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MRI as a viable alternative to CT for 3D surgical planning of Cavitary bone tumors

Author(s): Chae Y; Cheers GM; Kim M; Reidler P; Klein A; Fevens T; Holzapfel BM; Mayer-Wagner S;

Cavitary bone defects, defined as a volumetric loss of native bone tissue, require accurate preoperative imaging for treatment planning. While CT (computed tomography) has traditionally been the gold standard for segmentation due to its superior resolution ...

Article GUID: 40049253
Exon junction complexes regulate osteoclast-induced bone resorption by influencing the NFATc1 m6A distribution through the "shield effect"

Author(s): Sun B; Yang JG; Wang Z; Wang Z; Feng W; Li X; Liu SN; Li J; Zhu YQ; Zhang P; Wang W;

Background: The distribution of the m6A methylation modification on the transcriptome is highly regionally selective and is mainly concentrated in abnormally long exons and stop codons. However, in-depth research on the selective mechanism of m6A methylatio...

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Numerical investigation of the flow induced by a transcatheter intra-aortic entrainment pump

Author(s): Park Y; Aycan O; Kadem L;

This study evaluates the fluid dynamics inside and outside transcatheter blood pump positioned in the aorta. We focus on the pump's impact on blood component damage and arterial wall stress. CFD simulations were performed for rotational speeds ranging f...

Article GUID: 40014031
Properties and Behavior of Sandy Soils by a New Interpretation of MICP

Author(s): Fukue M; Lechowicz Z; Mulligan CN; Takeuchi S; Fujimori Y; Emori K;

Research on MICP technology for ground improvement began in the early 2000s, and since then, it has been considered as innovative research. The field of applications is showing signs of expanding from sandy soil stabilization to remediation. However, the re...

Article GUID: 40004331
SAVE: Self-Attention on Visual Embedding for Zero-Shot Generic Object Counting

Author(s): Zgaren A; Bouachir W; Bouguila N;

Zero-shot counting is a subcategory of Generic Visual Object Counting, which aims to count objects from an arbitrary class in a given image. While few-shot counting relies on delivering exemplars to the model to count similar class objects, zero-shot counti...

Article GUID: 39997554
Predicting Parkinson's disease trajectory using clinical and functional MRI features: A reproduction and replication study

Author(s): Germani E; Bhagwat N; Dugré M; Gau R; Montillo AA; Nguyen KP; Sokolowski A; Sharp M; Poline JB; Glatard T;...

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disorder with a poorly understood physiopathology and no established biomarkers for the diagnosis of early stages and for prediction of di...

Article GUID: 39982930
Linear nonreciprocal dynamics of coupled modulated systemsa)

Author(s): Wu J; Yousefzadeh B;

Waveguides subject to spatiotemporal modulations are known to exhibit nonreciprocal vibration transmission, whereby interchanging the locations of the source and receiver changes the end-to-end transmission characteristics. The scenario of typical interest ...

Article GUID: 39976602
Leveraging deep learning for nonlinear shape representation in anatomically parameterized statistical shape models

Author(s): Gheflati B; Mirzaei M; Rottoo S; Rivaz H;

Purpose: Statistical shape models (SSMs) are widely used for morphological assessment of anatomical structures. However, a key limitation is the need for a clear relationship between the model's shape coefficients and clinically relevant anatomical para...

Article GUID: 39953355
In-situ consolidation of thermoplastic composites by automated fiber placement: Characterization of defects

Author(s): Fereidouni M; Hoa SV;

The emergence of automated manufacturing of composites has not only transformed the manufacturing of optimized and geometrically complex structures but has also expanded the promising prospect of in-situ manufacturing of thermoplastic composites (TPC), wher...

Article GUID: 39895653
Development of a Prandtl-Ishlinskii hysteresis model for a large capacity magnetorheological fluid damper

Author(s): Vatandoost H; Abdalaziz M; Sedaghati R; Rakheja S;

Magnetorheological (MR) fluid (MRF) dampers, serving as fail-safe semi-active devices, exhibit nonlinear hysteresis characteristics, emphasizing the necessity for accurate modeling to formulate effective control strategies in smart systems. This paper intro...

Article GUID: 39867636
Recyclability and recovery of carbon from waste printed circuit boards within a circular economy perspective: A review

Author(s): Wang Z; Huang G; An C;

Waste printed circuit boards (WPCBs) are a significant component of electronic waste (e-waste) and are among the fastest-generating waste flows. The potentially negative impacts caused by e-waste on the environment and human health pose an increasingly appa...

Article GUID: 39862821
In Shift and In Variance: Assessing the Robustness of HAR Deep Learning Models Against Variability

Author(s): Khaked AA; Oishi N; Roggen D; Lago P;

Deep learning (DL)-based Human Activity Recognition (HAR) using wearable inertial measurement unit (IMU) sensors can revolutionize continuous health monitoring and early disease prediction. However, most DL HAR models are untested in their robustness to rea...

Article GUID: 39860799
Effect of konjac glucomannan aerogel-immobilized Chlorella vulgaris LH-1 on oil-contaminated seawater remediation and endogenous bacterial community diversity

Author(s): Du Z; Wang X; Song Z; Zhu B; Feng L; Chen Z; Chen Q;

Ocean oil spills can severely impact ecosystems and disrupt marine biodiversity and habitats. Microbial remediation is an effective method for removing thin oil slick contamination. In this study, the adsorption and degradation of low-concentration oil spil...

Article GUID: 39853794
Guest editorial: Papers from the 18th joint workshop on Augmented Environments for Computer Assisted Interventions (AE-CAI) at MICCAI 2024: Guest editors' foreword

Author(s): Linte CA; Yaniv Z; Chen E; Drouin S; Kersten-Oertel M; McLeod J; Sarikaya D; Wang J;

No abstract available

Article GUID: 39834896
iSurgARy: A mobile augmented reality solution for ventriculostomy in resource-limited settings

Author(s): Asadi Z; Castillo JP; Asadi M; Sinclair DS; Kersten-Oertel M;

Global disparities in neurosurgical care necessitate innovations addressing affordability and accuracy, particularly for critical procedures like ventriculostomy. This intervention, vital for managing life-threatening intracranial pressure increases, is ass...

Article GUID: 39816703
Radiation tolerance and biodegradation performance of a marine bacterium Acinetobacter sp. Y9 in radioactive composite oil-contaminated wastewater

Author(s): Yan J; Luo Q; Zhu B; Chen Z; Chen Q;

The tolerance and degradation characteristics of a marine oil-degrading strain Acinetobacter sp. Y9 were investigated in the presence of diesel oil and simulated radioactive nuclides (Mn2+, Co2+, Ni2+, Sr2+, Cs+) at varying concentrations, as well as exposu...

Article GUID: 39806541
Long-lasting antimicrobial effect of multipurpose ZnO nanoparticle-loaded dental resins enhanced by blue light photodynamic therapy

Author(s): Leite ML; Comeau P; Zaghwan A; Shen Y; Manso AP;

Objectives: This study aimed to assess the potential of experimental dental resins containing ZnO nanoparticles (ZnO-NPs) for antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) as a functional tool for the modulation of cariogenic biofilm in long-term. Methods: Min...

Article GUID: 39765362
Semantically-Enhanced Feature Extraction with CLIP and Transformer Networks for Driver Fatigue Detection

Author(s): Gao Z; Chen X; Xu J; Yu R; Zhang H; Yang J;

Drowsy driving is a leading cause of commercial vehicle traffic crashes. The trend is to train fatigue detection models using deep neural networks on driver video data, but challenges remain in coarse and incomplete high-level feature extraction and network...

Article GUID: 39771685
Automated abdominal aortic calcification and major adverse cardiovascular events in people undergoing osteoporosis screening: the Manitoba Bone Mineral Density Registry

Author(s): Smith C; Sim M; Ilyas Z; Gilani SZ; Suter D; Reid S; Monchka BA; Jozani MJ; Figtree G; Schousboe JT; Lewis JR; Leslie WD;...

Vertebral fracture assessment (VFA) images from bone density machines enable the automated machine learning assessment of abdominal aortic calcification (ML-AAC), a marker of cardiovascular disease...

Article GUID: 39749990
PreVISE: an efficient virtual reality system for SEEG surgical planning

Author(s): Spiegler P; Abdelsalam H; Hellum O; Hadjinicolaou A; Weil AG; Xiao Y;

Epilepsy is a neurological disorder characterized by recurring seizures that can cause a wide range of symptoms. Stereo-electroencephalography (SEEG) is a diagnostic procedure where multiple electrodes are stereotactically implanted within predefined brain ...

Article GUID: 39735694
Butyl Acrylate/2-Methylene-1,3-Dioxepane/Vinyl Acetate Emulsion Terpolymerization: Incorporating Backbone Degradable Linkages into Adhesive Applications

Author(s): Meek K; Movafagh M; Dubé MA;

The ring-opening polymerization of bio-based monomer 2-methylene-1,3-dioxepane (MDO) can reportedly enhance polymer degradability. Butyl acrylate (BA)/MDO/vinyl acetate (VAc) terpolymers were synthesized via emulsion polymerization for their eventual applic...

Article GUID: 39719378
Virtual reality-based preoperative planning for optimized trocar placement in thoracic surgery: A preliminary study

Author(s): Harirpoush A; Rakovich G; Kersten-Oertel M; Xiao Y;

Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) is a minimally invasive approach for treating early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer. Optimal trocar placement during VATS ensures comprehensive access to the thoracic cavity, provides a panoramic endoscopic view, and ...

Article GUID: 39720764
Oil spills in coastal regions of the Arctic and Subarctic: Environmental impacts, response tactics, and preparedness

Author(s): Bi H; Wang Z; Yue R; Sui J; Mulligan CN; Lee K; Pegau S; Chen Z; An C;

Coastal areas of the Arctic and Subarctic are vulnerable to accidental oil spills, impacting the ecosystem, society, and economy. This article provides a comprehensive overview of oil spill pollution issues in cold regions, focusing on environmental impacts...

Article GUID: 39689468
Deep clustering analysis via variational autoencoder with Gamma mixture latent embeddings

Author(s): Guo J; Fan W; Amayri M; Bouguila N;

This article proposes a novel deep clustering model based on the variational autoencoder (VAE), named GamMM-VAE, which can learn latent representations of training data for clustering in an unsupervised manner. Most existing VAE-based deep clustering method...

Article GUID: 39662201
Study on the mechanism of regulating micromolar Fe utilization and promoting denitrification by guanosine monophosphate (GMP) based multi-signal functional material Hematin@Fe/GMP

Author(s): Hao Y; Guo T; Li H; Liu W; Chen Z; Wang X; Guo J;

A novel multi-signal functional material consisting of Hematin, Fe, and guanosine monophosphate (GMP) was successfully constructed (Hematin@Fe/GMP) to enhance denitrification efficiency based on the signal network regulation of electron transfer, micromolar...

Article GUID: 39657473
Sustainable and energy-saving hydrogen production via binder-free and in situ electrodeposited Ni-Mn-S nanowires on Ni-Cu 3-D substrates

Author(s): Barati Darband G; Iravani D; Zhang M; Maleki M; Huang S; Khoshfetrat SM; Andaveh R; Li J;

Electrochemical water splitting, with its oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), is undoubtedly the most eco-friendly and sustainable method to produce hydrogen. However, water splitting still requires improvement due to the ...

Article GUID: 39655509
Ce-doped MnOx mixed with polyvinylidene fluoride as an amplified ozone decomposition filter medium in humid conditions

Author(s): Namdari M; Haghighat F; Lee CS;

Ozone is a hazardous air pollutant with significant adverse effects on human health and the environment. With the growing industrial use of ozone, effective ozone removal systems have become essential, especially to protect workers' health. MnOx-based c...

Article GUID: 39579188
Assessment of risk for aromatic hydrocarbons resulting from subsea Blowouts: A case study in eastern Canada

Author(s): Yang Z; Chen Z; Xin Q; Lee K;

There is increasing concern over the environmental risks associated with deepwater petroleum exploration activities. The integration of environmental risk assessment and oil spill modeling can help to understand and quantitatively characterize the potential...

Article GUID: 39571296
Ion channel classification through machine learning and protein language model embeddings

Author(s): Ghazikhani H; Butler G;

Ion channels are critical membrane proteins that regulate ion flux across cellular membranes, influencing numerous biological functions. The resource-intensive nature of traditional wet lab experiments for ion channel identification has led to an increasing...

Article GUID: 39572876
A protocol for trustworthy EEG decoding with neural networks

Author(s): Borra D; Magosso E; Ravanelli M;

Deep learning solutions have rapidly emerged for EEG decoding, achieving state-of-the-art performance on a variety of decoding tasks. Despite their high performance, existing solutions do not fully address the challenge posed by the introduction of many hyp...

Article GUID: 39549492
Amorphous Cu/Fe nanoparticles with tandem intracellular and extracellular electron capacity for enhancing denitrification performance and recovery of co-contaminant suppressed denitrification

Author(s): Fu J; Guo T; Li H; Liu W; Chen Z; Wang X; Guo J;

In this study, a functionally stable insoluble Cu/Fe nanoparticles (Cu/Fe NPs) were synthesized and applied denitrification with different contaminants. The results showed that 50 mg/L Cu/Fe NPs increased NO3--N reduction rate up to 14.3 mg/(L·h) about 3 fo...

Article GUID: 39542060
Predictive heating load management and energy flexibility analysis in residential sector using an archetype gray-box modeling approach: Application to an experimental house in Québec

Author(s): Abtahi M; Athienitis A; Delcroix B;

This paper presents a methodology to develop archetype gray-box models and use them in an economic model-based predictive control algorithm to simulate optimal heating load management in response to a newly-introduced static time-of-use tariff for Québec...

Article GUID: 39507415
Position-based visual servoing of a 6-RSS parallel robot using adaptive sliding mode control

Author(s): Zhu N; Xie WF; Shen H;

The trajectory tracking control of parallel robots is challenging due to their complicated dynamics and kinematics. This paper proposes a position-based visual servoing (PBVS) approach for a 6-Revolute-Spherical-Spherical (6-RSS) parallel robot using adapti...

Article GUID: 39492316
An integrated environmental and economic assessment for the disposal of food waste from grocery retail stores towards resource recovery

Author(s): Zhou S; Chen Z; Huang X; Yang X; Lyu L; An C; Peng H;

Food waste gives rise to many environmental problems. A large amount of food waste is produced by grocery retail stores. It is therefore important to apply efficient food waste treatment technologies with minimal environmental impact and investigate the opt...

Article GUID: 39480576
Deep neural network-based robotic visual servoing for satellite target tracking

Author(s): Ghiasvand S; Xie WF; Mohebbi A;

In response to the costly and error-prone manual satellite tracking on the International Space Station (ISS), this paper presents a deep neural network (DNN)-based robotic visual servoing solution to the automated tracking operation. This innovative approac...

Article GUID: 39440297
Monitoring pilot trainees' cognitive control under a simulator-based training process with EEG microstate analysis

Author(s): Zhao M; Jia W; Jennings S; Law A; Bourgon A; Su C; Larose MH; Grenier H; Bowness D; Zeng Y;...

The objective of pilot training is to equip trainees with the knowledge, judgment, and skills to maintain control of an aircraft and respond to critical flight tasks. The present research aims to i...

Article GUID: 39428425
Generalization limits of Graph Neural Networks in identity effects learning

Author(s): D' Inverno GA; Brugiapaglia S; Ravanelli M;

Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) have emerged as a powerful tool for data-driven learning on various graph domains. They are usually based on a message-passing mechanism and have gained increasing popularity for their intuitive formulation, which is closely lin...

Article GUID: 39426036
AAT4IRS: automated acceptance testing for industrial robotic systems

Author(s): Dos Santos MG; Hallé S; Petrillo F; Guéhéneuc YG;

Industrial robotic systems (IRS) consist of industrial robots that automate industrial processes. They accurately perform repetitive tasks, replacing or assisting with dangerous jobs like assembly in the automotive and chemical industries. Failures in these...

Article GUID: 39420929
Topology optimization of adaptive sandwich plates with magnetorheological core layer for improved vibration attenuation

Author(s): Zare M; Sedaghati R;

In this study the optimum topology distribution of the magnetorheological elastomer (MRE) layer in an adaptive sandwich plate is investigated. The adaptive sandwich plate consists of an MR elastomer layer embedded between two thin elastic plates. A finite e...

Article GUID: 39398530
The degradation of polylactic acid face mask components in different environments

Author(s): Lyu L; Bagchi M; Ng KTW; Markoglou N; Chowdhury R; An C; Chen Z; Yang X;

The disposal of fossil fuel-based plastics poses a huge environmental challenge, leading to increased interest in biodegradable alternatives such as polylactic acid (PLA). This study focuses on the environmental impact and degradation of PLA face mask compo...

Article GUID: 39378804
Bismuth-Tin Core-Shell Particles From Liquid Metals: A Novel, Highly Efficient Photothermal Material that Combines Broadband Light Absorption with Effective Light-to-Heat Conversion

Author(s): Seyda D; Dincer O; Ince D; Cugunlular M; Unalan HE; Çinar Aygün S;

This study presents a pioneering investigation of hybrid bismuth-tin (BiSn) liquid metal particles for photothermal applications. It is shown that the intrinsic core-shell structure of liquid metal particles can be instrumentalized to combine the broadband ...

Article GUID: 39375946
Enhancing Urban Climate Resistance Through the Application of Selected Strategies and Technologies

Author(s): Caroline Hachem-Vermette

Adapting cities for climate resilience is crucial as climate change increases the frequency and severity of extreme weather events. This study outlines a comprehensive set of resilience strategies aimed at enhancing urban resilience across four key domains:...

Article GUID: 39345934
Reduction of Cr(VI) by Bacillus toyonensis LBA36 and its effect on radish seedlings under Cr(VI) stress

Author(s): Tan A; Wang H; Zhang H; Zhang L; Yao H; Chen Z;

Chromium, being among the most toxic heavy metals, continues to demand immediate attention in the remediation of Cr-contaminated environments. In this study, a strain of LBA36 (Bacillus toyonensis) was isolated from heavy metal contaminated soil in Luanchua...

Article GUID: 39346031
Fe/GMP functional nanomaterial enhancing the denitrification efficiency by bi-signal regulation: Electron transfer and microbial community

Author(s): Hao Y; Guo T; Li H; Liu W; Chen Z; Zhang W; Wang X; Guo J;

A novel functional nanomaterial composed of guanosine monophosphate (GMP) and Fe enhanced denitrification efficiency by regulating electron transfer and microbial community. Fe/GMP enhanced nitrate (NO3-) degradation rates by 3.00-fold in serum vial batch e...

Article GUID: 39326537
SPOT: A machine learning model that predicts specific substrates for transport proteins

Author(s): Kroll A; Niebuhr N; Butler G; Lercher MJ;

Transport proteins play a crucial role in cellular metabolism and are central to many aspects of molecular biology and medicine. Determining the function of transport proteins experimentally is challenging, as they become unstable when isolated from cell me...

Article GUID: 39325691
Correction to: Construction, renovation, and demolition waste in landfill: a review of waste characteristics, environmental impacts, and mitigation measures

Author(s): Chen Z; Feng Q; Yue R; Chen Z; Moselhi O; Soliman A; Hammad A; An C;

No abstract available

Article GUID: 39322936
Correction: LapBot-Safe Chole: validation of an artificial intelligence-powered mobile game app to teach safe cholecystectomy

Author(s): St John A; Khalid MU; Masino C; Noroozi M; Alseidi A; Hashimoto DA; Altieri M; Serrot F; Kersten-Oertel M; Madani A;

No abstract available

Article GUID: 39317911
Design and validation of an In Vitro test bench for the investigation of cardiopulmonary resuscitation procedure

Author(s): El-Khoury A; Leroux L; Dupuis Desroches J; Di Labbio G; Kadem L;

Despite recent clinical and technological advancements, the cardiac arrest survival rate remains as low as 10%. To enhance patient outcomes, it is crucial to deepen the understanding of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) at a fundamental level. Currently, ...

Article GUID: 39305857
SpeechBrain-MOABB: An open-source Python library for benchmarking deep neural networks applied to EEG signals

Author(s): Borra D; Paissan F; Ravanelli M;

Deep learning has revolutionized EEG decoding, showcasing its ability to outperform traditional machine learning models. However, unlike other fields, EEG decoding lacks comprehensive open-source libraries dedicated to neural networks. Existing tools (MOABB...

Article GUID: 39265481
Electrochemical Nitrate Reduction to Ammonia on AuCu Single-atom Alloy Aerogels under Wide Potential Window

Author(s): Yu J; Gao RT; Guo X; Nguyen NT; Wu L; Wang L;

Electrocatalytic nitrate reduction to ammonia (NO3RR) is very attractive for nitrate removal and ammonia production in industrial processes. However, the nitrate reduction reaction is characterized by intense hydrogen competition at strong reduction potenti...

Article GUID: 39264141
Exploring the glycoprotein washing fluid-assisted cleanup for the restoration of oil-contaminated shorelines with environmental integrity

Author(s): Sui J; Yue R; Bi H; Fu H; Yang A; Wang M; An C;

Spilled oil in ocean can spread to the shoreline and cause long-term impacts on the shoreline's ecological environment. Therefore, removing oil accumulated on shorelines is crucial. This study proposed an innovative ovalbumin (OVA) fluid-assisted method...

Article GUID: 39260515
Crowd Counting Using Meta-Test-Time Adaptation

Author(s): Ma C; Neri F; Gu L; Wang Z; Wang J; Qing A; Wang Y;

Machine learning algorithms are commonly used for quickly and efficiently counting people from a crowd. Test-time adaptation methods for crowd counting adjust model parameters and employ additional data augmentation to better adapt the model to the specific...

Article GUID: 39252679
Analytical Model for Current-Voltage Characteristics in Perovskite Solar Cells Incorporating Bulk and Surface Recombination

Author(s): M Z Kabir

The effects of surface recombination on the steady-state carrier profiles and photocurrent in perovskite solar cells are investigated in this paper. The continuity equations for both holes and electrons are solved considering carrier drift and diffusion und...

Article GUID: 39203622
Microfluidic Wound-Healing Assay for Comparative Study on Fluid Dynamic, Chemical and Mechanical Wounding on Microglia BV2 Migration

Author(s): Yazdanpanah Moghadam E; Sonenberg N; Packirisamy M;

Microglial cells, or brain immune cells, are highly dynamic and continuously migrate in pathophysiological conditions. Their adhesion, as a physical characteristic, plays a key role in migration. In this study, we presented a microfluidic chip combination o...

Article GUID: 39203655
Dual-Band Antenna Array Fed by Ridge Gap Waveguide with Dual-Periodic Interdigital-Pin Bed of Nails

Author(s): Chen B; Chen X; Cheng X; Da Y; Liu X; Gao S; Kishk AA;

A dual-band (K-/Ka-band) antenna array is presented. An ultra-wideband antenna element in the shape of a double-ridged waveguide is used as a radiation slot, and a novel dual-periodic ridge gap waveguide (RGW) with an interdigital-pin bed of nails (serving ...

Article GUID: 39204813
Integrated Dynamic Photovoltaic Facade for Enhanced Building Comfort and Energy Efficiency

Author(s): Valinejadshoubi M; Athienitis AK; Bagchi A; Abtahi M;

This simulation study explores the potential of a novel façade design with integrated control system comprising a dynamic photovoltaic (PV) facade integrated with dimming lighting control to enhance the work environment in office buildings and achieve energ...

Article GUID: 39194442
Integrative approach to mitigate chromium toxicity in soil and enhance antioxidant activities in rice (Oryza sativa L.) using magnesium-iron nanocomposite and Staphylococcus aureus strains

Author(s): Ali MA; Sardar MF; Dar AA; Niaz M; Ali J; Wang Q; Zheng Y; Luo Y; Albasher G; Li F;

Pollutants in soil, particularly chromium (Cr), pose high environmental and health risks due to their persistence, bioavailability, and potential for causing toxicity. Cr impairment in plants act as a deleterious environmental pollutant that enters the food...

Article GUID: 39190219
EEG-based study of design creativity: a review on research design, experiments, and analysis

Author(s): Zangeneh Soroush M; Zeng Y;

Brain dynamics associated with design creativity tasks are largely unexplored. Despite significant strides, there is a limited understanding of the brain-behavior during design creation tasks. The objective of this paper is to review the concepts of creativ...

Article GUID: 39148896
Identifying personalized barriers for hypertension self-management from TASKS framework

Author(s): Yang J; Zeng Y; Yang L; Khan N; Singh S; Walker RL; Eastwood R; Quan H;

Objective: Effective management of hypertension requires not only medical intervention but also significant patient self-management. The challenge, however, lies in the diversity of patients' personal barriers to managing their condition. The objective ...

Article GUID: 39143621
From data to action in flood forecasting leveraging graph neural networks and digital twin visualization

Author(s): Roudbari NS; Punekar SR; Patterson Z; Eicker U; Poullis C;

Forecasting floods encompasses significant complexity due to the nonlinear nature of hydrological systems, which involve intricate interactions among precipitation, landscapes, river systems, and hydrological networks. Recent efforts in hydrology have aimed...

Article GUID: 39127785
The relationship between workplace justice and self-evaluated nonfatal occupational accidents among healthcare employees in Taiwan: An observational study

Author(s): Hsieh CM; Chen S; Peng TT; Chen PH; Chen A; Chen CJ;

The relationship between workplace justice and nonfatal occupational accidents in a single-payer healthcare system has rarely been explored. As countries strive to achieve and sustain universal health coverage, healthcare workers' occupational safety an...

Article GUID: 39121330
Holographic direct sound printing

Author(s): Derayatifar M; Habibi M; Bhat R; Packirisamy M;

Direct sound printing (DSP), an alternative additive manufacturing process driven by sonochemical polymerization, has traditionally been confined to a single acoustic focal region, resulting in a voxel-by-voxel printing approach. To overcome this limitation...

Article GUID: 39107289
Robustness and evolvability: Revisited, redefined and applied

Author(s): Kharma N; Bédard-Couture R;

Building on and extending existing definitions of robustness and evolvability, we propose and utilize new formal definitions, with matching measures, of robustness and evolvability of systems with genotypes and corresponding phenotypes. We explain and show ...

Article GUID: 39098381
Education in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: Design and Feasibility Study of the LapBot Safe Chole Mobile Game

Author(s): Noroozi M; St John A; Masino C; Laplante S; Hunter J; Brudno M; Madani A; Kersten-Oertel M;...

Background: Major bile duct injuries during laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC), often stemming from errors in surgical judgment and visual misperception of critical anatomy, significantly impact mor...

Article GUID: 39052314
A Survey on Error Exponents in Distributed Hypothesis Testing: Connections with Information Theory, Interpretations, and Applications

Author(s): Espinosa S; Silva JF; Céspedes S;

A central challenge in hypothesis testing (HT) lies in determining the optimal balance between Type I (false positive) and Type II (non-detection or false negative) error probabilities. Analyzing these errors' exponential rate of convergence, known as e...

Article GUID: 39056958
Revealing the Freezing-Induced Alteration in Microplastic Behavior and Its Implication for the Microplastics Released from Seasonal Ice

Author(s): Chen Z; Elektorowicz M; An C; Tian X; Wang Z; Yang X; Lyu L;

Ice can serve as a significant temporary repository and conveyance mechanism for microplastics (MPs). MPs present in the water column can become entrapped within developing ice formations, subsequently being sequestered and transported by ice floes. With ch...

Article GUID: 39031076
Surviving chlorinated waters: bleaching sensitivity and persistence of free-living amoebae

Author(s): Zahid MT; Mustafa G; Sajid R; Razzaq A; Waheed M; Khan MA; Hwang JH; Park YK; Chung WJ; Jeon BH;...

Recent advancements in membrane technologies and disinfection methods have enhanced drinking water quality significantly. However, microorganisms, including free-living amoebae (FLA), persist and p...

Article GUID: 39017868
LapBot-Safe Chole: validation of an artificial intelligence-powered mobile game app to teach safe cholecystectomy

Author(s): St John A; Khalid MU; Masino C; Noroozi M; Alseidi A; Hashimoto DA; Altieri M; Serrot F; Kersten-Oertal M; Madani A;...

Background: Gaming can serve as an educational tool to allow trainees to practice surgical decision-making in a low-stakes environment. LapBot is a novel free interactive mobile game application th...

Article GUID: 39009730
Neural correlates of impulsivity in amphetamine use disorder

Author(s): Kaboodvand N; Shabanpour M; Guterstam J;

Impulsivity is a trait associated with several psychiatric conditions, not least addictive disorders. While the neural mechanisms behind certain aspects of impulsivity have been studied extensively, there are few imaging studies examining this neurocircuitr...

Article GUID: 38991286
Mechanisms and controlling factors of heavy metals removal by electroflocculation in estuarine environments

Author(s): Hadikhani R; Karbassi A; Tajziehchi S; Mehdizadeh Y;

Estuaries play a crucial role in preventing the influx of metals from rivers into seas, thereby offering potential insights for the water purification industry. This study seeks to identify the key parameters (including pH, electricity conductivity (EC), an...

Article GUID: 38991606
Connectivity preservation control for multiple unmanned aerial vehicles in the presence of bounded actuation

Author(s): Xue X; Yuan B; Yi Y; Zhang Y; Yue X; Mu L;

This paper proposes a novel multi-unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) connectivity preservation controller, suitable for scenarios with bounded actuation and limited communication range. According to the hierarchical control strategy, controllers are designed sep...

Article GUID: 38964998
A usability analysis of augmented reality and haptics for surgical planning

Author(s): Kazemipour N; Hooshiar A; Kersten-Oertel M;

Purpose: Proper visualization and interaction with complex anatomical data can improve understanding, allowing for more intuitive surgical planning. The goal of our work was to study what the most intuitive yet practical platforms for interacting with 3D me...

Article GUID: 38942947
Evaluating Sustainable Practices for Managing Residue Derived from Wheat Straw

Author(s): Shanmugam H; Raghavan V; Rajagopal R; Goyette B; Lyu L; Zhou S; An C;

Farm leftovers, particularly crop residues, are a key source of renewable energy in Canada. The nation's robust agricultural industry provides ample biomass, derived from forestry and agriculture resources, for energy generation. Crop residues, such as ...

Article GUID: 38927790
Advancements in Heavy Metal Stabilization: A Comparative Study on Zinc Immobilization in Glass-Portland Cement Binders

Author(s): Bouchikhi A; Safhi AEM; Maherzi W; Mamindy-Pajany Y; Kunther W; Benzerzour M; Abriak NE;

Recent literature has exhibited a growing interest in the utilization of ground glass powder (GP) as a supplementary cementitious material (SCM). Yet, the application of SCMs in stabilizing heavy metallic and metalloid elements remains underexplored. This r...

Article GUID: 38930239
Electroforming of Personalized Multi-Level and Free-Form Metal Parts Utilizing Fused Deposition Modeling-Manufactured Molds

Author(s): Hamed H; Aghili S; Wüthrich R; Abou-Ziki JD;

Adapting to the growing demand for personalized, small-batch manufacturing, this study explores the development of additively manufactured molds for electroforming personalized metal parts. The approach integrates novel multi-level mold design and fabricati...

Article GUID: 38930706
Registered report: Age-preserved semantic memory and the CRUNCH effect manifested as differential semantic control networks: An fMRI study

Author(s): Haitas N; Dubuc J; Massé-Leblanc C; Chamberland V; Amiri M; Glatard T; Wilson M; Joanette Y; Steffener J;...

Semantic memory representations are generally well maintained in aging, whereas semantic control is thought to be more affected. To explain this phenomenon, this study tested the predictions of the...

Article GUID: 38917084
Innovations and development of sustainable personal protective equipment: a path to a greener future

Author(s): Lyu L; Bagchi M; Markoglou N; An C;

The unprecedented surge in the demand for personal protective equipment (PPE) worldwide during the covid pandemic resulted in a significant increase in PPE consumption and subsequent waste generation. Despite the importance of PPE, its widespread usage and ...

Article GUID: 38911061
A fault isolation strategy for industrial processes using outlier-degree-based variable contributions

Author(s): Mu L; Sun W; Zhang Y; Feng N; Xue X; Li Q;

In industrial process monitoring, it is always a challenging and practical problem to analyze the causes of the system fault by isolating true fault variables from vast amounts of process data. However, the phenomenon of smearing effect occurs by using the ...

Article GUID: 38862336
Simulating federated learning for steatosis detection using ultrasound images

Author(s): Qi Y; Vianna P; Cadrin-Chênevert A; Blanchet K; Montagnon E; Belilovsky E; Wolf G; Mullie LA; Cloutier G; Chassé M; Tang A;...

We aimed to implement four data partitioning strategies evaluated with four federated learning (FL) algorithms and investigate the impact of data distribution on FL model performance in detecting s...

Article GUID: 38858500
Carbon based sensors for air quality monitoring networks; middle east perspective

Author(s): Shahid I; Shahzad MI; Tutsak E; Mahfouz MMK; Al Adba MS; Abbasi SA; Rathore HA; Asif Z; Chen Z;...

IoT-based Sensors networks play a pivotal role in improving air quality monitoring in the Middle East. They provide real-time data, enabling precise tracking of pollution trends, informed decision-...

Article GUID: 38831915
Virtual and Augmented Reality in Ventriculostomy: A Systematic Review

Author(s): Alizadeh M; Xiao Y; Kersten-Oertel M;

Background: Ventriculostomy, one of the most common neurosurgical procedures, involves inserting a draining catheter into the brain's ventricular system to alleviate excessive cerebrospinal fluid accumulation. Traditionally, this procedure has relied on...

Article GUID: 38823448
Bulk Free Radical Terpolymerization of Butyl Acrylate, 2-Methylene-1,3-Dioxepane and Vinyl Acetate: Terpolymer Reactivity Ratio Estimation

Author(s): Movafagh M; Meek KM; Scott AJ; Penlidis A; Dubé MA;

This investigation introduces the first estimation of ternary reactivity ratios for a butyl acrylate (BA), 2-methylene-1,3-dioxepane (MDO), and vinyl acetate (VAc) system at 50 °C, with an aim to develop biodegradable pressure-sensitive adhesives (PSAs). In...

Article GUID: 38794524
Investigation of Macroscopic Mechanical Behavior of Magnetorheological Elastomers under Shear Deformation Using Microscale Representative Volume Element Approach

Author(s): Abdollahi I; Sedaghati R;

Magnetorheological elastomers (MREs) are a class of smart materials with rubber-like qualities, demonstrating revertible magnetic field-dependent viscoelastic properties, which makes them an ideal candidate for development of the next generation of adaptive...

Article GUID: 38794567
A decade of progress: bringing mixed reality image-guided surgery systems in the operating room

Author(s): Asadi Z; Asadi M; Kazemipour N; Léger É; Kersten-Oertel M;

Advancements in mixed reality (MR) have led to innovative approaches in image-guided surgery (IGS). In this paper, we provide a comprehensive analysis of the current state of MR in image-guided procedures across various surgical domains. Using the Data Visu...

Article GUID: 38794834
Optimizing energy efficiency in brackish water reverse osmosis (BWRO): A comprehensive study on prioritizing critical operating parameters for specific energy consumption minimization

Author(s): Abkar L; Aghili Mehrizi A; Jafari M; Beck SE; Ghassemi A; Van Loosdrecht MCM;

Reverse osmosis (RO) systems offer a viable solution for treating brackish water (BW), a common but underutilized water resource. However, the energy-intensive nature of brackish water reverse osmosis (BWRO) systems poses affordability challenges to water s...

Article GUID: 38688362
A robust, low-temperature, closed-loop anaerobic system for high-solid mixed farm wastes: advancing agricultural waste management solutions in Canada

Author(s): Bele V; Goyette B; An C; Achouri IE; Chaib O; Rajagopal R;

This study investigates the effectiveness of low-temperature (20 ± 1 °C) anaerobic digestion (AD) for two organic multiple farm substrate combinations: Set 1 comprising chicken manure (CM), dairy manure (DM), and waste corn silage (CS) and Set 2 comprising ...

Article GUID: 38777978
Managing deepsea oil spills through a systematic modeling approach

Author(s): Chen Z; Yang Z; Lee K; Lu Y;

Offshore oil exploration and production in deepwater are associated with environmental risks to marine ecosystems. This research introduces DWOSM (Deep Water Oil Spill Model), a three-dimensional Lagrangian model, which is developed to simulate the transpor...

Article GUID: 38759562
Comparing novel smartphone pose estimation frameworks with the Kinect V2 for knee tracking during athletic stress tests

Author(s): Babouras A; Abdelnour P; Fevens T; Martineau PA;

Purpose: To compare the accuracy of the Microsoft Kinect V2 with novel pose estimation frameworks, in assessing knee kinematics during athletic stress tests, for fast and portable risk assessment of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. Methods: We capt...

Article GUID: 38730186
Inoculation of chromium-tolerant bacterium LBA108 to enhance resistance in radish (Raphanus sativus L.) and combined remediation of chromium-contaminated soil

Author(s): Zhang H; Wang H; Tan A; Zhang L; Yao H; You X; Chen Z;

Cr(VI) has been a carcinogen for organisms and a hazard to human health throughout the food chain. To explore a cost-effective and efficient method for removing Cr(VI), a Cr-resistant strain named LBA108 was isolated from the soil of a molybdenum-lead minin...

Article GUID: 38721825
Synergistic Cathode Design for High-Performance Dual-Salt Magnesium/Lithium-Ion Batteries Using 2D/2D 1T/2H-MoS2@Ti3C2Tx MXene Nanocomposite

Author(s): Rahmatinejad J; Liu X; Raisi B; Ye Z;

Magnesium-ion batteries (MIBs) and dual-salt magnesium/lithium-ion batteries (MLIBs) have emerged as promising contenders for next-generation energy storage. In contrast to lithium metal anode in lithium metal batteries, magnesium metal anode in MIBs and ML...

Article GUID: 38698578
Simultaneous automated ascertainment of prevalent vertebral fracture and abdominal aortic calcification in clinical practice: role in fracture risk assessment

Author(s): Schousboe JT; Lewis JR; Monchka BA; Reid SB; Davidson MJ; Kimelman D; Jozani MJ; Smith C; Sim M; Gilani SZ; Suter D; Leslie WD;...

Whether simultaneous automated ascertainments of prevalent vertebral fracture (auto-PVFx) and abdominal aortic calcification (auto-AAC) on vertebral fracture assessment (VFA) lateral spine bone den...

Article GUID: 38699950
From wastewater to clean water: Recent advances on the removal of metronidazole, ciprofloxacin, and sulfamethoxazole antibiotics from water through adsorption and advanced oxidation processes (AOPs)

Author(s): Gahrouei AE; Vakili S; Zandifar A; Pourebrahimi S;

Antibiotics released into water sources pose significant risks to both human health and the environment. This comprehensive review meticulously examines the ecotoxicological impacts of three prevalent antibiotics-ciprofloxacin, metronidazole, and sulfametho...

Article GUID: 38685299
Advancements in Sensor Technologies and Control Strategies for Lower-Limb Rehabilitation Exoskeletons: A Comprehensive Review

Author(s): Yao Y; Shao D; Tarabini M; Moezi SA; Li K; Saccomandi P;

Lower-limb rehabilitation exoskeletons offer a transformative approach to enhancing recovery in patients with movement disorders affecting the lower extremities. This comprehensive systematic review delves into the literature on sensor technologies and the ...

Article GUID: 38675301
Advancements in Hybrid Cellulose-Based Films: Innovations and Applications in 2D Nano-Delivery Systems

Author(s): Ramezani G; Stiharu I; van de Ven TGM; Nerguizian V;

This review paper delves into the realm of hybrid cellulose-based materials and their applications in 2D nano-delivery systems. Cellulose, recognized for its biocompatibility, versatility, and renewability, serves as the core matrix for these nanomaterials....

Article GUID: 38667550
Navigating the nexus: climate dynamics and microplastics pollution in coastal ecosystems

Author(s): Ahmed Dar A; Chen Z; Sardar MF; An C;

Microplastics (MPs) pollution is an emerging environmental health concern, impacting soil, plants, animals, and humans through their entry into the food chain via bioaccumulation. Human activities such as improper solid waste dumping are significant sources...

Article GUID: 38642636
Assessment of urban greenhouse gas emissions towards reduction planning and low-carbon city: a case study of Montreal, Canada

Author(s): Shadnoush Pashaei

Greenhouse gases (GHGs) can be produced from a broad range of anthropogenic activities at different spatial and temporal scales. In particular, emissions from urban area are an import source of GHGs. City is a complicated system consisting of various compon...

Article GUID: 38638449
Breamy: An augmented reality mHealth prototype for surgical decision-making in breast cancer

Author(s): Najafi N; Addie M; Meterissian S; Kersten-Oertel M;

Breast cancer is one of the most prevalent forms of cancer, affecting approximately one in eight women during their lifetime. Deciding on breast cancer treatment, which includes the choice between surgical options, frequently demands prompt decision-making ...

Article GUID: 38638506
ALBA: a model-driven framework for the automatic generation of android location-based apps

Author(s): Gharaat M; Sharbaf M; Zamani B; Hamou-Lhadj A;

In recent years, the number of smartphone users has increased dramatically. These users download millions of apps and use them for various services. Due to the significant demand for mobile apps, developers often seek faster development methods and more eff...

Article GUID: 38624616
Numerical Simulation of the Effect of Particle and Substrate Preheating on Porosity Level and Residual Stress of As-sprayed Ti6Al4V Components

Author(s): Khamsepour P; Moreau C; Dolatabadi A;

Nowadays, in the aerospace industry, additive manufacturing and repairing damaged metallic components like Ti6Al4V samples have grabbed attention. Among repairing techniques, solid-state additive manufacturing processes like cold spray are promising because...

Article GUID: 38624932
Microstructure of Deposits Sprayed by a High Power Torch with Flash Boiling Atomization of High-Concentration Suspensions

Author(s): Amrollahy Biouki S; Ben Ettouil F; C Liberati A; Dolatabadi A; Moreau C;

The main objective of this study was to use flash boiling atomization as a new method to inject suspensions with high solid content into the high-power plasma flow. The water-based suspension was prepared with submicron titanium oxide particles with an aver...

Article GUID: 38612008
Effect of nanobubbles on the mobilization of microplastics in shorelines subject to seawater infiltration

Author(s): Wang Z; Lee K; Feng Q; An C; Chen Z;

The widespread presence of microplastics (MPs) in the ocean has varying degrees of impact on ecosystems and even human health. Coastal tidal zones are crucial in controlling the movement of MPs, which are influenced by waves and tidal forces. Meanwhile, nat...

Article GUID: 38604304
FishSegSSL: A Semi-Supervised Semantic Segmentation Framework for Fish-Eye Images

Author(s): Paul S; Patterson Z; Bouguila N;

The application of large field-of-view (FoV) cameras equipped with fish-eye lenses brings notable advantages to various real-world computer vision applications, including autonomous driving. While deep learning has proven successful in conventional computer...

Article GUID: 38535151
Self-consolidating concrete: Dataset on mixture design and key properties

Author(s): Amine El Mahdi Safhi

This manuscript delineates the assembly and structure of an extensive dataset encompassing more than 2500 self-consolidating concrete (SCC) mixtures, meticulously compiled from 176 scholarly sources. The dataset has been subjected to a thorough curation pro...

Article GUID: 38533116
Spotlight on the vertical migration of aged microplastics in coastal waters

Author(s): Yang X; Huang G; Chen Z; Feng Q; An C; Lyu L; Bi H; Zhou S;

Coastal waters are complex and dynamic areas with unique environmental attributes that complicate the vertical migration of microplastics (MPs). The MPs that enter coastal waters from diverse sources, including terrestrial, riverine, oceanic, and shoreline ...

Article GUID: 38503206
The First Iranian Case of Unstable Hemoglobin Santa Ana

Author(s): Alavi S; Mohammadimoghaddam S; Najmabadi H; Maghsoudlou S;

In this report, we describe a 6-year-old girl with a medical history of pallor, mild icterus, anemia, blood transfusion and abnormal hemoglobin variant analysis on capillary electrophoresis. She was referred for further analysis. DNA sequencing of the proba...

Article GUID: 38500334
Brain tumor detection based on a novel and high-quality prediction of the tumor pixel distributions

Author(s): Sun Y; Wang C;

The work presented in this paper is in the area of brain tumor detection. We propose a fast detection system with 3D MRI scans of Flair modality. It performs 2 functions, predicting the gray level distribution and location distribution of the pixels in the ...

Article GUID: 38493601
CosSIF: Cosine similarity-based image filtering to overcome low inter-class variation in synthetic medical image datasets

Author(s): Islam M; Zunair H; Mohammed N;

Crafting effective deep learning models for medical image analysis is a complex task, particularly in cases where the medical image dataset lacks significant inter-class variation. This challenge is further aggravated when employing such datasets to generat...

Article GUID: 38492455
Investigating the relationship between physical, cognitive, and environmental factors of ergonomics with the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders: A case study in a car-parts manufacturing industry

Author(s): Mokhtarinia H; Alimohammadi B; Sadeghi-Yarandi M; Torabi-Gudarzi S; Soltanzadeh A; Nikbakht N;...

Background: Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMSDs) is a multi-factorial disorder in most occupational setting and it has increased significantly in recent years. Objective: This study aim...

Article GUID: 38489202
Advanced Dielectric Resonator Antenna Technology for 5G and 6G Applications

Author(s): Zhang Y; Ogurtsov S; Vasilev V; Kishk AA; Caratelli D;

We review dielectric resonator antenna (DRA) designs. This review examines recent advancements across several categories, specifically focusing on their applicability in array configurations for millimeter-wave (mmW) bands, particularly in the context of 5G...

Article GUID: 38474958
Tailoring plasmonic sensing strategies for the rapid and sensitive detection of hypochlorite in swimming water samples

Author(s): Sadiq Z; Al-Kassawneh M; Safiabadi Tali SH; Jahanshahi-Anbuhi S;

A tunable plasmonic sensor has been developed by varying the dextran content in the initially synthesized dextran-gold nanoparticle (dAuNPs) solution. A colloidal nanogold solution (dAuNPs-Sol) was initially prepared using dextran and gold salt in alkaline ...

Article GUID: 38451315
Sodium alginate/polyvinyl alcohol semi-interpenetrating hydrogels reinforced with PEG-grafted-graphene oxide

Author(s): Mehrjou A; Hadaeghnia M; Ehsani Namin P; Ghasemi I;

Semi-interpenetrating polymer network (SIPN) hydrogels composed of sodium alginate/poly (vinyl alcohol), reinforced by PEG-grafted-graphene oxide (GO-g-PEG) were prepared by ionic crosslinking of sodium alginate. The impact of grafted PEG molecular weight w...

Article GUID: 38423903
Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy against a dual-species cariogenic biofilm using a ruthenium-loaded resin-based dental material

Author(s): Leite ML; Comeau P; Aghakeshmiri S; Lange D; Rodrigues LKA; Branda N; Manso AP;

Background: Streptococcus mutans and Candida albicans are associated with caries recurrence. Therefore, this study evaluated the combination of a Ru(II)-loaded resin-based dental material (RDM) and antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) against a dual-sp...

Article GUID: 38395246
Microbially Induced Calcium Carbonate Precipitation as a Bioremediation Technique for Mining Waste

Author(s): Wilcox SM; Mulligan CN; Neculita CM;

Mining waste represents a global issue due to its potential of generating acidic or alkaline leachate with high concentrations of metals and metalloids (metal(loid)s). Microbial-induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICP) is an engineering tool used for ...

Article GUID: 38393202
Hydrothermal synthesis and electrochemical properties of Sn-based peanut shell biochar electrode materials

Author(s): Wang Y; Wang H; Ji J; You T; Lu C; Liu C; Song Y; Chen Z; Zhu S;

Using activated-carbon-based electrodes derived from waste biomass in super-capacitor energy technologies is an essential future strategy to achieve sustainable energy and environmental protection. Biomass feed-stocks such as bamboo and straw have been used...

Article GUID: 38380232
Transductive meta-learning with enhanced feature ensemble for few-shot semantic segmentation

Author(s): Karimi A; Poullis C;

This paper addresses few-shot semantic segmentation and proposes a novel transductive end-to-end method that overcomes three key problems affecting performance. First, we present a novel ensemble of visual features learned from pretrained classification and...

Article GUID: 38369571
SCANED: Siamese collateral assessment network for evaluation of collaterals from ischemic damage

Author(s): Aktar M; Xiao Y; Tehrani AKZ; Tampieri D; Rivaz H; Kersten-Oertel M;

This study conducts collateral evaluation from ischemic damage using a deep learning-based Siamese network, addressing the challenges associated with a small and imbalanced dataset. The collateral network provides an alternative oxygen and nutrient supply p...

Article GUID: 38364600
Prolonged drying impedes the detachment of microplastics in unsaturated substrate: Role of flow regimes

Author(s): Feng Q; Chen Z; Huang G; An C; Yang X; Wang Z;

The detachment of microplastics (MPs) from porous media under different moisture conditions and flow regimes has garnered limited attention within the research community. The present study investigates the detachment of MPs from porous media under wet and d...

Article GUID: 38340454
Pillar-Structured Ti3 C2 Tx MXene with Engineered Interlayer Spacing for High-Performance Magnesium Batteries

Author(s): Raisi B; Liu X; Rahmatinejad J; Ye Z;

Two-dimentional (2D) Ti3 C2 Tx MXene has attracted significant attention in non-lithium-ion batteries due to its excellent electrical conductivity, high volumetric capacity, and ability to accommodate intercalants. Rechargeable magnesium batteries with Mg m...

Article GUID: 38327158
The State of Artificial Intelligence in Skin Cancer Publications

Author(s): Joly-Chevrier M; Nguyen AX; Liang L; Lesko-Krleza M; Lefrançois P;

Background: Artificial intelligence (AI) in skin cancer is a promising research field to assist physicians and to provide support to patients remotely. Physicians' awareness to new developments in AI research is important to define the best practices an...

Article GUID: 38323537
An intelligent decision support system for groundwater supply management and electromechanical infrastructure controls

Author(s): Ataei P; Takhtravan A; Gheibi M; Chahkandi B; Faramarz MG; Waclawek S; Fathollahi-Fard AM; Behzadian K;...

This study presents an intelligent Decision Support System (DSS) aimed at bridging the theoretical-practical gap in groundwater management. The ongoing demand for sophisticated systems capable of i...

Article GUID: 38317976
A DiffeRential Evolution Adaptive Metropolis (DREAM)-based inverse model for continuous release source identification in river pollution incidents: Quantitative evaluation and sensitivity analysis

Author(s): Zhu Y; Cao H; Gao Z; Chen Z;

The identification of continuous pollution sources for rivers is of great concern for emergency response. Most studies focused on instantaneous river pollution sources and associated incidents. There is a dire need to address continuous pollution sources, a...

Article GUID: 38309421
Unveiling the Vertical Migration of Microplastics with Suspended Particulate Matter in the Estuarine Environment: Roles of Salinity, Particle Properties, and Hydrodynamics

Author(s): Yang X; Huang G; Feng Q; An C; Zhou S; Bi H; Lyu L;

The estuary is an energetic area connecting the inland, river, and ocean. The migration of microplastics (MPs) in this highly complex area is tied to the entire ecosystem. In this study, the effects of cohesive SPM (clay) and noncohesive SPM (sand) on the v...

Article GUID: 38306690
Assessing greenhouse gas emissions in Cuban agricultural soils: Implications for climate change and rice (Oryza sativa L.) production

Author(s): Dar AA; Chen Z; Rodríguez-Rodríguez S; Haghighat F; González-Rosales B;

Assessing the impact of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions on agricultural soils is crucial for ensuring food production sustainability in the global effort to combat climate change. The present study delves to comprehensively assess GHG emissions in Cuba's...

Article GUID: 38295640
Longitudinal brain structure changes in Parkinson's disease: A replication study

Author(s): Sokolowski A; Bhagwat N; Chatelain Y; Dugré M; Hanganu A; Monchi O; McPherson B; Wang M; Poline JB; Sharp M; Glatard T;...

Context: An existing major challenge in Parkinson's disease (PD) research is the identification of biomarkers of disease progression. While magnetic resonance imaging is a potential source of P...

Article GUID: 38295031
Effects of color cues on eye-hand coordination training with a mirror drawing task in virtual environment

Author(s): Alrubaye Z; Hudhud Mughrabi M; Manav B; Batmaz AU;

Mirror drawing is a motor learning task that is used to evaluate and improve eye-hand coordination of users and can be implemented in immersive Virtual Reality (VR) Head-Mounted Displays (HMDs) for training purposes. In this paper, we investigated the effec...

Article GUID: 38288362
Numerical stability of DeepGOPlus inference

Author(s): Gonzalez Pepe I; Chatelain Y; Kiar G; Glatard T;

Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) are currently among the most widely-used deep neural network (DNN) architectures available and achieve state-of-the-art performance for many problems. Originally applied to computer vision tasks, CNNs work well with any ...

Article GUID: 38285635
Design Optimization of a Hybrid-Driven Soft Surgical Robot with Biomimetic Constraints

Author(s): Roshanfar M; Dargahi J; Hooshiar A;

The current study investigated the geometry optimization of a hybrid-driven (based on the combination of air pressure and tendon tension) soft robot for use in robot-assisted intra-bronchial intervention. Soft robots, made from compliant materials, have gai...

Article GUID: 38275456
Advancement in Biosensor Technologies of 2D MaterialIntegrated with Cellulose-Physical Properties

Author(s): Ramezani G; Stiharu I; van de Ven TGM; Nerguizian V;

This review paper provides an in-depth analysis of recent advancements in integrating two-dimensional (2D) materials with cellulose to enhance biosensing technology. The incorporation of 2D materials such as graphene and transition metal dichalcogenides, al...

Article GUID: 38258201
Machine Learning-Assisted Short-Wave InfraRed (SWIR) Techniques for Biomedical Applications: Towards Personalized Medicine

Author(s): Salimi M; Roshanfar M; Tabatabaei N; Mosadegh B;

Personalized medicine transforms healthcare by adapting interventions to individuals' unique genetic, molecular, and clinical profiles. To maximize diagnostic and/or therapeutic efficacy, personalized medicine requires advanced imaging devices and senso...

Article GUID: 38248734
Investigating the flexural behavior of nanomodified multi-delaminated composites using acoustic emission technique

Author(s): Alimirzaei S; Barbaz-Isfahani R; Khodaei A; Najafabadi MA; Sadighi M;

The formation of multiple delaminations is a frequently observed damage mechanism in composite materials, exerting a more pronounced influence on their strength properties compared to single delaminations. To tackle this issue, the incorporation of nanopart...

Article GUID: 38241972
On the soft tissue ultrasound elastography using FEM based inversion approach

Author(s): Eshaghinia SS; Taghvaeipour A; Aghdam MM; Rivaz H;

Elastography is a medical imaging modality that enables visualization of tissue stiffness. It involves quasi-static or harmonic mechanical stimulation of the tissue to generate a displacement field which is used as input in an inversion algorithm to reconst...

Article GUID: 38240143
An Anatomically Shaped Mitral Valve for Hemodynamic Testing

Author(s): Darwish A; Papolla C; Rieu R; Kadem L;

In vitro modeling of the left heart relies on accurately replicating the physiological conditions of the native heart. The targeted physiological conditions include the complex fluid dynamics coming along with the opening and closing of the aortic and mitra...

Article GUID: 38228812
Alkali-Silica Reactions: Literature Review on the Influence of Moisture and Temperature and the Knowledge Gap

Author(s): Olajide OD; Nokken MR; Sanchez LFM;

The alkali-silica reaction is a universally known destructive mechanism in concrete that can lead to the premature loss of serviceability in affected structures. Quite an enormous number of research studies have been carried out focusing on the mechanisms i...

Article GUID: 38203865
Deep learning for tooth identification and enumeration in panoramic radiographs

Author(s): Sadr S; Mohammad-Rahimi H; Ghorbanimehr MS; Rokhshad R; Abbasi Z; Soltani P; Moaddabi A; Shahab S; Rohban MH;...

Background: Dentists begin the diagnosis by identifying and enumerating teeth. Panoramic radiographs are widely used for tooth identification due to their large field of view and low exposure dose....

Article GUID: 38169618
Alternating direction method of multipliers for displacement estimation in ultrasound strain elastography

Author(s): Md Ashikuzzaman

CONCLUSIONS: A novel ultrasonic displacement tracking algorithm named ALTRUIST has been developed. The principal novelty of ALTRUIST is incorporating ADMM for optimizing an L 1 $L1$ -norm regularization-based cost function. ALTRUIST exhibits promising perfo...

Article GUID: 38159299
Nonsingleton Gaussian type-3 fuzzy system with fractional order NTSMC for path tracking of autonomous cars

Author(s): Taghavifar H; Mohammadzadeh A; Zhang W; Zhang C;

Path-tracking and lane-keeping tasks are critical to guarantee safety and navigation performance considerations for deploying autonomous cars. This paper presents a novel control framework for the path-tracking control of high-speed autonomous cars with str...

Article GUID: 38160078
Loosely controlled experimental EEG datasets for higher-order cognitions in design and creativity tasks

Author(s): Zangeneh Soroush M; Zhao M; Jia W; Zeng Y;

Understanding neural mechanisms in design and creativity processes remains a challenging endeavor. To address this gap, we present two electroencephalography (EEG) datasets recorded in design and creativity experiments. We have discussed the details, simila...

Article GUID: 38152489
Evaluation of human vulnerability and toxic effects of chronic and acute occupational exposure to ammonia: A case study in an ice factory

Author(s): Soltanzadeh A; Mahdinia M; Nikbakht N; Hosseinzadeh K; Sadeghi-Yarandi M;

Background: The hazardous material release has frequently occurred worldwide. As a respiratory stimulant and a toxic substance, ammonia has numerous adverse effects on human health. Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the human vulnerabili...

Article GUID: 38143407
A Systematic Evaluation of Curcumin Concentrations and Blue Light Parameters towards Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy against Cariogenic Microorganisms

Author(s): Comeau P; Manso A;

Dental caries is a highly preventable and costly disease. Unfortunately, the current management strategies are inadequate at reducing the incidence and new minimally invasive strategies are needed. In this study, a systematic evaluation of specific light pa...

Article GUID: 38140048
On-site workshop investment problem: A novel mathematical approach and solution procedure

Author(s): Moradi N; Kayvanfar V; Baldacci R;

In real-world construction sites, On-Site Workshops (OSW) are installed to accelerate construction activities and facilitate the material handling process. These temporary OSWs are cost-effective, leading to decreasing the material handling cost and project...

Article GUID: 38125448
Effects of electron acceptors and donors on anaerobic biodegradation of PAHs in marine sediments

Author(s): Chen Q; Li Z; Chen Y; Liu M; Yang Q; Zhu B; Mu J; Feng L; Chen Z;

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are typical organic pollutants accumulated in the environment. PAHs' bioremediation in sediments can be promoted by adding electron acceptor (EA) and electron donor (ED). Bicarbonate and sulfate were chosen as two...

Article GUID: 38113802
A game theoretic approach to contract-based enviro-economic coordination of wood pellet supply chains for bioenergy production

Author(s): Vazifeh Z; Mafakheri F; An C; Bensebaa F;

Wood pellets have gained global attention due to their economic availability and increasing demand for bioenergy as part of sustainable energy solutions. Management of the wood pellet supply chains, from feedstock harvesting to bioenergy conversion, is crit...

Article GUID: 38037615
Exosome-targeted delivery of METTL14 regulates NFATc1 m6A methylation levels to correct osteoclast-induced bone resorption

Author(s): Yang JG; Sun B; Wang Z; Li X; Gao JH; Qian JJ; Li J; Wei WJ; Zhang P; Wang W;

Osteoporosis has a profound influence on public health. First-line bisphosphonates often cause osteonecrosis of the jaw meanwhile inhibiting osteoclasts. Therefore, it is important to develop effective treatments. The results of this study showed that the i...

Article GUID: 37957146
Development and performance assessment of a new opensource Bayesian inference R platform for building energy model calibration

Author(s): Hou D; Zhan D; Wang L; Hassan IG; Sezer N;

Many factors contribute to the inherent uncertainty of energy consumption modeling in buildings. It is essential to perform a calibration and sensitivity analysis in order to manage these uncertainties. Despite the availability of several calibration method...

Article GUID: 37936825
Nonlinear dynamic modeling and model-based AI-driven control of a magnetoactive soft continuum robot in a fluidic environment

Author(s): Moezi SA; Sedaghati R; Rakheja S;

In recent years, magnetoactive soft continuum robots (MSCRs) with multimodal locomotion capabilities have emerged for various biomedical applications. Developments in nonlinear dynamic models and effective control methods for MSCRs are deemed vital not only...

Article GUID: 37932207
Solar neighborhoods: the impact of urban layout on a large-scale solar strategies application

Author(s): Singh K; Hachem-Vermette C; D' Almeida R;

The article addresses the challenges of evaluating energy performance in different neighborhood settings under various energy efficiency measures and proposes a methodology for selecting appropriate solar strategies on a neighborhood scale. The study select...

Article GUID: 37914754
Superhydrophilic CoFe Dispersion of Hydrogel Electrocatalysts for Quasi-Solid-State Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting

Author(s): Wang H; Gao RT; Nguyen NT; Bai J; Ren S; Liu X; Zhang X; Wang L;

Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting is an attractive strategy to convert solar energy to hydrogen. However, the lifetime of PEC devices is restricted by the photocorrosion of semiconductors and the instability of co-catalysts. Herein, we report a fea...

Article GUID: 37901939
Web-based processing of physiological noise in fMRI: addition of the PhysIO toolbox to CBRAIN

Author(s): Valevicius D; Beck N; Kasper L; Boroday S; Bayer J; Rioux P; Caron B; Adalat R; Evans AC; Khalili-Mahani N;...

Neuroimaging research requires sophisticated tools for analyzing complex data, but efficiently leveraging these tools can be a major challenge, especially on large datasets. CBRAIN is a web-based p...

Article GUID: 37841811
Unsupervised Mixture Models on the Edge for Smart Energy Consumption Segmentation with Feature Saliency

Author(s): Al-Bazzaz H; Azam M; Amayri M; Bouguila N;

Smart meter datasets have recently transitioned from monthly intervals to one-second granularity, yielding invaluable insights for diverse metering functions. Clustering analysis, a fundamental data mining technique, is extensively applied to discern unique...

Article GUID: 37837127
Comparison of Radiologists and Deep Learning for US Grading of Hepatic Steatosis

Author(s): Vianna P; Calce SI; Boustros P; Larocque-Rigney C; Patry-Beaudoin L; Luo YH; Aslan E; Marinos J; Alamri TM; Vu KN; Murphy-Lavallée J; Billia...

Background Screening for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is suboptimal due to the subjective interpretation of US images. Purpose To evaluate the agreement and diagnostic performance of ra...

Article GUID: 37787678
Hydroxyl radical production by abiotic oxidation of pyrite under estuarine conditions: The effects of aging, seawater anions and illumination

Author(s): Liu R; Dai Y; Feng Y; Sun S; Zhang X; An C; Zhao S;

Pyrite is widely distributed in estuarine sediments as an inexpensive natural Fenton-like reagent, however, the mechanism on the hydroxyl radical (HO·) production by pyrite under estuarine environmental conditions is still poorly understood. The batch exper...

Article GUID: 37778841
Data-Weighted Multivariate Generalized Gaussian Mixture Model: Application to Point Cloud Robust Registration

Author(s): Ge B; Najar F; Bouguila N;

In this paper, a weighted multivariate generalized Gaussian mixture model combined with stochastic optimization is proposed for point cloud registration. The mixture model parameters of the target scene and the scene to be registered are updated iteratively...

Article GUID: 37754943
A Comparative Study of the Self-Cleaning and Filtration Performance of Suspension Plasma-Sprayed TiO2 Ultrafiltration and Microfiltration Membranes

Author(s): Alebrahim E; Moreau C;

This study investigated the performance of photocatalytic titanium dioxide microfiltration membranes with an average pore size of approximately 180 nm and ultrafiltration membranes with an average pore size of around 40 nm fabricated with the suspension pla...

Article GUID: 37755172
Towards environmentally sustainable management: A review on the generation, degradation, and recycling of polypropylene face mask waste

Author(s): Lyu L; Bagchi M; Markoglou N; An C; Peng H; Bi H; Yang X; Sun H;

There has been a considerable increase in the use of face masks in the past years. Managing face mask waste has become a global concern, as the current waste management system is insufficient to deal with such a large quantity of solid waste. The drastic in...

Article GUID: 37742382
The gut microbiota and its biogeography

Author(s): McCallum G; Tropini C;

Biogeography is the study of species distribution and diversity within an ecosystem and is at the core of how we understand ecosystem dynamics and interactions at the macroscale. In gut microbial communities, a historical reliance on bulk sequencing to prob...

Article GUID: 37740073
An insight into the benefits of substituting polypropylene with biodegradable polylactic acid face masks for combating environmental emissions

Author(s): Lyu L; Peng H; An C; Sun H; Yang X; Bi H;

Mask waste can affect the natural environment and human health. In this study, the life cycle assessment (LCA) of two types of face masks (Polylactic acid (PLA) and Polypropylene (PP)) was first performed to evaluate the environmental impacts from productio...

Article GUID: 37734618
1T-2H Mixed-Phase MoS2 Stabilized with a Hyperbranched Polyethylene Ionomer for Mg2+ /Li+ Co-Intercalation Toward High-Capacity Dual-Salt Batteries

Author(s): Rahmatinejad J; Raisi B; Liu X; Zhang X; Sadeghi Chevinli A; Yang L; Ye Z;

Dual-salt magnesium/lithium-ion batteries (MLIBs) benefit from fast lithium ion diffusion on the cathode side while providing safety due to the dendrite-free Mg2+ stripping/plating mechanism on the anode side. Bulk MoS2 (B-MoS2 ), as a cathode for magnesium...

Article GUID: 37691015
Multi-objective control optimization of isolated bridge using replicator controller and NSGA-II

Author(s): Momeni Z; Bagchi A;

Earthquakes can cause significant damage to constructed structures, leading engineers to design systems that effectively reduce damage and improve real-time vibration control. While base isolation is a commonly used passive method for seismic protection in ...

Article GUID: 37662735
A population-averaged structural connectomic brain atlas dataset from 422 HCP-aging subjects

Author(s): Xiao Y; Gilmore G; Kai J; Lau JC; Peters T; Khan AR;

Population-averaged brain atlases, that are represented in a standard space with anatomical labels, are instrumental tools in neurosurgical planning and the study of neurodegenerative conditions. Traditional brain atlases are primarily derived from anatomic...

Article GUID: 37663773
Assessment of landfill gas storage and application regarding energy management: A case study in the province of Quebec, Canada

Author(s): Malmir T; Héroux M; Lagos D; Eicker U;

Landfills are extensively applied to dispose of municipal solid wastes in developed and developing countries. Landfill gas generation from biodegradable organic wastes can be collected and converted to energy. When the gas collection system is shutdown, som...

Article GUID: 37659122
Teleconsultations for mental health: Recommendations from a Delphi panel

Author(s): Manera V; Partos C; Beauchet O; Benoit M; Dupetit B; Elbaum J; Fabre R; Gindt M; Gros A; Guerchouche R; Klöppel S; König A; Martin A; Mouton...

Introduction: The use of teleconsultations for mental health has drastically increased since 2020 due to the Covid19 pandemic. In the present paper, we aimed to analyze the advantages and disadvant...

Article GUID: 37655117
The experimental multi-arm pendulum on a cart: A benchmark system for chaos, learning, and control

Author(s): Kaheman K; Fasel U; Bramburger JJ; Strom B; Kutz JN; Brunton SL;

The single, double, and triple pendulum has served as an illustrative experimental benchmark system for scientists to study dynamical behavior for more than four centuries. The pendulum system exhibits a wide range of interesting behaviors, from simple harm...

Article GUID: 37637793
Degradation of enrofloxacin by a novel Fe-N-C@ZnO material in freshwater and seawater: Performance and mechanism

Author(s): Geng C; Chen Q; Li Z; Liu M; Chen Z; Tao H; Yang Q; Zhu B; Feng L;

In this study, we investigated the doping of Fe-N-C with ZnO (Fe-N-C@ZnO) to enhance its performance in the reduction of biological toxicity and degradation of enrofloxacin (ENR) in seawater. The steady-state/transient fluorescence analysis and free radical...

Article GUID: 37619630
A deep learning framework to scale linear facial measurements to actual size using horizontal visible iris diameter: a study on an Iranian population

Author(s): Pirayesh Z; Hassanzadeh-Samani S; Farzan A; Rohban MH; Ghorbanimehr MS; Mohammad-Rahimi H; Motamedian SR;...

Digital images allow for the objective evaluation of facial appearance and abnormalities as well as treatment outcomes and stability. With the advancement of technology, manual clinical measurement...

Article GUID: 37612309
Spatial and Temporal Availability of Cloud-free Optical Observations in the Tropics to Monitor Deforestation

Author(s): Flores-Anderson AI; Cardille J; Azad K; Cherrington E; Zhang Y; Wilson S;

State-of-the-art methodologies to monitor deforestation rely mostly on optical satellite observations. High-density optical time series can enable the detection of deforestation almost as soon as it occurs. However, deforestation monitoring in the tropics c...

Article GUID: 37607919
Promoting Cross-Regional Integration of Maritime Emission Management: A Euro-American Linkage of Carbon Markets

Author(s): Peng H; An C; Chen Z; Tian X; Sun Y;

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from maritime transport is an urgent topic. Some regional emissions trading systems (ETSs), buoyed by the globalized market-based measures (MBMs) plan of the International maritime organization, have initially assessed the ...

Article GUID: 37556349
Integrating of electrocoagulation process with submerged membrane bioreactor for wastewater treatment under low voltage gradients

Author(s): Bani-Melhem K; Elektorowicz M; Tawalbeh M; Al Bsoul A; El Gendy A; Kamyab H; Yusuf M;

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are present in wastewater from various sources like industry, roads, and household waste. They are difficult to remove due to their low concentration, stability, and ability to combine with other organic substances. T...

Article GUID: 37536541
Design optimization and experimental evaluation of a large capacity magnetorheological damper with annular and radial fluid gaps

Author(s): Abdalaziz M; Sedaghati R; Vatandoost H;

This paper presents an optimal design of a large-capacity Magnetorheological (MR) damper suitable for off-road vehicle applications. The damper includes an MR fluid bypass valve with both annular and radial gaps to generate a large damping force and dynamic...

Article GUID: 37521729
Enhanced identification of membrane transport proteins: a hybrid approach combining ProtBERT-BFD and convolutional neural networks

Author(s): Ghazikhani H; Butler G;

Transmembrane transport proteins (transporters) play a crucial role in the fundamental cellular processes of all organisms by facilitating the transport of hydrophilic substrates across hydrophobic membranes. Despite the availability of numerous membrane pr...

Article GUID: 37497772
System Approach for Characterizing and Evaluating Factors for Occupational Health Impacts Due to Nonfatal Injuries and Illnesses for the Use in Life Cycle Assessment

Author(s): Huang Z; Kijko G; Scanlon K; Lloyd S; Henderson A; Fantke P; Jolliet O; Li S;

Occupational injuries and illnesses are major risk factors for human health impacts worldwide, but they have not been consistently nor comprehensively considered in life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) methods. In this study, we quantified occupational healt...

Article GUID: 37490771
Performance of ChatGPT on a Practice Dermatology Board Certification Examination

Author(s): Joly-Chevrier M; Nguyen AX; Lesko-Krleza M; Lefrançois P;

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Article GUID: 37489920
Joint frequency space design approach for efficient planar frequency diverse arrays

Author(s): Hasheminasab M; Cheldavi A; Kishk AA;

Antenna arrays offer advantages in terms of spatial diversity, allowing for control over pattern specifications in space. The incorporation of frequency diversity in arrays presents an opportunity to manipulate beams in the Space-Time domain. Unlike convent...

Article GUID: 37482579
Overlooked Role of Bulk Nanobubbles in the Alteration and Motion of Microplastics in the Ocean Environment

Author(s): Wang Z; An C; Lee K; Feng Q;

The increasing enrichment of microplastics (MPs) in the shoreline environment poses both ecological and social-economic risks. The alteration and motion of MPs in the ocean under the effect of bulk nanobubbles (NBs) have been less extensively studied. In th...

Article GUID: 37477614
Transformer-based hand gesture recognition from instantaneous to fused neural decomposition of high-density EMG signals

Author(s): Montazerin M; Rahimian E; Naderkhani F; Atashzar SF; Yanushkevich S; Mohammadi A;

Designing efficient and labor-saving prosthetic hands requires powerful hand gesture recognition algorithms that can achieve high accuracy with limited complexity and latency. In this context, the paper proposes a Compact Transformer-based Hand Gesture Reco...

Article GUID: 37419881
Assessment of the infiltration of water-in-oil emulsion into soil after spill incidents

Author(s): Qu Z; An C; Yue R; Bi H; Zhao S;

The issue of inland oil spills exerts an adverse impact on environmental and ecological health. Many cases are concerned with water-in-oil emulsions, especially in the oil production and transport system. To understand the contamination and take an efficien...

Article GUID: 37414189
Preparation, characteristics, and performance of the microemulsion system in the removal of oil from beach sand

Author(s): Bi H; Mulligan CN; Lee K; An C; Wen J; Yang X; Lyu L; Qu Z;

Oil deposited on shoreline substrates has serious adverse effects on the coastal environment and can persist for a long time. In this study, a green and effective microemulsion (ME) derived from vegetable oil was developed as a washing fluid to remove stran...

Article GUID: 37399736
User-friendly and ultra-stable all-inclusive gold tablets for cysteamine detection

Author(s): Al-Kassawneh M; Sadiq Z; Jahanshahi-Anbuhi S;

To date, a range of nanozymes has been reported for their enzyme-mimicking catalytic activity such as solution-based sensors. However, in remote areas, the need for portable, cost-effective, and one-pot prepared sensors is obvious. In this study, we report ...

Article GUID: 37397283
Resource efficiency analysis through planetary boundary-based life cycle assessment: a case study of sugarcane in Pakistan

Author(s): Ghani HU; Ryberg M; Bjørn A; Hauschild MZ; Gheewala SH;

Purpose: Extensive agriculture activities for crop production have led to increasing environmental impacts that threaten to exceed environmentally safe limits. The purpose of this study is to analyze resource efficiency of the agri-food industry, considerin...

Article GUID: 37363084
Assessment of coal supply chain under carbon trade policy by extended exergy accounting method

Author(s): Roozbeh Nia A; Awasthi A; Bhuiyan N;

Within an uncertain environment and following carbon trade policies, this study uses the Extended Exergy Accounting (EEA) method for coal supply chains (SCs) in eight of the world's most significant coal consuming countries. The purpose is to improve th...

Article GUID: 37363701
Identification of the driving factors of microplastic load and morphology in estuaries for improving monitoring and management strategies: A global meta-analysis

Author(s): Feng Q; An C; Chen Z; Lee K; Wang Z;

Estuaries are one of the primary pathways for transferring microplastics (MPs) from the land to the ocean. A comprehensive understanding of the load, morphological characteristics, driving factors, and potential risks of MPs in estuaries is imperative to in...

Article GUID: 37336353
Refined design of ventilation systems to mitigate infection risk in hospital wards: Perspective from ventilation openings setting

Author(s): Ren C; Wang J; Feng Z; Kim MK; Haghighat F; Cao SJ;

To prevent respiratory infections between patients and medical workers, the transmission risk of airborne pollutants in hospital wards must be mitigated. The ventilation modes, which are regarded as an important strategy to minimize the infection risk, is c...

Article GUID: 37336354
A comparative study of black-box and white-box data-driven methods to predict landfill leachate permeability

Author(s): Ghasemi M; Samadi M; Soleimanian E; Chau KW;

Due to the dynamic and complexity of leachate percolation within municipal solid waste (MSW), planning and operation of solid waste management systems are challenging for decision-makers. In this regard, data-driven methods can be considered robust approach...

Article GUID: 37335361
Millimeter-wave planar antenna array augmented with a low-cost 3D printed dielectric polarizer for sensing and internet of things (IoT) applications

Author(s): Al-Alem Y; Sifat SM; Antar YMM; Kishk AA;

A unique high gain antenna array with a 3D-printed dielectric polarizer is proposed. The packaging of the antenna array feeding structure is eliminated by aggregating the feeding network in between the antenna elements. This has a significant advantage in m...

Article GUID: 37316512
Impact Behaviour of Steel-Fibre-Reinforced Alkali-Activated Slag Concrete Exposed to Elevated Temperatures

Author(s): Abubakr A; Soliman A;

Concrete protective structures are mainly meant to withstand impact loads. However, fire events weaken concrete and reduce its impact resistance. This study investigated the impact behaviour of steel-fibre-reinforced alkali-activated slag (AAS) concrete bef...

Article GUID: 37297228
A cross-jurisdictional comparison on residential waste collection rates during earlier waves of COVID-19

Author(s): Mahmud TS; Ng KTW; Hasan MM; An C; Wan S;

There is currently a lack of studies on residential waste collection during COVID-19 in North America. SARIMA models were developed to predict residential waste collection rates (RWCR) across four North American jurisdictions before and during the pandemic....

Article GUID: 37274541
Hyperelastic Modeling and Validation of Hybrid-Actuated Soft Robot with Pressure-Stiffening

Author(s): Roshanfar M; Taki S; Sayadi A; Cecere R; Dargahi J; Hooshiar A;

Soft robots have gained popularity, especially in intraluminal applications, because their soft bodies make them safer for surgical interventions than flexures with rigid backbones. This study investigates a pressure-regulating stiffness tendon-driven soft ...

Article GUID: 37241524
Inhibited and Retarded Behavior by Ca2+ and Ca2+/OD Loading Rate on Ureolytic Bacteria in MICP Process

Author(s): Fukue M; Lechowicz Z; Fujimori Y; Emori K; Mulligan CN;

The estimation of optical density (OD) with viable cells is challenging for engineering purposes. In this study, the OD conversion based on previous study was used. The inhibited and retarded behavior of the microbially induced carbonate precipitation (MICP...

Article GUID: 37176240
Sub-hourly measurement datasets from 6 real buildings: Energy use and indoor climate

Author(s): Sartori I; Walnum HT; Skeie KS; Georges L; Knudsen MD; Bacher P; Candanedo J; Sigounis AM; Prakash AK; Pritoni M; Granderson J; Yang S; Wan ...

The data presented here were collected independently for 6 real buildings by researchers of different institutions and gathered in the context of the IEA EBC Annex 81 Data-driven Smart Buildings, a...

Article GUID: 37153123
Insights into the abiotic fragmentation of biodegradable mulches under accelerated weathering conditions

Author(s): Cai M; Qi Z; Guy C; An C; Chen X; Wang Z; Feng Q;

Biodegradable mulches (BMs) can be tilled into soils to mitigate disposal and environmental problems. However, the content of biodegradable microplastics (BMPs) would increase with the addition of biodegradable macroplastics (BMaPs). The fragmented particle...

Article GUID: 37104954
Invariant Pattern Recognition with Log-Polar Transform and Dual-Tree Complex Wavelet-Fourier Features

Author(s): Chen G; Krzyzak A;

In this paper, we propose a novel method for 2D pattern recognition by extracting features with the log-polar transform, the dual-tree complex wavelet transform (DTCWT), and the 2D fast Fourier transform (FFT2). Our new method is invariant to translation, r...

Article GUID: 37112182
Tide-induced infiltration and resuspension of microplastics in shorelines: Insights from tidal tank experiments

Author(s): Feng Q; Chen Z; An C; Yang X; Wang Z;

In the present study, the infiltration and resuspension of microplastics (MPs) in a slope substrate under the influence of repeated tidal forces were investigated using a tidal tank. In the scenario in which MPs were placed on the top of the slope, increasi...

Article GUID: 37084574
Robust self-cleaning membrane with superhydrophilicity and underwater superoleophobicity for oil-in-water separation

Author(s): Yue RY; Yuan PC; Zhang CM; Wan ZH; Wang SG; Sun X;

The discharge of oily wastewater has increased dramatically and will bring serious environmental problems. In this work, a self-cleaning and anti-fouling g-C3N4/TiO2/PVDF composite membrane was fabricated via the layer-by-layer approach. The surface of as-p...

Article GUID: 37068616
High isolation circularly polarized in-band full-duplex anisotropic dielectric resonator antenna

Author(s): Abedian M; Khalily M; Wang F; Xiao P; Tafazolli R; Kishk AA;

A novel high-isolation, monostatic, circularly polarized (CP) simultaneous transmit and receive (STAR) anisotropic dielectric resonator antenna (DRA) is presented. The Proposed antenna is composed of two identical but orthogonally positioned annular sectora...

Article GUID: 37045877
Sonification as a reliable alternative to conventional visual surgical navigation

Author(s): Matinfar S; Salehi M; Suter D; Seibold M; Dehghani S; Navab N; Wanivenhaus F; Fürnstahl P; Farshad M; Navab N;...

Despite the undeniable advantages of image-guided surgical assistance systems in terms of accuracy, such systems have not yet fully met surgeons' needs or expectations regarding usability, time...

Article GUID: 37045878
Data and Tools Integration in the Canadian Open Neuroscience Platform

Author(s): Poline JB; Das S; Glatard T; Madjar C; Dickie EW; Lecours X; Beaudry T; Beck N; Behan B; Brown ST; Bujold D; Beauvais M; Caron B; Czech C; D...

We present the Canadian Open Neuroscience Platform (CONP) portal to answer the research community's need for flexible data sharing resources and provide advanced tools for search and processing...

Article GUID: 37024500
Isolation and Identification of Mercury-Tolerant Bacteria LBA119 from Molybdenum-Lead Mining Soils and Their Removal of Hg2

Author(s): Yao H; Wang H; Ji J; Tan A; Song Y; Chen Z;

Aims: To screen heavy metal-tolerant strains from heavy metal-contaminated soil in mining areas and determine the tolerance of the strains to different heavy metals and their removal rates through experiments. Methods: Mercury-resistant strain LBA119 was i...

Article GUID: 36977027
Application of machine learning in predicting non-alcoholic fatty liver disease using anthropometric and body composition indices

Author(s): Razmpour F; Daryabeygi-Khotbehsara R; Soleimani D; Asgharnezhad H; Shamsi A; Bajestani GS; Nematy M; Pour MR; Maddison R; Islam SMS;...

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common chronic liver disease, which can progress from simple steatosis to advanced cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Clinical diagnosis o...

Article GUID: 36973382
Steering of carbon fiber/PEEK tapes using Hot Gas Torch-assisted automated fiber placement

Author(s): Rajasekaran A; Shadmehri F;

In-situ manufacturing of thermoplastic composites using Hot Gas Torch (HGT)-assisted Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) has the potential to produce laminates in an efficient manner by avoiding a secondary process, like autoclave consolidation. One of the adva...

Article GUID: 36974323
Intelligent operation, maintenance, and control system for public building: Towards infection risk mitigation and energy efficiency

Author(s): Ren C; Zhu HC; Wang J; Feng Z; Chen G; Haghighat F; Cao SJ;

During the post-COVID-19 era, it is important but challenging to synchronously mitigate the infection risk and optimize the energy savings in public buildings. While, ineffective control of ventilation and purification systems can result in increased energy...

Article GUID: 36941886
Comparison of photocatalysis and photolysis of 2,2,4,4-tetrabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-47): Operational parameters, kinetic studies, and data validation using three modern machine learning models

Author(s): Motamedi M; Yerushalmi L; Haghighat F; Chen Z; Zhuang Y;

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are halogenated organic compounds that are among the major pollutants of water, and there is an urgent need for their removal. This work compared the application of two techniques, i.e., photocatalytic reaction (PCR) a...

Article GUID: 36907486
Robust framework for COVID-19 identication from a multicenter dataset of chest CT scans

Author(s): Khademi S; Heidarian S; Afshar P; Enshaei N; Naderkhani F; Rafiee MJ; Oikonomou A; Shafiee A; Babaki Fard F; Plataniotis KN; Mohammadi A;...

The main objective of this study is to develop a robust deep learning-based framework to distinguish COVID-19, Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP), and Normal cases based on volumetric chest CT scan...

Article GUID: 36862633
Energy scheduling for DoS attack over multi-hop networks: Deep reinforcement learning approach

Author(s): Yang L; Tao J; Liu YH; Xu Y; Su CY;

This paper studies the energy scheduling for Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack against remote state estimation over multi-hop networks. A smart sensor observes a dynamic system, and transmits its local state estimate to a remote estimator. Due to the limited c...

Article GUID: 36848827
Surgical margin assessment of bone tumours: A systematic review of current and emerging technologies

Author(s): Shoman H; Al-Kassmy J; Ejaz M; Matta J; Alakhras S; Kahla K; D' Acunto M;

Osteosarcoma is the most common malignant tumour of the bone. Complete surgical excision is critical to achieve optimal outcomes and lower recurrence rates. However, accurate assessment of tumour margins remains a challenge and multiple technologies are emp...

Article GUID: 36845345
Microfluidic Wound-Healing Assay for ECM and Microenvironment Properties on Microglia BV2 Cells Migration

Author(s): Yazdanpanah Moghadam E; Sonenberg N; Packirisamy M;

Microglia cells, as the resident immune cells of the central nervous system (CNS), are highly motile and migratory in development and pathophysiological conditions. During their migration, microglia cells interact with their surroundings based on the variou...

Article GUID: 36832056
Removal of Nutrients from Water Using Biosurfactant Micellar-Enhanced Ultrafiltration

Author(s): Binte Rafiq Era S; Mulligan CN;

The removal of NH4+, NO3-, and NH3- from wastewater can be difficult and expensive. Through physical, chemical, and biological processes, metals and nutrients can be extracted from wastewater. Very few scientific investigations have employed surfactants wit...

Article GUID: 36838547
Lamellar orientation at the surface of isotactic polystyrene thin films analyzed by sum frequency generation spectroscopy

Author(s): de Lima BM; Hayes PL; Wood-Adams PM;

Analyzing the orientation of polymeric crystalline lamella at the surface of thin films can be challenging. Even though atomic force microscopy (AFM) is often sufficient for this analysis, there are cases when imaging is not sufficient to confidently determ...

Article GUID: 36813456
Design Principles in mHealth Interventions for Sustainable Health Behavior Changes: Protocol for a Systematic Review

Author(s): Yang L; Kuang A; Xu C; Shewchuk B; Singh S; Quan H; Zeng Y;

Background: In recent years, mHealth has increasingly been used to deliver behavioral interventions for disease prevention and self-management. Computing power in mHealth tools can provide unique functions beyond conventional interventions ...

Article GUID: 36811938
Modeling and tracking control of dielectric elastomer actuators based on fractional calculus

Author(s): Wu J; Xu Z; Zhang Y; Su CY; Wang Y;

Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) show broad application prospects in the area of soft robots since they offer merits of fast response, large deformation, light weight and high energy conversion efficiency. Practical soft robot applications would usuall...

Article GUID: 36792481
Entrainment and Enrichment of Microplastics in Ice Formation Processes: Implications for the Transport of Microplastics in Cold Regions

Author(s): Chen Z; Elektorowicz M; An C; Tian X;

Sea ice can serve as a temporary sink for microplastics (MPs), and thus, it too can function as a secondary source of and transport medium for MPs. This study aimed to explore the effect of various MP properties and environmental characteristics on the entr...

Article GUID: 36780450
Human Activity Recognition with an HMM-Based Generative Model

Author(s): Manouchehri N; Bouguila N;

Human activity recognition (HAR) has become an interesting topic in healthcare. This application is important in various domains, such as health monitoring, supporting elders, and disease diagnosis. Considering the increasing improvements in smart devices, ...

Article GUID: 36772428
Analysis of an Adaptive Periodic Low-Frequency Wave Filter Featuring Magnetorheological Elastomers

Author(s): Jafari H; Sedaghati R;

This study aims to enhance and tune wave-propagation properties (Bandgaps) of periodic structures featuring magnetorheological elastomers (MREs). For this purpose, first, a basic model of periodic structures (square unit cell with cross-shaped arms), which ...

Article GUID: 36772034
Development and testing of a 2D offshore oil spill modeling tool (OSMT) supported by an effective calibration method

Author(s): Yang Z; Chen Z; Lee K;

An Oil Spill Modeling Tool (OSMT) has been developed in this study to predict the transport and fate of oil spills resulting from surface releases. Particularly, the Kullback-Leibler (KL) divergence method is adopted as a performance metric for the first ti...

Article GUID: 36758314
Compatible-domain Transfer Learning for Breast Cancer Classification with Limited Annotated Data

Author(s): Shamshiri MA; Krzyzak A; Kowal M; Korbicz J;

Microscopic analysis of breast cancer images is the primary task in diagnosing cancer malignancy. Recent attempts to automate this task have employed deep learning models whose success has depended on large volumes of data, while acquiring annotated data in...

Article GUID: 36758326
Designing a multi-objective closed-loop supply chain: a two-stage stochastic programming, method applied to the garment industry in Montréal, Canada

Author(s): Shafiee Roudbari E; Fatemi Ghomi SMT; Eicker U;

The global population continues to grow, which expands demand for raw materials. Meanwhile, governments are developing circular economy strategies within cities and their industries. A circular economy utilizes refurbishing, reusing, remanufacturing, and re...

Article GUID: 36747987
A multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) approach for data-driven distance learning recommendations

Author(s): Alshamsi AM; El-Kassabi H; Serhani MA; Bouhaddioui C;

Distance learning has been adopted as an alternative learning strategy to the face-to-face teaching methodology. It has been largely implemented by many governments worldwide due to the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and the implication in enforcing lockdo...

Article GUID: 36718426
Deep learning approach to security enforcement in cloud workflow orchestration

Author(s): El-Kassabi HT; Serhani MA; Masud MM; Shuaib K; Khalil K;

Supporting security and data privacy in cloud workflows has attracted significant research attention. For example, private patients' data managed by a workflow deployed on the cloud need to be protected, and communication of such data across multiple st...

Article GUID: 36691661
Filtration performance, fit test and side effects of respiratory personal protective equipment following decontamination: Observations for user safety and comfort

Author(s): Turgeon N; Pagé M; Robillard J; Goulet V; Bahloul A; Brochot C; Saidi MN; Dumont-Leblond N; Duchaine C;...

Objective: While facing personal protective equipment (PPE) shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic, several institutions looked to PPE decontamination and reuse options. This study...

Article GUID: 36689487
Cross-collection latent Beta-Liouville allocation model training with privacy protection and applications

Author(s): Luo Z; Amayri M; Fan W; Bouguila N;

Cross-collection topic models extend previous single-collection topic models, such as Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA), to multiple collections. The purpose of cross-collection topic modeling is to model document-topic representations and reveal similariti...

Article GUID: 36685642
Rheological Assessment of Oil-Xanthan Emulsions in Terms of Complex, Storage, and Loss Moduli

Author(s): Ghannam MT; Selim MYE; Zekri AY; Esmail N;

This experimental assessment was carried out to study the viscoelastic performance of crude oil-xanthan emulsions employing a RheoStress RS100 rheometer. Crude oil with a concentration range of 0-75% by volume was used to prepare the oil-gum emulsions. Two ...

Article GUID: 36679350
Deep learning for collateral evaluation in ischemic stroke with imbalanced data

Author(s): Aktar M; Reyes J; Tampieri D; Rivaz H; Xiao Y; Kersten-Oertel M;

Purpose: Collateral evaluation is typically done using visual inspection of cerebral images and thus suffers from intra- and inter-rater variability. Large open databases of ischemic stroke patients are rare, limiting the use of deep learni...

Article GUID: 36635594
Gold Nanoparticles-Based Colorimetric Assays for Environmental Monitoring and Food Safety Evaluation

Author(s): Sadiq Z; Safiabadi Tali SH; Hajimiri H; Al-Kassawneh M; Jahanshahi-Anbuhi S;

Recent years have witnessed an exponential increase in the research on gold nanoparticles (AuNPs)-based colorimetric sensors to revolutionize point-of-use sensing devices. Hence, this review is compiled focused on current progress in the design and performa...

Article GUID: 36629748
Dynamic semiconductor-electrolyte interface for sustainable solar water splitting over 600 hours under neutral conditions

Author(s): Gao RT; Nguyen NT; Nakajima T; He J; Liu X; Zhang X; Wang L; Wu L;

Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting that functions in pH-neutral electrolyte attracts increasing attention to energy demand sustainability. Here, we propose a strategy to in situ form a NiB layer by tuning the composition of the neutral electrolyte w...

Article GUID: 36598972
Outdoor heat stress assessment using an integrated multi-scale numerical weather prediction system: A case study of a heatwave in Montreal

Author(s): Katal A; Leroyer S; Zou J; Nikiema O; Albettar M; Belair S; Wang L;

More frequent and severe extreme weather events such as heatwaves are among the most serious challenges to society in coping with the changing climate. To evaluate the impacts of the heatwave on large-scale urban areas, a multi-scale weather forecasting sys...

Article GUID: 36587678
Numerical-Experimental Analysis toward the Strain Rate Sensitivity of 3D-Printed Nylon Reinforced by Short Carbon Fiber

Author(s): Vanaei HR; Magri AE; Rastak MA; Vanaei S; Vaudreuil S; Tcharkhtchi A;

Despite the application of the Additive Manufacturing process and the ability of parts' construction directly from a 3D model, particular attention should be taken into account to improve their mechanical characteristics. In this paper, we present the e...

Article GUID: 36556527
Optimizing Biodegradable Starch-Based Composite Films Formulation for Wound-Dressing Applications

Author(s): Delavari MM; Ocampo I; Stiharu I;

This paper utilizes response surface methodology (RSM) design-based analyses to optimize starch-based wound dressings that were characterized based on weight loss (WL%), swelling index (SI%), and mechanical strength (TS). The wound-dressing materials were p...

Article GUID: 36557445
Quantifying imbalanced classification methods for leukemia detection

Author(s): Depto DS; Rizvee MM; Rahman A; Zunair H; Rahman MS; Mahdy MRC;

Uncontrolled proliferation of B-lymphoblast cells is a common characterization of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL). B-lymphoblasts are found in large numbers in peripheral blood in malignant cases. Early detection of the cell in bone marrow is essential a...

Article GUID: 36516574
A Generalized Framework for Preserving Both Privacy and Utility in Data Outsourcing

Author(s): Xie S; Mohammady M; Wang H; Wang L; Vaidya J; Hong Y;

Property preserving encryption techniques have significantly advanced the utility of encrypted data in various data outsourcing settings (e.g., the cloud). However, while preserving certain properties (e.g., the prefixes or order of the data) in the encrypt...

Article GUID: 36506788
Introduction to the shared near infrared spectroscopy format

Author(s): Tucker S; Dubb J; Kura S; von Lühmann A; Franke R; Horschig JM; Powell S; Oostenveld R; Lührs M; Delaire É; Aghajan ZM; Yun H; Yücel MA; Fan...

Significance: Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) is a popular neuroimaging technique with proliferating hardware platforms, analysis approaches, and software tools. There has not been a ...

Article GUID: 36507152
Graphene-based terahertz reconfigurable printed ridge gap waveguide structure

Author(s): Ali MMM; Shams SI; Elsaadany M; Gagnon G; Wu K;

Graphene-based microwave devices have enabled reconfigurability, thus paving the way to the realization of flexible wireless terahertz systems with featured performances. Despite great progress in the development of graphene-based terahertz devices in the l...

Article GUID: 36473883
Impact of ionizers on prevention of airborne infection in classroom

Author(s): Ren C; Haghighat F; Feng Z; Kumar P; Cao SJ;

Infectious diseases (e.g., coronavirus disease 2019) dramatically impact human life, economy and social development. Exploring the low-cost and energy-saving approaches is essential in removing infectious virus particles from indoors, such as in classrooms....

Article GUID: 36474607
A pH-Responsive phosphoprotein washing fluid for the removal of phenanthrene from contaminated peat moss in the cold region

Author(s): Yue R; An C; Ye Z; Li X; Li Q; Zhang P; Qu Z; Wan S;

Oil pollution is one of the major environmental concerns in the petroleum industry. In this study, a cheap food-grade sodium caseinate (NaCas) was used as a pH-responsive washing fluid in the remediation of phenanthrene (PHE) affected peat moss. The effects...

Article GUID: 36455665
Engineering the Enzyme Toolbox to Tailor Glycosylation in Small Molecule Natural Products and Protein Biologics

Author(s): Ouadhi S; López DMV; Mohideen FI; Kwan DH;

Many glycosylated small molecule natural products and glycoprotein biologics are important in a broad range of therapeutic and industrial applications. The sugar moieties that decorate these compounds often show a profound impact on their biological functio...

Article GUID: 36444941
Estimation of Anthropogenic VOCs Emission Based on Volatile Chemical Products: A Canadian Perspective

Author(s): Asif Z; Chen Z; Haghighat F; Nasiri F; Dong J;

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in urban areas are of great interest due to their significant role in forming ground-level ozone and adverse public health effects. Emission inventories usually compile the outdoor VOCs emission sources (e.g., traffic and i...

Article GUID: 36416924
Reinforcement learning for automatic quadrilateral mesh generation: A soft actor-critic approach

Author(s): Pan J; Huang J; Cheng G; Zeng Y;

This paper proposes, implements, and evaluates a reinforcement learning (RL)-based computational framework for automatic mesh generation. Mesh generation plays a fundamental role in numerical simulations in the area of computer aided design and engineering ...

Article GUID: 36375347
Green building standards and the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals

Author(s): Goubran S; Walker T; Cucuzzella C; Schwartz T;

Sustainable practices in the building industry are strongly influenced by published green and sustainable building and real-estate standards (GSBRES). Therefore, it is crucial to assess how these standards contribute to achieving the United Nations' Sus...

Article GUID: 36372039
An experimental and modeling study on the penetration of spilled oil into thawing frozen soil

Author(s): Qu Z; An C; Mei Z; Yue R; Zhao S; Feng Q; Cai M; Wen J;

Oil spills are significant environmental accidents that have significant impacts on environmental and ecological health. Spill pollution in the cold regions may pose a particular challenge. To achieve a fast response, the oil transport mode such as penetrat...

Article GUID: 36349394
Who's cooking tonight? A time-use study of coupled adults in Toronto, Canada

Author(s): Liu B; Widener MJ; Smith LG; Farber S; Gesink D; Minaker LM; Patterson Z; Larsen K; Gilliland J;...

Understanding how coupled adults arrange food-related labor in relation to their daily time allocation is of great importance because different arrangements may have implications for diet-related h...

Article GUID: 36339032
LIST: A Newly Developed Laser-assisted Cell Bioprinting Technology

Author(s): Roversi K; Orimi HE; Erfanian M; Talbot S; Boutopoulos C;

Cell bioprinting technologies aim to fabricate tissue-like constructs by delivering biomaterials layer-by-layer. Bioprinted constructs can reduce the use of animals in drug development and hold promise for addressing the shortage of organs for transplants. ...

Article GUID: 36313198
Novelty detection in rover-based planetary surface images using autoencoders

Author(s): Stefanuk B; Skonieczny K;

In the domain of planetary science, novelty detection is gaining attention because of the operational opportunities it offers, including annotated data products and downlink prioritization. Using a variational autoencoder (VAE), this work improves upon stat...

Article GUID: 36313243
Surfactant-enhanced mobilization of persistent organic pollutants: Potential for soil and sediment remediation and unintended consequences

Author(s): Bolan S; Padhye LP; Mulligan CN; Alonso ER; Saint-Fort R; Jasemizad T; Wang C; Zhang T; Rinklebe J; Wang H; Siddique KHM; Kirkham MB; Bolan ...

This review aims to provide an overview of the sources and reactions of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and surfactants in soil and sediments, the surfactant-enhanced solubilisation of POPs, a...

Article GUID: 36265382
Artificial aging induced changes in biochar,s properties and Cd2+ adsorption behaviors

Author(s): Wang Z; Bian Y; Xu Y; Zheng C; Jiang Q; An C;

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Fresh biochar has been widely applied to the remediation of heavy metals in soil by its property of adsorption, but the changes in its physicochemical properties and in situ adsorption performance over time cannot be ign...

Article GUID: 36251198
UncertaintyFuseNet: Robust uncertainty-aware hierarchical feature fusion model with Ensemble Monte Carlo Dropout for COVID-19 detection

Author(s): Abdar M; Salari S; Qahremani S; Lam HK; Karray F; Hussain S; Khosravi A; Acharya UR; Makarenkov V; Nahavandi S;...

The COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic has become a major global threat to human health and well-being. Thus, the development of computer-aided detection (CAD) systems that are capable of...

Article GUID: 36217534
Developing EMR-based algorithms to Identify hospital adverse events for health system performance evaluation and improvement: Study protocol

Author(s): Wu G; Eastwood C; Zeng Y; Quan H; Long Q; Zhang Z; Ghali WA; Bakal J; Boussat B; Flemons W; Forster A; Southern DA; Knudsen S; Popowich B; X...

Background: Measurement of care quality and safety mainly relies on abstracted administrative data. However, it is well studied that administrative data-based adverse event (AE) detection methods a...

Article GUID: 36197944
Development of a DREAM-based inverse model for multi-point source identification in river pollution incidents: Model testing and uncertainty analysis

Author(s): Zhu Y; Chen Z;

Source identification plays a vital role in implementing control measures for sudden river pollution incidents. In contrast to single-point source identification problems, there have been no investigations into inverse identification of multi-point emission...

Article GUID: 36191500
Microfluidics in smart packaging of foods

Author(s): Pou KRJ; Raghavan V; Packirisamy M;

The increasing trend in ensuring safe and quality foods necessitates the monitoring of food products throughout the food supply chain. Food packaging is an indispensable process as it provides various functions such as containment, protection, convenience, ...

Article GUID: 36192908
HealMA: a model-driven framework for automatic generation of IoT-based Android health monitoring applications

Author(s): Mehrabi M; Zamani B; Hamou-Lhadj A;

The development of IoT-based Android health monitoring mobile applications (apps) using traditional software development methods is a challenging task. Developers need to be familiar with various programming languages to manage the heterogeneity of hardware...

Article GUID: 36185751
DiffeoRaptor: diffeomorphic inter-modal image registration using RaPTOR

Author(s): Masoumi N; Rivaz H; Ahmad MO; Xiao Y;

Purpose: Diffeomorphic image registration is essential in many medical imaging applications. Several registration algorithms of such type have been proposed, but primarily for intra-contrast alignment. Currently, efficient inter-modal/contrast diffeomorphic...

Article GUID: 36173541
Anaerobic Digestion of Pig-Manure Solids at Low Temperatures: Start-Up Strategies and Effects of Mode of Operation, Adapted Inoculum, and Bedding Material

Author(s): Rajagopal R; Bele V; Saady NMC; Hickmann FMW; Goyette B;

The objective of this study was to obtain start-up strategies for the operation of a dry anaerobic digestion (DAD) system treating pig-manure (PM) solids at low-temperatures, and evaluate the effects of operation mode, adapted inoculum, and bedding material...

Article GUID: 36134981
Moderate support for the use of digital tracking to support climate-mitigation strategies

Author(s): Garard J; Wood SLR; Sabet-Kassouf N; Ventimiglia A; Matthews HD; Ubalijoro É; Chaudhari K; Ivanova M; Luers AL;...

The use of digital tracking of individuals throughout the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic renewed societal debates on the efficacy and ethics of digital surveillance to mitigate collective cri...

Article GUID: 36128017
Aggregation of microplastics and clay particles in the nearshore environment: Characteristics, influencing factors, and implications

Author(s): Yang X; An C; Feng Q; Boufadel M; Ji W;

Since nearly half of the world's population lives near the coast, coastal areas have become hotspots for microplastic (MP) pollution due to human activity. The ubiquity of natural colloids in coastal waters plays a critical role in the potential fate of...

Article GUID: 36113238
Numerical simulation of multiphase oil behaviors in ice-covered nearshore water

Author(s): Raznahan M; Li SS; Wang Z; Boufadel M; Geng X; An C;

There has been an increase in marine transportation in cold regions, which in turn has led to an increasing risk of oil spills in these areas. To better support risk assessment and pollution control of oil spills, it is important to have a good understandin...

Article GUID: 36095968
Transcriptomic analysis of 3D vasculature-on-a-chip reveals paracrine factors affecting vasculature growth and maturation

Author(s): Tan SY; Jing Q; Leung Z; Xu Y; Cheng LKW; Tam SST; Wu AR;

In vitro models of vasculature are of great importance for modelling vascular physiology and pathology. However, there is usually a lack of proper spatial patterning of interacting heterotypic cells in conventional vasculature dish models, which might confo...

Article GUID: 36093896
Upcycling face mask wastes generated during COVID-19 into value-added engineering materials: A review

Author(s): Sina Pourebrahimi

Billions of disposable face masks (i.e., single-use masks) are used and discarded worldwide monthly due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The immethodical disposal of these polymer-based wastes containing non-biodegradable constituents (e.g., polypropylene) has pro...

Article GUID: 36055514
Correlation sum scalings from mixed-mode oscillations in weakly coupled molecular lasers

Author(s): Doedel EJ; Pando Lambruschini CL;

A model for two symmetrically coupled lasers is investigated, in which mixed-mode oscillations arise in the absence of coupling. For small enough coupling, we show that in the time series, certain dynamical transitions from different resonances in the chaot...

Article GUID: 36049907
Multi-label classification for biomedical literature: an overview of the BioCreative VII LitCovid Track for COVID-19 literature topic annotations

Author(s): Chen Q; Allot A; Leaman R; Islamaj R; Du J; Fang L; Wang K; Xu S; Zhang Y; Bagherzadeh P; Bergler S; Bhatnagar A; Bhavsar N; Chang YC; Lin S...

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has been severely impacting global society since December 2019. The related findings such as vaccine and drug development have been reported in biom...

Article GUID: 36043400
Development of a Bayesian inference model for assessing ventilation condition based on CO2 meters in primary schools

Author(s): Hou D; Wang LL; Katal A; Yan S; Zhou LG; Wang V; Vuotari M; Li E; Xie Z;

Outdoor fresh air ventilation plays a significant role in reducing airborne transmission of diseases in indoor spaces. School classrooms are considerably challenged during the COVID-19 pandemic because of the increasing need for in-person education, untimel...

Article GUID: 36035815
Nonlinear Statistical Analysis of Normal and Pathological Infant Cry Signals in Cepstrum Domain by Multifractal Wavelet Leaders

Author(s): Lahmiri S; Tadj C; Gargour C;

Multifractal behavior in the cepstrum representation of healthy and unhealthy infant cry signals is examined by means of wavelet leaders and compared using the Student t-test. The empirical results show that both expiration and inspiration signals exhibit c...

Article GUID: 36010830
HoloPhaseNet: fully automated deep-learning-based hologram reconstruction using a conditional generative adversarial model

Author(s): Jaferzadeh K; Fevens T;

Quantitative phase imaging with off-axis digital holography in a microscopic configuration provides insight into the cells' intracellular content and morphology. This imaging is conventionally achieved by numerical reconstruction of the recorded hologra...

Article GUID: 35991913
Two Chemical Engineers Look at the COVID-19 Pandemic

Author(s): De Visscher A; Pinheiro Patrício PC;

Chemical engineering involves a skill set that is transferrable to a broad range of other areas. A case in point is the work that is being done by chemical engineers to better understand and fight the COVID-19 epidemic. In this study, we consider a problem ...

Article GUID: 35942051
Community-led risk analysis of direct-to-consumer whole-genome sequencing

Author(s): Samlali K; Thornbury M; Venter A;

Direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing is cheaper and more accessible than ever before. What is generally hidden from the consumer is the intention to combine, reuse, and resell this genetic information as powerful datasets. This financial gain is creatin...

Article GUID: 35939839
Contamination analysis of Arctic ice samples as planetary field analogs and implications for future life-detection missions to Europa and Enceladus

Author(s): Coelho LF; Blais MA; Matveev A; Keller-Costa T; Vincent WF; Costa R; Martins Z; Canário J;

Missions to detect extraterrestrial life are being designed to visit Europa and Enceladus in the next decades. The contact between the mission payload and the habitable subsurface of these satellites involves significant risk of forward contamination. The s...

Article GUID: 35896693
Trust-Augmented Deep Reinforcement Learning for Federated Learning Client Selection

Author(s): Rjoub G; Wahab OA; Bentahar J; Cohen R; Bataineh AS;

In the context of distributed machine learning, the concept of federated learning (FL) has emerged as a solution to the privacy concerns that users have about sharing their own data with a third-party server. FL allows a group of users (often referred to as...

Article GUID: 35875592
Experimental and numerical study of steady state stability in a toluene biodegrading biofilter

Author(s): Süß M; De Visscher A;

Different steady states in a toluene biodegrading biofilter were explored experimentally and numerically. Experimental results showed that a gradual increase of the toluene inlet concentration over several weeks leads to a consistently low exit concentratio...

Article GUID: 35869120
Development and testing of a SOSM approach to examine the natural attenuation of oil spillage on shorelines

Author(s): Yang Z; Chen Z;

Understanding the fate and behavior of spilled oil on the shoreline is crucial for helping decision-makers make trade-offs between natural attenuation and shoreline treatments. In this study, primary processes of oil attenuation and translocation on the sho...

Article GUID: 35843085
Utilization of a biosurfactant foam/nanoparticle mixture for treatment of oil pollutants in soil

Author(s): Vu KA; Mulligan CN;

Oil contamination has become a primary environmental concern due to increased exploration, production, and use. When oil enters the soil, it may attach or adsorb to soil particles and stay in the soil for an extended period, contaminating the soil and surro...

Article GUID: 35834082
Effect of oxidative aging of biochar on relative distribution of competitive adsorption mechanism of Cd2+ and Pb2

Author(s): Wang Z; Geng C; Bian Y; Zhang G; Zheng C; An C;

In this study, aged biochar (CCB350 and CCB650) were obtained from pyrolysis of corn stalk biochar (CB350 and CB650) at the degree of 350 °C and 650 °C by artificial oxidation with hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). Also, the mechanism of Pb2+ and Cd2+ on fresh and ...

Article GUID: 35788642
Exploring the characteristics, performance, and mechanisms of a magnetic-mediated washing fluid for the cleanup of oiled beach sand

Author(s): Yue R; An C; Ye Z; Chen X; Lee K; Zhang K; Wan S; Qu Z;

In the present study, an innovative, environmentally benign recyclable, and magnetically mediated surface washing fluid based on water-dispersible magnetite nanoparticles has been designed and investigated for the cleanup of oiled beach sand. The characteri...

Article GUID: 35780732
Energy, economic, and environmental impacts of enhanced ventilation strategies on railway coaches to reduce Covid-19 contagion risks

Author(s): Barone G; Buonomano A; Forzano C; Giuzio GF; Palombo A;

In the last years, the Covid-19 outbreak raised great awareness about ventilation system performance in confined spaces. Specifically, the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system design and operating parameters, such as air change per hour, air re...

Article GUID: 35754761
Photocuring Graphene Oxide Liquid Crystals for High-Strength Structural Materials

Author(s): Riad KB; Hoa SV; Wood-Adams PM;

Graphene is the strongest known material. However, the challenge of translating that strength from the microscale to the more useful macroscale remains unmet. Preparing solid structures from self-assembled graphene oxide liquid crystals has allowed the crea...

Article GUID: 35755360
Preparation and Characterization of Eco-Friendly Transparent Antibacterial Starch/Polyvinyl Alcohol Materials for Use as Wound-Dressing

Author(s): Mohammad Mohsen Delavari

In this study, eco-friendly and transparent starch-based/polyvinyl alcohol/citric acid composite films are evaluated for their efficacy as wound dressing materials. The starch/polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) materials with added citric acid (0.46-1.83 wt%) and glyc...

Article GUID: 35744574
The Smart in Smart Cities: A Framework for Image Classification Using Deep Learning

Author(s): Al-Qudah R; Khamayseh Y; Aldwairi M; Khan S;

The need for a smart city is more pressing today due to the recent pandemic, lockouts, climate changes, population growth, and limitations on availability/access to natural resources. However, these challenges can be better faced with the utilization of new...

Article GUID: 35746171
Deep reconstruction of high-quality ultrasound images from raw plane-wave data: A simulation and in vivo study

Author(s): Goudarzi S; Rivaz H;

This paper presents a novel beamforming approach based on deep learning to get closer to the ideal Point Spread Function (PSF) in Plane-Wave Imaging (PWI). The proposed approach is designed to reconstruct a high-quality version of Tissue Reflectivity Functi...

Article GUID: 35728310
Impact from the evolution of private vehicle fleet composition on traffic related emissions in the small-medium automotive city

Author(s): Tian X; Huang G; Song Z; An C; Chen Z;

Understanding the emission characteristics in the evolution of private vehicle fleet composition has become a key issue to be addressed to develop appropriate emission mitigation strategies in transportation sector. In this study, the influence of such evol...

Article GUID: 35709991
In situ electrochemical recomposition of decomposed redox-active species in aqueous organic flow batteries

Author(s): Jing Y; Zhao EW; Goulet MA; Bahari M; Fell EM; Jin S; Davoodi A; Jónsson E; Wu M; Grey CP; Gordon RG; Aziz MJ;...

Aqueous organic redox flow batteries offer a safe and potentially inexpensive solution to the problem of storing massive amounts of electricity produced from intermittent renewables. However, molec...

Article GUID: 35710986
Transport of Microplastics in Shore Substrates over Tidal Cycles: Roles of Polymer Characteristics and Environmental Factors

Author(s): Feng Q; Chen Z; Greer CW; An C; Wang Z;

Tidal zones providing habitats are particularly vulnerable to microplastic (MP) pollution. In this study, the effects of tidal cycles on the transport of MPs (4-6 µm polyethylene, PE1; 125 µm polyethylene, PE2; and 5-6 µm polytetrafluoroethylene, PFTE) in p...

Article GUID: 35658111
Sources, behaviors, transformations, and environmental risks of organophosphate esters in the coastal environment: A review

Author(s): Chen Z; An C; Elektorowicz M; Tian X;

The rapid growth in the global production of organophosphate esters (OPEs) has resulted in their high environmental concentrations. The low removal rate of OPEs makes the effluents of wastewater treatment plants be one of the major sources of OPEs. Due to r...

Article GUID: 35635887
Cold region data accessibility portal for Québec (CRDAP-QC): An integrated, multi-variable and multi-scale data repository for studying cold-region hydrological processes in Québec

Author(s): Nazemi A; Jiwa S; Hatami S;

We present an integrated data portal and retrieval system for various variable related to hydrology and cryosphere of Québec, named Cold Region Data Accessibility Portal for Québec (CRDAP-QC). The raw data with which this integrated platform is built are pu...

Article GUID: 35637887
Interlacing Infills for Multi-Material Fused Filament Fabrication Using Layered Depth Material Images

Author(s): Mustafa I; Kwok TH;

One major concern regarding multi-material additive manufacturing (MMAM) is the strength at the interface between materials. Based on the observation of how nature puts materials together, this paper hypothesizes that overlapping and interlacing materials w...

Article GUID: 35630240
Microfluidic Platforms for the Isolation and Detection of Exosomes: A Brief Review

Author(s): Raju D; Bathini S; Badilescu S; Ghosh A; Packirisamy M;

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are a group of communication organelles enclosed by a phospholipid bilayer, secreted by all types of cells. The size of these vesicles ranges from 30 to 1000 nm, and they contain a myriad of compounds such as RNA, DNA, proteins,...

Article GUID: 35630197
Corrigendum to "Te(IV) bioreduction in the sulfur autotrophic reactor: Performance, kinetics and synergistic mechanism"

Author(s): He Y; Guo J; Song Y; Chen Z; Lu C; Han Y; Li H; Hou Y;

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Article GUID: 35623146
Evaluating SARS-CoV-2 airborne quanta transmission and exposure risk in a mechanically ventilated multizone office building

Author(s): Yan S; Wang LL; Birnkrant MJ; Zhai J; Miller SL;

The world has faced tremendous challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic since 2020, and effective clean air strategies that mitigate infectious risks indoors have become more essential. In this study, a novel approach based on the Wells-Riley model applied t...

Article GUID: 35602249
Weakly Supervised Occupancy Prediction Using Training Data Collected via Interactive Learning

Author(s): Bouhamed O; Amayri M; Bouguila N;

Accurate and timely occupancy prediction has the potential to improve the efficiency of energy management systems in smart buildings. Occupancy prediction heavily depends on historical occupancy-related data collected from various sensor sources. Unfortunat...

Article GUID: 35590880
Design of a Linear Wavenumber Spectrometer for Line Scanning Optical Coherence Tomography with 50 mm Focal Length Cylindrical Optics

Author(s): Samadi S; Mohazzab M; Dargahi J; Narayanswamy S;

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) has a wide range of uses in bioimaging and nondestructive testing. Larger bandwidth light sources have recently been implemented to enhance measurement resolution. Increased bandwidth has a negative impact on spectral nonl...

Article GUID: 35590968
Data Analysis and Knowledge Mining of Machine Learning in Soil Corrosion Factors of the Pipeline Safety

Author(s): Zhao Z; Chen M; Fan H; Zhang N;

The purpose of this research is to enhance the ability of data analysis and knowledge mining in soil corrosion factors of the pipeline. According to its multifactor characteristics, the rough set algorithm is directly used to analyze and process the observa...

Article GUID: 35571701
Update on air pollution control strategies for coal-fired power plants

Author(s): Asif Z; Chen Z; Wang H; Zhu Y;

Abstract: Coal is expected to remain a significant power supply source worldwide and shifting to carbon-neutral fuels will be challenging because of growing electricity demand and booming industrialization. At the same time, coal consumption results in seve...

Article GUID: 35572480
Construction, renovation, and demolition waste in landfill: a review of waste characteristics, environmental impacts, and mitigation measures

Author(s): Chen Z; Feng Q; Yue R; Chen Z; Moselhi O; Soliman A; Hammad A; An C;

With the increase in global population, industrialization, and urbanization, waste from construction, renovation, and demolition (CRD) activities has grown rapidly. There are some issues associated with the disposal of CRD waste in landfills. Depositing in ...

Article GUID: 35508848
Green synthesis of carbon dots and their applications

Author(s): Chahal S; Macairan JR; Yousefi N; Tufenkji N; Naccache R;

Carbon dots (CDs) are nanoparticles with tunable physicochemical and optical properties. Their resistance to photobleaching and relatively low toxicity render them attractive alternatives to fluorescent dyes and heavy metal-based quantum dots in the fields ...

Article GUID: 35478913
The effect of biogas ebullition on ammonia emissions from animal manure-processing lagoons

Author(s): Weaver KH; Harper LA; De Visscher A; van Cleemput O;

Various models have been developed to determine ammonia (NH3 ) emissions from animal manure processing lagoons to enable relatively-simple estimations of emissions. These models allow estimation of actual emissions without intensive field measurements or "o...

Article GUID: 35477174
A flexible robust model for blood supply chain network design problem

Author(s): Khalilpourazari S; Hashemi Doulabi H;

World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 as a pandemic On March 12, 2020. Up to January 13, 2022, 320,944,953 cases of infection and 5,539,160 deaths have been reported worldwide. COVID-19 has negatively impacted the blood supply chain by drastical...

Article GUID: 35474752
Survey of Cooperative Advanced Driver Assistance Systems: From a Holistic and Systemic Vision

Author(s): González-Saavedra JF; Figueroa M; Céspedes S; Montejo-Sánchez S;

The design of cooperative advanced driver assistance systems (C-ADAS) involves a holistic and systemic vision that considers the bidirectional interaction among three main elements: the driver, the vehicle, and the surrounding environment. The evolution of ...

Article GUID: 35459025
Construction and Demolition Waste Management Research: A Science Mapping Analysis

Author(s): Elshaboury N; Al-Sakkaf A; Mohammed Abdelkader E; Alfalah G;

Construction and demolition waste treatment has become an increasingly pressing economic, social, and environmental concern across the world. This study employs a science mapping approach to provide a thorough and systematic examination of the literature on...

Article GUID: 35457363
Gold Tablets: Gold Nanoparticles Encapsulated into Dextran Tablets and Their pH-Responsive Behavior as an Easy-to-Use Platform for Multipurpose Applications

Author(s): Sadiq Z; Safiabadi Tali SH; Jahanshahi-Anbuhi S;

Many applications using gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) require (i) their functionalization with a biopolymer to increase their stability and (ii) their transformation into an easy-to-handle material, which provide them with specific properties. In this research...

Article GUID: 35415343
DF-SSmVEP: Dual Frequency Aggregated Steady-State Motion Visual Evoked Potential Design with Bifold Canonical Correlation Analysis

Author(s): Karimi R; Mohammadi A; Asif A; Benali H;

Recent advancements in Electroencephalographic (EEG) sensor technologies and signal processing algorithms have paved the way for further evolution of Brain Computer Interfaces (BCI) in several practical applications, ranging from rehabilitation systems to s...

Article GUID: 35408182
High gain low-cost antenna based on the utilization of diffracted fields from semi-ring shape dielectric edges

Author(s): Al-Alem Y; Sifat SM; Antar YMM; Kishk AA;

A simple antenna with a 20-dBi gain is proposed. A thorough analysis of the propagation mechanism accompanied by a unique physical insight is provided. The realized structure has a low profile, low-cost, and compact features. A detailed insight into applyin...

Article GUID: 35411056
Physicochemical change and microparticle release from disposable gloves in the aqueous environment impacted by accelerated weathering

Author(s): Wang Z; An C; Lee K; Chen X; Zhang B; Yin J; Feng Q;

The explosive growth of disposable gloves usage in cities around the world has posed a considerable risk to municipal solid management and disposal during the COVID-19 pandemic. The lack of the environmental awareness leads to glove waste being discarded ra...

Article GUID: 35395312
Direct sound printing

Author(s): Habibi M; Foroughi S; Karamzadeh V; Packirisamy M;

Photo- and thermo-activated reactions are dominant in Additive Manufacturing (AM) processes for polymerization or melting/deposition of polymers. However, ultrasound activated sonochemical reactions present a unique way to generate hotspots in cavitation bu...

Article GUID: 35387993
Predicted coronavirus Nsp5 protease cleavage sites in the human proteome

Author(s): Scott BM; Lacasse V; Blom DG; Tonner PD; Blom NS;

Background: The coronavirus nonstructural protein 5 (Nsp5) is a cysteine protease required for processing the viral polyprotein and is therefore crucial for viral replication. Nsp5 from several coronaviruses have also been found to cleave host proteins, dis...

Article GUID: 35379171
Application of Machine Learning in the Reliability Evaluation of Pipelines for the External Anticorrosion Coating

Author(s): Zhao Z; Chen M; Fan H; Zhang N;

The purpose of this research is to enhance the analysis of the reliability status for external anticorrosive coatings. With the limitation and insufficiency of the static evaluation method, we study and construct an evaluation method of dynamic reliability ...

Article GUID: 35371236
A Proposed Multi-Criteria Optimization Approach to Enhance Clinical Outcomes Evaluation for Diabetes Care: A Commentary

Author(s): Wan TTH; Matthews S; Luh H; Zeng Y; Wang Z; Yang L;

There are several challenges in diabetes care management including optimizing the currently used therapies, educating patients on selfmanagement, and improving patient lifestyle and systematic healthcare barriers. The purpose of performing a systems approac...

Article GUID: 35372638
Arraying of microphotosynthetic power cells for enhanced power output

Author(s): Kuruvinashetti K; Packirisamy M;

Microphotosynthetic power cells (µPSCs) generate power through the exploitation of living photosynthetic microorganisms by harvesting sunlight. The thermodynamic limitations of this process restrict the power output of a single µPSC. Herein, we demonstrate ...

Article GUID: 35359612
Remediation of oil-contaminated soil using Fe/Cu nanoparticles and biosurfactants

Author(s): Vu KA; Mulligan CN;

BSTRACTOil (or petroleum), consisting of a mixture of hydrocarbons, can be leaked from oil exploration, production, and use. Due to their complex mixture and interaction with the subsurface soil and water, they are hard to treat and can become a significant...

Article GUID: 35361056
Sentiment Classification Method Based on Blending of Emoticons and Short Texts

Author(s): Zou H; Xiang K;

With the development of Internet technology, short texts have gradually become the main medium for people to obtain information and communicate. Short text reduces the threshold of information production and reading by virtue of its short length, which is i...

Article GUID: 35327909
Dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 spreading under the influence of environmental factors and strategies to tackle the pandemic: A systematic review

Author(s): Asif Z; Chen Z; Stranges S; Zhao X; Sadiq R; Olea-Popelka F; Peng C; Haghighat F; Yu T;

COVID-19 is deemed as the most critical world health calamity of the 21st century, leading to dramatic life loss. There is a pressing need to understand the multi-stage dynamics, including transmission routes of the virus and environmental conditions due to...

Article GUID: 35317188
Human-level COVID-19 diagnosis from low-dose CT scans using a two-stage time-distributed capsule network

Author(s): Afshar P; Rafiee MJ; Naderkhani F; Heidarian S; Enshaei N; Oikonomou A; Babaki Fard F; Anconina R; Farahani K; Plataniotis KN; Mohammadi A;...

Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction is currently the gold standard in COVID-19 diagnosis. It can, however, take days to provide the diagnosis, and false negative rate is relatively high...

Article GUID: 35318368
Analysis of input set characteristics and variances on k-fold cross validation for a Recurrent Neural Network model on waste disposal rate estimation

Author(s): Vu HL; Ng KTW; Richter A; An C;

The use of machine learning techniques in waste management studies is increasingly popular. Recent literature suggests k-fold cross validation may reduce input dataset partition uncertainties and minimize overfitting issues. The objectives are to quantify t...

Article GUID: 35287077
Nitrogen and organic load removal from anaerobically digested leachate using a hybrid electro-oxidation and electro-coagulation process

Author(s): Choudhury MR; Rajagopal R; Meertens W; Rahaman MS;

This study evaluated the performance of an integrated electrochemical process, which simultaneously utilizes electro-oxidation (EO) and electro-coagulation (EC) methods while removing organic and nitrogen loads from high-strength leachate obtained from anae...

Article GUID: 35276557
Incorporation of Optical Density into the Blending Design for a Biocement Solution

Author(s): Fukue M; Lechowicz Z; Fujimori Y; Emori K; Mulligan CN;

The engineering practices for applying the microbial precipitation of carbonates require a design of the blending biocement solution (BCS). The BCS is usually blended with concentrated strains NO-A10, reaction media, such as urea and CaCl2, and a solvent, i...

Article GUID: 35269187
Extending Effective Dynamic Range of Hyperspectral Line Cameras for Short Wave Infrared Imaging

Author(s): Shaikh MS; Jaferzadeh K; Thörnberg B;

In this work, a multi-exposure method is proposed to increase the dynamic range (DR) of hyperspectral imaging using an InGaAs-based short-wave infrared (SWIR) hyperspectral line camera. Spectral signatures of materials were captured for scenarios in which t...

Article GUID: 35270968
A real-time web tool for monitoring and mitigating indoor airborne COVID-19 transmission risks at city scale

Author(s): Albettar M; Leon Wang L; Katal A;

Airborne transmission of aerosols contributes to a large portion of the SARS-CoV-2 spread indoors. This study develops a real-time interactive web-based platform for the public to compare various strategies to curb indoor airborne transmission of COVID-19 i...

Article GUID: 35261876
Experimental and modeling studies of the effects of nanoclay on the oil behaviors in a water-sand system

Author(s): Iravani R; An C; Mohammadi M; Lee K; Zhang K;

When oil is released into the oceans, spilled oil may get to the shoreline driven by wind and wave. This study comprehensively explored the effects of bentonite nanoclay on the oil behaviors in a water-sand system from both experimental and modeling perspec...

Article GUID: 35233669
Te(IV) bioreduction in the sulfur autotrophic reactor: Performance, kinetics and synergistic mechanism

Author(s): He Y; Guo J; Song Y; Chen Z; Lu C; Han Y; Li H; Hou Y;

A laboratory-scale sulfur autotrophic reactor (SAR) was first constructed for treating tellurite [Te(IV)] wastewater. The SAR had excellent Te(IV) bioreduction efficiency (90-96%) at 5-30 mg/L and conformed to the First-order kinetic model. The Te(IV) biore...

Article GUID: 35228038
SCHC over LoRaWAN Efficiency: Evaluation and Experimental Performance of Packet Fragmentation

Author(s): Muñoz R; Saez Hidalgo J; Canales F; Dujovne D; Céspedes S;

Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN) are expected to enable the massive connectivity of small and constrained devices to the Internet of Things. Due to the restricted nature of both end devices and network links, LPWAN technologies employ network stacks whe...

Article GUID: 35214429
COVID-rate: an automated framework for segmentation of COVID-19 lesions from chest CT images

Author(s): Enshaei N; Oikonomou A; Rafiee MJ; Afshar P; Heidarian S; Mohammadi A; Plataniotis KN; Naderkhani F;...

Novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a highly contagious respiratory infection that has had devastating effects on the world. Recently, new COVID-19 variants are emerging making the situation mo...

Article GUID: 35217712
Hetero-architectured core-shell NiMoO4@Ni9S8/MoS2 nanorods enabling high-performance supercapacitors

Author(s): Chen L; Deng W; Chen Z; Wang X;

Abstract: An effective technique for improving electrochemical efficiency is to rationally design hierarchical nanostructures that completely optimize the advantages of single components and establish an interfacial effect between structures. In this study,...

Article GUID: 35153374
Compound changes in temperature and snow depth lead to asymmetric and nonlinear responses in landscape freeze-thaw

Author(s): Hatami S; Nazemi A;

Cycles of freeze-thaw (FT) are among the key landscape processes in cold regions. Under current global warming, understanding the alterations in FT characteristics is of a great importance for advising land management strategies in northern latitudes. Using...

Article GUID: 35140288
Bioinspired facilitation of intrinsically conductive polymers: Mediating intra/extracellular electron transfer and microbial metabolism in denitrification

Author(s): Guo T; Lu C; Chen Z; Song Y; Li H; Han Y; Hou Y; Zhong Y; Guo J;

Intrinsically conductive polymers, polyaniline and polyaniline sulfonate (PASAni) were used to explore their effect on denitrification. Denitrification was accelerated 1.90 times by 2 mM PASAni and the possible mechanisms were mainly attributed to the accel...

Article GUID: 35124084
A regional numerical environmental multimedia modeling approach to assess spatial Eco-Environmental exposure risk of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) in the Pearl river basin

Author(s): Chen Z; Dong J; Asif Z;

This paper presents a novel numerical environmental multimedia modeling system (RNEMM) for assessing the environmental fate of emerging organic contaminants and their relative health risk at a regional scale. The RNEMM is developed based on an integrated nu...

Article GUID: 35121494
Sex differences in developmental patterns of neocortical astroglia: A mouse translatome database

Author(s): Rurak GM; Simard S; Freitas-Andrade M; Lacoste B; Charih F; Van Geel A; Stead J; Woodside B; Green JR; Coppola G; Salmaso N;...

Astroglial cells are key players in the development and maintenance of neurons and neuronal networks. Astroglia express steroid hormone receptors and show rapid responses to hormonal manipulations....

Article GUID: 35108542
Decision-first modeling should guide decision making for emerging risks

Author(s): Morgan K; Collier ZA; Gilmore E; Schmitt K;

An emerging risk is characterized by scant published data, rapidly changing information, and an absence of existing models that can be directly used for prediction. Analysis may be further complicated by quickly evolving decision-maker priorities and the po...

Article GUID: 35104915
Recent developments in photocatalysis of industrial effluents ։ A review and example of phenolic compounds degradation

Author(s): Motamedi M; Yerushalmi L; Haghighat F; Chen Z;

Industrial expansion and increased water consumption have created water scarcity concerns. Meanwhile, conventional wastewater purification methods have failed to degrade recalcitrant pollutants efficiently. The present review paper discusses the recent adva...

Article GUID: 35074327
Practical fixed-time trajectory tracking control of constrained wheeled mobile robots with kinematic disturbances

Author(s): Lu Q; Chen J; Wang Q; Zhang D; Sun M; Su CY;

This paper addresses the problem of practical fixed-time trajectory tracking for wheeled mobile robots (WMRs) subject to kinematic disturbances and input saturation. Firstly, considering the under-actuated characteristics of the WMR systems, the WMR model u...

Article GUID: 35039151
Entropy-Based Variational Scheme with Component Splitting for the Efficient Learning of Gamma Mixtures

Author(s): Bourouis S; Pawar Y; Bouguila N;

Finite Gamma mixture models have proved to be flexible and can take prior information into account to improve generalization capability, which make them interesting for several machine learning and data mining applications. In this study, an efficient Gamma...

Article GUID: 35009726
Treatment of decentralized low-Strength livestock wastewater using microcurrent-assisted multi-soil-layering systems: Performance Assessment and microbial analysis

Author(s): Liu C; Huang G; Song P; An C; Zhang P; Shen J; Ren S; Zhao K; Huang W; Xu Y; Zheng R;

Discharge of decentralized livestock wastewater without effective treatment has become a common problem in rural areas, threatening the regional water environment. A new microcurrent-assisted multi-soil-layering (MSL) system was developed for treating rural...

Article GUID: 34999101
Efficient Authentication Protocol and Its Application in Resonant Inductive Coupling Wireless Power Transfer Systems

Author(s): Ahene E; Ofori-Oduro M; Twum F; Walker J; Missah YM;

Chaos theory and its extension into cryptography has generated significant applications in industrial mixing, pulse width modulation and in electric compaction. Likewise, it has merited applications in authentication mechanisms for wireless power transfer s...

Article GUID: 34960339
Network oscillations imply the highest cognitive workload and lowest cognitive control during idea generation in open-ended creation tasks

Author(s): Jia W; von Wegner F; Zhao M; Zeng Y;

Design is a ubiquitous, complex, and open-ended creation behaviour that triggers creativity. The brain dynamics underlying design is unclear, since a design process consists of many basic cognitive behaviours, such as problem understanding, idea generation,...

Article GUID: 34930950
Multifaceted synergistic electron transfer mechanism for enhancing denitrification by clay minerals

Author(s): Zhang Y; Lu C; Chen Z; Song Y; Li H; Han Y; Hou Y; Guo J;

The performance and mechanism of denitrification enhanced by three clay minerals, montmorillonite (Mmt), illite and kaolinite, were first studied. Batch experiments indicated that clay minerals significantly enhanced denitrification at certain concentration...

Article GUID: 34915014
Cleanup of oiled shorelines using a dual responsive nanoclay/sodium alginate surface washing agent

Author(s): Yue R; An C; Ye Z; Bi H; Chen Z; Liu X; Zhang X; Lee K;

Oil spills may affect ecosystems and endanger public health. In this study, we developed a novel and dual responsive nanoclay/sodium alginate (NS) washing fluid, and systematically evaluated its application potential in oiled shoreline cleanup. The characte...

Article GUID: 34906587
Simple, Economical Methods for the Culture of Green Algae for Energy Harvesting from Photosynthesis in a Microfluidic Environment

Author(s): Kuruvinashetti K; Rahimi S; Pakkiriswami S; Packirisamy M;

Ongoing technological advancements continually increase the demand for energy. Among various types of energy harvesting systems, biologically based systems have been an area of increasing interest for the past couple of decades. Such systems provide clean, ...

Article GUID: 34898042
Classification of Public Health Centres in Accra through a Web-Based Portal Integrated with Geographical Information System (GIS)

Author(s): Asabere NY; Lawson G; Badu-Marfo G; Kwofie L; Mensah DO; Lartey R;

A health system is described as a logically organized collection of resources, agents, and institutions that offer healthcare to a specific population based on the finance, regulation, and delivery of health services. Many health centres have been establish...

Article GUID: 34900186
Buy them out before they are built: evaluating the proactive acquisition of vacant land in flood-prone areas

Author(s): Atoba K; Newman G; Brody S; Highfield W; Kim Y; Juan A;

Rising flood damages have prompted local communities to implement buyout and property acquisition programmes to eliminate repetitive losses for at-risk properties. However, buyouts are often costly to implement and are reactionary solutions to flooding. Thi...

Article GUID: 34887609
Spectral-Clustering of Lagrangian Trajectory Graphs: Application to Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms

Author(s): Darwish A; Norouzi S; Kadem L;

Purpose: Identification of coherent structures in cardiovascular flows is crucial to describe the transport and mixing of blood. Coherent structures can highlight locations where minimal blood mixing takes place, thus, potential thrombus formation can be ex...

Article GUID: 34845627
Development of Sludge-Based Activated Char Sorbent with Enhanced Hydrophobicity for Oil Spill Cleanup

Author(s): Zaker A; Chen Z; Lee K; Hammouda SB;

Recovery of oil spilled on surface waters by the use of sorbents remains one of the primary oil spill response options available. To improve on this response measure, we have successfully fabricated an activated char (AC) sorbent material by pyrolysis of se...

Article GUID: 34842051
Extreme Situation Experienced by Dental Students of the Medical University of Silesia Due to the SARS-CoV-2 Epidemic during the First Lockdown

Author(s): Doniec R; Wójcik S; Valverde R; Piaseczna N; Siecinski S; Duraj K; Tkacz E;

The pandemic declared in many countries in 2020 due to COVID-19 led to the freezing of economies and the introduction of distance learning in both schools and universities. This unusual situation has affected the mental state of citizens, which has the pote...

Article GUID: 34828557
Use of biomass-derived adsorbents for the removal of petroleum pollutants from water: a mini-review

Author(s): Vahabisani A; An C;

Over the past decades, a large amount of petroleum pollutants has been released into the environment resulting from various activities related to petrochemicals. The discharge of wastewater with petrochemicals can pose considerable risk of harm to the human...

Article GUID: 34804763
Fluorinated Sterically Bulky Mononuclear and Binuclear 2-Iminopyridylnickel Halides for Ethylene Polymerization: Effects of Ligand Frameworks and Remote Substituents

Author(s): Zhang Q; Lin W; Liu T; Ye Z; Liang T; Sun WH;

In the present work, four new mono(imino)pyridine ligands, 2-((2,4-bis(bis(4-R-phenyl)methyl)-6-fluorophenylimino)methyl)pyridine (R = H, L1; R = OCH<sub>3</sub>, L2; R = F, L3) and 2-((2-(bis(4-fluorophenyl)methyl)-4-((3-(bis(4-fluorophenyl)met...

Article GUID: 34778687
Human Activity Recognition: A Comparative Study to Assess the Contribution Level of Accelerometer, ECG, and PPG Signals

Author(s): Afzali Arani MS; Costa DE; Shihab E;

Inertial sensors are widely used in the field of human activity recognition (HAR), since this source of information is the most informative time series among non-visual datasets. HAR researchers are actively exploring other approaches and different sources ...

Article GUID: 34770303
Hydrophilic and underwater superoleophobic porous graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) membranes with photo-Fenton self-cleaning ability for efficient oil/water separation

Author(s): Yue R; Saifur Rahaman M;

Due to the great fouling resistance property, (super)hydrophilic/underwater superoleophobic membranes are prevalent candidates for oil-polluted wastewater treatment. Even so, membrane fouling inevitably occurs during long-term operation. Therefore, it is of...

Article GUID: 34749146
Dispersion modeling of particulate matter from the in-situ burning of spilled oil in the northwest Arctic area of Canada

Author(s): Wang Z; An C; Lee K; Owens E; Boufadel M; Feng Q;

In-situ burning can be used to prevent oil spreading in oil spill response. In this study, a steady-state Gaussian plume model was applied to analyze the concentration distribution of fine particulate matter produced by in-situ burning, as well as to assess...

Article GUID: 34731942
Numerical uncertainty in analytical pipelines lead to impactful variability in brain networks

Author(s): Kiar G; Chatelain Y; de Oliveira Castro P; Petit E; Rokem A; Varoquaux G; Misic B; Evans AC; Glatard T;...

The analysis of brain-imaging data requires complex processing pipelines to support findings on brain function or pathologies. Recent work has shown that variability in analytical decisions, small ...

Article GUID: 34724000
Comparative Evaluation of Artificial Neural Networks and Data Analysis in Predicting Liposome Size in a Periodic Disturbance Micromixer

Author(s): Ocampo I; López RR; Camacho-León S; Nerguizian V; Stiharu I;

Artificial neural networks (ANN) and data analysis (DA) are powerful tools for supporting decision-making. They are employed in diverse fields, and one of them is nanotechnology; for example, in predicting silver nanoparticles size. To our knowledge, we are...

Article GUID: 34683215
A green initiative for oiled sand cleanup using chitosan/rhamnolipid complex dispersion with pH-stimulus response

Author(s): Chen Z; An C; Wang Y; Zhang B; Tian X; Lee K;

The released oil can affect the vulnerable shoreline environment if the oil spills happen in coastal waters. The stranded oil on shorelines is persistent, posing a long-term influence on the intertidal ecosystem after weathering. Therefore, shoreline cleanu...

Article GUID: 34687682
Design and Optimization of a Linear Wavenumber Spectrometer with Cylindrical Optics for Line Scanning Optical Coherence Tomography

Author(s): Samadi S; Dargahi J; Narayanswamy S;

We report the design of a high-efficiency spectral-domain spectrometer with cylindrical optics for line scanning optical coherence tomography (OCT). The spectral nonlinearity in k space (wavenumber) lowers the depth-dependent signal sensitivity of the spect...

Article GUID: 34640783
A Wind Tunnel Experimental Study of Icing on NACA0012 Aircraft Airfoil with Silicon Compounds Modified Polyurethane Coatings

Author(s): Przybyszewski B; Kozera R; Krawczyk ZD; Boczkowska A; Dolatabadi A; Amer A; Sztorch B; Przekop RE;...

Ice formation on the aerodynamic surfaces of an aircraft is regarded as a major problem in the aerospace industry. Ice accumulation may damage parts, sensors and controllers and alter the aerodynam...

Article GUID: 34640083
Hypersaline Pore Water in Gulf of Mexico Beaches Prevented Efficient Biodegradation of Deepwater Horizon Beached Oil

Author(s): Geng X; Khalil CA; Prince RC; Lee K; An C; Boufadel MC;

The 2010 Deepwater Horizon (DWH) blowout released 3.19 million barrels (435 000 tons) of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Driven by currents and wind, an estimated 22 000 tons of spilled oil were deposited onto the northeastern Gulf shorelines, adversely ...

Article GUID: 34617733
Numerical and Experimental Validation of Mixing Efficiency in Periodic Disturbance Mixers

Author(s): López RR; Sánchez LM; Alazzam A; Burnier JV; Stiharu I; Nerguizian V;

The shape and dimensions of a micromixer are key elements in the mixing process. Accurately quantifying the mixing efficiency enables the evaluation of the performance of a micromixer and the selection of the most suitable one for specific applications. In ...

Article GUID: 34577745
Multiple sclerosis lesions segmentation from multiple experts: the MICCAI 2016 challenge dataset

Author(s): Commowick O; Kain M; Casey R; Ameli R; Ferré JC; Kerbrat A; Tourdias T; Cervenansky F; Camarasu-Pop S; Glatard T; Vukusic S; Edan G; Barillo...

MRI plays a crucial role in multiple sclerosis diagnostic and patient follow-up. In particular, the delineation of T2-FLAIR hyperintense lesions is crucial although mostly performed manually - a te...

Article GUID: 34563682
Metallic: A Bivalent Ambimodal Material Property?

Author(s): Spence C; Carvalho FM; Howes D;

Many metallic visual stimuli, especially the so-called precious metals, have long had a rich symbolic meaning for humans. Intriguingly, however, while metallic is used to describe sensations associated with pretty much every sensory modality, the descriptor...

Article GUID: 34540193
Amberlite IRC-718 ion chelating resin extraction of hazardous metal Cr (VI) from aqueous solutions: equilibrium and theoretical modeling

Author(s): Addala A; Boudiaf M; Elektorowicz M; Bentouhami E; Bengeurba Y;

Under varied conditions, the IRC 718 ion-exchange resin is used to extract chromium (VI) ions from aqueous solutions. On chromium (VI) removal effectiveness, the effects of adsorption dosage, contact time, beginning metal concentration, and pH were examined...

Article GUID: 34534117
Magnetic particle based liquid biopsy chip for isolation of extracellular vesicles and characterization by gene amplification

Author(s): Bathini S; Pakkiriswami S; Ouellette RJ; Ghosh A; Packirisamy M;

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are the cell-derived vesicles which play a critical role in cell-to-cell communication, and disease progression. These vesicles contain a myriad of substances like RNA, DNA, proteins, and lipids from their origin cells, offering...

Article GUID: 34517262
Seasonal source identification and source-specific health risk assessment of pollutants in road dust

Author(s): Wang J; Huang JJ; Mulligan C;

Humans who are exposed to metals in road dust may have potential health risks through touching, ingesting, and inhaling the suspended road dust. There were limited studies to link seasonal emission sources to health risks from metals in road dust. In this s...

Article GUID: 34510345
Analysis and Design of Lattice Structures for Rapid-Investment Casting

Author(s): Christopher T Richard

This paper aims to design lattice structures for rapid-investment casting (RIC), and the goal of the design methodology is to minimize casting defects that are related to the lattice topology. RIC can take full advantage of the unprecedented design freedom ...

Article GUID: 34500961
Cancer-Nano-Interaction: From Cellular Uptake to Mechanobiological Responses

Author(s): Sohrabi Kashani A; Packirisamy M;

With the advancement of nanotechnology, the nano-bio-interaction field has emerged. It is essential to enhance our understanding of nano-bio-interaction in different aspects to design nanomedicines and improve their efficacy for therapeutic and diagnostic a...

Article GUID: 34502495
Energy migration control of multi-modal emissions in an Er3+ doped nanostructure toward information encryption and deep learning decoding

Author(s): Song Y; Lu M; Mandl GA; Xie Y; Sun G; Chen J; Liu X; Capobianco JA; Sun L;

Modulating the emission wavelengths of materials has always been a primary focus of fluorescence technology. Nanocrystals (NCs) doped with lanthanide ions with rich energy levels can produce a variety of emissions at different excitation wavelengths. Howeve...

Article GUID: 34476872
Bayesian Learning of Shifted-Scaled Dirichlet Mixture Models and Its Application to Early COVID-19 Detection in Chest X-ray Images

Author(s): Bourouis S; Alharbi A; Bouguila N;

Early diagnosis and assessment of fatal diseases and acute infections on chest X-ray (CXR) imaging may have important therapeutic implications and reduce mortality. In fact, many respiratory diseases have a serious impact on the health and lives of people. ...

Article GUID: 34460578
Defective GaAs nanoribbon-based biosensor for lung cancer biomarkers: a DFT study

Author(s): Tarun T; Singh P; Kaur H; Walia GK; Randhawa DKK; Choudhary BC;

Density functional theory-based first-principles investigation is performed on pristine and mono vacancy induced GaAs nanoribbons to detect the presence of three volatile organic compounds (VOCs), aniline, isoprene and o-toluidine, which will aid in sensing...

Article GUID: 34459994
Optical Fiber Array Sensor for Force Estimation and Localization in TAVI Procedure: Design, Modeling, Analysis and Validation

Author(s): Bandari N; Dargahi J; Packirisamy M;

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation has shown superior clinical outcomes compared to open aortic valve replacement surgery. The loss of the natural sense of touch, inherited from its minimally invasive nature, could lead to misplacement of the valve in ...

Article GUID: 34450813
Bioprinting of Adult Dorsal Root Ganglion (DRG) Neurons Using Laser-Induced Side Transfer (LIST)

Author(s): Roversi K; Ebrahimi Orimi H; Falchetti M; Lummertz da Rocha E; Talbot S; Boutopoulos C;

Cell bioprinting technologies aim to fabricate tissuelike constructs by delivering biomaterials layer-by-layer. Bioprinted constructs can reduce the use of animals in drug development and hold promise for addressing the shortage of organs for transplants. H...

Article GUID: 34442487
Feasibility of Pressure-Retarded Osmosis for Electricity Generation at Low Temperatures

Author(s): Abbasi-Garravand E; Mulligan CN;

A membrane-based technique for production of pressure-retarded osmosis (PRO) is salinity gradient energy. This sustainable energy is formed by combining salt and fresh waters. The membrane of the PRO process has a significant effect on controlling the salin...

Article GUID: 34436319
A multiobjective model for the green capacitated location-routing problem considering drivers' satisfaction and time window with uncertain demand

Author(s): Alamatsaz K; Ahmadi A; Mirzapour Al-E-Hashem SMJ;

Location-routing problem is a combination of facility location problem and vehicle routing problem. Numerous logistics problems have been extended to investigate greenhouse issues and costs related to the environmental impact of transportation activities. T...

Article GUID: 34415526
Transcriptome-Wide Off-Target Effects of Steric-Blocking Oligonucleotides

Author(s): Holgersen EM; Gandhi S; Zhou Y; Kim J; Vaz B; Bogojeski J; Bugno M; Shalev Z; Cheung-Ong K; Gonçalves J; O' Hara M; Kron K; Verby M; Sun...

Steric-blocking oligonucleotides (SBOs) are short, single-stranded nucleic acids designed to modulate gene expression by binding to RNA transcripts and blocking access from cellular machinery such ...

Article GUID: 34388351
Identification of point source emission in river pollution incidents based on Bayesian inference and genetic algorithm: Inverse modeling, sensitivity, and uncertainty analysis

Author(s): Zhu Y; Chen Z; Asif Z;

Identification of pollution point source in rivers is strenuous due to accidental chemical spills or unmanaged wastewater discharges. It is crucial to take physical characteristics into account in the estimation of pollution sources. In this study, an integ...

Article GUID: 34380214
Influence of Polymer Molecular Weight on Chain Conformation at the Polystyrene/Silver Interface

Author(s): de Lima BM; Hayes PL; Wood-Adams PM;

The dependence between the conformation of polystyrene (PS) and its molecular weight (Mw) in the vicinity of a metal interface was investigated by sum frequency generation (SFG) spectroscopy. Tilt angles ? = 50° (the angle between the C2 axis of the pendant...

Article GUID: 34379428
Flame-Retardant and Polysulfide-Suppressed Ether-Based Electrolytes for High-Temperature Li-S Batteries

Author(s): He M; Li X; Holmes NG; Li R; Wang J; Yin G; Zuo P; Sun X;

Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries are drawing huge attention as attractive chemical power sources. However, traditional ether-based solvents (DME/DOL) suffer from safety issues at high temperatures and serious parasitic reactions occur between the Li metal an...

Article GUID: 34370436
Removal of SARS-CoV-2 using UV+Filter in built environment: simulation/evaluation by utilizing validated numerical method

Author(s): Feng Z; Cao SJ; Haghighat F;

Air cleaning is an effective and reliable method in indoor airborne SARS-CoV-2 (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Corona-Virus 2) control, with ability of aerosol removal or disinfection. However, traditional air cleaning systems (e.g. fibrous filter, elect...

Article GUID: 34367884
On Left Ventricle Stroke Work Efficiency in Children with Moderate Aortic Valve Regurgitation or Moderate Aortic Valve Stenosis

Author(s): Asaadi M; Mawad W; Djebbari A; Keshavardz-Motamed Z; Dahdah N; Kadem L;

The optimal timing for management of pediatric patients with moderate aortic valve disease [moderate aortic stenosis (modAS) or moderate aortic regurgitation (modAR)] remains unknown and largely unexplored. Although usually asymptomatic, the risk of increas...

Article GUID: 34357415
Sharp U-Net: Depthwise convolutional network for biomedical image segmentation

Author(s): Zunair H; Ben Hamza A;

The U-Net architecture, built upon the fully convolutional network, has proven to be effective in biomedical image segmentation. However, U-Net applies skip connections to merge semantically different low- and high-level convolutional features, resulting in...

Article GUID: 34348214
Exploring the use of alginate hydrogel coating as a new initiative for emergent shoreline oiling prevention

Author(s): Bi H; An C; Mulligan CN; Wang Z; Zhang B; Lee K;

Marine oil spills are often reported as a result of activities associated with oil exploration, production and transportation. The spilled oil may reach the shoreline, and then the stranded oil can persist for a long time, exerting many negative effects on ...

Article GUID: 34346356
Investigation into the impact of aged microplastics on oil behavior in shoreline environments

Author(s): Feng Q; An C; Chen Z; Yin J; Zhang B; Lee K; Wang Z;

Understanding the interactions between oil and other particles in shoreline can help determine the environmental risk and cleanup strategy after oil spill. Nevertheless, far less has been known regarding the impact of aged MPs on oil behavior in the shoreli...

Article GUID: 34332489
Mitigating COVID-19 infection disease transmission in indoor environment using physical barriers

Author(s): Ren C; Xi C; Wang J; Feng Z; Nasiri F; Cao SJ; Haghighat F;

During the normalized phase of COVID-19, droplets or aerosol particles produced by infected personnel are considered as the potential source of infection with uncertain exposure risk. As such, in densely populated open spaces, it is necessary to adopt strat...

Article GUID: 34306996
Achieving Ultra-Low Friction with Diamond/Metal Systems in Extreme Environments

Author(s): Stoyanov P; Merz R; Stricker M; Kopnarski M; Dienwiebel M;

In the search for achieving ultra-low friction for applications in extreme environments, we evaluate the interfacial processes of diamond/tungsten sliding contacts using an on-line macro-tribometer and a micro-tribometer in an ultra-high vacuum. The coeffic...

Article GUID: 34300710
Effect of eco-friendly pervious concrete with amorphous metallic fiber on evaporative cooling performance

Author(s): Park JH; Kim YU; Jeon J; Wi S; Chang SJ; Kim S;

Impervious pavements exist in large proportions in most cities owing to the high-impact development of the transportation infrastructure. However, this type of pavement causes environmental issues such as waterlogging, floods, and urban heat islands. Pervio...

Article GUID: 34293676
Multiphase CFD simulation of the nearshore spilled oil behaviors

Author(s): Raznahan M; An C; Li SS; Geng X; Boufadel M;

Oil spills are a serious environmental problem. To better support risk assessment and pollution control for oil spills, a good understanding of oil transport in the environment is required. This study focused on the numerical simulation of the nearshore oil...

Article GUID: 34284211
PSON: A Serialization Format for IoT Sensor Networks

Author(s): Luis Á; Casares P; Cuadrado-Gallego JJ; Patricio MA;

In many Internet of Things (IoT) environments, the lifetime of a sensor is linked to its power supply. Sensor devices capture external information and transmit it. They also receive messages with control commands, which means that one of the largest computa...

Article GUID: 34283115
A photo-Fenton nanocomposite ultrafiltration membrane for enhanced dye removal with self-cleaning properties

Author(s): Yue R; Raisi B; Rahmatinejad J; Ye Z; Barbeau B; Rahaman MS;

Membrane fouling is an ongoing challenge in the membrane filtration process. Herein, a photocatalytic membrane comprising a reactive layer was fabricated by engineering partially reduced graphene oxide/Ag nanoparticles/MIL-88A (prGO/Ag/M88A, pGAM) photocata...

Article GUID: 34273782
Assessing the coastal sensitivity to oil spills from the perspective of ecosystem services: A case study for Canada's pacific coast

Author(s): Feng Q; An C; Chen Z; Owens E; Niu H; Wang Z;

Coastal environment is one of the most important ecological and socioeconomic areas. However, increasing energy demand and economic development lead to a continuous gas and oil exploration, production, and traffics, which notably raise the risk of oil spill...

Article GUID: 34271360
Formation of oil-particle aggregates: Impacts of mixing energy and duration

Author(s): Ji W; Boufadel M; Zhao L; Robinson B; King T; An C; Zhang BH; Lee K;

Spilled oil slicks are likely to break into droplets offshore due to wave energy. The fate and transport of such droplets are affected by suspended particles in local marine environment, through forming oil particle aggregates (OPAs). OPA formation is affec...

Article GUID: 34252767
Using 3D CityGML for the Modeling of the Food Waste and Wastewater Generation-A Case Study for the City of Montreal

Author(s): Braun R; Padsala R; Malmir T; Mohammadi S; Eicker U;

The paper explains a workflow to simulate the food energy water (FEW) nexus for an urban district combining various data sources like 3D city models, particularly the City Geography Markup Language (CityGML) data model from the Open Geospatial Consortium, O...

Article GUID: 34240049
Spatiotemporal analysis of land use pattern and stream water quality in southern Alberta, Canada

Author(s): Chen Z; An C; Tan Q; Tian X; Li G; Zhou Y;

Alberta has over 70% of total irrigated land in Canada and 13 irrigation districts are mainly located along the rivers in southern Alberta. The runoff and irrigation return flow can carry excess nutrients, pesticides, and sediments, which adversely affect t...

Article GUID: 34214919
Numerical assessment of directional energy performance for 3D printed midsole structures

Author(s): Sultana A; Kwok TH; Hsu CC; Ng HD;

Energy can be represented in the form of deformation obtained by the applied force. Energy transfer is defined in physics as the energy is moved from one place to another. To make the energy transfer functional, energy should be moved into the right directi...

Article GUID: 34198446
Optimization of the Electrospun Niobium-Tungsten Oxide Nanofibers Diameter Using Response Surface Methodology

Author(s): Fatile BO; Pugh M; Medraj M;

The present research aimed to investigate the effect of working parameters on the electrospinning of niobium-tungsten oxide nanofibers and optimize the process using central composite design (CCD) based on the response surface methodology (RSM). An experime...

Article GUID: 34201513
Assessing the regional biogenic methanol emission from spring wheat during the growing season: A Canadian case study

Author(s): Cai M; An C; Guy C; Lu C; Mafakheri F;

As a volatile organic compound existing in the atmosphere, methanol plays a key role in atmospheric chemistry due to its comparatively high abundance and long lifetime. Croplands are a significant source of biogenic methanol, but there is a lack of systemat...

Article GUID: 34182392
Kinetic and reaction mechanism of generated by-products in a photocatalytic oxidation reactor: Model development and validation

Author(s): Malayeri M; Lee CS; Niu J; Zhu J; Haghighat F;

Photocatalytic oxidation is a promising technology to control air pollution. However, the formation of hazardous by-products hinders the commercialization application of this technology. This paper reports the development of a novel by-products predictive m...

Article GUID: 34182424
Perchlorate bioreduction in UASB reactor: S2--autotrophic granular sludge formation and sulfate generation control

Author(s): Zhao R; Tao H; Song Y; Guo J; Chen Z; Lu C; Han Y; Li H; Hou Y;

Perchlorate (ClO4-) industrial wastewater requires ef?cient removal to prevent adverse environmental impacts, however, high concentration and low biodegradability give rise to poor ClO4- bioreduction performance. S2--autotrophic granular sludge (S2--AuGS) w...

Article GUID: 34180772
Aluminum-free glass ionomer cements containing 45S5 Bioglass® and its bioglass-ceramic

Author(s): Zandi Karimi A; Rezabeigi E; Drew RAL;

Although the incorporation of bioactive glasses into glass ionomer cements (GICs) has led to promising results, using a bioactive glass as the only solid component of GICs has never been investigated. In this study, we developed an Al-free GIC with standard...

Article GUID: 34156576
COVID-FACT: A Fully-Automated Capsule Network-Based Framework for Identification of COVID-19 Cases from Chest CT Scans

Author(s): Heidarian S; Afshar P; Enshaei N; Naderkhani F; Rafiee MJ; Babaki Fard F; Samimi K; Atashzar SF; Oikonomou A; Plataniotis KN; Mohammadi A;...

The newly discovered Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been globally spreading and causing hundreds of thousands of deaths around the world as of its first emergence in late 2019. The rapid o...

Article GUID: 34113843
An analysis of security vulnerabilities in container images for scientific data analysis

Author(s): Kaur B; Dugré M; Hanna A; Glatard T;

Background: Software containers greatly facilitate the deployment and reproducibility of scientific data analyses in various platforms. However, container images often contain outdated or unnecessary software packages, which increases the number of security...

Article GUID: 34080631
Calibration of a Hyper-Spectral Imaging System Using a Low-Cost Reference

Author(s): Shaikh MS; Jaferzadeh K; Thörnberg B; Casselgren J;

In this paper, we present a hyper-spectral imaging system and practical calibration procedure using a low-cost calibration reference made of polytetrafluoroethylene. The imaging system includes a hyperspectral camera and an active source of illumination wit...

Article GUID: 34072156
Response to: "Color Doppler Splay: a New Tool for the Assessment of Valvular Regurgitations?" by Allievi et al

Author(s): Wiener PC; Friend EJ; Bhargav R; Radhakrishnan K; Kadem L; Pressman GS;

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Article GUID: 34062241
Corrigendum: Deep Learning-Based Haptic Guidance for Surgical Skills Transfer

Author(s): Fekri P; Dargahi J; Zadeh M;

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/frobt.2020.586707.].

Article GUID: 34026860
Disposable masks release microplastics to the aqueous environment with exacerbation by natural weathering

Author(s): Wang Z; An C; Chen X; Lee K; Zhang B; Feng Q;

The COVID-19 pandemic has driven explosive growth in the use of masks has resulted in many issues related to the disposal and management of waste masks. As improperly disposed masks enter the ocean, the risk to the marine ecological system is further aggrav...

Article GUID: 34015713
Indoor airborne disinfection with electrostatic disinfector (ESD): Numerical simulations of ESD performance and reduction of computing time

Author(s): Feng Z; Cao SJ; Wang J; Kumar P; Haghighat F;

Airborne transmissions of infectious disease (e.g. SARS-CoV-2) in indoor environments may induce serious threat to public health. Air purification devices are necessary to remove and/or inactivate airborne biological species from indoor air environment. Cor...

Article GUID: 33994653
Analysis of biochar-mortar composite as a humidity control material to improve the building energy and hygrothermal performance.

Author(s): Park JH, Kim YU, Jeon J, Yun BY, Kang Y, Kim S

This study suggests a new perspective of biochar as a building material that improve not only for the strength but also hygrothermal properties. Biochar has a high porosity and surface area created by pyrolysis. It can be suitably used as a porous material ...

Article GUID: 33611181
Three-Dimensional (3D) Animation and Calculation for the Assessment of Engaging Hill-Sachs Lesions With Computed Tomography 3D Reconstruction.

Author(s): Tat J, Crawford J, Chong J, Powell T, Fevens TG, Popa T, Martineau PA

Purpose: To dynamically assess for Hill-Sachs engagement with animated 3-dimensional (3D) shoulder models. Methods: We created 3D shoulder models from reconstructed computed tomography (CT) images from a consecutive series of patients with recurrent anterio...

Article GUID: 33615252
Energy loss associated with in-vitro modeling of mitral annular calcification.

Author(s): Wiener PC, Darwish A, Friend E, Kadem L, Pressman GS

INTRODUCTION: Study aims were to compare hemodynamics and viscous energy dissipation (VED) in 3D printed mitral valves-one replicating a normal valve and the other a valve with severe mitral annular calcification (MAC). Patients with severe MAC develop tran...

Article GUID: 33591991
On the Impact of Biceps Muscle Fatigue in Human Activity Recognition.

Author(s): Elshafei M, Costa DE, Shihab E

Nowadays, Human Activity Recognition (HAR) systems, which use wearables and smart systems, are a part of our daily life. Despite the abundance of literature in the area, little is known about the impact of muscle fatigue on these systems' performance. I...

Article GUID: 33557239
Deep Learning-Based Haptic Guidance for Surgical Skills Transfer.

Author(s): Fekri P, Dargahi J, Zadeh M

Having a trusted and useful system that helps to diminish the risk of medical errors and facilitate the improvement of quality in the medical education is indispensable. Thousands of surgical errors are occurred annually with high adverse event rate, despit...

Article GUID: 33553246
Towards Detecting Biceps Muscle Fatigue in Gym Activity Using Wearables.

Author(s): Elshafei M, Shihab E

Fatigue is a naturally occurring phenomenon during human activities, but it poses a bigger risk for injuries during physically demanding activities, such as gym activities and athletics. Several studies show that bicep muscle fatigue can lead to various inj...

Article GUID: 33498702
Folding photopolymerized origami sheets by post-curing.

Author(s): He X, Matte CD, Kwok TH

The paper presents a novel manufacturing approach to fabricate origami based on 3D printing utilizing digital light processing. Specifically, we propose to leave part of the model uncured during the printing step, and then cure it in the post-processing ste...

Article GUID: 33490875
EEG signals respond differently to idea generation, idea evolution and evaluation in a loosely controlled creativity experiment.

Author(s): Jia W, Zeng Y

Many neurocognitive studies endeavor to understand neural mechanisms of basic creative activities in strictly controlled experiments. However, little evidence is available regarding the neural mechanisms of interactions between basic activities underlying c...

Article GUID: 33483583
The effect of step-feeding distribution ratio on high concentration perchlorate removal performance in ABR system with heterotrophic combined sulfur autotrophic process.

Author(s): Li H, Li K, Guo J, Chen Z, Han Y, Song Y, Lu C, Hou Y, Zhang D, Zhang Y

In a lab-scale anaerobic baffled reactor (ABR) with eight compartments, the heterotrophic and sulfur autotrophic processes were combined to remove perchlorate. And then, the step-feeding distribution ratio of the heterotrophic perchlorate reduction unit (HP...

Article GUID: 33485237
Effect of homogenization and solution treatments time on the elevated-temperature mechanical behavior of Inconel 718 fabricated by laser powder bed fusion.

Author(s): Fayed EM, Saadati M, Shahriari D, Brailovski V, Jahazi M, Medraj M

In the present study, the effect of homogenization and solution treatment times on the elevated-temperature (650 °C) mechanical properties and the fracture mechanisms of Inconel 718 (IN718) superalloy fabricated by laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) was investi...

Article GUID: 33479475
Finite Element Modelling of Bandgap Engineered Graphene FET with the Application in Sensing Methanethiol Biomarker.

Author(s): Singh P, Abedini Sohi P, Kahrizi M

In this work, we have designed and simulated a graphene field effect transistor (GFET) with the purpose of developing a sensitive biosensor for methanethiol, a biomarker for bacterial infections. The surface of a graphene layer is functionalized by manipula...

Article GUID: 33467459
Proper Orthogonal Decomposition Analysis of the Flow Downstream of a Dysfunctional Bileaflet Mechanical Aortic Valve.

Author(s): Darwish A, Di Labbio G, Saleh W, Kadem L

PURPOSE: Aortic valve replacement remains the only viable solution for symptomatic patients with severe aortic valve stenosis. Despite their improved design and long history of successful operation, bileaflet mechanical heart valves are still associated wit...

Article GUID: 33469847
A comparative analysis of deep learning architectures on high variation malaria parasite classification dataset.

Author(s): Rahman A, Zunair H, Reme TR, Rahman MS, Mahdy MRC

Malaria, one of the leading causes of death in underdeveloped countries, is primarily diagnosed using microscopy. Computer-aided diagnosis of malaria is a challenging task owing to the fine-grained variability in the appearance of some uninfected and infect...

Article GUID: 33465520
Evaluation of System Modelling Techniques for Waste Identification in Lean Healthcare Applications.

Author(s): Alkaabi M, Simsekler MCE, Jayaraman R, Al Kaf A, Ghalib H, Quraini D, Ellahham S, Tuzcu EM, Demirli K...

Purpose: Waste identification plays a vital role in lean healthcare applications. While the value stream map (VSM) is among the most commonly used tools for waste identification, it may be limited ...

Article GUID: 33447104
Designing a hybrid reinforcement learning based algorithm with application in prediction of the COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec.

Author(s): Khalilpourazari S, Hashemi Doulabi H

World Health Organization (WHO) stated COVID-19 as a pandemic in March 2020. Since then, 26,795,847 cases have been reported worldwide, and 878,963 lost their lives due to the illness by September 3, 2020. Prediction of the COVID-19 pandemic will enable pol...

Article GUID: 33424076
Environmental Multimedia Modeling System (EMMS) for Health Risk Assessment: Key Influencing Factors and Uncertainties Researches.

Author(s): Yuan J, Chen Z, Ding S, Zhang Q, Jia Y

In this paper, a former developed Environmental Multimedia Modeling System (EMMS) combining with risk assessment Monte Carlo Method (MCM) was further used for exploring the interaction between groundwater and surface water. When using this EMMS-MCM simulati...

Article GUID: 33410257
Assessing the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on urban transportation and air quality in Canada.

Author(s): Tian X, An C, Chen Z, Tian Z

The global outbreak and spread of COVID-19 had a significant impact on the environment of urban areas. This study aimed to provide a new insight into the urban transportation and air pollutant emission of representative Canadian cities impacted by this pand...

Article GUID: 33401062
Call for Special Issue Papers: Programming Models and Algorithms for Big Data.

Author(s): Al-Turjman F, Hamouda W, Mumtaz S

Big Data. 2020 Dec; 8(6):542-543 Authors: Al-Turjman F, Hamouda W, Mumtaz S PMID: 33347369 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Article GUID: 33347369
Inter-protein residue covariation information unravels physically interacting protein dimers

Author(s): Salmanian S; Pezeshk H; Sadeghi M;

Background: Predicting physical interaction between proteins is one of the greatest challenges in computational biology. There are considerable various protein interactions and a huge number of protein sequences and synthetic peptides with unknown interacti...

Article GUID: 33334319
Exploring the decentralized treatment of sulfamethoxazole-contained poultry wastewater through vertical-flow multi-soil-layering systems in rural communities.

Author(s): Song P, Huang G, An C, Xin X, Zhang P, Chen X, Ren S, Xu Z, Yang X

Sulfamethoxazole (SMX) is the most widely distributed sulfonamide antibiotics detected in decentralized poultry wastewater in rural communities. As an economically-feasible and eco-friendly technology for decentralized wastewater treatment in rural areas, v...

Article GUID: 33065414
Filtration for improving surface water quality of a eutrophic lake.

Author(s): Palakkeel Veetil D, Arriagada EC, Mulligan CN, Bhat S

Algal blooms and the presence of cyanotoxins in surface water restrict the public from accessing lakes and beaches for drinking and recreational activities. An effort was taken in this on-site study to improve the surface water quality of a eutrophic lake, ...

Article GUID: 33310244
Exploration of nanocellulose washing agent for the green remediation of phenanthrene-contaminated soil.

Author(s): Yin J, Huang G, An C, Zhang P, Xin X, Feng R

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are hazardous contaminants existing ubiquitously in polluted soil. In this study, using nanocellulose (CNC) fluid as an eco-friendly agent was proposed for the first time in the remediation of phenanthrene (PHE) contaminated...

Article GUID: 33264936
File-based localization of numerical perturbations in data analysis pipelines.

Author(s): Salari A, Kiar G, Lewis L, Evans AC, Glatard T

BACKGROUND: Data analysis pipelines are known to be affected by computational conditions, presumably owing to the creation and propagation of numerical errors. While this process could play a major role in the current reproducibility crisis, the precise cau...

Article GUID: 33269388
Understanding the temporal evolution of COVID-19 research through machine learning and natural language processing.

Author(s): Ebadi A; Xi P; Tremblay S; Spencer B; Pall R; Wong A;

The outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been continuously affecting human lives and communities around the world in many ways, from cities under lockdown t...

Article GUID: 33230352
A robust optimization model for tactical capacity planning in an outpatient setting

Author(s): Aslani N; Kuzgunkaya O; Vidyarthi N; Terekhov D;

Tactical capacity planning is a key element of planning and control decisions in healthcare settings, focusing on the medium-term allocation of a clinic's resources to appointments of different types. One of the most scarce resources in healthcare is ph...

Article GUID: 33215335
A Benchmark of Data Stream Classification for Human Activity Recognition on Connected Objects.

Author(s): Khannouz M; Glatard T;

This paper evaluates data stream classifiers from the perspective of connected devices, focusing on the use case of Human Activity Recognition. We measure both the classification performance and resource consumption (runtime, memory, and power) of five usua...

Article GUID: 33202905
Cancer cells optimize elasticity for efficient migration.

Author(s): Kashani AS; Packirisamy M;

Cancer progression is associated with alternations in the cytoskeletal architecture of cells and, consequently, their mechanical properties such as stiffness. Changing the mechanics of cells enables cancer cells to migrate and invade to distant organ sites....

Article GUID: 33204453
Removal of arsenic from water through ceramic filter modified by nano-CeO2: A cost-effective approach for remote areas.

Author(s): Yang X; Huang G; An C; Chen X; Shen J; Yin J; Song P; Xu Z; Li Y;

The groundwater with high arsenic concentration is widespread, especially in many remote areas of developing countries. Arsenic existing in drinking water sources has a high risk to human health. In this study, an innovative effort to remove As(V) from wate...

Article GUID: 33182193
Design and Development of a Wideband Planar Yagi Antenna Using Tightly Coupled Directive Element.

Author(s): Ashraf MA; Jamil K; Telba A; Alzabidi MA; Sebak AR;

In this paper, a novel concept on the design of a broadband printed Yagi antenna for S-band wireless communication applications is presented. The proposed antenna exhibits a wide bandwidth (more than 48% fractional bandwidth) operating in the frequency rang...

Article GUID: 33143035
How Effective Is the Filtration of 'KN95' Filtering Facepiece Respirators During the COVID-19 Pandemic?

Author(s): Brochot C, Saidi MN, Bahloul A

OBJECTIVES: The high demand of filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs) worldwide during the period of the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a critical situation for decision-makers regarding their supply. After authorizing the use of FFRs certified by other regio...

Article GUID: 33125464
Gold Nano-Island Platforms for Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensing: A Short Review.

Author(s): Badilescu S, Raju D, Bathini S, Packirisamy M

Nano-islands are entities (droplets or other shapes) that are formed by spontaneous dewetting (agglomeration, in the early literature) of thin and very thin metallic (especially gold) films on a substrate, done by post-deposition heating or by using other s...

Article GUID: 33066088
COSORE: A community database for continuous soil respiration and other soil-atmosphere greenhouse gas flux data.

Author(s): Bond-Lamberty B, Christianson DS, Malhotra A, Pennington SC, Sihi D, AghaKouchak A, Anjileli H, Altaf Arain M, Armesto JJ, Ashraf S, Ataka M...

Globally, soils store two to three times as much carbon as currently resides in the atmosphere, and it is critical to understand how soil greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and uptake will respond to o...

Article GUID: 33026137
Impact of Mitral Regurgitation on the Flow in a Model of a Left Ventricle.

Author(s): Papolla C, Darwish A, Kadem L, Rieu R

PURPOSE: Mitral regurgitation (MR) is the second most common valve disease in industrialized countries. Despite its high prevalence, little is known about its impact on the flow dynamics in the left ventricle (LV). Because of the interdependence between val...

Article GUID: 33000444
COVID-CAPS: A Capsule Network-based Framework for Identification of COVID-19 cases from X-ray Images.

Author(s): Afshar P, Heidarian S, Naderkhani F, Oikonomou A, Plataniotis KN, Mohammadi A

Novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has abruptly and undoubtedly changed the world as we know it at the end of the 2nd decade of the 21st century. COVID-19 is extremely contagious and quickly spreading globally making its early diagnosis of paramount impor...

Article GUID: 32958971
Contactless Capacitive Electrocardiography Using Hybrid Flexible Printed Electrodes.

Author(s): Lessard-Tremblay M, Weeks J, Morelli L, Cowan G, Gagnon G, Zednik RJ

Traditional capacitive electrocardiogram (cECG) electrodes suffer from limited patient comfort, difficulty of disinfection and low signal-to-noise ratio in addition to the challenge of integrating them in wearables. A novel hybrid flexible cECG electrode wa...

Article GUID: 32927651
Call for Special Issue Papers: Programming Models and Algorithms for Big Data.

Author(s): Al-Turjman F, Hamouda W, Mumtaz S

Big Data. 2020 Aug 25; : Authors: Al-Turjman F, Hamouda W, Mumtaz S PMID: 32845727 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Article GUID: 32845727
Acceleration mechanism of bioavailable Fe(Ⅲ) on Te(IV) bioreduction of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1: Promotion of electron generation, electron transfer and energy level.

Author(s): He Y, Guo J, Song Y, Chen Z, Lu C, Han Y, Li H, Hou Y, Zhao R

The release of highly toxic tellurite into the aquatic environment poses significant environmental risks. The acceleration mechanism and tellurium nanorods (TeNPs) characteristics with bioavailable ferric citrate (Fe(III)) were investigated in the tellurite...

Article GUID: 32853890
The contribution of dry indoor built environment on the spread of Coronavirus: Data from various Indian states.

Author(s): V AAR, R V, Haghighat F

Coronavirus spread is more serious in urban metropolitan cities compared to rural areas. It is observed from the data on the infection rate available in the various sources that the cold and dry conditions accelerate the spread of coronavirus. In the presen...

Article GUID: 32834934
The COVID-19 pandemic: model-based evaluation of non-pharmaceutical interventions and prognoses.

Author(s): De Visscher A

An epidemiological model for COVID-19 was developed and implemented in MATLAB/GNU Octave for use by public health practitioners, policy makers, and the general public. The model distinguishes four stages in the disease: infected, sick, seriously sick, and b...

Article GUID: 32836820
Investigation into the oil removal from sand using a surface washing agent under different environmental conditions.

Author(s): Bi H, An C, Chen X, Owens E, Lee K

Spilled oil frequently reaches the shorelines and affects coastal biota and communities. The application of surface washing agents is an important shoreline cleanup technique that can help remove stranded oil from substrate surfaces with the advantages of h...

Article GUID: 32829266
Effect of Fe2+ ions on gypsum precipitation during bulk crystallization of reverse osmosis concentrates.

Author(s): Melliti E, Touati K, Van der Bruggen B, Elfil H

In reverse osmosis desalination, the concentrate is a saline solution that may become supersaturated. Heterogeneous nucleation of salts occurs at the membrane surface, resulting in the buildup of inorganic deposits on the membrane. The inorganic nucleation ...

Article GUID: 32814139
Dynamic modeling of dielectric elastomer actuator with conical shape.

Author(s): Huang P, Ye W, Wang Y

PLoS One. 2020;15(8):e0235229 Authors: Huang P, Ye W, Wang Y

Article GUID: 32797117
Processing High-Solid and High-Ammonia Rich Manures in a Two-Stage (Liquid-Solid) Low-Temperature Anaerobic Digestion Process: Start-Up and Operating Strategies.

Author(s): Mahato P, Goyette B, Rahaman MS, Rajagopal R

Bioengineering (Basel). 2020 Jul 25;7(3): Authors: Mahato P, Goyette B, Rahaman MS, Rajagopal R

Article GUID: 32722477
Color Doppler Splay: A Clue to the Presence of Significant Mitral Regurgitation.

Author(s): Wiener PC, Friend EJ, Bhargav R, Radhakrishnan K, Kadem L, Pressman GS

J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2020 Jul 22;: Authors: Wiener PC, Friend EJ, Bhargav R, Radhakrishnan K, Kadem L, Pressman GS

Article GUID: 32712051
Computer-Aided Design of Active Pseudoknotted Hammerhead Ribozymes.

Author(s): Najeh S, Zandi K, Djerroud S, Kharma N, Perreault J

Methods Mol Biol. 2021;2167:91-111 Authors: Najeh S, Zandi K, Djerroud S, Kharma N, Perreault J

Article GUID: 32712917
BENIN: Biologically enhanced network inference.

Author(s): Wonkap SK, Butler G

J Bioinform Comput Biol. 2020 Jun;18(3):2040007 Authors: Wonkap SK, Butler G

Article GUID: 32698722
Exploring the use of cellulose nanocrystal as surface-washing agent for oiled shoreline cleanup.

Author(s): Chen Z, An C, Yin J, Owens E, Lee K, Zhang K, Tian X

J Hazard Mater. 2020 Jul 15;402:123464 Authors: Chen Z, An C, Yin J, Owens E, Lee K, Zhang K, Tian X

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Distributed adaptive fault-tolerant close formation flight control of multiple trailing fixed-wing UAVs.

Author(s): Yu Z, Zhang Y, Jiang B, Yu X, Fu J, Jin Y, Chai T

ISA Trans. 2020 Jul 09;: Authors: Yu Z, Zhang Y, Jiang B, Yu X, Fu J, Jin Y, Chai T

Article GUID: 32680604
Toward Task Autonomy in Robotic Cardiac Ablation: Learning-Based Kinematic Control of Soft Tendon-Driven Catheters.

Author(s): Jolaei M, Hooshiar A, Dargahi J, Packirisamy M

Soft Robot. 2020 Jul 14;: Authors: Jolaei M, Hooshiar A, Dargahi J, Packirisamy M

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Hybrid multi-mode machine learning-based fault diagnosis strategies with application to aircraft gas turbine engines.

Author(s): Shen Y, Khorasani K

Neural Netw. 2020 Jul 08;130:126-142 Authors: Shen Y, Khorasani K

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Automatic collateral circulation scoring in ischemic stroke using 4D CT angiography with low-rank and sparse matrix decomposition.

Author(s): Aktar M, Tampieri D, Rivaz H, Kersten-Oertel M, Xiao Y

Automatic collateral circulation scoring in ischemic stroke using 4D CT angiography with low-rank and sparse matrix decomposition.

Int J Comput Assist Radiol Surg. 2020 Jul 14;:

Authors: Aktar M, Tampieri D, Rivaz H, Kersten-Oertel M, Xi...

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Drop-on-demand cell bioprinting via Laser Induced Side Transfer (LIST).

Author(s): Ebrahimi Orimi H, Hosseini Kolkooh SS, Hooker E, Narayanswamy S, Larrivée B, Boutopoulos C

Sci Rep. 2020 Jun 16;10(1):9730 Authors: Ebrahimi Orimi H, Hosseini Kolkooh SS, Hooker E, Narayanswamy S, Larrivée B, Boutopoulos C

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Influence of Homogenization and Solution Treatments Time on the Microstructure and Hardness of Inconel 718 Fabricated by Laser Powder Bed Fusion Process.

Author(s): Fayed EM, Shahriari D, Saadati M, Brailovski V, Jahazi M, Medraj M

Materials (Basel). 2020 Jun 05;13(11): Authors: Fayed EM, Shahriari D, Saadati M, Brailovski V, Jahazi M, Medraj M

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Functional PVDF ultrafiltration membrane for Tetrabromobisphenol-A (TBBPA) removal with high water recovery.

Author(s): Chen X, Huang G, Li Y, An C, Feng R, Wu Y, Shen J

Water Res. 2020 May 18;181:115952 Authors: Chen X, Huang G, Li Y, An C, Feng R, Wu Y, Shen J

Article GUID: 32497754
Exploring the biophysicochemical alteration of green alga Asterococcus superbus interactively affected by nanoparticles, triclosan and illumination.

Author(s): Xin X, Huang G, An C, Lu C, Xiong W

J Hazard Mater. 2020 May 21;398:122855 Authors: Xin X, Huang G, An C, Lu C, Xiong W

Article GUID: 32473326
Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of a Novel Sandwich Beam-Based Adaptive Tuned Vibration Absorber Featuring Magnetorheological Elastomer.

Author(s): Asadi Khanouki M, Sedaghati R, Hemmatian M

Materials (Basel). 2020 May 14;13(10): Authors: Asadi Khanouki M, Sedaghati R, Hemmatian M

Article GUID: 32422988
Quantifying construction waste reduction through the application of prefabrication: a case study in Anhui, China.

Author(s): Hao J, Chen Z, Zhang Z, Loehlein G

Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2020 May 01;: Authors: Hao J, Chen Z, Zhang Z, Loehlein G

Article GUID: 32358748
Design and Investigation of Modern UWB-MIMO Antenna with Optimized Isolation.

Author(s): Irshad Khan M, Khattak MI, Rahman SU, Qazi AB, Telba AA, Sebak A

Micromachines (Basel). 2020 Apr 20;11(4): Authors: Irshad Khan M, Khattak MI, Rahman SU, Qazi AB, Telba AA, Sebak A

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Determining the Optimal Restricted Driving Zone Using Genetic Algorithm in a Smart City.

Author(s): Azami P, Jan T, Iranmanesh S, Ameri Sianaki O, Hajiebrahimi S

Sensors (Basel). 2020 Apr 16;20(8): Authors: Azami P, Jan T, Iranmanesh S, Ameri Sianaki O, Hajiebrahimi S

Article GUID: 32316356
Cost-Effective Water-Soluble Poly(vinyl alcohol) as a Functional Binder for High-Sulfur-Loading Cathodes in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries.

Author(s): Liao J, Liu Z, Wang J, Ye Z

ACS Omega. 2020 Apr 14;5(14):8272-8282 Authors: Liao J, Liu Z, Wang J, Ye Z

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Empirical study of the relationship between design patterns and code smells.

Author(s): Alfadel M, Aljasser K, Alshayeb M

PLoS One. 2020;15(4):e0231731 Authors: Alfadel M, Aljasser K, Alshayeb M

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Assessment of regional greenhouse gas emission from beef cattle production: A case study of Saskatchewan in Canada.

Author(s): Chen Z, An C, Fang H, Zhang Y, Zhou Z, Zhou Y, Zhao S

J Environ Manage. 2020 Mar 25;264:110443 Authors: Chen Z, An C, Fang H, Zhang Y, Zhou Z, Zhou Y, Zhao S

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Finite Element Modelling of a Reflection Differential Split-D Eddy Current Probe Scanning Surface Notches.

Author(s): Mohseni E, França DR, Viens M, Xie WF, Xu B

J Nondestr Eval. 2020;39(2):29 Authors: Mohseni E, França DR, Viens M, Xie WF, Xu B

Article GUID: 32214578
Effect and ameliorative mechanisms of polyoxometalates on the denitrification under sulfonamide antibiotics stress.

Author(s): Guo H, Chen Z, Lu C, Guo J, Li H, Song Y, Han Y, Hou Y

Bioresour Technol. 2020 Feb 22;305:123073 Authors: Guo H, Chen Z, Lu C, Guo J, Li H, Song Y, Han Y, Hou Y

Article GUID: 32145698
Surface Response Based Modeling of Liposome Characteristics in a Periodic Disturbance Mixer.

Author(s): López RR, Ocampo I, Sánchez LM, Alazzam A, Bergeron KF, Camacho-León S, Mounier C, Stiharu I, Nerguizian V

Micromachines (Basel). 2020 Feb 25;11(3): Authors: López RR, Ocampo I, Sánchez LM, Alazzam A, Bergeron KF, Camacho-León S, Mounier C, Stiharu I, Nerguizian V

Article GUID: 32106424
Analysis of uric acid adsorption on armchair silicene nanoribbons: a DFT study.

Author(s): Tarun T, Randhawa DKK, Singh P, Choudhary BC, Walia GK, Kaur N

J Mol Model. 2020 Feb 27;26(3):63 Authors: Tarun T, Randhawa DKK, Singh P, Choudhary BC, Walia GK, Kaur N

Article GUID: 32108912
PHTNet: Characterization and Deep Mining of Involuntary Pathological Hand Tremor using Recurrent Neural Network Models.

Author(s): Shahtalebi S; Atashzar SF; Samotus O; Patel RV; Jog MS; Mohammadi A;

The global aging phenomenon has increased the number of individuals with age-related neurological movement disorders including Parkinson's Disease (PD) and Essential Tremor (ET). Pathological Hand Tremor (PHT), which is considered among the most common ...

Article GUID: 32042111
Effects of Hemodynamic Conditions and Valve Sizing on Leaflet Bending Stress in Self-Expanding Transcatheter Aortic Valve: An In-vitro Study.

Author(s): Stanová V, Zenses AS, Thollon L, Kadem L, Barragan P, Rieu R, Pibarot P

Artif Organs. 2020 Jan 29;: Authors: Stanová V, Zenses AS, Thollon L, Kadem L, Barragan P, Rieu R, Pibarot P

Article GUID: 31995230
Adaptive Neuro-fuzzy Inference System Trained for Sizing Semi-elliptical Notches Scanned by Eddy Currents.

Author(s): Mohseni E, Viens M, Xie WF

J Nondestr Eval. 2020;39(1):5 Authors: Mohseni E, Viens M, Xie WF

Article GUID: 31929668
Development and assessment of a stiffness display system for minimally invasive surgery based on smart magneto-rheological elastomers.

Author(s): Hooshiar A, Alkhalaf A, Dargahi J

Mater Sci Eng C Mater Biol Appl. 2020 Mar;108:110409 Authors: Hooshiar A, Alkhalaf A, Dargahi J

Article GUID: 31924050
Water Droplet Erosion of Wind Turbine Blades: Mechanics, Testing, Modeling and Future Perspectives.

Author(s): Elhadi Ibrahim M, Medraj M

Materials (Basel). 2019 Dec 31;13(1): Authors: Elhadi Ibrahim M, Medraj M

Article GUID: 31906204
Rare events in mixed-mode oscillations from weakly coupled lasers.

Author(s): Doedel EJ, Pando L CL

Phys Rev E. 2019 Nov;100(5-1):052204 Authors: Doedel EJ, Pando L CL

Article GUID: 31869997
Exploring the use of ceramic disk filter coated with Ag/ZnO nanocomposites as an innovative approach for removing Escherichia coli from household drinking water.

Author(s): Huang J, Huang G, An C, Xin X, Chen X, Zhao Y, Feng R, Xiong W

Chemosphere. 2019 Dec 06;245:125545 Authors: Huang J, Huang G, An C, Xin X, Chen X, Zhao Y, Feng R, Xiong W

Article GUID: 31864067
First principles investigation on armchair zinc oxide nanoribbons as uric acid sensors.

Author(s): Singh P, Randhawa DKK, Tarun, Choudhary BC, Walia GK, Kaur N

J Mol Model. 2019 Dec 13;26(1):4 Authors: Singh P, Randhawa DKK, Tarun, Choudhary BC, Walia GK, Kaur N

Article GUID: 31834483
Lab-On-A-Chip for the Development of Pro-/Anti-Angiogenic Nanomedicines to Treat Brain Diseases.

Author(s): Subramaniyan Parimalam S, Badilescu S, Sonenberg N, Bhat R, Packirisamy M

Int J Mol Sci. 2019 Dec 05;20(24): Authors: Subramaniyan Parimalam S, Badilescu S, Sonenberg N, Bhat R, Packirisamy M

Article GUID: 31817343
A Quantitative Comparison of Overlapping and Non-Overlapping Sliding Windows for Human Activity Recognition Using Inertial Sensors.

Author(s): Dehghani A, Sarbishei O, Glatard T, Shihab E

Sensors (Basel). 2019 Nov 18;19(22): Authors: Dehghani A, Sarbishei O, Glatard T, Shihab E

Article GUID: 31752158
Effect of dissolved oxygen on simultaneous removal of ammonia, nitrate and phosphorus via biological aerated filter with sulfur and pyrite as composite fillers.

Author(s): Li Y, Guo J, Li H, Song Y, Chen Z, Lu C, Han Y, Hou Y

Bioresour Technol. 2019 Oct 28;296:122340 Authors: Li Y, Guo J, Li H, Song Y, Chen Z, Lu C, Han Y, Hou Y

Article GUID: 31704601
Experimental Investigation of the Effect of Heart Rate On Flow in the Left Ventricle in Health and Disease -- Aortic Valve Regurgitation.

Author(s): Di Labbio G, Ben-Assa E, Kadem L

J Biomech Eng. 2019 Nov 01;: Authors: Di Labbio G, Ben-Assa E, Kadem L

Article GUID: 31701119
Computer-Aided Diagnosis System of Alzheimer's Disease Based on Multimodal Fusion: Tissue Quantification Based on the Hybrid Fuzzy-Genetic-Possibilistic Model and Discriminative Classification Based on the SVDD Model.

Author(s): Lazli L, Boukadoum M, Ait Mohamed O

Brain Sci. 2019 Oct 22;9(10): Authors: Lazli L, Boukadoum M, Ait Mohamed O

Article GUID: 31652635
Nano-Bio Interactions of Extracellular Vesicles with Gold Nanoislands for Early Cancer Diagnosis.

Author(s): Bathini S, Raju D, Badilescu S, Kumar A, Ouellette RJ, Ghosh A, Packirisamy M

Res (Wash D C). 2018;2018:3917986 Authors: Bathini S, Raju D, Badilescu S, Kumar A, Ouellette RJ, Ghosh A, Packirisamy M

Article GUID: 31549028
A biophysiological perspective on enhanced nitrate removal from decentralized domestic sewage using gravitational-flow multi-soil-layering systems.

Author(s): Song P, Huang G, Hong Y, An C, Xin X, Zhang P

Chemosphere. 2019 Sep 14;240:124868 Authors: Song P, Huang G, Hong Y, An C, Xin X, Zhang P

Article GUID: 31542583
Simulation and computer modeling of asphaltene in different solvents on oil-water interfaces using a molecular dynamic methodology.

Author(s): Yuan J, Elektorowicz M, Chen Z, Segun GA, Vakili M, Zhong L, Wang B, Zhu J, Wu Y

J Mol Graph Model. 2019 Sep 13;93:107450 Authors: Yuan J, Elektorowicz M, Chen Z, Segun GA, Vakili M, Zhong L, Wang B, Zhu J, Wu Y

Article GUID: 31542686
Insights into the Toxicity of Triclosan to Green Microalga Chlorococcum sp. Using Synchrotron-Based Fourier Transform Infrared Spectromicroscopy: Biophysiological Analyses and Roles of Environmental Factors.

Author(s): Xin X, Huang G, An C, Huang C, Weger H, Zhao S, Zhou Y, Rosendahl S

Environ Sci Technol. 2018 02 20;52(4):2295-2306 Authors: Xin X, Huang G, An C, Huang C, Weger H, Zhao S, Zhou Y, Rosendahl S

Article GUID: 29377676
Dielectrophoresis Multipath Focusing of Microparticles through Perforated Electrodes in Microfluidic Channels.

Author(s): Alazzam A, Al-Khaleel M, Riahi MK, Mathew B, Gawanmeh A, Nerguizian V

Biosensors (Basel). 2019 Aug 07;9(3): Authors: Alazzam A, Al-Khaleel M, Riahi MK, Mathew B, Gawanmeh A, Nerguizian V

Article GUID: 31394810
Performance analysis and life cycle greenhouse gas emission assessment of an integrated gravitational-flow wastewater treatment system for rural areas.

Author(s): Song P, Huang G, An C, Zhang P, Chen X, Ren S

Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2019 Jul 04;: Authors: Song P, Huang G, An C, Zhang P, Chen X, Ren S

Article GUID: 31273662
Particulate matter transported from urban greening plants during precipitation events in Beijing, China.

Author(s): Cai M, Xin Z, Yu X

Environ Pollut. 2019 Jul 01;252(Pt B):1648-1658 Authors: Cai M, Xin Z, Yu X

Article GUID: 31284207
Effect of diffusion limitation and substrate inhibition on steady states of a biofilm reactor treating a single pollutant.

Author(s): Süß M, De Visscher A

J Air Waste Manag Assoc. 2019 Jul 10;: Authors: Süß M, De Visscher A

Article GUID: 31290732
Simulations and error analysis of the CNC milling of a face gear tooth with given tool paths.

Author(s): Yi H, Zhou Y, Tang J, Chen ZC

Data Brief. 2019 Aug;25:104145 Authors: Yi H, Zhou Y, Tang J, Chen ZC

Article GUID: 31297425
Interactive Toxicity of Triclosan and Nano-TiO2 to Green Alga Eremosphaera viridis in Lake Erie: A New Perspective Based on Fourier Transform Infrared Spectromicroscopy and Synchrotron-Based X-ray Fluorescence Imaging.

Author(s): Xin X, Huang G, An C, Feng R

Environ Sci Technol. 2019 Jul 31;: Authors: Xin X, Huang G, An C, Feng R

Article GUID: 31322895
Fabrication of Porous Gold Film Using Graphene Oxide as a Sacrificial Layer.

Author(s): Alazzam A, Alamoodi N, Abutayeh M, Stiharu I, Nerguizian V

Materials (Basel). 2019 Jul 18;12(14): Authors: Alazzam A, Alamoodi N, Abutayeh M, Stiharu I, Nerguizian V

Article GUID: 31323903
Enhanced denitrification performance and biocatalysis mechanisms of polyoxometalates as environmentally-friendly inorganic redox mediators.

Author(s): Guo H, Chen Z, Guo J, Lu C, Song Y, Han Y, Li H, Hou Y

Bioresour Technol. 2019 Jul 16;291:121816 Authors: Guo H, Chen Z, Guo J, Lu C, Song Y, Han Y, Li H, Hou Y

Article GUID: 31344631
Extended environmental multimedia modeling system assessing the risk carried by pollutants in interacted air-unsaturated-groundwater zones.

Author(s): Yuan J, Elektorowicz M

J Hazard Mater. 2019 Jul 22;381:120852 Authors: Yuan J, Elektorowicz M

Article GUID: 31376662
Deep model integrated with data correlation analysis for multiple intermittent faults diagnosis.

Author(s): Yang J, Xie G, Yang Y, Zhang Y, Liu W

ISA Trans. 2019 May 30;: Authors: Yang J, Xie G, Yang Y, Zhang Y, Liu W

Article GUID: 31174854
Electro-demulsification of water-in-oil suspensions enhanced with implementing various additives.

Author(s): Taslimi Taleghani S, Fellah Jahromi A, Elektorowicz M

Chemosphere. 2019 May 20;233:157-163 Authors: Taslimi Taleghani S, Fellah Jahromi A, Elektorowicz M

Article GUID: 31173953
Glass ionomer cements with enhanced mechanical and remineralizing properties containing 45S5 bioglass-ceramic particles.

Author(s): Zandi Karimi A, Rezabeigi E, Drew RAL

J Mech Behav Biomed Mater. 2019 May 24;97:396-405 Authors: Zandi Karimi A, Rezabeigi E, Drew RAL

Article GUID: 31174045
MSeq-CNV: accurate detection of Copy Number Variation from Sequencing of Multiple samples

Author(s): Malekpour SA; Pezeshk H; Sadeghi M;

Currently a few tools are capable of detecting genome-wide Copy Number Variations (CNVs) based on sequencing of multiple samples. Although aberrations in mate pair insertion sizes provide additional hints for the CNV detection based on multiple samples, the...

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An Automated Induction Microfluidics System for Synthetic Biology.

Author(s): Husser MC, Vo PQN, Sinha H, Ahmadi F, Shih SCC

ACS Synth Biol. 2018 03 16;7(3):933-944 Authors: Husser MC, Vo PQN, Sinha H, Ahmadi F, Shih SCC

Article GUID: 29516725
Performance of ceramic disk filter coated with nano ZnO for removing Escherichia coli from water in small rural and remote communities of developing regions.

Author(s): Huang J, Huang G, An C, He Y, Yao Y, Zhang P, Shen J

Environ Pollut. 2018 Jul;238:52-62 Authors: Huang J, Huang G, An C, He Y, Yao Y, Zhang P, Shen J

Article GUID: 29544196
An eco-friendly method for heavy metal removal from mine tailings.

Author(s): Arab F, Mulligan CN

Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2018 Jun;25(16):16202-16216 Authors: Arab F, Mulligan CN

Article GUID: 29594884
Bacteriophage-based strategies for biofouling control in ultrafiltration: In situ biofouling mitigation, biocidal additives and biofilm cleanser.

Author(s): Ma W, Panecka M, Tufenkji N, Rahaman MS

J Colloid Interface Sci. 2018 Aug 01;523:254-265 Authors: Ma W, Panecka M, Tufenkji N, Rahaman MS

Article GUID: 29626763
Comparison of constant, pulsed, incremental and decremental direct current applications on solid-liquid phase separation in oil sediments.

Author(s): Kariminezhad E, Elektorowicz M

J Hazard Mater. 2018 Sep 15;358:475-483 Authors: Kariminezhad E, Elektorowicz M

Article GUID: 29655534
Mass detection in digital breast tomosynthesis data using convolutional neural networks and multiple instance learning.

Author(s): Yousefi M, Krzyzak A, Suen CY

Comput Biol Med. 2018 05 01;96:283-293 Authors: Yousefi M, Krzyżak A, Suen CY

Article GUID: 29665537
Air quality modeling for effective environmental management in the mining region.

Author(s): Asif Z, Chen Z, Han Y

J Air Waste Manag Assoc. 2018 Sep;68(9):1001-1014 Authors: Asif Z, Chen Z, Han Y

Article GUID: 29667510
Effect of various electrokinetic treatment regimes on solids surface properties and thermal behavior of oil sediments.

Author(s): Kariminezhad E, Elektorowicz M

J Hazard Mater. 2018 Jul 05;353:227-235 Authors: Kariminezhad E, Elektorowicz M

Article GUID: 29674097
Hierarchical magnetic petal-like Fe3O4-ZnO@g-C3N4 for removal of sulfamethoxazole, suppression of photocorrosion, by-products identification and toxicity assessment

Author(s): Mirzaei A; Chen Z; Haghighat F; Yerushalmi L;

Herein, a petal-like photocatalyst, Fe3O4-ZnO@g-C3N4 (FZG) with different g-C3N4 to ZnO ratios was synthesized with hierarchical structure. The FZG1 photocatalyst, having the weight ratio of 1:1 for the initial urea and Fe3O4-ZnO (Fe-ZnO), presented the hig...

Article GUID: 29705637
Boutiques: a flexible framework to integrate command-line applications in computing platforms.

Author(s): Glatard T, Kiar G, Aumentado-Armstrong T, Beck N, Bellec P, Bernard R, Bonnet A, Brown ST, Camarasu-Pop S, Cervenansky F, Das S, Ferreira da...

Gigascience. 2018 05 01;7(5): Authors: Glatard T, Kiar G, Aumentado-Armstrong T, Beck N, Bellec P, Bernard R, Bonnet A, Brown ST, Camarasu-Pop S, Cervenansky F, Das S, Ferreira da Silva R, Flandin...

Article GUID: 29718199
Assessment of Microbial Community Structure and Function in Serially Passaged Wastewater Electro-Bioreactor Sludge: An Approach to Enhance Sludge Settleability.

Author(s): ElNaker NA, Elektorowicz M, Naddeo V, Hasan SW, Yousef AF

Sci Rep. 2018 May 03;8(1):7013 Authors: ElNaker NA, Elektorowicz M, Naddeo V, Hasan SW, Yousef AF

Article GUID: 29725134
Lateral fluid flow fractionation using dielectrophoresis (LFFF-DEP) for size-independent, label-free isolation of circulating tumor cells.

Author(s): Waheed W, Alazzam A, Mathew B, Christoforou N, Abu-Nada E

J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci. 2018 Jun 15;1087-1088:133-137 Authors: Waheed W, Alazzam A, Mathew B, Christoforou N, Abu-Nada E

Article GUID: 29734073
Utilizing Waste Thermocol Sheets and Rusted Iron Wires to Fabricate Carbon-Fe3 O4 Nanocomposite-Based Supercapacitors: Turning Wastes into Value-Added Materials.

Author(s): Vadiyar MM, Liu X, Ye Z

ChemSusChem. 2018 Jul 20;11(14):2410-2420 Authors: Vadiyar MM, Liu X, Ye Z

Article GUID: 29761664
A Crowdsensing Based Analytical Framework for Perceptional Degradation of OTT Web Browsing.

Author(s): Li K, Wang H, Xu X, Du Y, Liu Y, Ahmad MO

Sensors (Basel). 2018 May 15;18(5): Authors: Li K, Wang H, Xu X, Du Y, Liu Y, Ahmad MO

Article GUID: 29762493
Effect of long-term electrodialytic soil remediation on Pb removal and soil weathering.

Author(s): Skibsted G, Ottosen LM, Elektorowicz M, Jensen PE

J Hazard Mater. 2018 Sep 15;358:459-466 Authors: Skibsted G, Ottosen LM, Elektorowicz M, Jensen PE

Article GUID: 29801718
Comparison of Electronic and Physicochemical Properties between Imidazolium-Based and Pyridinium-Based Ionic Liquids.

Author(s): Wu C, De Visscher A, Gates ID

J Phys Chem B. 2018 07 05;122(26):6771-6780 Authors: Wu C, De Visscher A, Gates ID

Article GUID: 29889524
Guidelines for Gait Assessments in the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA).

Author(s): Cullen S, Montero-Odasso M, Bherer L, Almeida Q, Fraser S, Muir-Hunter S, Li K, Liu-Ambrose T, McGibbon CA, McIlroy W, Middleton LE, Sarquis...

Can Geriatr J. 2018 Jun;21(2):157-165 Authors: Cullen S, Montero-Odasso M, Bherer L, Almeida Q, Fraser S, Muir-Hunter S, Li K, Liu-Ambrose T, McGibbon CA, McIlroy W, Middleton LE, Sarquis-Adamson ...

Article GUID: 29977431
An automated microfluidic gene-editing platform for deciphering cancer genes.

Author(s): Sinha H, Quach ABV, Vo PQN, Shih SCC

Lab Chip. 2018 07 24;18(15):2300-2312 Authors: Sinha H, Quach ABV, Vo PQN, Shih SCC

Article GUID: 29989627
Treatment of rural domestic wastewater using multi-soil-layering systems: Performance evaluation, factorial analysis and numerical modeling.

Author(s): Song P, Huang G, An C, Shen J, Zhang P, Chen X, Shen J, Yao Y, Zheng R, Sun C

Sci Total Environ. 2018 Dec 10;644:536-546 Authors: Song P, Huang G, An C, Shen J, Zhang P, Chen X, Shen J, Yao Y, Zheng R, Sun C

Article GUID: 29990903
Electrokinetically assisted oil-water phase separation in oily sludge with implementing novel controller system.

Author(s): Fellah Jahromi A, Elektorowicz M

J Hazard Mater. 2018 Sep 15;358:434-440 Authors: Fellah Jahromi A, Elektorowicz M

Article GUID: 30014933
Flow force augmented 3D suspended polymeric microfluidic (SPMF3 ) platform.

Author(s): Marzban M, Dargahi J, Packirisamy M

Electrophoresis. 2019 Feb;40(3):388-400 Authors: Marzban M, Dargahi J, Packirisamy M

Article GUID: 30025169
Nonlocal Coherent Denoising of RF Data for Ultrasound Elastography.

Author(s): Khavari P, Asif A, Boily M, Rivaz H

J Healthc Eng. 2018;2018:7979528 Authors: Khavari P, Asif A, Boily M, Rivaz H

Article GUID: 30034676
Fast Feature-Preserving Approach to Carpal Bone Surface Denoising.

Author(s): Salim I, Hamza AB

Sensors (Basel). 2018 Jul 21;18(7): Authors: Salim I, Hamza AB

Article GUID: 30037109
Jet collisions and vortex reversal in the human left ventricle.

Author(s): Di Labbio G, Kadem L

J Biomech. 2018 09 10;78:155-160 Authors: Di Labbio G, Kadem L

Article GUID: 30049450
Fatigue Crack Growth Behavior of the MIG Welded Joint of 06Cr19Ni10 Stainless Steel.

Author(s): Tang L, Qian C, Ince A, Zheng J, Li H, Han Z

Materials (Basel). 2018 Aug 02;11(8): Authors: Tang L, Qian C, Ince A, Zheng J, Li H, Han Z

Article GUID: 30072599
Electrokinetic nondestructive in-situ technique for rehabilitation of liners damaged by fuels.

Author(s): Bani Baker M, Elektorowicz M, Hanna A

J Hazard Mater. 2018 Oct 05;359:510-515 Authors: Bani Baker M, Elektorowicz M, Hanna A

Article GUID: 30086521
Photocatalytic degradation of sulfamethoxazole by hierarchical magnetic ZnO@g-C3N4: RSM optimization, kinetic study, reaction pathway and toxicity evaluation.

Author(s): Mirzaei A, Yerushalmi L, Chen Z, Haghighat F

J Hazard Mater. 2018 Oct 05;359:516-526 Authors: Mirzaei A, Yerushalmi L, Chen Z, Haghighat F

Article GUID: 30086522
Biophysiological and factorial analyses in the treatment of rural domestic wastewater using multi-soil-layering systems.

Author(s): Shen J, Huang G, An C, Song P, Xin X, Yao Y, Zheng R

J Environ Manage. 2018 Nov 15;226:83-94 Authors: Shen J, Huang G, An C, Song P, Xin X, Yao Y, Zheng R

Article GUID: 30114576
Evaluating the Impact of Neighborhood Characteristics on Differences between Residential and Mobility-Based Exposures to Outdoor Air Pollution.

Author(s): Fallah-Shorshani M, Hatzopoulou M, Ross NA, Patterson Z, Weichenthal S

Environ Sci Technol. 2018 Sep 18;52(18):10777-10786 Authors: Fallah-Shorshani M, Hatzopoulou M, Ross NA, Patterson Z, Weichenthal S

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Objective Evaluation of Multiple Sclerosis Lesion Segmentation using a Data Management and Processing Infrastructure.

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Title:Hybrid multi-mode machine learning-based fault diagnosis strategies with application to aircraft gas turbine engines.
Authors:Shen Y,  Khorasani K
Link:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32673847
DOI:10.1016/j.neunet.2020.07.001
Category:Neural Netw
PMID:32673847
Dept Affiliation: ENCS
1 Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, H3G 1M8, Canada. Electronic address: yy.shen1989@gmail.com.
2 Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, H3G 1M8, Canada. Electronic address: kash@ece.concordia.ca.

Description:

Hybrid multi-mode machine learning-based fault diagnosis strategies with application to aircraft gas turbine engines.

Neural Netw. 2020 Jul 08;130:126-142

Authors: Shen Y, Khorasani K

Abstract

In this work, a novel data-driven fault diagnostic framework is developed by using hybrid multi-mode machine learning strategies to monitor system health status. The coexistence of multi-mode and concurrent faults and their adverse coupling effects pose serious limitations for developing reliable diagnostic methodologies. A novel framework is proposed by exploiting inherent embedded health information contained in the I/O sensor data. The proposed hybrid strategies consist of optimal integration of recurrent neural network-based feature generation and self-organizing map diagnostic modules. To construct reliable fault diagnostic modules, a systematic clustering and modeling methodology is developed that has two primary advantages: (i) it does not require any a priori knowledge of data set characteristics or system mathematical model, and (ii) it does address and resolve the key limitations and challenges in conventional self-organizing map approaches. The effectiveness of our proposed framework is validated by utilizing sensor data including healthy and various degradation modes in application to compressor and turbine of an aircraft gas turbine engine. Comparisons with other machine learning-based methods in the literature are provided to demonstrate the performance and superiority of our proposed framework in fault diagnostic accuracy, false alarm rates, and in dealing with multi-mode and concurrent fault scenarios.

PMID: 32673847 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]