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We are pleased to announce the winners of the Applied Sciences 2022 Outstanding Reviewer Award. The Applied Sciences Editorial Board and Editorial Team would like to gratefully acknowledge the time and energy dedicated by reviewers in checking the manuscripts submitted to Applied Sciences. It is due to their efforts that the high quality of the journal and quick turnaround are maintained.

The Prize for Each Winner:

• CHF 500;
• An opportunity to publish a paper free of charge in Applied Sciences in 2023 after peer review;
• A certificate.

For more information about awards please visit: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/applsci/awards.

Applied Sciences Editorial Office

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1. “The Use of Microalgae and Cyanobacteria in the Improvement of Agricultural Practices: A Review on Their Biofertilising, Biostimulating and Biopesticide Roles”
by Ana L. Gonçalves
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(2), 871; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11020871
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/2/871

2. “A Smart and Sustainable Future for Viticulture Is Rooted in Soil: How to Face Cu Toxicity”
by Stefano Cesco, Youry Pii, Luigimaria Borruso, Guido Orzes, Paolo Lugli, Fabrizio Mazzetto, Giulio Genova, Marco Signorini, Gustavo Brunetto, Roberto Terzano et al.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(3), 907; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11030907
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/3/907

3. “Digestate as Sustainable Nutrient Source for Microalgae—Challenges and Prospects”
by Lisa Bauer, Karolína Ranglová, Jiří Masojídek, Bernhard Drosg and Katharina Meixner
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(3), 1056; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11031056
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/3/1056

4. “Recent Advancements of UF-Based Separation for Selective Enrichment of Proteins and Bioactive Peptides—A Review”
by Enny Ratnaningsih, Reynard Reynard, Khoiruddin Khoiruddin, I Gede Wenten and Ramaraj Boopathy
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(3), 1078; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11031078
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/3/1078

5. “Sources and Metal Pollution of Sediments from a Coastal Area of the Central Western Adriatic Sea (Southern Marche Region, Italy)”
by Federico Spagnoli, Rocco De Marco, Enrico Dinelli, Emanuela Frapiccini, Fabrizio Frontalini and Patrizia Giordano
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(3), 1118; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11031118
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/3/1118

6. “Phosphogypsum Recycling: A Review of Environmental Issues, Current Trends, and Prospects”
by Yelizaveta Chernysh, Olena Yakhnenko, Viktoriia Chubur and Hynek Roubík
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(4), 1575; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11041575
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/4/1575

7. “Paraben Compounds—Part I: An Overview of Their Characteristics, Detection, and Impacts”
by João Lincho, Rui C. Martins and João Gomes
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(5), 2307; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11052307
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/5/2307

8. “Coupling Plant Biomass Derived from Phytoremediation of Potential Toxic-Metal-Polluted Soils to Bioenergy Production and High-Value by-Products—A Review”
by Vázquez-Núñez Edgar, Fernández-Luqueño Fabián, Peña-Castro Julián Mario and Vera-Reyes Ileana
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(7), 2982; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11072982
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/7/2982

9. “The Influence of Polystyrene Microspheres Abundance on Development and Feeding Behavior of Artemia salina (Linnaeus, 1758)”
by Marco Albano, Giuseppe Panarello, Davide Di Paola, Fabiano Capparucci, Rosalia Crupi, Enrico Gugliandolo, Nunziacarla Spanò, Gioele Capillo and Serena Savoca
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(8), 3352; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11083352
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/8/3352

10. “Indoor Acoustic Requirements for Autism-Friendly Spaces”
by Federica Bettarello, Marco Caniato, Giuseppina Scavuzzo and Andrea Gasparella
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(9), 3942; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11093942
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/9/3942

11. “Antioxidant Production in Dunaliella”
by Uttam Kumer Roy, Birthe Vejby Nielsen and John James Milledge
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(9), 3959; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11093959
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/9/3959

12. “Remediation of Metal/Metalloid-Polluted Soils: A Short Review”
by Carla Maria Raffa, Fulvia Chiampo and Subramanian Shanthakumar
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(9), 4134; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11094134
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/9/4134

13. “Recent Developments in Lignin- and Tannin-Based Non-Isocyanate Polyurethane Resins for Wood Adhesives—A Review”
by Manggar Arum Aristri, Muhammad Adly Rahandi Lubis, Sumit Manohar Yadav, Petar Antov, Antonios N. Papadopoulos, Antonio Pizzi , Widya Fatriasari, Maya Ismayati and Apri Heri Iswanto
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(9), 4242; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11094242
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/9/4242

14. “Influencing Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for the Removal of Ismate Violet 2R Dye from Wastewater: Isotherm, Kinetics, and Thermodynamic Studies”
by Khamael M. Abualnaja, Ahmed E. Alprol, Mohamed Ashour and Abdallah Tageldein Mansour
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(11), 4786; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11114786
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/11/4786

15. “Mycosporine-Like Amino Acids from Red Macroalgae: UV-Photoprotectors with Potential Cosmeceutical Applications”
by Julia Vega, Geniane Schneider, Bruna R. Moreira, Carolina Herrera, José Bonomi-Barufi and Félix L. Figueroa
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(11), 5112; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11115112
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/11/5112

16. “Extraction of Pigments from Microalgae and Cyanobacteria—A Review on Current Methodologies”
by Fernando Pagels, Ricardo N. Pereira, António A. Vicente and A. Catarina Guedes
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(11), 5187; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11115187
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/11/5187

17. “Impacts of E-Micromobility on the Sustainability of Urban Transportation—A Systematic Review”
by Buket Şengül and Hamid Mostofi
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(13), 5851; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11135851
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/13/5851

18. “Diversity of Synthetic Dyes from Textile Industries, Discharge Impacts and Treatment Methods”
by Houda Ben Slama, Ali Chenari Bouket, Zeinab Pourhassan, Faizah N. Alenezi, Allaoua Silini, Hafsa Cherif-Silini, Tomasz Oszako, Lenka Luptakova, Patrycja Golińska and Lassaad Belbahri
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(14), 6255; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11146255
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/14/6255

19. “Removal of Pharmaceuticals from Water by Adsorption and Advanced Oxidation Processes: State of the Art and Trends”
by Fatma Mansouri, Khawla Chouchene, Nicolas Roche and Mohamed Ksibi
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(14), 6659; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11146659
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/14/6659

20. “Microplastics in Wastewater and Drinking Water Treatment Plants: Occurrence and Removal of Microfibres”
by Daniel Sol, Amanda Laca, Adriana Laca and Mario Díaz
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(21), 10109; https://doi.org/10.3390/app112110109
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/21/10109

On 9 February 2023, Clarivate, a global leader in providing trusted insights and analytics, added the Preprint Citation Index to the Web of Science platform, streamlining the research process by allowing researchers to locate and link to preprints alongside other trusted content in the database.

The Preprint Citation Index will act as a bridge to connect cutting-edge preprints with peer-reviewed journal articles published within the Web of Science Core Collection. Alerts can be easily set to monitor new research across several repositories and authors will also be able to include preprints on their Web of Science Research Profile to more accurately display their various research outputs.

As of its launch, the Preprint Citation Index will provide nearly two million preprints from various repositories, including MDPI’s own Preprints.org.

MDPI's Preprints Platform – Preprints.org

To advance Open Science and the fast dissemination of research, MDPI offers researchers a free multidisciplinary preprint platform. Preprints.org accepts submissions from all research areas and offers authors high visibility, permanent archiving, article-level Metrics and immediately citable content by assigning a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) to all preprints.

During submission to any MDPI journal, authors have the option to share their research as a preprint. After an initial screening, the manuscript is available online in 48 hours or less. Once online, preprints can be downloaded, shared, commented on, and cited, providing authors maximum visibility.

We invite you to join the ranks of the over 100k researchers using Preprints.org and share your research.

For more information, please visit Preprints.org.

Date: 21 February 2023
Time: 10:00 a.m. CET | 4:00 a.m. EST | 5:00 p.m. CST Asia
Webinar website: https://applsci-10.sciforum.net/
Webinar ID: 826 5177 1009
Webinar Secretariat: applsci.webinar@mdpi.com

In this webinar, we will give an overview of the basics of cold atmospheric plasma, an emerging multiagent technology and multi-modal therapy with several potential clinical applications at the interface between different research fields. Physicists, chemists, engineers, and life sciences researchers are welcome to participate to find out more about the promising field of plasma medicine, with a special focus on oral oncology.

Chairs:

Invited Speakers:

Sponsors and Partners:

The International Society for Porous Media (InterPore) will hold its 15th annual meeting, InterPore2023—the International Conference on Porous Media.

The conference will be organized in cooperation with Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland, and will be held at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC).

Date: 22–25 May 2023
Satellite Short Courses: 21 and 26 May 2023

Please visit the InterPore2023 website for more details: https://events.interpore.org/event/41/.

The ATTD conference will host the latest innovative technologies, medicines, and treatments for diabetes. It gathers clinicians, scientists, industries, investors, reimbursement authorities, and people with diabetes from all around the world to share the most exciting advances in diabetes science. Join us from 22 to 25 February 2023 in Berlin or online.

Registration Savings Deadline: 7 February 2023.

Find out more about the conference at: https://attd.kenes.com/.

Conference: The Fourth International Conference on Energy Storage Materials
Date: 13–16 April 2023

MDPI will be attending the Fourth International Conference on Energy Storage Materials as the exhibitor. With the theme of advanced energy storage materials and energy storage devices, this seminar invites well-known scholars and industry professionals from around the world to discuss the latest research progress and industrial development status and trends in advanced energy storage materials and devices from academic and industrial perspectives in order to promote the application process of energy storage materials and energy storage devices. The conference is held annually.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• Batteries;
• Energies;

• Coatings;

• Sustainability;
• Materials;
• Electronics;
• Nanomaterials;
• Inorganics;
• Crystals;
• AppliedChem;
• Membranes;
• Electrochem;
• Applied Sciences;
• Metals;
• Molecules.

If you are attending this conference, please feel free to start a conversation with us at our booth: #9. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person and answering any questions that you may have. For more information about the conference, please visit http://www.icensm.ac.cn/eindex.html.

Date: 7 February 2023
Time: 10:00 a.m. CET | 4:00 a.m. EST | 5:00 p.m. CST Asia | 11:00 a.m. EET
Webinar ID: 840 2871 8035
Webinar Secretariat: applsci.webinar@mdpi.com
Webinar Website: https://applsci-9.sciforum.net/

Topology optimization is the modern approach to a flexible optimal design of structures and microstructures. Additive manufacturing, also known as rapid prototyping or 3D printing, makes the creation of structures of any shape and topology, including microstructures, feasible. Exchange of information between the two disciplines, state-of-the-art development, and expected steps for the near future are the topics of the present webinar.

Chairs:

Invited Speakers:

Relevant Special Issue:
“Additive Manufacturing: Topology Optimization and Cellular Microstructures”
Edited by Prof. Dr. Georgios E. Stavroulakis, Dr. Loucas Papadakis, and Dr. Ioannis Ntintakis
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/applsci/special_issues/cellular_microstructures

Sponsors and Partners: