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Recent Advances in Optical Sensors

edited by Oscar E. Bonilla Manrique and

Pedro Martín-Mateos

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 194 | 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)

Recent Advances and Applications Related to Light-Emitting Diodes

edited by

Chun-An Cheng

, Lain-Chyr Hwang,

Hung-Liang Cheng

Chien-Hsuan Chang

and

Ching-Min Lee

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 194 | Submission Open

Keywords: light-emitting diodes; LED display and lighting; LED

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

AirGuard: Advances in Air Quality Monitoring, Assessment and Control

edited by

Alfred Micallef

and Adam Gauci

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 194 | Submission Open

Keywords: air quality; air pollution; modeling; monitoring campaigns; emission; dispersion; transboundary pollution; indoor air; ambient air; instrumentation; sensors; remote sensing; artificial intelligence; machine learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Advances and Applications in Mechanical Fatigue and Life Assessment

edited by

Andrei Andras

and

Konstantinos P. Baxevanakis

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 193 | Submission Open

Keywords: mechanical fatigue; life assessment; fatigue crack initiation and propagation; high-cycle fatigue (HCF) and low-cycle fatigue (LCF); fatigue testing methods; fatigue life prediction; damage tolerance and fracture mechanics; environmental effects on fatigue; fatigue-resistant materials; additive manufacturing (AM) and fatigue; probabilistic fatigue modeling; structural health monitoring (SHM); fatigue in aerospace and automotive industries; multiaxial fatigue analysis; fatigue optimization in engineering design

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

AI-Based Spatial Planning and Analysis

edited by

Iwona Kaczmarek

and

Stefania Pindozzi

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 192 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; geospatial data analysis; spatial planning; urban development; AI-driven decision

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

Real-Time Detection in Additive Manufacturing

edited by Zhuo Yang and

Richard (Chunhui) Yang

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 190 | Submission Open

Keywords: real-time monitoring; anormaly detection; in situ data; process control; sensors; modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Additive Manufacturing Technologies)

Progress in Solid-State Battery Technologies

edited by

Houpu Li

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 184 | Submission Open

Keywords: solid-state electrolyte; electrochemistry; ionic-conductive compound

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

Recent Development and Emerging Trends in Dental Implants

edited by

SeongYong Moon

and

Jung-Woo Lee

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 182 | Submission Open

Keywords: dental implants; oral cancer; reconstruction

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

Intelligent Understanding and Analysis of Urban Big Data

edited by Shouhang Du,

Jinchao Song

and

Xiuyuan Zhang

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 181 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban big data; multimodal data; data fusion; smart cities; spatial analysis; urban planning; traffic management; environmental monitoring; sustainable urban development

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

Fracture Mechanics and Fatigue of Metals

edited by

Marcin Graba

and

Martin Fusek

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 181 | Submission Open

Keywords: fracture mechanics; fatigue strength; constraints effects in fracture; Finite Element Method analysis; true relationship stress– strain; constitutive equations; fracture toughness; stress– strain analysis; mechanical properties; mechanical field near crack tip; numerical method in fracture and fatigue

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Solid Oxide Cells: Latest Advances and Prospects

edited by

Mudasir Yatoo

Pedro Piqueras

and

Joaquin de la Morena

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 180 | Submission Open

Keywords: solid oxide fuel cells; solid oxide electrolysers; high-efficiency energy conversion; hydrogen production; decarbonisation; clean energy technologies; renewable energy integration

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

Innovative Approaches to Optimize Future Multi-Energy Systems

edited by Gabriele Volpato and

Martina Capone

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 180 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-energy systems; optimization; uncertainty; machine learning; forecasting

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

Switched Systems: Modeling, Analysis, and Applications

edited by Elisa Mostacciuolo and

Andrea Ballo

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 177 | Submission Open

Keywords: switched system; stability; control; hybrid system; switched capacitor

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

Current Advances in Dental Materials

edited by Maria João Calheiros-Lobo

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 176 | Submission Open

Keywords: dental materials; nanotechnology; bioactive materials; 3D printing; smart biomaterials; restorative care; digital dentistry; biocompatibility; sustainability; regenerative materials

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

Novel Analysis and Detection Approaches in Food Microbiology

edited by

Iliyana Rasheva

, Trayana Nedeva and

Akikazu Sakudo

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 175 | Submission Open

Keywords: food microbiology; pathogen detection; microorganisms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Microbiology)

Thermal Interface Materials: Current Status and Applications

edited by

Ruoyu Dong

and

Chi Zhang

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 174 | Submission Open

Keywords: thermal conductivity; heat dissipation; interfacial thermal resistance; mechanical compliance; alignment engineering; surface modification; 2D materials; polymer composites.

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

Graph-Based Methods in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, 2nd Edition

edited by

Barbara Strug

and

Grażyna Ślusarczyk

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 173 | Submission Open

Keywords: graph representation; GNN; graph data mining; graph data management; graph databases; graph machine learning

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

Novel Insights into Medical Images Processing

edited by Irazú Hernández Farías and Hayde Peregrina-Barreto

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 161 | Submission Open

Keywords: image processing; image analysis; medical image devices; image classification; image segmentation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

New Trends in Robot-Assisted Surgery

edited by

Vlad-Laurentiu David

and

Giovanni Cochetti

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 159 | Submission Open

Keywords: robotic-assisted surgery; minimal invasive surgery; medical and technological advancements; innovation; challenges; and trends in robotic surgery

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Climate Sensitivity Based on Various Earth System Models

edited by

Marilia Harumi Shimizu

, L. F. Prado,

Juliana Anochi

and

Roger Rodrigues Torres

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 156 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate sensitivity; Earth system models (ESMs); climate feedback; model intercomparison; greenhouse gas emissions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

E-Health and Decision Support Systems

edited by Giuseppe De Pietro

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 138 | Submission Open

Keywords: e-health; decision support systems; artificial intelligence

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

New Technologies for Sustainable Energy Storage Systems

edited by

Quan Ouyang

, Zhisheng Wang and

Angelo Algieri

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 134 | Submission Open

Keywords: physical or data-driven models of sustainable energy storage systems; physics-informed aging modeling of batteries; fuel cells; etc.; state of health or remaining useful life prediction for batteries; fuel cells; etc.; advanced battery management and control techniques; diagnosis and prognosis of batteries; fuel cells; etc.

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

Two-Dimensional Heterostructures: From Properties, Functionalization to Device Applications

edited by

Zhibin Yang

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 132 | Submission Open

Keywords: 2D materials; graphene; ultrathin layered materials; 2D heterostructures; nanoelectronics; nano-optoelectronics; spintronics; nano-energy devices; surface functionalization

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

Computer-Aided Techniques in Dentistry

edited by

Daniel Palkovics

, Balint Molnar and Judit Borbély

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 126 | Submission Open

Keywords: computer-aided techniques; digital dentistry; intraoral scanning; radiographic image processing; artificial intelligence; deep learning; guided implant surgery; digital twin; CAD/CAM; digital workflow

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

Multifunctional Applications of Nanoparticle Catalysts in Environmental Catalysis and Energy Conversion

edited by

Libin Zeng

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 124 | Submission Open

Keywords: multifunctional nanoparticle catalysts; structure– performance correlation; environmental sustainability; catalyst properties; environmental catalysis; energy conversion

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

Offshore Structures: Latest Advances and Prospects

edited by

Tiaojian Xu

and

Ming He

submission deadline 21 May 2025 | Viewed by 462 | Submission Open

Keywords: floating and fixed offshore platforms; offshore infrastructures; underwater vehicles; hydrodynamics; ocean environmental engineering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Advances in Orthodontic Diagnosis and Treatment: Methods and Applications

edited by

Rosanna Guarnieri

Vincenzo D'Antò

and

Ersilia Barbato

submission deadline 25 May 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 9630 | 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)

Latest Research on Computer Vision and Image Processing

edited by

Manuel Jesús Rodríguez Valido

Fernando Perez Nava

and Gustavo Sutter Capristo

submission deadline 25 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4238 | Submission Open

Keywords: computer vision; image and video processing; image and video understanding; computer vision applications; machine learning; artificial intelligence; ethics; deepfakes; sustainability

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

Emerging Trends in Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

edited by

Yanhua Huang

and Wenling Tian

submission deadline 25 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1732 | Submission Open

Keywords: rock mechanics; constitutive model; numerical simulation; rock mass engineering; instability control; digitization and intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Intelligent Software Engineering: Innovations, Challenges, and Applications

edited by Mirko Perkusich and Emilia Mendes

submission deadline 25 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1695 | Submission Open

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence in software engineering (AI4SE); data mining in software engineering; DevOps for machine learning-enabled systems (MLOps); Intelligent Software Engineering (ISE); machine learning for software engineering (ML4SE); reasoning under uncertainty in software engineering; recommender systems in software engineering; search-based software engineering; software analytics; software engineering for AI systems (SE2AI)

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

Advances in Dental and Oral Surgery

edited by

Giorgio Lo Giudice

, Enrico Nastro Siniscalchi and Ciro Emiliano Boschetti

submission deadline 25 May 2025 | Viewed by 180 | Submission Open

Keywords: oral surgery; minimally invasive surgery; salivary glands surgery; regenerative medicine; imaging techniques; dental implantology; biocompatible materials; digital dentistry

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

Advanced Research on Asphalt Pavement Materials in Design and Performance

edited by

Peiwen Hao

submission deadline 25 May 2025 | Viewed by 164 | Submission Open

Keywords: asphalt binder; asphalt mixture; performance; mixture design methods; modified asphalt; microscopic analysis; modification mechanism; test methods; numerical simulation; MD simulation; durability function

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

State-of-the-Art of Power Systems

edited by

and

submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 20 articles | Viewed by 32684 | Submission Open

Keywords: power systems; smart grids; microgrids; distributed power systems; high voltage; power systems control

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

Advanced Large Language Models and Natural Language Processing Applications

edited by Man-Fai Leung, Duo Li and Jin Zhang

submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 13288 | Submission Open

Keywords: NLP; large language models; text generation; sentiment analysis

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

Air Pollution and Its Impact on the Atmospheric Environment

edited by Xin Long, Yichen Wang and Yao He

submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 12299 | Submission Open

Keywords: anthropogenic activities; atmospheric environment; air pollution; climate change; mitigation strategies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Advancements in Deep Learning and Its Applications

edited by Patrícia Ramos and Jose Manuel Oliveira

submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8126 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning applications; artificial intelligence; neural network architectures; transformers; generative models; real-world AI implementation

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

Digital Twin and IoT

edited by Samuel D. Okegbile,

Fabrizio Marozzo

and

Dan García Carrillo

submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6529 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital twin; Internet of Things; data security; privacy; interoperability; scalability; machine learning; artificial intelligence; ethical concerns; optimization

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

Machine Learning and Reasoning for Reliable and Explainable AI

edited by

Raheleh Jafari

Alexander Gegov

and Farzad Arabikhan

submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3213 | Submission Open

Keywords: explainable AI; machine learning; artificial intelligence

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

Recent Advances in AI-Enabled Wireless Communications and Networks

edited by Zhuo Sun,

Fabrizio Granelli

and Wenbin Guo

submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3065 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; deep learning; wireless networks; wireless communications; AI-enabled wireless communications and networks

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

Smart Design and Advanced Manufacturing: Integrating Emerging Technologies for Improved Production Processes

edited by Kouroush Jenab

submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3056 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart design; smart manufacturing; Industry 4.0; automation; robotics; process sustainability; integration of technologies; computational methods; artificial intelligence; 3D printing

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

Functional Foods and Their Impact on Human Health: From Mechanisms to Applications

edited by

Ewelina Zielińska

submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2587 | Submission Open

Keywords: functional food; novel food; bioactivity; food supplementation; nutraceuticals

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

Work Environment Effects on Health and Safety of Employees

edited by

Nicola Magnavita

and

Venerando Rapisarda

submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2162 | 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)

Smart Grids and Batteries for Sustainable Power Energy System

edited by

Rajesh Karki

submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2090 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart grids; battery storage; sustainable energy; renewable integration; energy efficiency; grid stability; system reliability; infrastructural and operational resilience; digital communication; automation in energy systems

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

Glass Ceramics: Properties, Characterization and Applications

edited by R. Lee Leonard and Jacqueline Anne Johnson

submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1895 | Submission Open

Keywords: glass ceramics; aerospace materials; electronics; medicine; optics

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

Advanced Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality: Immersive Applications and Innovative Techniques: 2nd Edition

edited by

Chaman Sabharwal

submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1773 | Submission Open

Keywords: virtual reality; augmented reality; digital; immersion; remote; AR and AI

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

Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Text Mining

edited by

John Atkinson Abutridy

submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1506 | 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)

Load Monitoring in Team Sports

edited by

Alberto Lorenzo Calvo

and

Enrique Alonso Perez-Chao

submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1409 | Submission Open

Keywords: tracking data; team performance; game demands; most demanding scenarios; local positioning system; global navigation satellite system; performance analysis; player load

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

Cutting-Edge Neural Networks for NLP (Natural Language Processing)

edited by

Xue Li

submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1296 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced architectures; application and performance; multimodal and multilingual approaches; ethical and practical considerations

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

Advanced Optical Measurement Techniques and Applications

edited by

Won Kweon Jang

and Ju Yong Cho

submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1279 | Submission Open

Keywords: spectroscopy; microscopy; ptychography; hyperspectral imaging; chip-based sensing; optical instrumentation and measurement; remote sensing; non-destructive measurement; computational optical sensing; nanomaterials; optical sources; optical imaging; machine learning; biomedical applications; environmental applications

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

Molecular Mechanisms, Diagnosis and Therapeutics of Neurodegenerative Diseases

edited by

Sarmistha Mitra

submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1201 | Submission Open

Keywords: neurodegenerative diseases; ageing; neurodegeneration hallmarks; protein misfolding and aggregates; molecular diagnosis; therapeutic management; small molecule and drug design; complementary and alternative medicine

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

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