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6 September 2024

In the realm of artificial intelligence, knowledge graphs (KGs) serve as an essential structured framework, capturing intricate relationships between diverse entities and supporting a broad spectrum of AI applications. Despite their utility, the stat...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
6,849 Views
18 Pages

24 July 2023

The Flow matrix is a novel method to describe and extrapolate transitions among categories. The Flow matrix extrapolates a constant transition size per unit of time on a time continuum with a maximum of one incident per observation during the extrapo...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Approaches to Land Use/Land Cover Change Modeling)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,588 Views
25 Pages

A Novel Curve-and-Surface Fitting-Based Extrapolation Method for Sub-Idle Component Characteristics of Aeroengines

  • Yibo Cui,
  • Tianhong Zhang,
  • Zhaohui Cen,
  • Younes Al-Younes and
  • Elias Tsoutsanis

The component characteristics of an aeroengine below idle speed are fundamental for start-up process simulations. However, due to experimental limitations, these characteristics must be extrapolated from data above idle speed. Existing extrapolation...

(This article belongs to the Section Aeronautics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,853 Views
11 Pages

Effect of Different Etching Processes on Surface Defects of Quartz Crystals

  • Qingzhi Li,
  • Yubin Zhang,
  • Zhaohua Shi,
  • Weihua Li and
  • Xin Ye

18 October 2023

In high-power laser systems, the loading capacity of fused silica components under 351 nm irradiation is an important factor limiting their ability to increase output power, and in the current study, the damage threshold enhancement of fused silica c...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Surface Technology and Application)
  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
5,073 Views
29 Pages

1 September 2018

Advanced power plant alloys must endure high temperatures and pressures for durations at which creep data are often not available, necessitating the extrapolation of creep life. Many methods have been proposed to extrapolate creep life, and one of re...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,546 Views
22 Pages

A Study on an Extrapolation Method for the Propulsive Performance of the Pumpjet Propulsor of a Submarine

  • Woo-Seok Jin,
  • Moon-Chan Kim,
  • Jin-Wook Kim,
  • Il-Ryong Park and
  • Han-Shin Seol

Accurately predicting the full-scale performance of submarines is challenging due to their complex propulsor systems and limited sea-trial information. This study investigated a full-scale extrapolation method from model tests for a submarine pumpjet...

(This article belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,580 Views
15 Pages

11 December 2019

In this paper, we propose a fast method for measuring the radar cross section of a complex target at non-normal incidences and Fresnel region antenna-to-target distances. The proposed method relies both on the physical optics approach and on averagin...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue IR-UWB Radar Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,076 Views
15 Pages

MSEN: A Multi-Scale Evolutionary Network for Modeling the Evolution of Temporal Knowledge Graphs

  • Yong Yu,
  • Shudong Chen,
  • Rong Du,
  • Da Tong and ,
  • Hao Xu and
  • Shuai Chen
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

30 September 2023

Temporal knowledge graphs play an increasingly prominent role in scenarios such as social networks, finance, and smart cities. As such, research on temporal knowledge graphs continues to deepen. In particular, research on temporal knowledge graph rea...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Text Mining Techniques and Applications for Knowledge Discovery)
  • Article
  • Open Access
38 Citations
7,597 Views
15 Pages

11 February 2018

The latest technological advances in space-borne imagery have significantly enhanced the acquisition of high-quality data. With the availability of very high-resolution satellites, such as Pléiades, it is now possible to estimate tree parameters at t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Remote Sensing of Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Other Vegetation Parameters)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,011 Views
19 Pages

8 April 2025

Two numerical methods are investigated for the initial–boundary value problem of a nonlinear Rosenau–KdV–RLW equation with homogeneous boundary conditions. With the premise of achieving second-order theoretical accuracy in the tempo...

  • Review
  • Open Access
38 Citations
9,683 Views
7 Pages

Pressure injuries are a challenging problem in the care of medically complex children. Available evidence is limited, and there are theoretical reasons to use caution before extrapolating adult data, including key differences in body composition, com...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Children with Complex Health Care Needs)
  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
4,338 Views
18 Pages

Improving Human Activity Monitoring by Imputation of Missing Sensory Data: Experimental Study

  • Ivan Miguel Pires,
  • Faisal Hussain,
  • Nuno M. Garcia and
  • Eftim Zdravevski

17 September 2020

The automatic recognition of human activities with sensors available in off-the-shelf mobile devices has been the subject of different research studies in recent years. It may be useful for the monitoring of elderly people to present warning situatio...

(This article belongs to the Section Big Data and Augmented Intelligence)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
1,896 Views
10 Pages

6 December 2024

The so-called controversy in elastohydrodynamic lubrication (EHL) regarding the nature of the shear dependence of viscosity, Eyring versus Carreau, is truly a controversy regarding the pressure and temperature dependence of low-shear viscosity. Roela...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Lubricated Tribological Contacts)
  • Article
  • Open Access
37 Citations
6,444 Views
12 Pages

Pharmacokinetics of PEGylated Gold Nanoparticles: In Vitro—In Vivo Correlation

  • Tibor Dubaj,
  • Katarina Kozics,
  • Monika Sramkova,
  • Alena Manova and ,
  • Neus G. Bastús,
  • Oscar H. Moriones,
  • Yvonne Kohl,
  • Maria Dusinska,
  • Elise Runden-Pran and
  • Peter Simon
  • + 8 authors+ 3 authors

1 February 2022

Data suitable for assembling a physiologically-based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model for nanoparticles (NPs) remain relatively scarce. Therefore, there is a trend in extrapolating the results of in vitro and in silico studies to in vivo nanoparticle haz...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Metallic and Metal Oxide Nanoparticles and Their Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,854 Views
21 Pages

8 October 2022

The development of in vitro/in vivo translational methods for synergistically acting drug combinations is needed to identify the most effective therapeutic strategies. We performed PBPK/PD modelling for siremadlin, trametinib, and their combination a...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Novel Strategies in the Development of New Therapies, Drug Substances and Drug Carriers 2.0)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,028 Views
24 Pages

Vapor Pressure of Selected Aliphatic Hexanols by Static and Indirect Chromatographic Methods

  • Vojtěch Štejfa,
  • Pavel Šimáček,
  • Bohumír Koutek,
  • Michal Fulem and
  • Květoslav Růžička

4 November 2025

Vapor pressures of eight aliphatic hexanols ((±)-3-hexanol, CAS RN: 623-37-0; 2-methyl-2-pentanol, CAS RN: 590-36-3; (±)-2-methyl-3-pentanol, CAS RN: 565-67-3; (±)-3-methyl-2-pentanol, CAS RN: 565-60-6; 3-methyl-3-pentanol, CAS R...

(This article belongs to the Section Physical Chemistry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,709 Views
18 Pages

6 November 2025

The fact that the Ising model in higher dimensions than 1D features a phase transition at the critical temperature Tc despite its apparent simplicity is one of the main reasons why it has lost none of its fascination and remains a central benchmark i...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Statistical Mechanics of Lattice Gases)
  • Review
  • Open Access
75 Citations
20,437 Views
16 Pages

Pediatric heart failure (HF) represents an important cause of morbidity and mortality in childhood. There is an overlapping relationship of HF, congenital heart disease, and cardiomyopathy. The goal of treatment of HF in children is to maintain stabi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue 5th Anniversary Issue)
  • Brief Report
  • Open Access
3 Citations
12,503 Views
9 Pages

8 February 2013

The general distribution of the rock art sites in Morocco is indicated in this report. The vast majority are situated in southern Morocco, in the region of the River Draa and further south. One important exception is the High Atlas mountain range. Th...

(This article belongs to the Collection World Rock Art)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,648 Views
20 Pages

Turbocompound Power Unit Modelling for a Supercapacitor-Based Series Hybrid Vehicle Application

  • Matteo Repetto,
  • Massimiliano Passalacqua,
  • Luis Vaccaro,
  • Mario Marchesoni and
  • Alessandro Pini Prato

16 January 2020

In this paper, starting from the measurements available for a 2000 cm3 turbocharged diesel engine, an analytical model of the turbocharger is proposed and validated. The model is then used to extrapolate the efficiency of a power unit with a diesel e...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Energy Efficiency in Electric Motors, Drives, Power Converters and Related Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
6,979 Views
23 Pages

Effects of Australian Economic Activities on Waste Generation and Treatment

  • He He,
  • Christian John Reynolds,
  • Julia Piantadosi and
  • John Boland

Understanding the relationships between the Australian economic system and waste generation from intermediate sectors and households is a prerequisite for planning and implementing waste management strategies at a national scale. Data of waste genera...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,360 Views
20 Pages

Experimental and Numerical Study of the Elastic SCF of Tubular Joints

  • Mostafa Atteya,
  • Ove Mikkelsen,
  • John Wintle and
  • Gerhard Ersdal

28 July 2021

This paper provides data on stress concentration factors (SCFs) from experimental measurements on cruciform tubular joints of a chord and brace intersection under axial loading. High-fidelity finite element models were generated and validated against...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Modeling and Analysis of Static, Dynamic, and Thermal Behavior of Shell, Plate, and Beam Structures)
  • Article
  • Open Access
451 Views
21 Pages

Physics-Guided Gaussian Process Mapping of Strong-Gradient Radiation Fields from Mobile Robot Surveys: The Role of Sampling Geometry

  • Hui Li,
  • Qing Fan,
  • Liye Liu,
  • Hua Li and ,
  • Faguo Chen,
  • Mingming Wang,
  • Deyuan Li,
  • Yuan Zhao and
  • Zhi Chen
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

8 September 2026

Radiation fields around collimated or shielded sources exhibit strong gradients whose accurate delineation is critical for worker protection and emergency response. Mobile robots can survey such fields, but they sample sparsely and irregularly along...

(This article belongs to the Section Sensors and Robotics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,303 Views
15 Pages

Studying, controlling and extrapolating the indoor microclimate of historical buildings have always been at the forefront among numerous preventive conservation strategies, especially in case of buildings made of organic hygroscopic materials, e.g.,...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,503 Views
18 Pages

Phase Equilibria of the Ti-Nb-Mn Ternary System at 1173K, 1273K and 1373K

  • Chenbo Li,
  • Hongyi Guo,
  • Linghong Zheng,
  • Jifeng Yang and ,
  • Lideng Ye,
  • Libin Liu and
  • Ligang Zhang
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

31 January 2023

Phase equilibria in the Ti-Nb-Mn ternary system at 1173K, 1273K and 1373K were studied through the equilibrated alloy method by using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), electron probe microanalysis (EPMA) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) techniques. A ne...

(This article belongs to the Section Materials Processes)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,749 Views
15 Pages

Background/Objectives: Tofacitinib is a Janus kinase 1 and 3 inhibitor that was developed to treat rheumatoid arthritis. Accordingly, this study aimed to predict plasma tofacitinib concentrations and pharmacokinetic parameters in patients with renal...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic (PBPK) Modeling and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,721 Views
15 Pages

7 July 2017

The Multiplicative Discrete Random Cascade (MDRC) class of model is used to temporally disaggregate rainfall volumes through multiplying the volumes by random weights, which is repeated through multiple disaggregation levels. The model development in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,169 Views
12 Pages

31 October 2023

The popularity of “free-from” food products (FFFPs), which exclude several ingredients such as lactose, gluten, or sugar, is increasing globally. However, experts agree that avoiding these ingredients without medical reasons can lead to n...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Insights into Food Perception and Consumer Behavior)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,030 Views
12 Pages

Conducting Thermographic Inspections in Electrical Substations: A Survey

  • Pedro J. Zarco-Periñán,
  • Fco Javier Zarco-Soto,
  • Irene M. Zarco-Soto and
  • José L. Martínez-Ramos

14 October 2022

Liberalization of the electricity market has forced the use of economic and efficient maintenance techniques. Thus, it is necessary to extend the useful life of the facilities in a perfect state of service, and with quality supply for customers. Furt...

(This article belongs to the Section Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
44 Citations
6,528 Views
38 Pages

Assessing Daily Evapotranspiration Methodologies from One-Time-of-Day sUAS and EC Information in the GRAPEX Project

  • Ayman Nassar,
  • Alfonso Torres-Rua,
  • William Kustas,
  • Joseph Alfieri and ,
  • Lawrence Hipps,
  • John Prueger,
  • Héctor Nieto,
  • Maria Mar Alsina,
  • William White and
  • Nick Dokoozlian
  • + 8 authors+ 3 authors

23 July 2021

Daily evapotranspiration (ETd) plays a key role in irrigation water management and is particularly important in drought-stricken areas, such as California and high-value crops. Remote sensing allows for the cost-effective estimation of spatial evapot...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Remote Sensing for Agricultural Water Management (RSAWM))
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
6,021 Views
28 Pages

3 September 2021

Over the last few decades, river landscapes have been significantly transformed as a result of increased human impact. This transformation is evident in areas such as the middle Guadiana basin, where the impact of both agricultural and hydraulic infr...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Remote Sensing, Archaeology and Heritage Research: Researching the Past from Satellite, Aerial and Terrestial Methods)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
6,643 Views
15 Pages

The presence of cut-outs within thin-walled shell structures is unavoidable, holes being needed for the passage of electrical cables, fuel, or just to reduce the weight of the components. Nevertheless, the high stress concentration can lead to a prem...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,552 Views
18 Pages

Sensitivity Analysis of the Design Parameters of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors for Vibration Reduction

  • Mikel Mendizabal,
  • Alex McCloskey,
  • Javier Poza,
  • Sergio Zarate and
  • Leire Irazu

28 April 2023

The use of electric motors, and particularly, Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors, is increasing in recent years, and their vibration response is one of the most crucial aspects regarding their behaviour. Thus, the reduction in vibrations is one of t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Data-Driven Methods for Design and Analysis of Electromagnetic Devices)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
10,740 Views
20 Pages

2 September 2022

Requirements for explosive safety are often given in terms of a “K-Factor”, correlating incident blast effects with the distance and TNT equivalent weight of an explosion. Traditionally, this is conducted using empirical correlations to e...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Blast and Impact Engineering on Structures and Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
12,213 Views
18 Pages

Experimental and Mathematical Tools to Predict Droplet Size and Velocity Distribution for a Two-Fluid Nozzle

  • Sadegh Poozesh,
  • Nelson K. Akafuah,
  • Heather R. Campbell,
  • Faezeh Bashiri and
  • Kozo Saito

3 December 2020

Despite progress in laser-based and computational tools, an accessible model that relies on fundamentals and offers a reasonably accurate estimation of droplet size and velocity is lacking, primarily due to entangled complex breakup mechanisms. There...

(This article belongs to the Section Mathematical and Computational Fluid Mechanics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,513 Views
14 Pages

11 August 2021

Capacitance measurements have been extensively used to measure the anchoring extrapolation length L at a nematic–substrate interface. These measurements are extremely delicate because the value found for L often critically depends on the sample thick...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Liquid Crystal Thin Films: Structures and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,457 Views
18 Pages

10 November 2021

In recent years, the citizens of Taiwan have exhibited an increasing demand for domestic tourism and travel options. Due to their relatively early development as a domestic tourism destination, the Penghu Islands are well known for their rich natural...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Selected Papers from IEEE Eurasia Conference on Biomedical Engineering, Healthcare and Sustainability 2020)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
10,161 Views
36 Pages

9 January 2013

This paper begins with a refutation of the orthodox model of final Pleistocene human evolution, presenting an alternative, better supported account of this crucial phase. According to this version, the transition from robust to gracile humans duri...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Humanity’s Future)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,462 Views
15 Pages

28 April 2023

This study investigates change in the intensification of agricultural activities and its effect on the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of the 27 European Union (EU) Member States over a ten-year period from 2009 to 2019. Both multivariate and non-para...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Comparison of Sustainable Approaches in Conservation and Protected Agriculture: Asia, Latin America and Europe)
  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
4,558 Views
17 Pages

Probabilistic Modeling of Maritime Accident Scenarios Leveraging Bayesian Network Techniques

  • Shiguan Liao,
  • Jinxian Weng,
  • Zhaomin Zhang,
  • Zhuang Li and
  • Fang Li

This paper introduces a scenario evolution model for maritime accidents, wherein Bayesian networks (BNs) were employed to predict the most probable causes of distinct types of maritime incidents. The BN nodes encompass factors such as accident type,...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Developments and Knowledge in Intelligent and Safe Marine Navigation)
  • Review
  • Open Access
27 Citations
9,827 Views
29 Pages

New Insights into the Treatment of Glomerular Diseases: When Mechanisms Become Vivid

  • Da-Wei Lin,
  • Cheng-Chih Chang,
  • Yung-Chien Hsu and
  • Chun-Liang Lin

Treatment for glomerular diseases has been extrapolated from the experience of other autoimmune disorders while the underlying pathogenic mechanisms were still not well understood. As the classification of glomerular diseases was based on patterns of...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Molecular Pathology, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics of Nephropathy)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,454 Views
12 Pages

Low-Order Modelling of Extinction of Hydrogen Non-Premixed Swirl Flames

  • Hazem S. A. M. Awad,
  • Savvas Gkantonas and
  • Epaminondas Mastorakos

Predicting the blow-off (BO) is critical for characterising the operability limits of gas turbine engines. In this study, the applicability of a low-order extinction prediction modelling, which is based on a stochastic variant of the Imperfectly Stir...

(This article belongs to the Section Aeronautics)
  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
56 Citations
11,728 Views
18 Pages

Hybrid Modeling for On-Line Fermentation Optimization and Scale-Up: A Review

  • Mariana Albino,
  • Carina L. Gargalo,
  • Gisela Nadal-Rey,
  • Mads O. Albæk and ,
  • Ulrich Krühne and
  • Krist V. Gernaey
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

3 August 2024

Modeling is a crucial tool in the biomanufacturing industry, namely in fermentation processes. This work discusses both mechanistic and data-driven models, each with unique benefits and application potential. It discusses semi-parametric hybrid model...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fermentation and Bioprocess Engineering Processes)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,184 Views
24 Pages

Medium-Resolution Mapping of Evapotranspiration at the Catchment Scale Based on Thermal Infrared MODIS Data and ERA-Interim Reanalysis over North Africa

  • Alhousseine Diarra,
  • Lionel Jarlan,
  • Saïd Khabba,
  • Michel Le Page and ,
  • Salah Er-Raki,
  • Riad Balaghi,
  • Soufyane Charafi,
  • Abdelghani Chehbouni and
  • Rafiq El Alami
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

11 October 2022

Accurate quantification of evapotranspiration (ET) at the watershed scale remains an important research challenge for managing water resources in arid and semiarid areas. In this study, daily latent heat flux (LE) maps at the kilometer scale were der...

  • Review
  • Open Access
155 Citations
20,622 Views
30 Pages

15 November 2019

Zebrafish (Danio rerio) is a valuable non-mammalian vertebrate model widely used to study development and disease, including more recently cancer. The evolutionary conservation of cancer-related programs between human and zebrafish is striking and al...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Animal Modeling in Cancer)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
6,112 Views
22 Pages

Dynamics of Changes in Climate Zones and Building Energy Demand. A Case Study in Spain

  • Carmen Díaz-López,
  • Joaquín Jódar,
  • Konstantin Verichev,
  • Miguel Luis Rodríguez and ,
  • Manuel Carpio and
  • Montserrat Zamorano
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

8 May 2021

In the current context of the climate crisis, it is essential to design buildings that can cope with climate dynamics throughout their life cycle. It will ensure the development of sustainable and resilient building stock. Thus, this study’s primary...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Energy Efficiency of Buildings)
  • Review
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,916 Views
15 Pages

29 October 2021

High obesity rates in almost all regions of the world prompt an urgent need for effective obesity prevention. Very good scientific evidence from cell culture and rodent studies show that the availability of essential polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Obesity in the Beginning of Life, Causes, Prevention and Risks for Later Life)
  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
5,215 Views
12 Pages

The Curing Kinetics of E-Glass Fiber/Epoxy Resin Prepreg and the Bending Properties of Its Products

  • Lvtao Zhu,
  • Zhenxing Wang,
  • Mahfuz Bin Rahman,
  • Wei Shen and
  • Chengyan Zhu

19 August 2021

The curing kinetics can influence the final macroscopic properties, particularly the three-point bending of the fiber-reinforced composite materials. In this research, the curing kinetics of commercially available glass fiber/epoxy resin prepregs wer...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,676 Views
24 Pages

26 May 2025

Quantitative in vitro to in vivo extrapolation (QIVIVE) utilizes in vitro data to predict in vivo toxicity. However, there may be differences between reported nominal concentrations and the biologically effective free concentrations in media or cells...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,541 Views
33 Pages

7 April 2024

The Schwinger confinement mechanism stipulates that a massless fermion and a massless antifermion are confined as a massive boson when they interact in the Abelian QED interaction in (1+1)D.If we approximate light quarks as massless and apply the Sch...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Multiparticle Dynamics)

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