Palaeontological And Geological Highlights Of The Black Country UNESCO Global Geopark by Graham Worton, Colin Prosser, Jonathan Larwood

“…Located in an area rich in raw materials (Carboniferous coal, iron, and clay; Silurian limestone), it was quarried and mined extensively to fuel the Industrial Revolution. These activities created exposures which contributed greatly to the development of geoscience, including the establishment of the Silurian System. …”
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Comparison of the Energy Properties of Sunflower Stalk Fibers for Solid Biofuel Production by Diana Kindzera, Viktoria Kochubei

“…Due to the adequate calorific value, but the excessive level of ash content, the rind, intermediate segments of sunflower stalks, and sunflower stalks as a whole were recommended as components of solid composite fuel based on woody biomass.…”
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Multi-objective optimization of hybrid energy systems using gravitational search algorithm by Sayyed Mostafa Mahmoudi, Akbar Maleki, Dariush Rezaei Ochbelagh

“…Abstract The depletion of fossil fuel reserves, increasing environmental concerns, and energy demands of remote communities have increased the acceptance of using hybrid renewable energy systems (HRES). …”
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Modeling barriers of solid waste to energy practices: An Indian perspective by S. Bag, N. Mondal, R. Dubey

“…Energy recovery in the form of electricity, heat and fuel from the waste using different technologies is possible through a variety of processes, including incineration, gasification, pyrolysis and anaerobic digestion. …”
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Review of Reforming Processes for the Production of Green Hydrogen from Landfill Gas by Dhruv Singh, Piero Sirini, Lidia Lombardi

“…The growing challenges of climate change, the depletion of fossil fuel reserves, and the urgent need for carbon-neutral energy solutions have intensified the focus on renewable energy. …”
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Autonomous Multiport Solar Power Plant with Lithium Ion Battery Storage Using a Voltage Source Inverter for Automotive Applications by P. Vijayashankarganth, S. Sathish Kumar, R. Meenakumari, T. Gobinath, K. Vinoth, G. G. Raja Sekhar, Martin Sankoh

“…As a result, producers should import fuel to satisfy the electrical demand, the assembly value rises. …”
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Safety Enhancements for PHWRs Based on Macroscopic Losses of the Fukushima Accident by Sang Ho Kim, Tsuneo Futami, Soon Heung Chang, Yong Hoon Jeong

“…Considering the design of systems, the areas of weakness at the Fukushima nuclear power plants can be divided into three categories: plant protection, electricity supply, and cooling of the nuclear fuel. In this paper, focusing on these three areas, the lessons learned are proposed and applied for pressurized heavy water reactors. …”
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Sociobiology meets oncology: unraveling altruistic cooperation in cancer cells and its implications by Muhammad Sufyan bin Masroni, Evelyn Siew-Chuan Koay, Victor Kwan Min Lee, Siok Bian Ng, Soo Yong Tan, Karen Meiling Tan, Marco Archetti, Sai Mun Leong

“…Finally, we discuss how molecular insights gleaned from these mechanistic dissections may fuel advancements in our comprehension of altruism among cancer cells, with implications across multiple disciplines, offering innovative prospects for therapeutic strategies, molecular discoveries, and evolutionary investigations.…”
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The Concept of the Heat Removal System of a High-Flux Research Reactor by Vitaly Uzikov, Ildar Suleimanov, Irina Uzikova

“…However, even with a complete failure of all forced circulation circuits, the evaporation of water from the surface of the pool makes it possible to safely remove the residual heat from the fuel assemblies and from the irradiation devices in the cells of the reflector.…”
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Corrosion-induced thickness diminution of an ageing bulk carrier by Nataša Kovač, Špiro Ivošević, Nikola Momčilović

“…The impact of corrosion influences the structural degradation of vessels and the risk of structural failure and fuel oil spills significantly. The formulation of predictive corrosion models, grounded in historical data accumulated during vessel operations, emerges as an optimal strategy for designing structural elements and guaranteeing their structural integrity. …”
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Natural resources heterogeneity and environmental sustainability in G20 nations: post-COP28 analysis by Abdulrahman Alomair, Ridwan Lanre Ibrahim, Ridwan Lanre Ibrahim, Abdulaziz S. Al Naim

“…The study highlights the importance of eliminating fossil fuel subsidies and making substantial investments in green policies as key recommendations for policy action.…”
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Design of a Mechanized Road Sweeper by Asiimwe Dianah

“…The limitations of the existing sweeping methods were found to be: high fuel consumption, expensive and large space requirement by the mechanical sweeping systems, then labour-intensive, dusty, time consuming and tiresome for the case of manual sweeping. …”
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Analysis of Viability of Core Inflation Components Based on Excluded Items in Uganda. by Munyambonera, Ezra, Mukiza, Chris Ndatira, Niyimpa, Ediga Mfite

“…Particularly, this was achieved through subjecting all Energy, Fuel and Utilities (E,FU) and Food crops to volatility and persistence tests. …”
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Low‐carbon scheduling model of multi‐virtual power plants based on cooperative game considering failure risks by Chen Wu, Zhinong Wei, Yang Cao, Yiteng Xu, Tiantian Wei, Haiteng Han, Sheng Chen, Haixiang Zang

“…VPP also contains a variety of flexible resources such as demand response (DR), energy storage (ES), and fuel cell (FC). How to achieve efficient energy utilization while reducing carbon emissions and resisting the risk of failure caused by extreme weather has attracted widespread attention. …”
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Valoriser les produits du palmier doum pour gérer durablement le système agroforestier d’une vallée sahélienne du Niger et éviter sa désertification by Régis Peltier, Claudine Serre Duhem, Aboubacar Ichaou

“…The pulp of its fruit is eaten, dried palm cores produce edible flour, several parts are used as fuel, palm-trees have a favorable influence on associated crops or pastures… and above all the limb of young leaves is used for numerous craft products (ropes, mats, etc.). …”
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Development and performance evaluation of a precision seeder for sustainable rice cultivation by Prabhat Kumar Guru, Atul Kumar Shrivastava, Suryakanta Khandai, Rabe Yahaya, Sudhanshu Singh, Virender Kumar, Priyanka Tiwari, Manoj Kumar

“…Performance evaluation revealed key results: an operating speed of 1.7 km h-1, a seed rate of 21.5 kg ha-1, a fertilizer application rate of 86.5 kg ha-1, a field efficiency of 79.5 %, and a fuel consumption of 0.8 l h-1. The seeder achieved a 25 % reduction in operational costs per hectare and an average 7.7 % increase in crop yield compared to manual drum seeding. …”
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The Economic Feasibility of Battery Electric Trucks: A Review of the Total Cost of Ownership Estimates by Romeo Danielis, Arsalan Muhammad Khan Niazi, Mariangela Scorrano, Manuela Masutti, Asees Muhammad Awan

“…However, (2) TCO estimates differ across continents. (3) The combing effect of fuel prices and taxes is most likely responsible for the fact that BETs enjoy a stronger competitive position relative to DTs in Europe, Asia, and Oceania, whereas, in North America, most estimates assign them poor competitiveness, both presently and in the coming years. (4) Most studies underline that significant cost disproportions persist in the heavy-duty truck segment due to its demanding operational requirements and a lack of robust high-powered charging infrastructure. …”
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Modulating immune responses for enhanced cell therapies: The dual role of multi-scale biomaterials by Jia'nan Zeng, Yuhong Jin, Yanxiao Ao, Wenjing Li, Kaini Liang, Haoke Chen, Yi Long, Yanan Du

“…In future studies, the biophysical and biochemical properties of biomaterials could be better leveraged for immunomodulatory purposes to fuel prominent improvements in cell therapy, and the relevant regulatory mechanisms should be investigated in a more systematic and in-depth manner.…”
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Mobile Sleep Lab: Comparison of polysomnographic parameters with a conventional sleep laboratory. by Chihiro Suzuki, Yoko Suzuki, Takashi Abe, Takashi Kanbayashi, Shoji Fukusumi, Toshio Kokubo, Isamu Takahara, Masashi Yanagisawa

“…We, therefore, developed a Mobile Sleep Lab in a bus powered by fuel cells with two sleep measurement chambers. As the environment in the bus could affect sleep, we examined whether sleep testing in the Mobile Sleep Lab was as feasible as in a conventional sleep laboratory (Human Sleep Lab). …”
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Burn Severity in Canada's Mountain National Parks: Patterns, Drivers, and Predictions by Weiwei Wang, Xianli Wang, Wanli Wu, Futao Guo, Jane Park, Guangyu Wang

“…We investigated satellite‐derived burn severity from 1985 to 2015 at 30‐m resolution in three mountain national parks in Canada: Banff, Kootenay, and Yoho National Parks. Results show that fuel type had the most significant influence on burn severity, whereas the three groups of continuous variables (topography, vegetation, and climate) contributed equally to the model, indicating the complex mechanism of environmental controls on fire behavior in this heterogeneous mountain region. …”
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