Oily-wastewater treatment using eco-friendly ceramic membranes derived from sugarcane bagasse waste: Optimization using response surface methodology by Nurhayati Jamalludin, Mohd Riduan Jamalludin, Siti Khadijah Hubadillah, Mohd Hafiz Dzarfan Othman, Mohd Azizi Hakim Jamalludin

“…Treating oily-wastewater through separation technologies with advanced properties such as environmental-friendly and low cost is a challenging work. Herein, we successfully fabricated superhydrophic-superoleophilic green ceramic hollow fibre membrane prepared from sugarcane bagasse waste and modified through sol-gel method. …”
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Infrared Image Enhancement: A Review by Qingwang Wang, Pengcheng Jin, Yuhang Wu, Liyao Zhou, Tao Shen

“…Infrared imaging technology, based on the principle of thermal radiation, can provide clear imaging effects under these extreme conditions and has a relatively low cost of use. Therefore, it has been widely applied in various fields, including military, medical, industrial, and agricultural applications. …”
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Evaluation of Biocoagulant “Opuntia ficus-indica and Chitosan” to Improve the Removal of Contaminants in Dairy Effluents through Electrocoagulation by Naysha Y. M. Elguera, Stephanie E. S. Pulcha, Edgar M. M. Ballon, Miriam R. F. Castro, Lilia M. M. Ramos, Victor L. A. Tohalino, Pavel K. D. Sarmiento, Vitor C. Almeida, Hugo G. J. Pacheco

“…It is concluded that the use of the biocoagulant composed of chitosan and Opuntia ficus-indica mucilage (Q-M-5) as the primary treatment of whey wastewater provides evidence for the literature, showing that it is also a low-cost, ecological, and easy-to-apply natural coagulant.…”
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Lattice defect engineering advances n-type PbSe thermoelectrics by Qian Deng, Xiao-Lei Shi, Meng Li, Xiaobo Tan, Ruiheng Li, Chen Wang, Yue Chen, Hongliang Dong, Ran Ang, Zhi-Gang Chen

“…Abstract Te-free thermoelectrics have garnered significant interest due to their immense thermoelectric potential and low cost. However, most Te-free thermoelectrics have relatively low performance because of the strong electrical and thermal transport conflicts and unsatisfactory compatibility of interfaces between device materials. …”
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The feasibility of a novel national quality improvement programme for tobacco dependency treatment pathways in acute UK hospitals by Robyn Fletcher, Alexander Hammant, Christina Moll, Miguel Souto, Sanjay Agrawal

“…This programme demonstrated the feasibility and effectiveness of delivering a national QI programme, at low cost using a microsystems approach applied to an important area of clinical medicine.…”
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Effect of Oxygen-Reducing Atmospheres on the Safety of Packaged Shelled Brazil Nuts during Storage by Vildes Maria Scussel, Barbara Nantua Giordano, Vanessa Simao, Daniel Manfio, Simone Galvao, Manuel Nazaré Ferreira Rodrigues

“…Regarding cost, gaseous O3 showed to be of low cost for application in the nut packs.…”
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Self-reported illnesses in Thatta: Evidence from a rural and underdeveloped district in Sindh province, Pakistan. by Muhammad Ashar Malik, Rahat Batool, Muhammad Ahmed, Imran Naeem Abbasi, Zafar Ahmed Fatmi, Sarah Saleem, Sameen Siddiqui

“…<h4>Introduction</h4>Self-reported illnesses (SRI) surveys are widely used as a low-cost substitute for weak Disease Surveillance Systems in low- and low-middle-income countries. …”
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Investigation of an Ultra-Wideband Optical Absorber with the Bandwidth from Ultraviolet C to Middle Infrared by Chih-Ching Hung, Xin-Yu Lin, Tung-Lung Wu, Shu-Han Liao, Ho-Sheng Chen, Cheng-Fu Yang

“…This structure not only employs relatively low-cost metals and oxide materials but also demonstrates significant optical absorption potential. …”
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Large-Area Clay Composite Membranes with Enhanced Permeability for Efficient Dye/Salt Separation by Yixuan Fu, Shuai Wang, Huiquan Liu, Ke Zhang, Lunxiang Zhang, Yongchen Song, Zheng Ling

“…The large-scale sepiolite/vermiculite membranes made by the simple proposed method using low-cost materials provide new strategies for efficient and environmentally-friendly dye/salt separation.…”
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Simple and Rapid Synthesis of Calcium Acetate from Scallop Shells to Reduce Environmental Issues by Montree Thongkam, Jinnaput Saelim, Banjong Boonchom, Somkiat Seesanong, Kittichai Chaiseeda, Nongnuch Laohavisuti, Kanokpon Bunya-atichart, Wimonmat Boonmee, Duangkamol Taemchuay

“…This work reports an easy and low-cost method with no environmental effect to produce cheap calcium products to be used in the industry.…”
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Inhibition of zinc dendrite growth by a preferential crystal surface modulation strategy by Weihua Zhou, Junrun Feng, Zhuo Chen, Ziming Wan, Haoyu Feng, Lin Sheng, Zhuo Peng, Wenyuan Zhang, Zhangxiang Hao

“…Aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs) are pivotal in advancing energy storage systems and contributing to global electrification due to their high safety and low cost. However, the development of AZIBs is limited by the several challenges originating from the anode/electrolyte interface such as dendrite growth, hydrogen evolution reactions, and Zn corrosion. …”
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Zinc Monotherapy as an Alternative Treatment Option for Decompensated Liver Disease due to Wilson Disease? by Hansa Haftu, Mohammed Mustefa, Teklu Gebrehiwot

“…Although zinc is of low toxicity and low cost for treatment of Wilson disease, it has been limited to the adjunctive as a single maintenance drug or for asymptomatic patients. …”
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Allele-specific PCR with fluorescently labeled probes: criteria for selecting primers for genotyping by V. A. Devyatkin, A. A. Shklyar, A. Zh. Fursova, Yu. V. Rumyantseva, O. S. Kozhevnikova

“…Advantages of this approach are its specificity, sensitivity, low cost, and quick results. It makes it possible to distinguish alleles in a genome with high accuracy without additional manipulations with DNA samples or PCR products; hence the popularity of this method in genetic association studies in molecular genetics and medicine. …”
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Efficient Production of Methyl Oleate Using a Biomass-Based Solid Polymeric Catalyst with High Acid Density by Anping Wang, Heng Zhang, Hu Li, Song Yang

“…In this work, in order to prepare green, low-cost and high-efficient catalysts under mild conditions, we chose biomass-based chitosan as raw material and prepared a new solid acidic catalyst by an acid functionalization method. …”
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Validity and Reliability of Upper Limb Functional Assessment Using the Microsoft Kinect V2 Sensor by Laisi Cai, Ye Ma, Shuping Xiong, Yanxin Zhang

“…Kinect V2 has great potential as a low-cost, easy implemented device for assessing upper limb angular waveforms when performing functional tasks. …”
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Home-based transcranial direct current stimulation paired with cognitive training to reduce fatigue in multiple sclerosis by Leigh Charvet, Judith D. Goldberg, Xiaochun Li, Pamela Best, Matthew Lustberg, Michael Shaw, Lana Zhovtis, Josef Gutman, Abhishek Datta, Marom Bikson, Giuseppina Pilloni, Lauren Krupp

“…Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), a safe and well-tolerated type of noninvasive brain stimulation, is a low-cost and home-based approach with the potential to reduce fatigue in MS. …”
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Effective Stress Factor Analysis of Proppant for Multi-stage Fracturing in Horizontal Wells by Bo Cai, Rui Gao, Chunming He, Jin Chen, Ning Cheng, Tiancheng Liang, Guifu Duan, Chuanyou Meng, Haifeng Fu, Haoyu Zhang

“…Without any impact on production, the annual investment cost was decreased by more than 1 billion yuan, which set a great example for the promoted low-cost development of unconventional oil and gas reservoirs under low oil price background.…”
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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

“…Here, we report a facile, one-step, solvent-free method to design nitrogen-doped microporous carbons (SBF-BC-KMx) for efficient CO₂ capture from sugarcane bagasse fibers (SBF) as a low-cost precursor. Melamine and KOH were used as a nitrogen-doping source and an activator, respectively. …”
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Evaluation of the role of hydroxychloroquine as a lipid profile improving and glucose adjusting drug in Egyptian females with inactive rheumatoid arthritis by Aliaa O. El-Hady, Mai M. Kamel, Yasmin T. Mosaad, Maha A. Ali, Soad S. El Molla

“…A disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARD) hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) with a good safety profile and low cost has been reported to improve lipid profiles and glucose level in RA. …”
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DockCADD: A streamlined in silico pipeline for the identification of potent ribosomal S6 Kinase 2 (RSK2) inhibitors by El Mehdi Karim, Meriem Khedraoui, Abdelkbir Errougui, Yasir S. Raouf, Abdelouahid Samadi, Samir Chtita

“…These results have pointed out the use of DockCADD as an efficient tool for the fast and low-cost process of drug discovery; L1–L3 should be further validated experimentally for cancer therapy.…”
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