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brittle fracture; property degradation; mechanical properties; failure analysis; 55NiCrMoV7; corrosion; cable wires; hydrogen-induced cracking; hierarchical Bayesian inference; correlation model;...

Metallic materials are most frequently used in structural applications under various loading conditions. This Special Issue is dedicated to Prof. Hans-Jürgen Christ, University Siegen, Germany, who,...

This Special Issue is dedicated to the captivating and intricate field of polymer science and technology, particularly the myriad factors that shape the properties of polymer-based materials. In this...

Aluminium alloys are the most common non-ferrous materials utilised for a wide range of engineering applications, namely, automotive, aerospace, mould and structural industries, among others. The...

Adhesive bonding is considered to be one of the key technologies for the development of many applications, including automotive, aerospace, medical, mechanical, civil, and light-weight transport...

"Mechanical Research of Reinforced Concrete Materials" describes the mechanical properties of reinforced concrete materials. The topics include theoretical, experimental and numerical studies, to...

Material degradation is a long-standing issue that poses a number of challenges from both a scientific and engineering perspective. In particular, metallic materials and their surfaces can be...

The mechanical behavior of biomedical materials and biological tissues are important for their proper function. This holds true, not only for biomaterials and tissues whose main function is...

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the fragility and importance of the fresh food supply chain system. The pandemic has affected the production and transportation of high-value, labor-intensive,...

MEDER 2018, the IFToMM International Symposium on Mechanism Design for Robotics, was the fourth event in a series that was started in 2010 as a specific conference activity on mechanisms for robots. ...

This book describes current knowledge about the mechanisms by which cells segregate their already duplicated chromosomes in preparation for cell division. Experts in the field treat several important...

Geosciences Special Issue: Medical Geology: Impacts of the Natural Environment on Public Health All living organisms are composed of major, minor, and trace elements, given by nature and supplied by...

Recent years, particularly the COVID-19 pandemic, can be considered a turning point for pharmacovigilance and pharmacoepidemiology in terms of their role in drug safety and drug utilization...

This Special Issue offers a collection of original contributions and scientific reviews on the following topics: cellular and molecular aspects of phytochemicals and other natural compounds and their...

Most types of Christian iconography were formed in the Middle Ages. Therefore, the study of Genesis as well as the continuity and variation of both the Old and the New Testament and, in some cases,...

Membrane distillation (MD) is a relatively new thermal membrane process which is attracting significant interest as a potential low cost and energy saving alternative to conventional separation...

This reprint focuses on cutting-edge advancements and forthcoming prospects in membrane proteins. It encompasses the function, structure, and dynamics of membrane proteins from various perspectives,...

MEMS inertial devices, including MEMS gyroscopes and MEMS accelerometers, are widely used sensors in the MEMS technology and instrumentation research field. They have the advantages of small size,...

MEMS mirrors can steer, modulate and switch light, as well as control the wavefront for focusing or phase modulation. MEMS mirrors have found enormous commercial success in projectors, displays and...

This collection of articles provides insight into the mental health and nursing care of individuals who are confronting a life-threatening illness. As individuals face a cancer diagnosis, there will...

Given that international and national agendas determine as priorities prevention and early intervention to mitigate the impact of mental health problems, it is critical to screen and identify groups...

In this Special Issue of Brain Sciences, we will be discussing "Mental Illness in Children" from a range of perspectives, exploring the prevalence and recognition of mental disorders in children, the...

Aquaculture supplies large quantities of high-value proteins to human beings and remains the most efficient protein-producing industry. Fish feed is the largest cost during aquaculture practice, and...

Accumulating evidence suggests that not all obese subjects are at increased cardiometabolic risk and that the "metabolically healthy obese" phenotype may exist in the absence of metabolic...

Microbial communities play crucial roles in sustaining agricultural ecosystems, influencing both crop health and productivity. Microorganisms, particularly bacteria and fungi in the soil, are pivotal...

Through evolution of life, animals have adapted to the ubiquitous presence of metals in the biosphere. They utilize the more frequent ones as essential constituents of their biochemical machinery. In...

Metal Nanoparticles for Cancer Therapy provides an update on the current state-of-the-art trends in multifunctional metal nanoparticles for cancer therapy. The contributions received in this...

This reprint is focused on analyzing modern trends and recent advances in the synthesis of new metal-based composite materials. Such composites are increasingly used in civil, automotive, and...

Due to their amorphous character and the concomitant lack of dislocations, metallic glasses exhibit physical and chemical properties that are quite different from those of other solid materials. For...

Neutron and Synchrotron radiation methods have matured to become powerful techniques for the study of a vast range of materials, including metals. The characterization methods comprise the categories...