Water Footprint Analysis of Wheat Cultivation in the Ganga Yamuna Doab Region – Implications for Sustainable Water Management by Ai Likun, Mohammad Suhail, Mohd Nazish Khan, Meliev Abduxamidovich Bakhtiyor, Ibragimov Lutfullo, G’afforov Abdurashid, Alikul Xudayberdiyevich Ravshanov, Chen Yingying

“…Variations in blue WFP were observed across districts, with efficient water usage in some and higher values in others due to rainfall distribution and agricultural practices. …”
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Web‐based application for threatened woodland caribou population modeling by Daniel R. Eacker, Mark Hebblewhite, Robin Steenweg, Mike Russell, Amy Flasko, Dave Hervieux

“…We present a stand‐alone statistical software application using open‐source software to permit efficient, transparent, and replicable demographic estimation for woodland caribou populations. …”
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MPJ-SPARK Integration-Based Technique to Enhance Big Data Analytics in High Performance Computing Environments by Sakhr A. Saleh, Maher A. Khemakhem, Fathy E. Eassa

“…Traditional analytics tools lag HPC in computational efficiency, whereas machine learning workloads require substantial resources. …”
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Understanding the potential of Black garlic as an antibacterial agent by quantifying volume scattering function by Sanchita Roy, Farhana Hussain, Nirmal Mazumder

“…SLS proved to be an efficient tool in understanding the role of black garlic as antibacterial agent by quantifying volume scattering function at different temperatures. …”
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Image navigator–based, automated coronary magnetic resonance angiography for the detection of coronary artery stenosis by Gregory Wood, Reza Hajhosseiny, Alexandra Uglebjerg Pedersen, Simon Littlewood, Tina Juul Hansen, Radhouene Neji, Karl P. Kunze, Jens Wetzl, Bjarne Linde Nørgaard, Jesper Møller Jensen, Michael Maeng, Per Lav Madsen, Niels Vejlstrup, Claudia Prieto, René M. Botnar, Won Yong Kim

“…Additionally, the study incorporates the utilization of standardized postprocessing with sliding-thin-slab multiplanar reformatting, in combination with evaluation of the source images, to optimize the visualization of coronary artery stenosis. …”
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Screening of High-Yield 2-Phenylethanol Producing Strain from Wild-Type <i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i> and Optimization of Fermentation Parameters by Chenshuo Zhang, Tingwen Fan, Zhichun Wang, Jiamu Yu, Xiaoming Guo, Wei Jiang, Lili Miao, Huaiyi Yang

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Analysis of influential factors on temperature field in the construction of concrete warm shed method for pile cap by Zhe Zhang, Quansheng Sun, XiaoQian Li, Lin Wang, Yangxuan Gao, Zhengyi Liu, Yancheng Liu

“…A heater is utilized as the heat source within the shed, investigating the impacts of exhaust temperature, exhaust velocity, initial heater temperature, shed wall material, and heater placement on temperature variations in both concrete and the shed. …”
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Identification and exploration of the potential antiaging role of the novel antioxidant peptide DGGY derived from yak milk proteins by Rubin Wang, Zhandu Danzeng, Jinyong Yang, Jiu Qu, Ruikai Zhu, Huanhuan Li, Honggang Tang, Caiyan Li, Ke Zhao

“…In summary, a novel yak milk protein-derived antioxidant peptide, DGGY, was efficiently screened and found to exert potential antiaging effects. …”
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Transcriptome analysis of nitrogen assimilation preferences in Burkholderia sp. M6-3 and Arthrobacter sp. M7-15 by Ran Liu, Ran Liu, Hongyi Qin, Qian Wang, Cheng Chu, Yunbin Jiang, Huan Deng, Cheng Han, Cheng Han, Wenhui Zhong, Wenhui Zhong, Wenhui Zhong

“…IntroductionAmmonium (NH4+) and nitrate (NO3−) are the two main forms of inorganic nitrogen (N) that exist in soil and both can be absorbed and utilized by plants. As a vast and crucial biome, soil microorganisms are responsible for mediating the inorganic N assimilation process and enhancing nitrogen use efficiency. …”
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Critical Review on Powertrain Technologies for Electric Vehicles: Classification, Broadly Adopted Topologies, and Future Challenges by Sadeq Ali Qasem Mohammed, Samer Saleh Hakami, Mahmoud Kassas, Mohammad M. Almuhaini

“…These can be achieved by incorporating cutting-edge technologies in switching power electronic devices (i.e., utilizing silicon-carbide and gallium-nitride), broadly efficient power topologies, leveraging solid-state and silicon anode batteries, thermal management, etc. …”
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A Data Engineering Framework for Ethereum Beacon Chain Rewards: From Data Collection to Decentralization Metrics by Tao Yan, Shengnan Li, Benjamin Kraner, Luyao Zhang, Claudio J. Tessone

“…In addition, we apply decentralization metrics such as the Shannon entropy, Gini Index, Nakamoto Coefficient, and Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) to showcase the dataset’s utility in studying decentralization trends. Publicly available on Harvard Dataverse and accompanied by open-source analytical tools on GitHub, this dataset facilitates future research aimed at enhancing blockchain systems’ decentralization, security, and efficiency.…”
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Breakthroughs in CH4 capture technologies: Key to reducing fugitive methane emissions in the energy sector by Wenkang Deng, Xiaofeng Xie, Yalou Guo, Guoping Hu

“…However, capturing methane from low-concentration sources to meet transportation or utilization requirements remains a significant technical challenge, highlighting the need for advances in low-grade methane enrichment technologies. …”
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Enhancing epidemic preparedness: a data-driven system for managing respiratory infections by Moslem Sarani, Katayoun Jahangiri, Manoochehr Karami, Mohammadreza Honarvar

“…The dashboard, developed using Power BI visualizes epidemiological trends, intervention outcomes, and resource utilization. A relational database schema ensures efficient data retrieval, facilitating comprehensive analysis. …”
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Power-to-X in Southern Iraq: Techno-economic assessment of solar-powered hydrogen electrolysis combined with carbon capture and storage for sustainable energy solutions by Rudha Khudhair Mohammed, Hooman Farzaneh

“…The proposed PtX system is supposed to be located near the Hartha power plant, which is one of the main sources of electricity in the Basra region, allowing for the utilization of captured CO2 from the power plant’s exhaust gas. …”
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Xylanase-assisted bioconversion and bioelectricity production in microbial fuel cells: A novel strategy for renewable energy generation by Ruchika Siwach, Soumyajit Chandra, Amit Kumar, Soumya Pandit, Sharad Agrawal

“…The isolation of stable and efficient enzymes from microbial sources plays a crucial role in mitigating the capital intensiveness of lignocellulosic biomass bioconversion. …”
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Applications of electrospinning for fuel cell and electrolysis cell applications in hydrogen technologies by Antara Sarkar, Jerome Michael Bidu, Jagannath Panda, Young Je Kwon, Sohwi Bak, Kie Yong Cho, Segi Byun, Jun Young Cheong

“…Both the fuel cell and electrolysis cell capable of utilizing green hydrogen with the aid of electrospinning methods have attracted considerable attention for improving the hydrogen production or utilization efficiency and operational stability. …”
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Distributionally robust optimization-based scheduling for a hydrogen-coupled integrated energy system considering carbon trading and demand response by Zhichun Yang, Lin Cheng, Huaidong Min, Yang Lei, Yanfeng Yang

“…Addressing climate change and facilitating the large-scale integration of renewable energy sources (RESs) have driven the development of hydrogen-coupled integrated energy systems (HIES), which enhance energy sustainability through coordinated electricity, thermal, natural gas, and hydrogen utilization. …”
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Application of VGG16 in Automated Detection of Bone Fractures in X-Ray Images by Resky Adhyaksa, Bedy Purnama

“…The training and testing phases utilized an 80:20 split of the data, employing binary cross-entropy as the loss function and the Adam optimizer for efficient weight updates. …”
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Toward Low-Emission Agriculture: Synergistic Contribution of Inorganic Nitrogen and Organic Fertilizers to GHG Emissions and Strategies for Mitigation by Shahzad Haider, Jiajie Song, Jinze Bai, Xing Wang, Guangxin Ren, Yuxin Bai, Yuming Huang, Tahir Shah, Yongzhong Feng

“…In this review, the current knowledge is utilized for the management of nitrogen practices, such as the optimization of fertilization rates, timing, and methods of application, in terms of the nitrogen use efficiency and the related GHG emissions. …”
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Combining economic and energy system modelling for assessing long-term energy transition strategies by Sini Huhtinen, Juha Forsström, Esa Pursiheimo, Pihla Kössi, Miika Rämä

“…A crucial factor is adopting low-temperature distribution, known as 4th generation district heating (4GDH), which enhances efficiency and utilization of low-carbon heat sources.This paper presents a novel methodology combining 1) a DH company-level economic model implemented in General Algebraic Modeling System with 2) an energy system model based on Backbone modelling framework, for modelling energy transition in a DH system. …”
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