Policy options for low-carbon sustainable transport systems in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal: A survey-based study by Jyoti Prajapati, Maheswar Rupakheti, Mark G. Lawrence

“…In contrast, financial (e.g., increasing tax and fuel price) and highly technological measures were considered moderately or least-preferred policies. …”
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Fine Tuning of Redox Networks on Multiheme Cytochromes from Geobacter sulfurreducens Drives Physiological Electron/Proton Energy Transduction by Leonor Morgado, Joana M. Dantas, Marta Bruix, Yuri Y. Londer, Carlos A. Salgueiro

“…The bacterium Geobacter sulfurreducens (Gs) can grow in the presence of extracellular terminal acceptors, a property that is currently explored to harvest electricity from aquatic sediments and waste organic matter into microbial fuel cells. A family composed of five triheme cytochromes (PpcA-E) was identified in Gs. …”
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Laser cutting study of zirconium alloys for nuclear decommissioning by Jae Sung Shin, Joonsoo Ock, Sungyeol Choi

“…We conducted laser cutting studies on zirconium alloys, specifically Zircaloy-2 and Zr-2.5%Nb alloy, which are used as constituent materials in the nuclear fuel channel of a pressurized heavy water reactor. …”
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Assessment of Thermodynamic Efficiency of the Belarusian Energy System. Part 2 by V. N. Romaniuk, A. A. Bobich, T. V. Ryzhova, T. V. Bubyr, V. V. Yanchuk, Y. S. Yatsukhna

“…Traditional key energy indicators (specific consumption of conventional fuel for electricity generation and heat release) do not give a complete picture of the operation of the power system for such complex structures and in some cases are calculated incorrectly. …”
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The analysis of the effect of cutting mode and coolant on formation of burrs when drilling aluminum alloy by A.G. Kisel, D. S. Makashin, D. Yu. Belan, K. V. Averkov

“…Drilling is an extremely important process widely used in the manufacture of fuel control equipment. The sustainable drilling process of aluminum alloy is promising for today's industry, which reduces energy and coolant consumption without compromising the quality of workmanship. …”
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Embedded-Based Quadratic Boost Converter With Sliding-Mode Controller for the Integration of Solar Photo-Voltaic Source With Microgrid by S. Chitra Selvi, Ramya Govindaraj, Subrata Chowdhury, Saumya Singh, Baseem Khan

“…Microgrids use renewable energy sources like the wind and solar photo-voltaic energy source, and the fuel cell-based energy conversion systems. DC to DC converters is inevitable in a microgrid. …”
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Balancing efficiency and sustainability in waste collection fleet operations: A fleet optimization and electrification perspective in a real case study by M. Ghoreishi, F. Santori, L. Carloni, M. Cresta, A. Geri, T. Bragatto

“…Electrification scenarios show significant reductions in fuel costs and emissions, even exploiting a decision support system that optimally manage charging sessions of the Electric Vehicles after the daily waste collection using available Charging Stations in the headquarters.…”
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Photovoltaic Generation Integration with Radial Feeders Using GA and GIS by Elias Mandefro Getie, Belachew Bantyirga Gessesse, Tewodros Gera Workneh

“…The PV generation system eliminates the problem of power demand by enhancing the capacity of the power network as well as by reducing the depletion and consumption of fossil fuel resources. To reduce power loss and improve system loading capacity for demand response, the integration and finding the optimal place of photovoltaic generation take high concern from power system operators and technicians. …”
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State of Charge and State of Health Estimation in Electric Vehicles: Challenges, Approaches and Future Directions by Babatunde D. Soyoye, Indranil Bhattacharya, Mary Vinolisha Anthony Dhason, Trapa Banik

“…The paper systematically explores various SOC estimation techniques, emphasizing their importance akin to that of a fuel gauge in traditional vehicles, and addresses the challenges in accurately determining SOC given the intricate electrochemical nature of batteries. …”
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Enhancing Mixed Traffic Flow Safety via Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Trajectory Planning with a Reinforcement Learning Approach by Yanqiu Cheng, Chenxi Chen, Xianbiao Hu, Kuanmin Chen, Qing Tang, Yang Song

“…The longitudinal trajectory planning of connected and autonomous vehicle (CAV) has been widely studied in the literature to reduce travel time or fuel consumptions. The safety impact of CAV trajectory planning to the mixed traffic flow with both CAV and human-driven vehicle (HDV), however, is not well understood yet. …”
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Relation between Renal Function and Insulin Resistance of Type 2 Diabetic Iraqi Patients by Rami Fadhel Lefta, Ekhlas Abdallah Hassan

“… Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a condition where the body's ability to regulate and utilize glucose as fuel is compromised. As a result of this chronic ailment, excess sugar circulates in the bloodstream. …”
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Multiobjective Core Reloading Pattern Optimization of PARR-1 Using Modified Genetic Algorithm Coupled with Monte Carlo Methods by Nadeem Shaukat, Ammar Ahmad, Bukhtiar Mohsin, Rustam Khan, Salah Ud-Din Khan, Shahab Ud-Din Khan

“…An optimal loading pattern can be depicted as a configuration that has the maximum keff and maximum thermal fluxes in the core of the given fuel inventory keeping in view the safety constraints such as limitation on power peaking factor. …”
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High-pressure hydrothermal synthesis of shape-controlled AuPt nanoflowers with enhanced electro-catalytic properties for methanol oxidation reaction by Yan Liu, Ziyi Li, Zhao Zhang, Haitao Zhang

“…Therefore, it proves that the method of the size and morphology control synthesized of AuPt NFs can suitable optimize the design of Pt-based catalysts for direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs).…”
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On Harmonizing the External Economic Policy among the Countries of the Common Economic Space: Problems and Prospects by E. S. Ratushnyak

“…It is important in order to fuel the growth of the integration economic performances and equal competitive conditions for participating countries to give consideration to the harmonization of the taxation of the three countries as one of the main directions of development of integration within the framework of the common economic space (further - CES).…”
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Synergistic Microbial Consortium for Bioenergy Generation from Complex Natural Energy Sources by Victor Bochuan Wang, Joey Kuok Hoong Yam, Song-Lin Chua, Qichun Zhang, Bin Cao, Joachim Loo Say Chye, Liang Yang

“…Here, we established a stable microbial consortium with Escherichia coli and Shewanella oneidensis in microbial fuel cells (MFCs) to produce bioenergy from an abundant natural energy source, in the form of the sarcocarp harvested from coconuts. …”
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Model for sustainable carbon emission reduction energy development and smart grid technology strategy by Kangli Xiang, Keren Chen, Simin Chen, Wanqing Chen, Jinyu Chen

“…To address this problem, a model for optimal power system operation and scheduling based on the prediction error mechanism and synthetic fuel technology is proposed. The model used the carbon trading mechanism to further reduce carbon emissions and the carnivorous plant algorithm to optimize the scheduling strategy. …”
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Transuranics Transmutation Using Neutrons Spectrum from Spallation Reactions by Maurício Gilberti, Claubia Pereira, Maria Auxiliadora F. Veloso, Antonella Lombardi Costa

“…A simple model consisting of an Accelerator-Driven Subcritical (ADS) system containing spallation target, moderator or coolant, and spheres of actinides, “fuel,” at different locations in the system was modelled. …”
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Suitability assessment for handling methods of municipal solid waste by B. Seng, T. Fujiwara, B. Seng

“…Food waste, wood and leave could be digested in the one-stage continuous wet system and co-composted, and plastic is appropriate for refuse-derived fuel generation. The current study recommends that the waste pre-separation should be requisite for any handling methods.…”
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Analysis of the LARG of the hospital medical equipment supply chain using the fuzzy inference system by Ramin Pabarja, Gholamreza Jamali, Khodakaram Salimifard, Ahmad Ghorbanpur

“…Key indicators for the evaluation of LARG in the hospital medical equipment supply chain include reducing overall supply chain costs, optimizing inventory management, shortening supply chain development cycle time, increasing the introduction of new products, promoting information sharing among supply chain members, establishing flexible supply bases and sourcing, reducing fossil fuel consumption, and implementing waste management practices such as reuse and recycling of recyclable materials. …”
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Techno-economic dataset for energy market and capacity payment co-optimization in the Dominican Republicʼs power marketMendeley Data by René Báez-Santana, Miguel Aybar-Mejía, Máximo A. Domínguez-Garabitos, Víctor S. Ocaña-Guevara

“…The electric power industry has an impact on fossil fuel consumption, which must be considered in decarbonization strategies. …”
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