Amid the changes brought about by the 4th Industrial Revolution, numerous studies have been undertaken to develop smart factories, with a strong emphasis on knowledge-based manufacturing through smart factory construction. Advances in manufacturing d...
In recent years, construction engineering technology has been developing rapidly, and the application of curtain walls inside modern buildings is also increasing. However, with the increasing number of curtain wall orders, most factories are facing c...
Defect-rate uncertainty creates cascading operational challenges in multi-stage production, often driving inefficiency and misallocation of labor, materials, and capacity. To confront this, we develop a multi-stage Production Integrated Decision (MsP...
3 November 2026
The rapid advancement of networks has facilitated the widespread dissemination of online reviews derived from user-generated content. These information-dense reviews have emerged as a critical decision-support resource in various domains such as prod...
The corrosion of the reflective layer is one of the main degradation mechanisms of solar reflectors. However, the appropriate assessment of the corroded reflector samples is not accomplished by the current analysis techniques. On the one hand, the re...
This study focused on evaluating the growth and productivity of Coffea arabica var. Esperanza L4A5 in different agroforestry systems in the Caribbean region of Costa Rica, a non-traditional area for coffee cultivation due to its low altitude and chal...
This model investigates the variable production cost for a production house; under a two-echelon supply chain management where a single vendor and multi-retailers are involved. This production system goes through a long run system and generates an ou...
Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a promising host for the bioproduction of higher alcohols, such as 2,3-butanediol (2,3-BDO). Metabolically engineered S. cerevisiae strains that produce 2,3-BDO via glycolysis have been constructed. However, the specific 2...
Forage sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) is well established in the Texas High Plains as a drought-tolerant forage that often requires additional feed to provide adequate protein for livestock. Intercropping sunnhemp (Crotalaria juncea L.), a leg...
Steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) is one of the most successful thermal enhanced oil recovery (EOR) methods for cold viscose oils. Several analytical and semi-analytical models have been theorized, yet the process needs more studies to be conduc...
The instability of the protein expression in Pichia pastoris strains has been an issue for various peptide productions. Some modifications to the traditional fermentation process could potentially solve the problem. Here, we consider a four-stage fer...
Although the maximum carboxylation rate (Vcmax) is an important parameter to calculate the photosynthesis rate for the terrestrial biosphere models (TBMs), current models could not satisfactorily estimate the Vcmax of a crop because the Vcmax is alwa...
To address the scientific challenges of low water–fertilizer use efficiency and the difficulty in achieving the synergistic improvement of the yield and quality in solar greenhouse cucumber production on the North China Plain, this study invest...
This paper proposes an improved seamless fabric production line and its mathematical models before and after optimization to enhance production efficiency and material utilization in textile manufacturing. By adjusting the production process of the s...
Inhibiting homoacetogens is one of the main challenges in fermentative hydrogen production because these hydrogen consumers have similar growth features to hydrogen producers. Homoacetogens have been related to the excessive accumulation of biomass i...
The goal of decarbonization has driven the adoption of several intervention strategies across Europe, including the promotion of Renewable Energy Communities (RECs). This study analyses an electric REC in Italy to explore the performance of different...
Corn grits are commonly used adjuncts in the brewing industry in the United States, especially for lager beers. The major challenge of using a high amount of adjuncts in the brewing process is reduced levels of nutrients available to yeast during fer...
Heat release rate (HRR) is the principal fire characteristic of materials. There are three known methods for the measurement of HRR (based on oxygen consumption, mass loss rate, and combustion products temperature rise). The method based on oxygen co...
Renewable energy consumption is one of the most important factors in meeting the goal of “30 and 60” in China. However, the maintenance of the transmission section affects the amount of generation transfer, further affecting the consumpti...
Cotton production under drip irrigation is common in arid and semi-arid Northwest China. Drip line placement determines the location of fertilizer application; therefore, evaluating the appropriate drip line layout and N application rate is essential...
Natural water bodies, such as lakes, rivers, and oceans, are important sources of atmospheric methane (CH4). Therefore, quantitative and accurate determination of the dissolved CH4 concentration in water is of great significance for studying CH4 emis...
Flag leaf angle (FLA) in rice (Oryza sativa L.) is one of the important traits affecting F1 seed production by mechanization. Here, we report the map-based cloning and functional characterization of the FLA1 (FLAG-LEAF-ANGLE 1) gene, which resides at...
The property-liability insurance market in Taiwan has implemented three-stage deregulation on rate-making since 2002. This research investigates whether the rating liberalization brought about improvements in efficiency and productivity of the proper...
The production of deep-coalbed methane (CBM) wells undergoes four stages sequentially: drainage depressurization, unstable gas production, stable gas production, and gas production decline. Upon entering the stable production stage, the recovery rate...
Improving product sustainability is becoming an increasingly significant challenge for modern enterprises. A growing number of manufacturers are interested in enhancing product sustainability throughout the product life cycle. This study is concerned...
In the process of steel plate production, whether cold straightening is required is significant to reduce costs and improve product qualification rates. It is not effective by adopting classic machine learning judgment algorithms. Concerning the effe...
The demand of plasmid DNA (pDNA) as a key element for gene therapy products, as well as mRNA and DNA vaccines, is increasing together with the need for more efficient production processes. An engineered E. coli strain lacking the phosphotransferase s...
This study experimentally investigates a 2.45 GHz microwave atmospheric pressure plasma-driven catalyst-free methane pyrolysis (without additional gases) for hydrogen production. A plasma source, recently patented by us, operated without a dielectric...
Addressing the issue of poor water injection development effectiveness caused by strong water sensitivity damage in the conglomerate reservoirs of the Xinjiang Oilfield, this paper carries out experimental research on CO2 displacement and CO2 huff-n-...
To solve the development problems caused by the geological characteristics of heterogeneous sandstone reservoirs, such as uneven interlayer exploitation, a method for improving uneven interlayer exploitation differences by applying interlayer injecti...
Improving the efficiency of milling oat (Avena sativa L.) production is becoming increasingly important under rising input costs and variable climatic conditions. However, oat agronomy research remains underfunded, leading to knowledge gaps in optimi...
For the last three decades poultry production worldwide has made tremendous progress in terms of quantity and quality of meat and egg production, including improvement of growth rate and feed conversion rate [...]
A static model is used to investigate how the exchange rate movement affect the distribution of productivity within an industry. Quantile regression is then used to empirically test the effects of RMB exchange rate appreciation on the distribution of...
Based on the panel data of 216 prefecture-level cities in China from 2003 to 2016, this study selected five emission-reduction indicators (industrial SO2 removal rate, soot removal rate, comprehensive utilization rate of industrial solid waste, domes...
19 April 2023
Indoor air quality (IAQ) influences the health and intellectual productivity of occupants. This paper summarizes studies investigating the relationship between intellectual productivity and IAQ with varying ventilation rates. We conducted a meta-anal...
In recent years, with the deepening of the reform of rural economic systems, the demand for disaster risk governance in land production and management is increasing, and it is urgent for the state to develop agricultural insurance to improve land pro...
In this work, kinetic models are assessed to describe bacterial cellulose (BC) production, substrate consumption, and biomass growth by K. xylinus in a batch-stirred tank bioreactor, under 700 rpm and 500 rpm agitation rates. The kinetic models commo...
The research in this study focused on the operating parameters for a high efficiency hydrogen production rate system, with the aim to design a hydrolysis of the NaBH4 hydrogen production module for lightweight and efficient hydrogen production and co...
Magnesium hydride (MgH2) has attracted considerable interest due to a number of favourable characteristics for hydrogen production via hydrolysis. In this study, MgH2-NaH composites with varying composition ratios were prepared by ball milling for di...
Spiny thickets or xerophytic thickets (XTs) are a type of shrubby vegetation found in the far south and southwest of Madagascar, the driest parts of the island. This type of vegetation, which is rich in endemic animal and plant species, is endangered...
Refracturing treatment is an economical way to improve the productivity of poorly or damaged fractured horizontal wells in tight reservoirs. Fracture reorientation and fracture face damage may occur during refracturing treatment. At present, there is...
New plant production systems with a low environmental impact (or a high resource utilization efficiency) are necessary for urban agriculture development. This study explores the benefits of closed plant production systems (CPPSs) with artificial ligh...
A novel co-catalyst system under visible-light irradiation was constructed using high-purity metal and alloy mesh and a Mn0.5Cd0.5S photocatalyst with a narrow band gap (1.91 eV) prepared by hydrothermal synthesis. The hydrogen production rate of Mn0...
Anaerobic digestion (AD) is an important technology for the treatment of livestock and poultry manure. The optimal experimental conditions were studied, with deer manure as a fermentation material and mushroom residue as an inoculum. At the same time...
Dairy compost is utilized in agricultural fields to supplement nutrients, yet its role in optimizing nutrient supply and health of semiarid soils is not clear. A greenhouse study was conducted over two months to evaluate soil properties and forage so...
Aiming to improve the error correction performance of polar codes, researchers have proposed employing the product coding structure involving RS codes of different rates in the horizontal direction and the short polar codewords along the vertical dir...
Many developing countries are facing high levels of unemployment and most people who are employed are poorly remunerated due to low skills and productivity levels. Although jobs are important, a productive job is even more important, not only for emp...
Solid oxide electrolysis cells (SOECs) have great application prospects because of their excellent performance, but the long-term applications of the stacks are restricted by the structural degradation under the high-temperature conditions. Therefore...
Precast concrete comprises the basic components of modular buildings. The efficiency of precast concrete building component production directly impacts the construction time and cost. In the processes of precast component production, mold setting has...
In order to improve the shale oil production rate and save fracturing costs, based on dynamic production data, a production-oriented optimization method for fracture spacing of multi-stage fractured horizontal wells is proposed in this study. First,...
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