Applied Sciences, Volume 14, Issue 2

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer diagnosed today and the third leading cause of death among cancer types. CRC is one of the gastrointestinal tumors with obesity as the main extrinsic risk factor, since, according to authors, th...

The type of soil and its compactness significantly influence its permeability coefficient, which in turn affects the drainage difficulty of soil pore water and the distribution of the infiltration line. However, current tailings dam models typically...

Background: In this study focusing on colorectal carcinoma (CRC), we address the imperative task of predicting post-surgery treatment needs by identifying crucial tumor features within whole slide images of solid tumors, analogous to locating a needl...

Classifying sports videos is complex due to their dynamic nature. Traditional methods, like optical flow and the Histogram of Oriented Gradient (HOG), are limited by their need for expertise and lack of universality. Deep learning, particularly Convo...

Underwater autonomous path planning is a critical component of intelligent underwater vehicle system design, especially for maritime conservation and monitoring missions. Effective path planning for these robots necessitates considering various const...

This pioneering study presents an in-depth biomechanical examinations of soccer’s diving header, aiming to quantify its impact on ball speed enhancement (BSE) and effective offensive range (EOR). Despite the diving header’s widespread acc...

The persistent challenge of adhesion in Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) technology is deeply rooted in the mechanical and chemical properties of utilized materials, necessitating the exploration of potential resolutions. This involves adjustments ta...

The world is undergoing dynamic changes. For businesses, it brings positives, but also negatives. The positive is the global market for business. The downside of the global market is the increasing competitive pressure. Large enterprises with serial...

Wire and cable are important industrial products involving the national economy and people’s livelihood, which are hailed as the “blood vessel” and “nerve” of the national economy, providing the basic guarantee for the n...

Conventional traffic stability studies primarily concentrate on the evolution of disturbances in vehicle motion but seldom consider how collision risk changes spatially and temporally. This study bridges the gap by extending the principles of traffic...

Multiple markers are generally used in augmented reality (AR) applications that require accurate registration, such as medical and industrial fields. In AR using these markers, there are two inevitable problems: (1) geometric shape discrepancies betw...

Pulau Baai Port, located strategically in the Indian Ocean and considered a vital maritime hub in Indonesia, grapples with persistent challenges related to abrasion and sedimentation, which negatively impact its maritime infrastructure. One of the af...

Defect detection holds significant importance in improving the overall quality of fabric manufacturing. To improve the effectiveness and accuracy of fabric defect detection, we propose the PRC-Light YOLO model for fabric defect detection and establis...

The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of serum vitamin D levels on the healing of different bone graft materials. Thirty-six male rats were divided into three groups and fed special feeds containing different amounts of vitamin D for 6...

The integration of large-scale wind power into the power grid threatens the stable operation of the power system. Traditional wind power prediction is based on time series without considering the variability between wind turbines in different locatio...

Research and development of the DEMOnstration power plant (DEMO) breeder blanket (BB) has been performed in recent years based on a predefined DEMO tritium breeding ratio (TBR) requirement, which determines a loss of wall surface due to non-breeding...

Similarity measures in heterogeneous information networks (HINs) have become increasingly important in recent years. Most measures in such networks are based on the meta path, a relation sequence connecting object types. However, in real-world scenar...

Dual-polarization division multiplexing (DPDM) is considered to be a potential method to boost the secure key rate (SKR) of the continuous-variable quantum key distribution (CV-QKD) system. In this article, we propose a pilot alternately assisted loc...

Urban landscape parks play a crucial role in providing recreational opportunities for citizens. Different types of landscapes offer varying levels of comfort experiences. However, the assessment of landscape comfort primarily relies on subjective eva...

This work is a follow-up to previous research by our team and is devoted to studying a dual-sinusoidal placement of distributed fiber-optic sensors (FOSs) that are embedded inside an adhesive joint between two composite laminates. The constructed sma...

In order to solve the problems of low efficiency and complex cutting tools in conventional face gear machining, this paper presents a machining method of ruled surface face gears with conical cutters and proposes a new pinion to correct deviation and...

This paper develops a material-structure integrated design and optimization method based on a multiscale approach for the lightweight design of CFRP car doors. Initially, parametric modeling of RVE is implemented, and their elastic performance parame...

Traditional villages, rich in historical and cultural value, hold a high level of preservation value. In the process of urbanization, traditional villages face the crisis of decline, making it difficult to perpetuate the carried cultural heritage. Th...

Oxidative stress, a physiological process that can damage cells, is known to affect various aspects of oral health. Oxidative stress can influence dental implant longevity and health. Assessing biomarkers of oxidative stress in saliva is beneficial f...

Aiming at the current complex problem of the mechanized high-quality picking of tender tea buds, this paper designs a tender tea bud-picking manipulator. In the picking process, the quality of the petiole and leaf blade of the tender tea bud is cruci...

Objective: The objective was to compare the shear bond strength (SBS) and the adhesive remnant index (ARI) amongst six orthodontic bracket groups. Materials and Methods: Three-dimensional printed polycrystalline alumina brackets (3DBs), ceramic brack...

Aim: The aim was to assess the effect of antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (a-PDT) on the oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) of denture stomatitis patients. Methods: Forty patients were randomly selected to participate. Candidal proliferat...

The Sanshandao Gold Mine is currently in the deep mining stage. The ground pressure on the surrounding rocks is gradually becoming more considerable, and at the same time, threatened by the overlying seawater, the possibility of mine water inrush acc...

Accurate medical image segmentation is paramount for precise diagnosis and treatment in modern healthcare. This research presents a comprehensive study of the efficacy of particle swarm optimization (PSO) combined with histogram equalization (HE) pre...

A general and precise protocol that follows the standards of an inverse problem in engineering is proposed to estimate groundwater velocity from experimental lectures of temperature vertical profiles in a 2D aquifer. Several values of error in the te...

The Bio-Radar system, useful for monitoring patients with infectious diseases and detecting driver drowsiness, has gained popularity in the literature. However, its efficiency across diverse populations considering physiological and body stature vari...

Photoacoustic tomography (PAT) is an emerging imaging technique with great potential for a wide range of biomedical imaging applications. The transducers impulse response (TIR) is a key factor affecting the performance of photoacoustic imaging (PAI)....

Online shopping has become a common and popular form of shopping, so online attackers try to extract money from customers by creating online shops whose purpose is to compel the buyer to disclose credit card details or to pay money for goods that are...

The life stories of older adults encapsulate an array of personal experiences that reflect their care needs. However, due to inherent fuzzy features, fragmented natures, repetition, and redundancies, the practical application of the life story approa...

In recent times, remote sensing image super-resolution reconstruction technology based on deep learning has experienced rapid development. However, most algorithms in this domain concentrate solely on enhancing the super-resolution network’s pe...

This study introduces a novel approach named the Dynamic Feedback-Driven Learning Optimization Framework (DFDLOF), aimed at personalizing educational pathways through machine learning technology. Our findings reveal that this framework significantly...

The current work is focused on studying the performance of the Pecora–Carroll synchronization technique to achieve synchronization between the analog and discrete chaos oscillators. The importance of this study is supported by the growing appli...

Several factors determine the retention force in removable implant-retained overdentures using prefabricated ball- or locator-type attachment systems. In this context, it was the goal of this in vitro study to examine the effect of implant angulation...

The recent advances in smart beekeeping focus on remote solutions for bee colony monitoring and applying machine learning techniques for automatic decision making. One of the main applications is a swarming alarm, allowing beekeepers to prevent the b...

The goal of this study is to compare gait smoothness using different metrics. Methodologically, harmonic ratio (HR), spectral arc length (SPARC) and log dimensionless jerk (LDLJ) metrics were applied to acceleration and angular velocity data collecte...

The deformation of tunnel support structures during tunnel construction is influenced by geological factors, geometrical factors, support factors, and construction factors. Accurate prediction of tunnel support structure deformation is crucial for en...

In recent times, the significance of advancing road transportation technologies has notably increased. This is mainly driven by the escalating need for road transportation systems that are not only safe but also environmentally sustainable. Moreover,...

Starch is a polysaccharide that is widely used in food and other industries; therefore, due to its great potential, it is attempted to be maximally isolated from various foods rich in starch. Commonly, potatoes are used for starch production due to t...

The identification of gender in Chinese mitten crab juveniles is a critical prerequisite for the automatic classification of these crab juveniles. Aiming at the problem that crab juveniles are of different sizes and relatively small, with unclear mal...

The pile-bucket composite foundation represents an innovative foundation form that surpasses the horizontal bearing performance of both single bucket-shaped foundations and pile foundations. The intricate interplay between piles and buckets introduce...

The coverage of a surface using multiple viewpoints is a topic of great interest for robotic path planning in inspection applications. Two approaches for coverage path planning are broadly addressed in the literature—geometric methods and optim...

In order to achieve minimum energy consumption in computerized numerical control (CNC) lathe processing under the premise of ensuring the imposed roughness of the machined surface, a black hole-continuous ant colony optimization algorithm (BH-ACO_R) i...

This comprehensive study aimed to evaluate the water quality and sediment contamination in the Chuhe River in Nanjing. The spatial assessment of 10 samples collected in September highlighted that, in surface water, Copper (Cu) > Nickel (Ni) > Z...

Traditional methods of orthogonal basis function decomposition have been extensively used to detect magnetic anomaly signals. However, the determination of the relative velocity between the detection platform and the magnetic target remains elusive i...

To improve the accuracy of non-contact measurements of animal body size and reduce costs, a new monocular camera scanning equipment based on structured light was built with a matched point cloud generation algorithm. Firstly, using the structured lig...