Nasal Dermoplasty for Recurrent Polyps in a Patient with Churg-Strauss Syndrome by George Anastasopoulos, Theophanis Machas, Sofia Kegioglou, Demetra Rapti

“…Churg-Strauss syndrome is characterized by the presence of nasal polyps with a great tendency for relapse after surgical or pharmaceutical treatment. …”
Get full text

Schools and New Learning Spaces in Milan. An Educational Experience by António Carvalho, Szymon Ruszczewski, Filippo Piscioli

“…It starts by framing the present-day situation of the existing schools in Milan, built under legal requirements from the 1970s, resulting today in a great number of obsolete educational facilities.Recent programs and educational policies, both at national and local levels, are presented to frame the new programme “Inventing Schools,” a collaborative partnership between the Municipality and the Politecnico di Milano. …”
Get full text

Relating Corroded Seven-Strand, Posttensioned Cable Cross-Sectional Properties to Load Capacity by Richard Haskins, Barry White, Robert Ebeling, James Evans

“…Methods for evaluating the corroded cable strength do not exist to accurately estimate the time until tendon cables would have to be replaced (at great expense). The following five research tasks are used to address this deficiency: laboratory accelerated corrosion; pull-tests on pristine and laboratory corroded cables; optical scanning; data collection correlated with cross-sectional properties of cables; and development of a method to relate this data to the field. …”
Get full text

Automatic Segmentation and Enhancement of Pavement Cracks Based on 3D Pavement Images by Baoxian Li, Kelvin C. P. Wang, Allen Zhang, Yue Fei

“…Conventional manual inspections of road condition are gradually replaced by novel automated inspection systems. As a result, a great amount of pavement surface information is digitized by these systems with a high resolution. …”
Get full text

Calculation of the Instream Ecological Flow of the Wei River Based on Hydrological Variation by Shengzhi Huang, Jianxia Chang, Qiang Huang, Yimin Wang, Yutong Chen

“…The greatly important issue is to accurately calculate instream ecological flow. …”
Get full text

Investigation into UAV Applications for Environmental Ice Detection and De-Icing Technology by Qingying Li, Zhijie Chai, Rao Yao, Tian Bai, Huanyu Zhao

“…In this regard, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have shown great potential in environmental ice detection and de-icing applications. …”
Get full text

Research on Network Resource Collection and Distribution Strategies in Big Data-Driven Multimedia Teaching by Jianping Han

“…This model uses distributed data sets to replace the previous data structures and solve some problems in the process of data integration, thereby significantly improving the computation efficiency and reducing resource usage. …”
Get full text

Surface defect detection on industrial drum rollers: Using enhanced YOLOv8n and structured light for accurate inspection. by Guofeng Qin, Qinkai Zou, Mengyan Li, Yi Deng, Peiwen Mi, Yongjian Zhu, Hao Liu

“…Drum roller surface defect detection is of great research significance for control production quality. …”
Get full text

Fiber and microelements content in various types of wheat bread by Redžepović-Đorđević Azra, Dodevska Margarita, Jovetić Milica, Ačanski Marijana

“…The intake of total fiber (+ 100 %), arabinoxylan (+ 117 %), copper (+ 118 %), and manganese (+ 85 %) increases by replacing white bread with whole wheat bread, therefore it is of great interest to raise awareness among consumers about the beneficial foods that should be included in the diet. …”
Get full text

A State of Charge Estimation Method for Lithium-Ion Battery Using PID Compensator-Based Adaptive Extended Kalman Filter by Zheng Liu, Yuan Qiu, Chunshan Yang, Jianbo Ji, Zhenhua Zhao

“…With the widespread application of electric vehicles, the study of the power lithium-ion battery (LIB) has broad prospects and great academic significance. The state of charge (SOC) is one of the key parts in battery management system (BMS), which is used to provide guarantee for the safe and efficient operation of LIB. …”
Get full text

Impact of Heat Moisture Treatment and Pregelatinization of Corn Starch on the Functional and Nutritional Properties of Breads Supplemented with Corn Germ by Seyed Mohammad Hosseini, Maryam Amiri, Asiye Ahmadi-Dastgerdi, Maryam Zokaei

“…Properties of modified starch are of great interest to the bakery industry. Moreover, corn germ incorporation in bread has multiple health benefits. …”
Get full text

Regulating Immune Responses Induced by PEGylated Messenger RNA–Lipid Nanoparticle Vaccine by Hyein Jo, Jaewhoon Jeoung, Wonho Kim, Dooil Jeoung

“…Effects of modifying or replacing PEG in reducing immune responses associated with PEGylated nanoparticles are also discussed. …”
Get full text

Parallelizing Quantum Simulation With Decision Diagrams by Shaowen Li, Yusuke Kimura, Hiroyuki Sato, Masahiro Fujita

“…Since people became aware of the power of quantum phenomena in the domain of traditional computation, a great number of complex problems that were once considered intractable in the classical world have been tackled. …”
Get full text

Copper metallurgy at the crossroads by Habashi F.

“…As a result many attempts were made to replace it. In the past 50 years new successful melting processes were introduced on an industrial scale that were more energy efficient and less polluting. …”
Get full text

Seismic Performance and Flexural Capacity Analysis of Embedded Steel Plate Composite Shear Wall Structure with Fiber-Reinforced Concrete in the Plastic Hinge Zone by Junlong Li, Guoqiang He, Jianbo Tian

“…The axial compression ratio and FRC strength have a great influence on the bearing capacity of composite shear walls. …”
Get full text

Deep Eutectic Solvents (DESs)-Ultrasonic-Assisted Extraction of Paeoniflorin and Paeonol from Moutan Cortex by Zhuo Chen, Jinnan Zhang, Fuwei Yang

“…The results of this study show that DES has great potential to replace traditional solvents in the extraction of active components of the Moutan Cortex. …”
Get full text

Strong, tough and aqua-degradable poly(glycolic acid)/poly (butyleneadipate-co-terephthalate) composites achieved by interfacial regulation by Chao Ma, Mintao Zhu, Min Gong, Liang Zhang, Dongrui Wang, Xiang Lin

“…Overall, this work provided a great potential in replacing metal alloys with the reinforced and toughened PGA composites for the applications of sacrificed tools.…”
Get full text

A new maturity recognition algorithm for Xinhui citrus based on improved YOLOv8 by Fuqin Deng, Zhenghong He, Lanhui Fu, Jianle Chen, Nannan Li, Weibiao Chen, Jialong Luo, Weilai Qiao, Jianfeng Hou, Yongkang Lu

Get full text

How to Deal with Pulpitis: An Overview of New Approaches by Jakub Fiegler-Rudol, Wojciech Niemczyk, Katarzyna Janik, Anna Zawilska, Małgorzata Kępa, Marta Tanasiewicz

“…<b>Conclusions:</b> Although regenerative endodontics demonstrates great potential, challenges remain in standardizing protocols, addressing biological variability, and achieving consistent clinical outcomes. …”
Get full text

A review of photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) technology applied in building environment control by Xuhui Cao, Niansi Li, Yulin Li, Lei Che, Bendong Yu, Huifang Liu

“…Solar energy has great application potential and prospects in building energy conservation. …”
Get full text