2025 November-2 - 498 articles
Approximately two-thirds of athletes who are submitted to Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction (ACLR) never return to their preinjury level of performance, potentially due to muscle strength deficiencies or altered loading patterns during landin...
The search for therapeutic bioactive peptides has led to the utilization of marine byproducts as collagen sources. This study evaluated the effect of collagen hydrolysates (CH) obtained from the swim bladder (SB) of Totoaba macdonaldi on breast (MCF-...
To build robust condition monitoring solutions, it is important to identify signals that capture relevant information. However, how a degradation affects a given part of machinery might not be clear at the beginning. As a result, exploration measurem...
Epilepsy is one of the most prevalent neurological disorders, affecting over 50 million people worldwide. Accurate detection and characterization of epileptic activity are clinically critical, as seizures are associated with substantial morbidity, mo...
The integration of additive manufacturing (AM) and topology optimization (TO) is transforming mechanical design and prototyping practices across multiple engineering sectors, including agricultural and aerospace applications. This study presents the...
A cantilever beam is a mechanical structure fixed at one end and free at the other. It converts the applied external forces into bending and shear force; therefore, it should be designed to resist deflection. The fundamental natural frequency of the...
Radiation therapy is one of the methods of cancer treatment, using ionizing radiation, which can lead to many negative skin changes. Therefore, its proper care is critical. This provided the impetus for an attempt to assess oncology patients’ k...
Reciprocal recommendation requires satisfying preferences on both sides of a match, which differs from standard one-sided settings and often involves hierarchical structure (e.g., skills, seniority, education). We present biLorentzFM, which is a mult...
Hydraulic pre-fracturing is a rock-weakening technique applied in hard-rock excavation. To investigate the effects of hydraulic pre-fracturing on crack propagation in excavation roadwalls and on the cutting loads experienced by excavation machine pic...
The paper presents the results of tests of flow regulators with a triangular prismatic cross-section chamber. The aim of the paper was to experimentally and numerically (CFD) assess the water flow for different design variants of the regulators. Thre...
Electromagnetic compatibility is the capability of electrical and electronic equipment to function properly around devices radiating electromagnetic energy, without mutual disturbance. Hospital environments contain numerous devices operating simultan...
Color constancy, the ability to perceive consistent object colors under varying illumination, is a core function of the human visual system and a persistent challenge in machine vision. Retinex theory models this process by decomposing an image
Water scarcity has become one of the most pressing challenges to agricultural sustainability, particularly in arid and semi-arid regions where climate change, dam construction, and rapid population growth have intensified the pressure on water and fo...
Ambrosia artemisiifolia (ragweed) is a highly invasive species that produces large amounts of allergenic pollen. This poses a serious health risk to allergy sufferers. The “Ragweed Finder” is an Austrian citizen science platform (website...
Geophysical prospecting has increasingly become a fundamental tool in archaeological research thanks to its ability to rapidly investigate large areas and detect underground structures without impacting the ground. In this study, an integrated geophy...
Open-sea fishing vessel accidents are difficult to assess systematically because no state holds exclusive jurisdiction, and reporting and investigative duties are not applied consistently. This study analyzed 67 officially reported accidents from the...
This paper presents a numerical investigation into aerodynamic drag reduction by air jets for a realistic DrivAer estateback vehicle model. Numerical simulations are conducted based on Reynolds-Averaged Navier–Stokes equations with a shear stre...
A time-stepping, lifting-line, computationally efficient tool for preliminary design applications is developed to predict the unsteady aerodynamic loads of rotors operating in hovering and axial flight. The velocity field induced by wake vorticity is...
Traditional approaches to welder training demand substantial investments in equipment, consumable materials, and workshop facilities, while also exposing novice learners to considerable safety risks. This study investigates the effectiveness of a vir...
The pursuit of continuous improvement is a defining feature of agile software development, yet its success depends on the systematic collection and interpretation of team members’ feedback. Conventional mechanisms, such as retrospectives and su...
The primary objective of external fixation is to stabilize bone fractures, with the mechanical characteristics of the fixation system playing a critical role in shaping the biomechanical environment of the fracture and, consequently, the healing proc...
One of the central activities of software product line development is variability modeling for a product family. Because variability models are needed at various stages of software product line development, determining whether a variability model has...
Low-illumination images can seriously affect or even limit the performance of the human eye or a computer vision system, making image enhancement processing necessary. Traditional image enhancement methods, such as those based on image fusion, freque...
Quarries represent critical sites for raw material extraction, for which regular monitoring and mine surveying documentation, along with its updating, is essential to ensuring safety, environmental protection, and effective management of the mining p...
Magnetic inversion through three-dimensional (3D) susceptibility reconstruction can effectively identify the deep extension characteristics and structural variations in faults. Therefore, the reliability of inversion results from magnetic anomaly dat...
Mine rescue robots operate in extremely adverse subterranean environments, where the acquired video data are frequently affected by severe jitter and motion distortion. Such instability leads to the loss of critical visual information, thereby reduci...
The purpose of this study is to monitor the battery performance of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) on a chassis dynamometer using the US06, NEDC, and EPA highway driving cycles. The chassis dynamometer simulates vehicle operation and driving...
In recent years, hybrid systems combining data-driven and physics-based approaches have gained increasing attention for solving complex real-world problems where deterministic modeling alone is insufficient. Within this framework, Physics-Informed Ne...
Data augmentation is one of the effective solutions to improve the performance of machine learning models in general and deep learning in particular. Data augmentation techniques bring different effects to each model, but very few studies have consid...
Background: Lycopene is a powerful antioxidant, classified as a carotenoid. Numerous studies confirm its beneficial effects in both the prevention and treatment of various diseases. However, its therapeutic application is significantly limited due to...
Sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.) is a rich source of bioactive compounds, including vitamin C, polyphenols, carotenoids, and dietary fiber. In this study, sea buckthorn pomace, an underutilized by-product of oil processing, was incorporated in...
Ions released from denture base resins under oral conditions may affect biocompatibility and material stability, particularly at low pH. This study quantified inorganic ion release from three denture base resins—conventional heat-cured PMMA, pr...
Based on the problem of water and sand inrush caused by the infiltration and failure of the clay layer at the bottom of the loose layer in shallow coal seam mining in eastern China, this study adopts the Particle Flow Code numerical simulation method...
Background: Almaty, located in a mountain–valley basin, frequently experiences stagnant conditions that trap pollutants and cause sharp diurnal contrasts in air quality. Current forecasting systems either offer detailed physical realism at high...
The shoe box plays a significant role in daily life. Traditional shoe boxes have problems with poor moisture resistance and unclear load-bearing capacity. In this study, recycled polypropylene (RPP) was used as the shoe box material, and its mechanic...
Background and Aims: Solid pseudopapillary neoplasms (SPN) are rare neoplasms of the pancreatic gland. Despite the indolent behavior, surgical resection is required according to the risk of metastasis development. Few data are available on endoscopic...
This study employs a three-dimensional numerical simulation based on the discrete–finite element coupled method to investigate the mechanical excavation of a tunnel and its influence on the support structures. The discrete element method accura...
The rock is the direct object of disc cutter rock-breaking engineering. It contains natural joint surface. To investigate the influence of joint-surface roughness on the rock-breaking process. The hob model is created using AutoCAD software. The sing...
Objective: To compare the fracture toughness of CAD/CAM resin-based restorative materials and direct composite resins. Materials and Methods: A systematic search was conducted in July 2025 across PubMed/MEDLINE, EBSCO, Scopus, ISI Web of Science, and...
Transportation activities can constitute up to 70% of a quarry’s total operating costs, making haul roads a critical component of open-pit mine infrastructure. Generally, in-pit haul ramp construction can be accomplished through two primary bla...
From an evolutionary perspective, smell and taste are the oldest human senses. Despite this, other than chemical senses—particularly vision—are commonly regarded as the most powerful tools for interacting with our environment. Within such...
The study aimed to modify the models of Söhne, McKyes, and Perumpral to predict the draught force acting on duckfoot tools. Classic models, developed for narrow tools, do not consider the specific geometry of the wide duckfoot wings or the dynam...
Large-mining-height technology has been increasingly applied in thick seam mining to enhance productivity and resource recovery. However, it also intensifies strata pressure and complicates surrounding rock control, leading to greater overburden move...
A novel approach to generate left ventricular (LV) pressure–volume (PV) loops from combined 4D Flow MRI and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is presented. Pressure was calculated from person-specific three-dimensional (3D) CFD models created...
This paper provides a comprehensive review of the existing approaches to ensuring high-precision and reliable GNSS positioning. The purpose of this review is to examine modern approaches to mitigating the main factors affecting GNSS receiver accuracy...
Soil respiration, the exchange of gases between soil and the atmosphere (O2 consumption and CO2 production), plays a key role in ecosystem functioning and climate regulation. This study investigated the short-term temporal variability of soil CO2 emi...
In the development and construction of the South China Sea (SCS), coral sand is a kind of common natural construction material. Sanya submarine tunnel is the first application of artificial ground freezing (AGF) in the SCS. Since the tunnel is locate...
TiW thin films with superior surface properties were deposited at room temperature using RF magnetron sputtering under low-temperature process conditions. The correlation between bulk plasma characteristics and thin-film properties was investigated a...
Maritime search and rescue operations rely on accurate drift predictions to define effective search areas for missing persons. Existing systems often depict uncertainty using statistical ellipses or ensemble-based probability maps, which may not effe...
This study introduces a comprehensive modeling framework for the evaluation of automotive hydraulic shock absorbers, developed on the basis of an interdisciplinary coupled model that integrates the shock absorber and the servo-hydraulic test-rig subs...
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