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1 Citations
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7 February 2023

This paper uses facts about case allomorphy and possessive morphology in Balkar, a Turkic language spoken in southern Russia, to contribute to the examination of the internal structure of case. A number of recent findings in morpho-syntactic research...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Theoretical Studies on Turkic Languages)
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
6,618 Views
17 Pages

Factors Affecting Container Seaport Competitiveness: Case Study on Port of Rijeka

  • Edvard Tijan,
  • Marija Jović,
  • Dražen Žgaljić and
  • Saša Aksentijević

21 September 2022

In this research, the authors aimed to investigate the factors affecting the competitiveness of container seaports and apply the research results to the case study of the Port of Rijeka. The previous related research on the topic of the Port of Rijek...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue State-of-the-Art in Ports and Terminal Management and Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,522 Views
18 Pages

17 July 2025

Aero-engine casings with excellent impact resistance are a practical requirement for ensuring the safe operation of aero-engines. In this paper, we report on numerical simulations of broken rotating blades impacting aluminum honeycomb sandwich casing...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Surface Modification, Repairing and Forming of Metallic Materials by Additive Manufacturing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,879 Views
20 Pages

22 November 2021

The paper attempts to evaluate Oregon’s and Portland’s growth management policies as for their tradeoffs between effectiveness in containing urban sprawl and impacts on housing markets and on property values. Carruthers argued that in ord...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Urban and Rural Development)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,518 Views
23 Pages

This article uses Clavicular, a controversial livestreamer who became a prominent public face of looksmaxxing in early 2026, as a trace-supported case study of fringe diffusion under platform conditions. Using public media traces, platform snapshots,...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Era of Influencer Journalism: Blurring the Lines Between Reporting and Branding)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,601 Views
24 Pages

Simulation and Experimental Study of Gas Turbine Blade Tenon-Root Detachment on Spin Test

  • Maoyu Yu,
  • Jianfang Wang,
  • Haijun Xuan,
  • Wangjiao Xiong and ,
  • Zekan He and
  • Mingmin Qu
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

This paper addresses the critical issue of turbine blade containment in aircraft engines, crucial for ensuring flight safety. Through a comprehensive approach integrating numerical simulations and experimental validations, the containment capabilitie...

  • Article
  • Open Access
636 Views
33 Pages

1 July 2026

Wearable force-sensitive insoles enable quantitative gait analysis as a screening aid for neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs), yet prevailing machine learning pipelines give point predictions with no per-case reliability estimate, no intrinsic explanat...

(This article belongs to the Section Wearables)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,897 Views
24 Pages

5 December 2019

Container terminals are the typical representatives of complex supply chain logistics hubs with multiple compound attributes and multiple coupling constraints, and their operations are provided with the strong characteristics of dynamicity, nonlinear...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,071 Views
12 Pages

COVID-19 Outbreak during Summer Courses at an Elementary School

  • Carlos Pantoja-Meléndez,
  • Guadalupe García-De la Torre,
  • Mónica Duran-Robertson,
  • Kenneth Peterson-Marquard and ,
  • Silvia Núñez-Amador,
  • Víctor Gomez-Bocanegra,
  • Gabriela Ibáñez-Cervantes,
  • Cruz Vargas-De-León and
  • Mónica Cureño-Diaz
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

22 February 2023

Due to the COVID-19 emergency, face-to-face classes were suspended. After the vaccination of teachers and to mitigate educational backwardness, the schools have begun to reopen with protocols established by the government. Here, we investigated the C...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue SARS-CoV-2 Infections in Children: Current Updates and Challenges)
  • Communication
  • Open Access
1,535 Views
10 Pages

Rapid Response and Containment of an NDM-Producing Klebsiella Pneumoniae Outbreak in a Hematology Ward: Case Study from an Italian Hospital

  • Ilaria Tocco Tussardi,
  • Gloria Stevanin,
  • Livio Montesarchio,
  • Francesca Palladini and ,
  • Irene Aprili,
  • Emanuela Zandonà,
  • Cristina Tecchio and
  • Stefano Tardivo
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) constitutes a critical threat to global public health, with carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) presenting significant challenges due to their resistance to last-line antibiotics. Among these, New Delhi metallo-...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Collaborative Approaches to Risk Management and Infection Control: A Patient Perspective)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,170 Views
15 Pages

14 August 2020

In an aeroengine casing containment experiment, in order to explode and separate unidirectional carbon fiber reinforced epoxy resin-based laminate, with uneven thickness, without excessive residual speed and fragment spattering, blades were subjected...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,960 Views
19 Pages

13 April 2021

Two-dimensional (2D) triaxial braided composites with braiding angle (± 60°/0°) have been used as aero-engine containing casing material. In the current paper, three types of projectile with the same mass and equivalent diameter, including cylinder g...

(This article belongs to the Section Materials Science and Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
6,102 Views
16 Pages

16 July 2020

In Australia, cat owners are encouraged to keep their pet cats contained on their property at all times. This study explores the relationship between the intentions and behaviours of 72 kitten and cat adopters from a RSPCA Queensland animal shelter,...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Cat Behaviour, Physiology and Welfare)
  • Review
  • Open Access
36 Citations
6,112 Views
21 Pages

28 July 2022

As an important strategic non-metallic mineral resource, fluorite has been widely used in various industrial fields, such as metallurgy, optics and semiconductor manufacturing, as well as fluorine-related chemical engineering. Since the major gangue...

(This article belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,884 Views
17 Pages

31 July 2022

The spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has important links with population mobility. Social interaction is a known determinant of human-to-human transmission of infectious diseases and, in turn, population mobility as a proxy of intera...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Health Informatics in the Age of COVID-19)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,334 Views
25 Pages

17 September 2025

This paper investigates the growing problem of abandoned maritime containers and the lack of effective reverse logistics to manage them: Background: The research highlights the significant environmental impact and economic burdens caused by the imbal...

(This article belongs to the Section Maritime and Transport Logistics)
  • Case Report
  • Open Access

A Raman Spectroscopic Case Study of Ceramide- and Sulfur-Enriched Microdomains in Human Alzheimer’s Brain: Localized Molecular Signatures Resembling Bacterial Outer Membrane Vesicles

  • Giuseppe Pezzotti,
  • Aya Murakami,
  • Saki Ikegami,
  • Aoi Son and ,
  • Yoshiyuki Matsuo,
  • Barbara Zavan,
  • Davide Franceschini,
  • Kostantinos Koutsikos,
  • Leonardo Rigon and
  • Yusuke Yakushiji
  • + 8 authors+ 3 authors

11 November 2026

We report a high-resolution Raman microspectroscopic case study comparing post-mortem human brain tissue from one Alzheimer’s disease subject and one neurologically healthy subject. Low-wavenumber Raman imaging revealed discrete, micron-sized p...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Molecular and Cellular Biology in Neuroscience)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,937 Views
19 Pages

According to the social stress process model, global crises are macro-level stressors that generate physiological stress and psychological distress. However, existing research has not identified immigrants’ COVID-19 containment policy stressors...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Cultural Diversity, Migrants, Refugees and Health)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
6,002 Views
24 Pages

23 April 2021

This study considers the empty container repositioning problem of shipping companies that use standard and 3-in-1 foldable containers with more advanced designs. A mathematical model is developed to compare the total management costs of container rep...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Global and International Logistics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
8,578 Views
16 Pages

The harsh environment during airplane take-off and flights with complex operating conditions require a high dynamic and impact resistance capability of airplane engines. The design, development, and performance evaluation of new turbofan engines are...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,451 Views
21 Pages

18 August 2021

The risk associated with container shipping has been a major concern in recent decades. This study presents three major risk frameworks to systematically and inclusively explore and validate container operational risk scales based on risk factors der...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
724 Views
6 Pages

20 June 2026

Background and Clinical Significance: Many diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals are excreted in the urine. This can pose a diagnostic challenge when urine-containing structures are in atypical locations, particularly in review of planar imaging without an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
37 Citations
16,165 Views
20 Pages

6 February 2020

The intermodal transportation system plays a pivotal role in a global supply chain. Despite the benefits of intermodal transportation, it still has negative impacts, which are associated with congestion and emission. Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emission is...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
5,832 Views
16 Pages

Deep Learning for Estimating the Fill-Level of Industrial Waste Containers of Metal Scrap: A Case Study of a Copper Tube Plant

  • Kosmas Alexopoulos,
  • Paolo Catti,
  • Giannis Kanellopoulos,
  • Nikolaos Nikolakis and ,
  • Athanasios Blatsiotis,
  • Konstantinos Christodoulopoulos,
  • Apostolos Kaimenopoulos and
  • Efstathia Ziata
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

16 February 2023

Advanced digital solutions are increasingly introduced into manufacturing systems to make them more intelligent. Intelligent Waste Management Systems in industries allow for data collection and analysis to make better-informed decisions, monitor and...

(This article belongs to the Section Applied Industrial Technologies)
  • Case Report
  • Open Access
977 Views
12 Pages

Background: South Korea continues to report a considerable burden of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB). Bedaquiline-containing regimens are recommended for multidrug-resistant pulmonary TB, but evidence regarding the optimal treatment for extrapulmona...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Diagnostics and Antimicrobial Treatment of Tuberculosis)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,550 Views
26 Pages

7 October 2024

Container transportation has the advantages of standardization, high efficiency, and high safety, which are essential for promoting the development of the world economy and trade. Emergencies such as severe weather, public health incidents, and socia...

(This article belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)
  • Case Report
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,232 Views
5 Pages

Bevacizumab-Containing Chemoimmunotherapy for Recurrent Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer after Chemoradiotherapy: Case Report

  • Nobutaka Kataoka,
  • Yusuke Kunimatsu,
  • Rei Tsutsumi,
  • Nozomi Tani and ,
  • Izumi Sato,
  • Mai Tanimura,
  • Takayuki Nakano,
  • Keiko Tanimura,
  • Daishiro Kato and
  • Takayuki Takeda
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

Chemoimmunotherapy has become the standard of care as the first-line treatment of advanced or recurrent non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The bevacizumab-containing chemoimmunotherapy regimen is theoretically more effective than a non-bevacizumab-c...

(This article belongs to the Section Oncology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
8,033 Views
16 Pages

Genetic Algorithm for Scheduling Optimization Considering Heterogeneous Containers: A Real-World Case Study

  • Gilberto Rivera,
  • Luis Cisneros,
  • Patricia Sánchez-Solís,
  • Nelson Rangel-Valdez and
  • Jorge Rodas-Osollo

4 March 2020

In this paper, we develop and apply a genetic algorithm to solve surgery scheduling cases in a Mexican Public Hospital. Here, one of the most challenging issues is to process containers with heterogeneous capacity. Many scheduling problems do not sha...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Softcomputing: Theories and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,108 Views
23 Pages

7 October 2023

Berth allocation is a critical concern in container terminal port logistics, involving the precise determination of where and when arriving vessels should dock along a quay. With berth space limitations and a continuous surge in container handling de...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Scientific Developments in Port Logistics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
6,223 Views
15 Pages

17 June 2020

Previous studies have proposed various frameworks and algorithms to optimize routes to reduce total transportation cost, which accounts for over 29.4% of overall logistics costs. However, it is very hard to find cases in which mathematical models or...

(This article belongs to the Section Applied Industrial Technologies)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,739 Views
13 Pages

6 June 2022

Shipping emissions, especially those in port areas, have become one of the main concerns of the maritime industry. Shore power has been recognized as a promising way to alleviate the problem. However, shore power has not been extensively adopted in C...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,383 Views
19 Pages

RUE Index as a Tool to Improve the Energy Intensity of Container Terminals—Case Study at Port of Valencia

  • Víctor Cloquell-Ballester,
  • Vanesa G. Lo-Iacono-Ferreira,
  • Miguel Ángel Artacho-Ramírez and
  • Salvador F. Capuz-Rizo

18 May 2020

A container terminal is a high energy demanding organization. Giving priority to the investments that have a better impact on the minimization of energy consumption is a prime concern of the management board of the Port Authority and container termin...

(This article belongs to the Section B: Energy and Environment)
  • Case Report
  • Open Access
1,507 Views
14 Pages

Zinc-Containing Surgical Stents for Soft Tissue Healing: Clinical Case Series and Chair-Side Application

  • Blagovesta Yaneva,
  • Dobromira Shopova,
  • Liliya Kavlakova,
  • Georgi Boychev and ,
  • Petar Shentov and
  • Atanaska Dinkova
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

2 April 2026

Background and Clinical Significance: The optimization of soft tissue healing following oral surgical procedures remains a key factor for achieving long-term functional and esthetic success. This article aims to explore the clinical application and h...

(This article belongs to the Section Dentistry/Oral Medicine)
  • Communication
  • Open Access
2 Citations
931 Views
11 Pages

15 April 2026

Selecting appropriate computational methods for organic crystals becomes particularly challenging for systems containing heavy halogens like bromine, whose complex electronic structures and diverse non-covalent interactions challenge approximate meth...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Crystal and Molecular Structure: Theory and Application)
  • Case Report
  • Open Access
1 Citations
8,731 Views
17 Pages

Acute Intoxication with Caffeine-Containing Tablets: A Case Report with a Fatal Outcome

  • Maya Radeva-Ilieva,
  • Stanila Stoeva-Grigorova,
  • Ivanesa Yarabanova,
  • Ivelina Panayotova and ,
  • Georgi Bonchev,
  • Nadezhda Hvarchanova,
  • Mario Milkov,
  • Simeon Marinov,
  • Petko Marinov and
  • Snezha Zlateva
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

Caffeine is widely consumed and generally considered safe at customary doses. How-ever, high-dose preparations available online pose a risk of severe and potentially fatal intoxication. Although uncommon, lethal caffeine poisoning is associated with...

  • Letter
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,605 Views
15 Pages

How to Apply Fuzzy MISO PID in the Industry? An Empirical Study Case on Simulation of Crane Relocating Containers

  • Wojciech Sałabun,
  • Jakub Więckowski,
  • Andrii Shekhovtsov,
  • Krzysztof Palczewski and ,
  • Sławomir Jaszczak and
  • Jarosław Wątróbski
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

29 November 2020

The proportional-integral-derivative (PID) algorithm automatically adjusts the control output based on the difference between a set point and a measured process variable. The classical approach is broadly used in the majority of control systems. Howe...

(This article belongs to the Section Systems & Control Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
6,225 Views
17 Pages

2 August 2022

The increased port outages caused by events such as war and public health emergencies have motivated the study of container port shipping network (CPSN) resilience. This paper proposes a resilience framework, which includes prevention, resistance, re...

(This article belongs to the Collection Sustainable Maritime Policy and Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
7,370 Views
13 Pages

15 November 2018

Studies suggest a relationship between exposure to endocrine disrupters, such as mercury (Hg), and premature puberty. Hg exposure from Thimerosal-containing hepatitis B vaccine, administered at specific intervals within the first six months of life,...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Prenatal Exposure to Toxics and Risks in Infants)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,794 Views
16 Pages

Spatial Structure and Vulnerability of Container Shipping Networks: A Case Study in the Beibu Gulf Sea Area

  • Mengyu Xia,
  • Jinhai Chen,
  • Pengfei Zhang,
  • Peng Peng and
  • Christophe Claramunt

Ports play an important role in maintaining the effectiveness of maritime logistics. When ports encounter congestion, strikes, or natural disasters, the maritime container transportation network might be significantly affected. The Beibu Gulf sea are...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Smart Seaport and Maritime Transport Management)
  • Case Report
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,078 Views
15 Pages

Evaluation of a Hypersensitivity Inhibitor Containing a Novel Monomer That Induces Remineralization—A Case Series in Pediatric Patients

  • Manami Tadano,
  • Aya Yamada,
  • Yuriko Maruya,
  • Ryoko Hino and ,
  • Tomoaki Nakamura,
  • Seira Hoshikawa,
  • Satoshi Fukumoto and
  • Kan Saito
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

16 December 2021

Background: Recently, tooth deformities have been frequently encountered by pediatric dentists. Severe enamel hypomineralization sometimes induces pain such as hyperesthesia, but composite resin restoration is difficult because it often detaches with...

(This article belongs to the Section Pediatric Dentistry & Oral Medicine)
  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,124 Views
13 Pages

Gastric Outlet Obstruction from Stomach-Containing Groin Hernias: Case Report and a Systematic Review

  • Juan G. Favela,
  • Madison B. Argo,
  • Jared McAllister,
  • Caitlyn L. Waldrop and
  • Sergio Huerta

27 December 2023

Most abdominopelvic structures can find their way to a groin hernia. However, location, and relative fixation are important for migration. Gastric outlet obstruction (GOO) from a stomach-containing groin hernia (SCOGH) is exceedingly rare. In the cur...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Abdominal Hernia Repair: Current Strategies for the Management of Abdominal Wall Hernias)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,000 Views
14 Pages

5 February 2023

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is a promising measure to reduce shipping emissions and alleviate air pollution problem, especially in coastal areas. Currently, the lack of a complete infrastructure system is preventing the extensive application of dual-...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Supply Chain Management and Mathematical Logistics)
  • Case Report
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,141 Views
14 Pages

28 January 2022

In response to the Minamata Convention on Mercury, effective 16 August 2017, the Taiwan government in recent years started to implement the sustainable material management of mercury-containing waste and articles. This was completed by a cross-minist...

(This article belongs to the Section Hazards and Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,340 Views
23 Pages

The purpose of this case study is to conduct an economic analysis to calculate the proper terminal capacity of automated container terminal (ACT) investment from the perspective of the public sector. As a key element of smart port, the ACT is an impo...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Strategy of Smart Port)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,960 Views
10 Pages

Febrile Seizures and Measles-Containing Vaccines in China: A Self-Controlled Case Series Study

  • Lu Xu,
  • Ning Li,
  • Liang Zhang,
  • Rui Ma and ,
  • Ting Fang,
  • Zhike Liu and
  • Siyan Zhan
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

24 September 2021

Little is known about the risk of febrile seizures (FS) after vaccination with measles-containing vaccines (MCVs) in middle- and low-income countries. This self-controlled case series study aimed to evaluate the risk of FSs in Chinese children using...

  • Brief Report
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,508 Views
5 Pages

5 February 2021

Background: Myxofibrosarcoma is a type of soft-tissue sarcoma that is associated with high rates of local recurrence and distant metastases. The first-line treatment for metastatic soft-tissue sarcoma has conventionally been doxorubicin-based. Recent...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
10 Citations
7,575 Views
7 Pages

Home Use of a Pyrethroid-Containing Pesticide and Facial Paresthesia in a Toddler: A Case Report

  • Alexandra Perkins,
  • Frederick Walters,
  • Jennifer Sievert,
  • Blaine Rhodes and ,
  • Barbara Morrissey and
  • Catherine J. Karr
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Paresthesias have previously been reported among adults in occupational and non-occupational settings after dermal contact with pyrethroid insecticides. In this report, we describe a preverbal 13-month-old who presented to his primary care pediatrici...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Children’s Exposure to Environmental Contaminants)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,117 Views
21 Pages

28 February 2024

The corrosion behavior of P110 casing steel in simulated concrete liquid and simulated annulus fluid was investigated to reveal the corrosion pattern and protective properties of corrosion products in the two environments. Potentiodynamic polarizatio...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in the Preparation and Characterization Techniques for Developing Coating Materials and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
5,507 Views
15 Pages

Among the technologies proposed for achieving carbon neutralization in asphalt road pavements, warm-mix asphalt (WMA) has garnered increasing attention in recent years. While WMA holds the potential for various environmental and technical benefits, a...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Low-Carbon Road Pavement Infrastructure: Methods and Challenges)
  • Article
  • Open Access
38 Citations
7,599 Views
12 Pages

Nutritional and Health-Related Effects of a Diet Containing Apple Seed Meal in Rats: The Case of Amygdalin

  • Paulina M. Opyd,
  • Adam Jurgoński,
  • Jerzy Juśkiewicz,
  • Joanna Milala and ,
  • Zenon Zduńczyk and
  • Bogusław Król
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

2 October 2017

Apple pomace includes seeds that are rich in protein, fiber, and oil, which can be extracted from them. However, they can also contain a significant amount of toxigenic amygdalin. We hypothesized that amygdalin is a compound that significantly reduce...

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