Metal Consumption of Heat Engines and Heat Capacity of their Working Fluids by Kiselev V.G., Kalyutik A.A., Kukolev M.I.

“…Ensuring efficient energy supply in general and heat supply in particular together with creation of air conditioning systems is a very urgent task of modern energy industry, particularly acute in the absence of large centralized energy sources. …”
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Any Way the Wind Blows Does Really Matter in Lichen Response to Air Pollution from an Oil Refinery by Maja Maslać Mikulec, Saša Likić, Oleg Antonić, Mirta Tkalec

“…Lichens serve as effective bioindicators for air pollution studies, yet most biomonitoring research focuses primarily on the distance from pollution sources, often neglecting wind data that could elucidate the spread of airborne pollutants. …”
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Research on Parallel Computing Method for Neutron Transport on Tetrahedral Unstructured Meshes Based on COME by ZHONG Yangyu, ZHANG Tiancheng, ZHOU Xiafeng

“…Owing to the inhomogeneous distribution of materials in complex geometric reactor cores, traditional source iteration methods face significant challenges in solving neutron transport equations efficiently. …”

Regulation of early accelerated carbonation behavior in nano-modified cementitious materials under low concentration CO2 by Xu Chen, Shaochun Li, Mengjun Hu, Shiyu Sui, Yongjuan Geng, Ling Jin, Shuchang Zhang, Qiangqiang Ma, Shijie Han

“…Accelerated carbonation has emerged as a promising curing technique for cementitious materials, attracting increasing attention. However, the efficient utilization of low concentration CO2 sources in cementitious systems remains a significant challenge. …”
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Aboveground biomass estimation using multimodal remote sensing observations and machine learning in mixed temperate forest by Shashika Himandi Gardeye Lamahewage, Chandi Witharana, Rachel Riemann, Robert Fahey, Thomas Worthley

“…We utilized 67 explanatory variables, which were extracted from three RS sources resulting in nine RF models. …”
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Selection evaluation of in-situ exploitation of oil shale in Sinopec exploration areas and adjacent areas by GUO Xusheng, LI Wangpeng, SHEN Baojian, HU Zongquan, ZHAO Peirong, LI Maowen, GAO Bo, FENG Dongjun, LIU Yali, WU Xiaoling, SU Jianzheng

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Potential of Chinese Yam (Dioscorea polystachya Turczaninow) By-Product as a Feed Additive in Largemouth Bass (Micropterus salmoides): Turning Waste into Valuable Resources by Mingshi Chen, Yang Liu, Xiaoxue Bao, Yuhua Yue, Binbin Tong, Xionghui Yang, Hui Yu, Ying Yang, Yuhong Liu, Yingying Yu

“…This study suggests that Chinese yam by-product has the potential to be used as a functional feed additive in aquaculture, providing a reference for efficient recovery and utilization of by-products from plant sources during processing and culturing high-quality aquatic products.…”
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EFCNet: Expert Feature-Based Convolutional Neural Network for SAR Ship Detection by Zheng Chen, Yuxiang Zhang, Jing Bai, Biao Hou

“…Furthermore, EFCNet achieves comparable detection performance to baseline methods while utilizing only 70% of the data capacity, highlighting its efficiency. …”
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Budgetary Factors and the Quality of Education Service Delivery in Public Secondary Schools in Northern Division Kabale District. by Atwongyeire, Redeemer

“…Schools should adopt more sophisticated budget planning and management tools to ensure efficient allocation and utilization of resources. …”
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Unveiling the future: A simulation and analysis of hydrogen production using 1kW electrolyzer with MATLAB approach by Yaw Chong Tak, Johnny Koh Siaw Paw, K. Kadirgama, D. Ramasamy, Oday A. Ahmed, Jagadeesh Pasupuleti, F. Benedict, L. Samylingam, Chee Kuang Kok

“…This research involved the creation of a comprehensive simulation model utilizing MATLAB Simulink to investigate the impact of membrane area variations on hydrogen production and overall system efficiency. …”
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Enhanced electrochemical performance of activated carbon derived from Acacia catechu bark by KOH activation for supercapacitor application by Mishra Pawan Kumar, Aryal Sabin, Bhakta Oli Hari, Shrestha Timila, Sapkota Thakur, Shrestha Ram Lal Swagat, Prasad Bhattarai Deval

“…Conventional carbon materials derived from fossils sources cause the limitations of being high rate, processing challenges, and potential harm. …”
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Comparative Analysis of a Low-Voltage CHB Inverter Without PWM and Two-Level IGBT/SiC Inverters for Electric Vehicles on Driving Cycles by Gael Pongnot, Anatole Desreveaux, Clement Mayet, Denis Labrousse, Francis Roy

“…This study focuses on evaluating the efficiency of CHB inverters utilizing low-voltage Si MOSFETs to improve EV performance and range. …”
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In-situ synthesis of hydroxyapatite-supported Ag3PO4 using cockle (Anadara granosa) shell as photocatalyst in rhodamine B photodegradation and antibacterial agent by Is Fatimah, Rahmania Audita, Gani Purwiandono, Habibi Hidayat, Suresh Sagadevan, Won-Chun Oh, Ruey-an Doong

“…A nanocomposite of hydroxyapatite-supported Ag3PO4 (Ag3PO4/HA) was prepared by in-situ co-precipitation followed by hydrothermal method by utilizing cockle (Anadara granosa) shell as biogenic calcium source. …”
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A New 13-Level Flying Capacitor-based 1-φ Inverter with Full Reactive Power Support by Jaber Fallah Ardashir, Mahdi Gasemi, Behrouz Rozmeh

“…This paper introduces a new symmetric single-phase 13-Level Flying Capacitor Inverter (13-LFCI) structure, using a two dc sources and three capacitors. The proposed single-phase 13-level inverter has the ability to increase the output voltage with fewer semiconductor components compared to the state-of-the-art structures. …”
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Recycling Agricultural Waste: Sustainable Solutions for Enhancing Livestock Nutrition by Mohsen Kazemi

“…These findings highlight the economic and sustainability benefits of utilizing agricultural BPs in livestock feeding practices. …”
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Honeybee colony soundscapes: Decoding distance-based cues and environmental stressors by Nayan Di, Chunjing Zhu, Zongwen Hu, Muhammad Zahid Sharif, Baizhong Yu, Fanglin Liu

“…Using OpenL3 embeddings and machine learning models, the study achieved accurate classification of food source distances based on acoustic features, with the K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN) model demonstrating superior performance. …”
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Enhanced YOLOv8-based method for space debris detection using cross-scale feature fusion by Yang Guo, Xianlong Yin, Yao Xiao, Zhengxu Zhao, Xu Yang, Chenggang Dai

“…The study utilized a dataset comprising astronomical images captured by an open-source large-field-of-view optical telescope. …”
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Short packet communication in IoT networks: performance analysis by Dinh-Tung Vo, Thu Ha Thi-Pham, Minh Tran, Byung-Seo Kim, Rupak Kharel, Miroslav Voznak

“…In this paper, we investigated the block error rate (BLER) performance of a wireless powered communication network (WPCN) employing short packet communication (SPC). In this system, a source node harvests energy from a dedicated power beacon and utilizes the harvested energy to transmit short packets to a destination equipped with multiple antennas. …”
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Toward Semantic Event-Handling for Building Explainable Cyber-Physical Systems by Gernot Steindl, Tobias Schwarzinger, Katrin Schreiberhuber, Fajar J. Ekaputra

“…Two case studies in the smart building and smart grid domain are carried out to demonstrate the feasibility and efficacy of the approach, utilizing an open-source software stack for the prototypical implementation. …”
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A development study for liquid- and vapor-fed anode zero-gap bioelectrolysis cells by Nils Rohbohm, Largus T. Angenent

“…Summary: Improving microbial electrosynthesis could be one solution for transitioning toward sustainable chemical production, offering a pathway to convert CO2 into valuable commodities from renewable energy sources. Therefore, we further developed liquid- and vapor-fed anode zero-gap bioelectrochemical cells for electromethanogenesis, utilizing a membrane electrode assembly to enhance mass and ohmic transport. …”
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