An F-35C Lightning II fighter jet crashed near Naval Air Station (NAS) Lemoore in central California on Wednesday, the US Navy confirmed.
The pilot, assigned to the “Rough Raiders” of Strike Fighter Squadron VFA-125, safely ejected from…
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You may be inhaling 68,000 microplastics a day inside your home
The air inside your home and car may be quietly filling your lungs with thousands of plastic fragments every single day, according to an alarming new study.
Scientists in France found that people could be breathing in 68,000 microplastic…
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Impact of vertical load, multiple passes, and speed on rut depth in soil under pneumatic and track wheels
This section presents the investigation results of the parameters affecting the rut depth caused by the pneumatic and track wheel passage.
Analysis of variance (ANOVA) is a statistical method used to compare multiple groups’ means and determine…
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Explainable machine learning for predicting ICU mortality in myocardial infarction patients using pseudo-dynamic data
Study design and population
The cohort data used in this study is the eICU Collaborative Research Database and the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care (MIMIC-IV v. 2.0, July 2022), public ICU databases available upon request and fulfilment…
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An efficient fusion detector for road defect detection
In this section, the proposed SCB-Darknet53 backbone network is introduced firstly, and then the enhanced asymptotic feature pyramid network (AFPN), and finally the architecture of the proposed SCB-AF-Detector in detail.
SCB-Darknet53 backbone…
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Experimentally investigating the structural capacity of slender web tapered built up plate girder with web opening
AISC 360
AISC 360 specifications primarily address prismatic members, with shear strength predictions based on section-by-section evaluations. However, applying these methods on the girders with opening in the web panel have notable limitations,…
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Investigation of dry sliding wear and mechanical properties of hybrid epoxy composites reinforced with pineapple leaf and roselle fibers
Tensile strength evaluation
The tensile test result of the composites is shown in Fig. 1, from the mean of three specimens from each sample. The tensile strength of the neat resin sample (S1) achieved was 12 MPa. The addition of PALF and roselle…
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Fully distributed adaptive event-triggered control with delay-aware dynamic thresholds for islanded AC microgrids
In order to achieve asymptotic consensus in AC MG, DGs should communicate to each other to restore the voltages and frequency of MG and real power sharing. In this section, we have developed the new protocols based on fully distributed…
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Temperature analysis and ampacity evaluation of HV cable joints based on thermal flow coupling and measurable data
Physical model
In China, owing to factors such as transmission distance, environment constraints, and operation maintenance, cables are often laid in pipes. HV cable joints are typically installed in an underground special power cabin, as shown in…
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Systemic and dynamic risk analysis of drilling construction based on bayesian network and system dynamics model
This paper obtained data through questionnaire survey. After referring to the official website of the State Department of Emergency Management, the China Safety Production Network and the Code for Safe Construction of Geological Drilling…
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