Utilizing Indonesian Empty Palm Fruit Bunches: Biochar Synthesis via Temperatures Dependent Pyrolysis by Fairuz Gianirfan Nugroho, Abu Saad Ansari, Nurul Taufiqu Rochman, Shubhangi Satish Khadtare, Vijaya Gopalan Sree, Nabeen K. Shrestha, Afina Faza Hafiyyan, Hyunsik Im, Abu Talha Aqueel Ahmed

“…Biomass, though a major energy source, remains underutilized. Biochar from biomass pyrolysis, with its high porosity and surface area, is especially useful as catalyst support, enhancing catalytic activity and reducing electron recombination in photocatalysis. …”
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Effect of Weight-Loss Diet Combined with Taurine Supplementation on Fasting Levels of Fibroblast Growth Factors19, 21, and 𝛃-klothoCo-Receptor in Obese Women: A Randomized Clinical... by Maryam Asadi, Fatemeh Haidari, Hossein Bavi Behbahani, Maryam J Chitsazi, Javad Mohammadi-asl, Kambiz Ahmadi-Angali

“…Some research suggests that obesity may be associated with decreased serum Tau levels. …”
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Critical evaluation of accident tolerant fuel selection criteria for APR-1400 nuclear reactors by Mohammad Alrwashdeh, Asma Alzarooni, Khurrum Saleem Chaudri, Maithah Alaleeli, K. Karuppasamy, Andreas Schiffer, Imran Afgan, Daniel Choi, Saeed A. Alameri

“…The United Arab Emirates (UAE) launched its nuclear energy program in 2008, achieving notable outcomes with the ‘UAE Policy on the Peaceful Use of Nuclear Energy’ program. …”
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Identifying human activities causing water pollution based on microbial community sequencing and source classifier machine learning by Zhangmu Jing, Yi Zhang, Xiaoling Liu, Qingqian Li, Yanji Hao, Yeqing Li, Hongjie Gao

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Preparation of Mo2C/MWCNT catalysts and its performance in electrocatalytic oxidation of methanol by Leixin MAO, Lin FU, Lei LIU, Zhihua GAO, Wei HUANG, Zhijun ZUO

“…Direct methanol fuel cell is a new type of energy conversion device that can directly convert chemical energy into electric energy, and has attracted great attention from researchers due to its advantages of not being limited by the Carnot cycle, high energy density, cleanliness and environmental protection. …”
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A Peculiar ICME Event in August 2018 Observed With the Global Muon Detector Network by W. Kihara, K. Munakata, C. Kato, R. Kataoka, A. Kadokura, S. Miyake, M. Kozai, T. Kuwabara, M. Tokumaru, R. R. S. Mendonça, E. Echer, A. Dal Lago, M. Rockenbach, N. J. Schuch, J. V. Bageston, C. R. Braga, H. K. Al Jassar, M. M. Sharma, M. L. Duldig, J. E. Humble, P. Evenson, I. Sabbah, J. Kóta

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Association between lifestyle factors and thyroid function in young sedentary euthyroid adults by Elisa Merchan-Ramirez, Guillermo Sanchez-Delgado, Lucas Jurado-Fasoli, Francisco M Acosta, Manuel Muñoz-Torres, Jose M. Llamas-Elvira, Jonatan R Ruiz

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Application of flexible electronic materials and devices by Cuiping YU, Yuanan LIU, Yangliu LI, Xia GUO

“…New flexible electronic materials and devices have been developed rapidly in nearly a decade from the proposition,discovery,implementation to application.The impact of its strong fold ability and multi-capacity composite structures to technological development and system applications will be enormous.Two mainstream flexible implementation methods were compared:the material-induced flexibility and the structure-induced flexibility.The research progress of domestic and international in related fields was analyzed,including infrastructure,process and potential application directions,and the technical problems faced were summarized.According to the basic research status,flexible electronic devices will have mature application technology innovations achievements in the next few years,new and unprecedented wearable communication,wearable computing,distributed energy,environmental sensing,conformal display devices and devices will be formed.…”
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Influence of High-Protein Food on Physical Function of Athletes by Shengze Liu, Nan Wen, HanTao Su

“…This method recommends key technical problems and solutions through the information represented by the athlete’s physical function and discovers how high-protein foods enable research into athletic performance. Research has shown that athletes perform high-intensity sports training for a long time, in a state of high-intensity competition, the body’s energy metabolism is strong, and the protein consumption rate is high; protein foods can preserve protein, water, electrolytes, and other nutrientsand supplement about 71% of the body’s nutrition, and it helps to strengthen muscles, relieve sports fatigue, improve immunity, etc., which is of great significance to athletes.…”
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Advances in Nephelometry through the Ecotech Aurora Nephelometer by Steve Chamberlain-Ward, Felicity Sharp

“…The challenge for instrument manufacturers is to continuously improve and evolve their instrumentation to keep pace with scientific research. One field where this is evident is atmospheric aerosol research. …”
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6G: typical applications, key technologies and challenges by Ning LUAN, Ke XIONG, Yu ZHANG, Ruisi HE, Gang QU, Bo AI

“…2020 marked the first year of the era of 5G commercialization in China and the inception of worldwide research in 6G.Compared with 5G networks, 6G networks will have larger information capacity, higher transmission rate, lower transmission delay, larger number of connected devices, higher spectrum efficiency, higher energy efficiency, and can support applications with higher mobile speed.Therefore, 6G networks will involve many new key technologies and also face many challenges.The background, development, typical applications, performance indicators, network architecture, key technologies and future challenges of 6G were systematically reviewed, which are expected to provide some reference for future 6G networks related research.…”
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Analysis of a Chaotic Memristor Based Oscillator by F. Setoudeh, A. Khaki Sedigh, M. Dousti

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Effects of cold-pressed wheat germ oil and Bacillus subtilis on growth performance, digestibility, immune status, intestinal microbial enumeration, and gene expression of broilers... by Abdel-Moneim Eid Abdel-Moneim, Safaa A.M. Ali, M.G. Sallam, Ahmed M. Elbaz, Noura M. Mesalam, Zangabel S. Mohamed, AbdelRahman Y Abdelhady, Bing Yang, Mohamed Farouk Elsadek

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Plasma-enhanced upcycling of mixed plastic waste over La0.6Ca0.4FeO3−δ nano spheres for co-producing hydrogen and high-value carbon by Guoxing Chen, Xiao Yu, Aasir Rashid, Chanchan Li, Marc Widenmeyer, Lina Liu, Bowen Liu, Yi Wang, Gert Homm, Emanuel Ionescu, Tao Shao, Anke Weidenkaff

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Micro-jet formation induced by the interaction of a spherical and toroidal cavitation bubble by Jaka Mur, Alexander Bußmann, Thomas Paula, Stefan Adami, Nikolaus A. Adams, Rok Petkovsek, Claus-Dieter Ohl

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A backwater technology for enhancing pollutants discharge from aquaculture tanks in a Litopenaeus vannamei recirculating aquaculture system: Performance and control models by Jianping Xu, Yishuai Du, Jiawei Zhang, Fudi Chen, Li Zhou, Tianlong Qiu, Jianming Sun

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Valorization of mixed blackwater/agricultural wastes for bioelectricity and biohydrogen production: A microbial treatment pathway by G. Plason Z. Plakar, Abdulsalami S. Kovo, Kanayo L. Oguzie, Emeka E. Oguzie

“…The management of wastewater and agricultural wastes has been limited by the separate treatment processes, which exacerbate pollution and contribute to climate change through greenhouse gas emissions. Given the energy demands and financial burdens of traditional treatment facilities, there is a pressing need for technologies that can concurrently treat solid waste and generate energy. …”
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Bending performance of SFCBs reinforced UHPC beams prestressed with FRP bars by Wenjie Ge, Feng Zhang, Subedi Sushant, Ashraf Ashour, Kangbao Chen, Shihu Fu, Linfeng Qiu, Laiyong Luo, Dafu Cao

“…Notably, employing UHPC100 as the matrix results in specimens achieving the highest ductility, deformation, and energy absorption. When non-prestressed FRP bars are replaced by SFCBs, the ultimate load of the beams decreases by 8 %, but energy absorption increases by 34 %. …”
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Deformations and seepage-induced erosion of fractured rocks in fault under confined settings by Wenbin SUN, Dianjin TIAN, Cheng MA, Yanchao XUE, Can YANG, Kaipeng ZHU

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A Deep Learning Framework for the Classification of Brazilian Coins by Debabrata Swain, Viral Rupapara, Amro Nour, Santosh Satapathy, Biswaranjan Acharya, Shakti Mishra, Ali Bostani

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