Applied Sciences

The Development of Novel Functional Foods: Trends, Prospectives, and Possible Bioactivity

edited by

Antonios E. Koutelidakis

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submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 28626 | Submission Open

Keywords: novel functional foods; bioactivity; bioavailability; interventional studies; novel technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Science and Technology)

Advances in Orthodontic Diagnosis and Treatment: Methods and Applications

edited by

Rosanna Guarnieri

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Vincenzo D'Antò

and

Ersilia Barbato

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 12 articles | Viewed by 26536 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital orthodontics; precision orthodontics; customized appliances; artificial intelligence; teleorthodontics; aligners; 3D printing; virtual treatment planning; digital workflow; CAD/CAM

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Dentistry and Oral Sciences)

New Trends in Renewable Energy and Power Systems

edited by

Monica Borunda

and

Oscar A. Jaramillo

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 20604 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy; renewable energy; wind energy; solar energy; smart energy systems; energy tools and models; energy storage; clean energy sources; carbon capture; electromobility; sustainability; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Science and Technology)

Food Processing and Preservation Technologies: Advances and Applications—2nd Edition

edited by

Nikolay D. Menkov

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 20369 | Submission Open

Keywords: food processing; food preservation technologies; innovative foods; functional foods; shelf life extension; food safety; valorization of food processing by-products; energy efficiency

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering)

Intelligent Manufacturing and Design Under Challenging Conditions

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submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 18653 | Submission Open

Keywords: challenging conditions; intelligent manufacturing; equipment; sustainable manufacturing; artificial intelligence; innovative design

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Rock Mechanics in Geotechnical and Tunnel Engineering

edited by

Yun Lin

and Chun Yang

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 17617 | Submission Open

Keywords: rock engineering; mechanical behavior; geotechnical and tunnel engineering; underground space; numerical modelling; monitoring technology; blasting techniques; big data analytics; stability assessment; machine learning and artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

New Trends in Long-Life Road Infrastructures: Materials and Structures, 2nd Edition

edited by

Jue Li

, Junhui Peng,

Junfeng Gao

and

Wensheng Wang

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 12 articles | Viewed by 17576 | Submission Open

Keywords: road infrastructures; long-life pavement; road materials; subgrade; multiscale characterization; laboratory test; numerical simulation; field construction; design method

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Advances in Dairy Products: Composition, Properties, Detection, Application, and Development

edited by

Małgorzata Ziarno

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 16730 | Submission Open

Keywords: dairy products; milk; cheese; yogurt; ice cream; protein; calcium; nutrients; probiotics; prebiotics; functionality; food safety; production technologies; microbiology; biochemistry; sensory analysis; new products

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Science and Technology)

Advanced Blasting Technology for Mining

edited by

Krzysztof Skrzypkowski

and Andrzej Biessikirski

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 12 articles | Viewed by 16268 | Submission Open

Keywords: blasting works; explosives; fragmentation; detonation properties; blast-induced vibration; drilling; blast and ring design; blasting safety

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Collaborative Learning and Optimization Theory and Its Applications

edited by

Yue Wu

, Mingyang Zhang,

Qiguang Miao

and

Kai Qin

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 15797 | Submission Open

Keywords: collaborative learning; collaborative optimization; artificial intelligence; deep learning; evolutionary computation; fuzzy logic and systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Advanced, Smart, and Sustainable Transportation

edited by

Shaopeng Zhong

,

Kai Liu

, Zhijia Tan and

Hongmei Zhou

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 15453 | Submission Open

Keywords: theory and applications of traffic engineering; transportation systems and logistics; traffic control and information technology; transportation safety; transportation planning; rail and transit systems; intelligent transportation systems; big data analysis in transportation; emerging transportation technologies; sustainable transportation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Transportation and Future Mobility)

Recent Advances in the Digital Construction Industry and Its Applications

edited by

Edison Atencio

,

Felipe Muñoz-La Rivera

and

Rodrigo F. Herrera

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 15240 | Submission Open

Keywords: Construction 4.0; digital construction; building information modeling (BIM); virtual design and construction (VDC); digital twins; augmented reality (AR); virtual reality (VR); mixed reality (MR); artificial intelligence (AI); internet of things (IoT); site safety enhancement; construction progress monitoring; infrastructure lifecycle management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Industrial Technologies)

Athletes Performance and Analysis in Combat Sports and Martial Arts: Second Edition

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submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 15109 | Submission Open

Keywords: martial arts; combat sports; fight analysis; technical and tactical preparation; training control; kickboxing; boxing; Judo; Karate; Taekwondo; Ju-Jitsu; grappling; Muay Thai

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering)

Advances in Machine Learning and Big Data Analytics

edited by

Md Liakat Ali

,

Muath Obaidat

and Suzanna Schmeelk

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 14204 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; deep learning; big data analytics; artificial intelligence; cybersecurity

Applications of Advanced Deep Learning Technology in Control and Intelligent Systems

edited by

Xuefeng Zhang

, Jing Zhao,

Jin-Xi Zhang

, Driss Boutat and

Da-Yan Liu

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 13639 | Submission Open

Keywords: fractional-order systems; deep learning strategies; multi-agent systems; prescribed performance control; rough set and fuzzy set reasoning; genetic algorithms and modelling; machine learning; recurrent neural networks; image processing and computer vision systems.; time series forecasting

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Application of Smart Learning in Education

edited by

Huseyin Uzunboylu

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 12830 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart learning; personalized learning; virtual reality (VR); augmented reality (AR); online learning; mobile Learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Emerging Technologies for Waste Treatment, Reuse and Energy Production

edited by

Agapi Vasileiadou

,

Vasilis Evagelopoulos

and

Costas Tsioptsias

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11957 | Submission Open

Keywords: waste utilization; waste to energy; energy production; waste treatment; thermochemical conversion; biochemical conversion; sustainable development; circular economy; intergrated WtE systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

IoT for Solar Monitoring and Photovoltaic Sensing

edited by Radu Etz and

George Dan Mois

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 11881 | Submission Open

Keywords: solar energy; IoT in PV systems; PV systems monitoring; irradiance measurements; environmental parameters measurements; prediction; machine learning; artificial intelligence; energy management; microgrids

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering)

New Advances in Artificial Intelligence and Medical Data Science

edited by

Han Liu

, Hongyang Chen and Xiaotong Zhang

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 11822 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; machine learning; data mining; large language models; medical data

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Maintenance 4.0 Technologies for Sustainable Manufacturing: Second Edition

edited by

Jasiulewicz-Kaczmarek Małgorzata

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 11730 | Submission Open

Keywords: predictive maintenance; prescriptive maintenance; big data analytics; digital twin; internet of things; augmented/virtual reality; 3D printing; servitization; remaining useful life; maturity; resource efficiency

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Industrial Technologies)

Fifth Anniversary of 'Food Science and Technology' Section—Recent Advances in Food

edited by

Piotr Minkiewicz

,

Roberta Foligni

and

Wojciech Kolanowski

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 11633 | Submission Open

Keywords: food safety; food security; food technology; lifestyle-related diseases; healthy diet; proteins; bioactive peptides; functional properties; proteolysis; chemical modifications enzymatic modifications; allergy; bioinformatics; cheminformatics; chemical information

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Science and Technology)

Selected Papers from the 12th International Conference of Environmental Protection and Energy

edited by

Ewa Brągoszewska

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11022 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental protection; environmental engineering; renewable energy; circular economy; sustainable development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical and Molecular Sciences)

Applications of Nanoparticles in the Environmental Sciences

edited by

Jason G. Parsons

and

Mataz Alcoutlabi

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 10914 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanotechnology; nanoparticles; environmental chemistry; nanotechnology-based energy storage; environmentally relevant catalysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Photobiomodulation and Photodynamic Therapy in Dentistry and Oral Science

edited by

Morena Petrini

and

Emira D’Amico

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 10822 | Submission Open

Keywords: photobiomodulation; photodynamic therapy; LED; LASER; light therapy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Dentistry and Oral Sciences)

Explainable Artificial Intelligence Technology and Its Applications

edited by

Guoyang Liu

,

Weidong Zhou

and

Lan Tian

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 10786 | Submission Open

Keywords: explainable artificial intelligence (XAI); post hoc explainability; ante‑hoc (intrinsic) interpretability; causal and counterfactual explanations; cognitive science‑inspired XAI; biologically inspired XAI; interpretable deep learning; trustworthy and responsible AI; human– AI interaction and usability studies; explainable biomedical signal processing; explainable computer vision; explainable natural language processing; edge and hardware‑efficient XAI

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Work Environment Effects on Health and Safety of Employees

edited by

Nicola Magnavita

and

Venerando Rapisarda

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 10534 | Submission Open

Keywords: occupational health; prevention; health promotion; one health; total worker health; occupational disease; injury; stress; burnout; inequality; disability management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering)

Novel Extraction Methods and Applications

edited by

Alexandra Cristina Blaga

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 10002 | Submission Open

Keywords: new extractions techniques; the applications of extraction techniques; extraction mechanisms; influencing factors and related applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical and Molecular Sciences)

Innovative Engineering Technologies for the Agri-Food Sector

edited by

Alessandro Leone

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Antonia Tamborrino

and

Antonio Berardi

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 9791 | Submission Open

Keywords: competitive and sustainable technology; innovative food process; environmental sustainability; agri-food products; smart farming; remote sensing; automation and robotics in agriculture; pre- and post-harvest processing; pest management; waste product valorization; physical and biological processes; food safety; food quality; circular economy; renewable energy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Science and Technology)

Innovative Functional Textiles and Their Applications

edited by Meredith McQuerry

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9278 | Submission Open

Keywords: textiles; functional apparel; material; fabric; garment; protective clothing; personal protective equipment; wearable technology; comfort; mobility

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Science and Engineering)

Advances in Fusion Engineering and Design Volume II

edited by

Arkady Serikov

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9223 | Submission Open

Keywords: fusion technology; fusion engineering and design; neutronics; thermal hydraulics; system analysis; computer modelling; model integration; blankets; liquid-metal blankets; MHD thermofluids; breeding blankets; materials; magnets; fusion fuel cycle; tritium; plasma facing components; beryllium; plasma material interactions; plasma; plasma heating; ITER; DEMO; JET; ARIES-ST; JT-60SA; Helias; W7X; NIF; IFMIF-DONES; diagnostics; fusion safety; waste management; private fusion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Physics General)

Applications of Wearable Sensors in Healthcare, Rehabilitation and Sports Biomechanics

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submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8469 | Submission Open

Keywords: wearable sensors; biosensors; sport equipment sensors; equipment attached sensors; explainable AI; multimodal signal processing; video; image; and sensor signals; human activity recognition (HAR); human activity modelling and analysis (HAMA); human motion modelling and analysis (HMMA)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Musical Acoustics and Sound Perception

edited by Spyros Polychronopoulos,

Ana Maria Barbancho

and

Andrea Santoni

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8020 | Submission Open

Keywords: musical acoustics; acoustic measurements; spatial audio; head-related transfer function (HRTF); sound perception; psychoacoustics; auditory cognition; simulation; audio signal processing; finite element method (FEM); boundary element method (BEM)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Acoustics and Vibrations)

Antenna and Radio-Frequency Technologies for 5G and 6G Wireless Communications

edited by Shu-Han Liao and

Donald Y.C. Lie

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7829 | Submission Open

Keywords: fifth generation (5G); sixth generation (6G) wireless system; antenna; Radio-Frequency technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering)

Artificial Intelligence in Medical Diagnostics: Second Edition

edited by

Jan Mulawka

,

Dorota Dunin-Wąsowicz

and

Piotr Socha

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7624 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; medical diagnostics; expert systems; radiomics; knowledge acquisition; machine learning; neural networks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering)

Emerging Technologies in Innovative Human–Computer Interactions

edited by

Shana Smith

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7536 | Submission Open

Keywords: human-computer interaction; extended reality; brain-computer interface; wearable technologies; conversational artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Applied Geophysical Imaging and Data Processing

edited by Vincenzo Lapenna

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7430 | Submission Open

Keywords: applied geophysics; geophysical imaging; tomography; signal processing; machine learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Virtual Reality-Based Training System for Autonomous Learning

edited by

Pablo Fernández-Arias

and

Diego Vergara

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 7004 | Submission Open

Keywords: virtual realty; training; autonomous learning; self-learning; inmersive learning; autonomous exploration; efficient learning; engagement and motivation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Recent Advances in Asphalt Materials and Their Applications

edited by Syed Waqar Haider

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6864 | Submission Open

Keywords: unbound materials; asphalt; recycled concrete aggregates; aggregate base; sub-base; stabilization; durability; moduli

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Application and Development of Antennas and Sensors in Biomedical Applications

edited by

Iman Farhat

and

Lourdes Farrugia

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6564 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomedical antennas; hyperthermia and ablation; biomedical sensors; microwave imaging and diagnostics; artificial intelligence in biomedical sensing; machine learning for health monitoring; computational modeling in biomedical applications; wearable sensors; implantable sensors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Advanced Studies in Orthodontics

edited by Giuseppina Laganà

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6300 | Submission Open

Keywords: orthodontics; dental digital treatment; dental science

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Dentistry and Oral Sciences)

Advances in Virtual Reality Applications

edited by György Wersényi

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6071 | Submission Open

Keywords: virtual reality; virtual and augmented realities; cognitive infocommunication; 3D immersion; human factors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Bioactive Compounds for Functional Foods and Sustainability

edited by

Monika Karaś

and

Urszula Szymanowska

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5788 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioactive compounds; functional food; food fortification; waste products from the food production chain; sustainable development in food production; health-promoting activity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Science and Technology)

Advanced Technology and Data Analysis in Seismology

edited by

Carlos Alberto Vargas-Jiménez

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5676 | Submission Open

Keywords: networks; seismic signals; instrumentation; sensors; early warning systems; geophysical variables; AI in seismology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Recent Advances in Optical Sensors

edited by Oscar E. Bonilla Manrique and

Pedro Martín-Mateos

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5663 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical sensor; spectroscopy; integrated optics; multisensing of different compounds; optical applications; optical sensor applications; new technologies; design and miniaturization of optical sensors; instrumentation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optics and Lasers)

Robotics and Intelligent Systems: Technologies and Applications

edited by Qiang Liu and

Alessandro Gasparetto

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5644 | Submission Open

Keywords: robotics; intelligent systems; autonomous systems; machine learning in robotics; robot grasping; human– robot interaction; swarm robotics; robotic sensing and perception; adaptive control systems; robotic applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Robotics and Automation)

A New Approach to Renewable Energy Sources to Increase the Efficiency of Electric Vehicles

edited by

Andrzej Nowrot

and

Anna Manowska

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5510 | Submission Open

Keywords: RES (renewable energy source); EV (electric vehicle); battery; ESS (energy storage system); power grid

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Science and Technology)

Advanced Spectroscopy Technologies

edited by

Xiaotian Li

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5204 | Submission Open

Keywords: spectrometer; Raman spectroscopy; fluorescence spectroscopy; laser spectroscopy; LIBS spectroscopy; infrared spectroscopy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optics and Lasers)

Novel Insights into Cryptography and Network Security

edited by

Yujue Wang

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5193 | Submission Open

Keywords: cryptography; post-quantum cryptography; cryptanalysis; authentication mechanisms; access control; intrusion detection and prevention technologies; artificial intelligence security

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering)

Innovative Approaches in Earthquake and Structural Engineering: Resilience, Performance, and Sustainability

edited by

Ivan Kraus

and Davide Lavorato

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5115 | Submission Open

Keywords: earthquake engineering; structural resilience; seismic risk mitigation; heritage structures; earth-based materials; smart materials; sustainable building solutions; seismic isolation systems; 3D printing; AI in construction engineering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Natural Language Processing and Text Mining

edited by

John Atkinson Abutridy

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5052 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural language processing (NLP); text mining; sentiment analysis; information extraction; machine translation; language modeling; deep learning; neural networks; semantic analysis; syntactic analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

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