Materials, Vol. 16, Pages 4029: Sol-Gel Synthesis and Photoluminescence Properties of a Far-Red Emitting Phosphor BaLaMgTaO6:Mn4+ for Plant Growth LEDs Materials doi: 10.3390/ma16114029 Authors: Niansi Fan Quan Du Rui Guo Lan Luo Li Wang Far-red (FR) emitting LEDs are known as a promising supplement light source for photo-morphogenesis of plants, in which FR emitting phosphors…

Sensors, Vol. 23, Pages 5148: Smart Flood Detection with AI and Blockchain Integration in Saudi Arabia Using Drones Sensors doi: 10.3390/s23115148 Authors: Albandari Alsumayt Nahla El-Haggar Lobna Amouri Zeyad M. Alfawaer Sumayh S. Aljameel Global warming and climate change are responsible for many disasters. Floods pose a serious risk and require immediate management and strategies…

Designs, Vol. 7, Pages 72: Shaking Table Design for Testing Earthquake Early Warning Systems Designs doi: 10.3390/designs7030072 Authors: Elena Serea Codrin Donciu The unpredictability in time of seismic activities and the dependence of tectonic movements on a multitude of factors challenges specialists to identify the most accurate related methods to avoid catastrophes associated with hazards….

Plants, Vol. 12, Pages 2137: Role of NPR1 in Systemic Acquired Stomatal Immunity Plants doi: 10.3390/plants12112137 Authors: Qijie Guan Lisa David Riley Moran Ivan Grela Angelica Ortega Peter Scott Lindsey Warnock Sixue Chen Stomatal immunity is the primary gate of the plant pathogen defense system. Non-expressor of Pathogenesis Related 1 (NPR1) is the salicylic acid…

Buildings, Vol. 13, Pages 1398: Prediction of Nonlinear Flexural Behavior of Continuous RC Beams Pre-Damaged by Corrosion Buildings doi: 10.3390/buildings13061398 Authors: Youssef Elmezayen Nouman Khattak Tamer El-Maaddawy Numerical simulation models capable of predicting the nonlinear flexural behavior of continuous reinforced concrete (RC) beams with corroded reinforcement were developed. Laboratory tests were conducted to validate predictions…

Sensors, Vol. 23, Pages 5158: Human Exteroception during Object Handling with an Upper Limb Exoskeleton Sensors doi: 10.3390/s23115158 Authors: Dorine Arcangeli Océane Dubois Agnès Roby-Brami Sylvain Famié Giovanni de Marco Gabriel Arnold Nathanaël Jarrassé Ross Parry Upper limb exoskeletons may confer significant mechanical advantages across a range of tasks. The potential consequences of the exoskeleton…

Microorganisms, Vol. 11, Pages 1426: Saliva Decreases Sucrose-Induced Cariogenicity in an Experimental Biological Caries Model Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms11061426 Authors: Rodrigo A. Giacaman Rodrigo Umaña María José Nuñez Natalia Díaz-Garrido Constanza Echeverría Natalia García-Manríquez Alex Mira Constanza E. Fernández Karla Gambetta-Tessini Carla P. Lozano Objective. Whether a minimum quantity of saliva inhibit the caries process remains…

Nutrients, Vol. 15, Pages 2511: Effective Interventions in Obesity: Current Evidence and Concepts Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu15112511 Authors: Karolina Szewczyk-Golec Iga Hołyńska-Iwan This Special Issue, entitled “Specialized Diet, Obesity and Associated Metabolic Disorders” in the section “Clinical Nutrition” of Nutrients, addresses the metabolic changes that occur in humans as a result of the so-called western lifestyle…

Nutrients, Vol. 15, Pages 2513: Dietary Interventions in Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu15112513 Authors: Karolina Szewczyk-Golec Iga Hołyńska-Iwan Here, we present a Special Issue of Nutrients entitled “Specialized Diet, Obesity and Associated Metabolic Diseases” containing up-to-date scientific data important to both researchers and the public […] MDPI Publishing. Click here to Read More

Entropy, Vol. 25, Pages 864: Community-CL: An Enhanced Community Detection Algorithm Based on Contrastive Learning Entropy doi: 10.3390/e25060864 Authors: Zhaoci Huang Wenzhe Xu Xinjian Zhuo Graph contrastive learning (GCL) has gained considerable attention as a self-supervised learning technique that has been successfully employed in various applications, such as node classification, node clustering, and link prediction….