Open research EuropePub Date : 2025-03-31eCollection Date: 2024-01-01DOI: 10.12688/openreseurope.18695.2
K Isayev, O Rasulov, N Sadigova
{"title":"Advanced photodetector for hybrid PET-MRI systems.","authors":"K Isayev, O Rasulov, N Sadigova","doi":"10.12688/openreseurope.18695.2","DOIUrl":"10.12688/openreseurope.18695.2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Currently, a wide variety of silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) are available, each designed for specific applications in fields such as science, medicine, and industry. Advances in production technology have led to the development of more sensitive and efficient photodiodes, which are critical for applications requiring precision, such as medical imaging.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A research group has been working on designing a highly sensitive photodiode to enhance the capabilities of next-generation of hybrid positron emission tomography (PET) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners. This involves integrating micropixel avalanche photodiodes (MAPDs) to improve image resolution. The chosen design features deep-immersion MAPDs with a pixel size of 12 microns and a density of 1000 pixels per mm <sup>2</sup>, allowing for high-detail photon detection. The 4x4 mm <sup>2</sup> active area is optimized to balance sensitivity and size for high-resolution medical imaging. To produce these photodiodes, the group has outlined a production plan involving 300 mm silicon wafers grown using multiple techniques to enhance material properties. The Malaysian Institute of Microelectronic Systems (MIMOS), renowned for its expertise in optical microelectronics, was selected as the production center. With MIMOS' state-of-the-art facilities, the project aims to meet stringent medical diagnostics standards.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The experimental results demonstrated that the MAPD-3NM (MAPD design with 12 microns pixel size) photodiode achieved an amplification factor 1.8 times greater than the MAPD-3NK (MAPD design with 10 microns pixel size) under optimal conditions. The both samples size was 4x4 square mm. Its overvoltage range increased by 100%, reaching 4 V, enhancing photon detection and amplification. The MAPD-3NM also showed a significant reduction in dark current, about 3.5 times lower than the MAPD-3NK, improving performance in low-light environments. Additionally, the MAPD-3NM had a capacitance of 200 pF compared to 176 pF for the MAPD-3NK, contributing to its superior performance. These improvements make the MAPD-3NM more efficient and sensitive for scientific and medical applications.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This project represents a major advancement in photodetector technology for medical diagnostics, aiming to develop more accurate and efficient PET-MRI scanners that enhance patient outcomes with improved imaging capabilities.</p>","PeriodicalId":74359,"journal":{"name":"Open research Europe","volume":"4 ","pages":"247"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11973626/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143805059","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Open research EuropePub Date : 2025-03-31eCollection Date: 2024-01-01DOI: 10.12688/openreseurope.16888.3
Vanessa Ventosinos Louzao, Denise García Murias, Miguel Ángel De Dios Álvarez, Pablo Alberto Acuña Domínguez, Esteban Paredes Barros, Raquel Ledo Bañobre
{"title":"Impact of recyclability on the tensile and Impact properties of coated plastic materials for the automotive and electronic sectors.","authors":"Vanessa Ventosinos Louzao, Denise García Murias, Miguel Ángel De Dios Álvarez, Pablo Alberto Acuña Domínguez, Esteban Paredes Barros, Raquel Ledo Bañobre","doi":"10.12688/openreseurope.16888.3","DOIUrl":"10.12688/openreseurope.16888.3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This research focuses on the study of the tensile modulus and impact resistance) of acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) and its blends with polycarbonate (ABS/PC) including recycled and painted material. A comprehensive assessment was done to determine the impact of reprocessing cycles, remaining coating and their combined effect in the final properties of the recycled polymer. Post-consumer materials are in an already-aged state, lowering their initial properties. Mechanical recycling methods showed that the reprocessing cycles have a higher impact on the mechanical performance than the amount of recycling material content. Also, the material is often coated when they are about to be recycled. The remaining coating impurities play a major role in the recycling process, losing up to 42% of the impact resistance for ABS and 28% for ABS/PC. It was demonstrated that below a 10% of remaining paint, both materials retained is performance as a neat product. Impurities was declared to be the most pernicious element on the recycling process and their elimination must be a priority regarding this objective. These results provide a better knowledge of the recycling effect and can be used to decide the potential recyclability of plastic. The ascribed project of this study (DECOAT) aims to develop efficient systems to remove coatings at the end-of-life of the part, to reduce the damage and promote the use of recycled material in high-tech applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":74359,"journal":{"name":"Open research Europe","volume":"4 ","pages":"51"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11976218/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143813027","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Open research EuropePub Date : 2025-03-26eCollection Date: 2024-01-01DOI: 10.12688/openreseurope.18564.2
Cristina Branquinho, Bernardo Rocha, Sami Ullah, Maria Alexandra Oliveira, Elena Vanguelova, Helena C Serrano, Alice Nunes, Adriana Principe, Pedro Pinho, Silvana Munzi, Juliana Monteiro, Rocío Alonso, Mana Gharun, Rossella Guerrieri
{"title":"Monitoring spatiotemporal changes in global change drivers and their effects on semiarid woodlands and forests - fieldwork protocol.","authors":"Cristina Branquinho, Bernardo Rocha, Sami Ullah, Maria Alexandra Oliveira, Elena Vanguelova, Helena C Serrano, Alice Nunes, Adriana Principe, Pedro Pinho, Silvana Munzi, Juliana Monteiro, Rocío Alonso, Mana Gharun, Rossella Guerrieri","doi":"10.12688/openreseurope.18564.2","DOIUrl":"10.12688/openreseurope.18564.2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Training schools play a vital role in COST actions, particularly for young researchers, as they provide opportunities to visit international laboratories and learn new methodologies. In May 2024, CLEANFOREST organized its first training school, <i>Monitoring Spatiotemporal Changes in Global Change Drivers and Their Effects on Semiarid Woodlands and Forests</i>, held at the Faculty of Science of the Universidade de Lisboa. The training school included a field trip designed to explore global change drivers and their impacts on semiarid woodlands and forests. Participants engaged in hands-on activities to understand how forest ecosystems interact with key global change factors such as air quality and climate change. They were introduced to various monitoring techniques and parameters for assessing forest health, including ecosystem fluxes, tree physiology, mortality, and regeneration. Additionally, participants examined plant biodiversity and functional ecology, focusing on lichens and their connection to air quality, and soil physico-chemical properties. Participants applied these methodologies in real-world scenarios, conducting measurements (forest structure assessment, lichen diversity sampling, shrub and herbaceous diversity estimation, deadwood measurement and soil physico-chemical analysis) in different grazing management settings to assess their effects on tree growth, biodiversity, and soil properties. After the practical experience in the field using these experiences, participants were divided into groups to analyze and discuss collected data together with trainers. Key findings were summarized in presentations, together with main take home messages and suggestions on further questions to be explored and related attributes to monitor. This paper presents the field trip protocol used at Companhia das Lezírias, where simplified versions of established methodologies for sampling various ecosystem components were employed. The protocol provides a valuable reference for replicating similar studies, ensuring consistency in methodologies for future training activities.</p>","PeriodicalId":74359,"journal":{"name":"Open research Europe","volume":"4 ","pages":"270"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11976219/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143813034","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Open research EuropePub Date : 2025-03-24eCollection Date: 2024-01-01DOI: 10.12688/openreseurope.17107.2
Dolores Resano
{"title":"Transnational readings in the Trumpocene: Kim Stanley Robinson's <i>New York 2140</i> and Chris Beckett's <i>America City</i>.","authors":"Dolores Resano","doi":"10.12688/openreseurope.17107.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.17107.2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article discusses two climate fiction novels-one British, one American-that were written in the runup to two major political events on either side of the Atlantic in 2016-the Brexit referendum and the first election of Donald Trump to the US presidency-and considers how their focus on a future climate emergency serves as an apt reflection on the mutual reinforcements of neoliberalism, precarization, and far-right populism. By looking at these two novels together through the lens of the Capitalocene (Moore), the Trumpocene (Colebrook) and the \"critical utopia\" (Moylan), I consider how the future climate catastrophes that these novels imagine can also serve to highlight the deep political implications of an advancing sense of precariousness as a result of climate exposure. As Newell suggests, climate catastrophes are equally likely \"to be used as opportunities to advance and entrench socially regressive forms of politics and unsustainable trajectories […] as inspire forms of 'disaster collectivism,' where acts of community and solidarity flourish\" ( Newell, 2020: 157). As novels that are deeply concerned with the politics of the present, I consider how Robinson's and Beckett's novels are inspired by different utopian inflections that, nonetheless, lead to similar diagnoses: that the worst effects of climate change are inevitable because humanity seems bent on its current trajectory. In doing so they showcase the potential of near-future science fiction to make legible the immediate political, social and environmental implications of ongoing climate change.</p>","PeriodicalId":74359,"journal":{"name":"Open research Europe","volume":"4 ","pages":"214"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11969134/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143797388","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Open research EuropePub Date : 2025-03-24eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.12688/openreseurope.19347.1
Javier Martínez Llamas, Koen Vranckaert, Davy Preuveneers, Wouter Joosen
{"title":"Balancing Security and Privacy: Web Bot Detection, Privacy Challenges, and Regulatory Compliance under the GDPR and AI Act.","authors":"Javier Martínez Llamas, Koen Vranckaert, Davy Preuveneers, Wouter Joosen","doi":"10.12688/openreseurope.19347.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.19347.1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of web bot activity, exploring both offensive and defensive perspectives within the context of modern web infrastructure. As bots play a dual role-enabling malicious activities like credential stuffing and scraping while also facilitating benign automation-distinguishing between humans, good bots, and bad bots has become increasingly critical. We examine the technical challenges of detecting web bots amidst large volumes of benign traffic, highlighting the privacy risks involved in monitoring users at scale. Additionally, the study dives into the use of Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs) to strike a balance between bot detection and user privacy. These technologies provide innovative approaches to minimising data exposure while maintaining the effectiveness of bot-detection mechanisms. Furthermore, we explore the legal and ethical considerations associated with bot detection, mapping the technical solutions to the regulatory frameworks set forth by the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act). By analysing these regulatory constraints, we provide insights into how organisations can ensure compliance while maintaining robust bot defence strategies, fostering a responsible approach to cybersecurity in a privacy-conscious world.</p>","PeriodicalId":74359,"journal":{"name":"Open research Europe","volume":"5 ","pages":"76"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11962364/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143775041","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Open research EuropePub Date : 2025-03-21eCollection Date: 2024-01-01DOI: 10.12688/openreseurope.17358.2
Viktoriia Gorbunova, Vitalii Klymchuk, Philip Santangelo
{"title":"Universal mental health training for frontline professionals (UMHT)'s feasibility analysis.","authors":"Viktoriia Gorbunova, Vitalii Klymchuk, Philip Santangelo","doi":"10.12688/openreseurope.17358.2","DOIUrl":"10.12688/openreseurope.17358.2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Universal Mental Health Training for Frontline Professionals (UMHT) is an educational programme developed and piloted in Ukraine in 2021-2023. The UMHT trains frontline professionals (FLPs) to interact with, support, and refer individuals with mental health conditions for professional help.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>To assess the UMHT feasibility in four focus areas (programme's demand, acceptability, adaptability, and extendability), we used statistics on the actual use of the programme, as well as data from satisfaction and usability surveying of 144 programme deliverers and 714 trained frontline professionals. A combination of Kruskal-Wallis and Post Hoc Dunn tests was used to identify statistically significant intergroup differences in the UMHT usability.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Programme's demand increased through years of implementation (2021, 2022, 2023) in terms of the numbers of training events (27, 35, 90), trained frontline professionals (596, 779, 1548), involved donors and supporters (1, 4, 9) and implementers (2, 10, 18). The UMHT acceptability as satisfaction with the programme content and delivery, measured out of 5, is 4.81 (SD=0.291) for the UMHT trainers and 4.78(SD=0.434) for trained FLPs. The UMHT preparedness to use trained skills after participation in the training events, on the same scale, is 4.57 (SD=0.438) for the UMHT trainers and 4.46 (SD=0.650) for trained FLPs. The highest levels of usability of all UMHT skills on a scale from 0 to 1 were found for educators (0.68 [SD=0.118]), police officers (0.67 [SD=0.098]), and social workers (0.66 [SD=0.113]).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The UMHT offers a universal frame of interaction with people with mental health conditions for frontline professionals. Assessment of the UMHT feasibility shows the programme's potential for further development and implementation. Programme trainers as its deliverers and frontline professionals as its recipients report high satisfaction with training content and delivery as well as preparedness to apply gained knowledge and skills in practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":74359,"journal":{"name":"Open research Europe","volume":"4 ","pages":"96"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11883208/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143574986","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Open research EuropePub Date : 2025-03-20eCollection Date: 2024-01-01DOI: 10.12688/openreseurope.17168.2
Paolo Ruspini, Petko Hristov
{"title":"Transnational patterns, social networks and self-help organizations for migrant women.","authors":"Paolo Ruspini, Petko Hristov","doi":"10.12688/openreseurope.17168.2","DOIUrl":"10.12688/openreseurope.17168.2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Previous research shows the importance of building up self-help structures in a transnational perspective for the inclusion of migrant women who are fleeing their home countries because of war, violence, or different forms of vulnerability. The mobilization of self-help organizations through the intersection of transnationalism and gender is, in fact, a useful direction for a practice-oriented pedagogy directed both towards (1) the most vulnerable groups of women, or (2) those already empowered either as community leaders or network facilitators, other migrants and the whole native population. For this paper, we compare two video-interviews of refugee women collected in Bulgaria and Italy, which are important receiving countries either at the South-Eastern or Southern external border of the European Union. The research questions of this comparative assessment include: 1) How do refugee women organize themselves for mutual help? 2) How do they build their social networks through transnational practices to bridge with the local people? 3) How is the community or individual empowerment of refugee women achieved across ethnic lines or through gender? The final aim of this investigation is to analyse various patterns of social networks' creation among refugee women originating from different socio-cultural contexts. The research findings might be useful to instil inclusion practices which are apt to refugee women empowerment.</p>","PeriodicalId":74359,"journal":{"name":"Open research Europe","volume":"4 ","pages":"67"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11747294/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143017913","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Open research EuropePub Date : 2025-03-18eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.12688/openreseurope.19258.2
Juan Francisco Castel Pablo, Susana Cebrián Guajardo, Theopisti Dafni, David Díez Ibáñez, Javier Galán Lacarra, Juan Antonio García Pascual, Álvaro Ezquerro Sastre, Igor García Irastorza, Gloria Luzón Marco, Cristina Margalejo Blasco, Héctor Mirallas Sánchez, Luis Obis Aparicio, Alfonso Ortiz de Solórzano, Óscar Pérez Lázaro, Jorge Porrón Lafuente, María Jiménez Puyuelo
{"title":"Micromegas with GEM preamplification for enhanced energy threshold in low-background gaseous time projection chambers.","authors":"Juan Francisco Castel Pablo, Susana Cebrián Guajardo, Theopisti Dafni, David Díez Ibáñez, Javier Galán Lacarra, Juan Antonio García Pascual, Álvaro Ezquerro Sastre, Igor García Irastorza, Gloria Luzón Marco, Cristina Margalejo Blasco, Héctor Mirallas Sánchez, Luis Obis Aparicio, Alfonso Ortiz de Solórzano, Óscar Pérez Lázaro, Jorge Porrón Lafuente, María Jiménez Puyuelo","doi":"10.12688/openreseurope.19258.2","DOIUrl":"10.12688/openreseurope.19258.2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>We develop the concept of a Micromegas readout plane with an additional GEM preamplification stage placed a few millimetres above it to increase the maximum effective gain of the combined readout.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We implement it and test it in realistic conditions for its application to low-background dark matter searches like the TREX-DM experiment. For this, we use a Micromegas of Microbulk type, built with radiopure materials.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We report on GEM effective extra gain factors of about 90, 50 and 20 in 1, 4 and 10 bar of Ar-1%iC <sub>4</sub>H <sub>10</sub>. These results are obtained in a small test chamber allowing for systematic scanning of voltages and pressures. In addition, a TREX-DM full-scale set-up has also been built and tested, featuring a replica of the fully-patterned TREX-DM Microbulk readout.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The results here obtained show promise to lower the threshold of the experiment down to 50 eV <sub><i>ee</i></sub> , corresponding to substantially enhanced sensitivity to low-mass WIMPs.</p>","PeriodicalId":74359,"journal":{"name":"Open research Europe","volume":"5 ","pages":"53"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11926529/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143694786","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Open research EuropePub Date : 2025-03-18eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.12688/openreseurope.19690.1
Florian Glöcklhofer
{"title":"Concealed antiaromaticity.","authors":"Florian Glöcklhofer","doi":"10.12688/openreseurope.19690.1","DOIUrl":"10.12688/openreseurope.19690.1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The literature reports numerous molecules claimed to be antiaromatic because of a formal 4 <i>n</i> π-electron system. However, this neglects the actual local aromaticity of the molecules, which often feature multiple subunits with [4 <i>n</i>+2] π-electrons besides the formal 4 <i>n</i> π-electron system. This has led to considerable criticism from those who believe that the term antiaromatic should not be used for any molecule with a formal 4 <i>n</i> π-electron system but should be reserved for truly antiaromatic molecules. To reconcile the different viewpoints, the concept of concealed antiaromaticity is introduced here. Concealed antiaromaticity acknowledges that many molecules claimed to be antiaromatic are not truly antiaromatic, but they can exhibit behaviour under certain conditions that would normally be expected for antiaromatic molecules. Three types of concealed antiaromaticity are distinguished based on the conditions under which the molecules can behave like antiaromatic molecules: concealed antiaromaticity revealable in redox reactions (Type I-CA), upon photoexcitation (Type II-CA), and in intermolecular interactions (Type III-CA). The concept of concealed antiaromaticity will enable the rational design of molecules that show the desirable properties of antiaromatic molecules under the different conditions, with applications from organic electronics to photoresponsive materials, while avoiding the low stability of truly antiaromatic molecules.</p>","PeriodicalId":74359,"journal":{"name":"Open research Europe","volume":"5 ","pages":"70"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12125571/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144200959","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Open research EuropePub Date : 2025-03-17eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.12688/openreseurope.19232.2
Karina Buka-Vaivade, Vanni Nicoletti, Fabrizio Gara
{"title":"Advancing bridge resilience: a review of monitoring technologies for flood-prone infrastructure.","authors":"Karina Buka-Vaivade, Vanni Nicoletti, Fabrizio Gara","doi":"10.12688/openreseurope.19232.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.19232.2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Floods pose a critical threat to bridge infrastructure, which plays an essential role in transportation networks and economic resilience. This review examines state-of-the-art Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) technologies tailored to mitigate flood risks, focusing on their real-world applications in flood-prone bridges. A central feature of this review is the extensive use of case studies, illustrating diverse SHM methods applied globally to monitor challenges such as debris accumulation, hydrodynamic forces, and scour-primary causes of bridge failures. These examples provide detailed insights into technologies like sonar-based devices, scour probes, photographic monitoring, rotation- and vibration-based techniques. By showcasing specific case studies-such as bridges monitored using smart magnetic rocks, Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR), and fibre optic sensors-the review highlights practical outcomes, demonstrating how SHM systems enhance resilience through early detection and predictive maintenance. It also explores the challenges of implementing these systems, including environmental sensitivity, cost, and data complexity, while identifying gaps in integrating hydraulic and structural data for holistic risk assessments. This review advocates for multidisciplinary collaboration and advanced data-driven solutions, such as AI-based predictive maintenance, to address climate change impacts and increasing flood risks. By bridging cutting-edge research with real-world applications, this article provides actionable insights into scalable, adaptive SHM solutions, inspiring engineers and researchers to develop more resilient infrastructure for a changing world.</p>","PeriodicalId":74359,"journal":{"name":"Open research Europe","volume":"5 ","pages":"26"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12004067/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144063445","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}