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  • Open Access
4 Citations
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26 Pages

Analysis of the Vertical Dynamic Response of SDCM Piles in Coastal Areas

  • Yeyu Yan,
  • Hongbo Liu,
  • Guoliang Dai,
  • Yufan Xiang and
  • Chenhu Xu

31 October 2024

The stiffened deep cement mixing (SDCM) pile, as a new type of rigid–flexible composite pile, significantly enhances the vertical bearing capacity of traditional precast piles, thus holding broad application prospects in the substructure constr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,316 Views
21 Pages

Accuracy Examination of the SDCM Augmentation System in Aerial Navigation

  • Kamil Krasuski,
  • Adam Ciećko,
  • Mieczysław Bakuła and
  • Grzegorz Grunwald

20 October 2022

The paper presents a modified algorithm for determining the accuracy parameter of the system for differential corrections and monitoring (SDCM) navigation solution in air navigation. For this purpose, a solution to determine the resultant accuracy pa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,471 Views
20 Pages

Dual Receiver EGNOS+SDCM Positioning with C1C and C1W Pseudo-Range Measurements

  • Mieczysław Bakuła,
  • Kamil Krasuski and
  • Karol Dawidowicz

30 June 2022

The paper presents an approach to the simultaneous use of SDCM and EGNOS corrections for two GNSS receivers placed at a constant distance. The SDCM and EGNOS corrections were applied for two GPS code measurements on L1 frequency: C1C and C1W. The app...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,914 Views
25 Pages

Improvement of UAV Positioning Performance Based on EGNOS+SDCM Solution

  • Kamil Krasuski,
  • Damian Wierzbicki and
  • Mieczysław Bakuła

2 July 2021

The article presents the results of research on multi-SBAS (multi-satellite-based augmentation system) positioning in UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) technology. For this purpose, a new solution was developed for combining the UAV position navigation s...

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  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,748 Views
28 Pages

Designation of the Quality of EGNOS+SDCM Satellite Positioning in the Approach to Landing Procedure

  • Kamil Krasuski,
  • Magda Mrozik,
  • Damian Wierzbicki,
  • Janusz Ćwiklak,
  • Jarosław Kozuba and
  • Adam Ciećko

26 January 2022

The main aim of this paper is to present the results of research on the application of a modified mathematical model to determine the quality parameters of SBAS (Satellite Based Augmentation System) satellite positioning in aviation. The authors deve...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,235 Views
19 Pages

Stiffened deep cement mixing (SDCM) piles are composite piles that combine the advantages of single large-diameter deep cement mixing (DCM) and precast concrete piles. They comprise precast concrete piles as the core and cast-in-place DCM piles as th...

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  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,021 Views
13 Pages

27 December 2022

The Helix-Stiffened Cement Mixing (HSCM) pile is a composite pile constructed by grouting the soil–cement during the installation of the helical pile. A series of 3-D Finite Element Method (FEM) models were developed to investigate the upliftin...

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  • Open Access
49 Citations
7,618 Views
21 Pages

17 February 2019

To meet the demands of civil aviation and other precise navigation applications, several satellite-based augmentation systems (SBASs) have been developed around the world, such as the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) for North America, the Europe...

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  • Open Access
41 Citations
5,132 Views
18 Pages

Bioprinting Via a Dual-Gel Bioink Based on Poly(Vinyl Alcohol) and Solubilized Extracellular Matrix towards Cartilage Engineering

  • Mohsen Setayeshmehr,
  • Shahzad Hafeez,
  • Clemens van Blitterswijk,
  • Lorenzo Moroni,
  • Carlos Mota and
  • Matthew B. Baker

Various hydrogel systems have been developed as biomaterial inks for bioprinting, including natural and synthetic polymers. However, the available biomaterial inks, which allow printability, cell viability, and user-defined customization, remains lim...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,613 Views
12 Pages

6 February 2025

Background/Objectives: Preterm infants are at a high risk of neurodevelopmental impairments due to immature brain development and the stressors of the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) environment. To improve outcomes, incorporating a neuropromotio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,589 Views
15 Pages

1 November 2019

Recently, several research groups have reported on anomalous enhancement of the self-field critical currents, Ic(sf,T), at low temperatures in superconductor/Dirac-cone material/superconductor (S/DCM/S) junctions. Some papers attributed the enhanceme...

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  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,191 Views
15 Pages

Spinning Disk Confocal Microscopy for Optimized and Quantified Live Imaging of 3D Mitochondrial Network

  • Somaieh Ahmadian,
  • Patrick J. Lindsey,
  • Hubert J. M. Smeets,
  • Florence H. J. van Tienen and
  • Marc A. M. J. van Zandvoort

Mitochondria are the energy factories of a cell, and depending on the metabolic requirements, the mitochondrial morphology, quantity, and membrane potential in a cell change. These changes are frequently assessed using commercially available probes....

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  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,769 Views
16 Pages

26 October 2022

With the development of autopilot, the performance of intelligent vehicles is constrained by their inability to perceive blind and beyond visual range areas. Vehicle-to-infrastructure cooperative perception has become an effective method for achievin...

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  • Open Access
29 Citations
4,015 Views
15 Pages

Anti-Bacterial Effect of Cannabidiol against the Cariogenic Streptococcus mutans Bacterium: An In Vitro Study

  • Tamar Barak,
  • Eden Sharon,
  • Doron Steinberg,
  • Mark Feldman,
  • Ronit Vogt Sionov and
  • Miriam Shalish

14 December 2022

Dental caries is caused by biofilm-forming acidogenic bacteria, especially Streptococcus mutans, and is still one of the most prevalent human bacterial diseases. The potential use of cannabidiol (CBD) in anti-bacterial therapies has recently emerged....

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  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,680 Views
20 Pages

1 November 2024

Background: Streptococcus mutans and Streptococcus sobrinus are Gram-positive bacteria involved in the development of dental caries, as they are able to form biofilms on tooth enamel, ferment sugars into acids, and survive under acidic conditions. Th...

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  • Open Access
1,535 Views
19 Pages

23 June 2025

With the development of urban construction and the improvement of residents’ quality of life, the focus of governance has shifted to a people-centered approach. In the core area of Beijing, there is a mismatch between the existing large compreh...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
6,150 Views
17 Pages

Recently, Kayyalha et al. (Phys. Rev. Lett., 2019, 122, 047003) reported on the anomalous enhancement of the self-field critical currents (Ic(sf,T)) at low temperatures in Nb/BiSbTeSe2-nanoribbon/Nb Josephson junctions. The enhancement was attributed...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,787 Views
13 Pages

Analysis of Bacterial Biofilm Formation and MUC5AC and MUC5B Expression in Chronic Rhinosinusitis Patients

  • Georgi Popov,
  • Radoslav Aleksandrov,
  • Veronika Petkova,
  • Radka Kaneva,
  • Raina Gergova,
  • Todor Kundurzhiev and
  • Diana Popova

23 February 2023

Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is a condition affecting as much as 16% of the adult population in developed countries with many factors attributed to its development, including the more recently proposed role of bacterial biofilm infections. Plenty of...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,142 Views
38 Pages

8 November 2025

In recent years, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology has been increasingly widely used in natural disaster rescue. To enable fast and accurate localization of rescue targets in disaster environments, this paper proposes a multi-level coordinate...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,827 Views
20 Pages

7 July 2023

We investigated the bacterial food digestion and accumulation in wild-type adult Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) worms that have fed on either non-pathogenic RFP-expressing Escherichia coli (E. coli) OP50 or pathogenic-RFP-expressing Pseudomonas ...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,850 Views
18 Pages

A Pilot Study Examining the Dielectric Response of Human Forearm Tissues

  • Yang Yu,
  • Anubha Manju Kalra,
  • Gautam Anand and
  • Andrew Lowe

29 October 2023

This work aims to describe the dielectric behaviors of four main tissues in the human forearm using mathematical modelling, including fat, muscle, blood and bone. Multi-frequency bioimpedance analysis (MF-BIA) was initially performed using the finite...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,545 Views
18 Pages

Trans-Cinnamaldehyde—Fighting Streptococcus mutans Using Nature

  • Zilefac Brian Ngokwe,
  • Amit Wolfoviz-Zilberman,
  • Esi Sharon,
  • Asher Zabrovsky,
  • Nurit Beyth,
  • Yael Houri-Haddad and
  • Dana Kesler-Shvero

Streptococcus mutans (S. mutans) is the main cariogenic bacterium with acidophilic properties, in part due to its acid-producing and -resistant properties. As a result of this activity, hard tooth structures may demineralize and form caries. Trans-ci...

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  • Open Access
1,007 Views
21 Pages

Cornelian Cherry (Cornus mas) Fruit Extract Administration in Sleep Deprived Wistar Rats—Friend or Foe?

  • Vlad Sever Neculicioiu,
  • Irina Camelia Chiș,
  • Ioana Alina Colosi,
  • Alexandra Sevastre-Berghian,
  • Luminita David,
  • Mara Muntean,
  • Ana-Maria Vlase,
  • Remus Moldovan,
  • Roxana Maria Decea and
  • Simona Clichici
  • + 4 authors

1 October 2025

Supplement use has increased in recent years, despite limited evidence for its broad health benefits. Furthermore, exogenous antioxidants may determine pro-oxidant effects, depending on various factors such as dose, circadian window, and presence of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,090 Views
25 Pages

Dental caries is a global health problem that requires better prevention measures. One of the goals is to reduce the prevalence of the cariogenic Gram-positive bacterium Streptococcus mutans. We have recently shown that naturally occurring arachidoni...

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  • Open Access
19 Citations
5,646 Views
26 Pages

Anti-Bacterial and Anti-Biofilm Activities of Anandamide against the Cariogenic Streptococcus mutans

  • Goldie Wolfson,
  • Ronit Vogt Sionov,
  • Reem Smoum,
  • Maya Korem,
  • Itzhack Polacheck and
  • Doron Steinberg

Streptococcus mutans is a cariogenic bacterium in the oral cavity involved in plaque formation and dental caries. The endocannabinoid anandamide (AEA), a naturally occurring bioactive lipid, has been shown to have anti-bacterial and anti-biofilm acti...

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  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,071 Views
24 Pages

Polyglactin 910 Meshes Coated with Sustained-Release Cannabigerol Varnish Inhibit Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm Formation and Macrophage Cytokine Secretion: An In Vitro Study

  • Mustafa Abudalu,
  • Muna Aqawi,
  • Ronit Vogt Sionov,
  • Michael Friedman,
  • Irith Gati,
  • Yaron Munz,
  • Gil Ohana and
  • Doron Steinberg

Synthetic surgical meshes are commonly used in abdominal wall reconstruction surgeries to strengthen a weak abdominal wall. Common mesh-related complications include local infection and inflammatory processes. Because cannabigerol (CBG) has both anti...