Cassava in focus: A comprehensive literature review, its production, processing landscape, and multi-dimensional benefits to society by Abraham Woru Borku, Thomas Toma Tora, Mamush Masha

“…A comprehensive evaluation of cassava's production, processing, and utilization is essential to optimize its role as a sustainable food source in Ethiopia.…”
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AMR Surveillance in Africa: Are We There Yet? by Prof Sabiha Essack, Sabiha Y. Essack

“…Data reliability and validity, fidelity of laboratory methods and quality assurance are frequently cited limitations raising concerns on the utility of phenotypic AMR surveillance data for policy and practice action.Genomic AMR surveillance in Africa is limited to discrete research projects at Universities and research institutions that describe the resistome, mobilome, virulome and phylogeny using whole genomic sequencing and open-source bioinformatics tools in the main and genomic surveillance capacity is steadily increasing on the content. …”
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Operational Modes and Technical Points for Empowering Urban Park Green Spaces by Digital Technology by Yang ZHANG, Changlin LI, Ninglu ZHANG, Fei WU

“…Based on the above, four specific technical points for implementing the operational mode in reality are proposed as follows. 1) Multi-source data as an auxiliary tool for constructing accurate tourist portraits and optimizing space. …”
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Thermal Degradation of β-Carotene from Macauba Palm: Mathematical Modeling and Parameter Estimation by Pedro Prates Valério, Amanda Lemette Brandão, Jesus Maria Frias Celayeta, Erika Cristina Cren

“…The kinetic parameters from both models were estimated through a hybrid optimisation method using the Particle Swarm Optimization and the Gauss-Newton method, followed by statistical analyses. …”
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Intelligent agent orchestration for climate-resilient energy systems: Autonomous management of renewable integration and distributed resources by Kravari Kalliopi, Roussi Maria, Ladomenou Kalliopil, Thysiadou Anna, Chalaris Michail

“…The proposed MAS is expected to aid in developing more sustainable, resilient, and climate-resilient energy systems by virtue of support from distributed intelligence and adaptive control methods. A simulation case study, focusing on the Greek energy sector and its susceptibility to climate effects, will show the effectiveness of the suggested MAS in enhancing energy system resilience as well as renewable energy optimization.…”
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Ukrainian startup ecosystems: regional development and European integration by D. A. Donets

“…Research employs mixed-methods approach integrating quantitative analysis with qualitative assessment through SWOT analysis, comparative evaluation, expert assessments using nine parameters: human capital, education, financing, infrastructure, mentorship, culture, regulation, markets, networks. …”
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Detecting sub-instability before three Mw > 6.0 earthquakes on Chinese mainland in 2020–2022 with load/unload response ratio by Huaizhong Yu, Donghui Jia, Chieh-Hung Chen, Yue Liu, Haitao Wang, Jie Liu, Rui Yan, Binbin Zhao, Jianming Liu, Yuchuan Ma, Guihong Han, Wen Yang, Zhengyi Yuan, Zeping Li

“…We apply the Load/Unload Response Ratio (LURR) method to explore sub-instability in the source media before large earthquakes. …”
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EGFR and K-ras Mutation Analysis in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Comparison of Paraffin Embedded versus Frozen Specimens by Mariëlle I. Gallegos Ruiz, Karijn Floor, Frank Rijmen, Katrien Grünberg, José A Rodriguez, Giuseppe Giaccone

“…Although frozen tumor tissue would probably be the optimal source for analysis, the most common source of tumor material is fixed and paraffin embedded (FPE) archival specimens. …”
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Advances in Coking Wastewater Treatment and Zero Discharge Technology by Huaqiang CHU, GLADYS Chimfwembe, Pengyuan WEI, Jie XU, Guihong SHUI, Jiaying MA, Xuefei ZHOU, Yalei ZHANG

“…In recent years, considerable attention has been directed towards developing more efficient methods for treating coking wastewater. This review provides a comprehensive overview of current advancements in coking wastewater treatment technologies, focusing on their sources, characteristics, pretreatment technologies, biochemical treatments, and advanced treatment technologies. …”
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Research Progress on Dioxin Prevention and Control Technologies in the Entire Process of Domestic Waste Incineration by Yongyi MA, Qianqian LI, Bohua SUN, Jing MENG, Bin SHI, Yangzhao SUN, Guijin SU

“…The fundamental principles and simple operational methods of each technology are elucidated, and strategies for dioxin prevention throughout the entire domestic waste incineration process are proposed. …”
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CPS architecture design for urban roadway intersections based on MBSE by Chen Wang, Xiaoping Ma, Limin Jia, Zheng Lai, Zhexuan Yang, Han Yan, Jing Zhao

“…After the architecture design has been completed, an architecture verification and optimization method based on Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) for urban road intersection cyber-physical systems is utilized to analyze the architecture’s reliability by analyzing the failure modes of activities and to optimize the system architecture to improve the design’s efficiency and reliability.…”
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Development of water vapor permeability determination methodology for spray film-forming systems by M. M. Shumkova, M. V. Pomytkina, A. A. Ananian, G. Pouya, M. M. Agabalyan, E. O. Bakhrushina

“…One of the key features of SFFSs is partial vapor permeability, a special case of occlusion. Various methods assess vapor permeability by determining the occlusion factor, but disparate approaches in studies prevent harmonizing results and identifying optimal parameters.Aim. …”
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Leveraging historical trials to predict Fusarium head blight resistance in spring wheat breeding programs by Charlotte Brault, Emily J. Conley, Andrew J. Green, Karl D. Glover, Jason P. Cook, Harsimardeep S. Gill, Andrew C. Read, Jason D. Fiedler, James A. Anderson

“…Using the URSN population, reproducing kernel Hilbert space was the best method in various prediction settings, with an average accuracy of 0.63, marker density could be as low as 500 without decreasing the prediction accuracy, and training set optimization was useful for two traits. …”
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Design and Development of a Pine Needle Briquetting Machine for the Uttarakhand Region of India by Tejas Pramod Naik, Soumyajeet Jaiswal, Inderdeep Singh, Apurbba Kumar Sharma, Ayush Joshi

“…The primary materials utilized to make briquettes are pine needles and forest waste. The proposed method inculcates principles of compression molding along with necessary optimizations. …”
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Accelerated Storage Testing of Vacuum-Dried <i>Lactobacillus acidophilus TISTR 1338</i> for Feed by Apichet Muenaram, Bhundit Innawong, Imrana Niaz Sultan, Muhammad Waseem Khan, Hamza Ghilzai, Afrasiab Khan Tareen, Pramuk Parakulsuksatid

“…Molasses and spent cell yeast serve as promising carbon and nitrogen sources when optimized conditions are employed. The study also suggests that vacuum drying is a promising method for producing dried cells suitable for non-refrigerated storage conditions.…”
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Friction power loss in ball bearings: Correlation with bearing skidding and cage motion stability by Mingkai Wang, Linbo Zhu, Kim Tiow Ooi, Haizhen Li, Ke Yan, Jun Hong

“…This study introduces a prediction method for bearing friction power loss, focusing on the interplay of bearing skidding and cage motion stability on the tribological properties of ball bearings. …”
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WEB SERVICE OF WORKS PLANNING USING NETWORK GRAPH by Інна Грод, Надія Балик, Ярослав Василенко, Сергій Мартинюк, Василь Олексюк, Ольга Барна

“…A feature of the created application is the solution to the problem of planning the implementation of complex works, involving network models, which simplifies the understanding of the model as a whole and provides optimization of the developed graph-based on mathematical methods. …”
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A Thermo–TDR Sensor for Simultaneous Measurement of Unfrozen Water Content and Thermal Conductivity of Frozen Soil by Panting Liu, Simao Fan, Qingyi Mu, Qifan Zhang, Linlin Tang, Jine Liu, Fuqing Cui, Zhiyun Liu, Xuna Wang

“…The results show that (1) under the optimized probe parameters, the deviation between the theoretical thermal conductivity and the numerical preset value is 2.94%, verifying the accuracy of the sensor in thermal physical testing. (2) With a 10 mm probe spacing design, the test area of the thermo-TDR significantly increased, and the skin effect coefficient reached 25.54%, satisfying the electromagnetic design requirements of the TDR method. (3) The designed thermo-TDR sensor realizes the simultaneous measurement of unfrozen water and thermal conductivity of frozen soil, and the experimental results present a good consistency with that of the nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and transient planar heat source methods. (4) Additionally, due to the drastic changes in the soil’s physical properties due to the probe’s heating process, testing errors of the thermo-TDR sensor will significantly increase in the near-phase transition range, especially in the range of −2~−1 °C.…”
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RUL Prediction Based on MBGD-WGAN-GRU for Lithium-Ion Batteries by Zhiguo Zhao, Ke Li, Yibo Dai, Biao Chen, Yeqin Wang, Qian Zhao

“…Finally, the proposed GRU-based model is validated for RUL prediction using an open-source test dataset. Experimental results demonstrate that the mean absolute error of the proposed method on B0005, B0006, and B0007 batteries is 0.0023 Ah, 0.0030 Ah, and 0.0014 Ah, respectively, confirming its effectiveness and practical applicability. …”
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Automatic phenotyping using exhaustive projection pursuit by Wayne A. Moore, Stephen W. Meehan, Connor Meehan, David R. Parks, Guenther Walther, Leonore A. Herzenberg

“…We have developed an automated tool to comprehensively identify these cell populations by Exhaustive Projection Pursuit (EPP). The method evaluates all two-dimensional projections among the suitable data dimensions and creates an optimized sequence of statistically significant gating regions that identify all phenotypes supported by the data. …”
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