Optimizing industrial and domestic water consumption efficiency for sustainable growth through data envelopment analysis by Z. Bayat, J. Vives Costa, J.J. de Felipe Blanch

“…Gross domestic product and water consumption information was acquired from regional governmental sources. The analysis included input and output-oriented models to identify opportunities for efficiency improvement.FINDINGS: The results showed that Barcelona’s industrial sector achieved optimal water resource consumption efficiency with a score of 1 in both models, setting a benchmark. …”
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Smart grid stability prediction using Adaptive Aquila Optimizer and ensemble stacked BiLSTM by Safwan Mahmood Al-Selwi, Mohd Fadzil Hassan, Said Jadid Abdulkadir, Mohammed Gamal Ragab, Alawi Alqushaibi, Ebrahim Hamid Sumiea

“…Traditional machine learning (ML) models often fall short in predicting the highly variable nature of smart grid operations. Methods: This study introduces an ensemble stacked bidirectional Long Short-Term Memory model enhanced by a proposed Adaptive Aquila Optimizer (AAO). …”
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An approach to the conservation of the endangered yew (Taxus baccata L.) by optimizing callus culture for taxol production by Marziyeh Sarmadi, Naser Karimi, Mohammad Hossein Mirjalili

“…It is one of the most important sources of taxol, an anti-cancer compound. This plant is an endangered species due to its low growth and regeneration and also over-harvesting. …”
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A hybrid renewable energy system for Hassi Messaoud region of Algeria: Modeling and optimal sizing by Yacine Bourek, El Mouatez Billah Messini, Chouaib Ammari, Mohamed Guenoune, Boulerbah Chabira, Bipul Krishna Saha

“…These findings validate GA-based optimization as a superior method for designing cost-effective, reliable, and environmentally sustainable HRES, offering significant potential to reduce fossil fuel dependency in industrial applications. …”
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Role conflict, satisfaction, and performance in administrative staff at public universities: The role of optimism and sex differences. by Pedro Antonio Díaz-Fúnez, Francisco Gabriel Martín-Martín, Ana Martínez-Díaz, Carmen Salvador-Ferrer, Chiara Consiglio, Miguel Ángel Mañas-Rodríguez

“…<h4>Background</h4>This study addresses a critical gap in the literature by examining how optimism can moderate the effects of role conflict specifically among administrative staff at public universities. …”
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An Optimal Control Strategy for DC Bus Voltage Regulation in Photovoltaic System with Battery Energy Storage by Muhamad Zalani Daud, Azah Mohamed, M. A. Hannan

“…The PSCAD/EMTDC-based simulation case studies are presented to evaluate the performance of the proposed optimized control scheme in comparison to the conventional methods.…”
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Ways of Financing Innovation of Trade Business by T. I. Berg

“…The author’s matrix of finance methods was designed depending on the type of innovation and finance sources. …”
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Optimized machine learning algorithms with SHAP analysis for predicting compressive strength in high-performance concrete by Samuel Olaoluwa Abioye, Yusuf Olawale Babatunde, Oluwafikejimi Abigail Abikoye, Aisha Nene Shaibu, Bailey Jonathan Bankole

“…Achieving precise predictions is crucial for enhancing structural reliability and optimizing resource usage in construction projects. …”
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Single nucleotide polymorphism-based visual identification of Rhodiola crenulata using the loop-mediated isothermal amplification technique by Li Hao, Xin Shi, Shiyu Wen, Caiye Yang, Yaqi Chen, Samo Yue, Jiaqiang Chen, Kexin Luo, Bingliang Liu, Yanxia Sun, Yi Zhang

“…However, the classification of Rhodiola species can lead to confusion, raising safety concerns in the herbal medicine market.MethodsThe cleaved amplified polymorphic sequence (CAPS) RT-PCR was used to identify the single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) sites, based on which the loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) was employed to develop the method in Rh. crenulata identification. …”
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Assessment of air pollutants when burning alternative fuels by Olena Levytska, Artem Sikorsky

“…Design / Method / Approach. An analytical review of scientific articles, information from Internet resources is carried out in order to determine the most common and suitable for the purposes of energy production using agricultural waste, as well as the experience of enterprises in the production of alternative fuels is analyzed. …”
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Study of Renewable Potential of the Republic of Armenia for Implementation of Hybrid Autonomous Power Supply System Using Solar Photovoltaic Modules by N. R. Kostik, S. A. Tarasov, G. Ye. Ayvasyan

“…To simulate operating conditions for various AHRESS configurations providing electric power to a cellular communication base station.Materials and methods. Climatic, geographical, social and economic features of the region of the Republic of Armenia are investigated. …”
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Study of the energy flow and Global Warming Potential (GWP) of alfalfa and maize silage production with different water supply sources (a case study: Qazvin Plain) by Ehsan Khodarezaie, Korous Khoshbakht, Hadi Veisi, Mohammad Reza Nazari

“…This paper evaluates the energy flow and Global Warming Potential (GWP) of alfalfa and maize silage farms with two different water supply sources (well and canal) in Qazvin Plain.Material and methods: The data were collected through face-to-face interviews with farmers in the years 2018-2019. …”
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Layered Soil Moisture Retrieval and Agricultural Application Based on Multi-Source Remote Sensing and Vegetation Suppression Technology: A Case Study of Youyi Farm, China by Zhonghe Zhao, Yuyang Li, Kun Liu, Chunsheng Wu, Bowei Yu, Gaohuan Liu, Youxiao Wang

“…The accurate monitoring and quantitative retrieval of soil moisture play a crucial role in optimizing agricultural water resource management. In recent years, the development of multi-source remote sensing technologies—such as high spatiotemporal resolution optical, radar, and thermal infrared sensors—has opened new avenues for efficient soil moisture retrieval. …”
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CAU²DNet: A Dual-Branch Deep Learning Network and a Dataset for Slum Recognition with Multi-Source Remote Sensing Data by Xi Lyu, Chenyu Zhang, Lizhi Miao, Xiying Sun, Xinxin Zhou, Xinyi Yue, Zhongchang Sun, Yueyong Pang

“…The efficient and precise identification of urban slums is a significant challenge for urban planning and sustainable development, as their morphological diversity and complex spatial distribution make it difficult to use traditional remote sensing inversion methods. Current deep learning (DL) methods mainly face challenges such as limited receptive fields and insufficient sensitivity to spatial locations when integrating multi-source remote sensing data, and high-quality datasets that integrate multi-spectral and geoscientific indicators to support them are scarce. …”
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The effectiveness analysis of traditional and new landscape indexes in indicating flood risk of watersheds from the perspective of source-sink landscapes: A case study of Changsha,... by Lingxuan Zhang, Sheng Jiao, Jie Lu

“…This study identified effective traditional indexes and developed a new index based on flood risk formation mechanisms, advancing landscape pattern research in flood risk management from a source-sink perspective. The findings offer an effective ecological approach for stormwater management and provide valuable insights for optimizing landscape spatial patterns. …”
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Application of multi-source remote sensing technologies in identification and evolution mechanism analysis of creep landslides: a case study of Shibatai landslide in Wenchuan earth... by Defu Wang, Li Liu, Li Liu, Chao Luo, Xuehu Wen, Yongxin Li, Dongyu Ren, Wei Tang

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Potential of Natural Sheep Casings Waste as a Sole Nitrogen Source for the Marine Microalga <i>Scenedesmus rubescens</i> MDP19 Growth and Lipid Production by Sanaa Ouzakar, Nadia Skali Senhaji, Francesca Rigano, Cinzia Cafarella, Francesco Cacciola, Luigi Mondello, Jamal Abrini

“…The meat industry is one of the main sources of organic waste in the food processing sector. …”
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Optimizing radiomics for prostate cancer diagnosis: feature selection strategies, machine learning classifiers, and MRI sequences by Eugenia Mylona, Dimitrios I. Zaridis, Charalampos Ν. Kalantzopoulos, Nikolaos S. Tachos, Daniele Regge, Nikolaos Papanikolaou, Manolis Tsiknakis, Kostas Marias, ProCAncer-I Consortium, Dimitrios I. Fotiadis

“…This study compares the effect of several feature selection methods, machine learning (ML) classifiers, and sources of radiomic features, on models’ performance for the diagnosis of clinically significant prostate cancer (csPCa) from bi-parametric MRI. …”
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USE OF MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS FOR OPTIMAL GEOMETRY STUDY IN CALCULATION OF ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT FOR ELEMENT, COMPOUND AND MIXTURE by Caroline Mattos Barbosa, Cesar Raitz, Roos Sophia de Freitas Dam, William Luna Salgado, Cesar Marques Salgado, Delson Braz

“…MCNP is a code extensively used to simulate experiments involving transport of radiation using the Monte Carlo method. This code allows the study of different geometries, materials, and radiation types (e.g. gamma, neutron, and electron), enabling the building of approximate models before the experimental implementation. …”
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Coupling circuit design for Single-Wire Earth Return PLC applications through cascaded s-parameters optimization by Kristi Beqirllari, Cagil Ozansoy, Douglas Gomes

“…A case study for a PLC targeting a Single Wire Earth Return (SWER) network coupling via a 5.1-nF Coupling Capacitor (CC) exemplifies the need for this research. The proposed method relies on the construction of an s-parameter cascade for the load, source, and matching circuit for the PLC application. …”
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