Geometrical digital twins of the as-built microstructure of three-leaf stone masonry walls with laser scanning.

Research on irregular stone masonry walls is hampered by the lack of detailed geometrical models of their internal micro-structure, i.e. the shape and size of each stone and its position within the wall.

Safe and Robust Map Updating for Long-Term Operations in Dynamic Environments.

Ensuring safe and continuous autonomous navigation in long-term mobile robot applications is still challenging. To ensure a reliable representation of the current environment without the need for periodic remapping, updating the map is recommended. However, in the case of incorrect robot pose estimation, updating the map can lead to errors that prevent the robot's localisation and jeopardise map accuracy.

Effect of Cu Addition on the Corrosion and Antifouling Properties of PEO Coated Zinc-Aluminized Steel.

In the present work, Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation (PEO) coatings were produced on zinc-aluminized carbon steels (Galvalume commercial treatment). In addition, copper particles of various sizes were introduced into the coating in order to produce samples with antifouling properties. The particles were successfully embedded into the coating.

Quantitative Analysis of Plant Cytosolic Calcium Signals in Response to Water Activated by Low-Power Non-Thermal Plasma.

Non-thermal plasma technology is increasingly being applied in the plant biology field. Despite the variety of beneficial effects of plasma-activated water (PAW) on plants, information about the mechanisms of PAW sensing by plants is still limited. In this study, in order to link PAW perception to the positive downstream responses of plants, transgenic seedlings expressing the Ca-sensitive photoprotein aequorin in the cytosol were challenged with water activated by low-power non-thermal plasma generated by a dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) source.

Twenty-Five-Year Experience with Minimally Invasive Splenectomy in Children: From Minilaparotomy to Use of Sealing Devices and Indocyanine Green Fluorescence Technology: Tips and Tricks and Technical Considerations.

This study aimed to review our 25-year experience with pediatric laparoscopic splenectomy (LS) and describe tips, tricks, and technical considerations. The records of 121 children, undergoing minimally invasive splenectomy in the last 25 years (1996-2021), were retrospectively reviewed. Median patient age was 10.