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Julio Cantero-Durango, Rodrigo Polo-Mendoza, Gilberto Martinez-Arguelles and Luis Fuentes
Continuous research efforts have been developed in the literature to raise the sustainability components of the road infrastructure industry, i.e., reduce potential contaminants and augment financial profitability. In this regard, this investigation aims...
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Song Zhang, Qing Wu, Jialun Liu, Yangying He and Shijie Li
Automatic berthing is at the top level of ship autonomy; it is unwise and hasty to hand over the control initiative to the controller and the algorithm without the foundation of the maneuvering model. The berthing maneuver model predicts the ship respons...
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Javier García-Gudiño, Elena Angón, Isabel Blanco-Penedo, Florence Garcia-Launay and José Perea
Eco-efficiency could be defined as the simultaneous ability to achieve acceptable economic results with the least possible environmental degradation. Its analysis in crop and livestock production systems has become a hot topic among politicians and scien...
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Pedro H. N. Cardoso, Carlos Yure B. Oliveira, Mylena Nunes, Ginetton F. Tavares, Pedro M. Faia and Evando S. Araújo
The importance of the Eudragit® E100 copolymer (E100) is recognized in the pharmaceutical industry as a pH-dependent coating material in conventional oral administration dosage applications, where a modified release profile is required. On the other hand...
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Alexey Prosviryakov and Andrey Bazlov
In this work, we studied the effect of thermal exposure on the microstructure and mechanical properties of an Al-5 wt.% TiO2 composite material with additions of 5 wt.% Cu and 2 wt.% stearic acid as a process control agent (PCA), obtained by mechanical a...
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Wanwan Wang and Mengmeng Zhao
Personal cooling garments were reported effective in improving thermal comfort in hot environments. In this study, three liquid?air hybrid cooling garments and one control garment were designed and made: aluminum-tube fan cooling (AAL), silicone-tube fan...
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Raimundo P. Farias, Ricardo S. Gomez, Elisiane S. Lima, Wilton P. Silva, Ivonete B. Santos, Maria J. Figueredo, Genival S. Almeida, Fagno D. Rolim, Vital A. B. Oliveira, Guilherme L. Oliveira Neto and Antonio G. B. Lima
Fresh bananas are fruits with high moisture content after harvest and are submitted to a drying process to minimize waste and increase shelf life. This work aims to experimentally study the convective drying of bananas in an oven with hot-air recirculati...
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Carlos C. Duarte and Nuno D. Cortiços
China promptly took the leading step to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, producing the first scientific guidelines assuming health above energy consumption and significantly changing HVAC/AHU operation. The research intended to fulfill the gap by measuri...
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Jeanette Maria Pedersen, Farah Jebaei and Muhyiddine Jradi
A well-designed and properly operated building automation and control system (BACS) is key to attaining energy-efficient operation and optimal indoor conditions. In this study, three healthcare facilities of a different type, age, and use are considered ...
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Jaroslaw Szrek, Jacek Wodecki, Ryszard Blazej and Radoslaw Zimroz
It is well known that mechanical systems require supervision and maintenance procedures. There are a lot of condition monitoring techniques that are commonly used, and in the era of IoT and predictive maintenance one may find plenty of solutions for vari...
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