Costing of the breeding operations for the national maize programs in Eastern and Southern Africa by Biswanath Das, Biswanath Das, Samuel K. Mutiga, Samuel K. Mutiga, Olivia Odiyo, Olivia Odiyo, Sammy Madahana, Sammy Madahana, Dragan Milic, Dragan Milic, Lubasi Sinyinda, Kabamba Mwansa, Ronica Mukaro, Davison Chaingeni, Godfrey Asea, Daniel B. Kwemoi, Lennin Musundire, Lennin Musundire

“…Breeding programs are being guided in using the University of Queensland’s open-source breeding costing tool (UQ-BPCT). This paper outlines the costing strategy and demonstrates the tool’s utility using data from national breeding programs in Uganda (NARO), Zambia (ZARI), and Zimbabwe (DR&SS). …”
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A Solution‐Based Deposition Method Enabling Pigment Blue Edible Electrochemical Transistors by Alessandro Luzio, Fabrizio M. Ferrarese, Matteo Butti, Alberto D. Scaccabarozzi, Bojan Petrović, Sanja Kojić, Goran Stojanović, Simone Fiorini Granieri, Shubham Tanwar, Adrica Kyndiah, Mario Caironi

“…Moreover, the proposed method results in a limited impact of impurities on CuPc charge transport efficiency, thus affecting the purification costs and, crucially, enabling the sourcing of CuPc pigments through recycling and upcycling.…”
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Integration of smart water management and photovoltaic pumping system to supply domestic water for rural communities by Meita Rumbayan, Imanuel Pundoko, Sherwin R．U Sompie, Dirko G．S Ruindungan

“…The system utilizes solar energy captured by photovoltaic panels, which is stored and regulated through an efficient charge controller and battery configuration to power water pumps. …”
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Screening, Identification, and Fermentation of <i>Brevibacillus laterosporus</i> YS-13 and Its Impact on Spring Wheat Growth by Wenjing Zhang, Xingxin Sun, Zele Wang, Jiayao Li, Yuanzhe Zhang, Wei Zhang, Jun Zhang, Xianghan Cheng, Peng Song

“…This study successfully identified a high-efficiency phosphate-solubilizing strain, YS-13, and established optimal culture conditions and bioassay validation, laying a foundation for its potential application as a microbial inoculant and providing theoretical and technical support for reducing phosphorus fertilizer inputs and advancing sustainable agriculture.…”
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Effect of P Reduction on <i>phoD</i>-Harboring Bacteria Community in Solar Greenhouse Soil by Ting Bian, Zhen Wang, Shuang Wang, Xuan Shan, Tianqi Wang, Hongdan Fu, Zhouping Sun

“…Minimizing the application of P fertilizer represents a crucial approach to mitigating the accumulation of P in the soil and enhancing its utilization efficiency. However, the changes in bacterial communities and the turnover mechanism of soil P fractions related to soil P cycling after P fertilizer reduction are still unclear. …”
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Strategic bioprocessing of A. protothecoides and C. sorokiniana using renewable feedstocks for targeted bioproduct and biodiesel generation by Eleni Krikigianni, Kyriakos Antoniadis, Paul Christakopoulos, Ulrika Rova, Leonidas Matsakas, Alok Patel

“…These findings advance microalgal bioprocessing by emphasizing the importance of fine-tuning cultivation strategies and utilizing renewable nutrients to maximize resource efficiency and optimize the biosynthesis of valuable bioproducts, such as proteins, pigments, carbohydrates, and high-quality lipids.…”
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Toward Trustworthy Machine Learning for Daily Sediment Modeling in the Riverine Systems: An Integrated Framework With Enhanced Uncertainty Quantification and Interpretability by Z. J. Yue, N. N. Wang, B. D. Xu, X. Huang, D. M. Yang, H. B. Xiao, Z. H. Shi

“…(c) Conformal prediction‐based UQ provides probabilistic information to quantify prediction reliability and efficiency, alongside uncertainty sources: discharge (∼38.9%) > precipitation (∼33.4%) > land cover (∼19.6%) > SPEI (∼8.1%). …”
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Robust Pareto Transistor Sizing of GaN HEMTs for Millimeter-Wave Applications by Rafael Perez Martinez, Stephen Boyd, Srabanti Chowdhury

“…We assess designs based on three critical objectives, evaluating each by its worst-case performance across a range of Gate-Source Voltages (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$V_{\text {GS}}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>). …”
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Enhanced optical and structural traits of irradiated lead borate glasses via Ce3+ and Dy3+ ions with studying Radiation shielding performance by O. I. Sallam, Y. S. Rammah, Islam M. Nabil, Ahmed M. A. El-Seidy

“…Furthermore, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy was utilized to get insight into the coordination chemistry of the created glass samples. …”
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Review of hydrogen transmission pipeline technology development by Debao CHENG, Jiangang LIN, Naiteng WEI, Wenxia YU, Chunlei DANG, Huafeng TIAN

“…Objective Hydrogen energy stands out as a widely utilized and ecologically sustainable fuel source, renowned for its cleanliness, high efficiency, diverse sources, and renewability. …”
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Advancing Lignin Extraction Recovery from Natural Lignocellulosic Biomass into Biochemicals by Mohammad Siddique, Suhail Ahmed Soomro, Shaheen Aziz, Saadat Ullah Khan Suri, Muhammad Asif

“…It can be considered a primary source of energy if utilized efficiently. Present research studies pinpoint to exploit locally accessible biomass sources to extract lignin from plants using an acid or alkali pretreatment. …”
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Construction and Overall Protection of Ecological and Marine Cultural Composite Landscape Network in Quanzhou, Fujian by Dongfang LU, Yaru ZHENG, Tianteng HAN, Shunhe CHEN

“…The construction and optimization strategy of Quanzhou’s ecological and marine culture composite landscape network provides a basis for the integration, flow, efficient utilization and overall protection of Quanzhou’s ecological and cultural resources, it also provides a reference template for the comprehensive coordinated protection of ecology and culture and the integrated sustainable development of coastal cities.…”
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PhyloFunc: phylogeny-informed functional distance as a new ecological metric for metaproteomic data analysis by Luman Wang, Caitlin M. A. Simopoulos, Joeselle M. Serrana, Zhibin Ning, Yutong Li, Boyan Sun, Jinhui Yuan, Daniel Figeys, Leyuan Li

“…We provide PhyloFunc as an open-source Python package (available at https://pypi.org/project/phylofunc/ ), enabling efficient calculation of functional beta-diversity distances between a pair of samples or the generation of a distance matrix for all samples within a dataset. …”
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Grid-connected PV inverter system control optimization using Grey Wolf optimized PID controller by Monika Gupta, P. M. Tiwari, R. K. Viral, Ashish Shrivastava, Basem Abu Zneid, Iryna Hunko

“…The system architecture, simulated in MATLAB/Simulink, comprises a 50 kW PV array with a boost converter employing an Incremental Conductance (INC) Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) algorithm, a three-phase voltage source inverter, RLC filters, and a dual-loop (voltage and current) control system synchronized with the utility grid through a Phase-Locked Loop (PLL). …”
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Isolation and characterization of diphenyl ether degrading bacterium Sphingomonas sp. DZ-3 by Feng Zhuo, Wang Sheng, Bai Naling, Zhao Yuhua

“…A few works of biological degradation of PBDEs have been done in recent years.An efficient diphenyl ether degrading bacterium strain DZ-3, which was able to utilize diphenyl ether as a sole source of carbon and energy under aerobic condition, was isolated from activated sludge of a wastewater treatment plant. …”
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Fuel cell technologies in the automotive sector: A focus on proton exchange membrane and Alkaline fuel cells by Vijay Bhooshan Kumar, Aakash Collin, M. Gopi Sankar, Kanakasabapathi Subramanian

“…We provide a detailed comparative analysis of the utility, efficiency, and development status of both PEMFCs and AFCs. …”
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Carbon Footprint Assessment in Shrimp Pond Farming of Penaeus vannamei Based on Life Cycle Assessment Methods by Yunfei WANG, Xinmeng WANG, Ying LI, Jinzhen YU, Jie KONG, Jihong ZHANG

“…This approach would not only reduce carbon emissions associated with organic pollutants but also enhance the efficiency of material cycling in aquatic ecosystems and improve water quality, ultimately benefiting shrimp survival rates. …”
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A novel framework for optimizing residential load response planning with consideration of user satisfaction by Mohammad Hossein Erfani Majd, Gholam-Reza Kamyab, Saeed Balochian

“…The primary objective is to minimize electricity costs while ensuring efficient use of renewable energy resources. The proposed method utilizes the Meerkat Optimization Algorithm (MOA), which is compared against other optimization algorithms, including Genetic Algorithm (GA), Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO), and Teaching-Learning-Based Optimization (TLBO). …”
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Design and Economic Optimization of Microgrid by Syed Mahaboob Shareef, Prasanth B. Venkata, Kumaraswamy I, Raju B. Sreenivasa, Ramya P. Sai, Rao Y. Ranga

“…The simulation findings show that using HOMER microgrids use less non-renewable energy, work efficiently and with less operating cost to run. This gives an optimized solution for the sustained and smart power utilization.…”
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Error Analysis and Compensation of 3‒PTT Parallel Robot by CHEN Mingfang, LIANG Hongjian, WEI Songpo, HE Chaoyin

“…ObjectivePrecision design and kinematic calibration are two commonly utilized approaches to further improve the pose accuracy of parallel robots. …”
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