LE-YOLOv5: A Lightweight and Efficient Neural Network for Steel Surface Defect Detection by Chengshun Zhu, Yong Sun, Hongji Zhang, Shilong Yuan, Hui Zhang

“…Due to the influence of manufacturing process and external factors, there will be some undesired defects on the steel surface, which seriously affects the lifetime of steel, and the traditional surface defect detection efficiency and speed are not satisfactory. …”
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Cross Spectral Analysis of CODAR-SeaSonde Echoes from Sea Surface and Ionosphere at Taiwan by Chien-Ya Wang, Ching-Lun Su, Kang-Hung Wu, Yen-Hsyang Chu

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Surface Roughness Evaluation of Resin Composites after Finishing and Polishing Using 3D-Profilometry by Alexandra Vinagre, Catarina Barros, Joana Gonçalves, Ana Messias, Filipe Oliveira, João Ramos

“…Within each F/P system studied, BG showed the lowest average surface roughness and ZF registered the highest.…”
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Assessment of the Additive Fabrication Quality of Sandwich Structures with Novel Triply Periodic Minimal Surface Cores by Alexandru Vasile, Dan Mihai Constantinescu, Iulian Constantin Coropețchi, Ștefan Sorohan, Dragoș Alexandru Apostol

“…Laser scanning showed no significant deviations from the designed geometry but highlighted errors during the post-processing stages of manufacturing. Surface analysis resulted in an average roughness of 2.47 µm, a value specific to well-controlled additive manufacturing (AM) techniques. …”
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Analysis of the occurrence of damage to concrete surfaces through the cavitation phenomenon – cavitation machine type-ventury by Aline Saupe Abreu, Guilherme Santanna Castiglio, Pedro Guido Mottes Bassegio, Edgar Fernando Trierweiler Neto, Eder Daniel Teixeira, Marcelo Giulian Marques, Mauricio Dai Prá

“…Finally, new graphical tools for analyzing damage arising from cavitating flow on concrete surfaces were obtained according to the average compressive strength in the concretes tested.…”
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Effect of Laser Surface Strengthening Technology on Properties and Microstructure of 40CrNiMo Steel by LIAO Jin - xiong, CHEN Jin - you

“…The average friction coefficient was 0.391, which was 42.8% lower than the traditional quenching process, and the wear amount was 1.4 mg, which was reduced by 56.3%. …”
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Characterization of maize stalk cellulose fibers surface morphology and cross- section for geopolymer composite development by Addisu Workiye, Eyassu Woldesenbet, Lulseged Belay Addis

“…The SEM image revealed a rough surface, with a roughness average (Ra) ranging from 20.5 μm to 28.01 μm. …”
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EER-DETR: An Improved Method for Detecting Defects on the Surface of Solar Panels Based on RT-DETR by Jiajun Dun, Hai Yang, Shixin Yuan, Ying Tang

“…In the context of the rapid popularization of clean energy, the precise identification of surface defects on photovoltaic modules has become a core technical bottleneck limiting the operational efficiency of power stations. …”
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In Situ Eradication of Mature Oral Biofilm on Titanium Implant Surfaces Using Cold Atmospheric Plasma by Markus Jörg Altenburger, Michael Eckhard Bergmann, Loic Alain Ledernez, Georgios Romanos

“…The AmbiJet device delivered plasma directly to the implant surface for 3 min per 20 mm², utilizing the applicator nozzle and implant as electrodes. …”
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Degradation of tartrazine dye using advanced oxidation process: Application of response surface methodology for optimization by Fetcia Jackulin, P. Senthil Kumar, Gayathri Rangasamy

“…Response surface methodology (RSM) was carried out to determine the optimum condition based on central composite design. …”
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Formation of ?-SiC on por-Si/mono-Si surface according to stranski - krastanow mechanism by Y. O. Suchikova, S. S. Kovachov, I. O. Bardus, A. S. Lazarenko, I. T. Bohdanov

“…-SiC/por-Si/mono-Si heterostructure by a hybrid method, consisting of the electrochemical etching of the single-crystal silicon surface with a subsequent carbidization by a thermal annealing in a methane atmosphere. …”
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Physiological and genomic features of a novel violacein-producing bacterium isolated from surface seawater. by Yue-Hong Wu, Hong Cheng, Lin Xu, Xiong-Bin Jin, Chun-Sheng Wang, Xue-Wei Xu

“…Strains JW1T and JW3, isolated from surface seawater of the Arabian Sea, were subjected to polyphasic taxonomic analysis. …”
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Investigation on the Electron Emission Regularity of Sputtered Boron Nitride Thin Films and Microstructured Array Surfaces by Yuqing Gu, Juannan Li, Dan Wang

“…The results of laser etching on the BN bulk surface to form microarray structures show that the EEC of BN bulk decreases significantly with the increase of the average aspect ratio of the microstructures. …”
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The Modulation of Meteorological Parameters on Surface PM2.5 and O3 Concentrations in Guangzhou, China by Qiaoli Bu, Yingying Hong, Haobo Tan, Li Liu, Chunlin Wang, Jianjun Zhu, Pakwai Chan, Chen Chen

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Effect of Droplet Contamination on Camera Lens Surfaces: Degradation of Image Quality and Object Detection Performance by Hyunwoo Kim, Yoseph Yang, Youngkwang Kim, Dong-Won Jang, Dongil Choi, Kang Park, Sangkug Chung, Daegeun Kim

“…The findings reveal that droplet contamination can reduce the detection performance of small objects by up to 90%, as measured by the mean average precision (mAP) metric. Furthermore, degradation was more severe on hydrophilic surfaces compared to hydrophobic ones. …”
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A Study on the Coarse-to-Fine Error Decomposition and Compensation Method of Free-Form Surface Machining by Yueping Chen, Junchao Wang, Qingchun Tang, Jie Li

“…To improve the machining accuracy of free-form surface parts, a coarse-to-fine free-form surface machining error decomposition and compensation method is proposed in this paper. …”
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Using deep convolutional networks combined with signal processing techniques for accurate prediction of surface quality by Mohammad Zangane, Mohammad Shahbazi, Seyed Ali Niknam

“…These images were fed into convolutional neural networks, including VGG16, ResNet18, ShuffleNet and CNN-LSTM for predicting the category of surface roughness values. This work used the average surface roughness (Ra) as the main roughness attribute. …”
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Combination of Blue Light and Chemical Sanitizers for Inactivation of Listeria monocytogenes Dried Cells on Inert Surfaces by Amaryllis Rivera-Santiago, Francisco Diez-Gonzalez

“…Environmental contamination of ready-to-eat (RTE) foods with Listeria monocytogenes is a major food safety concern. Treatment of surfaces with antimicrobial blue light (aBL) has recently emerged as a technology that can supplement current sanitation practices. …”
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Urban Parks and their Cooling Potential: Evaluating how Park Characteristics Affects Land Surface Temperature by B. Ghale, S. Mamgain, K. Gupta, A. Roy

“…Results show PCI ranges from 0.75–6.84°C, with an average temperature reduction of 2.87°C in park surroundings. …”
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Inversion and Validation of Ocean Surface Bio-optical Parameters Using Multiplatform Ocean LiDAR by Fan YANG, Hongwei ZHANG, Ziwang LI, Peizhi ZHU, Fanqian MENG, Junwu TANG, Bingyi LIU, Songhua WU

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