For decades, physicists have chased the dream of unifying all of nature’s forces under a single theory. String theory has long been a top candidate, offering a single mathematical framework that could combine quantum physics and general…
Category: Engineering
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AI-driven digital twin for autonomous web tension control in Roll-to-Roll manufacturing system
This chapter demonstrates the design of autonomous optimization of the R2R system controller. This includes the step response acquisition and preprocessing, quality score calculation, description of search space, modeling of quality score, and…
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Efficient passive solar desalination using cooling tower integration and thermal insulation
This study provides passive a comprehensive evaluation of a solar water desalination device optimized for decentralized freshwater production. The system demonstrated strong performance under high solar irradiance and achieved significant…
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Mitigation of musculoskeletal disorders and postural stresses among tobacco cultivation workers in Andhra Pradesh, India
Musculoskeletal disorders among tobacco farm workers
Personal details
One hundred twenty tobacco farmworkers were personally visited and interacted with. Among all, 53% (64) were males and 47% (56) were females. Among the male workers, the age…
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Attenuated fast heart rate recovery suggests delayed parasympathetic reactivation after cessation of exercise in uncomplicated type 1 diabetes patients
In total 53 subjects, 18 subjects with T1D and 35 healthy controls, were enrolled to the study. Inclusion criteria for the T1D study group (DM, N = 18) were absence of major diabetes-related complications, history of T1D more than 3 years but…
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Fault detection in electrical power systems using attention-GRU-based fault classifier (AGFC-Net)
A transmission line is a critical component of an electrical power system, acting as the conduit through which electrical energy is transferred from generating stations to wider distribution networks. With the global rise in electricity demand…
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Integrated method for multi-UAV task assignment and trajectory planning with deadlock based on Three-dimensional dubins path
By discretizing the flight heading angle of UAVs, an integration model of multi-UAV task assignment/path planning is constructed, with the UAV dynamics model being equivalent to the three-dimensional Dubins model, and the task timing restrictions…
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Deep learning driven prediction and comparative study of surrounding rock deformation in high speed railway tunnels
Monitoring data and pre-processing
The monitoring dataset comprises 300 representative deformation measurements collected across different construction methods and monitoring sections during the construction of Tunnel G, spanning from April 2022…
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Identification of important objectives of networked system based on propagation characteristics
Introduction of comparison methods
The performance of the proposed method is studied using several well-known metrics, including:
Degree centrality (DC)
Degree centrality is a basic ranking algorithm to identify the importance of nodes, the degree…
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The impact of ground losses on estimations of lightning-induced voltage with dispersive soil parameters
Computation of lightning electromagnetic fields
Various models are widely utilized to describe lightning return-stroke current waveforms, including the Heidler function, the double exponential function, and the trapezoidal waveform function….
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