Biowastes as sustainable catalysts for water treatment: A comprehensive overview by Hirpha Adugna Areti, Abas Siraj Hamda, Lata Deso Abo, Abdisa Jabesa, Melkiyas Diriba Muleta

“…Despite challenges related to scalability, stability, and reusability, strategies such as functionalization, hybridization, and the incorporation of computational tools offer pathways for improvement. …”
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Designing a Policy Model Based on the Development of Human Capabilities of the Ministry of Education of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq by Rahman Rasul Fatah, Mojtaba Amiri, Seyed Reza Seyed Javadin, Rasool Norouzi Seyed Hosseini

“…ObjectiveThe capability approach, the result of the latest development theories, is a novel perspective that links development with the concepts of "functions" and "capabilities." This approach can be employed as a fundamental framework in the education system. …”
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Gender Differences in the Communication Styles of Vice-Chancellors: A Case Study of Professor (Mrs.) Rita Akosua Dickson and Professor Kwasi Obiri-Danso by Esther Serwaah Afreh, Obed Atta-Asamoah

“…This study highlights the complexity of gendered language use, urging future research to consider broader speaker samples, specific language element functions, and social contexts in analysing gender differences in English syntax.…”
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Design Optimization Approach for Residential Outdoor Environments Based on Seasonal Variations in Local Thermal Perception by Yikai Yan, Qingqin Wang, Haizhu Zhou, Yanan Song

“…Based on these findings, we propose precision-driven design optimizations that align outdoor spatial configurations with residents’ comfort thresholds. …”
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Smart and Sustainable Doha? From Urban Brand Identity to Factual Veracity by Munawer Syed, Yusuf A. Aina, Tan Yigitcanlar

“…With most of Qatar’s population residing in the metropolitan area, Doha effectively functions as a city-state. While the rapid growth of this Gulf metropolis is often celebrated as an emerging center of economic and cultural activity, the subtle yet crucial socio-cultural influences shaping its development as a rentier city-state are frequently overlooked in the existing literature. …”
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Microbiome Literacy: Enhancing Public and Academic Understanding Through the ‘Microbiome & Health’ Online Course by Matthias Schweitzer, Birgit Wassermann, Ahmed Abdelfattah, Tomislav Cernava, Gabriele Berg

“…Enhancing awareness and improving education about microbiome functions can contribute to a sustainable economy and resilient systems. …”
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Six1 is essential for differentiation and patterning of the mammalian auditory sensory epithelium. by Ting Zhang, Jinshu Xu, Pascal Maire, Pin-Xian Xu

“…These two types of epithelial cells are derived from common precursors in the four- to five-cell layered primordium and acquire functionally important shapes during terminal differentiation through the thinning process and convergent extension. …”
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Exploring the factors influencing continuance intention to use simulation software in mechatronic engineering by integrating the TAM and TTF model by Jiaxing Li, Wenhong Liang

“…These findings provide valuable insights into the design and implementation of simulation software in mechatronics engineering education, emphasizing the importance of aligning software functions with students’ learning tasks and goals.…”
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Central Transport Hub in Poland’s airport system by Bogusław Węglinski

“…Its primary goal is to evaluate CPK's future role as a major airport integrating hub and point-to-point functions, serving both regional and international passengers, and contributing to the modernization of Poland's transportation infrastructure. …”
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Incentivising peers in local transactive energy markets: A case study for consumers, prosumers and prosumagers by Yaa S. A. Kwateng, Dawei Qiu, Goran Strbac

“…Distinct peer incentives should equitably align with their contribution to market functionality, such as the value ascribed to prosumagers' flexibility in local pricing and the constrained bargaining power of prosumers in distributed bilateral negotiations.…”
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Application of Optimization Algorithms in Voter Service Module Allocation by Edgar Jardón, Marcelo Romero, José-Raymundo Marcial-Romero

“…Allocation models are essential tools for optimally distributing client requests across multiple services under defined restrictions and objective functions. This study evaluates several heuristics to address an allocation problem involving young individuals reaching voting age. …”
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Reliability Methods in Maintenance and Failure Analysis of Marine Systems by Damir BUDIMIR, Ivan GRGUREVIĆ, Jasna LEDER HORINA

“…HMM revealed how changes in pump performance directly impact engine functionality, whereas failure data alone often fail to provide a clear understanding of system conditions. …”
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DK-Port: construction and validation of port autonomous driving simulation environment based on large language models and reinforcement learning by LOU Yunjie, AI Mingfei, ZHUANG Shujie, YU Hai, WANG Xin, TENG Chu, WANG Jiangcheng, SHEN Tianyu, HAO Kunkun, CUI Wen

“…This paper incorporates survey-based expert input, employing zero-shot prompting and chain-of-thought reasoning techniques to enable large language models to assist in designing reward functions efficiently. Then, human-machine mixed-traffic scenarios are constructed using complex road data, and adversarial driver models are trained with the PPO reinforcement learning algorithm to identify safety vulnerabilities in autonomous driving systems. …”
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Navigating sovereignty: Oman’s hybrid approach to open and closed systems in a globalized world by Raed Awashreh, Hisham Al Ghunaimi

“…The findings suggest that a hybrid approach—combining aspects of open and closed systems—can provide a practical way to seize international opportunities while protecting strategic and cultural interests. Initially, Oman functioned under a closed system focused on cultural preservation and stability. …”
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DK-Port: construction and validation of port autonomous driving simulation environment based on large language models and reinforcement learning by LOU Yunjie, AI Mingfei, ZHUANG Shujie, YU Hai, WANG Xin, TENG Chu, WANG Jiangcheng, SHEN Tianyu, HAO Kunkun, CUI Wen

“…This paper incorporates survey-based expert input, employing zero-shot prompting and chain-of-thought reasoning techniques to enable large language models to assist in designing reward functions efficiently. Then, human-machine mixed-traffic scenarios are constructed using complex road data, and adversarial driver models are trained with the PPO reinforcement learning algorithm to identify safety vulnerabilities in autonomous driving systems. …”
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Efficiency-Centered Fault Diagnosis of In-Service Induction Motors for Digital Twin Applications: A Case Study on Broken Rotor Bars by Adamou Amadou Adamou, Chakib Alaoui

“…The uninterrupted operation of induction motors is crucial for industries, ensuring reliability and continuous functionality. To achieve this, we propose an innovative approach that utilizes an efficiency model-based digital shadow system for in situ failure detection and diagnosis (FDD) in induction motors (IMs). …”
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Linguistics Specificity of Universities Prospectuses: A Corpus-Based Genre Analysis by Aiman Qaiser, Syed Shujaat Ali, Naveed-Ur-Rehman Khattak

“…A quantitative approach was employed; lexical and linguistic features were quantified to compare with registers' specific dimensions scores as studied in Biber,and for framing the textual dimensions. Functions of lexical specificity were interpreted to describe the workings of tools of lexicalspecificity. …”
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An Exploratory Study of Small-Group Learning Interactions in Pre-Clerkship Medical Education: Uncovering a Mismatch Between Student Perceptions and Real-Time Observations by Jennifer M. Walton, Anna E. Oswald

“…Small-group learning is a mainstay of medical education, and group functioning can have a major influence on these learning experiences. …”
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TROPAEUM TRAIANI: REVISITING THE FIELD FINDINGS OF CARL WILHELM WUTZER (1856) VS. EXCAVATION DATA OF GRIGORE TOCILESCU (1885) ON THE TRIUMPHAL MONUMENT by Emil Sever Georgescu

“…Although they had other initial functions, they correspond to specific components of the hexagonal tower, some of them exposed in museum, other lost in time.    …”
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The Gradual Process of Change: Integrating Shape Grammars in Parametric Tools by Tomaž Berčič

“…Using a Visual Programming Language (VPL) embedded directly in the software environment enhances functionality, thereby addressing a significant limitation of shape grammar theory by enabling the evaluation of generated design alternatives.…”
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