Main description:

The presented proceedings include selected articles from the 4th International Conference on Science and Technology Applications (ICoSTA). The edition presents research results and engineering solutions on actual issues in areas of structural mechanics, nuclear reactor exploitation and thermal energy equipment design, measurement methods and sensors applications, methods and algorithms of data and image processing, materials for biomedical engineering, modern biotechnologies and technologies for environmental protection and plant cultivation, waste and biomass conversion technologies, as well as quality control and failure analysis in power plant equipment. The publication will be helpful to specialists in mechanical engineering, biomedicine, power energy production, information technologies and engineering measurements, environmental engineering and agriculture.

Contents:

Preface
Chapter 1: Structural Mechanics
Simulation of the Response of Multi-Story Buildings with Concrete-Silica Fume and Concrete-Liquid Carbon Dioxide
Numerical Test of the Use of CO2 in Multy Storey Building Structures during an Earthquake
Chapter 2: Nuclear Reactor Technologies
Evaluation on Structure, System, and Component Qualification in the Periodic Safety Review of RSG-GAS
Effect of Neutronic Parameters on the Cladding of the AP1000 MOX Fuel by Calculations Using MCNP Code
Chapter 3: Design of Thermal Energy Equipment
Thermal Design Approach of a Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger for Pyrolysis-Vapor Condensations
Thermoelectric Application of TEG1-241-1.4-1.2 for Power Generation from Low Temperature Geothermal Fluid
Chapter 4: Measurements and Sensors
IoT Based Fermentation Incubator for Automating UMKM Industry of Tempeh
Implementation of Three Types of Sensors for Monitoring Plant Development in Hydroponic Media
Classification of Beef and Lamb Patterns Using Conducting Polymer Sensor Series and Kohonen Algorithm Method
Chapter 5: Data and Image Processing
Medical Visualization from Hospital in Kupang City Based on Visualization Toolkits
Mobile Based Mosquito Larvae Recognition from Photo Image Using Convolutional Neural Network
Marine and Fishery Big Data System Model: A Knowledge Management System Perspective
Chapter 6: Materials for Biomedical Applications
Influence of UDMA and TEGDMA Concentration on Morphology, Bonding, Thermal and Mechanical Properties of UV-Cured Resin
PVA/Chitosan Composite Electrospun Nanofiber Membranes for Wound Dressing and Antibacterial Efficacy
Chapter 7: Biotechnology and Environmental Protection
The Influence of Vacuum Pressure Heating Treatment on the Characteristic of Crude Palm Oil for Alternative Mineral Oil Insulator
Characterization of Two Purified Amylase Produced from Aspergillus niger ICP2 and its Immobilization Using Activated Carbon
Purification of an Extracellular Amylase Produced by Aspergillus niger ICP2 through Submerged Fermentation
The Effect of Zeolite Particle Size on Adsorption on Heavy Metals
Chapter 8: Plant Cultivation Technologies
Study of Several Hydroponics Nutrition for Curly Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) by Using Sensorized Hydroponics
Identification of Mycorrhizal Fungi Spore in Environment of Medan State University
Variety of Andaliman Plants in the Salon Dolok Area with Lumban Julu
Response Formation of Cattleya Orchid Leaf Callus (Cattleya Sp.) with the Addition of 2.4 Dichlorophenoxy Acetic Acid and 6-Benzyl Amino Purine In Vitro