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  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,042 Views
16 Pages

27 May 2023

The concomitant vibration and deformation produced by propeller blades in single-sided machining seriously affect the surface machining precision. Double-sided symmetrical machining can improve system rigidity through mutual shoring on both sides whi...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,061 Views
19 Pages

Fruit of Cornelian cherry can be used fresh or processed, and cultivation practices are developing in this direction. Due to the rarity of its cultivation, Cornelian cherry is harvested from natural sites of occurrence. However, the fruit from natura...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
6,650 Views
13 Pages

14 February 2014

To gain biological insights, investigators sometimes compare sequences of gene expression measurements under two scenarios (such as two drugs or species). For this situation, we developed an algorithm to fit, identify, and compare biologically releva...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1 Citations
705 Views
7 Pages

14 November 2023

This paper describes a comparable study on the influence of frequency-sweep on the discrete and continuous phase distributions associated with pulse excitations for a double-lambda atomic system in alkali-metal vapours with a hyperfine structure. The...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,357 Views
14 Pages

Stabilization and Tracking of a Quadrotor Using Modified Sigmoid Sliding Mode Control

  • Mingyuan Hu,
  • Kyunghyun Lee,
  • Hyeongki Ahn,
  • Ahyeong Choi,
  • Hyunchang Kim and
  • Kwanho You

10 May 2022

A modified sigmoid sliding mode control (MS-SMC) approach is proposed for stabilizing and tracking a quadrotor system with a nonlinear sliding surface, where the dynamics model is underactuated, highly coupled, and nonlinear. The constructed nonlinea...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,603 Views
8 Pages

A Unique Case of Foreign Body Acquired by Stabbing and Retained for 7 Years in the Sigmoid Colon

  • Iulia Cristina Pîrvulescu,
  • Alfred Najm,
  • Eduard Cristian Popa,
  • Alexandru Laurentiu Chiotoroiu,
  • Sanda Maria Cretoiu and
  • Bogdan Severus Gaspar

The ingestion of foreign bodies is a common cause for presentation in the emergency department by pediatric, adult, or elderly psychiatric patients. Swallowed foreign bodies sometimes represent a great challenge for surgeons due to the obstruction or...

  • Review
  • Open Access
12 Citations
9,622 Views
37 Pages

29 January 2018

Chiral cylindrical molecular complexes of homo- and hetero-double-helices derived from helicene oligomers self-assemble in solution, providing functional heterogeneous liquid-solid materials. Gels and liotropic liquid crystals are formed by fibril se...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
5,693 Views
19 Pages

Crop Phenology Modelling Using Proximal and Satellite Sensor Data

  • Anne Gobin,
  • Abdoul-Hamid Mohamed Sallah,
  • Yannick Curnel,
  • Cindy Delvoye,
  • Marie Weiss,
  • Joost Wellens,
  • Isabelle Piccard,
  • Viviane Planchon,
  • Bernard Tychon and
  • Jean-Pierre Goffart
  • + 1 author

15 April 2023

Understanding crop phenology is crucial for predicting crop yields and identifying potential risks to food security. The objective was to investigate the effectiveness of satellite sensor data, compared to field observations and proximal sensing, in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,712 Views
15 Pages

DTFS-eHarris: A High Accuracy Asynchronous Corner Detector for Event Cameras in Complex Scenes

  • Jinxiu Zhao,
  • Li Su,
  • Xiangyu Wang,
  • Jinjian Li,
  • Fan Yang,
  • Na Jiang and
  • Quan Hu

7 May 2023

The event camera, a new bio-inspired vision sensor with low latency and high temporal resolution, has brought great potential and demonstrated a promising application in machine vision and artificial intelligence. Corner detection is a key step of ob...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,581 Views
29 Pages

25 January 2022

This article describes thermal input/concentration output systems processed by chemical reactions. Various sophisticated thermal inputs can be converted into concentration outputs through the double-helix formation of helicene oligomers exhibiting th...

  • Interesting Images
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,970 Views
5 Pages

An Isolated Intestinal Juvenile Polyp Diagnosed by Abdominal Ultrasonography and Resected by Double-Balloon Endoscopy: A Case Report and Literature Review

  • Masumi Nagata,
  • Keisuke Jimbo,
  • Nobuyasu Arai,
  • Kosuke Kashiwagi,
  • Kaori Tokushima,
  • Mitsuyoshi Suzuki,
  • Takahiro Kudo and
  • Toshiaki Shimizu

Juvenile polyps, typically localized in the rectum and sigmoid colon, are a common cause of pediatric bloody stool. An isolated small intestinal juvenile polyp is uncommon and generally difficult to diagnose. The first case of an isolated juvenile po...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
5,263 Views
14 Pages

Heat Transfer Coefficients Analysis in a Helical Double-Pipe Evaporator: Nusselt Number Correlations through Artificial Neural Networks

  • Arianna Parrales,
  • José Alfredo Hernández-Pérez,
  • Oliver Flores,
  • Horacio Hernandez,
  • José Francisco Gómez-Aguilar,
  • Ricardo Escobar-Jiménez and
  • Armando Huicochea

14 July 2019

In this study, two empirical correlations of the Nusselt number, based on two artificial neural networks (ANN), were developed to determine the heat transfer coefficients for each section of a vertical helical double-pipe evaporator with water as the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,579 Views
14 Pages

Selection of a Proper Maturity Index for the Mechanical Harvesting of ‘Mihong’ Peach Fruit

  • L. Sugandhi Hirushika Jayasooriya,
  • Mi Hee Shin,
  • W. M. Upeksha Darshani Wijethunga,
  • Seul Ki Lee,
  • Jung Gun Cho,
  • Si Hyeong Jang and
  • Jin Gook Kim

Peaches are one of the most popular fruits around the globe. Selecting the optimum harvesting maturity for peaches is crucial in assuring high-quality fruits. This study is a model for determining the ideal harvest time for a robot harvester. Our stu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,911 Views
13 Pages

Biodegradation Pattern of Glycopolymer Based on D-Mannose Oligomer and Hydroxypropyl Acrylate

  • Ana-Maria Pană,
  • Valentin Ordodi,
  • Gerlinde Rusu,
  • Vasile Gherman,
  • Geza Bandur,
  • Lucian-Mircea Rusnac and
  • Gabriela-Alina Dumitrel

22 March 2020

Glycopolymers are polymers with sugar moieties which display biodegradable and/or biocompatible character. They have emerged as an environmentally-friendly solution to classical synthetic polymers and have attracted significant research interest in t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
2,991 Views
19 Pages

SAR ATR for Limited Training Data Using DS-AE Network

  • Ji-Hoon Park,
  • Seung-Mo Seo and
  • Ji-Hee Yoo

1 July 2021

Although automatic target recognition (ATR) with synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images has been one of the most important research topics, there is an inherent problem of performance degradation when the number of labeled SAR target images for traini...

  • Article
  • Open Access
53 Citations
9,842 Views
16 Pages

The Impact of Pectin Supplementation on Intestinal Barrier Function in Healthy Young Adults and Healthy Elderly

  • Ellen Wilms,
  • Daisy M.A.E. Jonkers,
  • Huub F.J. Savelkoul,
  • Montserrat Elizalde,
  • Lea Tischmann,
  • Paul de Vos,
  • Ad A.M. Masclee and
  • Freddy J. Troost

9 July 2019

Intestinal barrier function is suggested to decrease with aging and may be improved by pectin intake. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of four weeks pectin supplementation on gastrointestinal barrier function in vivo and ex vivo i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,526 Views
13 Pages

Evaluation of the Role of Circulating Tumor Cells and Microsatellite Instability Status in Predicting Outcome of Advanced CRC Patients

  • Ippokratis Messaritakis,
  • Maria Sfakianaki,
  • Konstantinos Vogiatzoglou,
  • Asimina Koulouridi,
  • Chara Koutoulaki,
  • Dimitrios Mavroudis,
  • Maria Tzardi,
  • Nikolaos Gouvas,
  • John Tsiaoussis and
  • John Souglakos

18 November 2020

Colorectal cancer (CRC) remains one of the leading causes of cancer-related death due to its high metastatic potential. This study aimed to investigate the detection and heterogeneity of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) and the microsatellite instabili...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
3,481 Views
22 Pages

Research on Semi-Active Vibration Control of Pipeline Based on Magneto-Rheological Damper

  • Hui Ji,
  • Yeqing Huang,
  • Songlin Nie,
  • Fanglong Yin and
  • Zhaoyi Dai

7 April 2020

This paper proposes a scheme to control the low-frequency vibration of pipelines by using magneto-rheological (MR) vibration reduction technology. The state equation and the transfer function of the pipeline system are established, and its stability...

  • Article
  • Open Access
46 Citations
5,515 Views
16 Pages

Effects of PrObiotics on the Symptoms and Surgical ouTComes after Anterior REsection of Colon Cancer (POSTCARE): A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial

  • In Ja Park,
  • Ju-Hoon Lee,
  • Bong-Hyeon Kye,
  • Heung-Kwon Oh,
  • Yong Beom Cho,
  • You-Tae Kim,
  • Joo Yun Kim,
  • Na Young Sung,
  • Sung-Bum Kang and
  • Jeong-Meen Seo
  • + 3 authors

10 July 2020

We investigated microbiota changes following surgical colon cancer resection and evaluate effects of probiotics on microbiota and surgical recovery. This randomized double-blind trial was performed at four medical centers in South Korea. Of 68 patien...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,297 Views
14 Pages

Is There Daily Growth Hysteresis versus Vapor Pressure Deficit in Cherry Fruit?

  • Matteo Zucchini,
  • Arash Khosravi,
  • Veronica Giorgi,
  • Adriano Mancini and
  • Davide Neri

The growth of cherry fruit is generally described using a double sigmoid model, divided into four growth stages. Abiotic factors are considered to be significant components in modifying fruit growth, and among these, the vapor pressure deficit (VPD)...

  • Article
  • Open Access
612 Views
22 Pages

3 October 2025

Rare-earth transition metal-based double perovskite ceramics E2TMO6 (where E = rare-earth metals, T = transition metals, and M = metal) have received impressive attention lately for cryogenic applications as a result of their intrinsic physical featu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,472 Views
13 Pages

Population Pharmacodynamic Models of Risperidone on PANSS Total Scores and Prolactin Levels in Schizophrenia

  • Zhiwei Huang,
  • Lei Zhang,
  • Yan Li,
  • Yimin Yu,
  • Yifeng Shen,
  • Xiujia Sun,
  • Kun Lou,
  • Hongmei Luo,
  • Zhibin Meng and
  • Huafang Li
  • + 1 author

23 January 2024

Currently, research predominantly focuses on evaluating clinical effects at specific time points while neglecting underlying patterns within the treatment process. This study aims to analyze the dynamic alterations in PANSS total scores and prolactin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
40 Citations
13,212 Views
17 Pages

A Bacterial Biosensor for Oxidative Stress Using the Constitutively Expressed Redox-Sensitive Protein roGFP2

  • Carlos R. Arias-Barreiro,
  • Keisuke Okazaki,
  • Apostolos Koutsaftis,
  • Salmaan H. Inayat-Hussain,
  • Akio Tani,
  • Maki Katsuhara,
  • Kazuhide Kimbara and
  • Izumi C. Mori

24 June 2010

A highly specific, high throughput-amenable bacterial biosensor for chemically induced cellular oxidation was developed using constitutively expressed redox-sensitive green fluorescent protein roGFP2 in E. coli (E. coli-roGFP2). Disulfide formation b...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,179 Views
12 Pages

Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier, 1790) is an invasive pest species that constitutes one of the most important problems around the Mediterranean region and has been responsible for the loss of over 100,000 palm trees with an estimated annual cost o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,985 Views
21 Pages

31 October 2019

Agricultural monitoring is an important application of earth-observing satellite systems. In particular, image time-series data are often fit to functions called shape models that are used to derive phenological transition dates or predict yield. Thi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
51 Citations
7,033 Views
12 Pages

11 January 2018

Dental bulk-fill restorations with resin-composites (RBC) are increasing in popularity, but doubts concerning insufficient curing in depth still disconcert clinicians. An alternative might be offered by modern dual-cured RBCs, which additionally prov...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,392 Views
19 Pages

Recently, several studies on olive fruit growth have focused on circadian monitoring as an important orchard management tool. The olive fruit growth trend is described by double sigmoid model with four growth phases, where the third phase spans from...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,209 Views
16 Pages

Vascular and Transpiration Flows Affecting Apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) Fruit Growth

  • Andrea Giovannini,
  • Melissa Venturi,
  • Saray Gutiérrez-Gordillo,
  • Luigi Manfrini,
  • Luca Corelli-Grappadelli and
  • Brunella Morandi

20 April 2022

Fruit growth is a biophysical process that depends mainly on the daily balance between vascular (xylem and phloem) and transpiration flows. This work examines the seasonal and daily behaviour of apricot fruit growth as well as their vascular and tran...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
4,907 Views
21 Pages

14 January 2019

Monitoring plant phenology is one of the means of detecting the response of vegetation to changing environmental conditions. One approach for the study of vegetation phenology from local to global scales is to apply satellite-based indices. We invest...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,532 Views
13 Pages

Conservative Management of Bowel Endometriosis: Cross-Sectional Analysis for Assessing Clinical Outcomes and Quality-of-Life

  • Marcello Ceccaroni,
  • Silvia Baggio,
  • Tommaso Capezzuoli,
  • Mara Albanese,
  • Paride Mainardi,
  • Carlotta Zorzi,
  • Giovanni Foti and
  • Fabio Barra

1 November 2024

Background/Objectives: Bowel endometriosis (BE) is characterized by the presence of endometrial-like tissue within the muscular layer of the bowel wall. When BE does not result in the severe obstruction to fecal transit and in the absence of (sub)occ...