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Applied Sciences, Volume 15, Issue 22

November-2 2025 - 498 articles

Cover Story: Plastic-based materials dominate the packaging industry. However, their non-biodegradability has increased the need for sustainable alternatives. Biopolymers, mainly lignocellulose from agricultural residues, offer renewable, eco-friendly options in this context. This study reports the development of lignocellulosic films from alfalfa (Medicago sativa) through green valorization of its biomass. Alfalfa lignocellulosic extract (ALE) was extracted using 50% NaOH, solubilized in 68% ZnCl2, crosslinked with CaCl2, and plasticized with sorbitol. The concentrations of ALE, CaCl2, and sorbitol were optimized using the Box–Behnken Design, focusing on increasing tensile strength (TS), elongation at break (EB), and reducing water vapor permeability (WVP) of the films. View this paper
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Articles (498)

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
415 Views
19 Pages

Internet of Things-Based Electromagnetic Compatibility Monitoring (IEMCM) Architecture for Biomedical Devices

  • Chiedza Hwata,
  • Gerard Rushingabigwi,
  • Omar Gatera,
  • Didacienne Mukalinyigira,
  • Celestin Twizere,
  • Bolaji N. Thomas and
  • Diego H. Peluffo-Ord’onez

20 November 2025

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...

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  • Open Access
307 Views
29 Pages

20 November 2025

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 S int...

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  • Open Access
331 Views
21 Pages

Groundwater Quality Near Riverbanks and Its Suitability for Agricultural Use in Semi-Arid Regions

  • Layth Saleem Salman Al-Shihmani,
  • Ali Jawad Al-Sarraji,
  • Ahmed Abed Gatea Al-Shammary,
  • Jesús Fernández-Gálvez and
  • Andrés Caballero-Calvo

20 November 2025

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...

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  • Open Access
319 Views
15 Pages

The Ragweed Finder: A Citizen-Science Project to Inform Pollen Allergy Sufferers About Ambrosia artemisiifolia Populations in Austria

  • Lukas Dirr,
  • Katharina Bastl,
  • Maximilian Bastl,
  • Uwe Edwin Berger,
  • Johannes Martin Bouchal,
  • Andreja Kofol Seliger,
  • Donát Magyar,
  • Jana Ščevková,
  • Tamás Szigeti and
  • Friðgeir Grímsson

20 November 2025

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...

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  • Open Access
347 Views
21 Pages

Integration of Geophysical Methods to Obtain a Geoarchaeological Model of the Santa Lucia di Mendola Site (Southeastern Sicily—Italy)

  • Gabriele Morreale,
  • Sabrina Grassi,
  • Carlos José Araque-Pérez,
  • Angelo Gilotti,
  • Rosa Lanteri,
  • Ermelinda Storaci,
  • Teresa Teixidó and
  • Sebastiano Imposa

20 November 2025

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...

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  • Open Access
343 Views
26 Pages

Bow-Tie-Based Risk Assessment of Fishing Vessel Marine Accidents in the Open Sea Using IMO GISIS Data

  • Seung-Hyun Lee,
  • Su-Hyung Kim,
  • Kyung-Jin Ryu,
  • Soo-Yeon Kwon and
  • Yoo-Won Lee

20 November 2025

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...

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  • Open Access
342 Views
22 Pages

20 November 2025

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...

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  • Open Access
322 Views
23 Pages

Unsteady Lifting-Line Free-Wake Aerodynamic Modeling for Rotors in Hovering and Axial Flight

  • Gregorio Frassoldati,
  • Riccardo Giansante,
  • Giovanni Bernardini and
  • Massimo Gennaretti

20 November 2025

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...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
600 Views
24 Pages

Utilizing VR Technology in Foundational Welding Skill Development

  • Nuri Furkan Koçak,
  • Ali Saygın and
  • Fuat Türk

20 November 2025

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...

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  • Open Access
413 Views
20 Pages

20 November 2025

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...

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Appl. Sci. - ISSN 2076-3417