Rainwater harvesting in arid and semi-arid lands of Africa: challenges and opportunities by Etienne Umukiza, Romain Ntole, Sylvester R. Chikavumbwa, Erion Bwambale, Davis Sibale, Zechariah Jeremaih, Ciro Apollonio, Andrea Petroselli

“…To make progress, further research is needed to identify potential zones for runoff harvesting, and rainwater harvesting should be integrated with the much-needed green revolution and climate change adaptations for land reclamation.…”
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Communication Skills Health Sciences Studies by Juan Francisco Tejera Concepcion, Miriam Iglesias León, Manuel Cortés Cortés, Gisela Bravo López, Norma Mur Villar, Juan Virgilio López Palacio

“…It is necessary that they can be developed in students through the integration among subjects, contents and activities in pre-graduate studies derived from each situation presented in pedagogical and clinical practice.…”
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Immigration modulates audiovisual emotional processing in adults: is this really an influence of the host culture? by Anna K. Nakamura, Anna K. Nakamura, Hisako W. Yamamoto, Hisako W. Yamamoto, Sachiko Takagi, Tetsuya Matsuda, Hiroyuki Okada, Chiaki Ishiguro, Chiaki Ishiguro, Akihiro Tanaka

“…Additionally, immigrants with a longer stay showed a higher response in the posterior superior temporal gyrus, a brain region associated with audiovisual emotional integration, when processing emotionally congruent faces and voices.DiscussionThese modifications imply that immigrants from Western cultures tend to rely even less on voices, in contrast to the tendency of voice-dominance observed in native Japanese people. …”
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An Experimental Analysis of Hierarchical Rail Traffic and Train Control in a Stochastic Environment by Pengling Wang, Annik Jeiziner, Xiaojie Luan, Valerio De Martinis, Francesco Corman

“…This paper studies in detail the benefits and limitations of an integrated framework of TMS and ATO in stochastic and dynamic conditions in terms of punctuality, energy efficiency, and conflict-resolving. …”
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Implementing a Wide-Area Network and Low Power Solution Using Long-Range Wide-Area Network Technology by Floarea Pitu, Nicoleta Cristina Gaitan

“…The system consists of energy-efficient end nodes and a custom-configured gateway, designed to optimize data transmission and power consumption. The end nodes integrate advanced sensors for temperature, humidity, and pressure, ensuring accurate data collection.…”
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A Determination Method of Optimal Customization Degree of Logistics Service Supply Chain with Mass Customization Service by Weihua Liu, Qian Wang, Donglei Zhu, Yang Liu

“…Therefore this paper discusses how to deal with such issues in logistics service supply chain (LSSC) with a logistics service integrator (LSI) and a customer. With the establishment of customer demand function for logistics services and profit functions of the LSI and the customer, three different decision modes are proposed (i.e., customization degree dominated by LSI, customization degree dominated by customer, and customization degree decided by concentrated supply chain); many interesting findings are achieved. …”
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An Efficient Cluster Authentication Scheme Based on VANET Environment in M2M Application by You-Boo Jeon, Keun-Ho Lee, Doo-Soon Park, Chang-Sung Jeong

“…Most numerous researches within M2M sectors are carried out in intelligent vehicle sector integrated with IT technology. Intelligent vehicle section shows severe changes in position between vehicles and has numerous large scales of networks in its components; therefore, it is required to provide safety by exchanging information between vehicles equipped with wireless communication function via VANET (vehicular ad hoc network) and fixed apparatus at roadside regarding the status of road. …”
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Multi-Scale Analysis of Urban Greenspace Exposure and Equality: Insights from a Population-Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)-Weighted Model in the West Side Straits Urban Agglomerati... by Peng Zheng, Xiaolan Zhang, Wenbin Pan

“…This study introduces a novel population-EVI-weighted model that integrates the Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), land cover, and demographic data to evaluate GE across various spatial scales and buffer distances (300 m, 500 m, and 1 km). …”
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The Ripples of Responsibility: An Islamic-Inspired Analysis of Water ManagementArticle History:Received on:14 –March -2024Accepted on:10 –June -2024Published on:25 –June-2024Publis... by Farhat Naseem Alvi, Abdul Manan Cheema, Sadia Rafiq

“…Wastefulness of natural resources isstrictly forbidden in various Quranic verses and hadiths. By integrating these perspectives with contemporary water management practices, this research study aims to provide a holistic approach to addressing the issue water scarcity.…”
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Multiplicative Fault Estimation-Based Adaptive Sliding Mode Fault-Tolerant Control Design for Nonlinear Systems by Ali Ben Brahim, Slim Dhahri, Fayçal Ben Hmida, Anis Sellami

“…Compared with the separated FTC, this paper provides an integrated sliding mode FTC in order to achieve an optimal robustness interaction between observer and controller models. …”
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Cutting Edge PBPK Models and Analyses: Providing the Basis for Future Modeling Efforts and Bridges to Emerging Toxicology Paradigms by Jane C. Caldwell, Marina V. Evans, Kannan Krishnan

“…Their use in human risk assessment is dependent on the nature of databases (animal or human) used to develop and test them, and includes extrapolations across species, experimental paradigms, and determination of variability of response within human populations. Integration of state-of-the science PBPK modeling with emerging computational toxicology models is critical for extrapolation between in vitro exposures, in vivo physiologic exposure, whole organism responses, and long-term health outcomes. …”
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Serial Analysis of Ten Precipitation-Based Indices by Land Use in Semiarid Regions by Victor M. Rodríguez-Moreno, J. Ariel Ruíz-Corral, J. Saúl Padilla-Ramírez, Alfonso Peña-Ramos, Thomas G. Kretzschmar

“…These developments occur without integrating biodiversity concerns in land use planning and result in extensive fragmentation and transformation of the landscapes. …”
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Emodin Enhanced Microwave‐Responsive Heterojunction with Powerful Bactericidal Capacity and Immunoregulation for Curing Bacteria‐Infected Osteomyelitis by Tao Xu, Hao Cheng, Hailiang Pei, Jiameng Wang, Yiwei Shi, Xiangyu Zhang, Di Huang

“…On the basis of the heterojunction formed by the two semiconductors, emodin is innovatively introduced to modify it. This integration not only accelerates the movement of charge carriers but also enhances polarization loss due to the numerous functional groups present on the surface. …”
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Artificial intelligence artificial muscle of dielectric elastomers by Dongyang Huang, Jiaxuan Ma, Yubing Han, Chang Xue, Mengying Zhang, Weijia Wen, Sheng Sun, Jinbo Wu

“…Through material data mining integrating materials science and data science, we can predict potential breakthroughs in AM materials. …”
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Aggregate Indices Method in Soil Quality Evaluation Using the Relative Soil Quality Index by Ho Ngoc Pham, Hai Xuan Nguyen, Anh Ngoc Nguyen, Diep Ngoc Tran

“…This paper presents a new approach to assess the soil quality by aggregate indices using the Relative Soil Quality Index (RSQI) proposed by Ho Ngoc Pham. RSQI is integrated from the individual indices into a simple formula for overall assessment of the soil quality. …”
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A Fast CT Reconstruction Scheme for a General Multi-Core PC by Kai Zeng, Erwei Bai, Ge Wang

“…In the proposed scheme, several techniques are integrated, including utilization of geometric symmetry, optimization of data structures, single-instruction multiple-data (SIMD) processing, multithreaded computation, and an Intel C++ compilier. …”
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Deformation behaviour, limitations in design, applications, and additive manufacturing of hierarchical honeycombs by Chibinyani Munashe Ignatius, Dzogbewu Thywill Cephas, Maringa Maina, Muiruri Amos

“…These structures are ideal for aeronautical applications because of their capacity to integrate lightweight design, good mechanical properties, and efficient load distribution. …”
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An Overview of In Vitro Models of Alcohol‐Related Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Anoïsia Courtois, Sophie Gérard, Damien Esparteiro, Eric Nguyen‐Khac, Ingrid Marcq, Grégory Fouquet

“…Aim This review highlights future challenges in the development of more integrated and representative models of the complex pathophysiology of alcohol‐related HCC.…”
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Sustainability reporting and transitory environmental sustainability risks in manufacturing by Daniel Schneider, Alexander Schüler, Markus Woerle, Dominik Schneider, Niklas Eisold, Gunther Reinhart

“…Methodologically, the research integrated a thorough analysis of public sustainability reports alongside a direct collection of data to evaluate the scope and depth of reporting. …”
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Urban Infestation Patterns of Argentine Ants, Linepithema humile, in Los Angeles by Smadar Gilboa, John H. Klotz, Peter Nonacs

“…Thus providing water for ant colonies outside and away from buildings may be one method of integrated pest management to reduce the proclivity of ants to infest structures.…”
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