Monte Carlo simulation of ammonia adsorption in nanoporous carbon: Optimal pore sizes for adsorption refrigeration applications by Nasser D. Afify, Martin B. Sweatman

“…Climate change and the continual rise in cooling demand means more efficient and environmentally friendly refrigeration technologies are required more than ever. One attractive route to reducing future demand is to improve adsorption refrigeration technologies based on natural refrigerants such as ammonia. …”
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Development and Application of a ZigBee-Based Building Energy Monitoring and Control System by Changhai Peng, Kun Qian

“…Increasing in energy consumption, particularly with the ever-increasing growth and development of urban systems, has become a major concern in most countries. …”
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The Christchurch Earthquake: Crush Injury, Neuropathic Pain, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder by Frances Cammack, Edward A. Shipton

“…The peak ground acceleration, a measure of the shaking or intensity of an earthquake, was one of the highest ever recorded worldwide. One hundred and eighty-five people lost their lives; many others were injured. …”
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Traversées, hybridations grotesques et inquiétante étrangeté dans The Island of Dr Moreau (1896) de H. G. Wells : la mort de l’humain ? by Françoise DUPEYRON-LAFAY

“…Biological and ontological hybridity goes along with literary hybridity in this angst-ridden narrative that fuses science, realism and the fantastic, collapsing binary oppositions and resting on an ever-shifting in-between, grotesque logic. The island on which Prendick is compelled to live for months, instead of leading to (re)construction as in traditional utopias, is an anarchic tropical jungle that deconstructs and shatters all his norms and certainties, reflecting his wild and alien(ated) state.…”
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Secure resource metering and accounting with hash chain in cloud storage by Mei LIU, Ge FU, Yi-xi LI, Hong ZHANG, Xin-ran LIU, Cui-lan DU

“…For most resources, proof can be generated based on total amount of resource incurred. How-ever, similar scheme cannot be applied to storage space usage, since it fluctuates and the billing relies on not only the utilized storage space but also the storage duration. …”
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O Estado de Alagoas no contexto regional nordestino by Paulo Rogério de Freitas Silva, Silvana Quintella Cavalcanti Calheiros

“…We anticipate that the urban genesis in Alagoas takes place in greater number initially in Zona da Mata and in the Coast, to the detriment of Sertão or Agreste, and it has an economy without production, with localities that hardly ever produce for the generation of wealth.…”
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Restoration of Degraded Agricultural Land by Alex, Saturday

“…Land is under immense pressure due to ever increasing population thereby ensuing growing demand for food, fiber and shelter. …”
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Pedicled Abdominal Flap in the Youngest Patient Yet? A Case Report of a Newborn with Neonatal Compartment Syndrome by S. Raja Sabapathy, A. Dharanipriya, Monusha Mohan, Subramanian Ramani, M. Selvaraj, R. Raja Shanmuga Krishnan

“…Our patient is probably the youngest patient ever to receive a pedicled abdominal flap.…”
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Recurrent Volvulus of an Ileal Pouch Requiring Repeat Pouchopexy: A Lesson Learnt by Pär Myrelid, Pelle Druvefors, Peter Andersson

“…Conclusion. This first report ever on reoperative surgery for volvulus of a pelvic pouch indicates that a single row pouchopexy might be insufficient for preventing retwisting. …”
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Wpływ emisji energii dźwiękowej ze szlaków komunikacyjnych i innych miejsc konsumpcji energii na zdrowie ludzi by Urszula Kaźmierczak, Andrzej Kulczycki

“…This article aims to draw attention to the hitherto unexplored and scarcely noticed the problem of the effects of the consumption of increasing amounts of energy to human health and ecosystems exposed to emissions processed in the phase of energy consumption. Ever-increasing amounts of energy are consumed in relatively small areas of highways. …”
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Suxamethonium-Induced Hyperkalemia: A Short Review of Causes and Recommendations for Clinical Applications by Henrik Lynge Hovgaard, Peter Juhl-Olsen

“…The latter is more important and relevant than ever due to the increasing number of COVID-19 patients requiring prolonged respiratory support and consequent immobilization. …”
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Global Dynamics and Applications of an Epidemiological Model for Hepatitis C Virus Transmission in China by Mingwang Shen, Yanni Xiao, Weike Zhou, Zhen Li

“…Based on data reported by the National Health and Family Planning Commission of China, the basic reproduction number is estimated as approximately R0=1.9897, which is much less than that for the model when a treatment strategy is not considered. An ever-increasing HCV infection is predicted in the near future. …”
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Emerging technologies of single-cell multi-omics by Yi June Kim, Koichi Takahashi

“…This review aims to provide a brief overview of the principles of single-cell technologies, their historical development, and a subset of ever-expanding multi-omics tools, emphasizing the specific research questions that inspired their creation. …”
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Deep Learning Algorithms and Multicriteria Decision-Making Used in Big Data: A Systematic Literature Review by Mei Yang, Shah Nazir, Qingshan Xu, Shaukat Ali

“…The data are ever increasing with the increase in population, communication of different devices in networks, Internet of Things, sensors, actuators, and so on. …”
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IL-4 Deficiency Decreases Mortality but Increases Severity of Arthritis in Experimental Group B Streptococcus Infection by Luciana Tissi, Francesco Bistoni, Manuela Puliti

“…Group B streptococci (GBS) have been recognized as an ever-growing cause of serious invasive infections in nonpregnant adults. …”
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Enhancing corporate competitiveness: leveraging CSR, creative self-efficacy, and behavior for competitive advantage by Abdulalem Mohammed, Abdullah Kaid Al-Swidi, Mohammed A. Al-Hakimi, Ataul Karim Patwary

“…Abstract The relationship between Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and competitive advantage (CA) has become more critical than ever for firms, particularly in the hospitality and other service industries, during times of crisis. …”
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A method for mining over-limit patterns of low voltage in users based on hierarchical affinity propagation clustering by SHEN Shuhao, ZHONG Qing, XU Zhong, WANG Gang, LI Haifeng, WANG Longjun

“…Due to the complexity and the ever-changing nature of voltage, the over-limit patterns of low voltage are always inherently unknown in users. …”
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A Book Review of Charming Elements in Animation Cinema by Hamid Sadeghian, , Gity Nooreddinnejad

“…In this regard, the necessity of publishing scientific and educational texts and adapting them to the latest findings, in view of the ever-increasing development of production methods, doubles the importance of this investigation. …”
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Deep Learning-Based Dzongkha Handwritten Digit Classification by Yonten Jamtsho, Pema Yangden, Sonam Wangmo, Nima Dema

“…The purpose of conducting the research is to create the first-ever Dzongkha handwritten digit dataset and develop a model to classify the digit. …”
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Empirical Study of Multi-Objective Risk Portfolio Optimization Based on NSGA-II by Qian Gao, Aleš Kresta

“…This study aims to uncover the potential advantages of dynamic portfolio optimization using a multi-objective genetic algorithm to address the challenges of ever-changing market conditions. Methodology. …”
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