Solid object recognition and classification has been an area of interest with the increasing environmental and economic concerns. Our work mainly concentrates on identification of bottles and classifying the same into one of several categories, like glass, metal, polystyrene, and low density polyethylene (LDPE). Using a combination of several standard image processing techniques like Principle ...

This qualitative case study seeks to understand and explain the deployment of radio frequency identification (RFID) systems in two countries (i.e., in Taiwan for the adoption of electric scooters and in Finland for supporting glass bottle recycling) using the “Technology-Organization-Environment” theoretical framework. This study also seeks to highlight the relevance and importance of pursuing ...

In this study, we present the methods of the particle separation by employing electrokinetic phenomena (dielectrophoresis (DEP) and traveling-wave electroosmosis (TWEO)) and the inclined gravity. The methods can separate particles of same sign DEP. However, it is very difficult to separate particles on a plane electrode. To cope with this problem, we create the “Bottle neck Fork-trace electrode...

Spatial language descriptions, such as The bottle is over the glass, direct the attention of the hearer to particular aspects of the visual world. This paper asks how they do so, and what brain mechanisms underlie this process. In two experiments employing behavioural and eye tracking methodologies we examined the effects of spatial language on people's judgements and parsing of a visual scene....

Until now, there have been various studies concerning bottle-fed and breast-fed children. Prevalence of allergic manifestations like eczema and asthma among bottle-fed children is much higher than healthy controls. In this study, we found that respiratory infection for breast-fed children was 3.1%, whereas in bottle-fed children it was 25.1%for gut disorders, 9.2% in breast-fed vs.13.1 % f...

Introduction Foreign body in the eye is one of leading causes temporary as well permanent visual problems developing world. Case Report We are presenting a case 17 year old male with alleged history traumatic insertion foreign acrylic glass right orbit due to bursting cracker bottle and its subsequent management. Discussion It was removed endoscopic guidance floor reconstructed provide stabilit...

Owing to human labor shortages, the automation of labor-intensive manual waste-sorting is needed. The goal automating replace role robust detection and agile manipulation waste items with robots. To achieve this, we propose three methods. First, provide a combined method using graspless push-and-drop pick-and-release manipulation. Second, robotic system that can automatically collect object ima...

Molecular biology techniques require the isolation of individual clones for analysis after bacterial or yeast transformation. For E. coli and Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the dispersion of colonies on plates has traditionally involved the use of a glass spreader—a bent glass rod that could be repeatedly flame sterilized and used to spread a small aliquot of microorganisms from the center of the pl...

Using the Life Cycle Assessment methodology, this study assesses environmental sustainability of two packaging alternatives for extra virgin olive oil: glass bottle and PET produced with 100% recycled granulate. Six scenarios were compared varying on type system distribution phase (in terms country logistics). The life cycle impacts estimated ReCiPe 2018 H evaluation method, using both midpoint...

Bisphenol A (BPA) is a chemical used in plastic bottles and inner coating of beverage cans, and its exposure is almost ubiquitous. BPA has been associated with hypertension and decreased heart rate variability in the previous studies. The aim of the present study was to determine whether increased BPA exposure from consumption of canned beverage actually affects blood pressure and heart rate va...