International Journal of Applied Science

Generative AI (GAI) Use for Cybersecurity Resilience: A Scoping Literature Review

Jessica Parker — Sun, 09 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0800

With cyberattacks increasing in volume and number, organizations are increasingly at risk of adverse financial and reputational impacts. Cyber attackers are quick to implement technologies like Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) to enhance attacks, while organizations have yet to fully benefit from GAI to improve cybersecurity defenses. This scoping literature review analyzes current research and identifies gaps in the literature about how Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) can be used to enhance cybersecurity resilience. The analysis includes an overview of GAI, ethical considerations and challenges, future directions and research opportunities, and a discussion of how this GAI research can be applied.

Application of Machine Vision in Structural Deformation and Health Monitoring

Zhonglai Qin — Sun, 06 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0800

There are two main methods of structural health monitoring. Among them, the traditional structure health monitoring technology is mainly artificial, which has some problems such as inflexibility, large error, high cost and difficult to adapt to the change of natural environment. The structural health monitoring method based on machine vision has the characteristics of flexible measuring point, high accuracy, fast speed and no contact. A variety of machine vision technologies, such as image acquisition, image processing, three-dimensional vision and deep learning technologies, have made great progress, and their application scenarios are constantly expanding. This paper is based on infrared image acquisition technology, 3D vision acquisition technology, image stitching technology, stereo vision technology four perspectives. The improvement of machine vision technology in the field of structural health monitoring is described in detail. The development trend of machine vision acquisition technology and image processing technology and the huge growth space of machine vision technology are analyzed. The application range of these key technologies is also introduced. The application results in building crack detection, seepage detection and fire detection are summarized, and the future development of this technology is prospected from the aspects of algorithm robustness.

An Enhanced Framework for Urban Water Consumption Analysis: Feature Clustering with Ensemble Methods

Faye F.F. Jiang — Sun, 06 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0800

Urban water consumption analysis presents significant challenges due to the complex interplay of socioeconomic, demographic, and built environment factors. This paper introduces a novel Feature Clustering Framework of TopK and Threshold with Ensemble Method (FCTTE) specifically designed to address high-dimensional urban datasets. We evaluate this framework using a comprehensive dataset of 1,120 features across eight domains related to New York City's urban environment. Our experiments demonstrate that FCTTE significantly outperforms conventional feature selection methods, improving LightGBM classification accuracy by 4.6% compared to baseline, while traditional methods achieved only 1% improvement. The framework identified median family income, energy usage intensity, adult male population, greenhouse gas emissions, and commercial building characteristics as the most influential factors affecting water consumption. By effectively managing feature redundancy through hierarchical clustering and strategic selection, FCTTE provides urban planners with interpretable insights for water resource management while maintaining superior predictive performance. This integrated approach bridges the gap between fragmented analyses of individual urban factors and the need for holistic understanding of water consumption patterns in complex urban environments.

Pyrolysis Reaction and Kinetic Analysis of Model Compounds

Yangchen Sun — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0800

In this paper, Pearson correlation analysis was used to correlate the different mixing ratios of the three pyrolysis combinations with the associated pyrolysis product yields. Then, a paired-sample t-test model was used to explore whether the catalyst DFA plays an important catalytic role in promoting the pyrolysis of CS, CE and LG. In order to address the effect of mixing ratios of pyrolysis combinations on the yields, this paper plotted line graphs with the mixing ratios of pyrolysis combinations as the horizontal axis and the pyrolysis gas yields as the vertical axis, and interpreted the effect of mixing ratios on the yields of each gas according to the trend of each gas.

A Design of Bionic Gripper to Enhance the Persistence of Wild Life Monitoring Performed by Drone

Yuheng Zhang, Yuhang Hu — Fri, 18 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0800

In recent day, drones has become an essential tools in environmental observation and wildlife animal monitoring. It is undeniable that the effectiveness of this tool is often limited by challenges in landing and energy efficiency, particularly in dense forest environments. To address this potential problems, this study proposes a bionic gripper which is inspired by bird talons for enhancing drone landing capabilities, enabling a stable landing on complex environments for example tree branches. The gripper features a self-locking mechanism, which highly reduces the energy consumption while maintaining a stable and reliable holding. Using SolidWorks and Fusion 360, the gripper was designed and stimulated for a lightweight and adaptive performance. A key application of this technology is in the conservation for endangered species such as crested-ibis. This system is allowing drones to conduct long-term, low-disturbance observation, which not only extends the operation time but also minimizes the interference from noises, that contributes to a more sustainable and effective wildlife research as well as environmental monitoring.

Optimisation of Spraying Parameters for Boom Sprayers

Dong Liang, Dong Xiaoya, Wang Tao, Wang Song — Mon, 21 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0800

In order to investigate the influence of factors on the spray deposition of the spray bar sprayer, using the designed mobile spray bar spray device, the spray height, spray bar travelling speed and spray pressure were selected as the test factors, and the deposition amount of seductive red per unit blade area Y₁ and the deposition coefficient of variation Y₂ were taken as the evaluation indexes for the test, and the 3-factor, 3-level orthogonal rotary spray deposition test was carried out. The Box-Behnken response surface method was used to analyse and obtain the mathematical model of the spray deposition characteristics of spray height H, spray rod travel speed v and spray pressure P. The influence of each factor on the spray deposition characteristics and the optimal working parameters of the spray machine were obtained according to the regression analysis results. The results show that the forward speed, working height and spray pressure have a significant effect on the spray deposition characteristics, and the degree of influence in the order of the factors from the largest to the smallest is the spray pressure, the working height, the forward speed, the spray pressure, the working height and the spray pressure. The mean value of droplet deposition per unit area is negatively correlated with forward speed and nozzle working height, and positively correlated with spray pressure. The coefficient of variation of deposition is negatively correlated with the spray pressure, positively correlated with the forward speed, and decreases and then increases with the increase of the working height, which indicates that in the case of a certain working height, increasing the spray pressure or reducing the forward speed can effectively improve the uniformity of droplet deposition of the sprayer.

Visible Body Anxiety: The Mediatized Management Practices of Quantifying Body Shapes and Physicality

Xiaotong Shi — Sat, 26 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0800

The proliferation of fitness and exercise-related social media, applications, and wearable devices has provided individuals with convenient tools for body management. These technological means have enabled the mediatized management of bodies, permeating various aspects of daily life. However, this process has also raised tensions regarding the relationship between individuals and media control. This study adopts media visibility and digital rationality as theoretical perspectives, employing qualitative interviews and participatory observation to explore the impact of fitness applications and devices on users' body management practices. It investigates how users navigate the visible/invisible dichotomy of "highlighting" and "concealing" within the data relationships of "quantifying body shapes." The findings reveal that when users face motivational deficits, they often utilize visual body tracking tools to monitor and record bodily data, enabling real-time observation of bodily changes. While "self-quantification" facilitates body management, it also generates new challenges and anxieties. The prevalence of flow-dominated quantification aesthetics leads users to excessively focus on body image and overly rely on technological tools, thereby neglecting the natural state of the body and self-perception, which may adversely affect users' physical and mental health.

Adaptive Containment Control for Nonlinear Multi-Agent Systems with Input Quantization and Sensor Faults

Wen Wen — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0800

This study investigates the adaptive containment control problem for a class of nonlinear multi-agent systems with input quantization and sensor faults. A state observer and a radial basis function neural network are respectively employed to estimate unmeasurable states and approximate unknown nonlinear functions. An absolute cubic Lyapunov function is designed to compensate for the influence of sensor faults on the systems. A filter is introduced to reduce computational complexity. Adaptive laws are developed to update the estimates of uncertain dynamic parameters, fault coefficients, and the filter-error compensation term. A distributed adaptive control scheme is proposed to ensure that all followers converge to the convex hull formed by the leaders. The stability of the closed-loop system is strictly proved based on stability theory, and the effectiveness of the proposed control method is verified by numerical simulation.