Cadmium (Cd) is a non-essential heavy metal naturally occurring in the earth’s crust or due to anthropogenic activity. The presence of this metal in cacao farm soils represents a significant issue as levels are now regulated in products derived from...
Geotechnical parameters are crucial for mine planning and operation at different stages of development. However, estimating these parameters requires a large number of boreholes and subsequent detailed analysis of the samples, making it a cumbersome...
Soil heavy metal contamination poses a serious threat to soil ecosystems and human health. Geochemistry is often used in soil heavy metal contamination research to identify pollution sources, identify elemental cycling mechanisms, and assess the spat...
This study investigates the hydraulic connection of surface karst features within the Northern segment of the Edwards Balcones Fault Zone Aquifer, using a combination of 2D and pseudo-3D Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) at an outcrop near Sala...
Urban expansion in coastal areas involves infrastructure development, industrial growth, and mining activities. These coastal environments face various environmental and geological hazards that require geo-engineers to devise solutions. An integrated...
Cellular lattice structures possess high strength-to-weight ratios suitable for advanced lightweight engineering applications. However, their quality and mechanical performance can degrade because of defects introduced during manufacturing or in-serv...
Among all geophysical techniques, electrical resistivity and magnetic surveying as an integrative approach has been used widely for archaeological prospection at different scales of investigations. In this study, DC resistivity (1D vertical sounding...
Groundwater management in volcanic islands represents a complex challenge due to the scarcity of surface resources, the strong heterogeneity of volcanic terrains, and the constant threat of marine intrusion. In Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain), curre...
This paper addresses the problem of removing 3D effects as one of the most challenging problems related to 2D electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) monitoring of embankment structures. When processing 2D ERT monitoring data measured along linear pr...
When collecting data using ERT2D (2D electrical resistivity tomography) and TDIPT2D (2D time domain-induced polarization), different phenomena can occur, which can cause natural or anthropogenic noise, contaminating the data and making its processing...
Pie de Cuesta is a large landslide with a planar area of 1 km2 located in the Vítor district, in the Arequipa department (Peru), and constitutes an active phenomenon. It belongs to the rotational/translational type, which concerns cases that a...
The sustainable utilization of geothermal energy mostly depends on the characteristics of the geothermal resource from which it is extracted. Among others, detailed geological modeling is a key factor for estimating the potential of a geothermal reso...
Continuous measurements of soil moisture in the deeper parts of the unsaturated zone remain an important challenge. This study examines the development of an integrated system for the continuous and 3-D monitoring of the vadose zone processes in a co...
Tunnel-boring machines (TBMs) are widely used in urban underground tunnel construction due to their fast and efficient features. However, shield-tunnel construction faces increasingly complex geological environments and may encounter geological hazar...
To prevent the occurrence of water inrush from the working face floor, explorations of water-rich floors are necessary. For a working face with a regular shape, a water-rich floor can be detected by laying electrodes and cables around the working fac...
Graphite is considered to be one of Europe’s most critical minerals. It is necessary for the transition from hydrocarbon fuel to electricity due to its use in batteries that power electronic devices and electric transport. In the past, high-quality e...
The paper proposes a novel methodology for the stabilization of shallow foundations, with a simplified model combined with 3D electrical resistivity tomography (ERT-3D and consolidation injections. To determine its usefulness, the method has been app...
This study presents a multi-methodological approach combining subsurface characterization with dynamic structural assessment to evaluate Soil–Structure Interaction (SSI) mechanisms at the Palazzo Centrale. The 3D Electrical Resistivity Tomograp...
The Raša Fault is a prominent seismically active strike-slip fault within the Dinaric Fault System in SW Slovenia, seismotectonically estimated to be capable of producing earthquakes up to Mw = 7.4. Since the surface exposure of fault-related...
In this work, we explore the optimization of 3D Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) measurement protocols for a 3D borehole grid configuration. Currently, there is no widely accepted standard measurement scheme for such setups. The use of numerou...
The present study explores the applicability and effectiveness of an optimization technique applied to electrical resistivity tomography data. The procedure is based on the Jacobian matrix, where the most sensitive measurements are selected from a co...
It is well known that nowadays as well as in the past the vast majority of human habitation and activities are mainly concentrated in littoral areas. Thus the increased attention to coastal zone management contributed to the development and implement...
The occurrence of sinkhole phenomena in Italy is a prevalent and very uncertain class of geological hazards that pose a significant threat to human infrastructure and individuals. These events are characterized by their unpredictability and the chall...
Electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) is a well-known geophysical method applied to geological, hydrogeological and geoenvironmental research. To date, 2D ERT is still used much more than 3D ERT, thanks to its greater immediacy, survey speed and lo...
Electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) is one of the most widely used geophysical methods in geological, hydrogeological, and geo-environmental investigations. Although 3D ERT is now available, 2D ERT remains state-of-the-practice due to its simplic...
Electrical resistance tomography (ERT) has been considered as a data collection and image reconstruction method in many multi-phase flow application areas due to its advantages of high speed, low cost and being non-invasive. In order to improve the q...
Kinmen Island was in a state of combat readiness during the 1950s–1980s. It opened for tourism in 1992, when all troops withdrew from the island. Most military installations, such as bunkers, anti airborne piles, and underground tunnels, became...
This study aimed to establish the importance of ergothioneine (ERT) in the erythroid adaptation mechanisms by appraising the expression levels of redox-related genes associated with the PI3K/AKT/FoxO3 and Nrf2-ARE pathways using K562 cells induced to...
The site where a peaceful underground nuclear explosion, Crystal, was detonated in 1974, at a depth of 98 m in perennially frozen Cambrian limestones, was studied by electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) in 2019. The purpose of our research, the re...
Electromagnetic induction (EMI) and electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) are geophysical techniques measuring soil electrical conductivity and providing insights into properties correlated with it to depths of several meters. EMI measures the appa...
Conventional electrical resistance tomography (ERT) sensors suffer from the fringe effect, i.e., severe distortion of the electric field on both ends of the measurement electrodes, leading to a 3D sensing region for a 2D sensor. As a result, the obje...
In this study, the use of electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) as a tool to guide ornamental stone extraction is investigated. ERT is not conventionally used in highly resistive environments, such as on rock faces, due to the high contact resistan...
Architectural energetics is a methodology that translates architectural objects into a quantitative time-labor equivalent, from which information about past societies, labor organizations, or political relations can be inferred. Preceding such study,...
Saline water intrusion poses a major threat to groundwater security in arid and semi-arid regions, reducing freshwater availability and challenging sustainable water resource management. Accurate delineation of the fresh-saline water interface is the...
In subway construction, the presence of boulders can significantly impact excavation and tunneling processes. However, despite these challenges, an effective and reliable method for detecting boulders in advance has not yet been established. This pap...
We have previously identified Ertredin (3-(2-amino-5-bromophenyl) quinoxalin-2(1H)-one) as a compound that suppresses 3D spheroid formation and tumorigenesis in NIH3T3 cells induced by Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor variant III (EGFRvIII) transduct...
Since salt cannot always be used as a geophysical tracer (because it may pollute the aquifer with the mass that is necessary to induce a geophysical contrast), and since in many contaminated aquifer salts (e.g., chloride) already constitute the main...
Three types of enzyme replacement therapies (ERTs) and two substrate reduction therapies (SRTs) are approved for symptomatic patients with type 1 Gaucher disease (GD1). Eliglustat is the second SRT approved, yet the first to be approved as first-line...
Lakes are integrators of past climate and ecological change. This information is stored in the sediment record at the lake bottom, and to make it available for paleoclimate research, potential target sites with undisturbed and continuous sediment seq...
Artificial levees along major rivers are critical for flood-risk mitigation, yet many aging structures have poorly constrained internal composition and material heterogeneity, limiting the reliability of conventional safety assessments. This study de...
Ground-penetrating radar (GPR) and electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) are physically complementary non-destructive evaluation methods for reinforced concrete, yet their integrated diagnostic use has been limited by the absence of controlled, gro...
Sustained enhancement of energy utilization efficiency constitutes a pivotal lever for achieving dual carbon goals. To examine both the local effects and spatial spillovers of the Energy-use Rights Trading System (ERTS) on urban green total factor en...
Monitoring environmental risks in operational landfills that contain closed cells requires non-invasive techniques capable of accurately characterizing subsurface contaminant dynamics. Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) was selected because it e...
This study presents a procedure in which 3D electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) and ground-penetrating radar (GPR) were used to determine singularities in the foundations of protected historic towers, where space is limited due to their character...
An electrode switching device (ESD) is one of the most important components of electrical resistivity tomography (ERT). It is a ligament and relay between a testing circuit and testing electrodes. Existing ESD uses a plane structure to realize the in...
Frequency-domain electromagnetic induction (EMI) methods are commonly used to map vast areas quickly and with minimum logistical efforts. Unfortunately, they are often characterized by a very limited number of frequencies and severe ill-posedness. On...
This study employed electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) in characterising the shallow groundwater aquifers of Eastern Dahomey basin in southwestern Nigeria to assess the possible occurrence and distribution of saltwater within the aquifers. Elect...
Operational and safety issues associated with subsiding sinkholes in karst areas start with the definition of fractures and joints, causing ground weakness. Conventional geotechnical boreholes and geological mapping must be complemented with indirect...
The rapid expansion of make-on-demand and public chemical libraries has made exhaustive docking-based structure-based virtual screening increasingly difficult. This study introduces SurroDock, a lightweight deep-learning surrogate designed to approxi...
An evolutionary reconstruction technique (ERT) was developed for three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction of luminescent objects, in particular turbulent flames for the first time. The computed tomography (CT) algorithm is comprised of a genetic algorit...
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