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Soft-tissue loss resulting from trauma or oncologic resection is a significant problem worldwide. Surgical reconstruction using adipose tissue has long been the gold-standard solution. However, these surgeries are often highly morbid, not always feas...

Background: Three-dimensional (3-D) printing paired with tissue-engineering strategies promises to overcome the volume, contour, and donor-site limitations of traditional breast reconstruction. Patient-specific, bioabsorbable constructs could enable...

Objective: The aim of the systematic review was to analyze the current clinical evidence concerning the use of tissue engineering as a treatment strategy for reconstruction of segmental defects of the mandible and their clinical outcomes using indivi...

In the construction of deep foundation pits, early warning measures are essential to reduce construction risks and prevent personnel injuries. In underground structure and pressure analysis, soil layer and support structure data are indispensable. Th...

Reverse engineering (RE) is increasingly recognized as a vital methodology for reconstructing mechanical components, particularly in high-value sectors such as aerospace, transportation, and energy, where technical documentation is often missing or o...

Due to the accumulation of manufacturing errors of components and construction errors, there are always deviations between an as-built complex tubular engineering structure (CTES) and its as-designed model. As terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) provide...

The application of CAD/CAM technologies in modern production has revolutionized manufacturing processes, leading to significant improvements in precision, efficiency, and flexibility. These technologies enable the design and manufacturing of complex...

The use of alloplastic materials instead of autologous cartilage grafts offers a new perspective in craniofacial reconstructive surgery. Particularly for regenerative approaches, customized implants enable the surgeon to restore the cartilaginous fra...

The engine in-cylinder pressure is a very important parameter for the optimization of internal combustion engines. This paper proposes an alternative recursive Kalman filter-based engine cylinder pressure reconstruction approach using sensor-fused en...

Tracheal reconstruction remains a formidable clinical challenge, particularly for long-segment defects that are not amenable to standard surgical resection or primary anastomosis. Tissue engineering has emerged as a promising strategy for restoring t...

The penis is a complex organ with a development cycle from the fetal stage to puberty. In addition, it may suffer from either congenital or acquired anomalies. Penile surgical reconstruction has been the center of interest for many researchers but is...

Engineering bamboo is a type of cheap and good-quality, easy-to-process material, which is widely used in construction engineering, bridge engineering, water conservancy engineering and other fields; however, crack defects lead to reduced reliability...

Sentinel-2 NDVI and surface reflectance time series have been widely used in various geoscience research, but the data is deteriorated or missing due to the cloud contamination, so it is necessary to reconstruct the Sentinel-2 NDVI and surface reflec...

In-cylinder pressure provides critical insights for analyzing and optimizing combustion in internal combustion engines, yet its acquisition across the full operating space requires extensive testing, while physics-based models are computationally dem...

Due to their function, tendons are exposed to acute injuries. This type of damage to the musculoskeletal system represents a challenge for clinicians when natural regeneration and treatment methods do not produce the expected results. Currently, trea...

In this work, we propose a novel way to flexibly engineer the waveguide dispersion by patterning the cladding of waveguide microresonators. Experimentally, we demonstrate silicon nitride waveguides with air-, oxide-, and SU-8 polymer-cladding layers...

In this paper, the geometric modeling and virtual reconstruction of the double-acting steam engine designed by Agustín de Betancourt in 1789 are shown. For this, the software Autodesk Inventor Professional is used, which has allowed us to obta...

Tissue engineering is one of the most promising scientific breakthroughs of the late 20th century. Its objective is to produce in vitro tissues or organs to repair and replace damaged ones using various techniques, biomaterials, and cells. Tissue eng...

The inversion of the ground stress field in rock masses is critical for accurate tunnel and underground engineering design. This study addresses the challenge of accurately capturing both the primary and secondary stress field components in rock mass...

Engineering craniofacial bone tissues is challenging due to their complex structures. Current standard autografts and allografts have many drawbacks for craniofacial bone tissue reconstruction; including donor site morbidity and the ability to reinst...

The current review aimed to assess the reliability and efficacy of tissue-engineered composite grafts in the reconstruction of large maxillofacial defects resulting from trauma or a benign pathologic disease. A systematic review of the literature was...

In the case of pediatric urology there are several congenital conditions, such as hypospadias and neurogenic bladder, which affect, respectively, the urethra and the urinary bladder. In fact, the gold standard consists of a urethroplasty procedure in...

Reverse engineering (RE) is essential in the automotive and aerospace industries for reconstructing high-precision components, such as exhaust valves, when design documentation is unavailable. However, different measurement methods introduce varied e...

This paper tackles a core challenge in reverse engineering: high-fidelity reconstruction of continuous B-spline surfaces from discrete point clouds, where optimal knot placement remains pivotal yet not fully resolved. We propose a new fitting method...

The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is one of the most injured ligaments, with approximately 100,000 ACL reconstructions taking place annually in the United States. In order to successfully manage ACL rupture, it is of the utmost importance to under...

Streptomyces albus J1074 is recognized as an effective host for heterologous production of natural products. Its fast growth and efficient genetic toolbox due to a naturally minimized genome have contributed towards its advantage in expressing biosyn...

The intermittent and volatile nature of wind power generation necessitates thermal power units to provide deep-peak shaving and fast frequency regulation services within the same grid. However, the current proportional integral differential (PID) con...

Urethral reconstruction strategies are limited with many associated drawbacks. In this context, the main challenge is the unavailability of a suitable tissue that can endure urine exposure. However, most of the used tissues in clinical practices are...

Background: Microtia is a congenital outer ear deformity that causes the auricle to be absent or underdeveloped. It is frequently associated with external auditory canal atresia and causes hearing and psychosocial problems. Objectives: We thoroughly...

Fractal geometry theory has been widely used in engineering image processing. In this work, the basic principles and features of fractal geometry are first introduced and its importance in image processing is explained. The features of the symmetry a...

In order to reconstruct injured urinary tract tissues, biodegradable scaffolds with autologous seeded cells are explored in this work. However, when cells are obtained via biopsy from individuals who have damaged organs due to infection, congenital d...

The safety and reliability of the measuring elements of an aero-engine are important preconditions of the stable operation of the engine control system. The number of control parameters of a variable cycle engine increases by 20%–40% compared t...

The current gold standard technique for the treatment of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury is reconstruction with a tendon autograft. These treatments have a relatively high failure and re-rupture rate and are associated with early-onset osteoa...

With the continuous expansion of highway networks and rapid advancements in the transportation industry, the need for highway maintenance and reconstruction has become increasingly urgent. Resonant rubblization technology generates an interlocking st...

Tissue engineering is an emerging field of research that initially aimed to produce 3D tissues to bypass the lack of adequate tissues for the repair or replacement of deficient organs. The basis of tissue engineering protocols is to create scaffolds,...

Esophageal cancer (EC) is the eighth leading cause of cancer-related deaths globally, largely due to its late-stage diagnosis and aggressive progression. Esophagectomy remains the primary treatment, typically requiring organ-based reconstruction tech...

Background/Objectives: The field of tracheal reconstruction has undergone significant developments in the last few decades. Accordingly, this bibliometric review aims to identify the most influential publications within the field and their citation c...

Three-dimensional (3D) printing is dramatically improving breast reconstruction by offering customized and precise interventions at various stages of the surgical process. In preoperative planning, 3D imaging techniques, such as computer-aided design...

This study aimed to evaluate the characteristics of short acquisition times using the Clear adaptive Low-noise Method (CaLM) and Advanced intelligent clear-IQ engine (AiCE) reconstructions in a semiconductor-based positron emission tomography (PET)/c...

Vascularized composite allotransplantation (VCA) has emerged as a robust alternative for addressing anatomically complex defects but requires a toxic lifelong immunosuppressive regimen. Tissue engineering offers the promise of creating recipient-spec...

This paper presents a novel method for condition monitoring using the RMS residual of vibration signal reconstruction based on trained dictionaries through sparse representation theory. Measured signals were firstly decomposed into intrinsic mode fun...

The application of biopolymers in the reconstruction of the posterior lamella of the eyelid and the lacrimal system marks a significant fusion of biomaterial science with clinical advancements. This review assimilates research spanning 2015 to 2023 t...

Significant advances in reverse engineering and additive manufacturing have the potential to provide a faster, accurate, and cost-effective process chain for preserving, analyzing, and presenting forensic impression evidence in both 3D digital and ph...

The increased demands of small-diameter vascular grafts (SDVGs) globally has forced the scientific society to explore alternative strategies utilizing the tissue engineering approaches. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) comprises one of the most lethal gr...

The goal of reconstructive surgery in treating tissue defects is to achieve a stable reconstructive outcome while minimizing donor site morbidity. As a result, tissue engineering has emerged as a key focus in the pursuit of this goal. One approach is...

The craniofacial region comprises the most complex and intricate anatomical structures in the human body. As a result of developmental defects, traumatic injury, or neoplastic tissue formation, the functional and aesthetic intricacies of the face and...

Tissue engineering (TE) techniques offer solutions for tissue regeneration but require large quantities of cells. For microtia patients, TE methods represent a unique opportunity for therapies with low donor-site morbidity and reliance on the surgeon...

Embracing the fact that one can recover certain signals and images from far fewer measurements than traditional methods use, compressive sensing (CS) provides solutions to huge amounts of data collection in phased array-based material characterizatio...

An important component of tissue engineering (TE) is the supporting matrix upon which cells and tissues grow, also known as the scaffold. Scaffolds must easily integrate with host tissue and provide an excellent environment for cell growth and differ...

Biphasic calcium phosphates (BCP) have been sought after as biomaterials for the reconstruction of bone defects in maxillofacial, dental and orthopaedic applications. They have demonstrated proven biocompatibility, osteoconductivity, safety and predi...