In recent years, the Internet of Things (IoT) industry has become a research hotspot. With the advancement of satellite technology, the satellite Internet of Things is further developed along with a new generation of information technology and commer...
Clustering protocols for underwater acoustic sensor networks (UASNs) have gained widespread attention due to their importance in reducing network complexity. Congestion occurs when the intra-cluster load is greater than the upper limit of the intra-c...
Timber–concrete composite (TCC) structural systems are characterized by the combination of timber and concrete, which are connected to transmit shear forces between the two elements. In addition, to achieve an efficient connection, the slip bet...
Recent catastrophic earthquake events have reinforced the necessity of evaluating the seismic performance of buildings. Notably, the buildings can go into the plastic phase during a striking earthquake disaster. Under this condition, the current desi...
Typically, the production data centers function with various risk factors, such as for instance the network dynamicity, topological asymmetry, and switch failures. Hence, the load-balancing schemes should consider the sensing accurate path circumstan...
Background: In neonatal intensive care units (NICUs), the simultaneous administration of drugs requires complex infusion methods. Such practices can increase the risk of drug incompatibilities resulting in the formation of a particulate load with pos...
In wireless sensor networks (WSNs) with holes, designing efficient routing protocols, which prolong the network lifetime, is one of the most critical issues. To this end, this paper proposes a new geographic routing protocol for WSNs named the load B...
Energy behaviours will play a key role in decarbonising the building sector but require the provision of tailored insights to assist occupants to reduce their energy use. Energy disaggregation has been proposed to provide such information on the appl...
The purpose of this study is to evaluate and compare how well different routing protocols perform in terms of load sharing, link failover, and overall network performance. Wireshark was used for packet-level analysis, VMWare was used for virtualizati...
This study evaluated the influence of the manufacturing method and cementation protocol on the fracture load of zirconia molar crowns. A total of 32 full-contour crowns with a wall thickness of 1 mm were fabricated from 3 mol% yttria-stabilized tetra...
Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have been used for environmental monitoring and reporting for many decades. Energy consumption is a significant research topic because wireless sensor nodes are battery-operated to be highly energy-constrained. Several...
Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) form an important part of industrial application. There has been growing interest in the potential use of WSNs in applications such as environment monitoring, disaster management, health care monitoring, intelligence s...
This paper considers the problem of distributed frequency regulation based on the consensus control protocol in smart grids. In this problem, each system component is coordinated to collectively provide active power for the provision of ancillary fre...
With the expansion of user scale in LEO satellite networks, unbalanced regional load and bursty network traffic lead to the problem of load disequilibrium. A distributed hops-based back-pressure (DHBP) routing is proposed. DHBP theoretically derives...
The digital transformation has revolutionized various sectors, including dentistry. Dentistry has emerged as a pioneer in embracing digital technologies, leading to advancements in surgical and prosthetic oral healthcare. Immediate loading for full-a...
Background: Operational performance in security-force settings depends on maintaining accurate motor–cognitive and shooting performance under acute physical strain. This descriptive pilot study examined pre–post performance patterns durin...
Based on a very fast numerical procedure for the determination of the subsurface stress field beneath frictional contacts of axisymmetric elastic bodies under arbitrary 2D oblique loading, the contact mechanical influences of loading parameters and c...
Despite advances in dental materials and digital color registration systems, esthetic matching remains a clinical challenge for both dental students and experienced professionals. A comprehensive narrative review was conducted through bibliographic s...
In this study, we examined aspects relating to the impact of integrating question-asking activities and providing answers to these questions while reading historical mathematical texts on prospective mathematics teachers’ self-reported cognitiv...
Heavy-duty truck rollovers on curved road sections remain a critical safety concern because lateral excitation generates large roll moments and rapid vertical load transfer across wheels, potentially leading to wheel lift-off. This study proposes a r...
This study aimed to evaluate the biomechanical effects of implant length, mandibular morphology, graft application, loading timing, and force direction on peri-implant stress distribution using finite element analysis (FEA). Five mandibular models re...
Velocity-based training (VBT) is widely used to monitor resistance training intensity and fatigue through movement velocity. However, repetition-by-repetition velocity behavior and set-to-set fatigue responses under standardized moderate-load conditi...
Self-regulated learning (SRL) has become increasingly important for learners in the 21st century as they engage more frequently in student-centered education. Accurate self-monitoring of one’s learning process is central to SRL. However, resear...
Background: With the growing use of dental implants, there is an urgent need to determine a prosthetic placement protocol by assessing implant stability and monitoring healing. Implant Stability Quotient (ISQ) values are produced using dental non-inv...
This study presents an experimental protocol for the characterization of the strain rate effects on the nonlinear behavior of an organic matrix composite. This protocol is based on the development of a displacement interrupted tensile test device ada...
Given the environmental threats, the adoption of green and clean mobility is crucial for decarbonizing the mobility sector. Green mobility will bring a mass integration of electric vehicle charging stations (EVCSs) to ensure sufficiency for electric...
Objectives. The objectives of this study were (i) to design in detail an exercise program for individuals with sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) that would be reproducible, and (ii) to present a system for monitoring training load (volume × inte...
Mouthwashes containing cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC) or on-demand aqueous chlorine dioxide (ACD) have potential to reduce the salivary severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) load in individuals with SARS-CoV-2 infection. This s...
Objective: To evaluate the biomechanical effects of varying posterior implant inclinations and loading protocols on peri-implant stress distribution in full-arch maxillary rehabilitations using the All-on-Four concept. Methodology: A three-dimensiona...
The recommendations for the wear and hygiene of ocular prostheses can vary among practitioners, and it is still a controversial theme in the literature. This clinical trial evaluated the microbial load, tissue health of the socket, and the participan...
This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of low-load high-volume (LL-HV) resistance training compared to traditional high-load low-volume (HL-LV) protocols in eliciting functional and structural adaptations in powerlifters. Twenty-six well-t...
Traditional pseudo-static loading tests fail to capture the unique characteristics of special ground motions, limiting their ability to accurately evaluate the seismic performance of steel-reinforced concrete (SRC) columns. In this study, eight SRC c...
A mobile ad-hoc network (MANET) is a network of mobile nodes that dynamically form a transitory network lacking any existence of infrastructure and any form of centralized management. Nodes in ad hoc networks are powered by batteries with a limited l...
Background and Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the effects of different tension loads in post-activation potentiation protocols on agility and vertical jump performance across different times of day in trained judokas, addressing a signif...
The long-term success of dental implant rehabilitation depends significantly on proper peri-implant soft tissue integration. Therefore, decontamination of abutments prior to their connection to the implant is beneficial to enhance soft tissue attachm...
One of the current major challenges in implant therapy is to minimize marginal bone loss around implants, since it can trigger bacterial colonization of the implant’s neck, leading to its failure. The present study aimed (1) to scientifically v...
Background and Objectives: Postoperative delirium and postoperative cognitive dysfunction are common complications in older adults undergoing elective non-cardiac surgery, associated with increased morbidity and mortality, functional decline, and pro...
Background: The International Association for the Study of Pain defines pain as a sensory and an emotional experience, yet no instrument in routine practice quantifies affective hypersensitivity to low-intensity interpersonal stimuli, a pattern we te...
Objective: This review article aims to analyze the existing relevant literature comparing the clinical outcomes and underlining the most common complications associated with immediate, early, and delayed dental implant placement in order to determine...
This work analyzes protocol-dependent effects on the colloidal characterization and drug loading/release analysis of model thermosensitive PNIPAM-co-COOH microgels and shows how they can be quantified or minimized through targeted methodological refi...
In this study, a field survey was conducted on the fixed anchorages of the operation and power generation facilities installed in domestic power plants. A static/dynamic performance evaluation was conducted to present safety evaluation guidelines tha...
Beam-column-joints (BCJ) in reinforced concrete (RC) frames are known to be critical against seismic actions. Hence, several researchers have conducted related investigations. The loading history used in the experimental investigations must be a suff...
In scientific domains such as high-energy particle physics and genomics, the quantity of high-speed data traffic generated may far exceed the storage throughput and be unable to be in time stored in the current node. Cooperating and utilizing multipl...
The occurrence of congestion has an extremely deleterious impact on the performance of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). This article presents a novel protocol, named COALA (COngestion ALleviation and Avoidance), which aims to act both proactively, in...
Ferritin (Ft) is a protein with a peculiar three-dimensional architecture. It is characterized by a hollow cage structure and is responsible for iron storage and detoxification in almost all living organisms. It has attracted the interest of the scie...
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Obesity is a crucial health problem because it leads to several chronic diseases with an increased risk of mortality and it is very hard to reverse with conventional treatment including changes in lifestyle and pharmacotherapy. Bariatric surgery (BS)...
Background: The success rates of treating chronic periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) have plateaued in the last two decades utilizing exchange protocols combined with extended parenteral antimicrobials. At the same time, extended systemic antimicro...
Background: Futsal is a high-intensity, intermittent team sport, yet laboratory protocols that reproduce its substitution-based running demands remain scarce. This study examined the physiological, neuromuscular, and perceptual responses to the Futsa...
In underwater acoustic sensor networks (UASNs), medium access control (MAC) is an important issue because of its potentially significant effect on the network performance. However, designing a suitable MAC protocol for the UASN is challenging because...
The aim of this study was to compare the time course of recovery following four different resistance exercise protocols in terms of loading magnitude (60% vs. 80% 1RM—one-repetition maximum) and velocity loss in the set (20% vs. 40%). Seventeen males...
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