To accommodate the wide range of input voltages supplied by redundant batteries and ensure an adequate hold-up time for communication systems during utility power failures, power supplies used in 5 G base stations typ...
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The degradation of concrete structure in the marine environment is often related to chloride-induced corrosion of reinforcement ***,the chloride concentration in concrete is a vital parameter for estimating the corros...
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The degradation of concrete structure in the marine environment is often related to chloride-induced corrosion of reinforcement ***,the chloride concentration in concrete is a vital parameter for estimating the corrosion level of reinforcement *** research aims at predicting the chloride content in concrete using three hybrid models of gradient boosting(GB),artificial neural network(ANN),and random forest(RF)in combination with particle swarm optimization(PSO).The input variables for modeling include exposure condition,water/binder ratio(W/B),cement content,silica fume,time exposure,and depth of *** results indicate that three models performed well with high accuracy of prediction(R2⩾0.90).Among three hybrid models,the model using GB_PSO achieved the highest prediction accuracy(R2=0.9551,RMSE=0.0327,and MAE=0.0181).Based on the results of sensitivity analysis using SHapley Additive exPlanation(SHAP)and partial dependence plots 1D(PDP-1D),it was found that the exposure condition and depth of measurement were the two most vital variables affecting the prediction of chloride *** the number of different exposure conditions is larger than two,the exposure significantly impacted the chloride content of concrete because the chloride ion ingress is affected by both chemical and physical *** study provides an insight into the evaluation and prediction of the chloride content of concrete in the marine environment.
This study examined the feasibility of using the grey wolf optimizer(GWO)and artificial neural network(ANN)to predict the compressive strength(CS)of self-compacting concrete(SCC).The ANN-GWO model was created using 11...
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This study examined the feasibility of using the grey wolf optimizer(GWO)and artificial neural network(ANN)to predict the compressive strength(CS)of self-compacting concrete(SCC).The ANN-GWO model was created using 115 samples from different sources,taking into account nine key SCC *** validation of the proposed model was evaluated via six indices,including correlation coefficient(R),mean squared error,mean absolute error(MAE),IA,Slope,and mean absolute percentage *** addition,the importance of the parameters affecting the CS of SCC was investigated utilizing partial dependence *** results proved that the proposed ANN-GWO algorithm is a reliable predictor for SCC’s *** that,an examination of the parameters impacting the CS of SCC was provided.
Background:Fingermark is an individual’s primary identification *** is helpful in determining individuals involved in illegal activities and is frequently encountered in clandestine *** forensic investigation,the cri...
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Background:Fingermark is an individual’s primary identification *** is helpful in determining individuals involved in illegal activities and is frequently encountered in clandestine *** forensic investigation,the critical question to be answered is whether a fingermark was left on a surface before or after the initiation of an unlawful *** and Objectives:This study aimed to investigate the visualization of methamphetamine-contaminated fingermarks on glass surfaces and estimate the immediacy of their *** and Methods:In this study,the prior-deposition contaminated fingermarks,i.e.,fingermarks deposited a surface priorly contaminated by methamphetamine,and the postdeposition contaminated fingermarks,i.e.,fingermarks deposited on a clean surface but subsequently contaminated with methamphetamine were visualized and compared using Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope(FESEM).Results:Under FESEM,the latent fingermarks and the crystalline structure of methamphetamine were clearly *** postdeposition contaminated fingermarks appeared in smudge conditions in all the three replicate samples,where the ridge and nonridge areas could not be *** the contrary,the prior-deposition contaminated fingermark demonstrated distinct separations between ridges and ***,the application of fingerprint powders reduced the possibility to determine the immediacy of ***:To conclude,both prior-deposition contaminated fingermarks and postdeposition contaminated fingermarks can be discriminated,providing information on the instance when a fingermark was left on a surface.
This study investigates the structure of the detonation front in a stoichiometric H2-air mixture (2H2-O2-3.76N2), seeded with 2000,ppm of NO, at 25,kPa and 293,K, for two channel positions: centered and near thewalls ...
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This article presents a modular adjustable high-voltage pulse (MAHVP) generation system. The proposed MAHVP generation system uses a combination of full-bridge LLC resonant converters whose input terminals are connect...
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Retting has been employed to extract natural fibers from agricultural wastes as a biological and cost-effective approach for *** its global abundance,banana pseudo-stem is a promising agro-waste for lignocellulosic fi...
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Retting has been employed to extract natural fibers from agricultural wastes as a biological and cost-effective approach for *** its global abundance,banana pseudo-stem is a promising agro-waste for lignocellulosic fiber *** this study,fibers were extracted from the pseudo-stems after being pre-treated under four conditions using seawater at room temperature for up to 35 d Bacterial isolation from the fresh seawater sample and screening for ligninolytic ability were *** load as well as laccase and manganese peroxidase enzyme activity profile assay during the retting duration were *** transform infrared(FT-IR)and X-day diffraction(XRD)analyses were also examined for both pre-treated and untreated extracted *** results shows that six out of the eight bacterial isolates had the ability to degrade *** treatments(Raw stem+Raw seawater)and(Autoclaved stem+Raw seawater)recorded the highest viable bacterial load of 9.24×102 and 4.46×102 CFU,respectively,on the 14th day of the retting ***,the highest laccase and manganese peroxidase enzymes activity was recorded for(Raw stem+Raw seawater)and(Autoclaved stem+Raw seawater)treatments in the second to the third *** FT-IR spectra of the pre-treated fibers revealed relative reductions in peaks attributed to polysaccharides and other amorphous substances for all retting *** XRD diffractogram revealed that the crystallinity index(CI)of pre-treated fibers increased in all seawater retting treatment ***,the CI for fibers pre-treated under enzymatic conditions were enhanced even after five *** analysis for selected bacterial isolates showed homology to sequences of Bacillus velezensis,Shewanella sp.L8–5,and Citrobacter amalonaticus and Bacillus subtilis j8 *** these findings,it was suggested that physical,biological,and chemical actions were collectively involved in the seawater retting process of banana ps
Groundwater contaminated with hydrocarbons poses a serious hazard to the environment. Current oil-contaminated groundwater remediation techniques include physical, chemical, and biological approaches. Chemical surfact...
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Groundwater contaminated with hydrocarbons poses a serious hazard to the environment. Current oil-contaminated groundwater remediation techniques include physical, chemical, and biological approaches. Chemical surfactants have the potential of high toxicity due to their low biodegradability. Biosurfactants have demonstrated similar performance to that of chemical surfactants, with the added value of low toxicity. The use of surfactants directly over the top layer of crude oil-contaminating groundwater, where environmental conditions are different from that in above ground surfaces, have yet not been explored in depth. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the potential of four different surfactants for their ability to be deployed in conditions mimicking underground aquifer so as to enhance remediation of oil-contaminated groundwater. Selected surfactants comprised two chemical surfactants, referred to as A and B, and two biosurfactants, referred to as BS and C. Surfactants were evaluated for their ability (i) to reduce the crude oil layer thickness through facilitating oil dispersion, and (ii) the extent of natural biodegradation it can achieve. Experiments were performed in glass flasks containing synthetic groundwater and crude oil supplemented with surfactant added at the three different surfactants: oil ratios (S:O) 1:5, 1:10 and 1:50. Reduction of crude oil layer thickness, water turbidity, and bacterial cell count were continuously monitored for 60 days to observe the temporal variation of biosurfactant activity towards crude oil. The performance of surfactants A, C and BS in reducing oil layer thickness was influenced by temperature and S:O ratios. Overall, increase in temperature increased the performance of these three surfactants. S:O ratio was optimal at 1:10 for surfactants A and BS, and at 1:5 for surfactant C. Surfactants A and C reduced the oil layer thickness mainly by means of dispersion and less by biodegradation. In contrast, surfactant BS ex
This paper investigates the contour tracking control problem for a class of multi-axis motion control systems (MAMSs) with parameter uncertainties and external disturbances. First, a high-order fully actuated (HOFA) t...
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Electronic interactions of the Group 2A elements with magnesium have been studied through the dilute solid solutions in binary Mg-Ca,Mg-Sr and Mg-Ba *** investigation incorporated the difference in the‘Work Function&...
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Electronic interactions of the Group 2A elements with magnesium have been studied through the dilute solid solutions in binary Mg-Ca,Mg-Sr and Mg-Ba *** investigation incorporated the difference in the‘Work Function'(ΔWF)measured via Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy(KPFM),as a property directly affected by interatomic bond types,*** electronic structure,nanoindentation measurements,and Stacking Fault Energy values reported in the *** was shown that the nano-hardness of the solid-solutionα-Mg phase changed in the order of Mg-Ca>Mg-Sr>***,it was shown,by also considering the nano-hardness levels,that SFE of a solid-solution is closely correlated with its‘Work Function'***-hardness measurements on the eutectics andΔWF difference between eutectic phases enabled an assessment of the relative bond strength and the pertinent electronic structures of the eutectics in the three *** withΔWF and at least qualitative verification of those computed SFE values with some experimental measurement techniques were considered important as those computational methods are based on zero Kelvin degree,relatively simple atomic models and a number of *** asserted by this investigation,if the results of measurement techniques can be qualitatively correlated with those of the computational methods,it can be possible to evaluate the electronic structures in alloys,starting from binary systems,going to ternary and then multi-elemental *** investigation has shown that such a qualitative correlation is *** all,the SFE values are not treated as absolute values but rather become essential in comparative investigations when assessing the influences of alloying elements at a fundamental level,that is,free electron density *** study indicated that the principles of‘electronic metallurgy'in developing multi-elemental alloy systems can be followed via practical experimental methods,i.e.ΔWF measurements using KPF
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