Zhenwei Li, Qing Ji, Xiaoli Yang, Yu Zhou, Shulong Zhi
{"title":"An Identification Method of Feature Interpretation for Melanoma Using Machine Learning","authors":"Zhenwei Li, Qing Ji, Xiaoli Yang, Yu Zhou, Shulong Zhi","doi":"10.3390/app131810076","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/app131810076","url":null,"abstract":"Melanoma is a fatal skin cancer that can be treated efficiently with early detection. There is a pressing need for dependable computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) systems to address this concern effectively. In this work, a melanoma identification method with feature interpretation was designed. The method included preprocessing, feature extraction, feature ranking, and classification. Initially, image quality was improved through preprocessing and k-means segmentation was used to identify the lesion area. The texture, color, and shape features of this region were then extracted. These features were further refined through feature recursive elimination (RFE) to optimize them for the classifiers. The classifiers, including support vector machine (SVM) with four kernels, logistic regression (LR), and Gaussian naive Bayes (GaussianNB) were applied. Additionally, cross-validation and 100 randomized experiments were designed to guarantee the generalization of the model. The experiments generated explainable feature importance rankings, and importantly, the model demonstrated robust performance across diverse datasets.","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":"48650007","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":"Research on Conditions and Influence Factors of an Acoustic Wave Acting as a Plane Wave in Tire Acoustic Cavity","authors":"Xiaojun Hu, Xiandong Liu, Yingchun Shan, Tian He","doi":"10.3390/app131810078","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/app131810078","url":null,"abstract":"Tire acoustic cavity resonance noise (TACRN) contributes significantly to the interior noise of electric cars and passenger cars with lower powertrain noise, which affects the comfort of the ride. To suppress TACRN effectively, it is crucial to clarify the characteristics of TACRN. In previous studies, the acoustic wave in the tire acoustic cavity is straightforwardly assumed to be the plane wave for convenience. In fact, there exist strict conditions for the acoustic wave propagating in the pipeline to act as a plane wave. The aim of this paper is to make the characteristics and evolution of acoustic waves in tire acoustic cavities clear. To do so, a simplified model of the tire cavity is established, and the sound field distribution and the acoustic wave propagation characteristics in the tire cavity are analyzed based on the theory of acoustic waveguide. Then, the existence ranges of higher-order waves (non-plane waves), the conditions of an acoustic wave evolving into a plane wave, and the frequency range of a plane wave are investigated. Finally, the characteristics and evolution law of an acoustic wave in a tire acoustic cavity are obtained. The work in this paper may deepen the understanding of the characteristics and mechanism of acoustic waves in the tire cavity and be helpful and meaningful for analyzing and suppressing TACRN. Therefore, it is of practical significance to reduce TACRN transmitted to the vehicle and improve the sound quality inside the vehicle.","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":"47228124","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}
K. Bijapur, Vandana Molahalli, Apoorva Shetty, A. Toghan, Paola De Padova, G. Hegde
{"title":"Recent Trends and Progress in Corrosion Inhibitors and Electrochemical Evaluation","authors":"K. Bijapur, Vandana Molahalli, Apoorva Shetty, A. Toghan, Paola De Padova, G. Hegde","doi":"10.3390/app131810107","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/app131810107","url":null,"abstract":"Science and engineering research studies are currently concentrating on synthesizing, designing, producing, and consuming ecologically benign chemical species to replace harmful chemicals. This is due to the increasing demands of conservation knowledge and strict ecological regulations. Numerous environmentally friendly substitutes produced from natural resources, including biopolymers, plant extracts, chemical pharmaceuticals (drugs), and so on, are now frequently used as inhibitors to replace dangerous corrosion inhibitors. Many compounds have been extensively used. A range of methods, including physisorption, chemisorption, barrier protection, thin-film growth, and electrochemical procedures, will be used to provide corrosion resistance. The various kinds of corrosion inhibitors (CIs), the mechanisms underlying inhibition, and the evaluation procedures have all been covered in-depth. This review provides an overview of the relevant literature in which researchers and scientists used different types of CIs, the effect of CIs on metals, and information about designs and mechanisms used to minimize corrosion in a variety of equipment composed of alloys or metals, along with electrochemical evaluation studies. This review will provide scholars with fresh insights to advance the discipline.","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":"47377404","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":"Advancing Nanoscale Communication: Unveiling the Potential of Terahertz and Molecular Communication","authors":"Pankaj Singh, Sung-Yoon Jung","doi":"10.3390/app131810085","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/app131810085","url":null,"abstract":"In recent years, advancements in nanotechnology have opened up new frontiers in communication systems, bringing the dream of seamless communication at the nanoscale level closer to reality [...]","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":"43648349","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}
A. Stępień, K. Wojtkowiak, B. Cwalina-Ambroziak, A. Waśkiewicz
{"title":"Mycotoxin Level in Winter Wheat Grain as Impacted by Nitrogen and Manganese Fertilisation","authors":"A. Stępień, K. Wojtkowiak, B. Cwalina-Ambroziak, A. Waśkiewicz","doi":"10.3390/app131810086","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/app131810086","url":null,"abstract":"A field experiment with winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivation was conducted at the Research and Education Centre in Tomaszkowo, Poland (53°72′ N; 20°42′ E) in the years 2013–2016. Fertilisation with nitrogen at 150 and 200 kg ha−1 and foliar application of manganese at 0.5 and 1.5 kg ha−1 were the research factors. Wheat infestation by Fusarium spp. was determined by the habitat conditions during crop growth. Neither nitrogen nor manganese fertilisation affected the presence of Fusarium spp. symptoms on wheat ears, but the infestation intensity decreased with increasing nitrogen and manganese content in the grain. Only the level of deoxynivalenol (DON) was correlated with Fusarium spp. infestation. Increasing the nitrogen fertilisation rate from 150 kg ha−1 to 200 kg ha−1 resulted in higher grain contamination with toxins. Supplementation of nitrogen fertilisation with manganese reduced the number of mycotoxins in wheat grain. The grain yield was mainly affected by the varied weather conditions during the wheat-growing periods. Neither nitrogen nor manganese fertilisation differentiated the wheat grain yield. The objective of this study was to examine the impact of the weather conditions and nitrogen and manganese fertilisation on the grain yield, occurrence of Fusarium head blight and mycotoxin level in winter wheat grain.","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":"45099630","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}
H. Xiao, Yang Liu, Yande Liu, Hui Xiao, Liwei Sun, Yong Hao
{"title":"Diagnosis of Citrus Greening Based on the Fusion of Visible and Near-Infrared Spectra","authors":"H. Xiao, Yang Liu, Yande Liu, Hui Xiao, Liwei Sun, Yong Hao","doi":"10.3390/app131810082","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/app131810082","url":null,"abstract":"A disease, known as citrus greening, is a major threat to the citrus industry. The objective of this study was to investigate the feasibility of rapid detection and improving the identification accuracy of citrus greening with visible and near-infrared spectra under spectral fusion. After we obtained the spectra of the collected citrus leaves and used the polymerase chain reaction for part of them, five types of samples were sorted out: slight, moderate, serious, nutrient deficiency, and normal. This study of spectral fusion was conducted on three levels as spectral data, characteristic, and model decision, and the identification capacity was tested using prediction samples. It was found that the effect of a least squares support vector machine model for feature-level fusion based on principal component analysis presented the best performance, while in the Lin_Kernel function; the accuracy was 100%, penalty coefficient γ was 0.09, and operation time was 0.66 s. It is better than the single spectral discriminant model. The results showed that the fusion of visible and near-infrared spectra was feasible for the nondestructive detection of citrus greening disease. This method is of great significance for the healthy development of the citrus industry, and provides important reference value for the application of spectral fusion in other fields.","PeriodicalId":48760,"journal":{"name":"Applied Sciences-Basel","volume":"138 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41290786","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":"Special Issue on Potentially Toxic Trace Elements in Contaminated Sites: Fate, Risk and Remediation","authors":"E. Pavoni, Beatrice Campanella, A. Acquavita","doi":"10.3390/app131810034","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/app131810034","url":null,"abstract":"The occurrence of potentially toxic elements (PTEs, including As, Cd, Hg and Pb) of both anthropogenic and natural origin in the environment represents an issue of global concern, leading to a general decline in environmental quality in both continental and aquatic systems [...]","PeriodicalId":48760,"journal":{"name":"Applied Sciences-Basel","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46676967","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":"Estimation of Earth’s Central Angle Threshold and Measurement Model Construction Method for Pose and Attitude Solution Based on Aircraft Scene Matching","authors":"Haiqiao Liu, Zichao Gong, Taixin Liu, Jing Dong","doi":"10.3390/app131810051","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/app131810051","url":null,"abstract":"To address the challenge of solving aircraft’s visual navigation results using scene matching, this paper introduces the spherical EPnP positioning posture-solving method, which incorporates the threshold value for the central angle and the construction of a measurement model. The detailed steps are as follows: Firstly, the positioning coordinate model of the Earth’s surface is constructed to ensure the expression of the three-dimensional coordinates of the Earth’s surface. The positioning is then solved by employing the EPnP positioning posture-solving algorithm on the constructed data model. Secondly, by comparing and analyzing the positioning posture values of approximate plane coordinates, the critical value is determined, which serves as a reference for plane calculations. Lastly, a theoretical measurement model for visual height and central angle is constructed, taking into account the decided central angle threshold value. The simulation experiment demonstrates that using spherical coordinates as input results in an average positioning precision that is 16.42 percent higher compared to using plane coordinates as input. When the central angle is less than 0.5 degrees and the surface area is smaller than 558502 square meters, the positioning precision of plane coordinates is comparable to that of spherical coordinates. In such instances, the sphere can be approximated as flat. The findings of this study provide important theoretical guidance for further research on scene-matching positioning posture solving. These results hold significant implications for both theoretical research and engineering applications.","PeriodicalId":48760,"journal":{"name":"Applied Sciences-Basel","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46697888","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":"Research on Low-Frequency Oscillation Damping Control of Wind Storage System Based on Pareto and Improved Particle Swarm Algorithm","authors":"Yu Song, Shouyuan Wu","doi":"10.3390/app131810054","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/app131810054","url":null,"abstract":"Aiming at the low-frequency oscillation problem of high-proportion wind power and energy storage connected to the power system, this paper establishes a system small signal model according to the matrix similarity theory, which lays a foundation for the research on oscillation characteristics, mechanism analysis, and suppression measures. Combined with the different installation positions of the inverter-side converter and the inverter-side POD (Power Oscillation Damper) controller of the energy storage device, the suppression mechanism and damping oscillation ability of the two on low-frequency oscillation were analyzed. Under multiple optimization objectives, the parameters of the damping controller are optimized by Pareto and improved particle swarm algorithms. Finally, through Matlab/Simulink simulation, the effectiveness of the Pareto and improved particle swarm algorithm in suppressing low-frequency oscillation of the system is verified.","PeriodicalId":48760,"journal":{"name":"Applied Sciences-Basel","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69543915","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}
Mario Núñez-Decap, Bárbara Sandoval-Valderrama, Camila Opazo-Carlsson, Boris Moya-Rojas, Marcela Vidal-Vega, A. Opazo-Vega
{"title":"Use of Carbon and Basalt Fibers with Adhesives to Improve Physical and Mechanical Properties of Laminated Veneer Lumber","authors":"Mario Núñez-Decap, Bárbara Sandoval-Valderrama, Camila Opazo-Carlsson, Boris Moya-Rojas, Marcela Vidal-Vega, A. Opazo-Vega","doi":"10.3390/app131810032","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/app131810032","url":null,"abstract":"Climate change is one of the main factors influencing the research of environmentally friendly materials. This is why the use of engineering fibers as a reinforcement technique in wood, in order to increase its mechanical properties, has recently been investigated. This research presents the results obtained from the use of carbon and basalt fiber fabrics as a reinforcement for microlaminated Radiata Pine wood panels at a laboratory scale using the adhesives epoxy resin and polyvinyl acetate. Tests were carried out in comparison to the control boards, relating the physical properties obtained in terms of thickness swelling by 48 h-water immersion with a decrease of 19% for the polyvinyl acetate and carbon fiber matrix reinforcement, about the mechanical properties evaluated, a better performance was obtained for the epoxy resin and carbon fiber matrix reinforcement and in terms of flexural stiffness and strength (in flatwise), tensile strength and Janka hardness, with an increment of 31%, 38%, 56% and 41%, respectively.","PeriodicalId":48760,"journal":{"name":"Applied Sciences-Basel","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41434673","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}