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Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.This study introduces a hydraulically steerable catheter with a soft tip in vascular procedures. The steering soft tip achieves a minimal diameter of 2.6 mm and supports a 180° bend. Real‐time shape and position tracking, facilitated by segmentation and endpoint detection techniques, improves navigation.
Jingyi Kang +9 more
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Ain Shams Engineering JournalIn 2019, a pandemic changed aspects of people's daily lives. The importance of this article is the welfare of residents in emergency situations such as epidemics.
Negin Momen-Kashani, Mohammad Ghomeishi
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Design of a Reconfigurable Microfluidic System Enabled by Magnetic Miniature Robots
Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.Magnetic miniature robots are integrated into microfluidic chips to achieve real‐time reconfiguration. By external magnetic actuation, the robots perform sorting, mixing, flow regulation, and bubble removal on demand. This versatile platform eliminates the need for complex on‐chip hardware and enables adaptive control for biological and chemical ...
Yuanhe Chen +3 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article evaluates the average business performance of construction firms across Spain's 17 autonomous communities within a decentralised governance framework. A regional composite sustainability index is developed, integrating economic, social and environmental intensity indicators.
Francisco José Castillo‐Díaz +3 more
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ACCELERATING LOW-COST HOUSING CONSTRUCTION IN INDONESIA: LESSON LEARNED FROM KAMPONG NAGA
Dimensi: Journal of Architecture and Built Environment, 2017 Construction methods used in housing development in Indonesia cannot follow the raise in housing needs. Thus, Indonesia is facing a housing backlog up to millions of houses.
Dewi Larasati Z.R. +2 more
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Civil Engineering Design, Volume 7, Issue 1, Page 9-22, March 2025.Abstract Blockchain technology is a digital decentralized data ledger recording transactions in an encrypted format. Its implementation can potentially hold significant advantages for the built environment, particularly in manufacturing and building product usage aligned with Building Information Modeling (BIM). This paradigm shift toward decentralized
Aileen Pfeil +2 more
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Maekawa Kunio: Prefabrication and Wooden Modernism 1945-1951
Dearq, 2018 This paper examines the Japanese architect Maekawa Kunio’s works and practices during the years immediately after the end of WWII. As an acclaimed advocate of modernism and in the face of the devastation in the wake of the war, Maekawa embarked on a ...
Takaaki Kumagai
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Carbon Dots: An Emerging Frontier for Green and Sustainable Civil Engineering Materials
ENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, EarlyView.Traditional civil engineering materials (CE materials) are usually involved with high‐energy consumption during manufacturing, significant maintenance costs, and substantial environmental impacts throughout their life cycles. The progress of nanotechnology is catalyzing a green and sustainable transformation within the field.
Weiwen Hao +5 more
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Earthquake Engineering &Structural Dynamics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Housing shortages in the United States and the pursuit of sustainable and resilient communities have positioned cross‐laminated timber (CLT) housing as a promising alternative due to the ability to design for modularity, ease of construction, and low embodied carbon performance.
Javier A. Chininin +2 more
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Journal of Periodontology, EarlyView.Abstract Background Titanium nanoparticle (TP) migration into peri‐implant bone may influence osseointegration. It remains unclear how loading protocols may affect TP distribution. This study aimed to detect TP in the bone around implants undergoing different loading protocols in Macaca fascicularis.
Fausto Zamparini +8 more
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