Total cost of ownership of heat pumps and policy choice: The case of Great Britain by Jan Rosenow, Jacob Barnes, Ray Galvin, Samuel O'Mara, Richard Lowes

“…Results indicate that a carbon tax on gas, matching electricity permit prices, has limited impact. …”
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Digital Thread-Based Optimisation Framework for Aeronautical Structures: A Vertical Tail Plane Use Case by Sébastien de Longueville, Christophe Bouvet, Emmanuel Bénard, Joël Jézégou, Yves Gourinat

“…To this end, it details the development of a digital thread dedicated to an aircraft vertical tail plane structure made of carbon fibre reinforced polymer, as well as the tools and models required to implement such an approach using Bayesian inference, multi-physics simulations, and empirical models.…”
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Effect of Sepiolite-Loaded Fe2O3 on Flame Retardancy of Waterborne Polyurethane by Tong Xu, Di Qian, Yelei Hu, Yuanzhao Zhu, Yi Zhong, Linping Zhang, Hong Xu, Huaxin Peng, Zhiping Mao

“…Thermogravimetric analysis tests confirmed the good thermal stability of WPU/Sep@Fe2O3 composites; at the temperature of 600°C, the carbon residual percentage of WPU/Sep, WPU/Fe2O3, and WPU/Sep@Fe2O3 composites is 7.3%, 12.2%, and 13.4%, respectively, higher than that of WPU (1.4%). …”
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Real-time helium bubble growth in tungsten by in-situ GISAXS by L. Corso, S. Curiotto, F. Cheynis, P. Muller, E. Bernard, M. Cabie, C. Martin, F. Leroy

“…Nuclear fusion, as a carbon-free energy source, is actively pursued by the international community. …”
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Thermal Stability and Tribological Performance of DLC-Si–O Films by Nutthanun Moolsradoo, Shinya Abe, Shuichi Watanabe

“…The thermal stability and tribological performance of silicon- and oxygen-incorporated diamond-like carbon films were investigated. The DLC-Si-O films were deposited using plasma-based ion implantation (PBII) method. …”
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Two-coordinate electromagnetic sensor by V. A. Zakharenko, A. G. Shakhova, A. G. Shkayev

“…The results of implementation of prototype sensors in the process of production of technical carbon for control of rotation of drying drums are presented. …”
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Wearable CNT/PAni/fabric piezoresistive sensor for continuous blood pressure monitoring by Milad Barati, Alireza Nikfarjam

“…This article introduces a piezoresistive pressure sensor based on carbon nanotubes (CNTs), polyaniline (PAni), and fabric (CNT/PAni/fabric) for health monitoring applications. …”
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The Parkinson’s Disease Composite Scale Is Adequately Responsive to Acute Levodopa Challenge by Dávid Pintér, Pablo Martinez-Martin, József Janszky, Norbert Kovács

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Hemoglobins Likely Function as Peroxidase in Blood Clam Tegillarca granosa Hemocytes by Sufang Wang, Xiaopei Yu, Zhihua Lin, Shunqin Zhang, Liangyi Xue, Qinggang Xue, Yongbo Bao

“…Hemoglobins are a group of respiratory proteins principally functioning in transport of oxygen and carbon dioxide in red blood cells of all vertebrates and some invertebrates. …”
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Assessing bias and computational efficiency in vision transformers using early exits by Seth Nixon, Pietro Ruiu, Marinella Cadoni, Andrea Lagorio, Massimo Tistarelli

“…This results in an uncertain, and often heavily unbalanced distribution of race, gender, age and other aspects of the subjects, which is then manifested in the decisions of the models trained on them. The carbon footprint of machine learning is a concern. …”
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Assessment of forest soil contamination by heavy metals in the Polish National Park near Warsaw by Aneta Łukaszek-Chmielewska, Joanna Rakowska, Marzena Rachwał, Olga Stawarz

“…The content of the cadmium, lead, manganese and chromium (using atomic emission spectroscopy with induction-coupled plasma), as well as granulometric composition, pH value and nitrogen and total carbon content, were conducted on soil samples taken from the surface layer (0–10 cm) in the protected area of the Kampinos National Park in Poland. …”
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Potential Functions and Thermodynamic Properties of UC, UN, and UH by Shuang-Ling Tang, Yu Wang, Qi-Ying Xia, Xue-Hai Ju

“…Potential energy surface scanning for UC, UN, and UH was performed by configuration interaction (CI), coupled cluster singles and doubles (CCSD) excitation, quadratic configuration interaction (QCISD (T)), and density functional theory PBE1 (DFT-PBE1) methods in coupling with the ECP80MWB_AVQZ + 2f basis set for uranium and 6 − 311 + G∗ for carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen. The dissociation energies of UC, UN, and UH are 5.7960, 4.5077, and 2.6999 eV at the QCISD (T) levels, respectively. …”
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Paleohydrology based on sedimentology on Dasht e Arzhan basin SW Iran by zahra sadat Hoseini, shahriar khaledi, Abdolmajid Naderi Bani

“…Finally four samples of pace of plant were selected and have been dated in carbon 14 dating laboratory of Poznan, Poland, and calibrated trough of core based on Calib rev. 7.1. …”
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Humus of reclaimed Cu post-flotation tailings Humus content and composition of soil from reclaimed Cu post-flotation tailings (Bor, Serbia) by Lilić Jasmina, Gajić-Kvaščev Maja, Dugonjić Mladen, Radmanović Svjetlana

“…The humus composition was assessed on the basis of the ratio of humic acids to fulvic acids (Ch/Cf), the ratio of humic acids to total organic carbon (C) (Ch/C) and the ratio of fulvic acids to total organic C (Cf/C). …”
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Structural Design of Hybrid Fillers in a Polymer Matrix for Advanced Electromagnetic Interference Shielding by Uiseok Hwang, Jinwoo Lee, Seunghyun Kim, Xin Yang, Soochan Kim, Jonghwan Suhr, Jae‐Do Nam

“…Herein, a multifunctional polyamide‐6 composite is introduced using a carbon‐fiber flame‐retardant hybrid filler to design a next‐generation electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding system. …”
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Safety Enhancements for PHWRs Based on Macroscopic Losses of the Fukushima Accident by Sang Ho Kim, Tsuneo Futami, Soon Heung Chang, Yong Hoon Jeong

“…The role of nuclear energy is to supply electric power on a stable basis to meet increasing demands, reduce carbon dioxide emissions, and maintain stable electric power costs while ensuring safety. …”
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Synthesis, Characterisation, Theoretical NMR Calculations and Crystal Structure of the 3-methyl-1H-1,2,4?4-triazole-5-amine acetate by Patricia Saraiva Vilas Boas Almeida, José Roberto da Silveira Maia, Márcia Cristina de Souza, Alison Geraldo Pacheco

“…To investigate the formation of possible tautomeric conformations of mta, pta and mpta in solution, a theoretical approach was used to calculate the chemical shifts of carbon 13, based on the values of magnetic shielding tensor (NMR) by MPn and DFT methods. …”
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Strategic Approaches to Define the Production Rate in Conceptual Projects of Critical Raw Materials by Lucas Zucchi Silva, Anna Luiza Marques Ayres da Silva

“…Copper and zinc are crucial for renewable energy systems and low-carbon technologies, while lead supports energy storage applications. …”
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Schottky‐barrier graphene nanoribbon field‐effect transistors‐based field‐programmable gate array's configurable logic block and routing switch by Sayed Ali Seif Kashani, Hossein Karimiyan Alidash, Sandeep Miryala

“…Researches on post‐Si materials have proved that carbon could be one of the material which can replaced with Si. …”
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Potential for biogas production from the anaerobic digestion of chicken droppings in Morocco by Ouahid Elasri, Mohamed El Amin Afilal

“…After pretreatment (heating and grinding), this waste produced a large quantity of biogas, on the order 230,58 ml/gCOD, equivalent to 64.4 m3 for one ton of fresh waste, with 60.2 % methane, 38.8 % carbon dioxide and 0 % hydrogen. This biogas production has a lower heating value of 385 kWh for one ton of chicken droppings. …”
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