Biowastes as sustainable catalysts for water treatment: A comprehensive overview by Hirpha Adugna Areti, Abas Siraj Hamda, Lata Deso Abo, Abdisa Jabesa, Melkiyas Diriba Muleta

“…Additionally, artificial intelligence and machine learning provide tailored solutions for optimizing catalyst design and enabling real-time monitoring. …”
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Different Stability-Indicating Chromatographic Techniques for the Determination of Netobimin by Nesrin K. Ramadan, Afaf O. Mohamed, Sara E. Shawky, Maissa Y. Salem

“…Method (B) was a TLC method, using silica gel 60 F254 plates; the optimized mobile phase was toluene/methanol/chloroform/ammonium hydroxide (5 : 4 : 6 : 0.1 by volume). …”
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Development of Hydrogen Fuel Cell–Battery Hybrid Multicopter System Thermal Management and Power Management System Based on AMESim by JiHyun Choi, Hyun-Jong Park, Jaeyoung Han

“…Power management improves efficiency through effective power distribution under varying loads, while thermal management maintains optimal stack temperatures to prevent degradation. …”
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Heat dissipation and fatigue crack kinetic features of titanium alloy Grade 2 after laser shock peening by Anastasia Iziumova, Aleksei Vshivkov, Aleksandr Prokhorov, Elena Gachegova, Denis Davydov

“…This type of treatment forms an optimal residual stress field, which slows down the crack initiation and propagation processes. …”
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Experimental Study on Axial Impact Mitigating Stick-Slip Vibration with a PDC Bit by Yong Wang, Hongjian Ni, Yiliu (Paul) Tu, Ruihe Wang, Xueying Wang, Heng Zhang, Jiaxue Lyu, Hongqiao Xie

“…The amplitude of impact force affects the choice of the optimal back-rake angle. The impact frequency is negatively correlated with the fluctuation amplitude of the rotary speed. …”
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Multitenancy in Single Instance of Data Persistence Service for Supporting Low-Code Platforms by Julio Gustavo Costa, Luiz Marcos Garcia Goncalves, Samuel Xavier-de-Souza

“…The proposed solution offers an alternative to code generation methods, with the potential to optimize resource utilization while preserving the flexibility to adapt to changes in data models as business needs evolve.…”
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A one health approach to plant health by Vivian Hoffmann, Birthe Paul, Titilayo Falade, Arshnee Moodley, Navin Ramankutty, Janice Olawoye, Rousseau Djouaka, Elikana Lekei, Nicoline de Haan, Peter Ballantyne, Jeff Waage

“…In this opinion piece, based on a webinar of the same name, we argue that a One Health perspective can help optimize net benefits from plant protection, realizing food security and nutrition gains while minimizing unintentional negative impacts of plant health practices on people, animals and ecosystems. …”
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Sparse Aperture Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar Imaging for Maneuvering Targets With Migration Through Resolution Cells Correction by Jiaxing Yang, Yong Wang

“…The translational parameters are estimated by optimizing the image entropy of the range–Doppler based ISAR image. …”
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Chaotic Dynamics-Based Analysis of Broadband Piezoelectric Vibration Energy Harvesting Enhanced by Using Nonlinearity by Zhongsheng Chen, Bin Guo, Congcong Cheng, Hongwu Shi, Yongmin Yang

“…The proposed method is very valuable for optimally designing and utilizing nonlinear broadband PVEH devices in engineering applications.…”
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Exploration of Key Factors in the Preparation of Highly Hydrophobic Silica Aerogel from Rice Husk Ash Assisted by Machine Learning by Yun Deng, Ziyan Sha, Xingxing Wang, Ke Duan, Weijie Xue, Ian Beadham, Xiaolan Xiao, Changbo Zhang

“…To expand the applications of hydrophobic silica aerogels derived from rice husk ash (HSA) through simple traditional methods (without adding special materials or processes), this paper employs machine learning to establish mathematical models to identify optimal conditions for extracting water glass and investigates how preparation conditions and heat treatment temperatures affect properties such as the porosity and hydrophobicity of HSA. …”
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Oxygen‐Doped 2D In2Se3 Nanosheets with Extended In‐Plane Lattice Strain for Highly Efficient Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting by Ji Yeon Kim, Woohyun Hwang, Seo Yeon Han, Ye Seul Jung, Fengyi Pang, Wenhu Shen, Cheolmin Park, Sang‐Woo Kim, Aloysius Soon, Yong Soo Cho

“…Combining doping and strain engineering substantially enhances the piezoelectric coefficient and electromechanical energy conversion. As a result, the optimal harvester with a 0.9% in situ strain and 10 min plasma exposure achieves the highest piezoelectric energy harvesting values of ≈13.5 nA and ≈420 µW cm−2 under bending operation, outperforming all previously reported 2D materials. …”
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Modeling smeared fiber-matrix pullout strength of steel fiber-reinforced concrete with various types of steel fiber and its tensile and compressive strength by Yuxin Xu, Tengfei Xu, Guilin Li, Tianyu Xie

“…This physically-significant approach not only provides a reliable tool for designing and optimizing SFRC materials but also offers new insights into the mechanisms of fiber reinforcement in concrete.…”
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Abiotic Factors Affecting Canola Establishment and Insect Pest Dynamics by Christian Nansen, Calvin Trostle, Sangu Angadi, Patrick Porter, Xavier Martini

“…Based on multi-regression analysis, we demonstrated that precipitation was positively associated with ranked plant weight, daily minimum relative humidity and maximum temperature were negatively associated with plant weight, and that there may be specific optimal growth conditions regarding cumulative solar radiation and wind speed. …”
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Laminating Fabrication of Bifacial Organic-Inorganic Perovskite Solar Cells by Yujing Yang, Yue Zhu, Xiaoxiao Wang, Qi Song, Chao Ji, Huimin Zhang, Zhiqun He, Chunjun Liang

“…By laminating the two half-devices, ITO/SnO2/CH3NH3PbI3 and CH3NH3PbI3/NiOx/ITO, at high temperature with pressure, the merging of the middle perovskite layers is enhanced. The optimized bifacial PSCs show a Voc of 0.85 V, FF of 0.58, Jsc of 17.53 mA/cm2, and PCE of 8.47%. …”
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State of charge estimation for lithium‐ion batteries based on square root sigma point Kalman filter considering temperature variations by Davoud Mahboubi, Iraj Jafari Gavzan, Mohammad Hassan Saidi, Naghi Ahmadi

“…Abstract The battery management system (BMS) in electric vehicles monitors the state of charge (SOC) and state of health (SOH) of lithium‐ion battery by controlling transient parameters such as voltage, current, and temperature prevents the battery from operating outside the optimal operating range. The main feature of the battery management system is the correct estimation of the SOC in the broad range of vehicle navigation. …”
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Ten practical guidelines for microclimate research in terrestrial ecosystems by Pieter De Frenne, Rémy Beugnon, David Klinges, Jonathan Lenoir, Pekka Niittynen, Sylvain Pincebourde, Rebecca A. Senior, Juha Aalto, Kryštof Chytrý, Phillipa K. Gillingham, Caroline Greiser, Eva Gril, Stef Haesen, Michael Kearney, Martin Kopecký, Peter C. le Roux, Miska Luoto, Ilya Maclean, Matěj Man, Rachel Penczykowski, Liesbeth van denBrink, Stijn Van de Vondel, Karen De Pauw, Jonas J. Lembrechts, Julia Kemppinen, Koenraad Van Meerbeek

“…Our guidelines encompass the significance of microclimates; the specifics of what, where, when and how to measure them; the design of microclimate studies; and the optimal approaches for analysing and sharing data for future use and collaborations. …”
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Micro and nanoparticulate PP/CaCO3 composites mechanical, thermal and transport properties - DOE by Juliano Martins Barbosa, Caroline Valadão Pacheco, Gisele Szilágyi, Patrícia Candioto de Oliveira, Renato Meneghetti Peres, Hélio Ribeiro

“…The additives were initially dispersed in homopolymer polypropylene (hPP) blended with compatibilizer maleic anhydride grafted polypropylene (PP-g-MA) in twin-screw extruder, producing CaCO3 masterbatches, that were subsequently diluted in hPP. To optimize fillers dispersion in the polymer matrix, a Design of Experiment (DOE) was used, that combined Extruder screw rotation (N: 250 and 500 rpm); Extruder feed flow (Q:10 and 15 kg/h) and Average particle size (ϕ: 40 nm and 1.7 μm) at four different filler concentrations. …”
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Cash Management Practices and Financial Growth of Small Medium Businesses in Uganda: A Case Study of Nyakyera Sub-County Ntungamo District. by Atuhurire, Darian

“…The objectives of the study are to optimize liquidity and control cash flows, meet working capital requirements, plan for capital expenditures, and enhance fund efficiency while minimizing costs for businesses in Nyakyera sub-county. …”
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Study on Influencing Factors of Carbon Emissions from Energy Consumption of Shandong Province of China from 1995 to 2012 by Jiekun Song, Qing Song, Dong Zhang, Youyou Lu, Long Luan

“…Based on the results, Kendall coordination coefficient method is employed for testing their compatibility, and an optimal weighted combination decomposition model is constructed for improving the objectivity of decomposition. …”
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Polyarticular Septic Arthritis Caused by Haemophilus influenzae Serotype f in an 8-Month-Old Immunocompetent Infant: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Raheel Ahmed Ali, Sheldon L. Kaplan, Scott B. Rosenfeld

“…Haemophilus influenzae non-type b may cause serious invasive infections such as sepsis or septic arthritis in children with or without predisposing factors such as immunodeficiency or asplenia. Optimal treatment includes surgical management, culture driven IV antibiotics, and an immunologic workup.…”
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