Numerical optimisation on the retrofitting of oxy-coal combustion in cement rotary kiln by Guanshuo HUANG, Yuegui ZHOU

“…At a total oxygen concentration of 29% and a primary stream oxygen concentration of 60%, when the secondary stream temperature increased from 650 ℃ to 950 ℃, the total heat flux and flame length increased by 16% and 4% respectively, and when the secondary stream temperature was 720-760 ℃, it could achieve the same total heat flux match in the kiln as the air atmosphere.…”
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Density Functional Theory plus U Study of Methanol Adsorption and Decomposition on CuO Surfaces with Oxygen Vacancy by Lu Liu, Peng Gong, Guangcai Shao, Pengfei Liu, Junfeng Wang

“…Stable configurations were also achieved with OMeOH-H bond scission, which were only found on Cu3C and O3C sites. …”
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The Mla pathway promotes Vibrio cholerae re-expansion from stationary phase by Deborah R. Leitner, Franz G. Zingl, Alexander A. Morano, Hailong Zhang, Matthew K. Waldor

“…ABSTRACT Bacteria have evolved diverse strategies to ensure survival under nutrient-limited conditions, where rapid energy generation is not achievable. Here, we performed a transposon insertion site sequencing loss-of-function screen to identify Vibrio cholerae genes that promote pathogen fitness in stationary phase. …”
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Aqueous photocatalytic oxidation of lignin and humic acids with supported <mml:math> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mtext>TiO</mml:mtext> </mml:mrow> <...

“…A maximum oxidation efficiency as low as <mml:math> <mml:mn>1.1</mml:mn> </mml:math> and <mml:math> <mml:mn>2.54</mml:mn> </mml:math> mg <mml:math> <mml:msup> <mml:mtext>W</mml:mtext> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>&#x2212;</mml:mo><mml:mn>1</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> </mml:math><mml:math> <mml:msup> <mml:mtext>h</mml:mtext> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>&#x2212;</mml:mo><mml:mn>1</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> </mml:math> for humic acids and lignin, respectively, was achieved in neutral and alkaline media with 25 <mml:math> <mml:msup> <mml:mtext>gm</mml:mtext> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>&#x2212;</mml:mo><mml:mn>2</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> </mml:math> of the buoyant catalyst. …”
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Benefits, limits, and risks of ChatGPT in medicine by Jonathan A. Tangsrivimol, Jonathan A. Tangsrivimol, Erfan Darzidehkalani, Hafeez Ul Hassan Virk, Zhen Wang, Zhen Wang, Jan Egger, Michelle Wang, Sean Hacking, Benjamin S. Glicksberg, Markus Strauss, Markus Strauss, Chayakrit Krittanawong, Chayakrit Krittanawong

“…Studies show significant efficiency gains, including 70% reduction in administrative time for discharge summaries and achievement of medical professional-level performance on standardized tests (60% accuracy on USMLE, 78.2% on PubMedQA). …”
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Linear growth rate of vyrezub (Rutilus frisii Nordmann, 1840) in the Dnister River basin by V. Gurbyk, A. Mruk, L. Strembitskyi, A. Kucheruk

“…Purpose. To achieve high rates of recruitment of natural localities with vyrezub (Rutilus frisii Nordmann, 1840), it is a priority to increase the size characteristics of fish seeds under aquaculture conditions, which is interdependent on the linear growth rate of different age groups of vyrezub. …”
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Dose-response associations of device-measured sleep regularity and duration with incident dementia in 82391 UK adults by Wenxin Bian, Raaj K. Biswas, Matthew N. Ahmadi, Yu Sun Bin, Svetlana Postnova, Andrew J. K. Phillips, Nicholas A. Koemel, Jean-Philippe Chaput, Shantha M. W. Rajaratnam, Peter A. Cistulli, Emmanuel Stamatakis

“…Interventions aimed at improving sleep regularity may be a viable option for people not able to achieve the recommended hours of sleep.…”
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Predictors of severe community-acquired pneumonia associated with coronavirus infection by S. S. Avhaitis

“…Materials and methods. To achieve the aim and solve the problems, an open, prospective observational study was conducted: from January 2021 to February 2022, 102 patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) aged 40 to 65 years with a positive test for SARS-CoV-2 were observed in the outpatient department of the Kherson City Clinical Hospital named after Athanasius and Olga Tropinin of the Kherson City Council. …”
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The impact of the international rice genebank’s (IRG) on rice farming in Bangladesh by Donald Villanueva, Yuji Enriquez, Grace Lee Capilit

“…Results IRG’s impact pathway on germplasm transfer in Bangladesh showed that impacts for farmers were achieved through joint efforts with IRRI and the National Agricultural Research and Extension System’s research-for-development programs. …”
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Diversity and distribution of nitrifying bacteria play an important role in the nitrogen cycle in mangrove sediments by A. Mubaraq, M. Sembiring, E. Widiastuti, E. Fachrial, B. Utomo, M. Turjaman, F. Sidik, Y.I. Ulumuddin, V.B. Arifanti, E.S. Siregar, T. Kajita, S. Proches, M. Basyuni

“…Data collection was carried out by utilizing 6 databases and journal search engines including Scopus, PubMed, ResearchGate, Google Scholar, and Springer in order to achieve more comprehensive findings. This study employed the widely recognized and commonly used technique of defining the review's scope in a focused manner by first identifying the population, intervention, comparison, and outcome. …”
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The carbon footprint of pasture-based buffalo milk production in Colombia by Andrés F. Pérez, Felipe Vélez S., Juan F. Naranjo R.

“…A yield gap analysis was conducted to assess the potential for greenhouse gas emissions mitigation in Colombian buffalo systems to identify achievable buffalo milk productivity. This study is adapted to the standards for life cycle assessment, focusing specifically on greenhouse gas emissions from the International Organization for  Standardization. …”
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Enhancing patient education on the role of tibial osteotomy in the management of knee osteoarthritis using a customized ChatGPT: a readability and quality assessment by Stephen Fahy, Stephan Oehme, Danko Dan Milinkovic, Benjamin Bartek

“…Cronbach's Alpha was 0.86, indicating good interrater reliability. “The Knee Guide” achieved better readability with a mean FKGL of 8.2 (range 5–10.7, ±1.42) and a mean FRES of 60 (range 47–76, ±7.83), compared to the native model's FKGL of 13.9 (range 11–16, ±1.39) and FRES of 32 (range 14–47, ±8.3). …”
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Marigold: a machine learning-based web app for zebrafish pose tracking by Gregory Teicher, R. Madison Riffe, Wayne Barnaby, Gabrielle Martin, Benjamin E. Clayton, Josef G. Trapani, Gerald B. Downes

“…By leveraging a highly efficient, custom-designed neural network architecture, Marigold achieves reasonable training and inference speeds even on modestly powered computers lacking a discrete graphics processing unit. …”
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Acceptability and efficacy of the culturally adapted problem management plus intervention for people with disability in Pakistan: a pilot cluster randomized controlled trial by Basharat Hussain, Basharat Hussain, Muhammad Tahir Khalily, Muhammad Tahir Khalily, Ahmed Waqas, Atif Rahman, Ioannis Angelakis, Anum Nisar, Sabir Zaman, Tanveer Akhtar

“…Qualitative feedback was gathered at the end of the study to assess the intervention’s acceptability among the participants.ResultsThe study achieved a 100% retention rate. Baseline demographics showed a majority male participation with a variety of disabilities predominantly lower limb. …”
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Multilevel relationships and loyalty in the microfinance industry: evidence from Tanzania by Amani Gration Tegambwage

“…In turn, the sustainability of MFIs in low-income countries like Tanzania holds paramount importance for stimulating socioeconomic development and, hence, achieving the goal of poverty eradication. Originality/value – While previous studies on multilevel relationships concentrated on a single relational dimension (trust) and were conducted within the realms of retail, airline and industrial manufacturing, the current study employs the three most popular relational dimensions: trust, commitment and satisfaction, within the microfinance context. …”
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Evaluating metagenomics and targeted approaches for diagnosis and surveillance of viruses by Sarah Buddle, Leysa Forrest, Naomi Akinsuyi, Luz Marina Martin Bernal, Tony Brooks, Cristina Venturini, Charles Miller, Julianne R. Brown, Nathaniel Storey, Laura Atkinson, Timothy Best, Sunando Roy, Sian Goldsworthy, Sergi Castellano, Peter Simmonds, Heli Harvala, Tanya Golubchik, Rachel Williams, Judith Breuer, Sofia Morfopoulou, Oscar Enrique Torres Montaguth

“…While untargeted ONT had good sensitivity at high viral loads (60,000 gc/ml), at lower viral loads (600–6000 gc/ml), longer and more costly sequencing runs would be required to achieve sensitivities comparable to the untargeted Illumina protocol. …”
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Comparison of vaginal versus intramuscular progesterone in programmed cycles for frozen-thawed blastocyst transfer in patients with endometriosis by Ziqi Jin, Guoxia Yang, Tianrui Wen, Benyu Miao, Chen Wang, Qingyan Zhang, Fang Gu, Yanwen Xu

“…Abstract Background Previous studies have shown that due to the presence of endometrium progesterone resistance in patients with endometriosis, it is considered that higher levels of progesterone may be required to achieve live birth during programmed frozen-thawed embryo transfer (FET) cycles. …”
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Adaptive responses of large-seeded lentils across diverse Indian climates by Ashok Kumar Parihar, Kali Krishna Hazra, Amrit Lamichaney, Debjyoti Sen Gupta, Jitendra Kumar, Anil Kumar Singh, Sankar Prasad Das, Muniyandi Samuel Jeberson, Parvez Ahmad Sofi, Ajaz Ahmad Lone, Jai Dev, Ashok Kumar, Ravindra Kumar Panwar, Sarvjeet Singh, Harsh Kumar Dikshit, Murlidhar Aski, Bimal Singh Jamwal, Ved Prakash, Sumer Singh Punia, Khajan Singh, Sunil Kumar Nair, Mangala Parikh, Smita Tiwari, Ashok Kumar Saxena, Sudhakar Prasad Mishra, Kamaluddin, Hitesh Kumar, Umesh Kumar, Deepak Singh, Sanjeev Gupta, Shailesh Tripathi, Girish Prasad Dixit

“…Grain yield exhibited a quadratic response to 100-seed weight, with the highest yields achieved at an optimal seed weight of 3.12 g. The GGE biplot ''Which Won Where'' analysis identified two distinct mega-environments, with Durgapura (NWPZ), Sagar (CZ), Pantnagar (NWPZ), and Gurdaspur (NWPZ) emerged as ‘ideal’ testing sites with high representativeness and discriminatory scaling. …”
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The dynamics of learning styles and adaptive flexibility in quantity surveying education: implications for academic performance by Mylan Jonas, Gerrit Crafford, Sibulelokuhle Xulaba, David Edwards

“…These outcomes imply that while QS students may exhibit substantial adaptive flexibility, this attribute does not necessarily correlate with enhanced academic achievement. The distinctiveness of this research lies in its exploration of the dynamic nature of learning styles and their influence on academic performance in the specialised field of QS. …”
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ENHANCING PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY IN A HOME-BASED TEMPE CHIPS INDUSTRY by Latifatul Ummi Qurrota'ayun, Muhamad Zainudin, Siti Nur Mahmudah

“…Management is the process of coordinating the resources owned by a company to achieve goals. Management has five functions, namely, planning, organizing, actuating, and controlling. …”
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