Preparation and Characterization of Biochars Obtained from Biomasses for Combustible Briquette Applications by Chaimaa Hadey, M. Allouch, M. Alami, F. Boukhlifi, I. Loulidi

“…The production of biochar from biomass by thermochemical means is considered an efficient method of converting biomass for energy production. In this study, the biochars were produced from the biomasses of peanut shells and sugar cane bagasse at different pyrolysis temperatures (400°C, 450°C, and 500°C). …”
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Exchange rate policy in Republic of Serbia in conditions of the global economic crisis and Covid-19 pandemic: Similarities and differences by Dimić Maja, Stanković Ljiljana, Todorović Milica

“…The increase in the number of countries that have established currency convertibility and the rapid development of telecommunication technologies have primarily encouraged the foreign exchange market to develop at an astonishing speed. …”
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Semi-Active Damping of Vibrations. Prestress Accumulation-Release Strategy Development by A. Mroz, A. Orlowska, J. Holnicki-Szulc

“…The strain energy is converted into kinetic energy of higher modes of vibration which is suppressed with structural damping or by means of a damping device. …”
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Digital chefs and intelligent cooking systems based on multimodal large language model by LI Xinyuan, LI Bai, SUN Yueshuo, ZHANG Tantan, TIAN Yonglin, YIN Zhuyan, WANG Fei-Yue

“…In the online phase, real-time sensory data were converted into image-text inputs for the fine-tuned model, which then generated cooking instructions to guide users through the cooking steps. …”
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Increasing the self-sufficiency of a university campus by expanding the PV capacity while minimizing the energy cost by Randrianantenaina Tina Arizo, Le Gal La Salle Josselin, Spataru Sergiu Viorel, David Mathieu

“…Microgrids, which promote the production and consumption of renewable energy on site, are a relevant solution to reduce carbon emissions and the price of energy for end users. However, converting an existing building stock into a microgrid powered mainly by renewable energy requires finding a technical and economic optimum while taking into account strong constraints. …”
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BIM-Based Digital Fabrication Process for a Free-Form Building Project in South Korea by Joo-sung Lee, Nahyun Kwon, Nam-hyuk Ham, Jae-jun Kim, Yong-han Ahn

“…However, the digital fabrication process is inadequate in terms of efficiency and productivity because of the need to convert from conventional two-dimensional (2D) drawings to a BIM design; this adversely affects the unified design, fabrication, installation, and inspection processes. …”
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Singularity Calculation and Kinematics Modeling of High Speed Six-bar Parallel Measuring Machine by Zhao Lei, Zhao Xinhua, Wang Shoujun, Ge Weimin, Wang Xiaofei

“…The kinematics model and closed chain constraint equations are established based on the constrain relationship between the primary and passive joints in three chains for solving these problems of poor dynamics performances and uncontrolled motion about the designed six- bar parallel measuring machine.The calculation of space singularity of measuring machine is realized through the calculation of 15 generations by using normalized genetic algorithm through converting the singularity solution into calculation of LMI extreme-value,the normalized genetic algorithm calculation accuracy reaches 1. 689 × 10- 5. …”
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Dual-Band Shared-Aperture Antenna with Pattern and Polarization Diversity by Jia Cheng, Tianyu Gao, Dongpeng Han, Changfei Zhou

“…A medium polarization converter is used to achieve circular polarization and improve the broadside gain in the high-frequency band. …”
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Significance of Marangoni convection in ethylene glycol base hybrid nanofluid flow with viscous dissipation through a porous medium by Ali Rehman, Ilyas Khan, Sultan Alshehery, Muhammad Sabaoon Khan

“…The authors applied appropriate transformations to convert a collection of dimension form of nonlinear partial differential equations to dimensionless form of nonlinear ordinary differential equations. …”
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Reporting the Presence of an Incision Similar to a Cardiac Notch in the Right Lung: A Case Report by Mehran Kamani, Ali Razavinasab, Seyed Hassan Eftekhar Vaghefi, Abbas Mohammadi, Reza Sadeghi

“…The lungs, through oxygenation, convert venous blood into arterial blood. On the outer surface of the right lung, there were two deep fissures, one called the oblique fissure and the other called the horizontal fissure, with respect to the horizontal plate, which partitioned it into three upper, middle, and lower lobes. …”
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Quantum Particle Swarm Optimization Extraction Algorithm Based on Quantum Chaos Encryption by Chao Li, Mengna Shi, Yanqi Zhou, Erfu Wang

“…The proposed method first uses quantum chaos to encrypt the speech signal and then uses the local mean decomposition (LMD) method to construct a virtual receiving array and convert the underdetermined model to a positive definite model. …”
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A Passive Harmonic Tag for Humidity Sensing by Antonio Lazaro, Ramon Villarino, David Girbau

“…The other output of the input antenna feeds a DC power harvested converter that drives an oscillator which modulates its output signal by controlling the bias point of the Schottky diode. …”
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Weighted Sum Secrecy Rate Optimization for Cooperative Double-IRS-Assisted Multiuser Network by Shaochuan Yang, Kaizhi Huang, Hehao Niu, Yi Wang, Zheng Chu, Gaojie Chen, Zhen Li

“…To tackle the nonconvexity of the optimization problem, we first convert the objective function to its concave lower bound by utilizing a novel successive convex approximation technique, then solve the transformed problem iteratively by applying an alternating optimization method. …”
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Biosynthetic Pathways and the Role of the Mas Receptor in the Effects of Angiotensin-(1–7) in Smooth Muscles by Marcio Augusto Fressatto de Godoy, Larissa Pernomian, Ana Maria de Oliveira, Satish Rattan

“…Ang-(1–7) is produced via degradation of Ang II by the human angiotensin converting enzyme, also known as ACE2. In the cardiovascular system, Ang-(1–7) has been shown to produce effects that are opposite to those of Ang II. …”
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A Case Study of a Didactic Platform Experiments using Off-the-Shelf Hardware by Daniel H. C. Santos, Bruno de Araujo Coutinho, Augusto Santos Cordeiro, Marcelo Martins Stopa, Allan Fagner Cupertino

“…Detailed descriptions of the hardware, along with case studies on a bidirectional boost converter and a three-phase inverter, illustrate the effectiveness of this approach. …”
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A Semianalytical Approach to the Solution of Time-Fractional Navier-Stokes Equation by Zeeshan Ali, Shayan Naseri Nia, Faranak Rabiei, Kamal Shah, Ming Kwang Tan

“…Here, the proposed approach’s reliability and efficiency are demonstrated by two applications of one-dimensional motion of a viscous fluid in a tube governed by the flow field by converting them to time-fractional Navier-Stokes equations in cylindrical coordinates using fractional derivatives in the sense of Caputo. …”
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A stochastic artificial neural network model for investigating street vendor behavior in a night market by Pao-Kuan Wu, Tsung-Chih Hsiao, Ming Xiao

“…However, combining artificial neural network with Bayesian probability can convert the deterministic artificial neural network model into a stochastic artificial neural network model that is useful for conducting dynamic simulations. …”
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LIFE PREDICTION OF METRO OBSTACLE DETECTOR BASED ON FATIGUE TEST AND FRACTURE SIMULATION by LI XiangJie, YANG GuangWu, XIAO ShouNe, ZHU Tao, YANG Bing

“…Moreover, the sub-model boundary technique was used to separate the aluminum beam, and the stress spectrum of the fatigue weak points was equivalently converted. At last, the remaining life was predicted after inserting the initial cracks at the evaluation points. …”
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Range Extension of Borehole Strainmeters Using MOSFET-Based Multi-Switch Automatic Zero Setting by Chen Yang, Zheng Chen, Hong Li, Wenbo Wang, Weiwei Zhan, Liheng Wu, Yunkai Dong, Jiaxin Chen

“…The quantifiable zero-setting actions are dynamically converted into equivalent voltage, enabling automatic full-range measurements while fully utilizing the effective linear range of the differential capacitive sensors. …”
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Synthesis of Cr3+-doped Al2O3 in nanoscale for bio-labels in myocardial cells by Sida Chen, Jian Hou, Yang Huang, Jinyu Pan, Kaizheng Liu, Guangxian Chen, Zhongkai Wu, Haoyi Wu

“…The Al2O3: Cr3+ light-converting materials were successfully synthesized via co-precipitation, resulting in a grain size ranging from 100 to 400 nm. …”
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