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Acoustic emission (AE) is a known technique for obtaining information about the critical conditions of structural systems. This system could be a tectonic plate with a characteristic length of km or an electronic device with a length of millimeters. The excitation that produces the acoustic emission events can be induced by different sources, including forces or other mechanical excitation. Several global parameters can be computed using AE data, and it is known that the evolution of these parameters in particular circumstances defines when and how the structural damage process evolves to collapse. Generally, it is not possible to prove a bidirectional, unique link between the AE signals and the damage process. For this reason, the numerical simulation of these kinds of mechanisms could furnish useful information to aid in the interpretation of AE experimental tests. Several strategies can be used, from the classical finite element model approaches to discrete element procedures, such as peridynamics, or other similar strategies where the possibilities of simulating spontaneous fractures can be more naturally harnessed. We posit that achieving such results could be a useful contribution to the scientific community. Therefore, the aim of this webinar is to bring together researchers working in the field of AE and numerical simulation, both at the material and structure scale. With it, we expect to provide novel insights on the application of this synergic approach to a wide variety of materials (concrete, steel, masonry, composites, etc.) in the field of physics, the mechanics of materials, and civil engineering.

Webinar date and time: 13 April 2023 at 11:00 a.m. CEST | 5:00 a.m. EST | 5:00 p.m. CST Asia
Webinar ID: 872 8465 8746

Keynote Speakers:

• Prof. Alex Hansen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway;
• Prof. Florin Bobaru, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, USA;
• Prof. Ignacio Iturrioz, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.

Program:

 Relevant Special Issue:
“Advances in Acoustic Emission Technique: Tests Interpretation and Numerical Simulations”
Guest Editors: Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Lacidogna and Prof. Dr. Ignacio Iturrioz
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2023

This is a free webinar. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information on how to join the webinar. Registrations with academic institutional email addresses will be prioritized.

Certificates of attendance will be delivered to those who attend the live webinar.

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The goal of “Editor’s Choice Articles” project is to promote high-quality articles published in Applied Sciences (ISSN: 2076-3417). Please find below the list of articles carefully handpicked by the scientific editors of the journal, which we believe will be of interest to you.

1. “Applications of Cold Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Technology in Medicine, Agriculture and Food Industry”
by Mária Domonkos, Petra Tichá, Jan Trejbal and Pavel Demo
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(11), 4809; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11114809
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/11/4809

2. “Hydrothermal and Entropy Investigation of Ag/MgO/H₂O Hybrid Nanofluid Natural Convection in a Novel Shape of Porous Cavity”
by Nidal Abu-Libdeh, Fares Redouane, Abderrahmane Aissa, Fateh Mebarek-Oudina, Ahmad Almuhtady, Wasim Jamshed and Wael Al-Kouz
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(4), 1722; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11041722
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/4/1722

3. “Extensive Benchmarking of DFT+U Calculations for Predicting Band Gaps”
by Nicole E. Kirchner-Hall, Wayne Zhao, Yihuang Xiong, Iurii Timrov and Ismaila Dabo
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(5), 2395; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11052395
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/5/2395

4. “A Review on Recent Advancements of Graphene and Graphene-Related Materials in Biological Applications”
by Federica Catania, Elena Marras, Mauro Giorcelli, Pravin Jagdale, Luca Lavagna, Alberto Tagliaferro and Mattia Bartoli
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(2), 614; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11020614
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/2/614

5. “Fe₃O₄ Nanoparticles: Structures, Synthesis, Magnetic Properties, Surface Functionalization, and Emerging Applications”
by Minh Dang Nguyen, Hung-Vu Tran, Shoujun Xu and T. Randall Lee
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(23), 11301; https://doi.org/10.3390/app112311301
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/23/11301

6. “Hybrid Metal/Polymer Filaments for Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) to Print Metal Parts”
by Claudio Tosto, Jacopo Tirillò, Fabrizio Sarasini and Gianluca Cicala
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(4), 1444; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11041444
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/4/1444

7. “Biogenic Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Characterisation and Applications”
by Bilal Mughal, Syed Zohaib Javaid Zaidi, Xunli Zhang and Sammer Ul Hassan
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(6), 2598; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11062598
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/6/2598

8. “Polyphenols: A Promising Avenue in Therapeutic Solutions for Wound Care”
by Inês Guimarães, Sara Baptista-Silva, Manuela Pintado and Ana L. Oliveira
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(3), 1230; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11031230
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/3/1230

9. “Fundamentals of Building Deconstruction as a Circular Economy Strategy for the Reuse of Construction Materials”
by Gaetano Bertino, Johannes Kisser, Julia Zeilinger, Guenter Langergraber, Tatjana Fischer and Doris Österreicher
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(3), 939; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11030939
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/3/939

10. “Non-Destructive Testing Applications for Steel Bridges”
by Seyed Saman Khedmatgozar Dolati, Nerma Caluk, Armin Mehrabi and Seyed Sasan Khedmatgozar Dolati
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(20), 9757; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11209757
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/20/9757

11. “The DEMO Water-Cooled Lead–Lithium Breeding Blanket: Design Status at the End of the Pre-Conceptual Design Phase”
by Pietro Arena, Alessandro Del Nevo, Fabio Moro, Simone Noce, Rocco Mozzillo, Vito Imbriani, Fabio Giannetti, Francesco Edemetti, Antonio Froio, Laura Savoldi et al.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(24), 11592; https://doi.org/10.3390/app112411592
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/24/11592

12. “Enhancement of Antimicrobial Activity of Alginate Films with a Low Amount of Carbon Nanofibers (0.1% w/w)”
by Isaías Sanmartín-Santos, Sofía Gandía-Llop, Beatriz Salesa, Miguel Martí, Finn Lillelund Aachmann and Ángel Serrano-Aroca
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(5), 2311; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11052311
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/5/2311

13. “The Behavior of Hybrid Fiber-Reinforced Concrete Elements: A New Stress-Strain Model Using an Evolutionary Approach”
by Ali A. Abdulhameed, Alaa Hussein Al-Zuhairi, Salah R. Al Zaidee, Ammar N. Hanoon, Ahmed W. Al Zand, Mahir M. Hason and Haider A. Abdulhameed
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(4), 2245; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12042245
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/4/2245

14. “Effects of Adding Alkali Metals and Organic Cations to Cu-Based Perovskite Solar Cells”
by Riku Okumura, Takeo Oku, Atsushi Suzuki, Masanobu Okita, Sakiko Fukunishi, Tomoharu Tachikawa and Tomoya Hasegawa
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(3), 1710; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12031710
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/3/1710

15. “Geometry and Distortion Prediction of Multiple Layers for Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing with Artificial Neural Networks”
by Christian Wacker, Markus Köhler, Martin David, Franziska Aschersleben, Felix Gabriel, Jonas Hensel, Klaus Dilger and Klaus Dröder
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(10), 4694; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11104694
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/10/4694

16. “Buckling Analysis of CNTRC Curved Sandwich Nanobeams in Thermal Environment”
by Ahmed Amine Daikh, Mohammed Sid Ahmed Houari, Behrouz Karami, Mohamed A. Eltaher, Rossana Dimitri and Francesco Tornabene
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(7), 3250; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11073250
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/7/3250

17. “Effect of Printing Layer Thickness on the Trueness and Margin Quality of 3D-Printed Interim Dental Crowns”
by Gülce Çakmak, Alfonso Rodriguez Cuellar, Mustafa Borga Donmez, Martin Schimmel, Samir Abou-Ayash, Wei-En Lu and Burak Yilmaz
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(19), 9246; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11199246
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/19/9246

18. “Nanoparticles—Plant Interaction: What We Know, Where We Are?”
by Ewa Kurczyńska, Kamila Godel-Jędrychowska, Katarzyna Sala and Anna Milewska-Hendel
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(12), 5473; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11125473
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/12/5473

We would like to thank all of the research groups that authored these exceptional papers for their contribution. We sincerely hope you find these articles of Applied Sciences as useful and insightful.

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.

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

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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

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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.

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