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The solar chimney power plant (SCPP) is a straightforward system that converts solar energy into thermal energy within its solar collector. This thermal energy is then transformed into kinetic energy in the chimney before being converted to electricity using a wind turbine and generator...

The emergence of the digital age has led to profound shifts in governmental operations and citizen engagement. In this era of significant transformation, implementing electronic government (e-Government) systems has become a crucial method for improving the efficiency, transparency, and accessibility of public services. This...

Skin cancer remains one of the most widespread cancers globally, and detecting it early plays a vital role in ensuring effective treatment. However, traditional diagnosis methods depend heavily on the expertise of dermatologists, which can make the process slow and costly. This project introduces...

This volume presents a curated collection of research exploring recent advances in coating materials and their applications across structural, electronic, biomedical, and sensing fields. The studies compiled here emphasize the critical role of surface engineering in enhancing material performance under extreme conditions-be it thermal...

This reprint focuses on the latest scientific development of advanced composites manufacturing and plastics processing. It contains research articles addressing new process developments, modeling/simulation, monitoring/control, and performance or application issues, with either experimental or numerical approaches. All types of polymers (thermoplastics or thermosets) and...

This Special Issue presents ten original research articles that explore key challenges and innovative solutions in Additive Manufacturing (AM) for metallic applications. Addressed to professors, researchers, scientists, industrial engineers, and experts in metal AM, the Special Issue highlights how recent advancements contribute to improving...

This Special Issue contains a collection of in-depth review papers comprising comprehensive insights, analysis, and advancements in the field of chemical sensors, biosensors, and related analytical methods and systems. By selectively featuring review and systematic review manuscripts, this Special Issue aims to provide a...

This reprint presents a curated collection of recent advancements in sustainable materials used across engineering disciplines. It includes peer-reviewed articles originally published in Materials that focus on the development, characterization, and implementation of eco-friendly materials, including biopolymers, recycled composites, energy-efficient construction resources, etc. This...

The main aim of this reprint is to report the current trends in numerical analysis and computer simulation in the research area related to widely understood energy analysis. This is dynamically expanding the branch of engineering and applied science, which has significant potential and...

This reprint focuses on the latest developments and trends in the theory, design, fabrication, and application/validation of photonic sensors. Photonic sensors have attracted widespread interest in countless domains, including aerospace, food processing, high-energy physics experiments, environmental monitoring, medicine, the nuclear industry, oil and gas,...

As the maritime sector accelerates the transition toward hybrid and fully electric vessels, new challenges arise in the design and operation of shipboard power systems (SPSs). These advanced vessels integrate diverse energy sources such as fuel cells, photovoltaic systems, batteries, and supercapacitors, promising cleaner...

The built environment has profoundly shaped human health, influencing physical, psychological, and social well-being. This Special Issue, Advances of Healthy Environment Design in Urban Development, compiles 18 studies that address urgent challenges in urban health through innovative design strategies, interdisciplinary methods, and evidence-based solutions....

Planting equipment's function is to evenly sow the seeds (seedlings) of crops into seed ditches with certain depths and with a certain sowing amount or spacing, cover them with an appropriate amount of fine and moist soil, and fertilize and suppress them appropriately. Pesticides...

The present reprint of the Special Issue "Nanomaterials for Energy and Environmental Applications" provides readers with access to 17 articles covering a wide spectrum of applications of nanomaterials in the fields of energy and the environment. The included articles, comprising both review and original...

This is to explore the multifaceted aspects of hybrid intelligent modeling technology and optimization strategy for industrial energy consumption processes. With the increasing emphasis on sustainable practices, efficient management of industrial energy consumption has become a critical concern. It explores innovative approaches that leverage...

This Special Issue presents the current state of research activities concerning vehicle design processes. The design of vehicles is one of the most challenging tasks in engineering for several reasons. For example, high consumer expectations as well as intensive global competition impact vehicle design....

The Special Issue "Strategic Planning and Control in Complex Project Management" in the journal Buildings showcases a collection of cutting-edge research on enhancing planning and control in large-scale and complex projects. Featuring 14 articles, this reprint explores innovative theories, approaches, and practices drawn from...

This Special Issue presents a series of original articles that provide an overview of researchers' current interests in the fields of movement biomechanics, motor control, and new technologies and methods for analyzing human motor behaviour. As such, it could be of interest to bioengineers,...

This reprint on offshore wind energy delves into the complex challenges and advancements associated with the field. It covers critical topics such as design methodologies, hydrodynamics, aerodynamics, and structural control, emphasizing performance, safety, and financial considerations. By examining structural types, fabrication, installation logistics, and...

This Reprint is a professional collection of research articles published in the Special Issue titled "Advances in Textile Structural Composites II". It includes eight articles focused on fibre-reinforced composites and their allied applications. The mechanical analysis of such structures was an integral part of...

This reprint aims to summarise the latest research on stability control in underground openings under high stress and those in deep mining environments. With this reprint, scientists, researchers and engineers can find the latest research results, outcomes and conclusions regarding stability control in underground...

As the healthcare sector adapts to the evolving standards of Industry 4.0, there is a pressing need for more intelligent, automated, and efficient solutions. This evolution demands cutting-edge research that meets the increasing technical and functional requirements of modern medical applications. The integration of...

Artificial ground freezing (AGF) has emerged as a versatile and sustainable geotechnical engineering technique, offering innovative solutions for ground stabilization, groundwater control, and environmental protection in challenging subsurface conditions. As urbanization and infrastructure demands grow, AGF's role in enabling safe excavations, tunneling, and contaminated...

Steel structure has been one of the most important and efficient structural forms in building construction, and this reprint focuses on experimental, numerical, and theoretical research related to the behavior of steel components or members, steel connections or joints, and steel frame structures and...

Novel sensors to detect air pollutants like fine dust (PM10, PM2.5), O3, NO2, NO, or CO, as well as greenhouse gases like CO2, are currently available and have been widely used for atmospheric and indoor air monitoring. Although these sensors are small, lightweight, fast,...

This Special Issue focuses on exploring the vast potential of ocean and hydropower energy technologies in contributing to the global energy transition and decarbonization efforts. It covers a wide range of topics, including the design, manufacturing, and optimization of tidal, wave, offshore wind, and...

This reprint addresses the urgent global challenge of decarbonizing energy systems while ensuring reliability, affordability, and sustainability. Curating 14 interdisciplinary studies, it bridges engineering, economics, and policy to advance renewable integration, carbon market mechanisms, energy storage, and socio-technical solutions. Key innovations include AI-driven prediction...

About the BookRelationship Between Health Literacy Scores and Patient Use of the iPET for Patient Education details the relationship between health literacy scores and patient use of the iPET for health education.About the AuthorDr. Melissa A Sorgeloos is a registered nurse with more than...

This book is written for beginners and students who wish to learn MATLAB. One of the objectives of writing this book is to introduce MATLAB to students in high schools. The material presented is very easy and simple to understand - written in a...

These are the homework sets and exam sets for the course Reinforced Concrete Design II that was taught by Dr. Peter I. Kattan. These homework and exam sets are a follow-up volume to the successful volume Reinforced Concrete Design II Lecture Notes that is...

This is a little book for students who wish to have the essential formulas and equations of water resources and environmental engineering in a single easily accessible source. In about 40 pages, the 100 most essential civil engineering formulas are listed. Unlike other large...

These are the homework sets and exam sets for the course Structural Analysis I that was taught by Dr. Peter I. Kattan. These homework and exam sets are a follow-up volume to the successful volume Structural Analysis I Lecture Notes that is available online...

The most common type of blood cancer among all age groups, particularly among youngsters, is leukemia. It is an abnormal phenomenon caused by uncontrolled blood cell growth and proliferation, which can damage immune system function, bone marrow, and red blood cells. In India, where...

Machine learning has become as one of the widely applied fields of Computer Science for building automated data driven decision making systems. This book is prepared to provide a tour to how to build a predictive model for those who are interested in machine...

Measuring the mechanical properties of human soft tissue is a current topic in the field of diagnostic ultrasound research. Long before ultrasound was used in medical diagnosis, palpation was the important clinical examination method, and was practiced by the ancient Egyptians about 5000 years...

This Reprint is dedicated to the recent technological advances that are transforming the field of motion analysis. This collection of articles provides an overview of the various clinical applications of motion analysis, highlighting how this technique is influencing the diagnosis of medical conditions in...

The book presents an overview of the solid-state kinetic literature in-cluding methodologies used, mathematical derivations and pharma-ceutical applications. The book investigates the relationship between calculation methods and artifactual results observed in solid-state kinetics. A new approach is proposed for evaluating solid-state kinetic data, this...

For the clinical diagnosis of myocardial perfusion images there is a need to register 3D datasets originating from different modalities. CT datasets provide good resolution of anatomic structures and are needed for attenuation and scatter correction during the process of SPECT image reconstruction. It...

Who is not afraid of the dentist? Or to be more specific who is not afraid of the dental drill? Caries is a common ailment, that is caused by bacteria in dental plaque. Cavities will form when you do not properly remove the plaque...

Access to reliable and easily extractable fetal electrocardiogram recor-dings would help the physician better determine fetal heart conditions and diagnose fetal cardiac defects early in the pregnancy. This book presents a novel method for automatically extracting beat-to-beat fetal electrocardiogram from maternal surface electrodes down...

Neutrosophy (1995) is a new branch of philosophy that studies triads of the form (,, ), where is an entity {i.e. element, concept, idea, theory, logical proposition, etc.}, is the opposite of, while is the neutral (or indeterminate) between them, i.e., neither nor ....

Autonomous vehicles are increasingly prevalent, navigating both structured urban roads and challenging offroad scenes. At the core of these vehicles lie the planning and control modules, which are crucial for demonstrating the intelligence inherent in an autonomous driving system. The planning module is responsible...

This Special Issue brings together the latest advancements across various facets of viscous and viscoelastic fluid flows. Encompassing a spectrum of contributions, the topics span from innovative numerical methods and sophisticated mathematical modeling to cutting-edge experimental research. In addition to providing insights into the...

This Special Issue includes 14 contributions, with 2 review contributions and 12 research contributions. The review contributions provide a survey with an overview of the state of the art in detecting and projecting cyber-attack scenarios, and the review of a specific application area, the...

Rapid advances in modelling research have created new challenges and opportunities for statisticians. Statistical inference in observational studies and many other emerging fields have motivated statisticians worldwide to develop cutting-edge methods and analytical strategies.The aim of this book is to showcase the applications and...

Recent advances in electronics have led to sensors whose sizes and weights are such that they can be placed on living systems without impairing their natural motion and habits. They may be worn on the body as accessories or as part of the clothing...

Nanophotonics has emerged as a multidisciplinary frontier of science and engineering. Due to its high potential to contribute to breakthroughs in many areas of technology, nanophotonics is capturing the interest of many researchers from different fields.This Special Issue of Applied Sciences on "Recent advances...

This book collects six papers published in the Agronomy Special Issue "New Advances on Nutrients Recovery from Agro-Industrial and Livestock Wastes for Sustainable Farming" that aim to furnish new information on nutrients recovery from organic wastes.Author: Mirko CucinaISBN-10: 3036525653ISBN-13: 9783036525655Publisher: Mdpi AGLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/27/2021Pages:...

This Special Issue includes 12 high-quality articles containing original research findings in the fields of differential and integro-differential models, numerical methods and efficient algorithms for parameter estimation in inverse problems, with applications to biology, biomedicine, land degradation, traffic flows problems, and manufacturing systems.Author: Gabriella...

This EASY to understand book is ideal for all (Employees & Employers) and other people who are new to MDSAP, ISO 13485, (International Standard) who want to get more out of an established Quality Management System (QMS). Particularly for employees who just need a...