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  • Review
  • Open Access
73 Citations
11,365 Views
17 Pages

1 January 2021

The cryopyrin-associated periodic syndromes (CAPS) are usually caused by heterozygous NLRP3 gene variants, resulting in excessive inflammasome activation with subsequent overproduction of interleukin (IL)-1β. The CAPS spectrum includes mild, mod...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,818 Views
17 Pages

19 December 2021

The aim of this study is to describe bilateral optic disc swelling in three consecutive patients with Blau syndrome or cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome at a single institution. Case 1 was a 30-year-old woman receiving 25 mg etanercept twice wee...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,518 Views
11 Pages

Multiple Myeloma and Kidney Impairment at Diagnosis: A Nephrological Perspective from an Eastern European Country

  • Gabriel Ștefan,
  • Simona Cinca,
  • Corina Chiriac,
  • Adrian Zugravu and
  • Simona Stancu

18 July 2023

Background and Objectives: The clinical presentation and survival factors in patients with myeloma-related kidney impairment (MRKI) at diagnosis remain a topic of ongoing research, given the complex interplay between nephrology and hematology. To dat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,026 Views
12 Pages

Microstructure Evolution during Hot Deformation of UNS S32750 Super-Duplex Stainless Steel Alloy

  • Elisabeta Mirela Cojocaru,
  • Anna Nocivin,
  • Doina Răducanu,
  • Mariana Lucia Angelescu,
  • Ion Cinca,
  • Irina Varvara Balkan,
  • Nicolae Șerban and
  • Vasile Dănuț Cojocaru

14 July 2021

The present paper analyzes UNS S32750 Super-Duplex Stainless Steel hot deformation behavior during processing by upsetting. The objective of this paper is to determine the optimum range of deformation temperatures, considering that both austenite and...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,870 Views
22 Pages

Design and Optimization of a Curved-Crease-Folding Process Applied to a Light Metallic Structure

  • Doina Raducanu,
  • Vasile Danut Cojocaru,
  • Vlad Andrei Raducanu,
  • Anna Nocivin,
  • Nicolae Serban,
  • Ion Cinca,
  • Elisabeta Mirela Cojocaru,
  • Laurentiu Moldovan,
  • Corneliu Trisca-Rusu and
  • Irina Varvara Balkan

25 June 2021

Presently, the realization of complex, unconventional designs using efficient modalities is possible due to an increasing interest in interdisciplinary approaches: materials science, mathematics, IT, architecture, etc. Computerized techniques, among...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,213 Views
16 Pages

Optimizing Structural and Mechanical Properties of an Industrial Ti-6246 Alloy below β-Transus Transition Temperature through Thermomechanical Processing

  • Mohammed Hayder Ismail Alluaibi,
  • Irina Varvara Balkan,
  • Nicolae Șerban,
  • Ion Cinca,
  • Mariana Lucia Angelescu,
  • Elisabeta Mirela Cojocaru,
  • Saleh Sabah Alturaihi and
  • Vasile Dănuț Cojocaru

1 March 2024

This study aims to investigate the effect of hot deformation on commercially available Ti-6246 alloy below its β-transus transition temperature at 900 °C, knowing that the α → β transition temperature of Ti-6246 alloy is abou...

  • Review
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,891 Views
15 Pages

Exposure to passive heat (acclimation) and exercise under hot conditions (acclimatization), known as heat acclimation (HA), are methods that athletes include in their routines to promote faster recovery and enhance physiological adaptations and perfo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,883 Views
17 Pages

Electrochemical Corrosion Characterization of Submicron WC-12Co Coatings Produced by CGS and HVAF Compared with Sintered Bulks

  • Núria Cinca,
  • Olivier Lavigne,
  • Riberto Nunes Peres,
  • Susan Conze,
  • Soeren Hoehn,
  • Sergi Dosta,
  • Heli Koivuluoto,
  • Chung Kim,
  • Fernando Santos da Silva and
  • Ville Matikainen
  • + 3 authors

The electrochemical corrosion performance of WC-12 wt% Co in coating and bulk forms has been evaluated in a 3.56 wt% NaCl solution. The coatings were deposited by means of thermal spray techniques, i.e., cold gas spraying (CGS) and high-velocity air...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,075 Views
13 Pages

{332}<113> and {112}<111> Twin Variant Activation during Cold-Rolling of a Ti-Nb-Zr-Ta-Sn-Fe Alloy

  • Alexandru Dan,
  • Elisabeta Mirela Cojocaru,
  • Doina Raducanu,
  • Anna Nocivin,
  • Ion Cinca and
  • Vasile Danut Cojocaru

6 October 2022

Deformation twinning is a phenomenon that causes local shear strain concentrations, with the material either experiencing elongation (and thus a tensile stress) or contraction (compressive stress) along the stress directions. Thus, in order to gauge...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,716 Views
9 Pages

Assessment of Spinal Range of Motion and Musculoskeletal Discomfort in Forklift Drivers. A Cross-Sectional Study

  • Juan Rabal-Pelay,
  • Cristina Cimarras-Otal,
  • Noel Marcen-Cinca,
  • Andrés Alcázar-Crevillén,
  • Carmen Laguna-Miranda and
  • Ana Vanessa Bataller-Cervero

Forklifts are commonly used in industrial supply chains to transport heavy loads. Forklift drivers have the risk of developing musculoskeletal discomfort derived from the movement pattern required at work. This research aimed to investigate the spina...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3,222 Views
16 Pages

Objectives: The ability to efficiently regulate body temperature is crucial during endurance activities such as trail running, especially during competitive events in hot conditions. Over the past decade, passive hyperthermia exposure has grown signi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,548 Views
14 Pages

Evaluation of Fracture Toughness of γ-Phase Containing Cemented Carbides by Using Through-Thickness Micronotches Shaped by Ultrashort Pulsed Laser Ablation

  • Marc Serra,
  • Ramon Batista,
  • Núria Cinca,
  • Elena Tarrés,
  • Emilio Jiménez-Piqué,
  • Pablo Moreno and
  • Luis Llanes

18 March 2025

WC-Co cemented carbides, commonly known as hardmetals, are composite materials constituted by hard ceramic particles embedded in a ductile metal matrix. Due to their unique microstructural assemblage, these materials exhibit excellent combinations of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,939 Views
17 Pages

A Comparative Study of Plantar Pressure and Inertial Sensors for Cross-Country Ski Classification Using Deep Learning

  • Aurora Polo-Rodríguez,
  • Pablo Escobedo,
  • Fernando Martínez-Martí,
  • Noel Marcen-Cinca,
  • Miguel A. Carvajal,
  • Javier Medina-Quero and
  • María Sofía Martínez-García

28 February 2025

This work presents a comparative study of low cost and low invasiveness sensors (plantar pressure and inertial measurement units) for classifying cross-country skiing techniques. A dataset was created for symmetrical comparative analysis, with data c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,224 Views
13 Pages

Gear Classification in Skating Cross-Country Skiing Using Inertial Sensors and Deep Learning

  • Antonio Pousibet-Garrido,
  • Aurora Polo-Rodríguez,
  • Juan Antonio Moreno-Pérez,
  • Isidoro Ruiz-García,
  • Pablo Escobedo,
  • Nuria López-Ruiz,
  • Noel Marcen-Cinca,
  • Javier Medina-Quero and
  • Miguel Ángel Carvajal

4 October 2024

The aim of this current work is to identify three different gears of cross-country skiing utilizing embedded inertial measurement units and a suitable deep learning model. The cross-country style studied was the skating style during the uphill, which...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,789 Views
14 Pages

Sliding Wear Behavior of Fe-Al Coatings at High Temperatures

  • Núria Cinca,
  • Slawomir Cygan,
  • Cezary Senderowski,
  • Lucyna Jaworska,
  • Sergi Dosta,
  • Irene G. Cano and
  • Josep M. Guilemany

The medium and high temperature tribological behavior of different iron aluminide thermal spray coatings was investigated. Several powders synthesized through different routes (ball milling, self-decomposition, and self-propagating high-temperature s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
8,105 Views
14 Pages

Real-Time Protein and Cell Binding Measurements on Hydroxyapatite Coatings

  • A. M. Vilardell,
  • N. Cinca,
  • A. Jokinen,
  • N. Garcia-Giralt,
  • S. Dosta,
  • I. G. Cano and
  • J. M. Guilemany

Although a lot of in vitro and in vivo assays have been performed during the last few decades years for hydroxyapatite bioactive coatings, there is a lack of exploitation of real-time in vitro interaction measurements. In the present work, real-time...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,386 Views
15 Pages

Influence of Aging Treatment on Microstructure and Tensile Properties of a Hot Deformed UNS S32750 Super Duplex Stainless Steel (SDSS) Alloy

  • Elisabeta Mirela Cojocaru,
  • Doina Raducanu,
  • Anna Nocivin,
  • Ion Cinca,
  • Adrian Nicolae Vintila,
  • Nicolae Serban,
  • Mariana Lucia Angelescu and
  • Vasile Danut Cojocaru

8 March 2020

In this present study, the influence of isothermal aging temperature and duration on microstructural and mechanical properties of a hot-deformed UNS S32750 super duplex stainless steel (SDSS) alloy was investigated by SEM-EBSD (scanning electron micr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,339 Views
14 Pages

Alumina Reinforcement of Inconel 625 Coatings by Cold Gas Spraying

  • Sergi Dosta,
  • Nuria Cinca,
  • Alessio Silvello and
  • Irene G. Cano

18 September 2020

Reinforced Inconel625 coatings have been successfully deposited by means of cold gas spray (CGS). Alumina has been simultaneously sprayed achieving a homogeneous distribution along the deposit with good cohesion between particles. The aim of this stu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,652 Views
15 Pages

Estimated Population Prevalence of Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction in Spain, According to DAPA-HF Study Criteria

  • Anna Camps-Vilaró,
  • Juan F. Delgado-Jiménez,
  • Núria Farré,
  • Helena Tizón-Marcos,
  • Jesús Álvarez-García,
  • Juan Cinca,
  • Irene R. Dégano and
  • Jaume Marrugat

Heart failure (HF) is one of the main causes of morbidity, mortality, and high healthcare costs. Dapagliflozin, a sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitor, reduced cardiovascular mortality and hospitalization for HF compared to placebo in pat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,544 Views
13 Pages

17 February 2023

The introduction of the cultivation of millets (Panicum miliaceum and Setaria italica) along Iberia’s Mediterranean zone appears to stem from different origins which themselves hinged on their own specific historical developments. The earliest...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
2,197 Views
14 Pages

High-Energy Mechanical Milling-Driven Reamorphization in Glassy Arsenic Monoselenide: On the Path of Tailoring Special Molecular-Network Glasses

  • Yaroslav Shpotyuk,
  • Pavlo Demchenko,
  • Oleh Shpotyuk,
  • Valentina Balitska,
  • Catherine Boussard-Pledel,
  • Bruno Bureau,
  • Zdenka Lukáčová Bujňáková and
  • Peter Baláž

10 August 2021

The impact of high-energy milling on glassy arsenic monoselenide g-AsSe is studied with X-ray diffraction applied to diffuse peak-halos proper to intermediate- and extended-range ordering revealed in first and second sharp diffraction peaks (FSDP and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
625 Views
16 Pages

Diversity of Molecular–Network Conformations in the Over-Stoichiometric Arsenoselenides Covering a Full Thioarsenides Row As4Sen (0 ≤ n ≤ 6)

  • Oleh Shpotyuk,
  • Malgorzata Hyla,
  • Zdenka Lukáčová Bujňáková,
  • Yaroslav Shpotyuk and
  • Vitaliy Boyko

29 April 2025

Molecular network conformations in the over-stoichiometric arsenoselenides of canonical AsxSe100−x system (40 ≤ x ≤ 100) covering a full row of thioarsenide-type As4Sen entities (0 ≤ n ≤ 6) are analyzed with ab initio quantum-chemic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,175 Views
18 Pages

Molecular Network Polyamorphism in Mechanically Activated Arsenic Selenides Under Deviation from As2Se3 Stoichiometry

  • Oleh Shpotyuk,
  • Zdenka Lukáčová Bujňáková,
  • Peter Baláž,
  • Yaroslav Shpotyuk,
  • Malgorzata Hyla,
  • Andrzej Kozdras,
  • Adam Ingram,
  • Vitaliy Boyko,
  • Pavlo Demchenko and
  • Andriy Kovalskiy

31 January 2025

Polyamorphic transitions driven by high-energy mechanical milling (nanomilling) are studied in thioarsenide As4Sen-type glassy alloys obtained by melt quenching deviated from arsenic triselenide As2Se3 stoichiometry towards tetraarsenic pentaselenide...