The Need for Change: A Roadmap for the Sustainable Transformation of the Chemical Industry by Klaus Günter Steinhäuser, Markus Große Ophoff

“…Achieving greenhouse gas neutrality in Europe by 2050 demands swift and decisive action from industry, governments, and society. The speed of transformation is currently too slow to reach this goal. …”
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Rapid arc extinguishing of a double-ended electromagnetic air-blast segmented arc-extinguishing device by Xiong LI, Tingfang YANG, Huikang ZHOU, Wenchao YANG, Minghao FENG, Chao ZHUO

“…The results show that the arc-extinguishing airflow maximum speed is up to 330 m/s. Arc-extinguishing airflow rapidly act on the arc from the upper and lower ends，under the action of high-speed airflow，the arc gradually thinned out to break the dynamic equilibrium. …”
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Modulation of Working Memory and Resting-State fMRI by tDCS of the Right Frontoparietal Network by Monika Pupíková, Patrik Šimko, Martin Gajdoš, Irena Rektorová

“…Modulation of cognitive speed of the task by tDCS was reflected by FPN-DMN cross-talk changes.…”
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Use of ICT to Confront COVID-19 by Yousry Saber El Gamal

“…</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span>5G Technology</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">In comparison to 4G, 5G is expected to have better performance in terms of higher speed, lower latency, wider range, increased availability, and more reliability. …”
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BeatProfiler: Multimodal In Vitro Analysis of Cardiac Function Enables Machine Learning Classification of Diseases and Drugs by Youngbin Kim, Kunlun Wang, Roberta I. Lock, Trevor R. Nash, Sharon Fleischer, Bryan Z. Wang, Barry M. Fine, Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic

“…<italic>Results:</italic> Benchmarking against existing tools revealed that BeatProfiler detected and analyzed contraction and calcium signals better than existing tools through improved sensitivity in low signal data, reduction in false positives, and analysis speed increase by 7 to 50-fold. Of signals accurately detected by published methods (PMs), BeatProfiler&#x0027;s extracted features showed high correlations to PMs, confirming that it is reliable and consistent with PMs. …”
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Effect of Ball Milling Parameters on Properties of Nano-Sized Tungsten Powder via Mechanochemical Processing by Feng Li, Guihang Zhang, Pengfei Zheng, Wei Qian, Yaxia Wei, Bingsheng Li, Ming Zhang, Zhijie Zhang, Tong Che

“…The results reveal that the thermite reaction of WO₃ and Mg is almost complete after 5 min of ball milling at a speed of 300 rpm. …”
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Psychophysiological and Performance Effects of Biofeedback and Neurofeedback Interventions in a Top 100 Female Chess Player by Juan Pedro Fuentes-García, Santos Villafaina

“…(1) Background: Previous studies showed that neurofeedback and biofeedback could improve stress levels, enhance self-control over physiological factors, improve behavioral efficiency, and increase reaction speed to stimuli. Specifically, the sensorimotor rhythm stimulation (12–15 Hz) can enhance cognitive functions such as selective attention and working memory. …”
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Supported Zinc Oxide Photocatalyst for Decolorization and Mineralization of Orange G Dye Wastewater under UV365 Irradiation by Ming-Chin Chang, Hung-Yee Shu, Tien-Hsin Tseng, Hsin-Wen Hsu

“…Various operating parameters such as reaction time, preparation temperature, mixing speed, ZnO dosage, UV intensity, pH, initial dye concentration, and service duration were studied. …”
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The Effect of Eight -Weeks General Preparation Exercise on Some Selected Biomechanical, Anthropometrical and Physiological Parameters of the Iranian National Females\' Taekwondo Te... by Hamidreza Naserpour, Raghad Mimar, Sara Khoshjamal Fekri

“…Biomechanical, anthropometrical and physiological parameters including; speed, agility, visual reaction time, anaerobic power, body composition, body weight, cardiovascular endurance, muscular endurance. …”
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A sensory neuroprosthesis enhances recovery from treadmill-induced stumbles for individuals with lower limb loss by Suzhou Li, Ronald J. Triolo, Hamid Charkhkar

“…Participants walked on a treadmill while receiving perturbations involving brief increases in the belt speed. Perturbations were initiated during early stance and randomly delivered to intact and prosthetic sides with the SNP active or inactive. …”
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Optimization method of task uninstallation in mobile edge computing environment combining improved deep Q-learning and transmission learning by Lihong Zhao, Shuqin Wang, Xiaomei Ding

“…When the number of unloading tasks increased to 500, the energy consumption of TL-DQN was 554 J, which was 282 J lower than the energy consumption required by the task uninstallation method constructed by reinforcement learning algorithms. …”
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Hemodynamic evaluation of pulsatile-flow generating device in left ventricular assist devices by A. S. Buchnev, A. P. Kuleshov, O. Yu. Esipova, A. A. Drobyshev, N. V. Grudinin

“…Objective: to investigate the efficiency of a device that generates pulsatile flow during constant-speed axial-flow pump operation for use in left ventricular assist devices.Materials and methods. …”
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Numerical study on vehicle stability under crosswind conditions on desert highways by Zheguang Zhang, Songli Chen, Wei Zhang

“…The findings indicate that aerodynamic effects have a much greater impact on vehicle stability than road friction under desert highway conditions. As wind and vehicle speeds increase, the lateral safety offset distance grows while the available reaction time decreases. …”
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Evaluation of some photosensitizers against the cotton leaf worm, Spodoptera littoralis (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), in relation to spectral and thermal reflectance by M. S. Yones, Shireen A. M. Maamoun, Abd El Aziz A. Khidr, Mahmoud Sayed, Hend A. A. Al-Ashry, Radwa G. Attia

“…Methyl violet reflected sunlight mostly at zero time then the reflectance decreased after 30 min then increased again after 60 min. …”
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Beyond Latency: Chronic <i>Toxoplasma</i> Infection and Its Unveiled Behavioral and Clinical Manifestations—A 30-Year Research Perspective by Ashkan Latifi, Jaroslav Flegr

“…Studies have reported associations between infection and poorer performance in areas such as reaction time, processing speed, working memory, and executive function. …”
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A data-physical fusion method for economic dispatch considering high renewable penetration and security constraints by Yuchen Dai, Wei Xu, Xiaokang Wu, Minghui Yan, Feng Xue, Jianfeng Zhao

“…Conventional model-based methods of economic dispatch encounter significant challenges due to the increasing uncertainties brought about by high renewable penetration. …”
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Results in mechanical properties and wear behaviour of AA6061-Si3N4 composites by J. Kumaraswamy, L. Bharath, K.C. Anil, T.M. Geetha, R. Nagesh

“…Additionally, the wear rate decreased as Si3N4 content increased for all applied loads, sliding distances, and velocities. …”
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DEANOL ACEGLUMATE IN NEURASTHENIA TREATMENT IN ADOLESCENTS WITH SCHOOL DISADAPTATION by A. V. Chutko, S. Yu. Surushkina, I. S. Nikishena, E. A. Yakovenko, T. I. Anisimova

“…Results: vegetative dysfunction, decrease of attention level and reaction speed, as well as increased level of reactive anxiety (reliably higher than in control group of healthy participants) was revealed. …”
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Effects of body mass index and extracurricular sports activities on physical fitness in school-aged children by Bartosz Aniśko, Kacper Bernatowicz, Małgorzata Wójcik

“…The children were assessed for body mass index, grip strength, balance, strength, speed and reaction time.ResultsSignificant differences in fitness test results were observed between active and inactive students. …”
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Effect of Hydroxy Gas Enrichment and Higher Biodiesel Concentration on Diesel Engine Performance by Asnawi Asnawi, Muhammad Muhammad, Reza Putra, Nurul Islami

“…The addition of hydroxy has been observed to positively impact the combustion reaction and increase the energy conversion efficiency of diesel engines. …”
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