Land suitability for solar power plants in Karbala, Iraq using MCD and AHP-GIS by Srayyih Mustafa S., Al-Gbory M. M., Khanjar Ebtesam F., Saleem Noora M., Alrazaq Ban A.

“…The attention of developed countries is turning to utilizing renewable energy sources, especially after the fossil fuel crises and environmental pollution caused by power plants, Solar cells are considered one of the main sources of energy in smart cities, which are especially focused on the roofs of houses and the unused area that provide a continuous source of energy and reduce polluting emissions to the atmosphere, solar energy is a more today’s efficient renewable resource, especially in areas with high solar energy. …”
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Allicin enhances urea-N conversion to microbial-N by inhibiting urease activity and modulating the rumen microbiome in cattle by Shiqi Zhang, Nan Zheng, Shengguo Zhao, Jiaqi Wang

“…Abstract Background Urea serves as a vital nonprotein nitrogen source in ruminant nutrition, but its efficient utilization is often hampered due to rapid urease activity in the rumen. …”
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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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Renewable energy curtailment: a problem or an opportunity? by M. Laimon

“…Renewable energy (RE) curtailment poses a significant challenge to the efficient utilization of sustainable energy sources, leading to economic losses, increased reliance on fossil fuels, and unnecessary CO₂ emissions. …”
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Enhancing Real-Time Detection Transformer (RT-DETR) for Handgun Detection on Nvidia Jetson by Luis Bustamante, Juan C. Gutiérrez

“…Building on the RT-DETR architecture and its latest version, RT-DETR v2, we introduce improvements such as the Bidirectional Feature Pyramid Network (BiFPN) for enhanced small object de- tection and dynamic batch processing to maximize computational efficiency and re- source utilization on edge devices like the Nvidia Jetson AGX Xavier for efficient real- time deployment. …”
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Genesis of Hydrothermal Geothermal System and Evaluation of Resources: A Case Study of Pingdingshan Coalfield, China by Yanhe Li, Zheng Zhen, Zhijun Wan, Peng Shi, Yuan Zhang

“…As one of the clean renewable energy sources, geothermal energy has broad prospects, and correctly understanding its genetic mechanism and resource reserve is the basis for the efficient utilization of the geothermal resources. …”
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Presumptions for the Integration of Green Hydrogen and Biomethane Production in Wastewater Treatment Plants by Ralfas Lukoševičius, Sigitas Rimkevičius, Raimondas Pabarčius

“…Currently, such systems in most cases have a significantly negative energy balance, and, in addition, fossil fuel energy sources are used. Key findings highlight that the integration of green hydrogen production in WWTPs and the efficient utilization of electrolysis by-products can make such energy systems neutral or even positive. …”
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AESware: Developing AES-enabled low-power multicore processors leveraging open RISC-V cores with a shared lightweight AES accelerator by Eunjin Choi, Jina Park, Kyuseung Han, Woojoo Lee

“…As open-source RISC-V cores continue to be released, the development of low-power multicore processors utilizing these cores is invigorating the edge/IoT device market. …”
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Research status and progress on key technologies of intelligent orchard by CUI Hongwei, LU Xiaoxuan, YANG Yaqing, LU Xinyi, MA Hao, JI Jiangtao, JIN Xin, LI Xiuzhen, ZHAO Zimeng, ZENG Ningning

“…Additionally, operational equipment perception technology provides real-time monitoring of the status and performance of agricultural machinery, supporting autonomous navigation and precision operations by providing crucial data for optimizing equipment use and ensuring efficient orchard management. By fusing multiple sources of information, intelligent orchards can monitor and manage their operations across the full lifecycle of the orchard, from planting to harvest. …”
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Natural fiber-reinforced light-weight cement blocks prepared from waste for sustainable development by Latda Chandeng, Thanawat Meesak, Chakrapan Tuakta, Tidarut Wisuthseriwong, Tamon Ueda, Oratai Jongprateep

“…With high content of calcium oxide and silica, eggshells and cockleshells are potential sources of calcium, whereas RHA is a good source of silicon. …”
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Lignin as Green Filler in Polymer Composites: Development Methods, Characteristics, and Potential Applications by Muhammad Rasyidur Ridho, Erika Ayu Agustiany, Muslimatul Rahmi Dn, Elvara Windra Madyaratri, Muhammad Ghozali, Witta Kartika Restu, Faizatul Falah, Muhammad Adly Rahandi Lubis, Firda Aulya Syamani, Yeyen Nurhamiyah, Sri Hidayati, Asma Sohail, Petro Karungamye, Deded Sarip Nawawi, Apri Heri Iswanto, Nadras Othman, Nor Anizah Mohamad Aini, M. Hazwan Hussin, Kannika Sahakaro, Nabil Hayeemasae, Muhammad Qasim Ali, Widya Fatriasari

“…Pulp and paper mills and emerging cellulosic biorefineries are the main sources of technical lignin. However, only 2–5% of lignin has been converted into biomaterials. …”
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Multi-Energy Flow Optimal Dispatch of a Building Integrated Energy System Based on Thermal Comfort and Network Flexibility by Jian Sun, Bingrui Sun, Xiaolong Cai, Dingqun Liu, Yongping Yang

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A rapid assessment of mortality surveillance in Uganda. by Marie Gorreti Zalwango, Caroline Kyozira, Mariam Nambuya, Martin Bulamu, Allan Muruta

“…The rapid assessment of mortality surveillance in Uganda highlighted opportunities for improved mortality surveillance through the existence of various sources of data. It was highlighted that 66.9% of the death occur in communities, however, there is a major data completeness gaps where suboptimal data from the community is feed into the national health statistics database (DHIS2) to enable stakeholder analysis and utilization. …”
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Integrated knowledge graph construction framework for places-of-interest retrieval using a property graph database by Seula Park, Youngmin Lee, Kiyun Yu

“…With recent technological advances, the efficient extraction and utilization of valuable information from large-scale data sources have become increasingly important. …”
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Assessing the sustainability of combined heat and power systems with renewable energy and storage systems: Economic insights under uncertainty of parameters. by Emad A Mohamed, Mostafa H Mostafa, Ziad M Ali, Shady H E Abdel Aleem

“…The general algebraic modeling system (GAMS) was utilized to solve the optimization problem. The cost without RES or ESS is $250,954.80, indicating a high reliance on costly energy sources. …”
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Microbial Protein and Metabolite Profiles of <i>Klebsiella oxytoca M5A1</i> in a Bubble Column Bioreactor by Tawakalt Ayodele, Musiliu Liadi, Abodunrin Tirmidhi Tijani, Kudirat Alarape, Christiana Bitrus, Clairmont L. Clementson, Ademola Hammed

“…The results indicate that the BC bioreactor consistently outperformed static fermentation regarding the growth rate, protein yield, and glucose utilization efficiency. The BC exhibited a significant increase in protein production, reaching 299.90 µg/mL at 48 h, compared to 219.44 µg/mL in static fermentation. …”
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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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AM fungi modulate organic nitrogen preference of Eucalyptus to enhance seedling growth under low fertilization by Xinyue Li, Chunyu Huo, Xinzhu Yang, Qiutong Liu, Zijia Su, Xinyi Fan, Zhihong Liu, Zujing Chen, Zujing Chen

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Dual-Band 802.11 RF Energy Harvesting Optimization for IoT Devices with Improved Patch Antenna Design and Impedance Matching by Ashraf Ali, Rama Eid, Digham Emad Manaseer, Hussein Khaled AbuJaber, Andrew Ware

“…It also explains the construction of an impedance-matching network to reduce signal reflection and improve power transfer efficiency. The results indicate that the proposed antennas can effectively harvest Wi-Fi energy, providing a sustainable power source for IoT devices. …”
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Plant-derived nanovesicles: Promising therapeutics and drug delivery nanoplatforms for brain disorders by Ruoning Wang, Yingjie Zhang, Yumiao Guo, Wei Zeng, Jinge Li, Jie Wu, Nengjin Li, Anran Zhu, Jiale Li, Liuqing Di, Peng Cao

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