Comprehensive evaluation and scenario simulation for determining the optimal conservation priority of ecological services in Danjiangkou Reservoir Area, China by Pengcheng Zhao, Lihui Wang, Yuhong Huang, Yifan Zhao, Qichi Yang, Jinliang Huang, Yun Du, Feng Ling

“…This study focused on the Danjiangkou Reservoir Area (DRA), the originating point and primary water source for the middle route of the South-to-North Water Transfer Project, and employed the InVEST model to quantify five key ESs, including carbon storage (CS), habitat quality (HQ), water yield (WY), water purification (WP), and soil conservation (SC) for the period spanning from 2000 to 2020 to simulate seven pending priority scenarios by utilizing the ordered weighting algorithm (OWA). …”
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City-level total and sub-category energy intensity estimation using machine learning by Fei Shen, Xiwen Lin, Hao Chen, Jinji Ma, Kaifang Shi, Weidong Cao

“…Energy intensity is an important indicator for measuring the level of energy utilization efficiency in a region. Due to the limitation of energy intensity statistics, current research mainly focuses on the national and provincial scales, making it challenging to develop detailed energy conservation strategies. …”
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Unmanned aerial system–assisted wilderness search and rescue mission by Truong Duy Dinh, Rustam Pirmagomedov, Van Dai Pham, Aram A Ahmed, Ruslan Kirichek, Ruslan Glushakov, Andrei Vladyko

“…Thus, to improve the efficiency of the resource utilization in wilderness search scenario, we consider the use of unmanned aerial system for both mobile phone detection and enabling Wi-Fi communication for the ground portion of the search and rescue team. …”
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Bioethanol as an alternative fuels: A review on production strategies and technique for analysis by Mona Fatin Syazwanee Mohamed Ghazali, Muskhazli Mustafa

“…Bioethanol production represents an alternative source of energy that also helps minimize greenhouse gas effects. …”
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Full recovery of brines at normal temperature with process-heat-supplied coupled air-carried evaporating separation (ACES) cycle by Jing Yu, Yujiang Xia, Liang Chen, Weidong Yan, Baobin Liu, Sumin Jin

“…For this system, theoretical evaporation rate for unit area of solar irradiation m e-solar = 2.23 kg/(m2·h), integrated solar utilization efficiency η i = 188%; while considering overall losses m e-solar = 1.41 kg/(m2·h), η i = 95.2%.…”
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Enhancing Sustainable IoT Systems Through a Goal-Oriented Requirements Analysis Framework by José Alfonso Aguilar-Calderón, Carolina Tripp-Barba, Aníbal Zaldívar-Colado, Pedro Alfonso Aguilar-Calderón, Pablo Alfonso Aguilar-Calderón

“…GORA addresses both functional and non-functional requirements, such as energy efficiency and security, while minimizing computational overhead and reducing resource wastage. …”
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Low Communication-Cost PSI Protocol for Unbalanced Two-Party Private Sets by Jingyu Ning, Zhenhua Tan, Kaibing Zhang, Weizhong Ye

“…In order to address this concern, we propose the utilization of a seed hash key, a seed encoding key, and a Latin square. …”
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Selection of Trichoderma mutants with enhanced cellulase production and resistant to catabolite repression by Szakacs G, Megyeri L, Kovacs K, Zacchi G

“…QM 6a is the wild parent strain of best existing hypercellulolytic mutants such as Rut C30, VTT-D-80133, L27, CL-847 and others. Utilization of cheaper carbon sources (e.g., pretreated wood or straw) both in enzyme production and in hydrolysis necessitates to investigate fungal species other than T. reesei.A screening program was initiated to test 150 wild-type Trichoderma strains in shake flask for cellulase production on SO₂-impregnated and steam pretreated spruce and willow, candidate substrates for bioalcohol program in Sweden. …”
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Evidence of the Uyunbulak Salt Lake Water Recharge in the Kumish Basin, Xinjiang, China, from Boron Isotopes by Xuehai Ma, Yunqi Ma, Huaide Cheng, Changzhong Li, Huanen Gu, Haiyun Zhang, Qingyu Hai

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Bio-based Lubricants: Progress in Research by Yinan Hao, Kai Zhang, Jingwen Wang, Renfei Wang, Guo Zhang, Rao Duan, Mengyao Li, Zhiyuan Ren, Shuo Wang, Ximing Wang

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Unit Quaternion Description Method for Detecting High-Temperature Geothermal Well Drilling Conditions by Hongyan Li, Pengtao Wang, Bin Liu, Xianyu Zhang, Hai Huang, Zhipeng Chen, Bao’an Xian

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Cr(VI) Removal from Aqueous by Adsorption on Amine-Functionalized Mesoporous Silica Prepared from Silica Fume by Xitong Li, Caiyun Han, Wenjie Zhu, Wenhui Ma, Yongming Luo, Yang Zhou, Jie Yu, Kuixian Wei

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Effects of Periplaneta americana powder instead of fishmeal on growth performance, antioxidant capacity and intestinal microbiota in Southern catfish (Silurus meridionalis) by You-Xing Xu, Xiao-Yan Wang, Huan-Chong Gu, Jing-Bao Yang, Jing Diao, Ze-Sheng Zhang, Meng-Meng Huang, Hui Fei, Shun Yang

“…However, higher substitution ratios impaired growth, antioxidant capacity, and caused tissue injuries in liver and intestine. 16S rDNA sequencing revealed that 10 % PAP increased intestinal abundance of anaerobic bacteria (Bacteroidaceae, Barnesiellaceae, Fusobacteriaceae, and Peptostreptococcaceae), which may be associated with adaptive responses to PAP utilization. These findings indicate that 10 % PAP optimally replaces fish meal in southern catfish diets, with anaerobic fermentation potentially playing a key role in PAP utilization.…”
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Solving Phosphorus Fertilization-Related Drip Irrigation Emitter Clogging by Adding Mn²⁺ by Tianyu Xu, Sanlin Bao, Qiuyue Yu, Yu Gao

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HECS4MQTT: A Multi-Layer Security Framework for Lightweight and Robust Encryption in Healthcare IoT Communications by Saud Alharbi, Wasan Awad, David Bell

“…However, securing sensitive health data while maintaining system efficiency of resource-constrained IoT devices remains a critical challenge. …”
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Application of five seismic attributes in natural fracture prediction for deep coalbed methane production along the eastern margin of the Ordos Basin by Jiangnan TONG, Feng WANG, Feng ZHANG, Wei HOU, Zhongbai LI, Liang JI, Yanan JIANG, Wei SUN

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Short-Term Electric Load Forecasting for an Industrial Plant Using Machine Learning-Based Algorithms by Oğuzhan Timur, Halil Yaşar Üstünel

“…As the global energy landscape evolves towards sustainability, the extensive usage of fossil fuels in electricity generation is progressively diminishing, while the contribution of renewable energy sources is steadily increasing. In this evolving scenario, the importance of load forecasting cannot be overstated in optimizing energy management and ensuring the efficient operation of industrial plants regardless of their scale. …”
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Thermo-hydro-mechanical coupling mechanisms and sensitivity analysis of abandoned mine thermal energy storage systems by Liyuan LIU, Yaohui LI, Tao WANG, Tongbin ZHAO, Qiang KOU, Zerui MI, Le ZHANG

“…Consequently, numerous thermal utilization projects focusing on abandoned mine water have entered research phases, particularly in European countries facing energy crises that urgently require improved energy efficiency or novel energy sources, to optimize existing supply structures. …”
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Drainage Characteristics and Heat Transfer Performance of Fin Surfaces in Desert Greenhouse Environments by Mingzhi Zhao, Feng Bai, Rong Yu, Yuru Liu, Yixuan Ma, Yingjie Liu, Bakhramzhan Rasakhodzhaev

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A review of control strategies for optimized microgrid operations by Shaibu Ali Juma, Sarah Paul Ayeng'o, Cuthbert Z. M. Kimambo

“…This review explores the crucial role of control strategies in optimizing MG operations and ensuring efficient utilization of distributed energy resources, storage systems, networks, and loads. …”
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