14+ hour, 2+ min ago   (567+ words) Individual cattle identification underpins traceability, genetic management and disease surveillance in precision livestock farming. Ear tags and RFID remain the dominant practice but are subject to loss, tampering and welfare concerns, which motivates contactless biometric alternatives. Most deep learning systems…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (412+ words) Since pioneering fluid-flow models for the Iberian and French Variscan belt, advances in geochronology, thermochronology, and geodynamic modeling have improved our understanding of late Variscan crustal evolution. New datasets suggest tungsten and gold mineralization do not represent distinct metallogenic events,…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (488+ words) Seismic site response analysis plays a fundamental role in predicting earthquake ground motions at the ground surface by accounting for soil effects on wave propagation. Although advanced nonlinear methods can accurately simulate complex soil behaviour, their use in routine engineering…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (491+ words) The reuse of construction and demolition waste in cementitious materials supports the development of sustainable low-carbon composites and circular economy strategies. This study investigated the influence of recycled ceramic fine aggregate (RCerFA) and recycled concrete fine aggregate (RConFA) on the…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (389+ words) This study develops an analytical–evolutionary framework for optimizing the dynamic efficiency of bidirectional porous functionally graded beams. Touratier’s higher-order shear deformation theory is coupled with a real-coded genetic algorithm. The material-gradation indices in the thickness and width directions, the…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (414+ words) To evaluate freeze–thaw damage and asymmetric deterioration in shallow-buried bias tunnel linings in cold regions, an explainable data-driven predictive framework was developed. Guided by the underlying frost heave mechanisms, an optimal support vector machine (SVM) surrogate model was trained…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (492+ words) Total postharvest losses of fresh fruits and vegetables in tropical and subtropical agricultural systems frequently exceed 30 percent, driven by high crop perishability, limited cold-chain infrastructure, and the geographic concentration of conventional processing facilities far from production zones. This review examines…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (543+ words) To investigate the shear behavior and anchoring response of bolted infilled rock joints under the combined effects of joint roughness, infill thickness, and initial mixing water content, rock-like specimens with joint roughness coefficients (JRC = 2.8–14.5), infill thicknesses (t = 0–6 mm), and initial…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (633+ words) In the present circumstances, it is exceedingly hard for people to monitor their blood sugar levels on a regular basis. Checking the blood glucose levels of diabetic individuals is often an essential part of managing diabetes. Now, this means repeatedly…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (420+ words) Divergence exponents (DEs), also termed maximum Lyapunov exponents, are computed from stride-to-stride fluctuations and have traditionally been read as measures of gait stability. We assessed the evidence for reinterpreting the long-term DE as a new measure of gait complexity and…...