Pectin/alginate aerogel containing ZnO produced from beetroot extract mediated green synthesis for potential applications in food packaging by Stefania Mottola, Gianluca Viscusi, Gianmaria Oliva, Giovanni Vigliotta, Stefano Cardea, Giuliana Gorrasi, Iolanda De Marco

“…Supercritical drying was used to produce the biopolymers-based aerogels, which were initially formulated with different polymer concentrations (2 wt% and 4 wt%) and various ratios between pectin and alginate (9:1, 7:3, 1:1) to identify the optimal configuration that would guarantee a balance between strength and morphology, resulting in better properties in the final structure. …”
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Hierarchical Clustering of Residential Appliances Considering the Characteristics of the Appliances by Shima Simsar, Mahmood Alborzi, Ali Rajabzadeh Ghatari, Ali Yazdian

“…Considering the sensor technologies, clarification on electricity consumption details helps to optimally monitor how the appliances are used. In this research, an unsupervised machine learning model was proposed for the clustering of home appliances to manage the bills of customers based on their inherent characteristics. …”
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PILOT STUDY REGARDING AN ONLINE METHOD FOR DENTAL RADIOLOGY STUDENTS’ ASSESEMENT EXPERIMENTALLY APPLIED DURING THE 2020 PANDEMIC by Dragos Epistatu, Serban Dan Predescu, Manuela Solomon, Alexandru Croitoru, Carmen Larisa Nicolae, Ruxandra Sfeatcu, Cosmina Mironov

“…It also showed the topics that needed to be better explained for an optimized learning.…”
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Organization of live animal transportation process in the Russian Federation by M. A. Shibayev, I. M. Klinovitskaya, A. V. Belchikhina, A. K. Karaulov

“…The results of the analysis performed can be used to optimize the control of animal transportation in the territory of the Russian Federation by competent authorities.…”
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Automatic Synthesis of Recurrent Neurons for Imitation Learning From CNC Machine Operators by Hoa Thi Nguyen, Roland Olsson, Oystein Haugen

“…This article applies an evolutionary algorithm to synthesize recurrent neurons optimized for specific datasets. This adds another layer to the AutoML framework, targeting the internal structure of neurons. …”
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Autonomous inverse encoding guides 4D nanoprinting for highly programmable shape morphing by Shuaiqi Ren, Zhiang Zhang, Ruokun He, Jiahao Fan, Guangming Wang, Hesheng Wang, Bing Han, Yong-Lai Zhang, Zhuo-Chen Ma

“…However, due to the lack of autonomous holistic strategies throughout the target shape input, optimal material distribution generation, and fabrication program output, 4D nanoprinting that permits arbitrary shape morphing remains a challenging task for manual design. …”
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Enhanced Tribological Properties of Ethylene Glycol-Based Lubricants by Nitrogen–Phosphorus Co-Doped Carbon Dots by Haiyang Wang, Zhongyi He, Kai Qiu, Liping Xiong, Lili Li, Jian Liu

“…Furthermore, increasing the concentration of eNP-CDs further reduced the friction coefficient of the base lubricant, and at its optimal concentration, it outperformed 6NP-CDs in terms of wear resistance and friction reduction. …”
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Rationale and Design of the First Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial with Allogeneic Adipose Tissue-Derived Stromal Cell Therapy in Patients with Ischemic Heart Failure: A Phas... by Jens Kastrup, Morten Schou, Ida Gustafsson, Olav W. Nielsen, Rasmus Møgelvang, Klaus F. Kofoed, Charlotte Kragelund, Jens Dahlgaard Hove, Andreas Fabricius-Bjerre, Merete Heitman, Mandana Haack-Sørensen, Lisbeth Drozd Lund, Ellen Mønsted Johansen, Abbas Ali Qayyum, Anders Bruun Mathiasen, Annette Ekblond

“…Ischemic heart failure (IHF) has a poor prognosis in spite of optimal therapy. We have established a new allogeneic Cardiology Stem Cell Centre adipose-derived stromal cell (CSCC_ASC) product from healthy donors. …”
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Some Rare Earth Elements Analysis by Microwave Plasma Torch Coupled with the Linear Ion Trap Mass Spectrometry by Xiaohong Xiong, Tao Jiang, Wenhao Qi, Jun Zuo, Meiling Yang, Qiang Fei, Saijin Xiao, Aimin Yu, Zhiqiang Zhu, Huanwen Chen

“…For some REEs, the generated composite ions were detected in both positive and negative ion modes and further characterized in tandem mass spectrometry. Under the optimized conditions, the limit of detection (LOD) was at the level 0.1 ng/mL using MS2 procedure in negative mode. …”
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BerryPortraits: Phenotyping Of Ripening Traits in cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon Ait.) with YOLOv8 by Jenyne Loarca, Tyr Wiesner-Hanks, Hector Lopez-Moreno, Andrew F. Maule, Michael Liou, Maria Alejandra Torres-Meraz, Luis Diaz-Garcia, Jennifer Johnson-Cicalese, Jeffrey Neyhart, James Polashock, Gina M. Sideli, Christopher F. Strock, Craig T. Beil, Moira J. Sheehan, Massimo Iorizzo, Amaya Atucha, Juan Zalapa

“…As an open source phenotyping tool based on widely-used python libraries, BerryPortraits allows anyone to use, fork, modify, optimize, and embed this software into other tools or pipelines.…”
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Maximum carbon uptake potential through progressive management of plantation forests in Guangdong Province, China by Xueyan Li, Chongyuan Bi, Jianping Wu, Chaoqun Zhang, Wenting Yan, Zhenzhen Xiao, Ying-Ping Wang, Jiashun Ren, Yongxian Su

“…Our results indicate that under the optimal scenario with the highest carbon sink potential, harvesting PFs over a 20-year period and progressively replanting each year could yield a potential carbon stock of 0.53 ± 0.01 PgC by 2060, without expanding forest cover. …”
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Microbial and Sensory Characteristics of Traditional Watery Kimchi (Dongchimi) Fortified with Probiotics by Ji Young Lee, Yeong Hyeon Jo, Tae Hee Kim, Su Eun Lee, Eun Seo Hong, Tae Sun Kang

“…These results offer critical insights into the microbial ecology and probiotic strains essential for optimizing synbiotic dongchimi, thereby reinforcing health claims related to probiotics and prebiotics.…”
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Intelligent back-propagated neural networks to study nonlinear heat transfer in tangent-hyperbolic fluids by Muhammad Asif Zahoor Raja, Huma Tayyab, Aamna Muskan Malik, Qazi Mahmood Ul Hassan, Kottakkaran Sooppy Nisar, Muhammad Shoaib

“…This paper presents a novel way to analyze unsteady flow and heat transfer in Magnetohydrodynamic Tangent-Hyperbolic Fluid (MHD-THF) flow over a stretching sheet that uses Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs) optimized with the Levenberg-Marquardt Algorithm (LMA). …”
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Software requirement selection using a combined multi‐objective optimisation technique by Wathiq H. Dukhan, Marghny H. Mohamed, Ali A. Amer, Elnomery Allam Zanaty, Omar Reyad

“…Abstract The optimal requirements selection set aims primarily at careful search for the best requirements set of the next release of software during development process. …”
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Predictive Factors of Early Recurrence in Patients with Distal Cholangiocarcinoma after Pancreaticoduodenectomy by Yasuhiro Ito, Yuta Abe, Tomohisa Egawa, Minoru Kitago, Osamu Itano, Yuko Kitagawa

“…Therefore, lymphatic invasion might be useful in determining the optimal adjuvant therapy in the early postoperative stage for distal cholangiocarcinoma.…”
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Enhanced Carbon Neutral and Performance Characteristics Cookstove for Energy Sustainability by Samson Kolawole Fasogbon, Emmanuel Segun Durowoju, Theophilus Chibuzo Uzoh, Kubiat Edeheudim George, Mark Onons Ikhifa, Timilehin Daniel Adegoke, Ibrahim Ademola Fetuga

“…The study arrived that for any enhanced traditional cookstove to give optimal energy sustainability model, burner orifice size of 1.2 cm should be employed. …”
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A novel cellulose-derived graphite carbon with abundant defects for excellent environmental adaptability and superior wideband microwave absorbents by Guangguang Guan, Jiebai Li, Xiaoqiang Li, Jun Xiang, Yangtao Zhou

“…The excellent MA property was attributed to the optimal synergy of good impedance matching and satisfactory EM attenuation capability. …”
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Physicochemical properties and drug likeness of hydroxycinnamic acids and their molecular docking with caffeine and amoxicillin: Potential anticancer drugs by Umer Sherefedin, Abebe Belay, Kusse Gudishe, Alemu Kebede, Alemayehu Getahun Kumela, Tesfaye Feyisa, Jebel Haji Mahamud, Shallo Fekadu

“…These findings support the therapeutic potential of HCAs, particularly p-CA, as promising anticancer agents, warranting further experimental and clinical investigations to optimize their efficacy and safety.…”
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Construction and Encapsulation of Colloidal Vesicles Based on Bovine Serum Albumin-Dextran Interfacial Assembly by Qianqian GUO, Dan LI, Yongli YANG, Li LI, Gaoyang YI, Xiaolin YAO

“…Based on this, this study aimed to construct colloidal vesicles with aminoized bovine serum albumin (BSA-NH2) and carboxylated dextran (DEX-COOH) as the building blocks, and use Pickering emulsion template method to optimize complex concentration, oil/water volume ratio and crosslinker concentration. …”
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Adsorption of Volatile Organic Compounds and Microwave Regeneration on Self-prepared High-surface-area Beaded Activated Carbon by Shih-Ying Hsiao, Shu-Wen You, Can Wang, Ji-Guang Deng, Hsing-Cheng Hsi

“…Abstract Self-prepared beaded activated carbons (SBAC) were derived from carbonized phenolic formaldehyde (PF) resins through an optimal activation procedure (900°C for 4 h) using CO2 and compared with a commercial BAC (termed KBAC) over physicochemical properties, adsorption performance against methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) and toluene (TOL), and their regenerability. …”
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