Modification of Activated Carbon KAU Surface Properties by D. V. Brazhnyk, I. V. Bacherikova, V. A. Zazhigalov, A. Kowal

“…The sample treated at 1000°C has very high activity in H2S oxidation and transforms up to 57 mmol H2S/g cat at 180°C. The vanadium/carbon KAU samples were prepared by three different methods (incipient wet impregnation and deposition-precipitation by NH4VO3 in aqueous medium, and in acetonitrile with VO(acac)2). …”
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Ultrasound elastography: advances and challenges in early detection of breast cancer by Jianmin Zhou, Yanchun Zhang, Shaohua Shi

“…Artificial intelligence integration has transformed breast elastography workflow, introducing sophisticated pattern recognition and automated lesion characterization. …”
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A Survey of Oscillation Localization Techniques in Power Systems by Yunfei Chen, Ziyu Fan, David Gregory, Xiaoyao Zhou, Ronak Rabbani

“…They can also be classified according to the specific methods used, such as data-driven, machine/deep learning, and transforms. …”
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Deep Learning Ensemble Approach for Predicting Expected and Confidence Levels of Signal Phase and Timing Information at Actuated Traffic Signals by Seifeldeen Eteifa, Amr Shafik, Hoda Eldardiry, Hesham A. Rakha

“…The experiments show that the proposed transformer-based architecture outperforms all the previously used deep learning methods for the first two prediction tasks. …”
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Integration of large-scale community-developed causal loop diagrams: a Natural Language Processing approach to merging factors based on semantic similarity by Melissa Valdivia Cabrera, Michael Johnstone, Joshua Hayward, Kristy A. Bolton, Douglas Creighton

“…This study aimed to explore the feasibility of Natural Language Processing (NLP) in simplifying and enhancing CLD merging processes, avoiding manual merging of factors, utilizing different semantic textual similarity models. Methods The factors of thirteen CLDs from different communities in Victoria, Australia regarding the health and wellbeing of children and young people were merged using NLP with the following process: (1) extracting and preprocessing of unique factor names; (2) assessing factor similarity using various language models; (3) determining optimal merging threshold maximising the F1-score; (4) merging the factors of the 13 CLDs based on the selected threshold. …”
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Antibacterial and Antitumor Application of Carbon Dots Based on Natural Products for Photodynamic/Photothermal Effects by Romero MP, Lagos KJ, Cuadrado CF, Garzón-Romero CC, Salazar MA, Solorzano G, Gardener JA, González MA, Rivera M

“…María P Romero,1 Karina J Lagos,1 Coralia Fabiola Cuadrado,1 Cristina C Garzón-Romero,2 Mateo A Salazar,2 Guillermo Solorzano,3 Jules A Gardener,4 Myriam A González,1 Miryan Rivera2 1Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Departamento de Materiales, Quito, 170143, Ecuador; 2Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador (PUCE), Quito, Ecuador; 3School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA; 4Center for Nanoscale Systems (CNS), Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USACorrespondence: María P Romero, Email maria.romerom@epn.edu.ecIntroduction: This work presents an easy one-pot synthesis to prepare carbon dots (CDs) from natural products, and their successful application as photosensitizers (PS) and photothermal agents (PA) to combat bacteria and cancerous cells. Despite some differences may appear in the natural extracts due to the obtaining process, it was possible to obtain antibacterial/antitumor photoactivated nanomedicine from common carbon sources as annatto, cinnamon and curcumin.Methods: Water dispersions of Bixa Orellana L. …”
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The effectiveness of popular opinion leader educational program on nurses’ knowledge, behavioral intentions and alarm fatigue in alarm management: a quasi-experimental study by Bingyu Li, Liqing Yue, Shuoting Hu, Jianhui Zhou, Guiyuan Deng, Juan Lai, Cheng Yan, Bin Peng

“…By targeting influential nurses, such programs can transform individual knowledge into collective team competence, creating a diffusion effect and providing a replicable strategy to address fragmented knowledge and weak behavioral intentions in alarm management. …”
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Modeling Marine Geoid in the China Seas and Its Adjacent Ocean Based on Satellite Altimeter-Derived Gravity Anomaly Model by Huiying Zhang, Xin Liu, Zhen Li, Xiaotao Chang, Heping Sun, Hui Li, Jinyun Guo

“…Additionally, the remove-computer-restore method is applied during the calculation process. …”
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Assessing processes and results of living labs: toward a general framework by Julien Forbat, Marlyne Sahakian, Jasmin Annaheim, Anton Sentic

“…Through a systematic literature review, we uncover how different LLs—focused on transformative environmental outcomes such as achieving a low-carbon society—are assessed. …”
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Pedagogical management in the digital educational environment: Theoretical aspect by S. S. Kulikova, O. V. Yakovleva

“…It manifests itself in the possibility of revising the professional training programme for future teachers in the context of the digital transformation of the educational process, as well as building innovative educational practices at different levels of education, taking into account the new model of pedagogical management in digital educational environment.Practical significance. …”
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Wildlife substitution equivalents based on metabolisable energy for calculating stocking densities on Southern African wildlife ranches by CA Shepstone, N van Rooyen, MW van Rooyen, J du P Bothma, REJ Burroughs

“…These methods are extrapolated from mean linear transformations of the different physiological states and sexes of the different types of herbivores. …”
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From Banknotes to Central Banks. The Formation and Models of Central Banks in a Comparative Legal Perspective by Zsolt Pfeffer

“… In the 17-18th century, during the process of civil transformations, starting from the economic policy based on the era of absolutism, the first central bank regulations appeared in Europe. …”
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From Banknotes to Central Banks. The Formation and Models of Central Banks in a Comparative Legal Perspective by Zsolt Pfeffer

“… In the 17-18th century, during the process of civil transformations, starting from the economic policy based on the era of absolutism, the first central bank regulations appeared in Europe. …”
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Tourism planning in Spain. From traditional paradigms to new approaches: smart tourism planning by Josep Antoni Ivars-Baidal, José Fernando Vera Rebollo

“…From a theoretical and conceptual approach, an evolutionary analysis of the tourism planning in Spain is carried out and different planning dimensions are discussed, such as the wear of the theoretical models of reference; the discredit of planning; the challenge of digitalization; the difficulty of applying new techniques, methods and sources of information; or the appearance of tourism dynamics in the local society that reconfigure the relations between residents and tourists. …”
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Unimodular Multi-Input Multi-Output Waveform and Mismatch Filter Design for Saturated Forward Jamming Suppression by Xuan Fang, Dehua Zhao, Liang Zhang

“…We formulate the problem as unconstrained non-linear optimization and solve it using the conjugate gradient method. Particularly, we introduce fast Fourier transform (FFT) to accelerate the numeric calculation of both the objection function and its gradient. …”
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Microteaching on pre-service teachers' education: literature review by Liliia Iliasova, Liliia Iliasova, Inna Nekrasova, Inna Nekrasova, Juanjo Mena, Odiel Estrada-Molina

“…Microteaching is a widely used training method that enables teachers to refine techniques, test strategies, and receive feedback in a controlled environment. …”
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AI-Driven Consensus: Modeling Multi-Agent Networks with Long-Range Interactions Through Path-Laplacian Matrices by Yusef Ahsini, Belén Reverte, J. Alberto Conejero

“…We highlight how different <i>k</i>-hop interactions affect the performance of the tested methods. …”
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Analysis of definition «social responsibility» and its intergrated interpretation in pharmacy by N. О. Tkachenko

“…Transformation of social values and priorities requires a change in management practices, ensuring the integration of principles, methods and SR instruments in the activity of pharmaceutical companies. …”
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Breathomics: A Non-Invasive Approach for the Diagnosis of Breast Cancer by Hélène Yockell-Lelièvre, Romy Philip, Palash Kaushik, Ashok Prabhu Masilamani, Sarkis H. Meterissian

“…Key considerations for clinical translation—including patient selection, environmental confounders, and different breath collection methods—will be examined in terms of how each of them affects the breath profile. …”
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Extraction of carbon and preparation of activated carbon from waste dry cell battery by Md. Sahadat Hossain, Sumaya Tabassum, Sanjida Khan, Dipa Islam, Samina Ahmed

“…The weight loss occurred in the two stages those was explored by a thermogravimetric analyzer (TGA). Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrophotometer (FTIR) confirmed that there was no significant change in the peak position between intermediate product and activated carbon except for the intensity and peak separation difference. …”
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