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Applied Sciences, Volume 9, Issue 5

March-1 2019 - 222 articles

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Cover Story: The main character of this cover story is the human A3 Adenosine receptor, represented here in the active state, on the left, and inactive state, on the right. The EM correlation coefficient, by which they were selected among other possible competitors, is shown between them. When A3 thinks about a selective agonist, it remembers to wake up, the sun rises and the day starts, it is active! Whereas, when it thinks about a selective antagonist, it goes to sleep, the moon is already in the sky and it is inactive. View this paper.

Articles (222)

  • Review
  • Open Access
31 Citations
7,458 Views
14 Pages

Nano-Structured Demineralized Human Dentin Matrix to Enhance Bone and Dental Repair and Regeneration

  • Xianling Gao,
  • Wei Qin,
  • Ping Wang,
  • Lin Wang,
  • Michael D. Weir,
  • Mark A. Reynolds,
  • Liang Zhao,
  • Zhengmei Lin and
  • Hockin H. K. Xu

12 March 2019

Demineralized dentin matrix (DDM), derived from human teeth, is an excellent scaffold material with exciting bioactive properties to enhance bone and dental tissue engineering efficacy. In this article, first the nano-structure and bioactive componen...

  • Article
  • Open Access
43 Citations
6,016 Views
10 Pages

12 March 2019

Oil spilling has been a serious problem in the world for a long time, which can bring toxic substances to marine life. A large number of researchers around the world have introduced many measures to address this problem. One of the effective methods...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
8,948 Views
16 Pages

Study on Low-Speed Steering Resistance Torque of Vehicles Considering Friction between Tire and Pavement

  • Dong Cao,
  • Bin Tang,
  • Haobin Jiang,
  • Chenhui Yin,
  • Di Zhang and
  • Yingqiu Huang

12 March 2019

Electric power steering (EPS) systems under existing vehicle power systems cannot provide enough power for heavy-duty commercial vehicles under pivot or low-speed steering conditions. To solve this problem, the paper proposes an EPS system that is ba...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,366 Views
11 Pages

Cut-Price Fabrication of Free-standing Porous Carbon Nanofibers Film Electrode for Lithium-ion Batteries

  • Pengfei Zhao,
  • Wei Li,
  • Shiqing Fang,
  • Ji Yu,
  • Zhenyu Yang and
  • Jianxin Cai

12 March 2019

Freestanding thin film electrodes are competitive candidate materials for high-performance energy stockpile equipment due to their self-supporting structure and because they lack any polymer binder or conductive additive. In our work, a porous carbon...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
5,785 Views
22 Pages

Cracking Behavior of RC Beams Strengthened with Different Amounts and Layouts of CFRP

  • Muhammad Umair Saleem,
  • Hisham Jahangir Qureshi,
  • Muhammad Nasir Amin,
  • Kaffayatullah Khan and
  • Hassan Khurshid

12 March 2019

The bending and shear behavior of RC beams strengthened with Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polymers (CFRP) is the primary objective of this paper, which is focused on the failure mechanisms and on the moment-curvature response prior-to, and post, strengthe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,523 Views
11 Pages

12 March 2019

Improving the phase sensitivity of the optical fiber Sagnac sensor is very important for accurately detecting weak signals of acoustic emission. Theoretical analysis shows that the initial phase of the sensor is π under ideal conditions, and the m...

  • Review
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,130 Views
17 Pages

The Growth Methods and Field Emission Studies of Low-Dimensional Boron-Based Nanostructures

  • Haibo Gan,
  • Tong Zhang,
  • Zekun Guo,
  • Haojian Lin,
  • Zijuan Li,
  • Huanjun Chen,
  • Jun Chen and
  • Fei Liu

12 March 2019

Based on the morphology characteristics, low-dimensional (LD) nanostructures with high aspect ratio can be usually divided into nanowire, nanocone, nanotube, nanorod, nanoribbon, nanobelt and so on. Among numerous LD nanostructures, boron-based nanos...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
5,213 Views
11 Pages

12 March 2019

Whale vocal calls contain valuable information and abundant characteristics that are important for classification of whale sub-populations and related biological research. In this study, an effective data-driven approach based on pre-trained Convolut...

  • Article
  • Open Access
59 Citations
7,866 Views
13 Pages

Analysis of Life Cycle Environmental Impact of Recycled Aggregate

  • Won-Jun Park,
  • Taehyoung Kim,
  • Seungjun Roh and
  • Rakhyun Kim

12 March 2019

This study assessed the influence of matter discharged during the production (dry/wet) of recycled aggregate on global warming potential (GWP) and acidification potential (AP), eutrophication potential (EP), ozone depletion potential (ODP), biotic re...

  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
5,633 Views
22 Pages

Optimal Design of Hybrid PV-Battery System in Residential Buildings: End-User Economics, and PV Penetration

  • Imane Worighi,
  • Thomas Geury,
  • Mohamed El Baghdadi,
  • Joeri Van Mierlo,
  • Omar Hegazy and
  • Abdelilah Maach

12 March 2019

This paper proposes an optimal design for hybrid grid-connected Photovoltaic (PV) Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESSs). A smart grid consisting of PV generation units, stationary Energy Storage Systems (ESSs), and domestic loads develops a multi-ob...

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