Machine Learning for Enhanced COPD Diagnosis: A Comparative Analysis of Classification Algorithms by Walaa H. Elashmawi, Adel Djellal, Alaa Sheta, Salim Surani, Sultan Aljahdali

“…<b>Background</b>: In the United States, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a significant cause of mortality. …”
Get full text

Analysis of the use of fiber concrete in lintel beams as an alternative to traditional prefabricated solutions by Szymon Sawczyński, Anees Ahmed Vighio, Muhammad Yousaf Raza Taseer

“…Additionally, the article aligns with contemporary construction trends, such as the use of waste materials in concrete reinforcement, by considering the incorporation of plastic fibers as an alternative to traditional steel reinforcement. …”
Get full text

Textile materials and retrofit strategies. New frontiers for energy efficiency by Giulia Procaccini

“…Membranes have always played an essential role within the construction sector as a result of their intrinsic properties. …”
Get full text

Twinning the path of digital building permits and digital building logbooks – Diagnosis and challenges by Pedro Mêda, Judith Fauth, Christian Schranz, Hipólito Sousa, Harald Urban

“…The study aims to diagnose and identify the synergies and challenges in aligning these data-driven concepts throughout the building life-cycle. …”
Get full text

Bioprinting for drug screening: A path toward reducing animal testing or redefining preclinical research? by Harshavardhan Budharaju, Rajendra K. Singh, Hae-Won Kim

Get full text

Enhancing Onshore Wind Tower Foundations: A Comprehensive Automated Design Approach by Emmanouil Vougioukas, Athanasios Stamos, Charikleia Pappa, Nikos D. Lagaros

“…The optimized design not only significantly reduces construction costs but also streamlines installation, saving time. …”
Get full text

A review on improving the key engineering properties of lateritic soil by treating industrial by-products and wastes by Weizheng Liu, Habtamu Bogale Burato, Jiming Tan, Xuanjia Huang, Frank Siaw Ackah

“…Although cement has been traditionally employed to address these challenges, utilizing industrial by-products and waste provides a more sustainable alternative, aligning with the principles of sustainable construction. …”
Get full text

A bioinspired design approach for biomechanically matched tracheal stents by Lixin Tian, Ning Zhan, Honghui He, Yuhan Jiang, Congcong Luan, Senwen Feng, Jianzhong Fu, Yong He, Jian Ye, Xinhua Yao

Get full text

Design and Validation of a Multi-Epitope mRNA Vaccine Construct Against Human Monkeypox Virus (hMPXV) by Annotating Protein of Intracellular Mature Virus (IMV) Form of hMPXV by Mohammad Asrar Izhari, Siraj B. Alharthi, Raed A. Alharbi, Ahmad H. A. Almontasheri, Wael A. Alghamdi, Abdulmajeed Abdulghani A. Sindi, Ahmad Abdulmajed Salem, Ali Mahzari, Fahad Alghamdi, Ahmed R. A. Gosady

“…Epitope prediction for B-cells (lymphocytes), cytotoxic T-cells or cytotoxic T-lymphocytes (CTLs), and helper T-cells (HTLs) was executed using ABCpred, IEDB’s ANNs 4.0, and an artificial neural network-based alignment tool (NN-align 2.3)/ML-based tool (NetMHCII 2.3). …”
Get full text

Poverty eradication resilience and its influencing factors in key counties assisted by rural revitalization:An empirical study of Youyang Tujia and Miao Autonomous County by LIU Yuanli, YAO Yan, LIAO Heping

“…We selected 77 administrative villages in Youyang Tujia and Miao Autonomous County as the study area, with 2023 serving as the assessment year, and explored the level of poverty eradication resilience and its influencing factors for rural revitalization key support counties by using the fully aligned polygonal composite graphical method and geographic detector. …”
Get full text

A model for shale gas well production prediction based on improved artificial neural network by LIN Hun, SUN Xinyi, SONG Xixiang, MENG Chun, XIONG Wenxin, HUANG Junhe, LIU Hongbo, LIU Cheng

“…To address these challenges, a novel approach is introduced, involving the construction of characteristic parameters based on physical meaning and random combination. …”
Get full text

Nature Through Young Eyes: Exploring Children’s Understanding of Nature in Urban Landscapes in Beijing, China by Jianjiao Liu, Raymond James Green

“…The findings highlight the influence of personal experiences, education, the media, and evolutional predispositions on children’s constructs of nature. The findings can guide environmental design and education actions aimed at integrating nature in urban settings that align better with the children’s conceptions of nature.…”
Get full text

Sustainable concrete solutions for green infrastructure development: A review by Md Nazeem Akhtar, Rizwan Khan, Abdur Rahman Siddiqui

“…Theresearch ultimately contributes to the broader discourse on green construction practices, of-fering practical guidelines for engineers and urban planners.…”
Get full text

Fire Safety of Steel Envelope Systems with Bio-Based Insulation: Evaluation of Smoldering Phenomenon by Arritokieta Eizaguirre-Iribar, Xabier Olano-Azkune, Thibault Renaux, Valérie Huet, David Izabel

Get full text

Adoption of Innovative Energy Facilities in the Tertiary Sector Buildings: Exploring Interdependencies and Key Drivers by Ruijin Huang, Gaofeng Gu

Get full text

Concrete Mix Design of Recycled Concrete Aggregate (RCA): Analysis of Review Papers, Characteristics, Research Trends, and Underexplored Topics by Lapyote Prasittisopin, Wiput Tuvayanond, Thomas H.-K. Kang, Sakdirat Kaewunruen

“…Recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) has been widely adopted in construction and emerged as a sustainable alternative to conventional natural aggregates in the construction industry. …”
Get full text

Addressing medical students' health challenges: codesign and pilot testing of the Preventive Remediation for Optimal MEdical StudentS (PROMESS) program by Angèle Métais, Léa Besnard, Bérénice Valero, Amélie Henry, Anne-Marie Schott, Gilles Rode, Julie Haesebaert, Jean-Baptiste Fassier, Sophie Schlatter

“…Third, some of the medical students who participated in the prior steps tested the co-constructed program. The study was conducted at the Lyon-Est Faculty of Medicine (France, IRB2023070404). …”
Get full text

Risk Assessment of Mud Cake on Shield Cutter Head Based on Modified Analytic Hierarchy Process by Wen Cao, Shoubao Xue, Yujia Xu, Huanyu Lin, Hui Li, Shengjun Deng, Lin Li, Yun Bai

“…When the shield machines are constructed in soft soil, excavation may be impeded by the accumulation of cutter head mud. …”
Get full text

Selected Topics on Complex Systems Informatics: Editorial Introduction to Issue 23 of CSIMQ by Kurt Sandkuhl

Get full text

An ERP Selection Framework in Constructor Companies using Fuzzy AHP Approach by mohammad ali Shahhosseini, Rouhani Rouhani, Rouhi Rouhi

Get full text