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  • Perspective
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,872 Views
8 Pages

We report the use of three different dissemination approaches for providing environmental research results back to Navajo communities from different research projects. The objectives of the dissemination are to provide the results to the community, h...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,387 Views
18 Pages

Application of Deep Learning Techniques to Predict the Mechanical Strength of Al-Steel Explosive Clads

  • Somasundaram Saravanan,
  • Kanagasabai Kumararaja and
  • Krishnamurthy Raghukandan

12 February 2023

In this study, the tensile and shear strengths of aluminum 6061-differently grooved stainless steel 304 explosive clads are predicted using deep learning algorithms, namely the conventional neural network (CNN), deep neural network (DNN), and recurre...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,265 Views
13 Pages

Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviors regarding Tick-Borne Encephalitis Vaccination and Prevention of Tick-Borne Diseases among Primary Care Physicians in Bavaria and Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, May–September 2022

  • Liza Coyer,
  • Aylin Sogan-Ekinci,
  • Benedikt Greutélaers,
  • Julia Kuhn,
  • Franziska S. Saller,
  • Jana Hailer,
  • Stefanie Böhm,
  • Rainer Brosch,
  • Christiane Wagner-Wiening and
  • Merle M. Böhmer

In 2020, a record number of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) cases was reported in major endemic areas in Germany, i.e., the southern federal states of Baden-Wuerttemberg and Bavaria. Most cases were unvaccinated. Other tick-borne diseases (TBDs), inclu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,906 Views
14 Pages

Research on an On-Chip MEMS Based Safety and Arming Device with a Mechanical Encryption System

  • Kuang Fang,
  • Tengjiang Hu,
  • Xueting Zhang,
  • Zhiming Zhang,
  • Xiaohua Jiang and
  • Yulong Zhao

19 June 2019

The design and characterization of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) based on-chip SAD (Safety and Arming Device) are proposed. An encryption system has been integrated into the device to enhance its reliability during the electromagnetic interfe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,162 Views
14 Pages

12 June 2020

This study aimed to analyze the effect of the impact velocity of a Zr 700 flyer plate explosively welded to a Ti Gr. 1/P265GH bimetallic composite on the residual stress formation, structural properties, and tensile strength. The residual stresses we...

  • Review
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,845 Views
10 Pages

Nursing Interventions for Head and Neck Cancer Patients That Promote Embracement in the Operating Room/Surgery Unit: A Near-Empty Scoping Review

  • Carla Sofia Ramos Cruz,
  • Cristina Lavareda Baixinho,
  • Rafael A. Bernardes and
  • Óscar Ramos Ferreira

29 November 2022

Head and neck tumours are the fifth leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide. They are hostile invasive neoplastic diseases that negatively impact individuals’ functionality. The aim of this study was to map the nursing interventions to be carr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,233 Views
13 Pages

Background/Objectives: Glucose tolerance progressively declines with age. However, the effects of aging on insulin secretion and insulin sensitivity in Japanese subjects are unclear. Methods: We conducted an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) in resi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
38 Citations
6,692 Views
10 Pages

29 September 2018

Aluminium and copper are two metals frequently used in the automotive and aerospace industries due to their properties of lightness and high conductivity. In this study, copper and aluminium plates were joined using the explosive welding method. The...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
10,952 Views
11 Pages

Aims: The aim of this study was to compare victims of one type of cyberstalking (OneType) with victims of more than one type of cyberstalking (MoreType) regarding (1) the impact of cyberstalking and (2) attitudes related to telling someone about the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,592 Views
18 Pages

Plunging Airfoil: Reynolds Number and Angle of Attack Effects

  • Emanuel A. R. Camacho,
  • Fernando M. S. P. Neves,
  • André R. R. Silva and
  • Jorge M. M. Barata

Natural flight has consistently been the wellspring of many creative minds, yet recreating the propulsive systems of natural flyers is quite hard and challenging. Regarding propulsive systems design, biomimetics offers a wide variety of solutions tha...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
4,412 Views
14 Pages

29 June 2022

Green spaces unquestionably improve both physical and mental health, but there is little information on how they affect quality of life. This study investigates whether the public perception of how local green spaces and their impact on quality of li...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,988 Views
13 Pages

A Micro Bridge-Wing-Thickened Low-Energy Exploding Foil Initiator Chip

  • Pengfei Xue,
  • Heng Hu,
  • Tao Wang,
  • Peng Xiong,
  • Mingyu Li and
  • Qingxuan Zeng

28 April 2024

To enhance the energy efficiency of exploding foil initiator systems (EFIs) and mitigate energy loss due to ablation in the bridge-wing regions, a low-energy bridge-wing-thickened EFI chip was designed and fabricated. Computational analysis revealed...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
3,925 Views
28 Pages

21 January 2021

Community environmental initiatives are set up by community members to promote pro-environmental behaviours in their community. Community members involved in these initiatives are likely to behave more pro-environmentally. Yet, the question remains h...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,608 Views
12 Pages

Transmission Efficiency of a MEMS Laser Fuze for Safety and Arming

  • Kuang Fang,
  • Shanglong Xu,
  • Wenzhi Qin,
  • Jiangnan Ran,
  • Chao Chen,
  • Peng Yang and
  • Yalong Dai

28 November 2025

Owing to their superior performance in countering electromagnetic interference on the battlefield, laser fuzes have become a promising candidate for application in munition systems. However, as the short-pulse laser is activated by an electrical sign...

  • Article
  • Open Access
46 Citations
8,683 Views
18 Pages

Aluminum-to-Steel Cladding by Explosive Welding

  • Gustavo H. S. F. L. Carvalho,
  • Ivan Galvão,
  • Ricardo Mendes,
  • Rui M. Leal and
  • Altino Loureiro

6 August 2020

The production of aluminum-carbon steel and aluminum-stainless steel clads is challenging, and explosive welding is one of the most suitable processes to achieve them. The present work aims to investigate the coupled effect of two strategies for opti...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,433 Views
13 Pages

28 May 2023

The sustainability of fitness centers depends on two factors: member recruitment and retention, which is why these factors have received attention in recent decades. Temporal trends in fitness center membership purchase channels from 2016 to 2022 and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,908 Views
21 Pages

23 November 2022

Due to the ever-growing demand for bast fibres for technical and garment textiles, complementary sources to textile flax, whose cultivation in western Europe cannot really be extended, need to be proposed. In this study, the interest in harvesting an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,784 Views
10 Pages

26 December 2022

In this study, graphene and N-doped graphene nanosheets were synthesized through the shock-induced reduction of CO2 using a cylindrical shock-loading apparatus. The mixture of solid CO2 and Mg powder was filled in the pre-cooled sample tube and then...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,015 Views
25 Pages

Application of Epidemiological Methods in a Large-Scale Cross-Sectional Study in 765 German Dairy Herds—Lessons Learned

  • Roswitha Merle,
  • Martina Hoedemaker,
  • Gabriela Knubben-Schweizer,
  • Moritz Metzner,
  • Kerstin-Elisabeth Müller and
  • Amely Campe

6 May 2024

From 2016 to 2020, the “PraeRi” study, conducted by three German veterinary universities, was aimed at enhancing animal health and welfare in dairy farms. With 765 dairy farms visited and 101,307 animals examined, this study provided a ba...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,839 Views
13 Pages

Influence of Copper Interlayers on the Magnetic Pulse Welding Process between Aluminum and Steel

  • Joerg Bellmann,
  • Kristina Roder,
  • Martina Zimmermann,
  • Eckhard Beyer,
  • Lothar Kroll and
  • Daisy Nestler

26 May 2021

Magnetic pulse welding (MPW) is a promising joining technology for the large-scale production of dissimilar metallic joints. Although the heat input is comparatively low, the temporary occurrence of high temperatures in the joining gap was found to p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
8,133 Views
9 Pages

26 July 2013

The Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, is a competent vector for arboviruses and recently was implicated as the vector of the first autochthonous cases of dengue and chikungunya in southern Europe. The objective of this study was to analyze the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,292 Views
8 Pages

The purpose of this study was to explore whether a strategic physical activity program can improve cognitive flexibility among children with Internet addiction. Ten school-aged children were recruited by distributing flyers at an elementary school in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
5,524 Views
12 Pages

18 July 2022

Dragonflies are agile and efficient flyers that use two pairs of wings for demonstrating exquisite aerial maneuvers. Compared to two-winged insects such as bees or flies, dragonflies leverage forewing and hindwing interactions for achieving higher ef...

  • Article
  • Open Access
48 Citations
6,727 Views
13 Pages

Numerical Simulation of Ti/Al Bimetal Composite Fabricated by Explosive Welding

  • Yan Li,
  • Cuirong Liu,
  • Haibo Yu,
  • Fei Zhao and
  • Zhisheng Wu

1 October 2017

In this paper, a 2D numerical model that is more physically realistic was established to simulate the complete process of Ti/Al explosive welding. Basing on the ANSYS/AUTODYN software package, the smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) and arbitrary L...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,560 Views
11 Pages

17 April 2019

Bipolar plates are a major part of fuel cells, which are a clean and recyclable energy source. This study was carried out with two dies for a bipolar plate forming investigation with the magnetic pulse method: a bipolar plate die and a 10-channel die...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,118 Views
17 Pages

Compensatory and Lifestyle-Based Brain Health Program for Subjective Cognitive Decline: Self-Implementation versus Coaching

  • Harris Liou,
  • Cynthia M. Stonnington,
  • Amit A. Shah,
  • Skye A. Buckner-Petty and
  • Dona E. C. Locke

30 September 2021

Although recent studies have explored the potential of multidomain brain health programs, there is a dearth of literature on operationalizing this research to create a clinical treatment program specifically for subjective cognitive decline (SCD). Pa...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,243 Views
21 Pages

1 September 2023

Background: The purpose of this review was to systematically evaluate the quality of reporting of recruitment and retention methods in diet-related intervention trials among cancer survivors. Methods: A systematic search of five databases in Spring 2...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,265 Views
8 Pages

SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence Survey in Grocery Store Workers—Minnesota, 2020–2021

  • Madhura S. Vachon,
  • Ryan T. Demmer,
  • Stephanie Yendell,
  • Kathryn J. Draeger,
  • Timothy J. Beebe and
  • Craig W. Hedberg

Grocery workers were essential to the workforce and exempt from lockdown requirements as per Minnesota Executive Order 20–20. The risk of COVID-19 transmission in grocery settings is not well documented. This study aimed to determine which fact...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
11,327 Views
18 Pages

13 April 2023

This study uses the Kano model and importance–satisfaction analysis (ISA) to assess airline service quality by identifying the prioritised service quality attributes (SQA) for business travellers. The study aims to produce suggestions for airli...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3,160 Views
22 Pages

Spatial Habitat Structure Assembles Willow-Dependent Communities across the Primary Successional Watersheds of Mount St. Helens, USA

  • Charli D. Minsavage-Davis,
  • Iris J. Garthwaite,
  • Marisa D. Fisher,
  • Addison Leigh,
  • Joy M. Ramstack Hobbs,
  • Shannon M. Claeson,
  • Gina M. Wimp and
  • Carri J. LeRoy

6 February 2023

The eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980 resulted in a cataclysmic restructuring of its surrounding landscapes. The Pumice Plain is one of these landscapes, where tree species such as Sitka willow (Salix sitchensis) and their dependent communities ha...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
4,970 Views
12 Pages

12 May 2017

Recently, amorphous alloys have attracted many researchers’ attention for amorphous structures and excellent properties. However, the welding of amorphous alloys to traditional metals in the microscale is not easy to realize in the process with amorp...

  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
5,754 Views
9 Pages

Recruiting Diverse Smokers: Enrollment Yields and Cost

  • Kaitlyn E. Brodar,
  • Marissa G. Hall,
  • Eboneé N. Butler,
  • Humberto Parada,
  • Al Stein-Seroussi,
  • Sean Hanley and
  • Noel T. Brewer

To help tobacco control research better include vulnerable populations, we sought to identify effective ways to recruit diverse smokers. In 2014–2015, we recruited 2149 adult cigarette smokers in California and North Carolina, United States, to parti...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,457 Views
15 Pages

10 March 2021

A sweptback angle can directly regulate a leading-edge vortex on various aerodynamic devices as well as on the wings of biological flyers, but the effect of a sweptback angle has not yet been sufficiently investigated. Here, we thoroughly investigate...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
6,790 Views
20 Pages

Quasi-Steady versus Navier–Stokes Solutions of Flapping Wing Aerodynamics

  • Jeremy A. Pohly,
  • James L. Salmon,
  • James E. Bluman,
  • Kabilan Nedunchezian and
  • Chang-kwon Kang

24 October 2018

Various tools have been developed to model the aerodynamics of flapping wings. In particular, quasi-steady models, which are considerably faster and easier to solve than the Navier–Stokes equations, are often utilized in the study of flight dyn...

  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
5,191 Views
14 Pages

9 January 2020

Mg alloys are extensively used in various automotive, aerospace, and industrial applications. Their limited corrosion resistance can be enhanced by welding a thin Al plate onto the alloy surface. In this study, we perform the explosive welding of a t...

  • Review
  • Open Access
33 Citations
6,900 Views
27 Pages

22 June 2021

Laser-induced forward transfer (LIFT) and two-photon polymerization (TPP) have proven their abilities to produce 3D complex microstructures at an extraordinary level of sophistication. Indeed, LIFT and TPP have supported the vision of providing a who...

  • Brief Report
  • Open Access
23 Citations
8,260 Views
9 Pages

6 December 2019

The ability to classify foods based on level of processing, not only conventional MyPlate food groups, might be a useful tool for consumers faced with a wide array of highly processed food products of varying nutritional value. The objective of this...

  • Opinion
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,097 Views
10 Pages

Among the most distantly separated plant species are those that are found on the polar regions of the northern and southern hemispheres, the so-called bipolar species. Two routes of introduction have been proposed—long-distance dispersal (LDD)...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,453 Views
16 Pages

“Es Muy Tranquilo Aquí”: Perceptions of Safety and Calm among Binationally Mobile Mexican Immigrants in a Rural Border Community

  • Rebecca M. Crocker,
  • Karina Duenas,
  • Luis Vázquez,
  • Maia Ingram,
  • Felina M. Cordova-Marks,
  • Emma Torres and
  • Scott Carvajal

Perceptions of community can play an important role in determining health and well-being. We know little, however, about residents’ perceptions of community safety in the Southwestern borderlands, an area frequently portrayed as plagued by diso...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,855 Views
14 Pages

8 March 2024

Dietary intake is known to impact athletic performance. The factors that influence dietary intake have been investigated widely, but their collective effect has not been examined. The primary aim of this cross-sectional study was to assess the relati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
3,946 Views
12 Pages

24 January 2019

The current work focuses on the effect of explosive ratio R on the comprehensive properties of Ti/Al clads manufactured via explosive welding. The lower and upper limits of explosive ratio, namely R1 and R2, were determined according to the R–&...

  • Article
  • Open Access
39 Citations
6,366 Views
14 Pages

Morally Distressing Experiences, Moral Injury, and Burnout in Florida Healthcare Providers during the COVID-19 Pandemic

  • Lourdes P. Dale,
  • Steven P. Cuffe,
  • Nicola Sambuco,
  • Andrea D. Guastello,
  • Kalie G. Leon,
  • Luciana V. Nunez,
  • Amal Bhullar,
  • Brandon R. Allen and
  • Carol A. Mathews

Because healthcare providers may be experiencing moral injury (MI), we inquired about their healthcare morally distressing experiences (HMDEs), MI perpetrated by self (Self MI) or others (Others MI), and burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic. Particip...

  • Article
  • Open Access
74 Citations
8,840 Views
16 Pages

Understanding Multilevel Factors Related to Urban Community Trust in Healthcare and Research

  • Monica Webb Hooper,
  • Charlene Mitchell,
  • Vanessa J. Marshall,
  • Chesley Cheatham,
  • Kristina Austin,
  • Kimberly Sanders,
  • Smitha Krishnamurthi and
  • Lena L. Grafton

Background: Community and patient engagement in the healthcare system and biomedical research are prerequisites for eliminating health disparities. We conducted a “listening tour” to enhance our understanding of multilevel factors associa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
4,882 Views
13 Pages

E-cigarettes are widely advertised, while the potential risks of e-cigarette use have been reported among adolescents. This study assessed online e-cigarette information exposure and its association with adolescents’ e-cigarette use in Shanghai...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,419 Views
27 Pages

Parametric Study and Experimental Investigations of a Single Crank–Slotted Dual Lever Mechanism for MAV Flapping Actuation

  • Spoorthi Singh,
  • Aravind Karthik Muralidharan,
  • Jayakrishnan Radhakrishnan,
  • Mohammad Zuber,
  • Adi Azriff Basri,
  • Norkhairunnisa Mazlan,
  • Mohd Nizar Hamidon and
  • Kamarul Arifin Ahmad

Insect RoboFlyers are interesting and active focuses of study but producing high-quality flapping robots that replicate insect flight is challenging., due to the dual requirement of both a sophisticated transmission mechanism with light weight and mi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,133 Views
13 Pages

Effect of Individualized Oral Health Care Training Provided to 6–16-Year-Old Psychiatric In-Patients—Randomized Controlled Study

  • Benedikt Bock,
  • Arndt Guentsch,
  • Roswitha Heinrich-Weltzien,
  • Christina Filz,
  • Melanie Rudovsky and
  • Ina M. Schüler

Background: To assess the effect of individualized oral health care training (IndOHCT) administered to 6–16-year-old psychiatric in-patients on dental plaque removal. Methods: 74 in-patients with mental health disorders (49 males) aged 6–...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,013 Views
16 Pages

7 April 2023

In this study, two sheets of AA5052 are joined with the high-strain-rate multi-spot joining process using an electromagnetic system. While producing a single spot joint by electromagnetic joining (EMJ) is common, the distribution and application of t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,750 Views
20 Pages

17 March 2023

Human papillomaviruses (HPVs) are responsible for one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases in the world, and their oncogenic role has been well demonstrated in genital, anal, and oropharyngeal areas. However, a certain distrust and a lack...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,295 Views
12 Pages

30 November 2023

Background: This study examines how health literacy and mental health literacy associate with the willingness to receive a COVID-19 vaccination among American Indian/Alaska Native/Native American (AI/AN) people. Methods: The data were collected with...

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