Automated Layer-by-Layer Soil Tillage Machine Using a Highly Turbulent Air Jet by B. Kh. Akhalaya, Yu. S. Tsench, N. I. Belyaeva

“…This improves operational efficiency and supports both continuous and row-specific tillage. …”
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Conformal Radiation-Type Programmable Metasurface for Agile Millimeter-Wave Orbital Angular Momentum Generation by Anjie Cao, Tao Ni, Yuhua Chen, Longpan Wang, Zhenfei Li, Xudong Bai, Fuli Zhang, Zhansheng Chen

“…The proposed metasurface could achieve a realized gain of 22.54 dB with an aperture efficiency of 21.75%, thus generating high-purity OAM waves with topological charges of l = 0, l = +1, l = +2, and l = +3. …”
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Effects of ventilator tubing corrugation design on condensate accumulation by Ding Yang Hsu

“…However, condensate formation within ventilator tubing remains a persistent challenge that can compromise ventilation efficiency and patient safety. This study investigates whether the shape of ventilator tubing influences the formation of condensate, focusing on its implications for both non-invasive ventilation (NIV) and IMV. …”
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Design Challenges in the Development of a Hydrogen-Fueled Micro Gas Turbine Unit for Energy Generation by Uma Nataraj Gottipati, Angelo Minotti, Vincenzo La Battaglia, Alessandro Giorgetti

“…The energy generator is based on a worldwide patented solution introduced by MIEEG s.r.l. regarding the shape of the chambers. This innovative solution can be used to design a 100% H2-fed microturbine with a high power/weight/volume ratio that works as a range extender of battery packs for a comprehensive, high-efficiency hybrid powertrain. …”
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Carbon Footprint of Additively Manufactured Precious Metals Products by Mario Schmidt, Jochen Heinrich, Ingwar Huensche

“…This study reveals recommended actions for improvements in efficiency and gives guidance for a more sustainable production of luxury or technical goods made from precious metals. …”
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Study on systematic instability and stability control of soft rock slope in open-pit coal mine by Meng HAN

“…Under coordinated mining and controlled mining, the mining efficiency can be improved and the risk of instability can be reduced, which is more advantageous than traditional reinforcement methods.…”
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Preparation and Physicochemical Properties of High-Temperature-Resistant Polymer Gel Resin Composite Plugging Material by Tao Wang, Weian Huang, Jinzhi Zhu, Chengli Li, Guochuan Qin, Haiying Lu

“…Lost circulation has become one of the important problems restricting the speed and efficiency of oil and gas drilling and production. To address severe drilling fluid losses in high-temperature fractured formations during deep/ultra-deep well drilling, this study developed a high-temperature and high-strength gelled resin gel plugging system through optimized resin matrix selection, latent curing agent, flow regulator, filling material, etc. …”
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A Substrate Integrated Waveguide Slotted Antenna by V. G. Koshkid’ko, Ya. O. Galtsov, D. A. Portnykh

“…Slotted waveguide antenna arrays are widely used across centimeter- and millimeter-wavelength ranges due to numerous advantages, including their good directional properties, compact dimensions, flat shape, convenience of power supply, and high efficiency. …”
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Dynamics of a single cavitation bubble near an oscillating boundary by Hemant J. Sagar, Yuxing Lin, Ould el Moctar

“…The method we suggested for the manipulation of bubble dynamics holds potential for enhancing the efficiency of applications such as lithotripsy in biomedical devices, actuation and micro pumping in microfluidic devices, and effective semiconductor surface cleaning. …”
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An Image Processing Approach to Quality Control of Drop-on-Demand Electrohydrodynamic (EHD) Printing by Yahya Tawhari, Charchit Shukla, Juan Ren

“…These stages collectively improve the precision and efficiency of EHD DoD printing analysis in terms of dot size and spacing. …”
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A Lightweight Model for Small-Target Pig Eye Detection in Automated Estrus Recognition by Min Zhao, Yongpeng Duan, Tian Gao, Xue Gao, Guangying Hu, Riliang Cao, Zhenyu Liu

“…The MSCA module enhances small-object detection efficiency, while the PPA and GAM modules improve feature extraction capabilities. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Machine Learning Algorithms and Statistical Techniques for Data Analysis in Crop Growth Monitoring with NDVI by M. Arunachalam, S. Sekar, A. M. Erdmann, V. V. Sajith Variyar, R. Sivanpillai

“…ML methods had greater efficiency in terms of replicating the steps for other fields, whereas ISODATA requires analyst intervention and interpretation.…”
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A Hybrid Attention Mechanism and RepGFPN Method for Detecting Wall Cracks in High-Altitude Cleaning Robots by Haiqiao Liu, Lingding Li, Ya Li, Qing Long, Zhuoyu Chen

“…Then, the neck network incorporated the RepFPN method to improve the descriptive ability of fused multi-scale features and to increase computational efficiency. Public datasets Concrete Crack Images for Classification, Mixed VOC2007, CrackForest-dataset-master, and UCMerced_LandUse were used for experimental validation. …”
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Fire spread simulations using Cell2Fire on synthetic and real landscapes by Minho Kim, Cristobal Pais, Marta C. Gonzalez

“…Further, Cell2Fire exhibited better computational efficiency, with simulation runtime increasing linearly compared to Prometheus’ runtime increasing exponentially. …”
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Fault Detection in Induction Machines Using Learning Models and Fourier Spectrum Image Analysis by Kevin Barrera-Llanga, Jordi Burriel-Valencia, Angel Sapena-Bano, Javier Martinez-Roman

“…Induction motors are essential components in industry due to their efficiency and cost-effectiveness. This study presents an innovative methodology for automatic fault detection by analyzing images generated from the Fourier spectra of current signals using deep learning techniques. …”
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Convex Optimization of Markov Decision Processes Based on Z Transform: A Theoretical Framework for Two-Space Decomposition and Linear Programming Reconstruction by Shiqing Qiu, Haoyu Wang, Yuxin Zhang, Zong Ke, Zichao Li

“…Experimental validations on production processes reveal that our model reduces long-term maintenance costs by 36.17% compared to Monte Carlo simulations (1500 vs. 2350 average cost) and improves computational efficiency by 14.29% over Q-learning methods. Sensitivity analyses confirm robustness across Weibull-distributed failure regimes (shape parameter <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>β</mi><mo>∈</mo></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> [1.2, 4.8]) and varying resource constraints.…”
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Four-Element MIMO Patch Antenna With High Gain, High Isolation, and Polarization Diversity Characteristics for 28-GHz Applications by Hela Elmannai, Umair Rafique, Hüseyin Şerif Savci, Muhammad Usman Tahir, Mujeeb Abdullah, Abeer D. Algarni, Mariana Dalarsson

“…The radiation and total efficiency of the radiator are noted to be >85% and ≥75%, respectively, in the operating bandwidth. …”
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A Simple Approach on Synthesis of TiO2 Nanoparticles and its Application in dye Sensitized Solar Cells by L.S.В Chougala, M.S.В Yatnatti, R.K.В Linganagoudar, R.R.В Kamble, J.S.В Kadadevarmath

“…Photocurrent density (J) - photovoltage (V) characteristic of DSSC of different thicknesses of TiO2 were obtained, it was observed that optimum solar energy to electricity conversion efficiency () for RK-1 dye and N- 719 dye 4.08В % and 5.12В % with TiO2 thickness of 5.4 Ојm and 8.6 Ојm respectively under AM 1.5 irradiation (1000 W/m2) conditions.…”
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Cryopreservation of Ovarian Tissue at the Stage of Vitellogenesis from Yellow Drum (<i>Nibea albiflora</i>) and Its Effects on Cell Viability and Germ Cell-Specific Gene Expression by Li Zhou, Feiyan Li, Zhaohan Sun, Jia Chen, Kunhuang Han

“…Therefore, the aim of this study was to explore a convenient, rapid, efficient and less toxic method for the cryopreservation of ovaries at the stage of vitellogenesis from yellow drum (<i>Nibea albiflora</i>), an economically important marine fish. …”
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An Integrated Sample-Free Method for Agricultural Field Delineation From High-Resolution Remote Sensing Imagery by Yu Zhu, Yaozhong Pan, Tangao Hu, Dujuan Zhang, Jiajia Dai

“…Overall, the proposed sample-free delineation method seamlessly integrates efficient and comprehensive methods, offering a high-quality field delineation solution without samples, and establishes a generalized framework of benchmark data production for extensive parcel-level agricultural applications.…”
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