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Applied Sciences, Volume 12, Issue 10

May-2 2022 - 490 articles

Cover Story: A novel linear reservoir-vascular tubes network is presented in this work and the design efficacy is explored by testing concrete beams loaded on bending and by assessing their damage healing and mechanical recovery. The healing system is composed of additively manufactured polymer components that appear equally effective compared to conventional ceramic tubes. It is shown that bulk reservoirs embedded into concrete can deviate cracks and detrimentally affect the concrete’s resistance to failure. The crack formation and re-opening is monitored by acoustic emission and digital image correlation concluding that initial brittle cracking is shifted after healing to a pseudo-ductile crack re-opening with extended post-softening. The sealed cracks show significant strength and toughness recovery escorted also by an ultrasound pulse velocity increase after a healing intervention. View this paper
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Articles (490)

  • Review
  • Open Access
29 Citations
8,099 Views
24 Pages

Applications of Mueller Matrix Polarimetry to Biological and Agricultural Diagnostics: A Review

  • Dmitry N. Ignatenko,
  • Alexey V. Shkirin,
  • Yakov P. Lobachevsky and
  • Sergey V. Gudkov

23 May 2022

The review contains a systematization of the main approaches to the practical implementation of Mueller matrix polarimetry and the prospects for its application in biology and agriculture. The most typical optical layouts for measuring the Mueller ma...

  • Article
  • Open Access
53 Citations
7,011 Views
14 Pages

23 May 2022

Driving behavior is one of the most critical factors in traffic accidents. Accurate vehicle acceleration prediction approaches can promote the development of Advanced Driving Assistance Systems (ADAS) and improve traffic safety. However, few predicti...

  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
6,522 Views
24 Pages

Low-Light Image Enhancement Method Based on Retinex Theory by Improving Illumination Map

  • Xinxin Pan,
  • Changli Li,
  • Zhigeng Pan,
  • Jingwen Yan,
  • Shiqiang Tang and
  • Xinghui Yin

23 May 2022

Recently, low-light image enhancement has attracted much attention. However, some problems still exist. For instance, sometimes dark regions are not fully improved, but bright regions near the light source or auxiliary light source are overexposed. T...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,807 Views
14 Pages

Important Features Selection and Classification of Adult and Child from Handwriting Using Machine Learning Methods

  • Jungpil Shin,
  • Md. Maniruzzaman,
  • Yuta Uchida,
  • Md. Al Mehedi Hasan,
  • Akiko Megumi,
  • Akiko Suzuki and
  • Akira Yasumura

23 May 2022

The classification of different age groups, such as adult and child, based on handwriting is very important due to its various applications in many different fields. In forensics, handwriting classification helps investigators focus on a certain cate...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,652 Views
19 Pages

Study on the Development and Growth of Coral Larvae

  • Chiahsin Lin,
  • Chia-Ming Kang,
  • Chih-Yang Huang,
  • Hsing-Hui Li and
  • Sujune Tsai

23 May 2022

Studies on the early development of corals are required for academic research on coral reefs and applied reef conservation, but the interval between observations is usually weeks or months. Thus, no study has comprehensively explored the development...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,256 Views
13 Pages

23 May 2022

Soil pollution caused by oil leakage from various industrial facilities such as gas stations, oil plants, military bases, and railway depots has become a serious global environmental and geotechnical issue. The indirect-heated microwave thermal desor...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,911 Views
14 Pages

Application of Convolutional Neural Networks in Visual Feedback of Movable Camera Mounting Control

  • Rafał Mateusz Sobański,
  • Marta Drążkowska,
  • Maciej Papis and
  • Agata Stankiewicz

23 May 2022

The aim of this work is to present an automatic solution to control the surveillance camera merely by the movements of the operator’s head. The method uses convolutional neural networks that work in a course-to-fine manner to estimate head orie...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,442 Views
17 Pages

Hybrid Modeling of Deformable Linear Objects for Their Cooperative Transportation by Teams of Quadrotors

  • Julian Estevez,
  • Jose Manuel Lopez-Guede,
  • Gorka Garate and
  • Manuel Graña

23 May 2022

This paper deals with the control of a team of unmanned air vehicles (UAVs), specifically quadrotors, for which their mission is the transportation of a deformable linear object (DLO), i.e., a cable, hose or similar object in quasi-stationary state,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
6,725 Views
8 Pages

Is Caton–Deschamps Index Reliable and Reproducible in Preoperative Assessment of Patellar Height for Patellar Instability Surgery?

  • Elisa Giacomina Pandini,
  • Pierluigi Pironti,
  • Davide Maria Maggioni,
  • Lorenzo Impieri,
  • Cristiana Balbino,
  • Nicola Manta,
  • Marco Viganò,
  • Laura Mangiavini and
  • Roberto D’Anchise

23 May 2022

The patellar height measurement is fundamental for surgical planning in patellar instability. The Caton–Deschamps index (CDI) is a widely employed method, but a gold standard is still lacking. The aim of this study was to evaluate the reliabili...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,934 Views
12 Pages

23 May 2022

A typical emulsion contains oil and water phases, and these two phases can be combined by an emulsifier with both lipophilic and hydrophilic groups to form a mixture. If the component of water is more than oil, the mixture is termed as o/w emulsion....

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