Investing in Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in Palestinian Territories: Barriers and Opportunities by Aysar Yasin, Cecilia Camporeale, Mohammed Alsayed, Roberto Del Ciello, Basel Yaseen

“…The main objective of this paper is to identify the renewable energy (RE) and energy efficiency (EE) policy and regulatory risks and barriers in the Palestinian Territories (PT). …”
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Electricity nowcasting and forecasting efficiency in blockchain-integrated energy trading platforms by Ameni Boumaiza

“…The rapid increase in global energy demand and the shift towards sustainable energy sources have highlighted the need for more efficient, transparent, and decentralized energy management systems. …”
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Buckthorn Leaves as an Efficient Material for Simultaneously Multi Eco-Friendly Purposes by Suha Anwer Ibrahim, Alanood A. Alsarayreh, Teba Tariq Khaled, Mohammed Nsaif Abbas

“…This study endeavors to mitigate zinc contamination in water sources through an adsorption process utilizing buckthorn leaves as a cost-effective, natural adsorbent. …”
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Diversity of Bioactive Compounds in Microalgae: Key Classes and Functional Applications by Maslin Osathanunkul, Suebsuya Thanaporn, Lefkothea Karapetsi, Georgia Maria Nteve, Emmanouil Pratsinakis, Eleni Stefanidou, Giorgos Lagiotis, Eleni Avramidou, Lydia Zorxzobokou, Georgia Tsintzou, Artemis Athanasiou, Sofia Mpelai, Constantinos Constandinidis, Panagiota Pantiora, Marián Merino, José Luis Mullor, Luka Dobrovic, Leonardo Cerasino, Tomohisa Ogawa, Meropi Tsaousi, Alexandre M. C. Rodrigues, Helena Cardoso, Rita Pires, Daniel Figueiredo, Inês F. Costa, Catarina Anjos, Nikolaos E. Labrou, Panagiotis Madesis

“…Microalgae offer a sustainable and versatile source of bioactive compounds. Their rapid growth, efficient CO₂ utilization, and adaptability make them a promising alternative to traditional production methods. …”
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Planning Energy-Efficient Smart Industrial Spaces for Industry 4.0 by Viviane Bessa Ferreira, Raphael de Aquino Gomes, José Luis Domingos, Regina Célia Bueno da Fonseca, Thiago Augusto Mendes, Georgios Bouloukakis, Bruno Barzellay Ferreira da Costa, Assed Naked Haddad

“…In this context, this study focuses on improving energy efficiency in smart spaces within the context of Industry 4.0 by utilizing the SmartParcels framework. …”
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Efficient Hydrolysis of Earthworm Protein and the Lipid-Lowering Mechanism of Peptides in the Hydrolysate by Mengmeng Zhang, Xiang Mai, Shanghua Yang, Yuhua Huang, Lina Zhang, Wenbin Ren, Weidong Bai, Xuan Xin, Wenhong Zhao, Lisha Hao

“…This study presents an efficient enzymatic hydrolysis strategy for earthworm protein utilization, laying the foundation for its application in functional foods such as protein supplements, nutraceutical capsules, hypoallergenic infant formulas, and sports nutrition products.…”
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Extraction efficiency and activity determinants of soybean urease for sustainable biomineralization technology by Yuyuan Chen, Hemanta Hazarika

“…Results showed that smaller soybean particle sizes resulted in lower extraction efficiency, whereas medium-grain soybeans provided the most cost-effective source due to their higher sieved powder yield and lower market price. …”
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Debugmate: an AI agent for efficient on-call debugging in complex production systems by Rohan Modi, Navtej Reddy, Sai Sreenivas Kodur

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Toward Sustainability: Interventions for Implementing Energy-Efficient Systems into Hotel Buildings by Alok Bihari Singh, Yogesh Mishra, Surjeet Yadav

“…The study begins by assessing the energy consumption patterns of hotels and the environmental implications of reliance on conventional energy sources. It then delves into various sustainable energy systems designed to mitigate these impacts, including solar photovoltaic panels, geothermal heating and cooling technologies, energy-efficient lighting solutions, and advanced smart building management systems. …”
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Comparative analysis of model compression techniques for achieving carbon efficient AI by Eileen Paula, Jayesh Soni, Himanshu Upadhyay, Leonel Lagos

“…To evaluate each model’s energy consumption and carbon emissions, we utilized the open-source tool CodeCarbon. Our findings indicate that applying model compression techniques resulted in a reduction in energy consumption of 32.097% for BERT with pruning and distillation, $$-6.709$$ % for DistilBERT with pruning, 7.12% for ALBERT with quantization, and 23.934% for ELECTRA with pruning and distillation, while maintaining performance metrics within a range of 95.871–99.062% accuracy, precision, recall, F1 score, and ROC AUC except for ALBERT with quantization. …”
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Effects of starch pre-gelatinization on growth performance and feed utilization of Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis) by JIA Yanju, WANG Haiyan, LIAO Xing, CHEN Qiuxin, WEI Jiamin, ZHENG Xiaotong, SONG Ruixue, LI Jian

“…Starch is the main source of dietary carbohydrate in aquafeed, and pre-gelatinization is a widely used method to improve the starch utilization. …”
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Agreement and utility of coded primary and secondary care data for long-term follow-up of clinical trial outcomes by Ariel Wang, Anna E Seeley, Matthew R Sydes, Nicholas Jones, Simon de Lusignan, FD Richard Hobbs, Richard J McManus, Marney Williams, James P Sheppard

“…This study aimed to assess the agreement between data collected on clinical trial participants from different sources to provide empirical evidence on the utility of EHRs for follow-up in randomised controlled trials (RCTs). …”
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Multi-objective allocation optimization model for water resources from a coal mine in the Inner Mongolia-Shaanxi contiguous area by Hechao MIAO, Shuning DONG, Hao WANG, Yuanyuan YANG, Wei QIAO, Xiaodong WANG, Dongqi WANG, Hongyang FU, Yuting LIU

“…The satisfaction rates for domestic, industrial, ecological, and agricultural water ranged from 95.00% to 98.16%, from 97.27% to 109.14%, from 94.35% to 105.05%, and from 81.95% to 108.85%, respectively. The low utilization rate of mine water corresponded to increased utilization rates of other water sources, indicating an unreasonable water supply structure. …”
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The Economics of Laurel Harvesting: Socio-Economic Drivers of Non-Timber Forest Product Utilization in Rural Southern Türkiye by Hasan Emre Ünal

“…This study aimed to assess the economic efficiency of laurel harvesting (Laurus nobilis L.) in Andırın, Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye. …”
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Estimation of Crop Residue Cover Utilizing Multiple Ground Truth Survey Techniques and Multi-Satellite Regression Models by Forrest Williams, Brian Gelder, DeAnn Presley, Bryce Pape, Andrea Einck

“…In this study, we utilized the Google Earth Engine to assess the utility of three crop residue survey types (windshield tillage surveys, windshield binned residue surveys, and photo analysis surveys) and one synthetic survey (retroactively binned photo analysis data) as sources of training data for crop residue cover regressions. …”
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Analysis of Sustainable Utilization of Water Resources in 11 Coastal Provinces or Municipalities Based on Ecological Footprint of Water Resources by YANG Tingting

“…The ecological footprint,ecological carrying capacity,and sustainable utilization of water resources in 11 coastal provinces or municipalities in China from 2005 to 2020 are analyzed based on the ecological footprint model of water resources.The results show that:①Firstly,the changing trend of the ecological footprint of water resource is similar to that of water environment,with a W-shaped pattern;the proportion of ecological footprint of water environment is the highest among the three types of ecological footprint accounts of water resources,indicating that ecological footprint of water environment is the main source of that of water resources;②Among the four types of ecological footprint of freshwater,the ecological footprint of agricultural water consumption accounts for the highest proportion of the total ecological footprint of the freshwater and is much higher than the ecological footprint of water consumption for industry,living,and ecology (except Shanghai).This indicates that the ecological footprint of of agricultural water consumption is the main contribution type of the ecological footprint of freshwater;③Affected by natural and social factors,the ecological carrying capacity of water resources fluctuates obviously,showing a distribution pattern of high in the south and low in the north;④The water resources are in the ecological deficit state on the whole.Only Guangxi Province has been in the ecological surplus state of water resources during the study period.The load index of water resources shows an increasing trend and is above grade II,which indicates that the utilization degree of water resources is high,with small potential,but the development and utilization are difficult.The ecological footprint of water resources per 10 000 yuan GDP shows a downward trend,and the utilization efficiency of water resources continues to improve,so the sustainable utilization of water resources is possible.…”
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Food Waste from Catering Services in Thai Hotels: A Composition Analysis and Practical Guidelines for Effective Utilization by Patranit Srijuntrapun, Patinya Sukwong

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Ensemble deep learning and EfficientNet for accurate diagnosis of diabetic retinopathy by Lakshay Arora, Sunil K. Singh, Sudhakar Kumar, Hardik Gupta, Wadee Alhalabi, Varsha Arya, Shavi Bansal, Kwok Tai Chui, Brij B. Gupta

“…The dataset utilized in this study is titled ’Diagnosis of Diabetic Retinopathy’ and is sourced from Kaggle. …”
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Efficiency Analysis of Container Ports in Vietnam Using Stochastic Frontier Analysis by Thanh Uyen Bui, Gyu Sung Cho

“…The output metric used was the cargo volume, measured in twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) per year. The port efficiency was measured using stochastic frontier analysis (SFA), with the dataset sourced primarily from the official Vietnam Seaports Association website (www.vpa.org.vn). …”
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Utilization of Immobilized Green Algae Scenedesmus qudricauda as A Sustainable Method to Remove Some Industrial Textile Dyes by Zahraa Hussein Obaid, Jasim M. Salman, Shaimaa Satae M. Ali, Esraa Abdul-Adel, Sarab A. Juda

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