A Systematic Search for Candidate Supermassive Black Hole Binaries Using Periodic Mid-infrared Light Curves of Active Galactic Nuclei by Di Luo, Ning Jiang, Xin Liu

“…Analyzing a parent sample of 48,932 objects selected from about half a million AGNs, we have identified 28 candidate periodic AGNs with periods ranging from 1268 to 2437 days (in the observer frame), by fitting their WISE light curves with sinusoidal functions. However, our mock simulation of the parent sample indicates that stochastic variability can actually produce a similar number of periodic sources, underscoring the difficulty in robustly identifying real periodic signals with WISE light curves, given their current sampling. …”
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A Strategic Planning Methodology for the Multimodal Transportation Systems: A Case Study from Turkey by Umut R. Tuzkaya, Semih Onut, Gulfem Tuzkaya

“…And the analytical network process is again used to select the most convenient ones among the alternative port locations. …”
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New Thermoelectric Sensor Adapted to Realize an Infrared Radiations Detector by Mohammed Rahmoun, Khalid Hachami, Abdelwahad Touil, Benaissa Bellach, Mohammed Bailich, Ammar Merdani

“…The present paper deals with the design and the realization of a new thermoelectric sensor (Seebeck), sensitive to the infrared radiations emitted by different sources. The function mechanism utilizes radiative absorption phenomena, heat transfer, and thermoelectric effects. …”
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Analysis of the Soil Microbiome of a Los Angeles Urban Farm by Savanah St. Clair, Maryam Saraylou, Daila Melendez, Norman Senn, Serina Reitz, Destini Kananipour, Angelo Alvarez

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Comprehensive Evaluation of Soil Quality Reconstruction in Agroforestry Ecosystems of High-Altitude Areas: A Case Study of the Jiangcang Mining Area, Qinghai–Tibet Plateau by Liya Yang, Shaohua Feng, Xusheng Shao, Jinde Zhang, Tianxiang Wang, Shuisheng Xiong

“…The study selected the Jiangcang mining area and analyzed the physical, chemical, and carbon characteristics and heavy metal content of soil samples from the slag platforms and slopes (0–20 cm), which were restored in 2015 and 2020 to explore the effects of different soil reconstruction methods on soil function and ecological resilience. …”
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Secondary Frequency Control of Islanded Microgrid Based on Deep Reinforcement Learning by Li WANG, Yuxiang JIANG, Xiangjun ZENG, Bin ZHAO, Junhao LI

“…The reward function balances the goals of frequency recovery and power allocation among distributed energy resources , ensuring consistency in action selection among the intelligent agents. …”
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The experience of virtualization and university culture: A qualitative study of Tehran universities by F. Lolaee, S. Bastani, M. Farasatkhah

“…Participants were purposefully selected from among students, graduates, faculty members, and university administrators. …”
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Protection of historic public spaces in the creative process of the city's identity. by Zbigniew Władysław Paszkowski, Sylwia Kołowiecka, Aleksandra Kuśmierek

“…Urban revitalization is a method that thoughtfully protects the historical value of buildings, while allowing new functions and activities, appropriately selected in terms of heritage protection. …”
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Prospects for using soft processors in systems-on-a-chip based on field-programmable gate arrays by I. E. Tarasov, D. S. Potekhin, O. V. Platonova

“…., processors based on configurable logical resources, for implementing control functions in an FPGA-based SoC.Methods. …”
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Business Ecosystem Finance: Modern Agenda and Challenges by I. M. Stepnov, J. A. Kovalchuk

“…The objectives of this research are defined as clarifying the need to include financing functions in the toolkit of emerging industrial business ecosystems and revealing the possibilities of using selected financing methods. …”
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Application of evolutionary algorithm in estimation of environmental performance in farm systems by Srđan Jović, Dalibor Radovanović, Dušan Marković

“…Evolutionary algorithm (EA) can be employed in these problems because they can simultaneously focus on two or more objective functions. Multi-objective genetic algorithm (MOGA) as one of the EAs was selected and wheat as one of the most important strategic crops was chosen in order to test the application of these algorithms in farm systems. …”
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MXene-based membranes for water treatment: preparation, properties, and application by samal babanzadeh

“…In membrane separation methods, the selection of the appropriate material as a membrane is so important because the physical, chemical, and mechanical properties, and separation performance (water flux, selectivity and, salt rejection) of the membrane are strongly dependent on the selected material type. …”
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Deep-Learning-Based Land Cover Mapping in Franciacorta Wine Growing Area by Girma Tariku, Isabella Ghiglieno, Andres Sanchez Morchio, Luca Facciano, Celine Birolleau, Anna Simonetto, Ivan Serina, Gianni Gilioli

“…Through meticulous data acquisition, preprocessing, model selection, and evaluation, we demonstrate the effectiveness of these techniques in accurately identifying land cover classes. …”
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Plastome comparison and phylogenomics of Chinese endemic Schnabelia (Lamiaceae): insights into plastome evolution and species divergence by Shengnan Wei, Jianan Ying, Mengxia Lu, Jie Li, Yanbo Huang, Zhenming Wu, Paul Nevill, Pan Li, Xinjie Jin, Qixiang Lu

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Genetic segregation of chlorophyll content and light compensation point in a hybrid grapevine population by JI Xiaohao, LIU Fengzhi, WANG Xiaodi, WANG Xiaolong, SHI Meng, WANG Zhiqiang, WANG Haibo

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Association of Trace Elements with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in Women—A Case-Control Study by Tinkara Srnovršnik, Bojana Pinter, Milena Horvat, Janja Snoj Tratnik, Ingrid Falnoga, Darja Mazej, Ivan Verdenik, Irma Virant-Klun

“…<b>Results:</b> In women with PCOS, lower Mo levels in whole blood (<i>p</i> = 0.024) and serum (<i>p</i> = 0.011) and higher serum Cu levels (<i>p</i> = 0.026) were detected when compared to healthy controls. Results of this study show that amendments in Cu and Mo levels might be related to altered kidney and liver function and disrupted hormonal balance in PCOS women. …”
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Bearing Small Sample Fault Diagnosis based on Data Generation and Transfer Learning by Dinghui Wu, Qin Fang, Chuyi Wu

“…First， the source dataset is trained on the training network to obtain the source model， and then a small amount of drive-end data is used as the target dataset to fine-tuning to obtain the target model. …”
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Can carbon-labeled food shift Vietnamese consumers towards greener consumption? Integrating theory of consumption value and theory of planned behavior by Huu-Dung Nguyen, Bui Duc Tho, Linh Hoang Thi My, Ha Nguyen Thu, Ngoc Trinh Bao, Anh Nguyen Tuan

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Chronic polystyrene microplastics exposure-induced changes in thick-shell mussel (Mytilus coruscus) metaorganism: A holistic perspective by Xing-Lu Chen, Lin-Jun Wu, Li-Li Miao, Lei Li, Long-Mei Qiu, Hui-Qiang Zhu, Xi-Rui Si, Hong-Fei Li, Qiao-Ling Zhao, Peng-Zhi Qi, Ting-Ting Hou

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Spectral domain optical coherence tomography: a better OCT imaging strategy by Zahid Yaqoob, Jigang Wu, Changhuei Yang

“…There are two approaches to SDOCT—one that uses a broadband source and a spectrometer to measure the interference pattern as a function of wavelength and the other that utilizes a narrowband tunable laser that is swept linearly in k ∼ 1/λ space during spectral fringe data acquisition. …”
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