Feasibility of a Drone-Based Road Network Inspection System by Dávid Szilágyi, Dávid Sziroczák, Dániel Rohács, Ármin Fendrik

“…This capability can be used to develop a drone-based road surface inspection system aimed at increasing user (driver) safety and providing information to the owners and maintainers to assess the status of their infrastructure assets. …”
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MORPHOLOGY AND DIELECTRIC FUNCTIONALITY OF PLASMA ELECTROLYTIC COATINGS ON ALUMINUM ALLOYS by Larisa PUPAN, Yury GUTSALENKO, Cătălin IANCU

“…The data on the roughness and dielectric properties of the coating surface are used for joint consideration. In the discussion of the results, the functional tasks of local electrical insulating coatings of the tool of highly efficient processing technologies with the introduction of energy of electric discharges into the cutting zone to maintain the performance of grinding wheels with a diamond-metal composition of the working part were taken into account.…”
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Arc discharge behavior of corroded surface and electrochemical corrosion characteristics of recast layer of Ti6Al4V titanium alloy by Shengsheng Zhang, Yinan Zhao, Jianping Zhou, Xiaoxiao Chen, Wenwu Zhang, Zongjie Zhou

“…In this study, recast layer and dissolved surface of titanium alloy were prepared, the morphology, metallographic and electrochemical behaviors of both surfaces were characterized in detail. …”
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Wear of End Mills with Carbon Coatings When Aluminum Alloy A97075 High-Speed Processing by Evgeny E. Ashkinazi, Sergey V. Fedorov, Artem K. Martyanov, Dmitry N. Sovyk, Victor G. Ralchenko, Artem P. Litvinov, Artem A. Ershov, Vitaly I. Konov

“…It is recommended to use high-speed milling to maintain an effective material removal rate and the required cutting-edge geometry. …”
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The Origin, Intricate Nature, and Role of the Skin Surface pH (pH_SS) in Barrier Integrity, Eczema, and Psoriasis by Dalibor Mijaljica, Joshua P. Townley, Daniel J. Klionsky, Fabrizio Spada, Mikayla Lai

“…Several salient SC acidifying mechanisms, including the breakdown of FLG (filaggrin) protein, lipid processing, and the activity of the sodium proton pump SLC9A1/NHE1, are indispensable for the structural and functional integrity and cohesion of the SC as they contribute immensely to the origin, generation, maintenance, and overall SC acidification of the skin surface pH (pHss). …”
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Comparative analysis of machining and electropolishing for surface quality improvement of shape memory nitinol samples additively manufactured by laser powder bed fusion by Rodrigo Zapata Martínez, Shohom Bose-Bandyopadhyay, Alan Burl, Óscar Contreras-Almengor, Carlos Aguilar Vega, Kyle Saleeby, Thomas Kurfess, Andrés Díaz Lantada, Jon Molina-Aldareguia

“…This study examines the use of machining as a post-processing method to achieve uniform material removal and maintain geometric fidelity. …”
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Evaluating a discretized data acquisition method for couch modeling to streamline the commissioning process of radiological instruments by Syouta Tomimoto, Yusuke Saeki, Okihiro Motoda, Masato Tanaka, Syouki Tsumoto, Hana Nishikawa, Yuki Miyashima, Makiko Higuchi, Tadashi Tani, Kuniaki Katsui, Yoshinori Tanabe

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Numerical Analysis of Diaphragm Wall Deformation and Surface Settlement Caused by Dewatering and Excavation at Center and End Positions in a Subway Foundation Pit by Kaifang Yang, Mingdong Jiang, Minliang Chi, Guohui Feng

“…Dewatering and excavation are essential stages in foundation pit construction; however, this process can significantly induce groundwater drawdown, as well as diaphragm wall deformation and surface settlement. …”
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Exploring surface chemistry and electrical performance of zinc tin oxide thin films with controlling elemental composition grown by atomic layer deposition by Dong-Hyun Lim, Ae-Rim Choi, Seung-Wook Ryu, Kyung-Won Park, Ji-Hye Choi, Il-Kwon Oh

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Controlling Crystallization of Aqueous-Processed Planar Perovskite Films via Sodium Dodecyl Sulfonate Surfactant Modulation by Na Zheng, Cunyun Xu, Xiaofeng He, Gaobo Xu, Jiancheng You, Zhongjun Dai, Han Jiang, Qianqian Zhang, Qunliang Song

“…Solution processing represents a widely adopted methodology for perovskite solar cell (PSC) fabrication. …”
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Optimization of microwave-assisted polyphenol extraction and antioxidant activity from papaya peel using response surface methodology and artificial neural network by Md. Waziur Rahman Chy, Tanvir Ahmed, Junaid Iftekhar, Md. Zohurul Islam, Md. Rahmatuzzaman Rana

“…The maximized TPC and DPPH activity in all four approaches showed a significant (p < 0.05) alignment with their corresponding validation tests, demonstrating the better performance of these modelling and optimization processes. In terms of assessing the effectiveness of microwave assistance, conventional solvent extraction was also performed, maintaining a 70 mL/g S/S ratio of 55 % ethanol at 60 °C for 2 h. …”
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GDS-YOLOv7: A High-Performance Model for Water-Surface Obstacle Detection Using Optimized Receptive Field and Attention Mechanisms by Xu Yang, Lei Huang, Fuyang Ke, Chao Liu, Ruixue Yang, Shicheng Xie

“…Unmanned ships, equipped with self-navigation and image processing capabilities, are progressively expanding their applications in fields such as mining, fisheries, and marine environments. …”
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Impact of Dehydration Processing on Scallop (<i>Patinopecten yessoensis</i>) Adductor Muscle: Structural and Oxidative Insights by Huaqiong Li, Yulong Zhao, Jian Shi, Manat Chaijan, Xichang Wang, Mingyu Yin

“…The results demonstrated that VFD optimally preserved the ultrastructural integrity of the tissue, maintaining its surface fibrous architecture and achieving a superior recovery ration (78%) and rehydration ration (186.5%) compared to HAD, VFAD, and MWD. …”
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Digital light processing three-dimensional printing with acrylic–titanium composite powders for multiscale porous scaffolds by Guangbin Zhao, Yanlong Wu, Bochen Li, Hang Tian, Bo Li, Xiao Li, Xu Chen, Tao Zhou, Yaning Wang, Yichao Gong, Dingchang Hou, Yaxiong Liu, Xuewen Zong, Bingheng Lu

“…However, dense internal structures produced by the powder bed fusion technique fails to meet the feature of porous materials in scenarios that demand large specific surface areas. Herein, we propose a strategy for 3D printing of titanium scaffolds featuring multiscale porous internal structures via powder modification and digital light processing (DLP). …”
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Digital Magnetic Sorting for Fractionating Cell Populations with Variable Antigen Expression in Cell Therapy Process Development by Savannah Bshara-Corson, Andrew Burwell, Timothy Tiemann, Coleman Murray

“…Magnetic cell sorting targeting the presence or absence of surface markers is commonly used for upfront purification. …”
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Performance and economic enhancement of a dewaxing casting process using a heat pump drying system by Win-Jet Luo, Amir Reza Ansari Dezfoli, Swami Nath Maurya, Bivas Panigrahi, Pei-Tang Wang

“…This study investigates integrating a heat pump drying system into the dewaxing and drying process of investment casting through numerical simulations and experimental validation. …”
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Navigating high-dimensional process-structure–property relations in nanocrystalline Pt-Au alloys with machine learning by Saaketh Desai, Manish Jain, Sadhvikas J. Addamane, David P. Adams, Remi Dingreville, Frank W. DelRio, Brad L. Boyce

“…This high hardness value, comparable to some steels, represents a 3-fold improvement in hardness over “hard gold”, a commonly used electrical contact alloy, while maintaining requisite electrical conductivity. The neural network models provide an avenue to identify expected process windows capable of maximizing material performance.…”
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Solution‐Processable Van Der Waals Heterojunctions on Silicon for Self‐Powered Photodetectors with High Responsivity and Detectivity by Yuansheng Ge, Da Lei, Chaojun Zhang, Quan Zhang, Jinlong Mu, Jing Li

“…Abstract The high density of surface states on silicon has long impeded the development of high‐performance photodetectors, leading to excessive dark leakage currents that adversely affect responsivity and detectivity. …”
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Optimization of Ultrasound-assisted Deep Eutectic Solvent Extraction Process and Biological Activities of Cerasus humilis Proanthocyanidin by Yue ZHAO, Tianxu CHU, Zhe GAO, Wen ZHAO, Yasai SUN

“…This study aimed to optimise the ultrasound-assisted deep eutectic solvent extraction of Cerasus humilis proanthocyanidin (CPC) and to compare it with the traditional 70% ethanol extraction method, focusing on the assessment of the structural composition and biological activity of the purified materials. The extraction process for ultrasound-assisted deep eutectic solvent extraction of CPC was optimised using single-factor combined response surface methodology, the average degree of polymerisation was determined after purification, and the functional groups and composition of CPC were analysed qualitatively by Fourier infrared spectroscopy and high performance liquid tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-OE-MS/MS). …”
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Room‐Temperature Processable Stretchable Conductive Composite Material for Electrical Interfacing in Stretchable Printed Circuit Boards by Duho Cho, Donggoo Jang, Changju Chae, Sun Hong Kim, Taesu Kim, Su Yeon Lee, Jang‐Ung Park, Youngmin Choi, Sungmook Jung

“…Abstract This study introduces a novel Room‐Temperature Processable Stretchable Conductive Composite (RTPSC), uniquely combining room‐temperature processability, stretchability, and conductivity. …”
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