Academic Articles & Research Papers

Optimization of Operational Parameters for Bio‑Oil Production from Municipal Solid Waste via Microwave Pyrolysis

The efficiency of bio-oil production from municipal solid waste was investigated using microwave-assisted pyrolysis. The effects of temperature, pyrolysis time, and microwave power on bio-oil yield were evaluated using Response Surface Meth...

Decentralized Distributed Sequential Neural Networks Inference on Low-Power Microcontrollers in Wireless Sensor Networks: A Predictive Maintenance Case Study

The growing adoption of IoT applications has led to increased use of low-power microcontroller units (MCUs) for energy-efficient, local data processing. However, deploying deep neural networks (DNNs) on these constrained devices is challeng...

Q-Learning Based Joint Energy-Spectral Efficiency Optimization in Multi-Hop Device-to-Device Communication

In scenarios, like critical public safety communication networks, On-Scene Available (OSA) user equipment (UE) may be only partially connected with the network infrastructure, e.g., due to physical damages or on-purpose deactivation by the ...

Machine learning for metabolic engineering: A review

Machine learning provides researchers a unique opportunity to make metabolic engineering more predictable. In this review, we offer an introduction to this discipline in terms that are relatable to metabolic engineers, as well as providing ...

Deep Learning-Based Visual Complexity Analysis of Electroencephalography Time-Frequency Images: Can It Localize the Epileptogenic Zone in the Brain?

In drug-resistant epilepsy, a visual inspection of intracranial electroencephalography (iEEG) signals is often needed to localize the epileptogenic zone (EZ) and guide neurosurgery. The visual assessment of iEEG time-frequency (TF) images i...

Source apportionment and stochastic evaluation of soil contamination and human health risks of potentially toxic elements in Nangodi, northern Ghana

Abstract Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) is a critical driver of soil contamination in West Africa, yet quantifying the relative contributions of natural and anthropogenic sources remains a major challenge. This study presents an int...

A Sensor-to-API Data Infrastructure for Building Digital Twins: Harmonizing Multi-Rate IoT Energy and Indoor Data Streams for Proactive Analytics

Digital twins are increasingly used in smart buildings to monitor energy use. This requires reliable sensor data, geospatial information, and semantically rich 3D building geometry. However, building sensor data often has inconsistent sampl...

A review of machine learning in building load prediction

Virtual CT Myelography: A Patch-Based Machine Learning Model to Improve Intraspinal Soft Tissue Visualization on Unenhanced Dual-Energy Lumbar Spine CT

Background: Distinguishing between the spinal cord and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) non-invasively on CT is challenging due to their similar mass densities. We hypothesize that patch-based machine learning applied to dual-energy CT can accurat...

An Efficient and High-Speed Disturbance Detection Algorithm Design with Emphasis on Operation of Static Transfer Switch

Static Transfer Switch (STS) is required for high-speed transfer of essential load to the alternate power source when the main source fails due to power disturbance (PD). A fast and accurate PD detection method is required to ensure trans...

Integrating BIM, Machine Learning, and PMBOK for Green Project Management in Saudi Arabia: A Framework for Energy Efficiency and Environmental Impact Reduction

This study introduces a comprehensive framework combining building information modeling (BIM), project management body of knowledge (PMBOK), and machine learning (ML) to optimize energy efficiency and reduce environmental impacts in Riyadh’...

Revealing the dynamic evolution of interfacial water during Mg anodic dissolution

Though magnesium alloys possess attractive mechanical properties, their applications are severely limited by galvanic corrosion, due to the rapid anodic dissolution and anomalous hydrogen evolution. In this work, well-tempered metadynamics ...

Simulation of Flow-Induced Vibration and Dynamic Performance of Circular-Arc Helical Gear Pump under Background of Machine Learning

At present, with the continuous development and great improvement of mechanical manufacturing, processing, and assembly technology, mechanical flow-induced vibration (FIV) with a relatively concentrated frequency domain can be controlled by...

Spatially contextualized analysis of energy use for commuting in India

India’s land transport GHG emissions are small in international comparison, but growing exponentially. Understanding of geographically-specific determinants of GHG emissions is crucial to devise low-carbon sustainable development strategies...

The challenge of studying perovskite solar cells’ stability with machine learning

Perovskite solar cells are the most dynamic emerging photovoltaic technology and attracts the attention of thousands of researchers worldwide. Recently, many of them are targeting device stability issues–the key challenge for this technolog...

Machine learning for a sustainable energy future

Finding Density Functionals with Machine Learning

Machine learning is used to approximate density functionals. For the model problem of the kinetic energy of noninteracting fermions in 1D, mean absolute errors below 1 kcal/mol on test densities similar to the training set are reached with ...

Machine learning in polymer informatics

Abstract Polymers have been widely used in energy storage, construction, medicine, aerospace, and so on. However, the complexity of chemical composition and morphology of polymers has brought challenges to their development. Thanks to the i...

An intelligent machine learning paradigm for gyrotactic micro-organism-induced squeezing flow of Eyring–Powell hybrid nanofluids with entropy generation

A novel unsteady squeezing flow of a non-Newtonian ternary hybrid nanofluid is investigated by focusing Eyring–Powell fluid rheology in an infinite channel. The nanofluid consists of AA1072, AA1075, and ZrO2 nanoparticles suspended in blood...

Rapid Deployment of Deep Learning-Based Condition Monitoring for Rotating Machines

Rotating machines are extremely common in many industries, and their maintenance involves substantial costs and labor. Most recent studies aiming to automate fault diagnosis have focused on deep learning, but industry adoption has been slow...