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Soft Colloidal Particles at Fluid Interfaces
(MDPI, 2022-03-11)
The assembly of soft colloidal particles at fluid interfaces is reviewed in the present paper, with emphasis on the particular case of microgels formed by cross-linked polymer networks. The dual polymer/colloid character ...
Participatory Guarantee Systems: When People Want to Take Part
(MDPI, 2022-03-11)
Participatory guarantee systems (PGSs) have emerged as a response to exclusion and intermediation processes involving third-party certification, which is currently the only guarantee system recognised by the European Union ...
Special Issue on “Function of Polymers in Encapsulation Process”
(MDPI, 2022-03-15)
Encapsulation technology comprises enclosing active agents (core materials) within a homogeneous/heterogeneous matrix (wall material) at the micro/nano scale. In the last few years encapsulation has gained a lot of interest. ...
Deep learning based face beauty prediction via dynamic robust losses and ensemble regression
(Elsevier, 2022-04-22)
In the last decade, several studies have shown that facial attractiveness can be learned by machines. In this paper, we address Facial Beauty Prediction from static images. The paper contains three main contributions. ...
Experimental study on the thermal control of a roof-top collective building antenna using a porous matrix filled with Water-Copper nanofluid
(Elsevier, 2022-04)
This experimental work addressed the thermal control a roof-top collective building antenna meant to control home equipment in smart buildings. The antenna was placed inside a concentric quasi-cylindrical cavity maintained ...
Revisiting the Feasibility of Public Key Cryptography in Light of IIoT Communications
(MDPI, 2022-03-27)
Digital certificates are regarded as the most secure and scalable way of implementing authentication services in the Internet today. They are used by most popular security protocols, including Transport Layer Security (TLS) ...
Contributions of Women in Recent Research on Biopolymer Science
(MDPI, 2022-03-30)
Nowadays, biopolymers are playing a fundamental role in our society because of the environmental issues and concerns associated with synthetic polymers. The aim of this Special Issue entitled ‘Women in Polymer Science and ...
Technology-Agnostic Assessment of Wave Energy System Capabilities
(MDPI, 2022-04-03)
Developing new wave energy technologies is risky, costly and time-consuming. The large diversity of concepts, components and evaluation criteria creates a vast design space of potentially feasible solutions. This paper ...
On the Stabilization of a Network of a Class of SISO Coupled Hybrid Linear Subsystems via Static Linear Output Feedback
(MDPI, 2022-03-25)
This paper deals with the closed-loop stabilization of a network which consists of a set of coupled hybrid single-input single-output (SISO) subsystems. Each hybrid subsystem involves a continuous-time subsystem together ...
Chronology protection implementation in analogue gravity
(Springer, 2022)
[EN] Analogue gravity systems offer many insights into gravitational phenomena, both at the classical and at the semiclassical level. The existence of an underlying Minkowskian structure (or Galilean in the non-relativistic ...