Marine bioactives: Pioneering sustainable solutions for advanced cosmetics and therapeutics by Fahrul Nurkolis

“…Emphasizing the importance of sustainability, the review discusses innovative extraction methods, including enzyme-assisted and supercritical fluid extraction, to optimize yield and maintain bioactivity. …”
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How can green finance promote the synergistic development of agricultural ecological environment and productivity? by Liangcan Liu, Xiang Li, Kaichao Li

“…IntroductionBy maintaining soil health and optimizing water resources management, agricultural ecological total factor productivity (AETFP) builds a basic defense line of safe food supply and environmental balance, effectively reduce the spread of chemical pollution and improve the quality of nutrition supply, thus providing a strategic fulcrum for the management of public health sources.MethodsBased on the provincial panel data of China from 2012 to 2022, AETFP was estimated using EBM-GML model by incorporating the agricultural ecological value into the desirable output, and the influence mechanism of green finance on the AETFP was discussed by using fixed effect model and spatial econometric model.ResultsThe AETFP in all regions of China was steadily improving, especially in the eastern region. …”
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Impact of Various Extraction Technologies on Protein and Chlorophyll Yield from Stinging Nettle by Simon Dirr, Özlem Özmutlu Karslioglu

“…Stinging nettle (<i>Urtica dioica</i> L.) has gained attention as a sustainable protein source due to its rich bioactive compound profile and medicinal properties, but research on optimizing its protein extraction remains limited. …”
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A grid-forming energy storage damping strategy based on bidirectional proportional regulation by Yiqi Liu, HengKe Zhang, Yucheng Wu, Xiao Yu, Mingfei Ban, Gang Zheng, Jiawei Zhang

“…The results validate the effectiveness and superiority of the proposed method in enhancing both steady-state and dynamic performance.© 2017 Elsevier Inc. …”
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Preparation of Palladium-Impregnated Ceria by Metal Complex Decomposition for Methane Steam Reforming Catalysis by Worawat Wattanathana, Suttipong Wannapaiboon, Chatchai Veranitisagul, Navadol Laosiripojana, Nattamon Koonsaeng, Apirat Laobuthee

“…Palladium-impregnated ceria materials were successfully prepared via an integrated procedure between a metal complex decomposition method and a microwave-assisted wetness impregnation. …”
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Adaptive hydrogen fuel cell vehicle scheduling strategy based on traffic state assessment in power-transportation coupled networks by Yizhen Huang, Haiteng Han, Zhinong Wei, Bei Yang, Chuanshen Wu, Yizhou Zhou, Guoqiang Sun

“…An adaptive hydrogen energy management method is employed for fuel cell vehicles to optimize the coupling between the transportation network and the power system. …”
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A self-powered soft triboelectric-electrohydrodynamic pump by Fangming Li, Shuowen Sun, Xingfu Wan, Minzheng Sun, Steven L. Zhang, Minyi Xu

“…Using power management circuit, geometric shape optimization, and stacking methods, we achieve a maximum pressure of 4.49 kPa and a maximum flow rate of 502 mL/min. …”
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Predictions of Multilevel Linguistic Features to Readability of Hong Kong Primary School Textbooks: A Machine Learning Based Exploration by Zhengye Xu, Yixun Li, Duo Liu

“…It is also the first readability formula developed in Hong Kong. Method: The corpus comprised 723 texts from 72 Chinese language arts textbooks used in public primary schools. …”
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The Modified Sparrow Search Algorithm with Brown Motion and Levy Flight Strategy for the Class Integration Test Order Generation Problem by Chongyang Jiao, Qinglei Zhou, Wenning Zhang, Chunyan Zhang

“…As a novel search-based algorithm, the sparrow search algorithm (SSA) is good at finding the optimal to optimization problems, but it has drawbacks like weak population variety later on and the tendency to easily fall into the local optimum. …”
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Preparation of WO3/rGO/BiOBr and its photocatalytic degradation performance for ciprofloxacin wastewater by ZHOU Chaoyun, LING Yulin, JIANG Wenxue, ZHOU Jianhong

“…The composite photocatalyst WO3/rGO/BiOBr(WRB) was prepared by solvothermal method. BiOBr was assembled into the WO3 nanotube beam loaded with rGO. …”
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A Study on Hyperspectral Soil Moisture Content Prediction by Incorporating a Hybrid Neural Network into Stacking Ensemble Learning by Yuzhu Yang, Hongda Li, Miao Sun, Xingyu Liu, Liying Cao

“…Then, the gray wolf optimization (GWO) algorithm is adopted to optimize a convolutional neural network (CNN), and a gated recurrent unit (GRU) and an attention mechanism are added to construct a hybrid neural network model (GWO–CNN–GRU–Attention). …”
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Artificial neural network-enhanced unconditionally stable finite-difference time-domain technique for multiscale problems by Oluwole John Famoriji, Thokozani Shongwe

“…The accuracy and effectiveness of the proposed technique are verified by three numerical examples. The proposed method finds applications in antenna design, metamaterials, wireless communications, and wave propagation in complex environments.…”
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Research on territorial spatial planning based on data mining and geographic information visualization by Wang Yingqiao

“…In the urban expansion planning project, multi-source data such as land use status data, population distribution data, and economic development data are integrated, and the spatial agglomeration pattern of land use types is found by using the method proposed in this article, so as to provide a reference for rational planning of urban expansion direction.…”
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Effective behavioral change techniques in m-health app supported interventions for glycemic control among patients with type 2 diabetes: A meta-analysis and meta-regression analys... by Kaifeng Liu, Yuxuan Xia

“…It also sought to describe the behavior change techniques (BCTs) used in these interventions and identify effective BCTs or combinations of BCTs to facilitate glycemic control. Method MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Web of Science databases were searched for relevant studies published until November 2024. …”
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Deep Learning-Based Vertical Decomposition of Ionospheric TEC into Layered Electron Density Profiles by Jialiang Zhang, Jianxiang Zhang, Zhou Chen, Jingsong Wang, Cunqun Fan, Yan Guo

“…It provides a novel tool for space weather warning and shortwave communication optimization. Current limitations include insufficient physical interpretability and prediction uncertainty in GNSS-sparse regions, which could be mitigated in future work through the integration of physical constraints and multi-source data assimilation.…”
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Effects of Sunn Hemp, Vermicompost, and Organic Fertilizers on Organic Strawberry Plant Growth, Yield, and Fruit Quality by Jianyu Li, Jeffrey K. Brecht, Shinsuke Agehara, Xin Zhao

“…Vermicompost also exhibited potential to enhance early-season yields but requires optimization of application method and rate. The first season trial indicated liquid fish fertilizer as a more effective source of in-season N to enhance plant growth and fruit yield. …”
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Enhanced trajectory reconstruction from sparse and noisy GPS data: A progressive chunked transformer approach by Yonghui Liu, Qian Li, Inhi Kim

“…To address these challenges, we propose a progressive chunked transformer (ProChunkFormer), which is a deep learning method for trajectory reconstruction that employs self-attention mechanisms and chunked processing to balance efficiency with accuracy. …”
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Strategies Used for the Discovery of New Microbial Metabolites with Antibiotic Activity by Pablo Dasí-Delgado, Cecilia Andreu, Marcel·lí del Olmo

“…This work critically reviews current strategies for identifying antimicrobial compounds, emphasizing the potential of microorganisms as a rich source of bioactive secondary metabolites. This review explores innovative methods, such as investigating extreme environments where adverse conditions favor the emergence of unique metabolites; developing techniques, like the iChip, to cultivate previously uncultivable bacteria; using metagenomics to analyze complex samples that are difficult to isolate; and integrates artificial intelligence to accelerate genomic mining, structural prediction, and drug discovery optimization processes. …”
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A Systematic Review of Mechanical Pretreatment Techniques of Wood Biomass for Bioenergy by Giorgia Di Domenico, Elisa Cioccolo, Leonardo Bianchini, Rachele Venanzi, Andrea Colantoni, Rodolfo Picchio, Luca Cozzolino, Valerio Di Stefano

“…This research provides a comprehensive review of current mechanical techniques, detailing their operational settings and performance metrics while also offering suggestions for optimizing biomass conversion processes. By promoting the use of mechanical pretreatment in biofuel production systems, the findings align with the principles of a circular economy and contribute to the development of greener energy sources.…”
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Small but mighty: the power of microcrystals in structural biology by Courtney J. Tremlett, Jack Stubbs, William S. Stuart, Patrick D. Shaw Stewart, Jonathan West, Allen M. Orville, Ivo Tews, Nicholas J. Harmer

“…Reproducibly preparing small crystals, especially from samples that typically yield larger crystals, requires considerable effort, as no one singular approach guarantees optimal crystals for every technique. This review discusses methods for generating such small crystals, including mechanical crushing and batch crystallization with seeding, and evaluates their compatibility with microcrystal data-collection modalities. …”
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