Chenxin Zhao, Hongzhao Dong, Kai Wang, Jianwen Shao, Cunbin Zhao
{"title":"Setting the Intermittent Bus Approach of Intersections: A Novel Lane Multiplexing-Based Method with an Intersection Signal Coordination Model","authors":"Chenxin Zhao, Hongzhao Dong, Kai Wang, Jianwen Shao, Cunbin Zhao","doi":"10.3390/app131810098","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/app131810098","url":null,"abstract":"Intermittent bus lanes (IBLs) can alleviate the contradiction between bus priority and the urgent demand of general vehicles for road resources. However, existing IBL strategies seldom pay attention to the setting method of the dynamic bus lanes at intersections, which leads to the still serious delay of buses at intersections in the traffic congestion environment. To tackle this issue, this research explores a novel method of setting the intermittent bus approach (IBA) of intersections for lane sharing and bus priority at intersections. In particular, a time slice division strategy with an intersection signal coordination model is developed to fully and reasonably allocate the idle time of bus lanes at intersections. Besides, considering the lane-changing demands of general vehicles at intersections, the parameters of the IBA lane system are modeled and optimized. For testing and verifying the feasibility of the proposed method, comparative experiments are conducted through microscopic traffic simulation. Results show that the proposed IBA setting method can effectively solve the problem of bus priority failure at intersections. It can maintain the continuity of vehicle running on intersection sections, which better exerts the operational benefits of dynamic bus lanes.","PeriodicalId":48760,"journal":{"name":"Applied Sciences-Basel","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47616429","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Diagnosability-Integrated Design Approach Based on Graph Theory","authors":"Jiapeng Lv, Xianjun Shi","doi":"10.3390/app131810080","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/app131810080","url":null,"abstract":"In order to take into account the influence of both system structure and diagnosis algorithm in the diagnosability design of the system, a diagnosability-integrated design method based on graph theory was proposed in this paper. Firstly, based on the diagnosability evaluation results, the difficulty of fault diagnosis was qualitatively analyzed using the K-means method, and the diagnosis plot of measurement point was drawn based on the analysis results. Secondly, the Bron–Kerbosch algorithm was used to extract the maximal cliques from the diagnosis plot of measurement point and determine the set of maximal cliques that can diagnose faults in the system based on the hypergraph edge coverage theorem. Finally, a cascade classifier was set on the maximal clique set to classify and identify faults in the system, and the performance of the diagnosis scheme was evaluated using the posterior probabilities of the classifier outputs combined with the Shannon entropy. At the same time, the method incorporated a measurement point update mechanism, which can decide whether to add additional measurement point according to the evaluation results of Shannon entropy to ensure better diagnosis effect. The results of simulation experiments showed that the fault diagnosis scheme designed by the method of this paper improved the correct rate of diagnosis results by 3.25 percentage points compared with other diagnosis schemes due to the simultaneous consideration of the structure of the system and the diagnosis method, and the diagnosis results of this paper were relatively stable in repeated experiments, which proved the practicality and effectiveness of the method of this paper.","PeriodicalId":48760,"journal":{"name":"Applied Sciences-Basel","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48032203","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hongbin Hu, Yongbin Wang, Guohui Song, Weijian Fan, Chenming Liu
{"title":"Data Element Sharing in Convergence Media Ecology Based on Evolutionary Game","authors":"Hongbin Hu, Yongbin Wang, Guohui Song, Weijian Fan, Chenming Liu","doi":"10.3390/app131810089","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/app131810089","url":null,"abstract":"As a new factor of production, data element has profoundly changed our mode of production, lifestyle and social governance style. The sharing of a data element in the convergence media ecology can greatly improve the circulation of a data element and enhance the value of a data element; however, it may face problems such as insufficient sharing willingness, incomplete sharing circulation mechanism and inadequate implementation of the incentive mechanism. To solve these problems, this paper introduced the evolutionary game theory in the convergence media ecology and established the data-sharing model according to the characteristics of nodes. We analyzed the ecological node evolution path, evolutionary stable strategy and the corresponding state conditions in the model. Furthermore, we carried out the sampling experiment simulation, which verified the effectiveness of the research content in this paper. At the end of the article, we summarize and give some key factors to increase the willingness to participate in sharing in convergence media ecology. This paper enriched the research field of data element sharing in convergence media and explored the willingness and tendency of the participants. The research results can provide targeted suggestions for promoting the sharing of data elements in convergence media ecology.","PeriodicalId":48760,"journal":{"name":"Applied Sciences-Basel","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46915971","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A New Influence Mechanism of Clocking Effect in Subsonic Compressor","authors":"Han Niu, Jiang Chen, Hang Xiang","doi":"10.3390/app131810094","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/app131810094","url":null,"abstract":"This paper investigates the clocking effect in subsonic compressor element stages and the influence of design parameters on the flow mechanism. We focus on the relationship between the wake-induced separation loss and wake mixing loss and the unsteady mechanism in the wake flow process without considering the transition through several steady and unsteady numerical simulations aimed at a series of subsonic compressor element stages. The simulation results indicate that the performance difference at various indexing positions depends on the relationship between wake mixing loss and wake-induced separation loss for different compressor designs and operating conditions. Furthermore, the pressure transport caused by the negative jet of the Stator 0 wake in Rotor 1 creates a local acceleration region called SFAF, and a decrease in its absolute flow angle reduces the Stator 1 separation. Sufficient rim work of the rotor at highly loaded operating conditions is the basis for generating an effective SFAF. Furthermore, the fore-loading blade of Rotor 1 significantly reduces suction surface pressure drop, and a small angle between the stagger angles of Stator 0 and Rotor 1 increases the unsteady rotor load caused by the upstream wake to the total rotor load, both of which enhance SFAF.","PeriodicalId":48760,"journal":{"name":"Applied Sciences-Basel","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47917330","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Tamed Warping Network for High-Resolution Semantic Video Segmentation","authors":"Songyuan Li, Junyi Feng, Xi Li","doi":"10.3390/app131810102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/app131810102","url":null,"abstract":"Recent approaches for fast semantic video segmentation have reduced redundancy by warping feature maps across adjacent frames, greatly speeding up the inference phase. However, the accuracy drops seriously owing to the errors incurred by warping. In this paper, we propose a novel framework and design a simple and effective correction stage after warping. Specifically, we build a non-key-frame CNN, fusing warped context features with current spatial details. Based on the feature fusion, our context feature rectification (CFR) module learns the model’s difference from a per-frame model to correct the warped features. Furthermore, our residual-guided attention (RGA) module utilizes the residual maps in the compressed domain to help CRF focus on error-prone regions. Results on Cityscapes show that the accuracy significantly increases from 67.3% to 71.6%, and the speed edges down from 65.5 FPS to 61.8 FPS at a resolution of 1024×2048. For non-rigid categories, e.g., “human” and “object”, the improvements are even higher than 18 percentage points.","PeriodicalId":48760,"journal":{"name":"Applied Sciences-Basel","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44589462","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Byungkwan Park, Soon-Wook Choi, Chulho Lee, T. Kang, Seungchul Do, Woon-Yong Lee, Soo-Ho Chang
{"title":"A Geometric Model for a Shield TBM Steering Simulator","authors":"Byungkwan Park, Soon-Wook Choi, Chulho Lee, T. Kang, Seungchul Do, Woon-Yong Lee, Soo-Ho Chang","doi":"10.3390/app131810087","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/app131810087","url":null,"abstract":"This study aimed to simulate curved excavation using a tunnel boring machine (TBM) steering system based on the proposed mathematical methodology applied in a TBM simulator. We introduce the concept and mechanism of the TBM steering system and describe the mathematical formulae used for simulating curved excavation. Curved excavation in the top- right direction was simulated using a Python program to verify the mathematical formulae. In addition, Python simulations were undertaken to determine the effects of horizontal and vertical articulation angles on pitching and yawing angles. Finally, the proposed mathematical formulae were applied in the TBM operation simulator, and tested based on the mechanism of the TBM steering system.","PeriodicalId":48760,"journal":{"name":"Applied Sciences-Basel","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45803521","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Enhanced Whale Optimization Algorithm with Wavelet Decomposition for Lithium Battery Health Estimation in Deep Extreme Learning Machines","authors":"Hairui Wang, Jie Luo, Guifu Zhu, Ya Li","doi":"10.3390/app131810079","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/app131810079","url":null,"abstract":"Lithium battery health state estimation can help optimize battery usage and management strategies. In response to the challenges faced by traditional battery management systems in accurately estimating the State of Health of lithium-ion batteries and addressing issues such as capacity recovery and noise interference, this paper proposes a method based on wavelet decomposition and an improved whale optimization algorithm optimized deep extreme learning machine for estimating the SOH of lithium-ion batteries. Firstly, the lithium-ion battery capacity degradation sequence is extracted, and the wavelet decomposition method is used to decompose the battery capacity into global and local degradation trends. Next, the non-linear convergence factor and the whale optimization algorithm with adaptive weights are employed to optimize the deep extreme learning machine for predicting each trend component. Finally, the prediction results are effectively integrated to obtain the lithium-ion battery SOH. This experimental method is validated using NASA and CALCE datasets, and the results indicate that the root mean square error and mean absolute percentage error are both below 0.95%, with relative accuracy and absolute correlation coefficients exceeding 98%. This demonstrates the method’s excellent accuracy and robustness.","PeriodicalId":48760,"journal":{"name":"Applied Sciences-Basel","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45148781","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xiaoyang Zhu, K. Zhu, Pingzeng Liu, Yan Zhang, Honghua Jiang
{"title":"A Special Robot for Precise Grading and Metering of Mushrooms Based on Yolov5","authors":"Xiaoyang Zhu, K. Zhu, Pingzeng Liu, Yan Zhang, Honghua Jiang","doi":"10.3390/app131810104","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/app131810104","url":null,"abstract":"In order to accomplish accurate mushroom classification and measurement, it is necessary to optimize the existing classification algorithm and measurement devices, as well as to design a specific robot to improve classification accuracy and measurement efficiency. In order to achieve the above objectives, a research-level verification of mushroom grading using Yolov5 + OpenCV and a mushroom measuring system using a resistance strain gauge sensor was carried out. In the aspect of mushroom grading, a method based on the OpenCV visual library was used to identify the minimum quadrilateral outside the mushroom contour, allowing the size of the mushroom to be measured. The experiment’s results show that the method can assess target objects that are occluded with each other under different illumination conditions with 96% accuracy. In the measurement of mushrooms, the strain of the resistance is converted into an analog signal, and the weight of different grades of mushrooms is converted according to the linear relationship after processing by the detection circuit module. Through this method, the error range is successfully controlled within ±0.02 kg, which meets the requirements of accurate measurement of mushrooms. The results of field experiments show that the proposed accurate grading and measurement method of Lentinula edodes is effective and feasible, and provides technical support for the intelligent grading and measurement of Lentinula edodes in production units.","PeriodicalId":48760,"journal":{"name":"Applied Sciences-Basel","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49117673","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pilar Pardos-Aguilella, Luis Ceballos-Laita, Sara Cabanillas-Barea, Silvia Pérez-Guillén, Gianluca Ciuffreda, Sandra Jiménez-del-Barrio, Andoni Carrasco-Uribarren
{"title":"Correlation between Neck Muscle Endurance Tests, Ultrasonography, and Self-Reported Outcomes in Women with Low Cervical Disability and Neck Pain","authors":"Pilar Pardos-Aguilella, Luis Ceballos-Laita, Sara Cabanillas-Barea, Silvia Pérez-Guillén, Gianluca Ciuffreda, Sandra Jiménez-del-Barrio, Andoni Carrasco-Uribarren","doi":"10.3390/app131810106","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/app131810106","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Neck pain (NP) is a frequent condition in women, characterized by exhibiting distinct clinical manifestations such as the presence of deep neck (DN) muscle weakness. Endurance and ultrasonography of the DN muscles, and patient-reported outcome measures, are commonly used outcomes in clinical practice. The aim of this study is to assess and correlate the endurance of the DN muscles and their morphological characteristics with pain intensity, neck disability and headache impact. Methods: An observational and correlational study was carried out. Eighty-two women were recruited, and endurance tests of neck flexor and extensor (chin tuck flexion test and neck extensor muscles endurance test), ultrasonography of the DN muscles, pain intensity, disability (neck disability index) and headache impact (HIT-6) were measured. Spearman’s rho was used to evaluate the correlation between the outcome variables, and a simple linear regression analysis was carried out to explain the model in detail. Results: Statistically significant negative correlations between the chin tuck neck flexion test and neck disability index (NDI) (r = −0.38; p < 0.001) and HIT-6 (r = −0.26; p = 0.02) were found. The neck extensor muscles endurance test showed a negative correlation with NDI (r = −0.27; p = 0.01) and HIT-6 (r = −0.26; p = 0.02). The simple linear regression analysis showed an R squared of 26.7% and was statistically significant (NDI: R squared = 0.267; F = 3.13; p = 0.004) for NDI. Conclusion: A negative correlation between deep neck muscle endurance test results and self-reported outcome measures in women with low cervical disability and neck pain were observed. This suggests that lower endurance in the deep neck muscles may be associated with poorer self-reported symptoms and functionality in these patients. The chin tuck neck flexion test and deep extensor muscles endurance test could predict self-perceived neck disability in women with low cervical disability and NP.","PeriodicalId":48760,"journal":{"name":"Applied Sciences-Basel","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41585295","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Carlo Carbone, Alejandra Rubio-Bueno, F. Ortega, Ramón G. Rubio, E. Guzmán
{"title":"Adsorption of Mixed Dispersions of Silica Nanoparticles and an Amphiphilic Triblock Copolymer at the Water–Vapor Interface","authors":"Carlo Carbone, Alejandra Rubio-Bueno, F. Ortega, Ramón G. Rubio, E. Guzmán","doi":"10.3390/app131810093","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/app131810093","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigates the surface modification of hydrophilic silica nanoparticles by non-chemical adsorption of an amphiphilic triblock copolymer, Pluronic F-127, and elucidates its influence on the interfacial dispersion properties. The interaction between Pluronic F-127 and silica nanoparticles drives the formation of copolymer-decorated particles with increased hydrodynamic diameter and reduced effective charge as the copolymer concentration increases, while the opposite effect occurs as the particle concentration increases at a fixed polymer concentration. This indicates that increasing the copolymer concentration leads to an increase in the coating density, whereas increasing the particle concentration leads to a decrease. This is of paramount importance for modulating the reorganization of the Pluronic F-127 shell upon adsorption at fluid–fluid interfaces and, thus, the adsorption of the decorated nanoparticles at the interface and the rheological properties of the obtained layers. In fact, the relationship between copolymer concentration and interfacial tension, as well as the mechanical response of the interface, mirrors the patterns observed in Pluronic F-127 solutions, and only a shift mediated by the Pluronic F-127 concentration is found. This suggests that the presence of particles limits the space available for Pluronic F-127 molecules to reorganize at the interface but does not significantly affect the interfacial behavior of the particle-laden interface.","PeriodicalId":48760,"journal":{"name":"Applied Sciences-Basel","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44903213","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}