Design and construction of an Arduino-based load-shedding management system for improving electricity consumption in a medium-sized creative office building by Olumuyiwa Amusan, Benjamin Olorunfemi, Ayomide Fagboyo

“…Comparing the cost of building the device with the long-term cost of overloading a standalone electricity generator, considering accelerated wear and tear, increased maintenance expenses, reduced operational lifespan, potential premature equipment failure, and overall decreased reliability, underscores the high-cost efficiency of adopting this device in office buildings. Additionally, implementing the system in an office building with an energy consumption of 23 kWh resulted in a discernible annual energy saving of 2.52 kWh by shedding off unnecessary loads at estimated timings. …”
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Life cycle assessment of electronic, electric and nonelectric detonators; a site-specific case for Czech Republic by Hana Brunhoferová, Tatiana Trecáková, Vladimír Kočí

“…Based on these findings, we recommend specific measures, such as adopting materials with recycled content, light-weight materials, bio-based and -degradable materials or alternative fuels, to support more sustainable detonator production and usage.…”
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Utilizing the subtractive proteomics approach to design ensemble vaccine against Candida lusitaniae for immune response stimulation; a bioinformatics study. by Habiba Naz, Rimsha Timotheous, Muhammad Farhan Sarwar, Tariq Nadeem, Mudassar Fareed Awan, Sajed Ali, Sophia Awais, Irfan Ahmed

“…There is thus, a need to adopt effective therapeutic strategies to tackle such infections. …”
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Like objects or like subjects? Effects of student–robot interaction (SRI) and mathematical ability on students learning outcomes by Segun Michael Ojetunde, Umesh Ramnarain

“…A mixed-methods explanatory sequential Quant-dominant approach was adopted. A total of 327 high school students who have been exposed to robotic lessons from the year 2021 including robotics subject teachers and learning managers were sampled for the study. …”
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Experimental investigation of the effect of the offset ratio on the flow characteristics and heat transfer behaviour of a wall-bounded dual jet flow by P.J. Murphy, S. Alimohammadi, S.M. O'Shaughnessy

“…This is achieved through a two-part experimental investigation, which separately adopts infrared thermography and particle image velocimetry techniques to respectively capture the heat transfer and flow characteristics. …”
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Fatigue crack growth in additive manufactured products by A. Riemer, H. A. Richard, J.-P. Brüggemann, J.-N. Wesendahl

“…As a first step, stress intensity range decreasing tests were performed on SLM samples in their “as-built” condition. The next step was to adopt measures for optimisation of fatigue crack growth performance of SLM parts. …”
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Public key cryptographic algorithm SM2 optimized implementation on low power embedded platform by Ganqin LIU, Hui LI, Hui ZHU, Yukun HUANG, Xingdong LIU

“…With the development of wireless communication technology and the popularization of intelligent terminals, more and more cryptographic algorithms are applied to IoT devices to ensure the security of communication and data.Among them, the SM2 elliptic curve public key cryptography proposed by the State Cryptography Administration is an elliptic curve public key cryptography algorithm developed domestically, which has the advantages of high security and short key.SM2 has been widely deployed in various communication systems and is used in essential parts such as identity authentication and key negotiation.However, since SM2 involves large integer operations on finite fields, the computational cost is high, and its execution on a low-power embedded platform seriously affects the user experience.Therefore, an efficient implementation scheme of SM2 algorithm for low-power embedded platform was proposed for ARM-m series processors.Specifically, Thumb-2 instruction set was adopted to handle carry and save addressing cycles, basic operations such as modulo addition and sub-traction of large integers were optimized, and the number of available registers on the platform was combined to build efficient basic operations.Besides, based on the short multiplication and accumulation instruction cycle of ARM-m series processors, the implementation of Montgomery multiplication was optimized, and an efficient modular multiplication scheme was designed in combination with the CIOS algorithm.The scheme was no longer limited to Mersenne primes, and greatly improved the speed and flexibility of modular multiplication.Based on the theoretical analysis and experimental test, the window length selection method of the multiple point-scalar multiplication wNAF sliding window method on the embedded platform was given.The experimental test results show that the proposed scheme can effectively improve the computational efficiency of the SM2 algorithm on the resource-constrained low-power embedded platform.Without pre-calculation, the test signature speed can reach 0.204s/time, the signature verification speed is 0.388s/time, the encryption speed is 0.415s/time, and the decryption speed is 0.197s/time.…”
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Photovoltaic Farms: Economic Efficiency of Investments in South-East Poland by Joanna Żurakowska-Sawa, Arkadiusz Gromada, Anna Trocewicz, Adrianna Wojciechowska, Marcin Wysokiński, Anetta Zielińska

“…The sensitivity analysis shows that, regardless of the adopted scenario, investments in solar thermal power with the level of support that took place under the 2007–2013 financial perspective were reasonable long-term investments. …”
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Effect of crude extract and polysaccharides derived from Fucus spiralis on radish plants Raphanus sativus L. agrophysiological traits under drought stress by Safaa Er-rqaibi, Karim Lyamlouli, Houda El Yacoubi, Mohammed El Mehdi El Boukhari

“…These results demonstrate that seaweed extracts could be adopted in integrated production systems to boost food productivity under harsh climatic conditions.…”
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The impact of drinking on smoking cessation outcomes among Hong Kong Chinese youth smokers by Ka Yan Ho, Katherine Ka Wai Lam, Qi Liu, Ting Mao, Funa Yang, Mulualem Getaneh Belay, Cynthia Sau Ting Wu, Mak Yim Wah

“…This study aimed to explore the impact of drinking on smoking cessation outcomes among Hong Kong Chinese youth smokers who received smoking cessation counselling. This study adopted a cross-sectional design at the Youth Quitline, which is the only government-funded hotline providing telephone smoking cessation counselling to Hong Kong smokers aged 25 or younger. …”
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Implementing a Responsible Conduct of Research Curriculum for an Undergraduate Summer Clinical Research Program in Quantitative Sciences by Kay See Tan, Mengmeng Du, Jaya Satagopan, Elena Elkin

“…These topics include: (1) research collaboration and mentoring, (2) human subjects and privacy, (3) rigor, reproducibility, and responsibility in data analysis, (4) data safety, security, and sharing, (5) responsible authorship, peer reviews, and conflicts of interest, (6) research misconduct and whistleblowing, and (7) social responsibility and contemporary ethical issues. The workshop adopts an active learning approach and is intended to encourage peer-to-peer learning through a critical review of case studies and contemporary media reports. …”
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MYCOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF INDOOR AIR QUALITY: CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY OF SELECTED PRIVATE HOSPITALS IN DUTSE, JIGAWA STATE, NORTHWEST NIGERIA by Adeniyi Olarewaju Adeleye, Sunday Nicholas, Peter Gimba Shiaka, Mohammed Bello Yerima

“…The settle plate method was adopted to isolate fungi in the morning, afternoon, and evening using eighty one (81) sterile sabouraud dextrose agar (SDA) plates. …”
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An retrospective study on the effects of deep learning model-based optimization emergency nursing on treatment compliance and curative effect of patients with acute left heart fail... by Qian Dai, Jing Huang, Hui Huang, Lin Song

“…Likert 5-level scoring method was adopted to evaluate nursing satisfaction. Results The optimization group showed shorter durations for first aid, hospitalization, electrocardiography, vein channel establishment, and blood collection compared to the conventional group. …”
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Application of Doctor-Nurse-Patient Co-Decision-Making Nursing Intervention Based on Evidence-Based Problems in the Rehabilitation of Acute Ankle Lateral Collateral Ligament Injury by Nian Wei, Yuehui Du, Shiyu Chen

“…The patients in the routine group received routine nursing intervention, while the patients in the evidence-based group adopted doctor-nurse-patient co-decision-making nursing intervention based on evidence-based problems, and both groups were intervened for 1 month. …”
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Research progress on the impact of climate change on wheat production in China by Yu-chen Fan, Ya-qi Yuan, Ya-chao Yuan, Wen-jing Duan, Zhi-qiang Gao

“…To cope with climate change, Chinese wheat can adopt adaptation strategies and measures such as breeding different wheat varieties for different wheat-growing regions, implementing differentiated farmland management measures, promoting regional ecological farmland construction, and establishing scientific monitoring and early warning systems. …”
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Molar-Incisor Hypomineralization: Prevalence Comparative Study in 6 Years of Interval by Jéssica Damares Lago, Manuel Restrepo, Diego Girotto Bussaneli, Jéssica Patrícia Cavalheiro, Juliana Feltrin de Souza, Lourdes Santos-Pinto, Rita de Cássia Loiola Cordeiro, Fabiano Jeremias

“…The level of significance of 5% was adopted. The MIH prevalence in Araraquara/SP in 2016 was 14.3% (n = 78), and at this time, an increase of 2% was observed, in comparison with the data of the first prevalence study conducted in 2010 (12.3%). …”
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Study on an Intelligent Prediction Method of Ticket Price in a Subway System with Public-Private Partnership by Shengmin Wang, Jun Fang, Lanjun Liu, Han Wu

“…Finally, this study screened out the key input factors by adopting the MIV method to simplify the structure of the BP algorithm and achieve a high prediction accuracy. …”
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Location-specific heterogeneity in landslide resilience index: A household-based comparative study in Rangamati Hill District, Bangladesh by Raihan Riaz, Neegar Sultana, Raihan Riaz

“…The results provide a comprehensive framework for policymakers and academics to build a resilient society against landslides, which may be adopted in comparable regional settings. The findings also contribute to achieving the fourth priority action of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015–2030), which seeks to enhance society’s resilience.…”
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EFFECT OF COMPLIANCE COST AND TAX BURDEN ON TAX COMPLIANCE OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SCALE ENTERPRISES IN BENUE STATE, NIGERIA by Okpe Caleb John, Aliyu Nuraddeen Shehu, Bello A. Ahmad, Ahmed Aliyu Abdullahi, Mohammed Musa Abdulkarim

“…The sampling technique adopted stratified proportionate random. Data were collected through the use of questionnaires and analyzed using Partial Least Squares -Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM). …”
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Research on Mechanism of Rock Burst in Key Working Faces under Thick Magmatite in Deep Mine by WeiLi Yang, ZhiZeng Zhang, QuanDe Wei, XiaoCheng Qu, JingLin Wen

“…In this study, the key working faces under typical deeply buried thick magmatite were adopted as the engineering background. The mine pressure characteristics during the mining in key working faces under thick magmatite in deep mine were measured and analyzed. …”
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