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Computing and Artificial Intelligence

Review: Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality in Dentistry: Highlights from the Current Research

Sidra Fahim, Afsheen Maqsood, Gotam Das, Naseer Ahmed, Shahabe Saquib, Abhishek Lal, Abdul Ahad Ghaffar Khan and Mohammad Khursheed Alam

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3719; doi:10.3390/app12083719

Review: Blockchain Applications in Forestry: A Systematic Literature Review

Zhaoyuan He and Paul Turner

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3723; doi:10.3390/app12083723

Review: Prospects of Structural Similarity Index for Medical Image Analysis

Vicky Mudeng, Minseok Kim and Se-woon Choe

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3754; doi:10.3390/app12083754

Review: Let AI Perform Better Next Time—A Systematic Review of Medical Imaging-Based Automated Diagnosis of COVID-19: 2020–2022

Fan Liu, Delong Chen, Xiaocong Zhou, Wenwen Dai and Feng Xu

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3895; doi:10.3390/app12083895

Review: A Survey of Artificial Intelligence Challenges: Analyzing the Definitions, Relationships, and Evolutions

Ali Mohammad Saghiri, S. Mehdi Vahidipour, Mohammad Reza Jabbarpour, Mehdi Sookhak and Agostino Forestiero

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4054; doi:10.3390/app12084054

Article: A Deep Learning Approach for Sentiment Analysis of COVID-19 Reviews

Chetanpal Singh, Tasadduq Imam, Santoso Wibowo and Srimannarayana Grandhi

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3709; doi:10.3390/app12083709

Article: Unsupervised Segmentation in NSCLC: How to Map the Output of Unsupervised Segmentation to Meaningful Histological Labels by Linear Combination?

Cleo-Aron Weis, Kian R. Weihrauch, Katharina Kriegsmann and Mark Kriegsmann

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3718; doi:10.3390/app12083718

Article: What Does the Ideal Built-In Car Navigation System Look Like?—An Investigation in the Central European Region

Fanni Vörös, Georg Gartner, Michael P. Peterson and Béla Kovács

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3716; doi:10.3390/app12083716

Article: From Pigments to Pixels: A Comparison of Human and AI Painting

Yikang Sun, Cheng-Hsiang Yang, Yanru Lyu and Rungtai Lin

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3724; doi:10.3390/app12083724

Article: Optimized Parameter Search Approach for Weight Modification Attack Targeting Deep Learning Models

Xabier Echeberria-Barrio, Amaia Gil-Lerchundi, Raul Orduna-Urrutia and Iñigo Mendialdua

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3725; doi:10.3390/app12083725

Article: A Deep Learning Framework Performance Evaluation to Use YOLO in Nvidia Jetson Platform

Dong-Jin Shin and Jeong-Joon Kim

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3734; doi:10.3390/app12083734

Article: Generative Adversarial Networks for Zero-Shot Remote Sensing Scene Classification

Zihao Li, Daobing Zhang, Yang Wang, Daoyu Lin and Jinghua Zhang

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3760; doi:10.3390/app12083760

Article: Continuous Estimation of Finger and Wrist Joint Angles Using a Muscle Synergy Based Musculoskeletal Model

Zixun He, Zixuan Qin and Yasuharu Koike

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3772; doi:10.3390/app12083772

Article: On the Safe Deployment of Matrix Multiplication in Massively Parallel Safety-Related Systems

Javier Fernández, Jon Perez-Cerrolaza, Irune Agirre, Alejandro J. Calderon, Jaume Abella and Francisco J. Cazorla

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3779; doi:10.3390/app12083779

Article: Parameter-Free Ordered Partial Match Alignment with Hidden State Time Warping

Claire Chang, Thaxter Shaw, Arya Goutam, Christina Lau, Mengyi Shan and Timothy J. Tsai

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3783; doi:10.3390/app12083783

Article: From Teachers’ Perspective: Can an Online Digital Competence Certification System Be Successfully Implemented in Schools?

Igor Balaban and Aleksandra Sobodić

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3785; doi:10.3390/app12083785

Article: Dynamic Community Discovery Method Based on Phylogenetic Planted Partition in Temporal Networks

Xiaoyang Liu, Nan Ding, Giacomo Fiumara, Pasquale De Meo and Annamaria Ficara

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3795; doi:10.3390/app12083795

Article: Information Requirements of a Decision Support System for Severe Accident Management in Nuclear Power Plants

Shelly Salim, Eun-Bi Choi and Dong-Han Ham

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3803; doi:10.3390/app12083803

Article: Development of Priority Index for Intelligent Vessel Traffic Monitoring System in Vessel Traffic Service Areas

Lee-na Lee and Joo-sung Kim

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3807; doi:10.3390/app12083807

Article: Efficient Diagnosis of Autism with Optimized Machine Learning Models: An Experimental Analysis on Genetic and Personal Characteristic Datasets

Maraheb Alsuliman and Heyam H. Al-Baity

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3812; doi:10.3390/app12083812

Article: Building Unmanned Store Identification Systems Using YOLOv4 and Siamese Network

Shi-Jinn Horng and Pin-Siang Huang

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3826; doi:10.3390/app12083826

Article: Normalizing Flows for Out-of-Distribution Detection: Application to Coronary Artery Segmentation

Costin Florian Ciușdel, Lucian Mihai Itu, Serkan Cimen, Michael Wels, Chris Schwemmer, Philipp Fortner, Sebastian Seitz, Florian Andre, Sebastian Johannes Buß, Puneet Sharma and Saikiran Rapaka

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3839; doi:10.3390/app12083839

Article: A Predictive Model for Student Achievement Using Spiking Neural Networks Based on Educational Data

Chuang Liu, Haojie Wang, Yingkui Du and Zhonghu Yuan

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3841; doi:10.3390/app12083841

Article: A Convolution Neural Network-Based Representative Spatio-Temporal Documents Classification for Big Text Data

Byoungwook Kim, Yeongwook Yang, Ji Su Park and Hong-Jun Jang

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3843; doi:10.3390/app12083843

Article: UCA-EHAR: A Dataset for Human Activity Recognition with Embedded AI on Smart Glasses

Pierre-Emmanuel Novac, Alain Pegatoquet, Benoît Miramond and Christophe Caquineau

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3849; doi:10.3390/app12083849

Article: Structural Damage Prediction of a Reinforced Concrete Frame under Single and Multiple Seismic Events Using Machine Learning Algorithms

Petros C. Lazaridis, Ioannis E. Kavvadias, Konstantinos Demertzis, Lazaros Iliadis and Lazaros K. Vasiliadis

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3845; doi:10.3390/app12083845

Article: A Novel Hybrid Model for the Prediction and Classification of Rolling Bearing Condition

Aina Wang, Yingshun Li, Zhao Yao, Chongquan Zhong, Bin Xue and Zhannan Guo

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3854; doi:10.3390/app12083854

Article: Artificial Intelligence Mortality Prediction Model for Gastric Cancer Surgery Based on Body Morphometry, Nutritional, and Surgical Information: Feasibility Study

Yousun Ko, Hooyoung Shin, Juneseuk Shin, Hoon Hur, Jimi Huh, Taeyong Park, Kyung Won Kim and In-Seob Lee

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3873; doi:10.3390/app12083873

Article: A Neural Network-Based Method for Respiratory Sound Analysis and Lung Disease Detection

Luca Brunese, Francesco Mercaldo, Alfonso Reginelli and Antonella Santone

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3877; doi:10.3390/app12083877

Article: Real-Time Face Mask Detection to Ensure COVID-19 Precautionary Measures in the Developing Countries

Haleem Farman, Taimoor Khan, Zahid Khan, Shabana Habib, Muhammad Islam and Adel Ammar

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3879; doi:10.3390/app12083879

Article: Graph Neural Network for Senior High Student’s Grade Prediction

Yang Yu, Jinfu Fan, Yuanqing Xian and Zhongjie Wang

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3881; doi:10.3390/app12083881

Article: Ethical Issues in AI-Enabled Disease Surveillance: Perspectives from Global Health

Ann Borda, Andreea Molnar, Cristina Neesham and Patty Kostkova

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3890; doi:10.3390/app12083890

Article: Mortality Prediction of COVID-19 Patients Using Radiomic and Neural Network Features Extracted from a Wide Chest X-ray Sample Size: A Robust Approach for Different Medical Imbalanced Scenarios

Mauro Iori, Carlo Di Castelnuovo, Laura Verzellesi, Greta Meglioli, Davide Giosuè Lippolis, Andrea Nitrosi, Filippo Monelli, Giulia Besutti, Valeria Trojani, Marco Bertolini, Andrea Botti, Gastone Castellani, Daniel Remondini, Roberto Sghedoni, Stefania Croci and Carlo Salvarani

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3903; doi:10.3390/app12083903

Article: Translation-Based Embeddings with Octonion for Knowledge Graph Completion

Mei Yu, Chen Bai, Jian Yu, Mankun Zhao, Tianyi Xu, Hongwei Liu, Xuewei Li and Ruiguo Yu

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3935; doi:10.3390/app12083935

Article: SiamCAM: A Real-Time Siamese Network for Object Tracking with Compensating Attention Mechanism

Kai Huang, Peixuan Qin, Xuji Tu, Lu Leng and Jun Chu

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3931; doi:10.3390/app12083931

Article: Hyperspectral Image Classification with Imbalanced Data Based on Semi-Supervised Learning

Xiaorou Zheng, Jianxin Jia, Jinsong Chen, Shanxin Guo, Luyi Sun, Chan Zhou and Yawei Wang

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3943; doi:10.3390/app12083943

Article: Two Approaches to Analyze Whether Citizens’ National Identity Is Affected by Country, Age, and Political Orientation—A Fuzzy Eco-Apostle Model

Alessandro Indelicato and Juan Carlos Martín

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3946; doi:10.3390/app12083946

Article: Data-Driven Personalized Learning Path Planning Based on Cognitive Diagnostic Assessments in MOOCs

Bo Jiang, Xinya Li, Shuhao Yang, Yaqi Kong, Wei Cheng, Chuanyan Hao and Qiaomin Lin

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3982; doi:10.3390/app12083982

Article: MOMIC: A Multi-Omics Pipeline for Data Analysis, Integration and Interpretation

Laura Madrid-Márquez, Cristina Rubio-Escudero, Beatriz Pontes, Antonio González-Pérez, José C. Riquelme and Maria E. Sáez

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3987; doi:10.3390/app12083987

Article: An Optimization-Based Diabetes Prediction Model Using CNN and Bi-Directional LSTM in Real-Time Environment

Parul Madan, Vijay Singh, Vaibhav Chaudhari, Yasser Albagory, Ankur Dumka, Rajesh Singh, Anita Gehlot, Mamoon Rashid, Sultan S. Alshamrani and Ahmed Saeed AlGhamdi

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3989; doi:10.3390/app12083989

Article: Obfuscation Algorithm for Privacy-Preserving Deep Learning-Based Medical Image Analysis

Andreea Bianca Popescu, Ioana Antonia Taca, Anamaria Vizitiu, Cosmin Ioan Nita, Constantin Suciu, Lucian Mihai Itu and Alexandru Scafa-Udriste

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3997; doi:10.3390/app12083997

Article: Risk Assessment in Supplier Selection for Intelligent Manufacturing Systems Based on PLS-SEM

Li Shi, Ke Huang, Yuan Liu, Fangzhen Ge and Sheng Liu

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3998; doi:10.3390/app12083998

Article: Real-Time 3D Reconstruction Method for Holographic Telepresence

Fazliaty Edora Fadzli, Ajune Wanis Ismail, Shafina Abd Karim Ishigaki, Muhammad Nur Affendy Nor’a and Mohamad Yahya Fekri Aladin

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4009; doi:10.3390/app12084009

Article: Optimal Multikey Homomorphic Encryption with Steganography Approach for Multimedia Security in Internet of Everything Environment

Ibrahim Abunadi, Hanan Abdullah Mengash, Saud S. Alotaibi, Mashael M. Asiri, Manar Ahmed Hamza, Abu Sarwar Zamani, Abdelwahed Motwakel and Ishfaq Yaseen

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4026; doi:10.3390/app12084026

Article: Development of an Automated Body Temperature Detection Platform for Face Recognition in Cattle with YOLO V3-Tiny Deep Learning and Infrared Thermal Imaging

Shih-Sian Guo, Kuo-Hua Lee, Liyun Chang, Chin-Dar Tseng, Sin-Jhe Sie, Guang-Zhi Lin, Jih-Yi Chen, Yi-Hsin Yeh, Yu-Jie Huang and Tsair-Fwu Lee

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4036; doi:10.3390/app12084036

Article: A Few Shot Classification Methods Based on Multiscale Relational Networks

Wenfeng Zheng, Xia Tian, Bo Yang, Shan Liu, Yueming Ding, Jiawei Tian and Lirong Yin

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4059; doi:10.3390/app12084059

Article: Can AI Automatically Assess Scan Quality of Hip Ultrasound?

Abhilash Rakkunedeth Hareendrananthan, Myles Mabee, Baljot S. Chahal, Sukhdeep K. Dulai and Jacob L. Jaremko

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4072; doi:10.3390/app12084072

Article: Classifying Malicious Documents on the Basis of Plain-Text Features: Problem, Solution, and Experiences

Jiwon Hong, Dongho Jeong and Sang-Wook Kim

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4088; doi:10.3390/app12084088

Article: Improving Semantic Dependency Parsing with Higher-Order Information Encoded by Graph Neural Networks

Bin Li, Yunlong Fan, Yikemaiti Sataer, Zhiqiang Gao and Yaocheng Gui

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4089; doi:10.3390/app12084089

Erratum: Erratum: Born et al. Accelerating Detection of Lung Pathologies with Explainable Ultrasound Image Analysis. Appl. Sci. 2021, 11, 672

Jannis Born, Nina Wiedemann, Manuel Cossio, Charlotte Buhre, Gabriel Brändle, Konstantin Leidermann, Julie Goulet, Avinash Aujayeb, Michael Moor, Bastian Rieck and Karsten Borgwardt

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3869; doi:10.3390/app12083869

Editorial: Special Issue “Applications of Artificial Intelligence Systems”

Bruno Baruque Zanón, Jose Luis Calvo-Rolle, Santiago Porras Alfonso and Petr Dolezel

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3886; doi:10.3390/app12083886

Mechanical Engineering

Article: Analysis of the Motion Sickness and the Lack of Comfort in Car Passengers

Estibaliz Asua, Jon Gutiérrez-Zaballa, Oscar Mata-Carballeira, Jon Ander Ruiz and Inés del Campo

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3717; doi:10.3390/app12083717

Article: A Numerical Aerodynamic Analysis on the Effect of Rear Underbody Diffusers on Road Cars

Alex Guerrero, Robert Castilla and Giorgio Eid

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3763; doi:10.3390/app12083763

Article: Causality in Control Systems Based on Data-Driven Oscillation Identification

Michał J. Falkowski, Paweł D. Domański and Ewa Pawłuszewicz

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3784; doi:10.3390/app12083784

Article: The Design and Analysis of Double Cutter Device for Hinge and Suction Dredger Based on Feedback Control Method

Junyu Li, Yuanyuan Shi, Kunpeng Rao, Kaiyang Zhao, Jianfeng Xiao, Ting Xiong, Yizhe Huang and Qibai Huang

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3793; doi:10.3390/app12083793

Article: One-Dimensional Optimization Design of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Radial Inflow Turbine and Performance Analysis under Off-Design Conditions

Zhiting Tong, Zedong Song, Chao Zhang, Hao Xing and Yuxuan Sun

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3882; doi:10.3390/app12083882

Article: Design of Cognitive Assistance Systems in Manual Assembly Based on Quality Function Deployment

Bastian Pokorni, Daniela Popescu and Carmen Constantinescu

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3887; doi:10.3390/app12083887

Article: Experimental Study of Drag Torque between Wet Clutch Discs

Jarosław Goszczak, Jacek Leyko, Grzegorz Mitukiewicz and Damian Batory

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3900; doi:10.3390/app12083900

Article: Crack Propagation on the Surface of the Bottleneck of a Pressure Vessel Considering the Initial Crack Angle

Xiuyun Zhou, Ruijie He, Ting Zhou and Zhen Liu

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3913; doi:10.3390/app12083913

Article: A Transition of Ignition Kernel Delay Time at the Early Stages of Lean Premixed n-Butane/Air Turbulent Spherical Flame Propagation

Minh Tien Nguyen and Shenqyang (Steven) Shy

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3914; doi:10.3390/app12083914

Article: Multi-Objective Profile Design Optimization to Minimize Wear Damage and Surface Fatigue of City Train Wheel

Chang-Yong Song and Ha-Yong Choi

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3940; doi:10.3390/app12083940

Article: Uniform Accuracy Lifetime Principle and Optimal Design Methods for Measurement Systems

Zhenying Cheng, Liying Liu and Ruijun Li

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3961; doi:10.3390/app12083961

Article: Design of Model-Based and Model-Free Robust Control Strategies for Lower Limb Rehabilitation Exoskeletons

Muhammad Tallal Saeed, Jahan Zeb Gul, Zareena Kausar, Asif Mahmood Mughal, Zia Mohy Ud Din and Shiyin Qin

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3973; doi:10.3390/app12083973

Article: Experimental Research on the Effects of Suction Ports on Twin Screw Expander Performance

Yongning He, Huihong Wu, Yeqiang Zhang, Tingxiang Jin and Ziwen Xing

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3979; doi:10.3390/app12083979

Article: The Structure Research and Design for Beam Steering and Adjustment in Golay3 Sparse-Aperture Imaging System

Junhong Qian, Xiaoyan Wu, Hewei Liu, Xiubao Hua, Ye Tao and Rongzhu Zhang

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4003; doi:10.3390/app12084003

Article: Influence of Freeze-Thaw Aging on the Impact Performance of Damped Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics for Automotive Applications

Enrico Virgillito, Lorenzo Sisca and Massimiliana Carello

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4020; doi:10.3390/app12084020

Article: On Training Data Selection in Condition Monitoring Applications—Case Azimuth Thrusters

Riku-Pekka Nikula, Mika Ruusunen and Stephan André Böhme

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4024; doi:10.3390/app12084024

Article: Modal Identification of Structures with Interacting Diaphragms

Rosario Ceravolo, Erica Lenticchia, Gaetano Miraglia, Valerio Oliva and Linda Scussolini

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4030; doi:10.3390/app12084030

Article: Automotive Seat Comfort and Vibration Performance Evaluation in Dynamic Settings

Wu Pan-Zagorski, Peter W. Johnson, Missy Pereny and Jeong Ho Kim

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4033; doi:10.3390/app12084033

Article: Study on Surface Integrity and Surface Roughness Model of Titanium Alloy TC21 Milling Considering Tool Vibration

Zhenyu Wang, Hongyu Li and Tianbiao Yu

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4041; doi:10.3390/app12084041

Editorial: Editorial for Special Issue on Reliability Analysis of Electrotechnical Devices

Cher-Ming Tan

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4086; doi:10.3390/app12084086

Civil Engineering

Article: Correlation of Pavement Distress and Roughness Measurement

Abdullah I. Al-Mansour and Amr A. Shokri

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3748; doi:10.3390/app12083748

Article: A Semi-Analytical Model and Parameter Analysis of a Collaborative Drainage Scheme for a Deeply Buried Tunnel and Parallel Adit in Water-Rich Ground

Xiongwen Luo, Yanyong Xiang and Chenyun Yu

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3759; doi:10.3390/app12083759

Article: The Curing and Strength Properties of Highly Moist Waste Mud from Slurry Shield Tunnel Construction

Ziyu Ding, Tao Liu, Yan Zhang, Xiuting Su and Jianguo Zheng

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3762; doi:10.3390/app12083762

Article: Structural Behaviour of Axially Loaded Concrete-Filled Steel Tube Columns during the Top-Down Construction Method

Marija M. Lazovic Radovanovic, Jelena Z. Nikolic, Janko R. Radovanovic and Svetlana M. Kostic

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3771; doi:10.3390/app12083771

Article: Modified “Rockfall Hazard Rating System for Pakistan (RHRSP)”: An Application for Hazard and Risk Assessment along the Karakoram Highway, Northwest Pakistan

Javed Iqbal Tanoli, Ningsheng Chen, Ihsan Ullah, Muhammad Qasim, Sajid Ali, Qasim ur Rehman, Umbreen Umber and Ishtiaq Ahmed Khan Jadoon

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3778; doi:10.3390/app12083778

Article: Load-Carrying Capacity of Bailey Bridge in Civil Applications

Jozef Prokop, Jaroslav Odrobiňák, Matúš Farbák and Vladimír Novotný

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3788; doi:10.3390/app12083788

Article: Modelling of Decision Processes in Construction Activity

Elżbieta Szafranko and Jolanta Harasymiuk

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3797; doi:10.3390/app12083797

Article: Study on the Law of Influence of Seepage Field Anomalies on Displacement Field Induced by Leakage of Enclosure Structure

Bingbing Chen, Ming Liu, Shenggui Deng, Yao Li, Xuhai Zhang and Tao Liu

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3809; doi:10.3390/app12083809

Article: A Probabilistic Framework for Robustness Quantification of Precast Concrete Frames under Seismic Loading

Yihua Zeng, Yan Huang and Zeyang Sun

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3814; doi:10.3390/app12083814

Article: Applicability of Weighting Method as Measure for Existing Manholes against Uplifting during Liquefaction

Koki Nakao, Hiroo Yamaguchi, Shigefumi Hoshino and Shinya Inazumi

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3818; doi:10.3390/app12083818

Article: Design Optimization Method of Feet-Lock Steel Pipe for Soft-Rock Tunnel Based on Load-Deformation Coordination

Yimin Wu, Changqing Tian, Peng Xu, Zhizhong Zhao, Jiawei Zhang and Sijie Wang

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3866; doi:10.3390/app12083866

Article: Experimental Investigation of Concrete Sandwich Walls with Glass-Fiber-Composite Connectors Exposed to Fire and Mechanical Loading

Marcin Haffke, Matthias Pahn, Catherina Thiele and Szymon Grzesiak

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3872; doi:10.3390/app12083872

Article: Constitutive Modelling of Temperature-Dependent Behaviour of Soft Rocks with Fractional-Order Flow Rule

Hai-Chao Li, Chen-Xi Tong, Xin Chang and Sheng Zhang

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3875; doi:10.3390/app12083875

Article: Validation of Seismic Performance of Stainless Press-to-Connect Piping System under Cyclic Loadings

Bu-Seog Ju, Bub-Gyu Jeon, Sung-Wan Kim and Ho-Young Son

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3896; doi:10.3390/app12083896

Article: Mechanical Properties and Failure Mechanism of Granite with Maximum Free Water Absorption under Triaxial Compression

Yaoyao Zhang, Yangbing Cao, Zhijun Li, Yangtao Chen and Zhenping Huang

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3930; doi:10.3390/app12083930

Article: Energy Evolution Analysis of Coal Fracture Damage Process Based on Digital Image Processing

Zhonghu Wu, Liping Li, Yili Lou and Wentao Wang

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3944; doi:10.3390/app12083944

Article: Recoil Control of Deepwater-Drilling Riser with Optimal Guaranteed Cost H_∞ Control

Yue-Ting Sun, Yan-Dong Zhao, Bao-Lin Zhang, Wei Zhang and Hao Su

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3945; doi:10.3390/app12083945

Article: Dynamic Stability Assessment of High-Speed Railway Bridges Using Numerical Model Updating

Sung-Wan Kim, Da-Woon Yun, Sung-Jin Chang, Dong-Uk Park and Jae-Bong Park

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3948; doi:10.3390/app12083948

Article: Investigation of Time-Varying Cable Tension of Bridges Using Time-Frequency Reassignment Techniques Based on Structural Health Monitoring Data

Maosen Cao, Shuaitao Hu, Xin Zhang, Shixiang Zhang, Dragoslav Sumarac and Jiayi Peng

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4008; doi:10.3390/app12084008

Article: The Application of Satellite Image Analysis in Oil Spill Detection

Paweł Tysiąc, Tatiana Strelets and Weronika Tuszyńska

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4016; doi:10.3390/app12084016

Article: Soil Classification from Piezocone Penetration Test Using Fuzzy Clustering and Neuro-Fuzzy Theory

Joon-Shik Moon, Chan-Hong Kim and Young-Sang Kim

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4023; doi:10.3390/app12084023

Article: Preparation and Properties of SBS/REOB-Modified Rejuvenated Asphalt

Yanchen Cui, Jin Li, Li Zhu, Shen Zuo, Miaozhang Yu, Peng Liu and Xinzhuang Cui

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4063; doi:10.3390/app12084063

Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering

Review: Aptamer-Based Biosensors for the Analytical Determination of Bisphenol A in Foodstuffs

Marica Erminia Schiano, Avazbek Abduvakhidov, Michela Varra and Stefania Albrizio

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3752; doi:10.3390/app12083752

Article: Uni-Planar MIMO Antenna for Sub-6 GHz 5G Mobile Phone Applications

Umair Rafique, Suleman Khan, Muhammad Mansoor Ahmed, Saad Hassan Kiani, Syed Muzahir Abbas, Sohail Imran Saeed, Mohammad Alibakhshikenari and Mariana Dalarsson

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3746; doi:10.3390/app12083746

Article: Quasi-Isotropic Hybrid Dielectric Resonator Antenna—Bow-Tie Patch with Harmonic Suppression

Taeyong Jeong, Jong Seon Lee, Dong Geun Lee, Jun Hee Kim, Jinsu Park, Dong Hyee Hwang and Keum Cheol Hwang

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3842; doi:10.3390/app12083842

Article: A Human Location Prediction-Based Routing Protocol in Mobile Crowdsensing-Based Urban Sensor Networks

Dat Van Anh Duong and Seokhoon Yoon

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3898; doi:10.3390/app12083898

Article: Indoor Genetic Algorithm-Based 5G Network Planning Using a Machine Learning Model for Path Loss Estimation

Yosvany Hervis Santana, Rodney Martinez Alonso, Glauco Guillen Nieto, Luc Martens, Wout Joseph and David Plets

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3923; doi:10.3390/app12083923

Article: Classification and Fast Few-Shot Learning of Steel Surface Defects with Randomized Network

Amr M. Nagy and László Czúni

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3967; doi:10.3390/app12083967

Article: On the Unification of Legged and Aerial Robots for Planetary Exploration Missions

Jakub Haluška, Anton Koval and George Nikolakopoulos

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3983; doi:10.3390/app12083983

Article: Design and Development of OECT Logic Circuits for Electrical Stimulation Applications

Miloš Kostić, Vladimir Kojić, Savo Ičagić, Peter Andersson Ersman, Mohammad Yusuf Mulla, Jan Strandberg, Lars Herlogsson, Thierry Keller and Matija Štrbac

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3985; doi:10.3390/app12083985

Article: Fast and Efficient Two-Dimensional DOA Estimation for Signals with Known Waveforms Using Uniform Circular Array

Zepeng Hu, Qi Wu, Jifeng Zou and Qun Wan

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4007; doi:10.3390/app12084007

Article: A Comparative Study of Web Application Security Parameters: Current Trends and Future Directions

Jahanzeb Shahid, Muhammad Khurram Hameed, Ibrahim Tariq Javed, Kashif Naseer Qureshi, Moazam Ali and Noel Crespi

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4077; doi:10.3390/app12084077

Applied Industrial Technologies

Article: Using the ISM Method to Analyze the Relationships between Various Contractor Prequalification Criteria

Vincent F. Yu, Fu-Yuan Chiang, Thi Huynh Anh Le and Shih-Wei Lin

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3726; doi:10.3390/app12083726

Article: Distributed Asymmetric Virtual Reality in Industrial Context: Enhancing the Collaboration of Geographically Dispersed Teams in the Pipeline of Maintenance Method Development and Technical Documentation Creation

Alisa Burova, Paulina Becerril Palma, Phong Truong, John Mäkelä, Hanna Heinonen, Jaakko Hakulinen, Kimmo Ronkainen, Roope Raisamo, Markku Turunen and Sanni Siltanen

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3728; doi:10.3390/app12083728

Article: An Analysis of Selected Technological Parameters’ Influences on the Tribological Properties of Products Manufactured Using the FFF Technique

Gerhard Mitaľ, Ivan Gajdoš, Emil Spišák, Janka Majerníková and Tomáš Jezný

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3853; doi:10.3390/app12083853

Article: Research on Speed and Acceleration of Hand Movements as Command Signals for Anthropomorphic Manipulators as a Master-Slave System

Karol Cieślik and Marian J. Łopatka

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3863; doi:10.3390/app12083863

Article: Mechanism and Algorithm for Stable Trading Matching between Coal Mining and Power Generation Companies in China

Ruyi Shi, Zheng Li, Zhenpeng Tang and Di Wang

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3919; doi:10.3390/app12083919

Article: An Intelligent Handover Mechanism Based on MOS Predictions for Real-Time Video Conference Services in Mobile Networks

Tsung-Han Lee, Lin-Huang Chang and Ya-Shu Chan

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4049; doi:10.3390/app12084049

Food Science and Technology

Review: Bioactive Peptides from Lupinus spp. Seed Proteins-State-of-the-Art and Perspectives

Aleksandra Garmidolova, Ivelina Desseva, Dasha Mihaylova and Anna Lante

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3766; doi:10.3390/app12083766

Review: Microencapsulation of Natural Food Antimicrobials: Methods and Applications

Noushin Eghbal, Wei Liao, Emilie Dumas, Samia Azabou, Philippe Dantigny and Adem Gharsallaoui

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3837; doi:10.3390/app12083837

Article: Comparative Evaluation of the Thermal, Structural, Chemical and Morphological Properties of Bagasse from the Leaf and Fruit of Bromelia hemisphaerica Lam. Delignified by Organosolv

Daniel Tapia-Maruri, Silvia Evangelista-Lozano, Liliana Alamilla-Beltrán, Brenda Hildeliza Camacho-Díaz, Sandra Victoria Ávila-Reyes, Julieta del Carmen Villalobos-Espinosa and Antonio Ruperto Jiménez-Aparicio

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3761; doi:10.3390/app12083761

Article: Traditional Grain-Based vs. Commercial Milk Kefirs, How Different Are They?

Fatemeh Nejati, Charlotte C. Capitain, Jannike Lea Krause, Gi-Ung Kang, René Riedel, Hyun-Dong Chang, Jens Kurreck, Stefan Junne, Philipp Weller and Peter Neubauer

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3838; doi:10.3390/app12083838

Article: Browning Development and Antioxidant Compounds in White Wines after Selenium, Iron, and Peroxide Addition

Eftihia Vlahou, Stefania Christofi, Ioannis G. Roussis and Stamatina Kallithraka

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3834; doi:10.3390/app12083834

Article: Elemental Profiles of Wild Thymus L. Plants Growing in Different Soil and Climate Conditions

Irina E. Vasil’eva, Elena V. Shabanova, Byambasuren Tsagaan and Khuukhenkhuu Bymbaa

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3904; doi:10.3390/app12083904

Article: Multimycotoxin Analysis in Oat, Rice, Almond and Soy Beverages by Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry

Cristina Juan, Jordi Mañes, Ana Juan-García and Juan Carlos Moltó

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3942; doi:10.3390/app12083942

Article: Effects of Time and Temperature on Stability of Bioactive Molecules, Color and Volatile Compounds during Storage of Grape Pomace Flour

Carmela Gerardi, Miriana Durante, Maria Tufariello, Francesco Grieco and Giovanna Giovinazzo

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3956; doi:10.3390/app12083956

Article: Study of Antioxidant Activity of Garden Blackberries (Rubus fruticosus L.) Extracts Obtained with Different Extraction Solvents

Csilla Albert, Georgiana Gabriela Codină, Melinda Héjja, Csaba Dezső András, Ancuța Chetrariu and Adriana Dabija

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4004; doi:10.3390/app12084004

Article: Antagonistic Activity of Lactic Acid Bacteria and Rosa rugosa Thunb. Pseudo-Fruit Extracts against Staphylococcus spp. Strains

Elżbieta Klewicka, Lidia Piekarska-Radzik, Joanna Milala, Robert Klewicki, Michał Sójka, Natalia Rosół, Anna Otlewska and Bożena Matysiak

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4005; doi:10.3390/app12084005

Article: One-Step Synthesis of Cross-Linked Esterified Starch and Its Properties

Xiaozhou Xue, Qi Liang, Qunyu Gao and Zhigang Luo

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4075; doi:10.3390/app12084075

Communication: Natural Salicylaldehyde for Fungal and Pre- and Post-Emergent Weed Control

Jong H. Kim and Kathleen L. Chan

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3749; doi:10.3390/app12083749

Editorial: Special Issue on Application of Instrumental Methods for Food and Food By-Products Analysis

Agata Górska

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3888; doi:10.3390/app12083888

Systematic Review: Automated Beehive Acoustics Monitoring: A Comprehensive Review of the Literature and Recommendations for Future Work

Mahsa Abdollahi, Pierre Giovenazzo and Tiago H. Falk

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3920; doi:10.3390/app12083920

Robotics and Automation

Article: An On-Chip Silicon Photonics Thermometer with Milli-Kelvin Resolution

Jin Wang, Yijie Pan, Jianxin Gao, Cheng Zhang, Zhier Qu, Tongtong Xu, Yang Shen and Jifeng Qu

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3713; doi:10.3390/app12083713

Article: Remote-Controlled Method with Force and Visual Assists Based on Time to Collision for Mobile Robot

Ryo Masaki, Masato Kobayashi and Naoki Motoi

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3727; doi:10.3390/app12083727

Article: Towards an Extensive Thumb Assist: A Comparison between Whole-Finger and Modular Types of Soft Pneumatic Actuators

Yuanyuan Wang, Shota Kokubu, Shaoying Huang, Ya-Hsin Hsueh and Wenwei Yu

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3735; doi:10.3390/app12083735

Article: Tailoring mHealth Apps on Users to Support Behavior Change Interventions: Conceptual and Computational Considerations

Fabio Sartori, Marco Savi and Jacopo Talpini

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3782; doi:10.3390/app12083782

Article: Creating a Novel Mathematical Model of the Kv10.1 Ion Channel and Controlling Channel Activity with Nanoelectromechanical Systems

Jasmina Lozanović Šajić, Sonja Langthaler and Christian Baumgartner

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3836; doi:10.3390/app12083836

Article: Robot-Agnostic Interaction Controllers Based on ROS

Federica Storiale, Enrico Ferrentino and Pasquale Chiacchio

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3949; doi:10.3390/app12083949

Article: Design Approaches of an Exoskeleton for Human Neuromotor Rehabilitation

Cristian Copilusi, Sorin Dumitru, Ionut Geonea, Leonard Gherghe Ciurezu and Nicolae Dumitru

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3952; doi:10.3390/app12083952

Article: Noise Characteristics Analysis of Medical Electric Leg Compression Machine Using Multibody Dynamic Simulation

Sungwook Kang, Hyunsoo Kim, Jaewoong Kim, Jong-Moon Hwang, Wonhee Lee, Jungtae Kim and Hyunsu Ryu

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3977; doi:10.3390/app12083977

Aerospace Science and Engineering

Article: Characterization in Relevant Icing Conditions of Two Superhydrophobic Coatings

Filomena Piscitelli

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3705; doi:10.3390/app12083705

Article: Effect of Radial Height of Helical Static Blade on the Cavitation Performance of Inducer

Chenyu Bi and Jiawen Li

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3897; doi:10.3390/app12083897

Article: Land–Air–Wall Cross-Domain Robot Based on Gecko Landing Bionic Behavior: System Design, Modeling, and Experiment

Chengwei Huang, Yong Liu, Ke Wang and Bing Bai

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3988; doi:10.3390/app12083988

Article: Aerodynamic Effects of Ceiling and Ground Vicinity on Flapping Wings

Xueguang Meng, Yinghui Han, Zengshuang Chen, Anas Ghaffar and Gang Chen

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4012; doi:10.3390/app12084012

Article: Propeller Slipstream Effect on Aerodynamic Characteristics of Micro Air Vehicle at Low Reynolds Number

Zhaolin Chen and Fan Yang

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4092; doi:10.3390/app12084092

Transportation and Future Mobility

Article: A New Vehicle Dataset in the City of Los Angeles for V2X and Machine Learning Applications

Ibtihal Ahmed Alablani and Mohammed Amer Arafah

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3751; doi:10.3390/app12083751

Article: ROAD Statistics-Based Noise Detection for DME Mitigation in LDACS

Miziya Keshkar, Raja Muthalagu and Abdul Rajak

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3774; doi:10.3390/app12083774

Article: Detection of Logos of Moving Vehicles under Complex Lighting Conditions

Qiang Zhao and Wenhao Guo

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3835; doi:10.3390/app12083835

Article: Discomfort Glare Perception by Drivers—Establishing a Link between Subjective and Psychophysiological Assessment

Ladislav Stanke, Lucie Viktorová and Tomáš Dominik

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3847; doi:10.3390/app12083847

Article: Location Planning of Charging Stations for Electric Buses in Public Transport Considering Vehicle Scheduling: A Variable Neighborhood Search Based Approach

Nils Olsen and Natalia Kliewer

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3855; doi:10.3390/app12083855

Article: Maximum Safe Parameters of Outbound Loaded Vessels for Wind Turbine Installation

Stanisław Gucma, Rafał Gralak, Marcin Przywarty and Wojciech Ślączka

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3868; doi:10.3390/app12083868

Article: Analyzing Pedestrian Behavior at Unsignalized Crosswalks from the Drivers’ Perspective: A Qualitative Study

Yanqun Yang, Yu Wang, Said M. Easa and Xinyi Zheng

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4017; doi:10.3390/app12084017

Article: Towards Intelligent, Programmable, and Open Railway Networks

Evelina Pencheva, Ivaylo Atanasov and Ventsislav Trifonov

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4062; doi:10.3390/app12084062

Agricultural Science and Technology

Article: Theory of Movement of Machine-Tractor Unit with Trailer Haulm Harvester Machine

Volodymyr Bulgakov, Aivars Aboltins, Semjons Ivanovs, Hristo Beloev, Volodymyr Nadykto, Yevhen Ihnatiev and Jüri Olt

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3901; doi:10.3390/app12083901

Article: Method for Prolonging the Shelf Life of Apples after Storage

Bogdan Saletnik, Grzegorz Zaguła, Aneta Saletnik, Marcin Bajcar, Ewelina Słysz and Czesław Puchalski

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3975; doi:10.3390/app12083975

Additive Manufacturing Technologies

Article: Robotic Magnetorheological Finishing Technology Based on Constant Polishing Force Control

Lin Zhang, Chunlei Zhang and Wei Fan

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3737; doi:10.3390/app12083737

Article: A Non-Fungible Token Solution for the Track and Trace of Pharmaceutical Supply Chain

Ferdinando Chiacchio, Diego D’Urso, Ludovica Maria Oliveri, Alessia Spitaleri, Concetto Spampinato and Daniela Giordano

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4019; doi:10.3390/app12084019

Article: Numerical and Experimental Research on the Laser-Water Jet Scribing of Silicon

Yuan Li, Ye Ding, Bai Cheng, Junjie Cao and Lijun Yang

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4057; doi:10.3390/app12084057

Energy Science and Technology

Review: Effect of Catalyst Ink and Formation Process on the Multiscale Structure of Catalyst Layers in PEM Fuel Cells

Huiyuan Liu, Linda Ney, Nada Zamel and Xianguo Li

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3776; doi:10.3390/app12083776

Article: Less Rare-Earth Electromagnetic Design for a High-Performance Permanent Magnet Motor

Christian A. Rivera, Gaizka Ugalde, Javier Poza, Fernando Garramiola and Xabier Badiola

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3736; doi:10.3390/app12083736

Article: High-Temperature Behavior, Oxygen Transport Properties, and Electrochemical Performance of Cu-Substituted Nd_1.6Ca_0.4NiO₄₊_δ Electrode Materials

Tatiana Maksimchuk, Elena Filonova, Denis Mishchenko, Nikita Eremeev, Ekaterina Sadovskaya, Ivan Bobrikov, Andrey Fetisov, Nadezhda Pikalova, Alexander Kolchugin, Alexander Shmakov, Vladislav Sadykov and Elena Pikalova

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3747; doi:10.3390/app12083747

Article: The Effect of Blade Angle Deviation on Mixed Inflow Turbine Performances

Mohammed Amine Chelabi, Milan Saga, Ivan Kuric, Yevheniia Basova, Sergey Dobrotvorskiy, Vitalii Ivanov and Ivan Pavlenko

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3781; doi:10.3390/app12083781

Article: Thermophysical Characterization of a Thermoregulating Interior Coating Containing a Bio-Sourced Phase Change Material

Hachmi Toifane, Pierre Tittelein, Yassine Cherif, Laurent Zalewski and Hervé Leuck

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3827; doi:10.3390/app12083827

Article: A New Maximum Power Point Tracking Framework for Photovoltaic Energy Systems Based on Remora Optimization Algorithm in Partial Shading Conditions

Abdulaziz Alanazi, Mohana Alanazi, Saber Arabi and Shiplu Sarker

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3828; doi:10.3390/app12083828

Article: A Technology Assessment Approach for Achieving Sustainable Communities: An Energy Master Plan for a New Urban Development

Mary Rose Santillan, Jung Whan Syn, Saeid Charani Shandiz, Yubin Huang, Marina Pires de Lacerda and Behzad Rismanchi

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3860; doi:10.3390/app12083860

Article: Geochemical Analysis of a Multi-Layer Hydrocarbon Reservoir in the Wuerhe Area, Junggar Basin

Xianli Zou, Xing Fan, Gangqiang Chen, Tao Xu and Chunmiao Ma

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3871; doi:10.3390/app12083871

Article: Development of Fuzzy-Adaptive Control Based Energy Management Strategy for PEM Fuel Cell Hybrid Tramway System

Hoai-An Trinh, Hoai-Vu-Anh Truong and Kyoung Kwan Ahn

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3880; doi:10.3390/app12083880

Article: Multi-Physical and Electrochemical Coupling Model for the Protonic Ceramic Fuel Cells with H⁺/e⁻/O²⁻ Mixed Conducting Cathodes

Dongping Yan, Wansheng Wang, Runhua Li, Shanshan Jiang, Liu Lu, Aleksey Levtsev and Daifen Chen

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3889; doi:10.3390/app12083889

Article: A New Hybrid Optimization Method, Application to a Single Objective Active Flow Control Test Case

Martí Coma, Navid Monshi Tousi, Jordi Pons-Prats, Gabriel Bugeda and Josep M. Bergada

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3894; doi:10.3390/app12083894

Article: Use of Low-Cost Devices for the Control and Monitoring of CO₂ Concentration in Existing Buildings after the COVID Era

Andrés Pastor-Fernández, Alberto Cerezo-Narváez, Paz Montero-Gutiérrez, Pablo Ballesteros-Pérez and Manuel Otero-Mateo

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3927; doi:10.3390/app12083927

Article: Concept for Generating Energy Demand in Electric Vehicles with a Model Based Approach

Tuyen Nguyen, Reiner Kriesten and Daniela Chrenko

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3968; doi:10.3390/app12083968

Article: Design and Development of a Management System for Energy Microgrids Using Linear Programming

Mateo Espitia-Ibarra, Pablo Maya-Duque and Álvaro Jaramillo-Duque

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3980; doi:10.3390/app12083980

Article: Influence of Petrogenesis on the Engineering Properties of Ultramafic Aggregates and on Their Suitability in Concrete

Petros Petrounias, Panagiota P. Giannakopoulou, Aikaterini Rogkala, Alkiviadis Sideridis, Petros Koutsovitis, Paraskevi Lampropoulou, Nikolaos Koukouzas, Panagiotis Pomonis and Konstantin Hatzipanagiotou

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3990; doi:10.3390/app12083990

Article: Maximization of the Power Production of an Offshore Wind Farm

Raj Kiran Balakrishnan and Sung-ho Hur

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4013; doi:10.3390/app12084013

Article: Anaerobic Digestate from Biogas Plants—Nuisance Waste or Valuable Product?

Magdalena Szymańska, Hella Ellen Ahrends, Amit Kumar Srivastava and Tomasz Sosulski

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4052; doi:10.3390/app12084052

Article: Protonic Transport in Layered Perovskites BaLa_nIn_nO_3n+1 (n = 1, 2) with Ruddlesden-Popper Structure

Nataliia Tarasova, Anzhelika Galisheva, Irina Animitsa, Daniil Korona, Hala Kreimesh and Irina Fedorova

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4082; doi:10.3390/app12084082

Editorial: Special Issue “Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conversion Systems”

Adrian Ioinovici

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3905; doi:10.3390/app12083905

Optics and Lasers

Review: Laser Cooling and Trapping of Rare-Earth-Doped Particles

Galina Nemova

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3777; doi:10.3390/app12083777

Review: An Overview of Terahertz Imaging with Resonant Tunneling Diodes

Jue Wang, Mira Naftaly and Edward Wasige

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3822; doi:10.3390/app12083822

Review: Line-Shaped Illumination: A Promising Configuration for a Flexible Two-Photon Microscopy Setup

Jacopo Parravicini, Elton Hasani and Luca Tartara

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3938; doi:10.3390/app12083938

Review: Orthopedics-Related Applications of Ultrafast Laser and Its Recent Advances

Celina L. Li, Carl J. Fisher, Ray Burke and Stefan Andersson-Engels

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3957; doi:10.3390/app12083957

Review: Optical Accelerometers for Detecting Low-Frequency Micro-Vibrations

Ying-Jun Lei, Rui-Jun Li, Lian-Sheng Zhang, Peng-Hao Hu and Qiang-Xian Huang

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3994; doi:10.3390/app12083994

Article: THz Time-Domain Ellipsometer for Material Characterization and Paint Quality Control with More Than 5 THz Bandwidth

Helge Ketelsen, Rüdiger Mästle, Lars Liebermeister, Robert Kohlhaas and Björn Globisch

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3744; doi:10.3390/app12083744

Article: Ex Vivo Exposure to Soft Biological Tissues by the 2-μm All-Fiber Ultrafast Holmium Laser System

Mariya S. Kopyeva, Serafima A. Filatova, Vladimir A. Kamynin, Anton I. Trikshev, Elizaveta I. Kozlikina, Vadim V. Astashov, Victor B. Loschenov and Vladimir B. Tsvetkov

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3825; doi:10.3390/app12083825

Article: Frequency Down-Conversion of Optical Pulse to the Far Infrared and THz Frequency Ranges Due to the Cascading Process in a Medium with a Quadratic Nonlinear Response

Vyacheslav A. Trofimov, Dmitry M. Kharitonov, Mikhail V. Fedotov and Yongqiang Yang

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3891; doi:10.3390/app12083891

Article: BenSignNet: Bengali Sign Language Alphabet Recognition Using Concatenated Segmentation and Convolutional Neural Network

Abu Saleh Musa Miah, Jungpil Shin, Md Al Mehedi Hasan and Md Abdur Rahim

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3933; doi:10.3390/app12083933

Article: Modelling Electricity Consumption in Cambodia Based on Remote Sensing Night-Light Images

Xumiao Gao, Mingquan Wu, Ju Gao, Li Han, Zheng Niu and Fang Chen

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3971; doi:10.3390/app12083971

Article: Asymmetry of Optic Nerve Head Parameters Measured by Confocal Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscopy in Myopic Anisometropic Eyes

Weifen Gong, Xuehui Lu and Geng Wang

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4047; doi:10.3390/app12084047

Editorial: Photonic Technology for Precision Metrology

Jacek Wojtas

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4022; doi:10.3390/app12084022

Acoustics and Vibrations

Article: Diagnosis of Artificial Flaws from Eddy Current Testing Signals Based on Sweep Frequency Non-Destructive Evaluation

Filip Vaverka, Milan Smetana, Daniela Gombarska and Ladislav Janousek

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3732; doi:10.3390/app12083732

Article: Tunable Beam Splitter Based on Acoustic Binary Metagrating

Zhengang Liu, Fangfang Ju, Shengyou Qian and Xiaojun Liu

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3758; doi:10.3390/app12083758

Article: Filtering Properties of Discrete and Continuous Elastic Systems in Series and Parallel

Silvia Sulis, Anar Rakhimzhanova and Michele Brun

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3832; doi:10.3390/app12083832

Article: ALIPPF-Controller to Stabilize the Unstable Motion and Eliminate the Non-Linear Oscillations of the Rotor Electro-Magnetic Suspension System

Nasser A. Saeed, Jan Awrejcewicz, Abd Allah A. Mousa and Mohamed S. Mohamed

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3902; doi:10.3390/app12083902

Article: Analysis of Acoustic Emission Activity during Progressive Failure in Heterogeneous Materials: Experimental and Numerical Investigation

Leandro Ferreira Friedrich, Boris Nahuel Rojo Tanzi, Angélica Bordin Colpo, Mario Sobczyk, Giuseppe Lacidogna, Gianni Niccolini and Ignacio Iturrioz

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3918; doi:10.3390/app12083918

Article: Influence of Artificial Soft Tissue on Intra-Operative Vibration Analysis Method for Primary Fixation Monitoring in Cementless Total Hip Arthroplasty

George Athanassoulis Makris, Leonard Pastrav, Quentin Goossens, Maikel Timmermans, Michiel Mulier, Georges Frederic Vles, Wim Desmet and Kathleen Denis

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4027; doi:10.3390/app12084027

Article: Time-Varying Degradation Model for Remaining Useful Life Prediction of Rolling Bearings under Variable Rotational Speed

Wenliao Du, Xukun Hou and Hongchao Wang

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4044; doi:10.3390/app12084044

Article: Assessment of Road Noise Pollution in Urban Residential Areas—A Case Study in Piteşti, Romania

Aurel Mihail Titu, Andrei Alexandru Boroiu, Sorin Mihailescu, Alina Bianca Pop and Alexandru Boroiu

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4053; doi:10.3390/app12084053

Applied Physics

Article: Comparison of the Biological Properties of Plasma-Treated Solution and Solution of Chemical Reagents

Tatyana Ivanovna Pavlik, Namik Guseynaga-ogly Gusein-zade, Leonid Viktorovich Kolik and Nikolay L’vovich Shimanovskii

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3704; doi:10.3390/app12083704

Article: High Density RF-DC Plasma Nitriding under Optimized Conditions by Plasma-Diagnosis

Tatsuhiko Aizawa, Imron Rsadi and Ersyzario Edo Yunata

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3706; doi:10.3390/app12083706

Article: Improving a PGNAA Technique to Detect Heavy Metals in Solid Samples

Ghada AlMisned, Tariq Al-Abdullah, Fatai Liadi and Adil Hawsawi

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3714; doi:10.3390/app12083714

Article: Analysis of Uncertainties in Clinical High-Energy Photon Beam Calibrations Using Absorbed Dose Standards

Fawzia E. M. Elbashir, Wassim Ksouri, Farouk Habbani, Ahmed M. El-Khayatt, Mohamed Hassan Eisa and Ibrahim I. Suliman

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3857; doi:10.3390/app12083857

Article: Suppression of Instabilities in a Plasma Voltage Stabilizer

Alexander Mustafaev, Artem Grabovskiy and Vladimir Sukhomlinov

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3915; doi:10.3390/app12083915

Article: Experimental Study of a Rotating Electrode Plasma Reactor for Hydrogen Production from Liquid Petroleum Gas Conversion

Ali Barkhordari, Seyed Iman Mirzaei, Amir Falahat, Dorota A. Krawczyk and Antonio Rodero

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4045; doi:10.3390/app12084045

Editorial: Advanced Sensors and Sensing Technologies for Indoor Localization

Alessio De Angelis and Francesco Santoni

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3786; doi:10.3390/app12083786

Applied Thermal Engineering

Article: Effect of the Preheating Strategy on the Combustion Process of the Intake Manifold Burner

Zhishuang Li, Ziman Wang and Haoyang Mo

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3858; doi:10.3390/app12083858

Article: New Supply-Air Solar Wall with Thermal Storage Designed to Preheat Fresh Air: Development of a Numerical Model Adapted to Building Energy Simulation

Rima Abou Ibrahim, Pierre Tittelein, Stéphane Lassue, Fadi Hage Chehade and Laurent Zalewski

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3986; doi:10.3390/app12083986

Fluid Science and Technology

Article: Research on Equivalent Static Load of High-Rise/Towering Structures Based on Wind-Induced Responses

Junhui Yang, Junfeng Zhang and Chao Li

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3729; doi:10.3390/app12083729

Article: Study on Thermal Performance of Single-Tank Thermal Energy Storage System with Thermocline in Solar Thermal Utilization

Chao Zhu, Jian Zhang, Yueshe Wang, Zehong Deng, Peng Shi, Jian Wu and Zihao Wu

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3908; doi:10.3390/app12083908

Article: Aerodynamic Shape Optimization of an Arc-Plate-Shaped Bluff Body via Surrogate Modeling for Wind Energy Harvesting

Tianyi Shi, Gang Hu and Lianghao Zou

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3965; doi:10.3390/app12083965

Article: Effect of Mass Transport by Convective Flow on the Distribution of Dissolved Carbon Monoxide in a Stirred Tank

Youngwook Lim, Junwon Min, Taewook Kang and Dongchoul Kim

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4006; doi:10.3390/app12084006

Article: Breakup Dynamics of Droplets in Symmetric Y-Junction Microchannels

Li Lei, Yuting Zhao, Jun An, Bo Zhang and Jingzhi Zhang

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4011; doi:10.3390/app12084011

Materials Science and Engineering

Article: Influence of Unburned Carbon on Environmental-Technical Behaviour of Coal Fly Ash Fired Clay Bricks

Juan Dacuba, Eva Cifrian, Maximina Romero, Tamara Llano and Ana Andrés

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3765; doi:10.3390/app12083765

Article: Influence of Thermal Modification and Impregnation with Biocides on Physical Properties of Italian Stone Pine Wood (Pinus pinea L.)

Marco De Angelis, Miha Humar, Davor Kržišnik, Swati Tamantini and Manuela Romagnoli

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3801; doi:10.3390/app12083801

Article: Recovery of Cork Manufacturing Waste within Mortar and Polyurethane: Feasibility of Use and Physical, Mechanical, Thermal Insulating Properties of the Final Green Composite Construction Materials

Beatrice Malchiodi, Roberta Marchetti, Luisa Barbieri and Paolo Pozzi

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3844; doi:10.3390/app12083844

Article: Dispersion of Elastic Waves in Functionally Graded CNTs-Reinforced Composite Beams

Ali Seyfi, Amir Teimouri, Rossana Dimitri and Francesco Tornabene

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3852; doi:10.3390/app12083852

Article: Tree Based Approaches for Predicting Concrete Carbonation Coefficient

Shreenivas Londhe, Preeti Kulkarni, Pradnya Dixit, Ana Silva, Rui Neves and Jorge de Brito

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3874; doi:10.3390/app12083874

Article: O₂ Loaded Germanosilicate Optical Fibers: Experimental In Situ Investigation and Ab Initio Simulation Study of GLPC Evolution under Irradiation

Imene Reghioua, Luigi Giacomazzi, Antonino Alessi, Blaz Winkler, Layla Martin-Samos, Sylvain Girard, Diego Di Francesca, Mattia Fanetti, Nicolas Richard, Philippe Paillet, Melanie Raine, Simonpietro Agnello, Matjaz Valant, Aziz Boukenter and Youcef Ouerdane

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3916; doi:10.3390/app12083916

Article: Study on Circular Economy Implementation Propensity of Construction Companies in Context of Prevailing Management Styles

Jarosław Górecki, Pedro Núñez-Cacho and Milena Rutkowska

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3991; doi:10.3390/app12083991

Article: Identification of Variables and Determination of the Mechanism Affecting the Effective Properties of Representative Volume Elements of Unidirectionally Aligned CNT-Based Nanocomposites

Chan-Woong Choi, Ki-Weon Kang and Ji-Won Jin

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4000; doi:10.3390/app12084000

Article: Time-Dependent Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Beams under High Sustained Loads

Mohammed Shubaili, Ali Elawadi, Sarah Orton and Ying Tian

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4015; doi:10.3390/app12084015

Article: Metal Release Mechanism and Electrochemical Properties of Li_x(Ni_1/3Mn_1/3Co_1/3)O₂

Blake G. Hudson and Sara E. Mason

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4065; doi:10.3390/app12084065

Communication: Application of the Digital Workflow in Orofacial Orthopedics and Orthodontics: Printed Appliances with Skeletal Anchorage

Maximilian Küffer, Dieter Drescher and Kathrin Becker

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3820; doi:10.3390/app12083820

Technical Note: Electro-Mechanical Impedance Technique for Assessing the Setting Time of Steel-Fiber-Reinforced Mortar Using Embedded Piezoelectric Sensor

Jun-Cheol Lee and Chang-Joon Lee

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3964; doi:10.3390/app12083964

Chemical and Molecular Sciences

Article: Promising Photocytotoxicity of Water-Soluble Phtalocyanine against Planktonic and Biofilm Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates from Lower Respiratory Tract and Chronic Wounds

Wojciech Szczolko, Magdalena Ratajczak, Tomasz Koczorowski, Dorota Kaminska, Tomasz Goslinski and Jolanta Dlugaszewska

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3707; doi:10.3390/app12083707

Article: Advanced Oxidation Pretreatment for Biological Treatment of Reclaimer Wastewater Containing High Concentration N-methyldiethanolamine

Gi-Taek Oh, Chi-Kyu Ahn and Min-Woo Lee

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3960; doi:10.3390/app12083960

Article: Production of Docosahexaenoic Acid and Odd-Chain Fatty Acids by Microalgae Schizochytrium limacinum Grown on Waste-Derived Volatile Fatty Acids

Laura Oliver, Laura Fernández-de-Castro, Thomas Dietrich, Maria Carmen Villaran and Ramón J. Barrio

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3976; doi:10.3390/app12083976

Article: Malaysian Virgin Soil Extracts as Natural Growth Enhancer for Targeted Green Microalgae Species

Maegala Nallapan Maniyam, Hasdianty Abdullah, Mohd Fadzli Ahmad, Emi Fazlina Hashim, Fridelina Sjahrir, Kazuhiro Komatsu, Victor S. Kuwahara and Nor Suhaila Yaacob

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4060; doi:10.3390/app12084060

Nanotechnology and Applied Nanosciences

Review: Nanotechnology Applications in Ground Heat Exchanger Pipes: A Review

Fernando Rivas-Cruz, Eduardo Gamaliel Hernandez-Martinez, Rogelio de Jesús Portillo-Velez and Leonardo Rejón-García

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3794; doi:10.3390/app12083794

Article: Transient Thermal Stresses in FG Porous Rotating Truncated Cones Reinforced by Graphene Platelets

Masoud Babaei, Faraz Kiarasi, Kamran Asemi, Rossana Dimitri and Francesco Tornabene

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3932; doi:10.3390/app12083932

Surface Sciences and Technology

Review: Recent Development of High-Energy Short-Pulse Lasers with Cryogenically Cooled Yb:YAG

Yuan Sui, Mingheng Yuan, Zhenao Bai and Zhongwei Fan

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3711; doi:10.3390/app12083711

Review: Characteristics and Applications of Biochar in Soil–Plant Systems: A Short Review of Benefits and Potential Drawbacks

Tamás Kocsis, Marianna Ringer and Borbála Biró

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4051; doi:10.3390/app12084051

Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering

Review: Non-Plaque Induced Diffuse Gingival Overgrowth: An Overview

Domenico De Falco, Fedora Della Vella, Michele Scivetti, Carmela Suriano, Michele De Benedittis and Massimo Petruzzi

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3731; doi:10.3390/app12083731

Review: Recent Advances in Protein Caging Tools for Protein Photoactivation

Satoshi Yamaguchi

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3750; doi:10.3390/app12083750

Review: Current Research on the Effects of Non-Digestible Carbohydrates on Metabolic Disease

Saoraya Chanmuang, Quynh-An Nguyen and Hyun-Jin Kim

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3768; doi:10.3390/app12083768

Review: Synchrotron X-ray Radiation (SXR) in Medical Imaging: Current Status and Future Prospects

Mahbubunnabi Tamal, Murad Althobaiti, Abdul-Hakeem Alomari, Sumaiya Tabassum Dipty, Khadiza Tun Suha and Maryam Al-Hashim

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3790; doi:10.3390/app12083790

Review: Medical Gas Plasma—A Potent ROS-Generating Technology for Managing Intraoperative Bleeding Complications

Lea Miebach, Broder Poschkamp, Julia van der Linde and Sander Bekeschus

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3800; doi:10.3390/app12083800

Review: From Accuracy to Reliability and Robustness in Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Image Segmentation: A Review

Francesco Galati, Sébastien Ourselin and Maria A. Zuluaga

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3936; doi:10.3390/app12083936

Review: Patient-Specific Inverse Modeling of In Vivo Cardiovascular Mechanics with Medical Image-Derived Kinematics as Input Data: Concepts, Methods, and Applications

Johane H. Bracamonte, Sarah K. Saunders, John S. Wilson, Uyen T. Truong and Joao S. Soares

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3954; doi:10.3390/app12083954

Review: Black Fungi on Stone-Built Heritage: Current Knowledge and Future Outlook

Filomena De Leo, Alessia Marchetta and Clara Urzì

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3969; doi:10.3390/app12083969

Article: Quenching Efficiency of Quantum Dots Conjugated to Lipid Bilayers on Graphene Oxide Evaluated by Fluorescence Single Particle Tracking

Yoshiaki Okamoto, Seiji Iwasa and Ryugo Tero

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3733; doi:10.3390/app12083733

Article: The Association of Gender and Body Mass Index on the Values of Static and Dynamic Balance of University Students (A Cross-Sectional Design Study)

George Danut Mocanu and Gabriel Murariu

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3770; doi:10.3390/app12083770

Article: Eco Valorization of Eucalyptus globulus Bark and Branches through Liquefaction

Ana Fernandes, Luísa Cruz-Lopes, Yuliya Dulyanska, Idalina Domingos, José Ferreira, Dmitry Evtuguin and Bruno Esteves

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3775; doi:10.3390/app12083775

Article: Multi-Modal X-ray Imaging and Analysis for Characterization of Urinary Stones

Somayeh Saghamanesh, Henning Richter, Antonia Neels and Robert Zboray

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3798; doi:10.3390/app12083798

Article: The Influence of the Practiced Karate Style on the Dexterity and Strength of the Hand

Jacek Wąsik, Dariusz Bajkowski, Gongbing Shan, Robert Podstawski and Wojciech J. Cynarski

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3811; doi:10.3390/app12083811

Article: Determination of Morphogeometric Patterns in Individuals with Total Mandibular Edentulism in the Interforaminal Region from Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) Scans: A Pilot Study

Liliann Abarza, Pablo Acuña-Mardones, Cristina Sanzana-Luengo and Víctor Beltrán

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3813; doi:10.3390/app12083813

Article: Effect of Dimensional Variables on the Behavior of Trees for Biomechanical Studies

Monica Ruy, Raquel Gonçalves and William Vicente

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3815; doi:10.3390/app12083815

Article: Effects of Radial Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy in Reducing Pain in Patients with Temporomandibular Disorders: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Nicola Marotta, Martina Ferrillo, Andrea Demeco, Vera Drago Ferrante, Maria Teresa Inzitari, Raffaello Pellegrino, Ilaria Pino, Ilaria Russo, Alessandro de Sire and Antonio Ammendolia

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3821; doi:10.3390/app12083821

Article: Exercise for People with Acquired Brain Injury: An ICF Perspective

Marta Pérez-Rodríguez, Juan José García-Hernández, Saleky García-Gómez and Javier Pérez-Tejero

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3862; doi:10.3390/app12083862

Article: 4D Flow MRI in Ascending Aortic Aneurysms: Reproducibility of Hemodynamic Parameters

Joe F. Juffermans, Hans C. van Assen, Bastiaan J. C. te Kiefte, Mitch J. F. G. Ramaekers, Roel L. F. van der Palen, Pieter van den Boogaard, Bouke P. Adriaans, Joachim E. Wildberger, Ilona A. Dekkers, Arthur J. H. A. Scholte, Simon Schalla, Hildo J. Lamb and Jos J. M. Westenberg

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3912; doi:10.3390/app12083912

Article: Exploring the Strategy of Fusing Sucrose Synthase to Glycosyltransferase UGT76G1 in Enzymatic Biotransformation

Yehui Tao, Ping Sun, Ruxin Cai, Yan Li and Honghua Jia

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3911; doi:10.3390/app12083911

Article: Survey on Video-Based Biomechanics and Biometry Tools for Fracture and Injury Assessment in Sports

Vanessa E. Ortiz-Padilla, Mauricio A. Ramírez-Moreno, Gerardo Presbítero-Espinosa, Ricardo A. Ramírez-Mendoza and Jorge de J. Lozoya-Santos

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3981; doi:10.3390/app12083981

Article: Preparing and Characterizing Novel Biodegradable Starch/PVA-Based Films with Nano-Sized Zinc-Oxide Particles for Wound-Dressing Applications

Mohammad Mohsen Delavari and Ion Stiharu

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4001; doi:10.3390/app12084001

Article: Mapping Cancer Registry Data to the Episode Domain of the Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership Model (OMOP)

Jasmin Carus, Sylvia Nürnberg, Frank Ückert, Catarina Schlüter and Stefan Bartels

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4010; doi:10.3390/app12084010

Article: l-Fucose Synthesis Using a Halo- and Thermophilic l-Fucose Isomerase from Polyextremophilic Halothermothrix orenii

In Jung Kim and Kyoung Heon Kim

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4029; doi:10.3390/app12084029

Article: Effect of Forefoot–Rearfoot and Pelvic–Scapular Weight Shifts on Lower-Limb and Lumbar Muscle Activity during Static Wall-Squat Exercises

Andrea Biscarini, Cristina V. Dieni, Raffaele Losavio, Roberto Panichi and Samuele Contemori

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4037; doi:10.3390/app12084037

Article: Sagittal Balance in Children: Reference Values of the Sacral Slope for the Roussouly Classification and of the Pelvic Incidence for a New, Age-Specific Classification

Stefano Negrini, Fabio Zaina, Claudio Cordani and Sabrina Donzelli

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4040; doi:10.3390/app12084040

Article: The Effect of Incubation near an Inversely Oriented Square Pyramidal Structure on Adsorption Properties of Horseradish Peroxidase

Yuri D. Ivanov, Vadim Yu. Tatur, Tatyana O. Pleshakova, Ivan D. Shumov, Andrey F. Kozlov, Anastasia A. Valueva, Irina A. Ivanova, Maria O. Ershova, Nina D. Ivanova, Igor N. Stepanov, Andrei A. Lukyanitsa and Vadim S. Ziborov

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4042; doi:10.3390/app12084042

Article: The Association between Influenza Vaccination and Stroke Risk in Patients with Hypertension: A Nationwide Population-Based Study

Cheng-Hsin Lin, Chun-Chih Chiu, Tsung-Yeh Yang, Yu-Ann Fang, Meng-Huan Lei, Hsien-Tang Yeh, Chun-Chao Chen, Wen-Rui Hao, Chung-Hsien Kuo and Ju-Chi Liu

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4074; doi:10.3390/app12084074

Article: Automatic Breast Tumor Screening of Mammographic Images with Optimal Convolutional Neural Network

Pi-Yun Chen, Xuan-Hao Zhang, Jian-Xing Wu, Ching-Chou Pai, Jin-Chyr Hsu, Chia-Hung Lin and Neng-Sheng Pai

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4079; doi:10.3390/app12084079

Article: The Role of Acetyl-Carnitine and Rehabilitation in the Management of Patients with Post-COVID Syndrome: Case-Control Study

Dalila Scaturro, Fabio Vitagliani, Vito Emanuele Di Bella, Vincenzo Falco, Sofia Tomasello, Lorenza Lauricella and Giulia Letizia Mauro

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4084; doi:10.3390/app12084084

Article: The Assessment of COVID-19 Vulnerability Risk for Crisis Management

Marek Wyszyński, Michał Grudziński, Krzysztof Pokonieczny and Marek Kaszubowski

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4090; doi:10.3390/app12084090

Article: Performance Index for in Home Assessment of Motion Abilities in Ataxia Telangiectasia: A Pilot Study

M. El Arayshi, C. M. Verrelli, G. Saggio, M. Iosa, A. E. Gentile, L. Chessa, M. Ruggieri and A. Polizzi

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4093; doi:10.3390/app12084093

Editorial: Bioactive Compounds from Natural Products: Separation, Characterization, and Applications

Emanuel Vamanu

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3922; doi:10.3390/app12083922

Editorial: Special Issue “Celebrating Applied Sciences Reaches 20,000 Articles Milestone: Feature Papers in Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering Section”

Magdalena Gorska-Ponikowska and Francesco Cappello

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3978; doi:10.3390/app12083978

Applied Dentistry and Oral Sciences

Review: Current Trends in Adjuvant Therapies for Medication-Related Osteonecrosis of the Jaw

Gyu-Jo Shim, Joo-Young Ohe, Young-Jae Yoon, Yong-Dae Kwon and Deog-Yoon Kim

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4035; doi:10.3390/app12084035

Article: The Quantification of Salivary Flow and pH and Stomatognathic System Rehabilitation Interference in Patients with Oral Diseases, Post-Radiotherapy

Bogdan Petru Bulancea, Laura Elisabeta Checherita, Georgeta Liliana Foia, Ovidiu Stamatin, Silvia Teslaru, Iulian Costin Lupu, Delia Gabriela Ciobanu, Eduard-Radu Cernei, Grierosu Carmen, Mariana Postolache, Eliza Maria Froicu, Liliana Gabriela Halitchi and Liana Aminov

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3708; doi:10.3390/app12083708

Article: Anterior Incisal Onlay—A Minimally Invasive Non-Surgical Approach to Correct an Esthetic Complication of an Implant Supported Crown in the Anterior Zone

Asher Zabrovsky, Hilit Bar-on, Nurit Beyth, Ami Smidt and Gilad Ben-Gal

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3808; doi:10.3390/app12083808

Article: Sutureless Amniotic Membrane Transplantation in Inflammatory Corneal Perforations

Alessandro Meduri, Antonio Valastro, Leandro Inferrera, Giovanni William Oliverio, Ivan Ninotta, Umberto Camellin, Maura Mancini, Anna Maria Roszkowska and Pasquale Aragona

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3924; doi:10.3390/app12083924

Article: In Vitro Activity of Caffeic Acid Phenethyl Ester against Different Oral Microorganisms

Rasha AlSheikh, Hamad N. Albagieh, Ismail Abdouh, Hattan Zaki, Amal M. Alzahrani, Hassan S. Halawany and Khalifa S. Al-Khalifa

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3959; doi:10.3390/app12083959

Editorial: Digital versus Conventional Workflow in Oral Rehabilitations: Current Status

Arthur Rodriguez Gonzalez Cortes

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3710; doi:10.3390/app12083710

Biomedical Engineering

Article: Rapid Quantification of Tissue Perfusion Properties with a Two-Stage Look-Up Table

Bin Yang

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3745; doi:10.3390/app12083745

Communication: How the Direction of Screws Affects the Primary Stability of a Posterior Malleolus Osteosynthesis under Torsional Loading: A Biomechanical Study

Felix Christian Kohler, Philipp Schenk, Paul Koehler, Britt Wildemann, Gunther Olaf Hofmann, Steffen Derlien, Uta Biedermann, Isabel Graul and Jakob Hallbauer

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3833; doi:10.3390/app12083833

Environmental Sciences

Article: Experimental and Simulation Research on the Process of Nitrogen Migration and Transformation in the Fluctuation Zone of Groundwater Level

Yuepeng Li, Liuyue Wang, Xun Zou, Jihong Qu and Gang Bai

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3742; doi:10.3390/app12083742

Article: Digestate-Derived Ammonium Fertilizers and Their Blends as Substitutes to Synthetic Nitrogen Fertilizers

Amrita Saju, Demi Ryan, Ivona Sigurnjak, Kieran Germaine, David N. Dowling and Erik Meers

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3787; doi:10.3390/app12083787

Article: CO₂ Emissions Reduction through Increasing H₂ Participation in Gaseous Combustible—Condensing Boilers Functional Response

Nicolae N. Antonescu, Dan-Paul Stănescu and Răzvan Calotă

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3831; doi:10.3390/app12083831

Article: An Experimental Study on the Migration of Pb in the Groundwater Table Fluctuation Zone

Jihong Qu, Tiangang Yan, Yifeng Zhang, Yuepeng Li, Ran Tian, Wei Guo and Jueyan Jiang

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3870; doi:10.3390/app12083870

Article: Sequential Indoor Use of Pesticides: Operator Exposure via Deposit Transfer from Sprayed Crops and Contaminated Application Equipment

Angelos N. Tsakirakis, Konstantinos M. Kasiotis, C. Richard Glass, Agathi N. Charistou, Pelagia Anastasiadou, Rianda Gerritsen-Ebben and Kyriaki Machera

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3909; doi:10.3390/app12083909

Article: Assessment of an NDL-PCBs Sequestration Strategy in Soil Using Contrasted Carbonaceous Materials through In Vitro and Cucurbita pepo Assays

Severine Piutti, Nadine El Wanny, Alexandre Laflotte, Moomen Baroudi, Giovanni Caria, Karen Perronnet, Stefan Jurjanz, Sophie Slezack, Cyril Feidt and Matthieu Delannoy

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3921; doi:10.3390/app12083921

Article: Development and Validation of a Zone Fire Model Embedding Multi-Fuel Combustion

Bernard Porterie, Yannick Pizzo, Maxime Mense, Nicolas Sardoy, Julien Louiche, Nina Dizet, Timothé Porterie and Priscilla Pouschat

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3951; doi:10.3390/app12083951

Article: Evaluation of Three-Dimensional Environmental Hydraulic Modeling in Scour Hole

Thi Hoang Thao Nguyen, Sungwon Park, Dongmin Jang and Jungkyu Ahn

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4032; doi:10.3390/app12084032

Article: Long-Term Trend of the Levels of Ambient Air Pollutants of a Megacity and a Background Area in Korea

Na-Kyung Kim, Yong-Pyo Kim, Hye-Jung Shin and Ji-Yi Lee

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4039; doi:10.3390/app12084039

Earth Sciences and Geography

Review: Expanding the Sediment Transport Tracking Possibilities in a River Basin through the Development of a Digital Platform—DNS/SWAT

Paweł Wilk

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3848; doi:10.3390/app12083848

Article: Monitoring of Geomagnetic and Telluric Field Disturbances in the Russian Arctic

Olga V. Kozyreva, Vyacheslav A. Pilipenko, Elena E. Marshalko, Elena Yu. Sokolova and Mikhail N. Dobrovolsky

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3755; doi:10.3390/app12083755

Article: Part 2: Stabilization/Containment of Radiological Particle Contamination to Enhance First Responder, Early Phase Worker, and Public Safety

Matthew Magnuson, Terry Stilman, Shannon Serre, John Archer, Ryan James, Xiaoyan Xia, Mitchell Lawrence, Erin Tamargo, Hadas Raveh-Amit and Avi Sharon

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3861; doi:10.3390/app12083861

Article: Numerical Simulation Study of Brittle Rock Materials from Micro to Macro Scales Using Digital Image Processing and Parallel Computing

Xin Liu, Zhengzhao Liang, Siwei Meng, Chunan Tang and Jiaping Tao

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3864; doi:10.3390/app12083864

Article: Determination of Forest Structure from Remote Sensing Data for Modeling the Navigation of Rescue Vehicles

Marian Rybansky

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3939; doi:10.3390/app12083939

Article: Remote Sensing Scene Data Generation Using Element Geometric Transformation and GAN-Based Texture Synthesis

Zhaoyang Liu, Renxiang Guan, Jingyu Hu, Weitao Chen and Xianju Li

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3972; doi:10.3390/app12083972

Article: Multi-Sensor Approach Combined with Pedological Investigations to Understand Site-Specific Variability of Soil Properties and Potentially Toxic Elements (PTEs) Content of an Industrial Contaminated Area

Simona Vingiani, Antonietta Agrillo, Roberto De Mascellis, Giuliano Langella, Piero Manna, Florindo Antonio Mileti and Fabio Terribile

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3993; doi:10.3390/app12083993

Article: A New Spatial Distance Metric for Verification of Precipitation

Gregor Skok

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4048; doi:10.3390/app12084048

Article: The San Giovanni Baptistery in Florence (Italy): Assessment of the State of Conservation of Surfaces and Characterization of Stone Materials

Sara Calandra, Emma Cantisani, Silvia Vettori, Marilena Ricci, Beatrice Agostini and Carlo Alberto Garzonio

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4050; doi:10.3390/app12084050

Article: Zircon Hf-Isotopic Mapping Applied to the Metal Exploration of the Sanjiang Tethyan Orogenic Belt, Southwestern China

Bin Du, Zian Yang, Lifei Yang, Qi Chen, Jiaxuan Zhu, Kangxing Shi, Gao Li, Lei Wang and Jia Lu

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4081; doi:10.3390/app12084081

Ecology Science and Engineering

Communication: Examining the Effects of Induced Plant Defenses on Spodoptera frugiperda Performance

Michael Garvey, Kale Costanza, Scott Grimmell and Bret D. Elderd

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3907; doi:10.3390/app12083907

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Review: 2D Personality of Multifunctional Carbon Nitrides towards Enhanced Catalytic Performance in Energy Storage and Remediation

Gajendra Kumar Inwati, Virendra Kumar Yadav, Ismat H. Ali, Sai Bhargava Vuggili, Shakti Devi Kakodiya, Mitesh K. Solanki, Krishna Kumar Yadav, Yongtae Ahn, Shalini Yadav, Saiful Islam and Byong-Hun Jeon

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3753; doi:10.3390/app12083753

Review: Synthesis and Biological Activity of 1,3,4-Oxadiazoles Used in Medicine and Agriculture

Marcin Luczynski and Agnieszka Kudelko

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3756; doi:10.3390/app12083756

Review: Design and Analysis on Decoupling Techniques for MIMO Wireless Systems in 5G Applications

Kaiwen Du, Yongshun Wang and Yao Hu

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3816; doi:10.3390/app12083816

Review: A Review of Progress and Hydrodynamic Design of Integrated Motor Pump-Jet Propulsion

Qiao Li, Shahrir Abdullah and Mohammad Rasidi Mohammad Rasani

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3824; doi:10.3390/app12083824

Review: Software-as-a-Service Security Challenges and Best Practices: A Multivocal Literature Review

Mamoona Humayun, Mahmood Niazi, Maram Fahhad Almufareh, N. Z. Jhanjhi, Sajjad Mahmood and Mohammad Alshayeb

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3953; doi:10.3390/app12083953

Article: Deep Learning Applied to Chest Radiograph Classification—A COVID-19 Pneumonia Experience

Adhvan Furtado, Leandro Andrade, Diego Frias, Thiago Maia, Roberto Badaró and Erick G. Sperandio Nascimento

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3712; doi:10.3390/app12083712

Article: Intelligent Ultra-Light Deep Learning Model for Multi-Class Brain Tumor Detection

Shahzad Ahmad Qureshi, Shan E. Ahmed Raza, Lal Hussain, Areej A. Malibari, Mohamed K. Nour, Aziz ul Rehman, Fahd N. Al-Wesabi and Anwer Mustafa Hilal

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3715; doi:10.3390/app12083715

Article: Machine-Learning Approach to Determine Surface Quality on a Reactor Pressure Vessel (RPV) Steel

James M. Griffin, Jino Mathew, Antal Gasparics, Gábor Vértesy, Inge Uytdenhouwen, Rachid Chaouadi and Michael E. Fitzpatrick

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3721; doi:10.3390/app12083721

Article: Experimental Investigations of a Tunnel Lining Segment Strengthened by In Situ Spraying Mortar

Fuzhi Wang, Cong Zeng, Baosong Ma, Chenkun Gong, Baoyong Liao, Yahong Zhao, Chong Ma and Yaozu Kong

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3722; doi:10.3390/app12083722

Article: Multi-Criteria Decision Making in the PMEDM Process by Using MARCOS, TOPSIS, and MAIRCA Methods

Huu-Quang Nguyen, Van-Tung Nguyen, Dang-Phong Phan, Quoc-Hoang Tran and Ngoc-Pi Vu

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3720; doi:10.3390/app12083720

Article: Comparison of Multilayer Neural Network Models in Terms of Success of Classifications Based on EmguCV, ML.NET and Tensorflow.Net

Martin Magdin, Juraj Benc, Štefan Koprda, Zoltán Balogh and Daniel Tuček

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3730; doi:10.3390/app12083730

Article: Impact and Challenges of Reducing Petroleum Consumption for Decarbonization

Ryoma Matsumoto and Tomohiro Tabata

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3738; doi:10.3390/app12083738

Article: Influences of CO₂ Absorption under Ultrasonic Vibration and Water-Reducer Addition on the Rheological Properties of Cement Paste

Lili Liu, Yongsheng Ji, Longhai Li and Jie Zhang

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3739; doi:10.3390/app12083739

Article: Optimized Design of Floor Plan and Components of Prefabricated Building with Energy-Cost Effect

Juanli Guo, Mingchen Li, Zixin Jiang, Zhoupeng Wang and Yangkong Zhou

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3740; doi:10.3390/app12083740

Article: Biosynthesis of (±)-Differolide, an Antioxidant Isolate from Streptomyces qaidamensis S10^T

Yujie Wu, Wei Zhang, Kan Jiang, Xue Yu, Shiyu Wu, Guangxiu Liu and Tuo Chen

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3741; doi:10.3390/app12083741

Article: Damage Detection of Continuous Beam Bridge Based on Maximum Successful Approximation Approach of Wavelet Coefficients of Vehicle Response

Kai Liu, Haopeng Qi and Zengshou Sun

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3743; doi:10.3390/app12083743

Article: Attention V-Net: A Modified V-Net Architecture for Left Atrial Segmentation

Xiaoli Liu, Ruoqi Yin and Jianqin Yin

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3764; doi:10.3390/app12083764

Article: Fuzzy Approach to Computational Classification of Burnout—Preliminary Findings

Piotr Prokopowicz and Dariusz Mikołajewski

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3767; doi:10.3390/app12083767

Article: Experimental Study on the Elemental Mercury Removal Performance and Regeneration Ability of CoO_x–FeO_x-Modified ZSM-5 Adsorbents

Wei Ma, Dong Ye and Haining Wang

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3769; doi:10.3390/app12083769

Article: Raman Spectroscopic Investigation of Osteoclastic Activity under the Influence of Bisphosphonate

Elia Marin, Tetsuya Adachi, Francesco Boschetto, Wenliang Zhu, Keiji Adachi, Narisato Kanamura, Toshiro Yamamoto and Giuseppe Pezzotti

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3757; doi:10.3390/app12083757

Article: A Novel Data Augmentation-Based Brain Tumor Detection Using Convolutional Neural Network

Haitham Alsaif, Ramzi Guesmi, Badr M. Alshammari, Tarek Hamrouni, Tawfik Guesmi, Ahmed Alzamil and Lamia Belguesmi

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3773; doi:10.3390/app12083773

Article: Deep Learning Algorithm for Heart Valve Diseases Assisted Diagnosis

Santiago Isaac Flores-Alonso, Blanca Tovar-Corona and René Luna-García

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3780; doi:10.3390/app12083780

Article: A Deadbeat Current and Flux Vector Control for IPMSM Drive with High Dynamic Performance

That-Dong Ton and Min-Fu Hsieh

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3789; doi:10.3390/app12083789

Article: GNSS Signal Distortion Estimation: A Comparative Analysis of L5 Signal from GPS II and GPS III

Meng Wang, Xiaochun Lu and Yongnan Rao

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3791; doi:10.3390/app12083791

Article: IORand: A Procedural Videogame Level Generator Based on a Hybrid PCG Algorithm

Marco A. Moreno-Armendáriz, Hiram Calvo, José A. Torres-León and Carlos A. Duchanoy

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3792; doi:10.3390/app12083792

Article: A Lyapunov Stability Analysis of Modified HOSM Controllers Using a PID-Sliding Surface Applied to an ABS Laboratory Setup

Christopher Javier García Torres, Luis Adrián Ferré Covantes, Claudia Carolina Vaca García, Juan Carlos Estrada Gutiérrez, Antonio Navarrete Guzmán and Cuauhtémoc Acosta Lúa

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3796; doi:10.3390/app12083796

Article: Fabrication and Phase Behavior of Thermo- and/or pH-Responsive Polymer-Grafted SiO₂ Nanoparticles

Xiaoyan Liu, Xu Wang, Junhao Huang, Xuan Liu, Yu Zhang and Junxia Peng

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3799; doi:10.3390/app12083799

Article: A Disruption Tolerant Distributed Routing Algorithm in LEO Satellite Networks

Jifeng Jin, Feng Tian, Zijian Yang, Hao Di and Guotong Li

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3802; doi:10.3390/app12083802

Article: Optimal Disease Diagnosis in Internet of Things (IoT) Based Healthcare System Using Energy Efficient Clustering

Majid Alotaibi and Saud S. Alotaibi

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3804; doi:10.3390/app12083804

Article: Development of a Portable Infrared-Type Noncontact Blood Pressure Measuring Device and Evaluation of Blood Pressure Elevation during Driving

Toshiya Arakawa, Noriaki Sakakibara and Shinji Kondo

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3805; doi:10.3390/app12083805

Article: MULDASA: Multifactor Lexical Sentiment Analysis of Social-Media Content in Nonstandard Arabic Social Media

Ghadah Alwakid, Taha Osman, Mahmoud El Haj, Saad Alanazi, Mamoona Humayun and Najm Us Sama

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3806; doi:10.3390/app12083806

Article: Research on Identification Technology of Field Pests with Protective Color Characteristics

Zhengfang Hu, Yang Xiang, Yajun Li, Zhenhuan Long, Anwen Liu, Xiufeng Dai, Xiangming Lei and Zhenhui Tang

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3810; doi:10.3390/app12083810

Article: Exploration and Assessment of Interaction in an Immersive Analytics Module: A Software-Based Comparison

Sofia Karam, Raed Jaradat, Michael A. Hamilton, Vidanelage L. Dayarathna, Parker Jones and Randy K. Buchanan

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3817; doi:10.3390/app12083817

Article: Identification of Smartwatch-Collected Lifelog Variables Affecting Body Mass Index in Middle-Aged People Using Regression Machine Learning Algorithms and SHapley Additive Explanations

Jiyong Kim, Jiyoung Lee and Minseo Park

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3819; doi:10.3390/app12083819

Article: Organ-on-a-Chip: Design and Simulation of Various Microfluidic Channel Geometries for the Influence of Fluid Dynamic Parameters

Francesca Pisapia, Wamadeva Balachandran and Manoochehr Rasekh

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3829; doi:10.3390/app12083829

Article: A Copula-Based Attack Prediction Model for Vehicle-to-Grid Networks

Toffa Zidane Nonvignon, Amar Bensaber Boucif and Mesfioui Mhamed

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3830; doi:10.3390/app12083830

Article: Attention Map-Guided Visual Explanations for Deep Neural Networks

Junkang An and Inwhee Joe

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3846; doi:10.3390/app12083846

Article: Air Annealing Process for Threshold Voltage Tuning of MoTe₂ FET

Soojin Kim, Yeeun Roh, Younguk Choi, Ah Hyun Jun, Hojun Seo and Byeong-Kwon Ju

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3840; doi:10.3390/app12083840

Article: Theoretical Feasibility Analysis of Fast Back-Projection Algorithm for Moon-Based SAR in Time Domain

Guoqiang Chen, Huadong Guo, Da Liang, Chunming Han, Yixing Ding, Huiping Jiang and Ke Zhang

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3850; doi:10.3390/app12083850

Article: Simplify Belief Propagation and Variation Expectation Maximization for Distributed Cooperative Localization

Xueying Wang, Yan Guo, Juliang Cao, Meiping Wu, Zhenqian Sun and Chubing Lv

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3851; doi:10.3390/app12083851

Article: On the Black-Box Challenge for Fraud Detection Using Machine Learning (II): Nonlinear Analysis through Interpretable Autoencoders

Jacobo Chaquet-Ulldemolins, Francisco-Javier Gimeno-Blanes, Santiago Moral-Rubio, Sergio Muñoz-Romero and José-Luis Rojo-Álvarez

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3856; doi:10.3390/app12083856

Article: Computational Study of Inertial Flows in Helical Microchannels

Kristína Kovalčíková Ďuračíková and Ivan Cimrák

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3859; doi:10.3390/app12083859

Article: Continuous Rotor Dynamics of Multi-Disc and Multi-Span Rotors: A Theoretical and Numerical Investigation of the Identification of Rotor Unbalance from Unbalance Responses

Aiming Wang, Yujie Bi, Yu Feng, Jie Yang, Xiaohan Cheng and Guoying Meng

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3865; doi:10.3390/app12083865

Article: A Deterministic Methodology Using Smart Card Data for Prediction of Ridership on Public Transport

Minhyuck Lee, Inwoo Jeon and Chulmin Jun

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3867; doi:10.3390/app12083867

Article: Scoliosis Brace Finite Element Model and Preliminary Experimental Testing Using Electronic Speckle Pattern Interferometry

Slawomir Grycuk and Piotr Mrozek

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3876; doi:10.3390/app12083876

Article: Criteria Selection Using Machine Learning (ML) for Communication Technology Solution of Electrical Distribution Substations

Nayli Adriana Azhar, Nurul Asyikin Mohamed Radzi, Kaiyisah Hanis Mohd Azmi, Faris Syahmi Samidi and Alisadikin Muhammad Zainal

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3878; doi:10.3390/app12083878

Article: Research on Damage Localization of Steel Truss–Concrete Composite Beam Based on Digital Orthoimage

Rui Luo, Zhixiang Zhou, Xi Chu, Xiaoliang Liao and Junhao Meng

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3883; doi:10.3390/app12083883

Article: Research on Named Entity Recognition Methods in Chinese Forest Disease Texts

Qi Wang and Xiyou Su

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3885; doi:10.3390/app12083885

Article: Numerical Study of Partial Dam–Break Flow with Arbitrary Dam Gate Location Using VOF Method

Thi Thu Hien Le and Van Chien Nguyen

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3884; doi:10.3390/app12083884

Article: Deriving Situation-Adaptive Policy for Container Stacking in an Automated Container Terminal

Taekwang Kim and Kwang Ryel Ryu

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3892; doi:10.3390/app12083892

Article: The Performance of Engineered Water Flooding to Enhance High Viscous Oil Recovery

Aizada Ganiyeva, Leila Karabayanova, Peyman Pourafshary and Muhammad Rehan Hashmet

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3893; doi:10.3390/app12083893

Article: Hyperspectral Band Selections for Enhancing the Discrimination of Difficult Targets Using Local Band Index and Particle Swarm Optimization

Hanwen Wang, Changxiang Yan, Jing Yuan and Qipeng Lu

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3899; doi:10.3390/app12083899

Article: Study on the Characteristics of Surrounding Rock and Design of Backfill Material Parameters for Tunnels Passing through Giant Caverns and Underground Rivers

Yu Wang, Jiachen Wang and Feng Peng

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3906; doi:10.3390/app12083906

Article: Express Construction for GANs from Latent Representation to Data Distribution

Minghui Liu, Jiali Deng, Meiyi Yang, Xuan Cheng, Tianshu Xie, Pan Deng, Xiaomin Wang and Ming Liu

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3910; doi:10.3390/app12083910

Article: Using Singular Value Decomposition and Chaotic Maps for Selective Encryption of Video Feeds in Smart Traffic Management

Oussama Benrhouma, Ahmad B. Alkhodre, Ali AlZahrani, Abdallah Namoun and Wasim A. Bhat

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3917; doi:10.3390/app12083917

Article: Study on Vibration Reduction Performance of Gear Pairs Made by a High-Strength Fe-Mn Damping Alloy

Ping Xiao, Wei Yang, Kongming Jiang, Jiafeng Yang and Wankai Shi

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3925; doi:10.3390/app12083925

Article: A Taxonomy for Threat Actors’ Delivery Techniques

Antonio Villalón-Huerta, Ismael Ripoll-Ripoll and Hector Marco-Gisbert

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3929; doi:10.3390/app12083929

Article: Derivation and Validation of Bandgap Equation Using Serpentine Resonator

Junmin Yu, Jaesoon Jung and Semyung Wang

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3934; doi:10.3390/app12083934

Article: An Empirical Assessment of Performance of Data Balancing Techniques in Classification Task

Anil Jadhav, Samih M. Mostafa, Hela Elmannai and Faten Khalid Karim

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3928; doi:10.3390/app12083928

Article: A New CO₂-EOR Methods Screening Model Based on Interdependency Parameters

Diyah Rosiani, Asep Kurnia Permadi, Hasian Parlindungan Septoratno Siregar, Agus Yodi Gunawan and Tutuka Ariadji

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3937; doi:10.3390/app12083937

Article: Improved FULMS Algorithm for Multi-Modal Active Control of Compressor Vibration and Noise Reduction

Xiaowen Wu, Chaopeng Li, Yizhe Huang, Mingquan Yang and Qibai Huang

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3941; doi:10.3390/app12083941

Article: A CMOS-Compatible Carrier-Injection Plasmonic Micro-Ring Modulator (CIPMRM) with Stable Performance as Temperature Varying around 60 K

Jiaqi Sun, Zhihua Li and Wenwu Wang

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3947; doi:10.3390/app12083947

Article: Effect of Gear Design Parameters on Stress Histories Induced by Different Tooth Bending Fatigue Tests: A Numerical-Statistical Investigation

Franco Concli, Lorenzo Maccioni, Lorenzo Fraccaroli and Cristian Cappellini

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3950; doi:10.3390/app12083950

Article: Detecting Deepfake Voice Using Explainable Deep Learning Techniques

Suk-Young Lim, Dong-Kyu Chae and Sang-Chul Lee

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3926; doi:10.3390/app12083926

Article: Quality Prediction in Directed Energy Deposition Using Artificial Neural Networks Based on Process Signals

Angelina Marko, Stefan Bähring, Julius Raute, Max Biegler and Michael Rethmeier

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3955; doi:10.3390/app12083955

Article: Flux-Barrier Design and Torque Performance Analysis of Synchronous Reluctance Motor with Low Torque Ripple

Jing Liang, Yan Dong, Hexu Sun, Rongzhe Liu and Guantong Zhu

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3958; doi:10.3390/app12083958

Article: Efficient Enhancement of Second Harmonic Generation via Noninvasive Modulation

Liqing Wu, Weiru Fan, Ziyang Chen and Jixiong Pu

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3962; doi:10.3390/app12083962

Article: Benchmarking of Technological Platforms for Accessible Tourism: A Study Resulting in an Innovative Solution—Access@tour

Joana Alves, Pedro Teixeira, Celeste Eusébio and Leonor Teixeira

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3963; doi:10.3390/app12083963

Article: Non-Measuring Camera Monitoring of Comprehensive Displacement of Simulated Slope Mass Based on Edge Extraction of Subpixel Ring Mark

Yu Han, Xugang Lian, Fan Wang and Haodi Fan

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3966; doi:10.3390/app12083966

Article: The Characterization Analysis of the Oil-Immersed Transformers Obtained by Area Elimination Method Design

Nuttee Thungsuk, Narong Mungkung, Thaweesak Tanaram, Arckarakit Chaithanakulwat, Somchai Arunrungsusmi, Wittawat Poonthong, Apidat Songruk, Khanchai Tunlasakun, Chalathip Chunkul, Tanes Tanitteerapan, Toshifumi Yuji and Hiroyuki Kinoshita

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3970; doi:10.3390/app12083970

Article: Optical Response of Expired EBT3 Film for Absorbed Dose Measurement in X-ray and Electron Beam Range

Maisarah Musa, Hamad Yahia Abu Mhanna, Ahmad Fairuz Omar, Yasmin Md Radzi, Hanan Fawaz Akhdar, Nor Hafizah Ishak and Haytham Al Ewaidat

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3974; doi:10.3390/app12083974

Article: Evaluation of the Acceleration Vibration Signal for Aggregates of the Horizontal Drilling Stand

Patrik Flegner, Ján Kačur, Milan Durdán and Marek Laciak

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3984; doi:10.3390/app12083984

Article: A Rational Quadratic Trigonometric Spline (RQTS) as a Superior Surrogate to Rational Cubic Spline (RCS) with the Purpose of Designing

Shamaila Samreen, Muhammad Sarfraz, Nabila Jabeen, Saad Althobaiti and Abdullah Mohamed

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3992; doi:10.3390/app12083992

Article: Efficient Inorganic/Organic Acid Leaching for the Remediation of Protogenetic Lead-Contaminated Soil

Longheng Xiao, Xiang Cheng, Tianhua Zhang, Min Guo and Mei Zhang

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3995; doi:10.3390/app12083995

Article: SOH Estimation of Li-Ion Battery Using Discrete Wavelet Transform and Long Short-Term Memory Neural Network

Min-Sick Park, Jong-kyu Lee and Byeong-Woo Kim

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3996; doi:10.3390/app12083996

Article: L₂-Norm Based a Posteriori Error Estimates of Compressible and Nearly-Incompressible Elastic Finite Element Solutions

Mohd. Ahmed, Devinder Singh, Saeed AlQadhi and Nabil Ben Kahla

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3999; doi:10.3390/app12083999

Article: Intermediate Model Design in the Progressive Stamping Process of a Truss Core Lightweight Panel

Zhilei Tian, Chenghai Kong, Wei Zhao, Jingchao Guan and Xilu Zhao

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4002; doi:10.3390/app12084002

Article: Fast Path Planning of Autonomous Vehicles in 3D Environments

Jonghoek Kim

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4014; doi:10.3390/app12084014

Article: An Online Task-Planning Framework Using Mixed Integer Programming for Multiple Cooking Tasks Using a Dual-Arm Robot

June-sup Yi, Tuan Anh Luong, Hosik Chae, Min Sung Ahn, Donghun Noh, Huy Nguyen Tran, Myeongyun Doh, Eugene Auh, Nabih Pico, Francisco Yumbla, Dennis Hong and Hyungpil Moon

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4018; doi:10.3390/app12084018

Article: Pose Measurement and Motion Estimation of Space On-Orbit CubeSats Based on Micro-Doppler Effect Using Laser Coherent Radar

Yong Zhang, Yi Han, Ruonan Yu, Zhen Yang, Zhengjia Wang and Jianlong Zhang

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4021; doi:10.3390/app12084021

Article: Experimental Study on Frost Crystal Morphologies and Frosting Characteristics under Different Working Pressures

Tianwei Lai, Xue Liu, Xiaojun Dong, Mingchen Qiang, Shaohang Yan and Yu Hou

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4025; doi:10.3390/app12084025

Article: Structural Vibration Control Using Novel Adaptive Tuned Mass Inertance Damper (ATMID) with Adjustable Inertance

Mohammad Ali Sadeghian, Jian Yang, Feiliang Wang and Xinger Wang

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4028; doi:10.3390/app12084028

Article: Development of a Radio-Frequency Quadrupole Accelerator for the HL-2A/2M Tokamak Diagnostic System

Shuo Liu, Yaxia Wei, Yuanrong Lu, Zhi Wang, Meiyun Han, Tianhao Wei, Yin Xia, Haipeng Li, Shuli Gao and Pengfei Zheng

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4031; doi:10.3390/app12084031

Article: Use of Raman Spectroscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy and Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy in a Multi-Technique Approach for Physical Characterization of Purple Urine Bag Syndrome

Giuseppe Acri, Carlo Sansotta, Francesca Maria Salmeri, Marco Romeo, Elisa V. Ruello, Lucia Denaro and Barbara Testagrossa

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4034; doi:10.3390/app12084034

Article: Identification of Friction Behavior Variation in the Minor Flank of Square Shoulder Milling Cutters under Vibration

Bin Jiang, Weiheng Li, Peiyi Zhao, Lili Fan and Meng Sun

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4038; doi:10.3390/app12084038

Article: Characterization of the Different Oils Obtained through the Catalytic In Situ Pyrolysis of Polyethylene Film from Municipal Solid Waste

Lucía Quesada, Mónica Calero, María Ángeles Martín-Lara, Antonio Pérez, Marco F. Paucar-Sánchez and Gabriel Blázquez

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4043; doi:10.3390/app12084043

Article: Compressed Sensing Super-Resolution Method for Improving the Accuracy of Infrared Diagnosis of Power Equipment

Yan Wang, Jialin Zhang and Lingjie Wang

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4046; doi:10.3390/app12084046

Article: Experimental Investigation of a Moving Packed-Bed Heat Exchanger Suitable for Concentrating Solar Power Applications

Nader S. Saleh, Shaker Alaqel, Eldwin Djajadiwinata, Rageh S. Saeed, Zeyad Al-Suhaibani, Obida Zeitoun, Hany Al-Ansary, Abdulelah Alswaiyd, Abdelrahman El-Leathy, Syed Danish, Sheldon Jeter, Ashley Byman, Neville Jordison and David Moon

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4055; doi:10.3390/app12084055

Article: A Wavelet Multiscale Mathematical Model for Quality of Life Index Measuring

Majed S. Balalaa and Anouar Ben Mabrouk

Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 4058; doi:10.3390/app12084058

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