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  • Review
  • Open Access
36 Citations
27,358 Views
17 Pages

Review of Colonic Anastomotic Leakage and Prevention Methods

  • Alex H. Fang,
  • Wilson Chao and
  • Melanie Ecker

16 December 2020

Although surgeries involving anastomosis are relatively common, anastomotic leakages are potentially deadly complications of colorectal surgeries due to increased risk of morbidity and mortality. As a result of the potentially fatal effects of anasto...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,224 Views
12 Pages

Prevention of Cerebrospinal Fluid Leakage in the Anterior Transpetrosal Approach

  • Shunsuke Shibao,
  • Kazunari Yoshida,
  • Ryota Sasao and
  • Masaaki Nishimoto

16 March 2024

Background: The anterior transpetrosal approach (ATPA) is effective for reaching petroclival lesions, and it allows for complications such as impaired venous return and neuropathy to be resolved. However, there is still room for improvement regarding...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
6,123 Views
29 Pages

30 March 2024

In an evolving cybersecurity landscape marked by escalating data breaches and regulatory demands, data leakage prevention (DLP) has emerged as one of several defense mechanisms. This study underscores unresolved foundational issues within DLP, reveal...

  • Review
  • Open Access
16 Citations
10,689 Views
15 Pages

Treatment and Prevention of Postoperative Leakage after Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer

  • Sang-Ho Jeong,
  • Jin-Kwon Lee,
  • Kyung Won Seo and
  • Jae-Seok Min

6 June 2023

Anastomotic leakage is one of the common causes of serious morbidity and death after gastrectomy. The use of surgical treatment for leakage decreased due to the development of nonsurgical management. However, if nonsurgical management fails to contro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,809 Views
20 Pages

22 June 2024

In the development of the Power Industry Internet of Things, the security of data interaction has always been an important challenge. In the power-based blockchain Industrial Internet of Things, node data interaction involves a large amount of sensit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,225 Views
15 Pages

Gas Leakage Identification and Prevention by Pressure Profiling for Sustainable Supply of Natural Gas

  • Tahir Javed Butt,
  • Muhammad Amjad,
  • Syed Farhan Raza,
  • Fahid Riaz,
  • Shafiq Ahmad and
  • Mali Abdollahian

12 September 2023

In the strive for an environmentally conscious energy sector, a sustainable supply of natural gas necessitates comprehensive strategies that prioritise the prevention of gas leakages, ensuring minimal ecological harm while harnessing the benefits of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
553 Views
15 Pages

23 May 2025

To address the issues of roadway instability and severe air leakage in goaf areas during overlapping coal pillar mining in shallow multi-seam coalfields, this study takes the 22,209 working face of Huojitu Shaft in the Shendong Daliuta Mine as the re...

  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,920 Views
30 Pages

27 June 2025

Leak management in water distribution networks (WDNs) is essential for minimising water loss, improving operational efficiency, and supporting sustainable water management. However, effectively identifying, preventing, and locating leaks remains a ma...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
12,425 Views
16 Pages

Leakage Current Detector and Warning System Integrated with Electric Meter

  • Tsung-Hui Cheng,
  • Chien-Hao Chen,
  • Chien-Hung Lin,
  • Bor-Horng Sheu,
  • Chia-Hung Lin and
  • Wen-Ping Chen

Electrical power is essential in human life. Thus, the security and reliability of its supply are of critical importance in a country’s industrial and economic development. The leakage and improper use of electricity may cause serious problems...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,318 Views
15 Pages

Study on a Repair Clamp Device for Leakage Prevention in Defective Pipes

  • Jiajun Feng,
  • Xinjie Suo,
  • Xiaoling Liao,
  • Hong Wang,
  • Linming Xia,
  • Yuxuan Song and
  • Yuebing Li

15 August 2025

Clamp repair is a primary method for defective pipe rehabilitation, but the application of repair clamps can conversely affect the safety of the defective pipe. This study presents an optimized repair clamp structure for a defective pipe with diamete...

  • Review
  • Open Access
31 Citations
5,352 Views
35 Pages

Advancements in Phase Change Materials in Asphalt Pavements for Mitigation of Urban Heat Island Effect: Bibliometric Analysis and Systematic Review

  • Claver Pinheiro,
  • Salmon Landi,
  • Orlando Lima,
  • Larissa Ribas,
  • Nathalia Hammes,
  • Iran Rocha Segundo,
  • Natália Cândido Homem,
  • Verônica Castelo Branco,
  • Elisabete Freitas and
  • Joaquim Carneiro
  • + 1 author

7 September 2023

This research presents a dual-pronged bibliometric and systematic review of the integration of phase change materials (PCM) in asphalt pavements to counteract the urban heat island (UHI) effect. The bibliometric approach discerns the evolution of PCM...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,832 Views
17 Pages

Fabrication of PLLA/C3S Composite Membrane for the Prevention of Bone Cement Leakage

  • Tsai-Hsueh Leu,
  • Yang Wei,
  • Yi-Shi Hwua,
  • Xiao-Juan Huang,
  • Jung-Tang Huang and
  • Ren-Jei Chung

30 November 2019

Kyphoplasty is an important treatment for stabilizing spine fractures due to osteoporosis. However, leakage of polymethyl-methacrylate (PMMA) bone cement during this procedure into the spinal canal has been reported to cause many adverse effects. In...

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

1 April 2025

(1) Background: Achieving a complete and secure dural closure to prevent cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage is a critical concern in microvascular decompression (MVD). Proper dural closure minimizes complications, such as infections caused by CSF leak...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,400 Views
16 Pages

10 May 2022

Air leakage in the goaf is a fundamental reason for the high-temperature heat damage of the coal mining face and the gas concentration in the upper corner exceeding the limit. Combined with the boundary layer theory, this study analyzes the airflow s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,452 Views
19 Pages

28 March 2023

This paper takes the gas cabin in the utility tunnel in the Xuwei District of Lianyungang as the study object. Based on the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) theory, a simulation model of the gas cabin in the utility tunnel is established. The propa...

  • Comment
  • Open Access
1 Citations
558 Views
2 Pages

1 July 2025

I have critically appraised the article “Dura Closure Tactics to Prevent CSF Leakage in Microvascular Decompression Surgery” by Hyun Seok Lee and Kwan Park [...]

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,400 Views
15 Pages

28 March 2022

A problem with biometric information is that it is more sensitive to external leakage, because it is information that cannot be changed immediately compared to general authentication methods. Regarding facial information, a case in which authenticati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,050 Views
14 Pages

Effect of Copper Doping in Borate Bioactive Glass on Bacterial Colonization Prevention—An Insight Study on Protein/Carbohydrate Leakage for Biomedical Applications

  • Bharath Sankaralingam,
  • Gobi Saravanan Kaliaraj,
  • Isha Rameshbabu,
  • Padmapriya Rajendran and
  • Kamalan Kirubaharan Amirtharaj Mosas

Researchers have extensively studied borate bioactive glass (BBG) for bone regeneration and wound healing applications. In the current study, 13-93B3 (54.6% B2O3, 22.1% CaO, 7.9% K2O, 7.7% MgO, 6.0% Na2O, and 1.7% P2O5) was synthesized using a sol&nd...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,000 Views
36 Pages

31 October 2025

Embankment piping and leakage are primary causes of flood control infrastructure failure, accounting for more than 90% of embankment failures worldwide and posing significant threats to public safety and economic stability. Current manual inspection...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,170 Views
21 Pages

Two-Layer Security Algorithms to Prevent Attacks on Data in Cyberspace

  • Muhammad Nadeem,
  • Ali Arshad,
  • Saman Riaz,
  • Syeda Wajiha Zahra,
  • Ashit Kumar Dutta,
  • Abdulrahman Alruban,
  • Badr Almutairi and
  • Sultan Almotairi

27 September 2022

The ratio at which the number of users is increasing in cloud computing, the same as the number of data destruction, has doubled. Various algorithms have been designed to secure cloud servers to prevent an attacker from attacking, but they cannot pro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,565 Views
11 Pages

16 November 2022

As train failures from icicles annually recur in old railway tunnels in cold weather, fundamental measures to prevent the formation of icicles within the tunnels are necessary for the safe operation of trains and efficient maintenance of old tunnels....

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
6,478 Views
17 Pages

7 November 2023

Ensuring early leak detection and implementing effective secondary containment systems are critical for preventing the dispersion of hazardous liquids and minimizing the casualties of a chemical accident. This study reviews the standards for leak det...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,099 Views
27 Pages

16 November 2025

Vision–language models (VLMs) show strong potential for remote-sensing scene classification but still struggle with fine-grained categories and distribution shifts. We introduce a hierarchical prompting framework that decomposes recognition int...

  • Extended Abstract
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,265 Views
2 Pages

Preventing Bacterial Leakage in Implant-Abutment Connection: A Review

  • Dorina Lauritano,
  • Giulia Moreo,
  • Francesco Carinci,
  • Alberta Lucchese,
  • Dario Di Stasio,
  • Fedora Della Vella and
  • Massimo Petruzzi

Osseointegration can be affected by oral conditions, in particular the micro gap at the implant-abutment-connection (IAC) represents a site for dental plaque aggregation favoring bacterial leakage that can increase inflammatory cells at the level of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,038 Views
14 Pages

2 August 2020

With the continuously increasing number of data leakage security incidents caused by organization insiders, current security activities cannot predict a data leakage. Because such security incidents are extremely harmful and difficult to detect, pred...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,513 Views
18 Pages

15 February 2021

The coexistence of nature and anthropogenic development requires continuous monitoring and research to address and respond to unforeseen threatening processes that occur with time. This is particularly relevant to the groundwater flow regime in the c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,300 Views
18 Pages

14 August 2024

This study defines the intrinsic and extrinsic motivational factors that influence the prevention of industrial technology leakage by high-tech company employees. It also investigates how these factors affect the employees’ intention to prevent...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,196 Views
20 Pages

Analysis on Causative Factors and Evolution Paths of Blast Furnace Gas Leak Accident

  • Ying Lu,
  • Yueming Lu,
  • Jingwen Wang,
  • Xibei Zhang and
  • Wangsheng Chen

3 August 2022

Although the interest in metallurgical accident investigation of blast furnace gas (BFG) leakage has increased to explore the engineering failures, more effort is needed to address the individual and organizational causative factors to clear and dete...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
35 Citations
37,266 Views
6 Pages

14 November 2020

Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) is a main source of fuel, especially in urban areas because it is clean compared to firewood and charcoal. Gas leakage is a major problem in the industrial sector, residential premises, etc. Nowadays, home security has b...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,695 Views
10 Pages

Optimizing the interface between biomaterials and dental hard tissues can prevent leakage of bacteria or inflammatory mediators into periapical tissues and thus avoid alveolar bone inflammation. In this study, an analysis system for testing the perio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,127 Views
18 Pages

Optimal Oversizing Index Depending on Valve Type and Leakage-Proof Function for Preventing Paravalvular Leakage after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation

  • You-Jeong Ki,
  • Jeehoon Kang,
  • Hak Seung Lee,
  • Mineok Chang,
  • Jung-Kyu Han,
  • Han-Mo Yang,
  • Kyung Woo Park,
  • Hyun-Jae Kang,
  • Bon-Kwon Koo and
  • Hyo-Soo Kim

4 December 2020

Paravalvular leak (PVL) is an important complication of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) and is associated with poor prognosis. We aimed to identify the risk factors for PVL after TAVI including patient (calcium amount or location), dev...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,759 Views
18 Pages

Leakage is one of the abnormal conditions in water distribution systems (WDSs). Real-time monitoring can be used to prevent or recover quickly from leakage. However, this is not enough: for improved leakage detection, a status diagnosis of the WDS mu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,807 Views
18 Pages

Numerical Investigation on the Liquid Hydrogen Leakage and Protection Strategy

  • Yangyiming Rong,
  • Jianbin Peng,
  • Jun Gao,
  • Xiang Zhang,
  • Xinkun Li,
  • Xi Pan,
  • Jianye Chen and
  • Shunyi Chen

11 April 2023

One of China’s ambitious hydrogen strategies over the past few years has been to promote fuel cells. A number of hydrogen refueling stations (HRSs) are currently being built in China to refuel hydrogen-powered automobiles. In this context, it i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
499 Views
22 Pages

1 January 2026

This paper proposes a novel framework for embedding the Fixed And Variable Area Discharge (FAVAD) equation into the software EPANET 2.2 for the simulation of water distribution networks (WDNs). This framework yields a realistic model of leakage outfl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,393 Views
12 Pages

13 September 2023

Mechanical seals, such as labyrinth seals, are typically installed at the turbine outlets to prevent oil leakage. However, these seals undergo deformation because of the vibrations of the rotor, even during normal turbine operating conditions, which...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,399 Views
13 Pages

19 May 2025

Penetration points on walls must include firestop measures to prevent the spread of fire. Countries worldwide have established standardized testing protocols for firestop methods, and firestop products must pass relevant tests before they can be used...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,473 Views
19 Pages

19 October 2023

The leakage of subsea oil and gas pipelines can have adverse impacts on production progress and the ecological environment. Investigating the sound source and near-field sound propagation of pipeline leaks is essential for understanding the acoustic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,784 Views
13 Pages

A Novel RDA-Based Network to Conceal Image Data and Prevent Information Leakage

  • Feng Chen,
  • Qinghua Xing,
  • Bing Sun,
  • Xuehu Yan and
  • Huan Lu

26 September 2022

Image data play an important role in our daily lives, and scholars have recently leveraged deep learning to design steganography networks to conceal and protect image data. However, the complexity of computation and the running speed have been neglec...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,204 Views
19 Pages

6 November 2023

Outsourcing computation has become increasingly popular due to its cost-effectiveness, enabling users with limited resources to conduct large-scale computations on potentially untrusted cloud platforms. In order to safeguard privacy, verifiable compu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,050 Views
11 Pages

18 August 2023

(1) Background: Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage is one of the most common complications of microvascular decompression (MVD) surgery. Before fatal complications, such as intracranial infection, occur, early recognition and prompt treatment are esse...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,738 Views
19 Pages

23 May 2021

Leakage is the most serious problem in reservoir operation, because heavy leakage influences reservoir impoundment efficiency and even leads to a complete loss of reservoir functions. Since its completion in 1982, Qionglin Reservoir has never been fu...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,821 Views
19 Pages

Slurry Leakage Channel Detection and Slurry Transport Process Simulation for Overburden Bed Separation Grouting Project: A Case Study from the Wuyang Coal Mine, Northern China

  • Tianhao Kou,
  • Shuaixin Wen,
  • Wenping Mu,
  • Nengxiong Xu,
  • Zexin Gao,
  • Zhongxiang Lin,
  • Yankui Hao,
  • Weitao Yan and
  • Honglei Liu

6 March 2023

The 8006 working face at the Wuyang Coal Mine adopts grout injection into bed separation technology for surface subsidence control. Surface grout leakage occurred during the grout injection into the bed separation process of this working face. Grout...

  • Article
  • Open Access
962 Views
19 Pages

Study on the Diffusion Mechanisms of Methanol Leakage in Confined Spaces

  • Baixun Sun,
  • Guogang Yang,
  • Jihui Li,
  • Xinyu Liu and
  • Yinhui Sun

23 April 2025

With the rapid expansion of methanol-powered shipping, the emphasis within the industry has increasingly been placed on ensuring the operational safety of these alternative fuel vessels. In this study, the mixture and realizable k-ε models ar...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,703 Views
16 Pages

Effects of Laminar, Turbulent, and Slip Conditions in a Fluid Film on a Dry Gas Seal

  • Mibbeum Hahn,
  • Youngjun Park,
  • Minsoo Kang,
  • Sanghyun Jun and
  • Gunhee Jang

19 October 2022

A dry gas seal is a mechanical seal that prevents leakage of gas from rotating machines utilizing gas as a medium. Fluid film in a dry gas seal can exhibit laminar, turbulent, and slip behavior due to operating conditions and design parameters. A mod...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,136 Views
13 Pages

Study on Smoke Leakage Performance of Suspended Ceiling System

  • Tien-Lun Chou,
  • Chieh-Hsin Tang,
  • Ying-Ji Chuang and
  • Ching-Yuan Lin

4 September 2020

The key focus of the research is on the smoke leakage rate from suspended ceiling system, referencing CNS 15038 norm and its experimental principles to build a set of monitoring equipment for measuring air leakage rate and the provision of detailed a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,957 Views
12 Pages

Assessment of Cement Leakage in Decompressed Percutaneous Kyphoplasty

  • Shih-Hao Cheng,
  • Wen-Hsiang Chou,
  • Yu-Chuan Tsuei,
  • William Chu and
  • Woei-Chyn Chu

8 January 2024

Symptomatic osteoporotic compression fractures are commonly addressed through vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty. However, cement leakage poses a significant risk of neurological damage. We introduced “aspiration percutaneous kyphoplasty”, al...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,124 Views
22 Pages

5 September 2024

Online social networks (OSNs) are fertile ground for information sharing and public relationships. However, the uncontrolled dissemination of information poses a significant risk of the inadvertent disclosure of sensitive information. This poses a no...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
1,948 Views
22 Pages

3 November 2022

The exploitation of challenging oceanic gas hydrate reservoirs with low permeability and permeable boundary layers faces the challenges of methane leakage and low production. Considering this aspect, a novel five-spot injection–production syste...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
6,223 Views
11 Pages

Assessment of Bacterial Sealing Ability of Two Different Bio-Ceramic Sealers in Single-Rooted Teeth Using Single Cone Obturation Technique: An In Vitro Study

  • Doaa M. AlEraky,
  • Ahmed M. Rahoma,
  • Hatem M. Abuohashish,
  • Abdullh AlQasser,
  • Abbas AlHamali,
  • Hussain M. AlHussain,
  • Hussain M. AlShoalah,
  • Zakrya AlSaghah,
  • Abdulrahman Khattar and
  • Shimaa Rifaat

24 February 2023

The long-term success of root canal treatment requires the prevention of bacterial leakage between canal walls and root canal obturation. In this study, we compared the leakage of Enterococcus faecalis in thirty single-rooted mandibular premolars div...

  • Brief Report
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,960 Views
4 Pages

2 April 2022

Anastomotic leakage remains the most feared complication in colorectal surgery. Various intraoperative tests evaluate bowel perfusion and mechanical integrity of the colorectal anastomosis. These tests reduce the risk of postoperative anastomotic lea...

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