Using Inverse Distance Weighting to Determine Spatial Distributions of Airborne Chemical Elements. Case Study: Douala, Cameroon by Joseph Magloire Fossokeng Mouafo, Claudiu Tănăselia, André Nana Yakam, Jules Richard Priso, Mohammed Ketata, Alexandru-Ionut Petrisor

“…Air pollution due to heavy metals has become a major problem in urban centers worldwide. …”
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A spatiotemporal distribution prediction model for electric vehicles charging load in transportation power coupled network by Xiaolong Yang, Jingwen Yun, Shuai Zhou, Tek Tjing Lie, Jieping Han, Xiaomin Xu, Qian Wang, Zeqi Ge

“…Abstract With increasing demand of electric vehicles (EVs), problems such as insufficient EV charging piles and unreasonable layout of EV charging stations are also becoming prominent. New challenges are introduced to the planning of urban EV charging infrastructures. …”
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Mechanisms Underlying Adaptation of Respiratory Network Activity to Modulatory Stimuli in the Mouse Embryo by Marc Chevalier, Rafaël De Sa, Laura Cardoit, Muriel Thoby-Brisson

“…The preBötC network has been shown to become active during the last third of gestation. …”
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Gender equity as a key element for agroecological transitions: Neo‐rural women as managers of agroecological initiatives by Beatriz Vizuete, Marina García‐Llorente, Irene Pérez‐Ramírez, Elisa Oteros‐Rozas

“…Many women have recently become agroecological farmers. Few studies have examined this phenomenon and its potential implications for the agri‐food system and in rural areas, where men's experiences are still considered to be universal, from a gender‐focused perspective. …”
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Addressing the Consumer Food Waste Crisis: A Decade of Psychological Interventions by Pei Jun Woo, Yohanna Veshanya, Lai Ti Gew

“… Food waste has become an increasing global crisis, especially in the last few years. …”
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Machine learning techniques for IoT security: Current research and future vision with generative AI and large language models by Fatima Alwahedi, Alyazia Aldhaheri, Mohamed Amine Ferrag, Ammar Battah, Norbert Tihanyi

“…Integrating emerging technologies to address these concerns becomes imperative as the dynamic IoT landscape evolves. …”
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Completion of Waste Heat Recovery and CO₂ Conversion Simultaneously Based on the Flue Gas Chemical Recuperative Cycle: A Review by Mengze He, Ping Zhou, Xiqiang Zhao, Tao Wang

“…Energy shortage and greenhouse gas emission have become bottlenecks in current society development. …”
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Advancing macromolecular structure determination with microsecond X-ray pulses at a 4th generation synchrotron by Julien Orlans, Samuel L. Rose, Gavin Ferguson, Marcus Oscarsson, Alejandro Homs Puron, Antonia Beteva, Samuel Debionne, Pascal Theveneau, Nicolas Coquelle, Jerome Kieffer, Paolo Busca, Jeremy Sinoir, Victor Armijo, Marcos Lopez Marrero, Franck Felisaz, Gergely Papp, Herve Gonzalez, Hugo Caserotto, Fabien Dobias, Jonathan Gigmes, Guillaume Lebon, Shibom Basu, Daniele de Sanctis

“…Abstract Serial macromolecular crystallography has become a powerful method to reveal room temperature structures of biological macromolecules and perform time-resolved studies. …”
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Ecological Impact on Stingless Bees: Evaluating Pollen Load and Body Size Post-Introduction by Andi Gita Maulidyah Indraswari Suhri, Sih Kahono, Septiantina Dyah Riendriasari, Syahribulan, Hearty Salatnaya, Mufti Hatur Rahmah

“…The decline in pollen load is attributed to biotic factors like competition and food availability. When stingless bees become non-native, they face competition with existing species, including natives. …”
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Electric-field manipulation of magnetization in an insulating dilute ferromagnet through piezoelectromagnetic coupling by Dariusz Sztenkiel, Katarzyna Gas, Nevill Gonzalez Szwacki, Marek Foltyn, Cezary Śliwa, Tomasz Wojciechowski, Jarosław Z. Domagala, Detlef Hommel, Maciej Sawicki, Tomasz Dietl

“…Those results constitute experimental support for theories describing the effects of time-dependent perturbation upon glasses far from thermal equilibrium in terms of an enhanced effective temperature.…”
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Increased Susceptibility to Ethylmercury-Induced Mitochondrial Dysfunction in a Subset of Autism Lymphoblastoid Cell Lines by Shannon Rose, Rebecca Wynne, Richard E. Frye, Stepan Melnyk, S. Jill James

“…The association of autism spectrum disorders with oxidative stress, redox imbalance, and mitochondrial dysfunction has become increasingly recognized. In this study, extracellular flux analysis was used to compare mitochondrial respiration in lymphoblastoid cell lines (LCLs) from individuals with autism and unaffected controls exposed to ethylmercury, an environmental toxin known to deplete glutathione and induce oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction. …”
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Investigation of Free Vibration in Fluid-Loaded Cylindrical Shells with a Three-Layer Sandwich Wall and an Auxetic Central Layer by Korosh Khorshidi, Saboor Savvafi, Sadegh Zobeid

“…Consequently, a comprehensive examination of their mechanical behavior becomes imperative. This study delves into the free vibration characteristics of a three-layer cylindrical shell containing liquid. …”
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Experimental Investigation on Strength and Deformation Characteristics of Red Sandstone at Strain Rates of 10−2∼55 s−1 by Jie Shi, Zongmu Luo, Huachao Liu, Dan Wang, Haipeng Shen, Zeng Li

“…Furthermore, both the brittleness and fracture degree of sandstone become more remarkable with the strain rate increasing.…”
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Evaluation System and Empirical Research of Strong Maritime Province by WANG Yuxuan, ZHOU Lu, MAO Hanxuan, FENG Chengyu, QIN Shili

“…Promoting the high-quality development of the marine economy has become an important starting point for coastal provinces (cities) to plan their layout, and the construction status of a strong maritime province also needs to be reflected by a more scientific and reasonable indicator system. …”
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Contactless defects detection using modulated photoluminescence technique: model for a single Shockley-Read-Hall trap in a semiconductor thin layer by Bérenguier Baptiste, Asseko Alban, Haddara Hiba, Le Gall Sylvain, Kleider Jean-Paul, Guillemoles Jean-François

“…By extending it to low lifetime/highly defective materials we discovered its potential to become a defect spectroscopy method, measuring time constants close to the ones governing impedance spectroscopy measurements. …”
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2D MoS2-based reconfigurable analog hardware by Xinyu Huang, Lei Tong, Langlang Xu, Wenhao Shi, Zhuiri Peng, Zheng Li, Xiangxiang Yu, Wei Li, Yilun Wang, Xinliang Zhang, Xuan Gong, Jianbin Xu, Xiaoming Qiu, Hongyang Wen, Jing Wang, Xuebin Hu, Caihua Xiong, Yu Ye, Xiangshui Miao, Lei Ye

“…Recent advancements suggest that integrating multiple two-dimension material devices to realize brain-like functions including the inter-mutual connecting assembly engineering has become a new research trend. In this work, we demonstrate a two-dimension MoS2-based reconfigurable analog hardware that emulate synaptic, heterosynaptic, and somatic functionalities. …”
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Modulating the human gut microbiome and health markers through kombucha consumption: a controlled clinical study by Gertrude Ecklu-Mensah, Rachel Miller, Maria Gjerstad Maseng, Vienna Hawes, Denise Hinz, Cheryl Kim, Jack A. Gilbert

“…Abstract Fermented foods are becoming more popular due to their purported links to metabolic health and the gut microbiome. …”
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Valorization and recycling of packaging belts and post-consumer PET bottles in the manufacture of sand concrete by Yasmina Biskri, Mohammed Benzerara, Laidi Babouri, Ouided Dehas, Redjem Belouettar

“…The main objective of our work is to contribute to optimize the formulation of sand concrete as part of the recovery of waste, which is harmful to the environment given its bulky and unattractive nature, it is waste plastic. Most PET bottles become waste after use, causing environmental problems. …”
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Near‐surface permafrost extent and active layer thickness characterized by reanalysis/assimilation data by Zequn Liu, Donglin Guo, Wei Hua, Yihui Chen

“…Abstract Whilst permafrost change is widely concerned in the context of global warming, lack of observations becomes one of major limitations for conducting large‐scale and long‐term permafrost change research. …”
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Investigation of the Catalytic Properties of Aluminum Oxide (Al₂O₃) and Pyrite (FeS₂) Using Thermodynamic and Kinetic Parameters by Aigul T. Ordabaeva, Zainulla M. Muldakhmetov, Mazhit G. Meiramov, Sergey V. Kim, Shuga B. Kasenova, Serik D. Fazylov

“…Calculations of the degrees of rotation of anthracene, reaction constants, and Gibbs energy have shown that with increasing temperature, the reaction becomes more thermodynamically advantageous. Based on the obtained data, Arrhenius dependences were constructed, which made it possible to calculate the activation energies of direct (39.4 kJ/mol) and reverse (13.04 kJ/mol) reactions. …”
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