Ke Chen,
  • Bo Xiao,
  • Chunyang Wang,
  • Xuelian Liu,
  • Shuning Liang and
  • Xu Zhang

4 December 2023

In today’s automation control systems, the PID controller, as a core technology, is widely used to maintain the system output near the set value. However, in some complex control environments, such as the application of ball screw-driven rotati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
10,534 Views
35 Pages

Radio-Frequency Identification Traceability System Implementation in the Packaging Section of an Industrial Company

  • Hermenegildo Gomes,
  • Francisco Navio,
  • Pedro D. Gaspar,
  • Vasco N. G. J. Soares and
  • João M. L. P. Caldeira

4 December 2023

In recent years, radio-frequency identification (RFID) has aroused significant interest from industry and academia. This demand comes from the technology’s evolution, marked by a reduction in size, cost, and enhanced efficiency, making it incre...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2,054 Views
15 Pages

Radiomic Analysis for Human Papillomavirus Assessment in Oropharyngeal Carcinoma: Lessons and Pitfalls for the Next Future

  • Ilaria Morelli,
  • Carlotta Becherini,
  • Marco Banini,
  • Marianna Valzano,
  • Niccolò Bertini,
  • Mauro Loi,
  • Giulio Francolini,
  • Icro Meattini,
  • Viola Salvestrini and
  • Isacco Desideri
  • + 2 authors

4 December 2023

Background: Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma (OPSCC) is rapidly increasing due to the spread of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection. HPV-positive disease has unique characteristics, with better response to treatment and consequent better progno...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,390 Views
13 Pages

Efficient Fire Detection with E-EFNet: A Lightweight Deep Learning-Based Approach for Edge Devices

  • Haleem Farman,
  • Moustafa M. Nasralla,
  • Sohaib Bin Altaf Khattak and
  • Bilal Jan

4 December 2023

Fire detection employing vision sensors has drawn significant attention within the computer vision community, primarily due to its practicality and utility. Previous research predominantly relied on basic color features, a methodology that has since...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,907 Views
17 Pages

Development of Adaptive Control System for Aerial Vehicles

  • Vladimir Beliaev,
  • Nadezhda Kunicina,
  • Anastasija Ziravecka,
  • Martins Bisenieks,
  • Roberts Grants and
  • Antons Patlins

4 December 2023

This article represents and compares two control systems for a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV): a sliding proportional–integral–derivative (PID) controller and an adaptive L1 controller. The goal is to de...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,915 Views
14 Pages

Wear Characteristics of (Al/B4C and Al/TiC) Nanocomposites Synthesized via Powder Metallurgy Method

  • Lamyaa Khaleel Hasan,
  • Suaad Makki Jiaad,
  • Khansaa Dawood Salman,
  • Wisam Abed Kattea Al-Maliki,
  • Falah Alobaid and
  • Bernd Epple

4 December 2023

Objective: The aim of the present work is to study the microstructure, wear behavior, physical properties, and micro-hardness of the aluminum matrix AA6061 reinforced with TiC and B4C nanoparticles with different concentrations of 2.5, 5, 7.5, 10, an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,724 Views
9 Pages

Optical Behavior of an Enhanced Monofocal Intraocular Lens Compared with a Standard One

  • María García-Montero,
  • Nuria Garzón,
  • Veronica Gonzalez-Fernandez,
  • José Antonio Gómez-Pedrero and
  • César Albarrán-Diego

4 December 2023

The aim of this work was to compare an enhanced monofocal (RayOne EMV RAO200E, Rayner) and standard monofocal (RayOne RAO600C Aspheric, Rayner) intraocular lenses (IOLs) for three nominal powers (+10.00 D, +20.00 D and +30.00 D) as a function of the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,561 Views
21 Pages

4 December 2023

To cater to the problems of a poor working environment, a large amount of rebound, and the high energy consumption of sprayed concrete in tunnel engineering, this paper proposes a new support scheme with a steel corrugated plate combined with mold ba...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,597 Views
16 Pages

Analysis of Structure–Activity Relationships of Food-Derived DPP IV-Inhibitory Di- and Tripeptides Using Interpretable Descriptors

  • Monika Hrynkiewicz,
  • Anna Iwaniak,
  • Piotr Minkiewicz,
  • Małgorzata Darewicz and
  • Wojciech Płonka

4 December 2023

This study aimed to analyze the structural requirements for di- and tripeptides exhibiting a DPP IV-inhibitory effect. The sequences of 46 di- and 33 tripeptides, including their bioactivity (IC50; μM), were implemented from the BIOPEP-UWM databas...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,110 Views
23 Pages

Multiport Energy Management System Design for a 150 kW Range-Extended Towing Vessel

  • Yachao Zhu,
  • Hao Wang,
  • Yuanyang Liu,
  • Gang Lei and
  • Jianguo Zhu

3 December 2023

This paper proposes a multiport energy management system (EMS) and its rule-based expert control strategy for a 150 kW range-extended towing vessel (RETV). The system integrates a diesel generator system, a permanent magnet synchronous motor, a lithi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,747 Views
22 Pages

The Order of Limiting Amino Acids in a Wheat–Sorghum-Based Reduced-Protein Diet for Laying Hens

  • Afsana A. Jahan,
  • Thi Hiep Dao,
  • Nasima Akter,
  • Sukirno,
  • Robert A. Swick,
  • Natalie K. Morgan,
  • Tamsyn M. Crowley and
  • Amy F. Moss

3 December 2023

Understanding the order of limiting amino acids (AA) in reduced-protein (RP) diets for laying hens will facilitate precise feed formulation and ensure that AA requirements are met cost-effectively. The order of the first three limiting AAs—lysi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,034 Views
17 Pages

An Intelligent Detection System for Surface Shape Error of Shaft Workpieces Based on Multi-Sensor Combination

  • Xiaoyan Guan,
  • Ying Tang,
  • Baojiang Dong,
  • Guochao Li,
  • Yanling Fu and
  • Chongshun Tian

3 December 2023

As the main components of mechanical products and important transmission components of mechanical motion, shaft workpieces (SW) need to undergo high-speed motion while also withstanding high torque motion, which has high processing requirements. At t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
6,319 Views
16 Pages

3 December 2023

Reliability and robustness are fundamental requisites for the successful integration of deep-learning models into real-world applications. Deployed models must exhibit an awareness of their limitations, necessitating the ability to discern out-of-dis...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,415 Views
15 Pages

3 December 2023

Ultrasound imaging is widely used as a noninvasive lesion detection method in diagnostic medicine. Improving the quality of these ultrasound images is very important for accurate diagnosis, and deep learning-based algorithms have gained significant a...

  • Review
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,862 Views
28 Pages

3 December 2023

Phenolic compounds (PheCs) are particularly relevant in many different frameworks due to their pro-oxidant and antioxidant activities. In fact, on the one hand, they are considered very dangerous pro-oxidant agents that can be present in the environm...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3,997 Views
12 Pages

Does Exercise Testing with Arm Crank Ergometer Substitute for Cycle Ergometer to Evaluate Exercise Capacity?

  • Miwako Deguchi,
  • Hisayo Yokoyama,
  • Nobuko Hongu,
  • Atsuya Toya,
  • Takahiro Matsutake,
  • Yuta Suzuki,
  • Daiki Imai,
  • Yuko Yamazaki,
  • Masanori Emoto and
  • Kazunobu Okazaki

3 December 2023

Using the upper limbs to test cardiopulmonary exercise can be a useful option in the case of individuals who are unable to pedal a bicycle due to lower limb injury or disability. We evaluated whether exercise testing with the upper limbs can be used...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,304 Views
10 Pages

Continuous-Wave and Mode-Locked Operation of an In-Band Pumped Tm,Ho,Lu:CaGdAlO4 Laser

  • Huangjun Zeng,
  • Wenze Xue,
  • Robert T. Murray,
  • Weidong Chen,
  • Zhongben Pan,
  • Li Wang,
  • Chen Cui,
  • Pavel Loiko,
  • Xavier Mateos and
  • Valentin Petrov
  • + 1 author

3 December 2023

We investigate in-band pumping of a Tm,Ho,Lu:CaGdAlO4 laser using a Raman-shifted Er-fiber laser (1678 nm), in the continuous-wave (CW) and mode-locked (ML) regimes. A maximum output power of 524 mW is obtained in the CW regime with a 5% output coupl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,962 Views
13 Pages

Enhanced Degradation of Decabromodiphenyl Ether via Synergetic Assisted Mechanochemical Process with Lithium Cobalt Oxide and Iron

  • Xiaoyi Lou,
  • Yifan Sui,
  • Qichao Zhang,
  • Changling Fang,
  • Yunyu Tang,
  • Xuan Zhang,
  • Guangxin Yang,
  • Yongfu Shi,
  • Dongmei Huang and
  • Yaoguang Guo
  • + 1 author

2 December 2023

The removal of decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE 209), as a typical persistent organic pollutant (POP), is of worldwide concern. Mechanochemical (MC) processes are promising methods to degrade environmental pollutants, most of which use a single grinding...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,344 Views
18 Pages

2 December 2023

Compared with English named entity recognition (NER), Chinese NER faces significant challenges due to the flexible, non-standard word formation and vague word boundaries, which cause a lot of boundary ambiguity and reduce the accuracy of entity ident...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,402 Views
14 Pages

2 December 2023

We fabricated a core-cladding Ge–Sb–Se glass fiber with a Ge12.5Sb15Se72.5 core and Ge15Sb10Se75 cladding, achieved a supercontinuum spectrum spanning from 2 μm to 9 μm by pumping the Ge–Sb–Se fiber with a core diameter...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,244 Views
16 Pages

2 December 2023

It is well known that in a process of Dynamic Resonant Tunneling, where the energy level of the quasi-bound state varies in time, the tunneling current can be drastically suppressed at specific energies. These energies obey a generic quantization rul...

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