16+ hour, 37+ min ago   (512+ words) REBA, RULA, and OWAS are widely used observational ergonomic risk assessment methods based on predefined ordinal scoring rules. The final risk scores generated by these methods play a critical role in determining and prioritizing ergonomic interventions under limited resources to…...

21+ hour, 33+ min ago   (394+ words) This paper investigates the thermal characteristics of machine tools under the influence of multiple heat sources and proposes an active temperature control method. The study was conducted under steady-state conditions with a constant feed rate of 10 m/min and no…...

22+ hour, 23+ min ago   (478+ words) Digital risk communication increasingly relies on interactive technologies to transform complex, uncertain, and probabilistic information into forms that can support human understanding and decision-making. Yet the literature is fragmented across application domains, technologies, and interaction paradigms. This scoping review maps…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (415+ words) Multi-product production systems require effective coordination among production, intermediate storage, downstream processing, and customer demand, particularly under stochastic operating conditions and finite capacity. Unlike existing analytical studies that mainly examine either single-product push–pull systems or multi-product manufacturing systems separately,…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (688+ words) Digital twins (DTs) based on agent-based artificial intelligence (Agentic AI) provide a transformative framework for streamlining nondestructive testing (NDT) of 3D-printed rehabilitation equipment. This study applies a conceptual research methodology based on the integration and analysis of recent advances in…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (186+ words) This study investigates a sustainable vehicle-routing problem in which a heterogeneous fleet serves geographically dispersed customer demands from a central distribution facility. The problem simultaneously minimizes transportation costs and CO2 emissions, with deliveries performed by either in-house or externally rented vehicles....

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (524+ words) A piezoelectric cantilever with a longitudinal slit splits one bending resonance into two closely spaced peaks. This is attractive for two-frequency sources. However, existing models fit, rather than predict, the resonances. We develop a predictive branched-beam model where the harvester…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (424+ words) Contemporary warehouses operating under the Warehouse 4.0 paradigm are complex cyber-socio-technical systems, in which risk management maturity assessment is typically conducted in isolation from its impact on the resilience of the intralogistics handling process. The aim of this article is to…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (644+ words) The growth of big data ecosystems has shifted the classical paradigm of selective storage toward an approach that preserves large volumes of heterogeneous data for subsequent exploitation, thereby strengthening the adoption of repositories such as data warehouses and, particularly, data…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (504+ words) Though many food systems on Earth offer benefits to space travelers, their ability to meet the demands of spaceflight remains unestablished. This study examines the application of magnesium oxide-coated halloysite nanotubes (MgO-HNTs), synthesized via electrodeposition, to enhance seed germination and…...