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  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,707 Views
29 Pages

Fabric Retrofit of a Hard-to-Treat, Pre-1919 House in Preparation for Heat Pump Use

  • Oluwatobiloba Stephanie Ogunrin,
  • Inna Vorushylo,
  • Christopher Wilson and
  • Neil Hewitt

2 October 2024

The uptake of low-carbon domestic heating systems is a significant strategy towards global targets of reducing greenhouse emissions and mitigating climate change. Pre-1900 hard-to-treat houses will still be existing in the next 25 years, and they hav...

(This article belongs to the Section J1: Heat and Mass Transfer)
  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
6,962 Views
16 Pages

There is an increased prevalence of housing poverty among urban young adults; however, research on housing poverty and health is lacking. This study examined the effects of housing poverty on the health concepts of young people living alone. In-depth...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Housing and Health)
  • Brief Report
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,007 Views
8 Pages

Background: The treatment of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) among high-risk populations is an essential component of Tuberculosis (TB) elimination. However, non-compliance with LTBI treatment remains a major obstacle hindering TB elimination ef...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Ending Tuberculosis Epidemic: Current Status and Future Prospects)
  • Case Report
  • Open Access
1,299 Views
22 Pages

Clinical Soft Tissue Adaptation to Biomechanical Modulation with the Bone Protection System (BPS): A Two-Case Report in Thin-Biotype Patients

  • Anna Ewa Kuc,
  • Jacek Kotuła,
  • Kamil Sybilski,
  • Grzegorz Hajduk,
  • Joanna Lis,
  • Beata Kawala,
  • Michał Sarul and
  • Magdalena Sulewska

15 January 2026

Background: Patients with a thin gingival phenotype and a narrow buccal alveolar plate are highly susceptible to periodontal complications during orthodontic expansion. Traditional biomechanics often fail to maintain root control in thin alveolar hou...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Periodontitis and Other Periodontal Diseases)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
8,333 Views
18 Pages

Socioeconomic Impacts of LCD-Treated Drinking Water Distribution in an Urban Community of the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

  • Khadga Bahadur Shrestha,
  • Tatsuru Kamei,
  • Sadhana Shrestha,
  • Yoko Aihara,
  • Arun Prasad Bhattarai,
  • Niranjan Bista,
  • Bhesh Raj Thapa,
  • Futaba Kazama and
  • Junko Shindo

26 June 2019

Groundwater available in the Kathmandu Valley is not suitable for drinking due to chemical and microbial contamination. We installed a treatment system, which was made with locally available materials and was low-cost, and supplied drinking water to...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Socioeconomic Indicators for Sustainable Water Management)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
6,223 Views
14 Pages

Cold Spray of Nickel-Based Alloy Coating on Cast Iron for Restoration and Surface Enhancement

  • Adrian Wei-Yee Tan,
  • Nataniel Yong Syn Tham,
  • Yao Shian Chua,
  • Kaiqiang Wu,
  • Wen Sun,
  • Erjia Liu,
  • Sung Chyn Tan and
  • Wei Zhou

Cold spray is an emerging additive manufacturing process that allows particles to be coated onto the surface of a base material without melting. It is suitable to repair components made from temperature-sensitive materials, such as grey cast iron, wh...

(This article belongs to the Section Tribology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,004 Views
12 Pages

5 October 2022

Water scarcity is compelling mining houses to not only recycle process water but to also identify alternative sources of make-up water in concentrators. South Africa has significant volumes of acid mine drainage (AMD) generated from vast mining opera...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Water within Minerals Processing, Volume II)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,813 Views
12 Pages

Study of the Role of Titanium and Iron Cathodic Cages on Plasma-Nitrided AISI 430 Ferritic Stainless Steel

  • Mirza Z. Babur,
  • Aiyah S. Noori,
  • Zafar Iqbal,
  • Muhammad Shafiq,
  • Muhammad Asghar,
  • Abdulaziz H. Alghtani,
  • Vineet Tirth,
  • Ali Algahtani and
  • Abid Zaman

14 October 2022

In contrast to austenitic and martensitic stainless steels, ferritic stainless steels have a lower hardness and wear resistance but exhibit excellent corrosion resistance. Due to this fact, their use in the aerospace, automobile, and house constructi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Microwave Passive Components)