Reinforcement Learning for Optimizing Renewable Energy Utilization in Buildings: A Review on Applications and Innovations by Panagiotis Michailidis, Iakovos Michailidis, Elias Kosmatopoulos

“…For evaluation, the paper examines and outlines the different attributes in the field considering the following: methodologies of RL; agent types; value-action networks; reward functions; baseline control approaches; RES types; BEMS types; and building typologies. …”
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Greenhouse gas emissions of global construction material production by Seth Kane, Josefine A Olsson, Sabbie A Miller

“…Both construction material production and emissions are primarily driven by structural materials, such as concrete and steel. Material selection can play a key role in reducing emissions in the context of the function, with variation in emissions of structural materials per unit strength between 0.001–0.1 kg CO _2 /kg/MPa and in insulation materials per R -value/thickness of 0.018–0.14 kg CO _2 /kg/(K⋅m ^2 W ^−1 ))). …”
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Otimização do uso da água no perímetro irrigado do Gorutuba, utilizando-se a técnica da programação linear Optimization of water use in the Gorutuba irrigation district, Minas Gera... by Daniel Fonseca de Carvalho, Antônio Alves Soares, Carlos Antônio Alvares Soares Ribeiro, Gilberto C. Sediyama, Fernando Falco Pruski

“…<br>This research was developed with the objective of selecting the crops and planting dates in order to maximize the farmers income and the water resources in the Gorutuba Irrigation District. …”
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Compost amendments up to one inch restore dry rangeland soil health by Eva Stricker, Emily Cornell, Zach Withers

“…Our results provide guidance for land stewards to assess their resources and management goals to optimize compost addition to build rangeland soil health.…”
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Comparative genomics reveals key adaptive mechanisms in pathogen host-niche specialization by Menglu Zhang, Longxi Han, Caizhi Liao, Weiheng Su, Weiheng Su, Chunlai Jiang, Chunlai Jiang

“…Bacteria from clinical settings had higher detection rates of antibiotic resistance genes, particularly those related to fluoroquinolone resistance. …”
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Physics of swimming and its fitness cost determine strategies of bacterial investment in flagellar motility by Irina Lisevich, Remy Colin, Hao Yuan Yang, Bin Ni, Victor Sourjik

“…Abstract Microorganisms must distribute their limited resources among different physiological functions, including those that do not directly contribute to growth. …”
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Non-destructive identification of commercial jerky types based on multi-band hyperspectral imaging with machine learning by Yuanxi Han, Liang Li, Siyuan Jiang, Pengpeng Sun, Wenliang Wu, Zhendong Liu

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Untargeted metabolomics reveals stage-specific metabolic signatures in yak colostrum, transitional milk and mature milk by Yunduan Wang, Daoliang Lan, Shaohui Beng, Shunyang Liu, Xueer Mu, Kechao Chen, Yueyue Li, Meng Xu, Jian Li, Wei Fu

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The profound implications of mitochondrial myopathy on activities of daily living: an observational qualitative study of standardized structured and semi-structured patient intervi... by Elizabeth M. McCormick, James T. Peterson, Joaquim Diego D. Santos, Jean Flickinger, Rui Xiao, Richard Haas, Zarazuela Zolkipli-Cunningham

“…Our results will serve as a comprehensive resource to inform the physician, patient, industry and advocacy communities on outcome measure selection and clinical trial design; and to help inform regulatory agencies in the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) drug approval process for MM.…”
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Prediction of the pharmaceutical solubility in water and organic solvents via different soft computing models by A. Yousefi, k. movagharnejad

“…Molecular weight, melting point, temperature and the number of each functional group in the pharmaceutical compound and organic solvents were selected as the input variables of these three different neural network models. …”
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Efficacy and safety of musculoskeletal manipulations in elderly population with musculoskeletal disorders: a systematic review by Alessandro Mauro, Donatella Bagagiolo, Michela Persiani, Luca Cicchitti, Luca Vismara, Irene Bruini, Francesca Buffone

“…Introduction Non-pharmacological interventions, including musculoskeletal manipulations (MMs), have been proven effective for musculoskeletal disorders.Objectives To evaluate if MMs, including osteopathic manipulation and chiropractic care, are effective to improve quality of life, pain intensity and function in older adults with musculoskeletal disorders.Design Systematic review.Data sources A systematic search was conducted on MEDLINE/PubMed, EMBASE, Scopus, Web of Science, CINAHL, Cochrane Library, from database inception up to 2 January 2025.Eligibility criteria Randomised controlled trials, controlled non-randomised trials and open label trials evaluating the efficacy and safety of MM such as osteopathic manipulation, chiropractic manipulation, myofascial release, craniosacral therapy, as monotherapy or adjunctive therapies in older people (age ≥65 years) with musculoskeletal disorders. …”
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Blind super-resolution network based on local fuzzy discriminative loss for fabric data augmentation by Ning Dai, Xiaohan Hu, Kaixin Xu, Xudong Hu, Yanhong Yuan, Bo Cao, Luhong Shi

“…In the field of fabric defect detection, the development of algorithms has been hindered by issues such as poor quality and limited quantity of open-source datasets. …”
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Solid-State Nanopore Readout of Programmable DNA and Peptide Nanostructures for Scalable Digital Data Storage by Lihuan Zhao, Jiajun Wang, Lin-Sheng Wu, Xin Zhao

“…Peptide nanostructures are introduced as a data medium via click-chemistry, expanding encoding sources. By integrating a photosensitive PC-linker, this approach endows the data chain with functionalities for encryption and data formatting, enhancing the security and organization of biological information storage. …”
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Experiments on the application of the infrasound method of remote monitoring of snow avalanches in the Khibiny Mountains by A. V. Fedorov, I. S. Fedorov, V. E. Asming, A. Yu. Motorin

“…Visual slope observations are still the main method of avalanche detection. As a result, avalanche statistics, especially in remote mountain areas, remain incomplete. …”
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Fat globule size distribution in commercial ice cream determined through ideal application of the laser diffraction technique by Rafael A. Garcia, Faith Olszewski, Benjamin M. Plumier

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Effectiveness of exercise therapy in patients with knee osteoarthritis: an overview of systematic reviews by Daisuke Sasaki, Takashi Kitagawa, Yuichi Isaji, Kunihiro Onishi, Masateru Hayashi, Wataru Okuyama

“…Objective This study aimed to assess the methodological quality of published systematic reviews of exercise therapy in knee osteoarthritis and summarise their reported effectiveness on quality of life, knee joint function, or adverse events.Design Overview of systematic reviews.Data sources PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, Web of Science and CENTRAL (searched on 14 April 2025), plus grey literature (PROSPERO, Epistemonikos, OpenGrey).Eligibility criteria for selecting studies We included systematic reviews of randomised controlled trials in patients diagnosed with knee osteoarthritis by imaging or clinical criteria and treated conservatively with exercise therapy; we excluded reviews that enrolled patients scheduled for surgery, with acute inflammation or osteoarthritis of other joints (hand, hip, ankle), for which relevant author data could not be obtained after one contact attempt, or that did not report at least one primary outcome (quality of life, knee joint function or adverse events).Data extraction and synthesis Two reviewers independently extracted data on study characteristics, interventions and outcomes, and assessed methodological quality using the AMSTAR 2 (A MeaSurement Tool to Assess systematic Reviews 2) tool. …”
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Current approaches to assessment of the impact of the environmental contamination on cancer risk by L. G. Solenova

“…Assessment of the impact of environmental contamination on cancer risk includes: •setting research priorities on the local, regional, and on the all-Russian levels; •the selection of the research that may be maximally socially profitable; •the choice of the research method that the most adequately meets the research objectives; •systemic analysis of the planed research to determine the availability of the resources, personnel, and information; •monitoring of atmospheric pollutions with analysis of the fraction composition of the particulate matters; •coordination of available data basis on environment and the population health conditions; •the implementation of the of molecular biology to determine prenosological manifestation of carcinogenesis and development of fine and diverse research methods on relationships between the environment and cancer risk.For effective implementation of the research objectives aimed to decrease the impact of hazard factors with special reference on cancer risk in the Russian population, it is necessary: to create training personnel capable of providing epidemiologic studies, using up-to day methods, publication of methodological materials, text books, and sufficient funding of studies.…”
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Bridging Behavioural, Neural, and First-Person Insights into Working Memory Strategies by Anka Slana Ozimič, Nina Purg Suljič, Aleš Oblak, Jurij Bon, Toma Strle, Grega Repovš

“… Working memory is a core cognitive function, yet findings regarding its behavioural and neural underpinnings are often inconsistent. …”
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Analysis of value-based healthcare (VBHC) framework by incremental cost-effectiveness of surgical and therapeutic interventions: a retrospective study at tertiary private health gr... by Mona Khamis, Zainab Almoosa, Marie Santos, Engineer Diaa Kamal, Suhail Yaghmor, Muhammad Daniyal, Abbas Al Mutair

“…Knee and ACL therapies were the most cost-effective, while lower cost-effectiveness in CP and LBP treatments may stem from the chronic nature, variable patient responses, and high resource use. Improving patient selection, standardizing treatment protocols, and enhancing early intervention and care coordination can boost efficiency and outcomes. …”
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Theoretical Model of Possibility of 15-minute City in Urban Planning Using the Meta-Synthesis Method by Hafez Mahdnejad

“…About 81% of the sources are related to the years 2022 and 2021. 16% of the selected sources are related to the years 2020 and 2019. …”
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