Adaptive Laboratory Evolution and Carbon/Nitrogen Imbalance Promote High-Yield Ammonia Release in <i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i> by Alex Pessina, Anna Giancontieri, Tommaso Sassi, Stefano Busti, Marco Vanoni, Luca Brambilla

“…We selected several evolved strains with a 3–5-fold increase in amino acid utilization and ammonia secretion. The multi-step bioreactor strategy of the evolved strain AAV6, supplemented with concentrated nitrogen sources, resulted in the production of 1.36 g/L of ammonia, a value in line with levels produced by other microbial systems. …”
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Microbial Electrosynthesis for Sustainable Polyhydroxybutyrate Production from CO2 Using Bismuth Nanoparticles by Aliyah Aliyah, Filemon Jalu Nusantara Putra, Hiro Minamimoto, Yutaro Mori, Prihardi Kahar, Muhammad Iqbal Syauqi, Chiaki Ogino

“…Herein, Cupriavidus necator is utilized to produce polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) using electrochemically synthesized formate as the sole carbon source. …”
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Immobilization of FDH on carbon felt by affinity binding strategy for CO2 conversion by Diego Maureira, Sady Roberto Rodriguez, Oscar Romero, Marina Guillén, Gregorio Álvaro, Lorena Wilson, Carminna Ottone

“…Enzymatic conversion is a promising option for utilizing CO2 as a renewable C1 source for high-value chemicals due to the high selectivity and specificity of enzymes, their environmental friendliness, and their ability to operate under mild conditions. …”
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Artificial intelligence performance in ultrasound-based lymph node diagnosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Xinyang Han, Jingguo Qu, Man-Lik Chui, Simon Takadiyi Gunda, Ziman Chen, Jing Qin, Ann Dorothy King, Winnie Chiu-Wing Chu, Jing Cai, Michael Tin-Cheung Ying

“…Subgroup analyses were also conducted to identify potential sources of heterogeneity. Results A total of 1,355 studies were identified and reviewed. …”
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Techno-Economic Feasibility and Optimal Design Approach of Grid-Connected Hybrid Power Generation Systems for Electric Vehicle Battery Swapping Station by Lumbumba Taty-Etienne Nyamayoka, Lesedi Masisi, David Dorrell, Shuo Wang

“…The aim is to evaluate the viability of this hybrid power supply system as an alternative energy source, focusing on its cost-effectiveness. An optimal control model is developed to minimize the total life cycle cost of the proposed system while reducing the reliance on the utility grid and maximizing system reliability, measured by loss of power supply probability. …”
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Energy transfer aspects of chemically reactive Casson fluid between a conical gap of cone-disk system with multiple rotations by M. Qamar, M. Khan, A.S. Alqahtani, M.Y. Malik

“…The physical characteristics of nonlinear PDEs are converted into nonlinear coupled ODEs utilizing the right similarity variables. These transformed non-dimensionless equations are resolved utilizing the bvp4c Lobatto IIIA technique via Matlab software. …”
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How Rich is Platelet Rich Plasma? A Simple Preparation Method of PRP and Its Quality According to Various Classification Systems by Felice FAIZAL, Balachandra NAMBIAR, Raja CHATTERJEE, Praveer RANJAN

“…Background: platelets are a rich source of various growth factors and hence platelet rich plasma (PRP) is being used therapeutically in the field of dermatology, orthopaedics and dentistry with promising results. …”
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Low Saturation Confidence Distribution-based Test-Time Adaptation for cross-domain remote sensing image classification by Yu Liang, Shilei Cao, Juepeng Zheng, Xiucheng Zhang, Jianxi Huang, Haohuan Fu

“…Therefore, we propose Low Saturation Confidence Distribution Test-Time Adaptation (LSCD-TTA), marketing the first attempt to explore Test-Time Adaptation for cross-domain RS image classification without requiring source or target training data. LSCD-TTA adapts a source-trained model on the fly using only the target test data encountered during inference, enabling immediate and efficient adaptation while maintaining high accuracy. …”
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Defying the oxidative-addition prerequisite in cross-coupling through artful single-atom catalysts by Jiwei Shi, Gang Wang, Duanshuai Tian, Xiao Hai, Rongwei Meng, Yifan Xu, Yu Teng, Lu Ma, Shibo Xi, Youqing Yang, Xin Zhou, Xingjie Fu, Hengyu Li, Qilong Cai, Peng He, Huihui Lin, Jinxing Chen, Jiali Li, Jinghan Li, Qian He, Quan-Hong Yang, Jun Li, Dongshuang Wu, Yang-Gang Wang, Jie Wu, Jiong Lu

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A model for predicting marine shale gas sweet spots based on relative sea-level changes and its application by Hongyan Wang, Zhensheng Shi, Xi Yang, Qun Zhao, Changmin Guo

“…Gas-bearing shales have become a major source of future natural gas production worldwide. …”
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Callerya Atropurpurea shells derived nitrogen doped carbon quantum dots of electrodes for symmetrical and asymmetrical supercapacitors by Abdulrahman Oyekanmi Adeleke, Mohd Arif Dar, Temitope T. Dele-Afolabi, R. C. Omar, Rasykin Roslan, Akil Ahmad, Ebrahim Mahmoudi, Chua Siew Fen, Ali Orozi Sougui, Mohammed B. Alshammari

“…Abstract Callerya Atropurpurea shells were utilized as activated carbon precursors in a one-stage activation process at 700 °C using H2SO4, NaOH and KOH as activating agents. …”
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Cell density quantification of high resolution Nissl images of the juvenile rat brain by Julie Meystre, Jean Jacquemier, Olivier Burri, Csaba Zsolnai, Nicolas Frank, João Prado Vieira, Ying Shi, Ying Shi, Rodrigo Perin, Daniel Keller, Henry Markram, Henry Markram

“…The pipeline improved the efficiency and reliability of cell density quantification while accurately assigning cortical layer boundaries. …”
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A novel optimization framework for natural gas transportation pipeline networks based on deep reinforcement learning by Zemin Eitan Liu, Wennan Long, Zhenlin Chen, James Littlefield, Liang Jing, Bo Ren, Hassan M. El-Houjeiri, Amjaad S. Qahtani, Muhammad Y. Jabbar, Mohammad S. Masnadi

“…The proposed framework could be further utilized for future large-scale network optimization practices.…”
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Soil organic matter composition affects ecosystem multifunctionality by mediating the composition of microbial communities in long-term restored meadows by Wenyin Wang, Sisi Bi, Fei Li, A. Allan Degen, Shanshan Li, Mei Huang, Binyu Luo, Tao Zhang, Shuai Qi, Tianyun Qi, Yanfu Bai, Peipei Liu, Zhanhuan Shang

“…Carbon metabolism did not increase in restored meadows, but the niche breadth of soil microorganisms and the utilization efficiency of small molecular carbon sources such as amino acids did increase. …”
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Weakening greenhouse gas sink of intermittent river under human activities for the Inner Mongolia grassland region in China by Xinyu Liu, Huifang He, Weijie Han, Wentao Liang, Zhenqi Yang, Jianying Guo

“…Such interventions will enable efficient allocation and sustainable utilization of water resources.…”
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Weighting Optimization for Fuel Cell Hybrid Vehicles: Lifetime-Conscious Component Sizing and Energy Management by Xuanyu Xiao, Chen Shu, Huaiwei Dong, Yujun Tang, Jinfeng Feng, Hao Yuan, Shuzhan Bai, Sipeng Zhu, Guoxiang Li

“…A unified cost function is proposed, combining fuel economy and system durability through a weighting coefficient, based on a comprehensive model of the hydrogen consumption and degradation characteristics of fuel cells and batteries. Utilizing the dynamic programming (DP) algorithm, the total cost is optimized to derive the optimal weighting factors and component sizing, effectively addressing the multi-objective optimization problem and balancing efficiency and durability. …”
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A study on automatic annotation methods for watershed environmental elements based on semantic segmentation models by Peipei He, Taoxing Shen, Yafei Wang, Dantong Zhu, Qingfeng Hu, Hui Li, Weibo Yin, Yi Zhang, Ang Yang

“…Hence, experiments are conducted in three modules: (1) Determination of watershed environmental element sample types. (2) Semi-automated annotated sample production method. This study utilizes the Random Forest classifier (RF) and Segment Anything Model (SAM) to create label sets, replacing open-source land cover datasets to achieve superior watershed-environment segmentation results. (3) Comparison of different neural network segmentation capabilities. …”
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Production of Single-Cell Oil from a Local Isolate Bacillus subtilis Using Palm Fronds by Wassan Dawood Musa Al-Obeidi, Dhafer F. Al-Rawi, Loay H. Ali

“…This study, conducted at the Department of Biology, University of Anbar, Iraq, focuses on addressing the escalating issue of contamination and aims to acquire microbial oils to alleviate the global shortage in plant and animal oil production, utilizing environmental waste as a carbon source to reduce global pollution and select efficient local bacterial isolates of Bacillus subtilis for the production of single-cell oil (SCO) using local soil and environmental waste as a carbon source. …”
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Harnessing loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) for sustainable biofuels and bioenergy: A review of biomass feedstock potential, conversion technologies, and forest management in the US by Chioma Edwina Ogbuka, Pradip Saud, Marco Yáñez, Rajan Parajuli, Sagar Godar Chhetri, Matthew Pelkki

“…Developing these initiatives can help improve the efficient utilization of feedstock, thereby expanding the sustainable use of loblolly pine in a rapidly evolving circular bio-economy while addressing environmental challenges.…”
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Emission of Brominated Pollutants from Waste Printed Circuit Boards during Thermal Treatment: A Review by Jun Wan, Jia Sun, Xiang-Lin Zhao, An-Sheng Le, Peng-Bo Ren, Ming-Xiu Zhan, Xiao-Qing Lin, Tong Chen

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