Evaluation of Neural, Systemic and Extracerebral Activations During Active Walking Tasks in Older Adults Using fNIRS by Meltem Izzetoglu, Roee Holtzer

“…However, current literature utilizing fNIRS in mobility research has not been uniform in terms of fNIRS instrumentation characteristics and the accompanying signal processing methods to separate various signal sources (i.e. neural activations, extracerebral signals, systemic responses) which can raise questions about prior research findings. …”
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Determination of the Polyphenol Composition of Raspberry Leaf Using LC-MS/MS by Hind Mesfer S. Alkhudaydi, Esther Njeri Muriuki, Jeremy P. E. Spencer

“…Background: Raspberry leaf (RL; <i>Rubus idaeus</i>) is a by-product of raspberry cultivation and has been proposed to be a rich source of micronutrients and potential bioactive components, including polyphenols. …”
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A clustering-based co-allocation of battery swapping stations and wind-photovoltaic plants in radial distribution systems by Hamed Shams, Naghi Rostami, Behnam Mohammadi Ivatloo

“…A K-means clustering method is implemented to classify price, energy demand, wind, and photovoltaic generation into appropriate clusters embedded into the particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm. …”
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Maximum Power Point Tracking Algorithms for the Wind Energy Systems by Ersagun Kürşat Yaylacı

“…Therefore, many research topics about the wind energy occur with the spreading wind energy sources. The maximum power point tracking is the one of these topics which is considered as efficiency study in wind energy because of the fact that there is just one optimal rotating speed assured maximum power from the wind for every wind speed. …”
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Screening of a lignin decomposing bacterium and its application in bamboo biomechanical pulping. by Yan Li, Jia Zhang, Juan Li, Ling You, Tao Wang, Zhige Tian, Wenhao Chen

“…Therefore, this is a feasible preparation method. This study provides a new microbial source for lignin degradation.…”
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New food ingredient via acid-tolerant Rhizopus oligosporus growth by A. Massa, M. Baiget, L.J. Rothschild, E. Axpe, C. Carrero-Carralero

“…A fermentation method has been optimized to maximize the biomass production of R. oligosporus mycelium in solid-state and submerged-state fermentation, yielding 5.9 g dry weight/L and 5.0 g dry weight/L, respectively. …”
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Occurrence of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes at various stages of different aquaculture modes surrounding Tai Lake, China by Congcong Wu, Congcong Wu, Haitao Ye, Mingzhu Xu, Xuan Zhao, Xuejie Zhao, Lina Li, Mingzhi Li, Yanfei Wei, Yuru Li, Baolan Hu, Baolan Hu

“…IntroductionAquaculture is an important source of antibiotics and ARGs in environmental waters. …”
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Design and Development of a Pine Needle Briquetting Machine for the Uttarakhand Region of India by Tejas Pramod Naik, Soumyajeet Jaiswal, Inderdeep Singh, Apurbba Kumar Sharma, Ayush Joshi

“…The primary materials utilized to make briquettes are pine needles and forest waste. The proposed method inculcates principles of compression molding along with necessary optimizations. …”
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Accelerated Storage Testing of Vacuum-Dried <i>Lactobacillus acidophilus TISTR 1338</i> for Feed by Apichet Muenaram, Bhundit Innawong, Imrana Niaz Sultan, Muhammad Waseem Khan, Hamza Ghilzai, Afrasiab Khan Tareen, Pramuk Parakulsuksatid

“…Molasses and spent cell yeast serve as promising carbon and nitrogen sources when optimized conditions are employed. The study also suggests that vacuum drying is a promising method for producing dried cells suitable for non-refrigerated storage conditions.…”
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Preparation, Structural Characterization and Antioxidant Activity of Carboxylated Chitosan-Pectin-based Silver Nanoparticles by Yongjin SUN, Hongjie WANG, Jing HUANG, Yunlong ZHAO, Huiying LIAO, Shuyun LIANG, Jinyuan CAI, Xia LI

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Journey across extrinsic tactics for power improvements of triboelectric energy harvesting beyond intrinsic materials and device structures: A concise review by Ahmed Mahfuz Tamim, Yebin Lee, Jung Hwan Park, Geon-Tae Hwang, Chang Kyu Jeong

“…While traditional power sources such as batteries remain in use, triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) have emerged as a promising alternative, capable of converting mechanical energy into electrical energy to power these sensors and devices. …”
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Size-dependent catalytic and antibacterial effects of phytogenically synthesized silver nanoparticles

“…(Malvaceae) (HH-AgNPs). The optimization process including the four main parameters of extract-to-silver volume ratio, silver ion concentrations, reaction time, and reaction temperature, was carried out using Taguchi method. …”
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Research advances of metal fluoride for energy conversion and storage by Runlin Zhang, Zijin Xu, Zeyu Hao, Zeshuo Meng, Xiufeng Hao, Hongwei Tian

“…In this paper, we summarize the difficulties and improvement methods encountered in different types of battery applications and several typical electrode optimization strategies in the field of supercapacitors. …”
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TiO₂ Nanorod Array for Betavoltaic Cells: Performance Validation and Enhancement with Electron Beam and ⁶³Ni Irradiations by Sijie Li, Tongxin Jiang, Yu Cao, Wendi Zhao, Haisheng San, Xue Li, Lifeng Zhang, Xin Li

“…The performance evaluation employed both electron beam (2.36 × 10⁹ e/cm²·s) and ⁶³Ni (3.4 mCi/cm²) irradiation methods. The simulation results revealed optimal energy deposition characteristics, with ~96% of β-particle energy effectively absorbed within the 2 μm thick FTO/TNRA/NiO_x/Au structure. …”
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Research on green supply chain finance risk identification based on two-stage deep learning by Ying Liu, Sizhe Li, Chunmei Yu, Mingli Lv

“…However, the complex interdependence and information asymmetry among green supply chain finance enterprises result in data characteristics such as multi-source small samples and high-dimensional imbalance. …”
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Scalable Detection of Underground Water Leaks in Dense Urban Environments Using L-Band SAR and Machine Learning by E. Ali, E. Ali, L. Xie, A. Sani-Mohammed, W. Xu, T. Zayed

“…Future research will focus on these challenges by exploring new data sources, such as four-polarization ALOS-2 images and Sentinel-1 C-band data, as well as advanced polarimetric and interferometric techniques, to further enhance the robustness and accuracy of leak detection models.…”
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Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm Based on the Division Between Exploration and Exploitation and Its Application in Esophageal Cancer Prediction by WANG Yingcong, YAN Jun, SUN Junwei, WANG Yanfeng

“…ObjectiveIn the artificial bee colony (ABC) algorithm, employed bees search the entire search space while onlooker bees concentrate their efforts near high-quality food sources. From the perspective of exploration and exploitation, employed bees primarily handle exploration, whereas onlooker bees are responsible for exploitation. …”
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Progress and prospect of blue food research: Analysis based on “Web of Science” literature by ZHANG Yu, LIU Jiaming, ZHU He, ZHANG Jinhe, TIAN Qing, WANG Mengfan

“…By comprehensively sorting out the development context and research trends of blue food, its hot topics and future development direction can be further summarized. [Methods] Based on the “Web of Science Core Collection (1985-2023)” as the data source, this study analyzed the relevant research results of blue food based on CiteSpace software, and discussed the research framework and future key issues of blue food from the perspective of geography. …”
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Beyond labels: determining the true type of blood gas samples in ICU patients through supervised machine learning by Johan Helleberg, Anna Sundelin, Johan Mårtensson, Olav Rooyackers, Ragnar Thobaben

“…Parameters from point-of-care arterial blood gas (BG) analysis are used in the diagnosis and definition of syndromes such as sepsis and ARDS, but manual entry of the blood source (arterial or venous) into the PDMS introduces the risk of mislabeling venous samples as arterial. …”
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Synthesis of 1-(2-Hydroxy-5-methylphenyl)-5-oxopyrrolidine-3-carboxylic Acid Derivatives as a Promising Scaffold Against Disease-Causing Bacteria Relevant to Public Health by Karolis Krikštaponis, Jūratė Šiugždaitė, Rita Vaickelionienė, Vytautas Mickevičius, Birutė Grybaitė

“…The test results show the potential of the newly obtained derivatives as a source of antibacterial agents. Therefore, further studies on the molecular optimization of these compounds are necessary for the development of new antibacterial drugs.…”
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