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A new approach to β-decays studies impacting nuclear physics and astrophysics: The PANDORA setup
- David Mascali
- Debora Santonocito
- Maurizio Maria Busso
- Luigi Celona
- Alessio Galatà
- M. La Cognata
- Giorgio Sebastiano Mauro
- A. Mengoni
- Eugenia Naselli
- F. Odorici
- S. Palmerini
- Angelo Pidatella
- R. Ràcz
- Simone Taioli
- Giuseppe Torrisi
2023 Full text EPJ Web of Conferences
Theory predicts that lifetimes of β-radionuclides can change dramatically as a function of their ionization state. Experiments performed in Storage Rings on highly ionized atom have proven nuclei can change their beta decay lifetime up to several orders of magnitude. The PANDORA (Plasmas for Astrophysics, Nuclear Decay Observation and Radiation for Archaeometry) experiment is now conceived to measure, for the first time, nuclear β-decay rates using magnetized laboratory plasma that can mimic selected stellar-like conditions in terms of the temperature of the environment. The main feature of the setup which is based on a plasma trap to create and sustain the plasma, a detector array for the measurement of the gamma-rays emitted by the daughter nuclei after the decay process and the diagnostic tools developed to online monitor the plasma will be presented. A short list of the physics cases we plan to investigate together with an evaluation of their feasibility will be also discussed.
A new finite element with variable Young's modulus
- Katarzyna Mazur
- Marek Krawczuk
- Leszek Dąbrowski
2023 International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering
The Finite Element Method (FEM) is a numerical technique that is well-established in the field of engineering. However, in biological sciences, it is justtaking its first steps. Bone tissue is an example of biological material which isexposed to high loads in its natural environment. Practically every movementof the body results in changing stress levels in the bone. Nature copes with thisvery well but when human intervention is necessary (e.g., endoprosthesesimplants) bone strength has to be determined based on experience since bonetissue has a very heterogeneous structure. The goal of this paper is to demon-strate how standard FEM calculations may be readily modified to provide forvariable material properties of such materials as, for example, bone or wood.
A new index for statistical analyses and prediction of travelling ionospheric disturbances
- Claudia Borries
- Arthur Amaral Ferreira
- Grzegorz Nykiel
- Renato Alves Borges
2023 Full text JOURNAL OF ATMOSPHERIC AND SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL PHYSICS
Travelling Ionospheric Disturbances (TIDs) are signatures of atmospheric gravity waves (AGWs) observed in changes in the electron density. The analysis of TIDs is relevant for studying coupling processes in the thermosphere–ionosphere system. A new TID index is introduced, which is based on an easy extension of the commonly used approach for TID detection. This TID activity index, which can be applied for individual Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) stations and also for mapping TID activity, is capable to study both Large Scale TIDs (LSTIDs) and Medium Scale TIDs (MSTIDs). is well applicable for statistical analyses and investigations of the source mechanisms of TIDs. Correlation studies presented here reveal that LSTID magnitudes at mid-latitudes are well correlated with solar wind derived parameters, like the Kan-Lee merging electric field (), the intermediate function ( ) and the modified version of the Akasufo parameter (3). Thus, the magnitude of the global solar-wind energy input into the Earth’s magnetosphere–ionosphere–thermosphere system is most relevant for the LSTID generation. The correlation with common geomagnetic activity indices shows that also sudden changes in the magnetosphere–ionosphere–thermosphere system are relevant. Good correlation results are limited to midlatitudes. High-latitude regions are impacted by auroral processes and low-latitude regions by coupling from below and other instabilities. can be used for the modelling and prediction as demonstrated with a prediction model for storm induced LSTIDs, based on solar wind observations only. Very good performance of this LSTIDs prediction model in mid-latitudes has been proven.
A New, Reconfigurable Circuit Offering Functionality of AND and OR Logic Gates for Use in Algorithms Implemented in Hardware
- Tomasz Talaśka
- Rafał Długosz
- Tatjana Nikolić
- Goran Nikolić
- Tomasz Stefański
- Michał Długosz
- Michał Talaśka
2023
The paper presents a programmable (using a 1-bit signal) digital gate that can operate in one of two OR or AND modes. A circuit of this type can also be implemented using conventional logic gates. However, in the case of the proposed circuit, compared to conventional solutions, the advantage is a much smaller number of transistors necessary for its implementation. Circuit is also much faster than its conventional counterpart. The logic gate was implemented in the 180nm CMOS technology and verified using Hspice simulations. There are many possible applications for this gate, mostly in artificial intelligence and pattern recognition algorithms implemented at the transistor level.
A Note on Fractional Curl Operator
- Tomasz Stefański
- Marek Czachor
2023 IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters
In this letter, we demonstrate that the fractional curl operator, widely used in electromagnetics since 1998, is essentially a rotation operation of components of the complex Riemann–Silberstein vector representing the electromagnetic field. It occurs that after the wave decomposition into circular polarisations, the standard duality rotation with the angle depending on the fractional order is applied to the left-handed basis vector whilst the right-handed basis vector stems from the complex conjugation of the left-handed counterpart. Therefore, the fractional curl operator describes another representation of rotations of the electromagnetic field decomposed into circular polarisations. Finally, we demonstrate that this operator can describe a single-qubit phase-shift gate in quantum computing.
A note on simple bifurcation of equilibrium forms of an elastic rod on a deformable foundation
- Marek Izydorek
- Joanna Janczewska
2023 TOPOLOGY AND ITS APPLICATIONS
We study bifurcation of equilibrium states of an elastic rod on a two-parameter Winkler foundation. In the article "Bifurcation of equilibrium forms of an elastic rod on a two-parameter Winkler foundation" [Nonlinear Anal., Real World Appl. 39 (2018) 451-463] the existence of simple bifurcation points was proved by the use of the Crandall-Rabinowitz theorem. In this paper we want to present an alternative proof of this fact based on the Krasnosielski theorem.
A novel approach in wood waste utilization for manufacturing of catalyst-free polyurethane-wood composites (PU-WC)
- Adam Olszewski
- Paulina Kosmela
- Łukasz Piszczyk
2023 Full text Sustainable Materials and Technologies
In recent decades, due to the increase in environmental awareness and noticeable environmental degradation, the area of wood waste management has attracted increasing attention. The purpose of this study is to develop a new type of highly filled polyurethane wood-composite (PU-WC) by the utilization of large amount of wood wastes without addition of a catalyst. Although wood-plastic composites (WPCs) are widely known, there is still a lack of knowledge about WPCs with a polyurethane matrix. Obtained results showed that composites with a wood content of up to 80% show mechanical properties to commonly used MDF boards. This may be caused proper adhesion between polyurethane matrix and the wooden filler which was confirmed by scanning electron microscopy. The flexural strength of the manufactured composites varied between 19.25 and 25.11 MPa, while the flexural modulus varied between 966 and 1255 MPa. Dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) of the composites showed a shift of Tgβ (from −70.3 to −52.3 °C) and Tgα (from 94.9 to 117.8 °C) to higher temperatures with increasing filler amount. The observed shift could be interpreted as a reduction of polymer chain mobility and an increase in cross-linking density of composites with a higher amount of wood. This is caused by chemical reactions between isocyanates and reactive hydroxyl groups on the wood surface. Thermogravimetric analysis has shown that PU-WC degrades in one step with Tmax at around 360 °C and T2% significantly reduce with greater addition of wood. Water absorption tests that water absorption strongly depends on wood content and varies between 13 and 80%. Moreover, cyclic water absorption tests showed no considerable difference between the water adsorption of samples after each cycle. Our work suggests that PU-WC can be used successfully as a potential substitute for wood or different types of wood-plastic composites (WPC).
A Novel Approach to Fully Nonlinear Mathematical Modeling of ‎Tectonic Plates
- Shahriar Dastjerdi
- Mohammad Malikan
- Bekir Akgöz
- Ömer Civalek
- Victor Eremeev
2023 Full text Journal of Applied and Computational Mechanics
The motion of the Earth's layers due to internal pressures is simulated in this research with an efficient mathematical model. The Earth, which revolves around its axis of rotation and is under internal pressure, will change the shape and displacement of the internal layers and tectonic plates. Applied mathematical models are based on a new approach to shell theory involving both two and three-dimensional approaches. It is the first time studying all necessary measures that increase the accuracy of the obtained results. These parameters are essential to perform a completely nonlinear analysis and consider the effects of the Earth’s rotation around its axis. Unlike most modeling of nonlinear partial differential equations in applied mechanics that only considers nonlinear effects in a particular direction, the general nonlinear terms are considered in the present study, which increases the accuracy of the amount of displacement of the Earth's inner layers. Also, the fully nonlinear and dynamic differential equations are solved by a semi-analytical polynomial method which is an innovative and efficient method. Determining the amount of critical pressure at the fault location that will cause phenomena such as earthquakes is one of the useful results that can be obtained from the mathematical modeling in this research.
A novel concept of enhanced direct-contact condensation of vapour- inert gas mixture in a spray ejector condenser
- Dariusz Mikielewicz
- Milad Amiri
- Michał Klugmann
- Jaroslaw Mikielewicz
2023 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER
An analytical model of direct steam condensation (DCC) in the novel idea of spray ejector condenser (SEC) in the presence of inert gas has been developed. It is based on continuity, momentum and energy equations for the steam-carbon dioxide mixture and direct contact condensation mechanisms due to heat transfer and concentration. Crucial in the process of DCC is atomisation of the motive fluid in the ejector. The effect of atomised droplet size is exhibiting a significant amplification influence with increasing size of the droplet. Motive fluid is driving the secondary fluid-mixture of steam and inert gas in the Venturi nozzle and is cold enough to cause direct condensation. The intensity of heat transfer process from steam to water when the phases are in direct contact is much higher than the heat transfer intensity in surface heat exchangers. The analytical model pertains to a subcritical flow of a mixture of steam and gas in SEC. The model exhibits satisfactory agreement with experimental data. The model of DCC predicts higher values of temperature drop between inlet and outlet from the mixing section for the case of smaller steam-CO2 flow rates. Increasing the flow rate of steam mixture from 1.2 g/s to 3.6 g/s results in a reduction of steam mixture temperature from 25 ◦C to 14 ◦C respectively, at CO2 flow rate of 6.8 m3 /h. Condensation without presence of CO2 in the same range of steam flow rate, i.e. from 1.2 g/s to 3.6 g/s results in reduction of steam mixture temperature from 56 ◦C to 25 ◦C respectively, confirming in such way the effect of CO2 presence on the efficiency of DCC. Such model allow for discussion of parameters affecting process of condensation in SEC and ability of application such condenser in power plants.
A novel DEM-based pore-scale thermal-hydro-mechanical model for fractured non-saturated porous materials
- Marek Krzaczek
- Michał Nitka
- Andrzej Tejchman-Konarzewski
2023 Full text Acta Geotechnica
Do propagacji pęknięć wykorzystano nowy oparty na DEM, termiczno-hydromechaniczny model dwufazowego przepływu płynu w skali porów rozszerzony o wymianę ciepła w nienasyconych materiałach porowatych o małej porowatości. Wykonano obliczenia numeryczne dla kohezyjnych próbek ziarnistych przy użyciu DEM w pełni sprzężonego z CFD (opartego na sieci przepływu płynu) i wymianą ciepła, który zintegrował mechanikę dyskretną z mechaniką płynów i wymianą ciepła w mezoskali. Zarówno płyn (dyfuzja i adwekcja) i kohezyjne cząstki (przewodnictwo) brały udział w przenoszeniu ciepła. Wyniki stosując sprzężony model termo-hydro-mechaniczny (THM) zostały najpierw porównane z rozwiązaniem analitycznym klasycznego jednowymiarowego transportu ciepła. Wyniki liczbowe i analityczne były w pełni zgodne. Wpływ adwekcji na ochłodzenie na zespół kohezyjnych cząstek został następnie zademonstrowany numerycznie dla niskich i wysokich liczb Pecleta. Wreszcie użyteczność modelu THM została udowodniona w teście skurczu termicznego, w którym zastosowano próbkę złożoną z kohezyjnych cząstek był poddany chłodzeniu, w wyniku czego powstało makropęknięcie. Zbadano wpływ makropęknięcia na rozkład ciśnienia płynu, gęstości, prędkości i temperatury.
A novel hybrid adaptive framework for support vector machine-based reliability analysis: A comparative study
- Shiyuan Yang
- Zhenyu He
- Jiangbo Chai
- Debiao Meng
- Wojciech Macek
- Ricardo Branco
- Shun-Peng Zhu
2023 Full text Structures
This study presents an innovative hybrid Adaptive Support Vector Machine - Monte Carlo Simulation (ASVM-MCS) framework for reliability analysis in complex engineering structures. These structures often involve highly nonlinear implicit functions, making traditional gradient-based first or second order reliability algorithms and Monte Carlo Simulation (MCS) time-consuming. The application of surrogate models has proven effective in addressing computational challenges associated with a large number of simulations. Support Vector Machine (SVM), as an emerging machine learning method suitable for small-sample scenarios, offers a well-established theoretical foundation and presents an effective model substitution approach for reliability analysis in engineering structures. However, the existing literature lacks a comprehensive and thorough comparative analysis of SVM's hybrid adaptive modeling approach, encompassing initial sampling methods and learning functions, with regards to both computational efficiency and accuracy. Additionally, there is a gap in adaptive modeling methods capable of accommodating diverse types of input uncertainty, the nonlinearity of limit state functions, and various application scenarios. In response to these gaps, this article introduces the ASVM-MCS framework, which addresses these challenges by considering different types of input variables and various failure modes. Moreover, this study provides a comprehensive evaluation of the ASVM-MCS framework's performance, including its initial sampling methods and learning functions, across a range of application scenarios, such as scenarios involving only random variables, mixed variables, and the reliability of series-parallel systems.
A Novel Spatio–Temporal Deep Learning Vehicle Turns Detection Scheme Using GPS-Only Data
- Mussadiq Abdul Rahim
- Sultan Daud Khan
- Salabat Khan
- Muhammad Rashid
- Rafi Ullah
- Hanan Tariq
- Stanisław Czapp
2023 Full text IEEE Access
Whether the computer is driving your car or you are, advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) come into play on all levels, from weather monitoring to safety. These modern-day ADASs use various assisting tools for drivers to keep the journey safe; these sophisticated tools provide early signals of numerous events, such as road conditions, emerging traffic scenarios, and weather warnings. Many urban applications, such as car-sharing and logistics, rely on accurate and up-to-date road map data. Map generation methods use a variety of data sources, including but not limited to global positioning systems (GPS). In this research we propose a GPS-only data trajectory analysis and a novel scheme to convert GPS trajectory data to image-based data to train a custom Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) model. The empirical results with an extensive 5-fold cross-validation show that the proposed scheme identifies turn and not turn with more than 94% recall. It outperforms the existing turn detection schemes on two major frontiers, the required data and the accuracy achieved in detecting different driving behaviors.
A Numerical Study on Baseline-Free Damage Detection Using Frequency Steerable Acoustic Transducers
- Octavio Reyes Márquez
- Beata Zima
- Jochen Moll
- Masoud Mohammadgholiha
- Luca Marchi De
2023 Full text
In structural health monitoring (SHM) a considerable amount of damage detection algorithms based on guided waves (GW) have been developed. Most of them rely on extensive transducer networks, besides preliminary reference measurements of the structures. This originated a growing demand for hardware simplification and cost reduction of the wave-based SHM methods, driving the conception of new solutions enabling both: the reduction in the amount of sensors required for doing measurements, as well as a diminution of quantity of signals needed for the algorithms to work. The simplification in damage detection procedures can be achieved by using a novel type of special shaped frequency steerable acoustic transducers (FSATs). The spiral shape of these FSATs allows focusing wave energy in a certain direction, which is associated with their excitation frequency. Thanks to this property, presence of damage can be established by identifying signal reflections, while its localization can be determined based on time of flight and the relationship between direction of propagation and its spectral content. This article presents the concept of baseline-free damage detection using FSATs over an aluminium plate with point damage through Finite Element (FE) analysis. Numerical simulations were performed for several cases, varying excitation frequency and damage position.
A Parallel Corpus-Based Approach to the Crime Event Extraction for Low-Resource Languages
- Nina Khairova
- Orken Mamyrbayev
- Nina Rizun
- Mariia Razno
- Galiya Ybytayeva
2023 Full text IEEE Access
These days, a lot of crime-related events take place all over the world. Most of them are reported in news portals and social media. Crime-related event extraction from the published texts can allow monitoring, analysis, and comparison of police or criminal activities in different countries or regions. Existing approaches to event extraction mainly suggest processing texts in English, French, Chinese, and some other resource-rich and well-annotated languages. This paper presents a parallel corpus-based approach that follows a closed-domain event extraction methodology to event extraction from web news articles in low-resource languages. To identify the event, its arguments, and the arguments’ roles in the sourcelanguage part of the corpus we utilize an enhanced pattern-based method that involves the multilingual synonyms dictionary with knowledge about crime-related concepts and logic-linguistic equations. The event extraction from the target-language part of the corpus uses a cross-lingual crime-related event extraction transfer technique that is based on supplementary knowledge about the semantic similarity patterns of the considered pair of languages. The presented approach does not require a preliminarily annotated corpus for training making it more attractive to low-resource languages and allows extracting TRANSFER, CRIME, and POLICE types of events and their seven subtypes from various topics of news articles simultaneously. Implementation of our approach for the Russian-Kazakh parallel corpus of news portals articles allowed obtaining the F1-measure of crime-related event extraction of over 82% for the source language and 63% for the target language.
A Perspective on Missing Aspects in Ongoing Purification Research towards Melissa officinalis
- Roberto Castro Munoz
- Grzegorz Boczkaj
- Rene Cabezas
2023 Full text Foods
Melissa officinalis L. is a medicinal plant used worldwide for ethno-medical purposes. Today, it is grown everywhere; while it is known to originate from Southern Europe, it is now found around the world, from North America to New Zealand. The biological properties of this medicinal plant are mainly related to its high content of phytochemical (bioactive) compounds, such as flavonoids, polyphenolic compounds, aldehydes, glycosides and terpenes, among many other groups of substances. Among the main biological activities associated with this plant are antimicrobial activity (against fungi and bacteria), and antispasmodic, antioxidant and insomnia properties. Today, this plant is still used by society (as a natural medicine) to alleviate many other illnesses and symptoms. Therefore, in this perspective, we provide an update on the phytochemical profiling analysis of this plant, as well as the relationships of specific biological and pharmacological effects of specific phytochemicals. Currently, among the organic solvents, ethanol reveals the highest effectiveness for the solvent extraction of precious components (mainly rosmarinic acid). Additionally, our attention is devoted to current developments in the extraction and fractionation of the phytochemicals of M. officinalis, highlighting the ongoing progress of the main strategies that the research community has employed. Finally, after analyzing the literature, we suggest potential perspectives in the field of sustainable extraction and purification of the phytochemical present in the plant. For instance, some research gaps concern the application of cavitation-assisted extraction processes, which can effectively enhance mass transfer while reducing the particle size of the extracted material in situ. Meanwhile, membrane-assisted processes could be useful in the fractionation and purification of obtained extracts. On the other hand, further studies should include the application of ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents (DES), including DESs of natural origin (NADES) and hydrophobic DESs (hDES), as extraction or fractionating solvents, along with new possibilities for effective extraction related to DESs formed in situ, assisted by mechanical mixing (mechanochemistry-based approach).
A piece of corporate finance
- Katarzyna Kubiszewska
- Jarosław Ziętarski
2023 Full text
The handbook presents the subject of financial liquidity and CVP analysis. The handbook uses different types of information: definitions of the issues; “real life” examples illustrating a given theoretical issue in practice; mathematical formulas necessary to calculate a certain value; types of method used. In addition to traditional resources such as drawings, diagrams, tables and photos, the handbook also includes resources of an interactive nature, e.g. answers to tasks.
A Probe into the Corrosion Behavior of a WE43B Magnesium Alloy in a Simulated Body Fluid using Dynamic Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy
- Husnu Gerengi
- Sergio Lorenzi
- Moses Solomon
- Paweł Ślepski
- Marina Cabrini
2023 JOURNAL OF MATERIALS ENGINEERING AND PERFORMANCE
WE43B is one of the newest Mg alloys with practical application in biomedical implant technology. This work attempts to scrutinize the corrosion characteristics of WE43B alloy in a simulated body fluid (SBF) at a typical body temperature. The dynamic-electrochemical impedance spectroscopy with the capacity to track changes on surfaces in a dynamic corrosive system is used in combination with other classical techniques namely, linear polarization, EIS, and hydrogen evolution to track the corrosion pattern of the alloy in SBF for 24 h. The electrochemical results reveal a steady increase in the corrosion resistance of the alloy with immersion time reaching 1398 Ω cm2 at 24 h. This corroborates the hydrogen evolution results in which a declining trend in the corrosion rate with immersion time is observed. The corrosion rate of the alloy is in the range of 1.326-1.338 mm y−1 at 24 h. The results from the applied techniques are comparable. The surface analysis (scanning electron microscope, energy-dispersive x-ray spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy AFM) results conform with the results obtained from applied methods.
A Review: Applications of the Spectral Finite Element Method
- Muhammad Bilal Hafeez
- Marek Krawczuk
2023 Full text ARCHIVES OF COMPUTATIONAL METHODS IN ENGINEERING
The Spectral Finite Element Technique (SFEM) has Several Applications in the Sciences, Engineering, and Mathematics, which will be Covered in this Review Article. The Spectral Finite Element Method (SFEM) is a Variant of the Traditional Finite Element Method FEM that Makes use of Higher Order Basis Functions (FEM). One of the most Fundamental Numerical Techniques Employed in the Numerical Simulation is the SFEM, which Outperforms Other Techniques in Terms of Faster Convergence, Reduced Difusion and Dispersion Errors, Simplicity of the Application as well as Shorter time of Computation. The Spectral Finite Element Technique Combines the Characteristics of Approximating Polynomials of Spectral Methods. The Approach to Discretizing the Examined Region Unique to the FEM is a mix of both Approaches. Combining These Techniques Enables Quicker (Spectral) Convergence of Solutions, Higher Approximation Polynomial Order, the Removal of Geometric Constraints on the Examined Areas, and much Lower Discretization Density Requirements. Spectral Element Methods used in Diferent Applications are Presented Along with a Statistical Overview of Studies During 2010–2022.
A Review of Hyperelastic Constitutive Models for Dielectric Elastomers
- Amin Alibakhshi
- Shahriar Dastjerdi
- Mohammad Malikan
- Victor Eremeev
2023
Dielectric elastomers are smart materials that are essential components in soft systems and structures. The core element of a dielectric elastomer is soft matter, which is mainly rubber-like and elastomeric. These soft materials show a nonlinear behaviour and have a nonlinear strain-stress curve. The best candidates for modelling the nonlinear behaviour of such materials are hyperelastic strain energy functions. Hyperelastic functions have been extensively used for modelling dielectric elastomer smart structures. This review paper introduces hyperelastic constitutive laws for modelling dielectric elastomers. For this purpose, first, a general scheme of hyperelastic models is expressed. Then, some well-known hyperelastic models are introduced. Finally, we review in detail the utilized hyperelastic models for different configurations of dielectric elastomers. Possible future works in this field are outlined eventually.
A review of methods of blood supply to organs of the gastrointestinal tract. State of art
- Zieliński Jacek
- Adam Bujnowski
- Norbert Szram
- Weronika Szczecińska
- Jakub Woźniak
- Sergii Girnyi
- Michalina Ciosek
- Magdalena Tulińska
- Jerzy Wtorek
2023 EJSO-EUR J SURG ONC
The correct assessment of blood supply is essential to eliminate possible postoperative complications. Re-anastomosis of the gastrointestinal tract after its resection must be preceded by the analysis of blood supply to the anastomosed fragments. It is important that the blood supply assessment procedure is reliable but also non-absorbing and, if possible, short. It should also be possible to repeat the procedure due to the need to change the anastomosed part. If the blood supply to the tissues is incorrectly estimated and, as a result, an inappropriate anastomosis, e.g. of the intestine, postoperative complications may occur, which in their mildest stage necessitate corrective surgery, and in their worst stage may lead to serious consequences, including death of the patient.