Museomics and morphological analyses of historical and contemporary peninsular Italian wolf (Canis lupus italicus) samples by Elena Fabbri, Antonia Vecchiotti, Federica Mattucci, Edoardo Velli, Vilde Arntzen Engdal, Nicola Baccetti, Adriano De Faveri, Pavel Hulva, Barbora Černá Bolfíková, Urmas Saarma, Elisabetta Cilli, Romolo Caniglia

“…Therefore, in this study, we morphologically and genetically analyzed historical and contemporary wolf samples, also exploiting the optimization of an innovative bone DNA extraction method, to describe the morphological variability of the subspecies and its genetic diversity during the last 30 years. …”
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Mitigating spatial hallucination in large language models for path planning via prompt engineering by Hongjie Zhang, Hourui Deng, Jie Ou, Chaosheng Feng

“…Our comprehensive experimental evaluation, conducted using closed-source LLMs ChatGPT 3.5, ERNIE-Bot 4.0 and open-source LLM ChatGLM-6B, demonstrates that S2ERS significantly mitigates the spatial hallucination issues in LLMs, and improves the success rate and optimal rate by approximately 29% and 19%, respectively, in comparison to the SOTA CoT methods.…”
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Solvent-free valorization of sugarcane bagasse fibers into nitrogen-doped microporous carbons: Efficient contenders for selective carbon dioxide capture by Urooj Kamran, Nasir Shezad, Soo-Jin Park, Kyong Yop Rhee, Shujie You, Farid Akhtar

“…Melamine and KOH were used as a nitrogen-doping source and an activator, respectively. The specimen (SBF-BC-KM0.5), prepared with optimized melamine loading, possessed efficient textural features, including a specific surface area (SSA) of 1138 m² g⁻¹ , a micropore volume of 0.396 cm³ g⁻¹ , high concentration of ultra-micropores (<0.6 nm) (89 %) and high content of pyrrolic-N functionality (35 %). …”
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Microwave-Assisted Valorization of Tomato Pomace for Pectin Recovery: Improving Yields and Environmental Footprint by Nikolina Golub, Emerik Galić, Kristina Radić, Nada Smigic, Ilija Djekić, Sandra Pedisić, Dubravka Vitali Čepo

“…The response surface methodology was used to model the optimization process. The physico-chemical properties of pectin were determined using titrimetric methods and FTIR spectroscopy. …”
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Impact on induced magnetic field over a second-grade hybrid nanofluid in unsteady thermal systems by Nagaraju Gajjela, Arun Seeralan Balakrishnan, Mahesh Garvandha, H. Niranjan, Adigoppula Raju, Sivakumar S

“…This study investigates unsteady flow and heat transfer using the Cattaneo-Christov model, considering thermal relaxation, viscous dissipation, radiation, and heat sources. The study derives governing equations from momentum, magnetic induction, and energy principles, transforms them into nonlinear ODEs, and solves using the Chebyshev spectral collocation method with quasi-linearization. …”
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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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Equine dung as an organic nitrogen supplement in compost formulation for cultivation of white button mushroom [Agaricus bisporus J.E. Lange (Imbach)] by Roohi Jan, Sachin Gupta, Sudheer Kumar Annepu, Moni Gupta

“…Purpose: The present study aimed to utilize the equine dung as an organic nitrogen supplement in commercial compost formulations for the cultivation of white button mushroom. Method: Four different compost formulations (C1 to C4) were prepared using wheat straw or in combination with paddy straw as the basic ligno-cellulosic substrate material. …”
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Photosynthetic efficiency and chlorophyll fluorescence responses of Viola ignobilis Rupr. subjected to different biostimulants and two light intensities by Roshanak Ansari, Khodayar Hemmati, Sara Khorasaninejad, Nahid Niari Khamsi

“…Nowadays, domestication of medicinal plants in accordance with sustainable agricultural methods is a new important challenge. In this research, we used biostimulants and optimization of light intensity as eco-friendly approaches to improve yield and photosynthetic efficiency of V. ignobilis Rupr. …”
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Intelligent Data Reduction for IoT: A Context-Driven Framework by Laercio Pioli, Douglas D. J. De Macedo, Daniel G. Costa, Mario A. R. Dantas

“…It is technique-agnostic, scalable, and adaptable to any DR method with available training data, acting as an open decision-support solution. …”
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Study on ultrasonic-assisted deep eutectic solvent extraction process and in vitro antioxidant of Anchusa italica Retz. Flowers by Linyang Wang, Pin Chen, Ainiwaer Aikemu, Haiyan Zhang, Shuge Tian

“…The comprehensive evaluation value (CEV), derived from the total polyphenol content (TPC) and RA, was optimized under the aforementioned conditions, yielding a CEV of 222.452.The optimized extraction method presents a sustainable and efficient protocol for the isolation of bioactive compounds from natural sources, thereby underscoring the significance of this research in the field of natural product chemistry and ultrasonics Sonochemistry.…”
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The Comprehensive Energy and Exergy Analysis on Thermal-Catalytic-Type and Thermal-Catalytic–Photovoltaic-Type Trombe Walls by Weikai Wang, Niansi Li, Wei Wei, Jie Ji, Bendong Yu

“…The aim of this study is to address the lack of comprehensive analysis methods for multi-functional Trombe wall systems. …”
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Microwave-assisted Deep Eutectic Solvent Extraction of Xinjiang Wild Prunus cerasifera Ehrh. Polysaccharides and Analysis of Its Antioxidant and Antibacterial Activities by Linghe ZHANG, Hao XIE, Maimaiti NUER

“…In this study, the optimal process for extracting polysaccharides from wild Prunus cerasifera Ehrh. sourced from Xinjiang was determined, and their antioxidant and antibacterial activities were analyzed. …”
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Electrochemical Storage and Flexibility in Transfer Capacities: Strategies and Uses for Vulnerable Power Grids by Gustavo Adolfo Gómez-Ramírez, Luis García-Santander, José Rodrigo Rojas-Morales, Markel Lazkano-Zubiaga, Carlos Meza

“…The integration of renewable energy sources into electrical power systems presents enormous challenges in technical terms, especially with energy storage. …”
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Effective feature selection based HOBS pruned- ELM model for tomato plant leaf disease classification. by M Amudha, K Brindha

“…This model proposes to address the drawbacks of conventional CNNs, which are resource-intensive and time-consuming, by using optimization methods that reduce processing complexity and enhance classification accuracy. …”
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Advances in Wastewater-Based Epidemiology for Pandemic Surveillance: Methodological Frameworks and Future Perspectives by Weihe Zhu, Daxi Wang, Pengsong Li, Haohao Deng, Ziqing Deng

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Black currant cultivars, developed at the Polli Horticultural Research Center (Estonia), in Northwest Russia by O. A. Tikhonova, V. S. Popov

“…Conventional methods were used to test their adaptability and assess their main productivity indicators and berry quality. …”
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Risk factors for mortality and implications on therapy for Stenotrophomonas maltophilia bacteraemia by Matthew Chung Yi Koh, Jinghao Nicholas Ngiam, Lionel Hon-Wai Lum, Nares Smitasin, Ka Lip Chew, David Michael Allen

“…Bacteraemia is associated with significant morbidity, despite antibiotic therapy. Optimal treatment strategies for Stenotrophomonas maltophilia bacteraemia remain ill-defined. …”
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MEMS-Based Micropacked Thermal Desorption GC/PID for In-Field Volatile Organic Compound Profiling from Hot Mix Asphalt by Stefano Dugheri, Giovanni Cappelli, Riccardo Gori, Stefano Zampolli, Niccolò Fanfani, Ettore Guerriero, Donato Squillaci, Ilaria Rapi, Lorenzo Venturini, Alexander Pittella, Chiara Vita, Fabio Cioni, Domenico Cipriano, Mieczyslaw Sajewicz, Ivan Elmi, Luca Masini, Simone De Sio, Antonio Baldassarre, Veronica Traversini, Nicola Mucci

“…Results and conclusions: The method was successfully deployed on site for source-specific sampling at an HMA plant, generating robust emission fingerprints. …”
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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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Progress in digital and intelligent technologies for complex giant systems in green coal development by Guofa WANG, Jianzhong ZHANG, Zaibin LIU, Yihui PANG, Tong WANG, Cong SANG

“…We have proposed intelligent control methods for mining systems under the intelligent logic model framework, intelligent mining complex scene comprehensive mining equipment group posture recognition methods, global optimal planning strategies and collaborative control methods, equipment health status recognition and fault diagnosis methods; Interpreting the concept of “transparent geology”, proposing a path for transparent geological security technology, developing geological transparency technologies such as fine geophysical exploration and drilling, dynamic monitoring of surrounding rock conditions, multi-source high-precision data collection, multi-source heterogeneous data fusion and interpretation, innovating geological digitalization technologies such as static geological modeling, dynamic geological modeling, precise geological security of working faces, multi-source geological data interpretation and fusion, multi-attribute dynamic high-precision modeling, synchronous mapping of geological information, mining information modeling, etc., analyzing the application value of “transparent geology” technology in underground resource development geological structure exploration degree, revealing the physical and mechanical properties of coal and rock, “three field” changes, hidden disaster factor prediction, etc; Analyzed green mining technologies, including green sedimentation reduction and water conservation mining technologies, as well as well as collaborative management and ecological restoration technologies above and below the well; Case analysis was conducted around three technologies: intelligent mining, transparent geology, and green mining. …”
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