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This work presents the application of a novel evolutional algorithmic approach to determine and reconstruct the specific 3-dimensional source location of gamma-ray emissions within the shelter object, the sarcophagus of reactor Unit 4 of the Chornoby...

Visacane is a sugarcane quarantine station located in the South of France, far away from sugarcane growing areas. Visacane imports up to 100 sugarcane varieties per year, using safe control and confinement measures of plants and their wastes to preve...

The COVID-19 pandemic forced the authorities to take an unprecedented measure in history: the house confinement of millions of people worldwide. Video games, especially open-world video games (OWVGs), became meeting spaces, a digital places to play,...

Following the 2020 confinement due to the COVID-19 pandemic, housing has become the only safe place and this has exposed inequity in habitability. This research on the reality of confined households and the perception of their homes in the Mexican re...

The use of fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composites for the rehabilitation of buildings or other infrastructure is increasingly becoming an effective and popular solution, being able to overcome some of the drawbacks experienced with traditional int...

Biopolymers have recently been introduced as eco-friendly alternatives to other chemical cementitious additives for sandy soil stabilization, especially in pavement construction. The resilient modulus (MR) is a key metric considered in the mechanisti...

The confinement by COVID-19 has meant a re-reading of housing for Spanish households, resulting in the only available and safe space to carry out daily activity. This complex phenomenon has generated a completely different way of inhabiting it, as we...

The long-term overextraction of groundwater in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region has led to the formation of the world’s largest groundwater depression cone and the most extensive land subsidence zone, posing a potential threat to th...

Person-centred cultures are increasingly recognised as essential to the delivery of compassionate, safe, and effective healthcare. While Lean Six Sigma (LSS) is widely adopted as a process improvement methodology, its application is often critiqued f...

Based on the Ciqu station project of Beijing Metro Line 17, this paper studies the influence of metro proximity construction in confined water stratum on the existing station, and puts forward relevant deformation control measures to solve the techni...

The global need for healthy and safe open spaces faces continuous temperature rise due to the heat island phenomenon and climate change. This problem requires new strategies for improving the habitability of open spaces (indoor and outdoor conditions...

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, systemic autoimmune disease with a prevalence rate of up to 1% and is significantly considered a common worldwide public health concern. Commercially, several traditional formulations are available to treat RA...

The secure transmission of information is one of the most important topics in the field of information technology. Considering that images contain important visual information, it is crucial to create a safe platform for image transfer. One commonly...

Hypofractionation is currently considered a valid alternative to conventional radiotherapy for the treatment of patients with organ-confined prostate cancer. Recent data have demonstrated that extreme hypofractionation, which involves the use of a hi...

The amount of energy dissipated during an earthquake depends on the type of failure of the concrete element. Shear failure should be avoided because less energy is spent than that due to bending failure. Compression controlled failure is usually avoi...

For the safe extraction of methane from hydrate reservoirs, modeling the mechanical behavior of the methane hydrate-bearing soil properly is crucial in order to enable designers to analysis hydrate-dissociation-induced geotechnical failures. Hydrate...

Cyanobacteria and their toxins have received significant attention in eutrophic temperate and tropical systems where conspicuous blooms of certain planktonic taxa release toxins into fresh water, threatening its potability and safe use for recreation...

For more than 20 years, after the introduction of the first robotic system, research on prostate cancer (PCa) surgery has mainly focused on evaluating outcomes of Robotic-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy (RARP). In the last few years, however, a new ge...

With a focus on traditional practices rather than evidence-based practices, breastfeeding support is sub-optimal in confinement centres (CCs). We used a participatory, needs-based approach to develop a training module for CC staff adopting Kern&rsquo...

As the development of science and technology has reached the point where the desire to travel to Mars has become a tangible reality, the physical limits of human movement are also part of the systematic research based on the space environment. The cr...

Ensuring the accurate prediction, prevention, and control of coal bursts in isolated working faces is crucial for ensuring safe mining operations. Coal bursts are typically caused by the accumulation of stress and energy released in coal seams and th...

The structural vulnerability of RC structures during major seismic events raises several concerns regarding structural design and behaviour. Additionally, corrosion’s impact on steel and concrete, including a reduction in ductility, confinement...

Expansion in access to clean cooking in Sub-Saharan Africa remains well below the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal objectives. In particular, clean and modern forms of cooking have struggled to attract commercial funding at scale. The use of b...

It is acknowledged that the physicochemical properties of nanomaterials (NMs) have an impact on their toxicity and, eventually, their pathogenicity. These properties may include the NMs’ surface chemical composition, size, shape, surface charge, surf...

Online monitoring of the lubrication and friction conditions in internal combustion engines can provide valuable information and thereby enables optimal maintenance actions to be undertaken to ensure safe and efficient operations. Acoustic emission (...

Biomass and cell-specific metabolic rates usually change dynamically over time, making the “feed according to need” strategy difficult to realize in a commercial fed-batch process. We here demonstrate a novel feeding strategy which is designed to hol...

The safe and efficient capture of CO2 in confined environments such as coal mine goafs remains a significant challenge, posing both environmental and safety risks. To address this issue, this study developed a novel biomass-based aerogel adsorbent us...

The axial compressive behaviour of an innovative type of square concrete filled steel tube (CFST) column to reinforced concrete (RC) beam joint was experimentally investigated in this paper. The innovative joint was designed such that (i) the steel t...

The stability of the mine pillar is a key issue related to the safe mining underground. Reinforcing the mine pillar is an important method to improve its stability. To reveal the reinforcement effect and mechanism of concrete-encased mine pillars, la...