Evaporation Characteristics of Ethanol Blended Biodiesel Fuel for Generators by Haoxiang WEI, Xiaorong WANG, Genzhu JIANG, Chenjun HUANG, Mingrui ZHANG

“…[Introduction] In the current context of increasing energy demand and environmental conservation advocacy, it is necessary to seek alternative energy sources for traditional fuel generators, and better fuels can be identify by studying the evaporation characteristics of fuels. …”
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Study on Subway Station Street Block-Level Land Use Pattern and Plot Ratio Control Based on Machine Learning by Mingyi Kuang, Fei Fu, Fangzhou Tian, Liwei Lin, Can Du, Yuesong Zhang

“…This study takes Panda Avenue Subway Station as a case study to analyze the evolution of land use patterns around subway stations and explore optimization strategies to enhance land development efficiency and spatial utilizationTo fill this research gap, this paper proposes a CNN-AIMatch model based on machine learning algorithm and an enhanced PLUS-Markov prediction model using the increase and decrease of floor area ratio as a control measure, which adopts an increase in plot ratio as a control measure to improve the accuracy of the Kappa coefficient in different plot ratio scenarios and the prediction of 3D urban spatial growth trends. …”
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The dominant pests (Coleoptera) of cereal crops, and population forecast for this by A. Fedorenko

“…Analysis of the areas of distribution of these pests, population dynamics, their phenology and the state of populations in the context of natural and climatic zones (Steppe, Forest-steppe and Polissya). …”
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Optimal Decision-Making in a Green Supply Chain Duopoly: A Comparative Analysis of Subsidy Strategies with Data-Driven Marketing by Yao Yao, Shaoqing Geng, Jianhui Chen, Feng Shen, Huajun Tang

“…In the current context of severe environmental challenges and climate change, the low-carbon green development model has become an international consensus. …”
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Debris flows dynamic risk assessment and interpretable Shapley method-based driving mechanisms exploring – A case study of the upper reach of the Min River by Yufeng He, Mingtao Ding, Yu Duan, Hao Zheng, Wen He, Jun Liu

“…The study found that the areas with extremely high debris flow risk decreased by 18.57%, while the areas with moderate and high risk levels increased by 8% and 14% respectively. …”
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Biofuel supply chain planning and circular business model innovation at wastewater treatment plants: The case of biomethane production by Zoltán Csedő, József Magyari, Máté Zavarkó

“…Despite the explored technological opportunity to increase advanced biofuel supply and decrease carbon dioxide emissions at WWTPs, current market risk levels challenge the economic prospects of the system concept. …”
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Development of <i>OptiCon</i>: A Mathematical Model with a Graphical User Interface for Designing Sustainable Portland Cement Concrete Mixes with Budget Constraint by Angie Pineda, Rita Peñabaena-Niebles, Gilberto Martínez-Arguelles, Rodrigo Polo-Mendoza

“…The production of Portland Cement Concrete (PCC) generates significant environmental impacts that increase climate change and decrease people’s quality of life. …”
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A health and wellness transformation programme to ensure optimal student performance and well-being within ICE environments by Juanita Jonker, Ryk Lues

“… Introduction and aim: International research have identified numerous impacts of the COVID-19 circumstances on students, such as decreased activity, food insecurity and poor mental health. …”
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Japan’s Economy: Reforms and Growth Strategies by Yana Valeryevna Dyomina, Marina Gamilovna Mazitova

“…The return on capital and labor has decreased. There was a shortage in the labor market within the country due to the aging population, decreasing birth rate, traditions of the Japanese family (women leaving the labor market after marriage), strict migration policy, etc. …”
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Incubation time effect on releasing available phosphorus in saline sandy soil as a function of bone char application by Abu El-Eyuoon Abu Zied Amin

“…The results showed that increasing the incubation time significantly decreased phosphorus availability in saline soil after bone char application. …”
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Cash or Compliment? Older employees preference of financial versus non-financial incentives by Miodraga Stefanovska-Petkovska, Marjan Bojadziev

“…In addition, managerial position, tenure and intrinsic motivation have been positively related to job satisfaction among older employees as well. The current research seeks to decrease the research gap concerning the ageing workforce in developing economies and contribute to the increased understanding of these growing age group of employees.…”
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Features of state support of industrial enterprises under sanctions pressure by Ya. A. Grabovsky

“…The article discusses the problems of the current situation and development of the Russian industrial enterprises in the context of sanctions that were imposed against Russia in 2014 and significantly increased in 2022.   …”
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A comprehensive review of the genetic control of cooking time in dry beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) by Hannah R. Jeffery, Marcelo Efrén Murillo‐Quesada, Luis Barboza‐Barquero, Karen Cichy

“…The current evidence suggests that cooking time is increased by genetic factors that decrease the amount of soluble compounds in the cotyledons, including but not limited to 1) genes that increase the abundance of calcium‐binding storage proteins and/or de‐methylesterfied pectins paired with high inter‐ or intra‐cellular calcium levels (higher calcium levels can be caused by reduced levels of phytate) and 2) genes that increase insoluble condensed tannin/lignin content in the cotyledon cell walls. …”
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Azov-type spits: long-term monitoring of morphodynamics and vegetation in response to changing environment by Oksana Tyshchenko, Volodymyr Tyshchenko, Svitlana Boychenko, Andrii Tarieiev, Vasyl Tkachenko

“…ERS tools demonstrated their effectiveness in monitoring environmental changes under challenging circumstances, identifying general trends in the state of plant communities and validating our earlier forecasts for changes in vegetation cover. The increase in the area of halophytic meadow and marsh plant communities occurred alongside a certain decrease in their productivity, while the reduction in sandy-steppe plant community areas was accompanied by an increase in their productivity. …”
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MicroRNA as a Potential Biomarker for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) by José Augusto Nogueira-Machado, Amanda Tábita da Silva Albanaz, Fabiana Rocha-Silva

“…As a result, it is challenging to identify a specific biomarker with total reliability, as a specific microRNA that is increased in one disease phase can decrease in another. …”
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The role of extracellular vesicles in the diagnosis of glioblastoma progression by A. I. Ryabova, V. A. Novikov, N. V. Yunusova, A. A. Ponomareva, L. V. Spirina, O. V. Gribova

“…Glioblastoma is the most common malignant tumor of the brain characterized by fatal outcome prognosis. Current treatment of tumor recurrence allows to increase patient survival, improve functional outcome and decrease caregivers» load. …”
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Combined effects of conditional cash transfer program and environmental health interventions on diarrhea and malnutrition morbidity in children less than five years of age in Brazi... by Anelise Andrade de Souza, Sueli Aparecida Mingoti, Rômulo Paes-Sousa, Léo Heller

“…The concomitant presence of these measures with environmental sanitation interventions may increase their positive effect. The context of simultaneous improvement of social protection and environmental sanitation is found in Brazil since 2007 and an assessment of the combined effects of both programs has not been performed so far.…”
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Socio-economic problems of hydrogen energy development by M. A. Pletnev, A. N. Kopysov

“…To solve this problem, the method of analyzing the regulatory framework, monographic, scientific and analytical literature, program documents of various levels, real steps of the authorities in the implementation of the fourth energy transition was used. DISCUSSIONS. The current economic model of energy production and consumption is based on an increase in entropy, which leads to irreversible changes in the global ecosystem. …”
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A Hydrological–Energy Balance Model to Assess Land Surface Temperature at the Urban Scale: The Case Study of Milano, Italy by Sonia Morgese, Wenchuang Zhang, Francesca Casale, Daniele Bocchiola

“…Particularly, we showed that an increase of green share, ΔVF = + 10%, may correspond to a decrease of ΔLST = −0.26°C. …”
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Changes in tree-ring wood density of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.), silver fir (Abies alba Mill.), and Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) H. Karst.) in European mountain forests... by Chiara Torresan, Torben Hilmers, Admir Avdagić, Edmondo Di Giuseppe, Matija Klopčič, Mathieu Lévesque, Florian Motte, Enno Uhl, Tzvetan Zlatanov, Hans Pretzsch

“…Abstract Key message We found a significant increase in the latewood density of European beech, and a decrease in the latewood and mean wood density of silver fir and Norway spruce in European mountain forests over the period 1901–2016. …”
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