An Analysis of the Factors Influencing Energy Consumption Based on the STIRPAT Model: A Case Study of the Western Regions of China by Yi Zhu, Chao Feng, Xieqihua Liu, Tao Zhang, Xi Wang

“…These insights provide a foundation for targeted policies to balance economic growth with energy efficiency in Western China.…”
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Shock Characteristics of the Opposed Disc Springs (ODS) Shock Isolator with Pretightening under Boundary Friction Condition by An-Min Hui, Ming Yan, Lei Zhang, Ying-Li Jin, Kaiping Wang, Haichao Liu

“…And the effects on isolation efficiency of the number of disc springs, additional supporting force, pretightening force, load, and the shock velocity constant of the ODS shock isolator are discussed, which provide guidelines for its further practical application.…”
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Dynamic in-situ reconstruction of active site circulators for photo-Fenton-like reactions by Chang-Wei Bai, Fu-Qiao Yang, Pi-Jun Duan, Zhi-Quan Zhang, Yi-Jiao Sun, Xin-Jia Chen, Fei Chen, Han-Qing Yu

“…Abstract Developing efficient and stable heterogeneous catalysts for the continuous activation of oxidants is crucial to mitigating the global water resource crisis. …”
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Cortical fold geometry modulates transcranial magnetic stimulation electric field strength and peak displacement by Jinting Wang, Jiayu Zhai, Yiding Wang, JiuGe Lin, Donghua Pan, Liyi Li

“…Furthermore, the identified morphological predictors may expedite coil placement optimization in subject-specific models, improving the efficiency of TMS protocol design.…”
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Autonomous Robotic Path Planning Based on the Gaussian Mixture Model in Complex Manufacturing Environment by Rui Sun, Yuanmin Wang, Wenzheng Zhao, Yinhua Liu

“…The results show that compared with the benchmark methods, the proposed method can improve the planning efficiency, reduce the path length, and be more robust. …”
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Separation characteristics of vortex three-phase flotation for offshore produced water treatment by LIU Meng, DAI Guohua, QU Zhaoguang, LIU Chunyu, CHEN Zhengwen, MA Jinxi, JIN Qiu

“…Vortex three-phase flotation had an efficient treatment on production water with different oil properties. …”
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Automating areas of interest analysis in mobile eye tracking experiments based on machine learning by Julian Wolf, Stephan Hess, David Bachmann, Quentin Lohmeyer, Mirko Meboldt

“…Together with a real-time capability of the mapping process after completed training, even hours of eye tracking recording can be evaluated efficiently. (Code and video examples have been made available at: https://gitlab.ethz.ch/pdz/cgom.git)…”
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Compression of 3D Optical Encryption Using Singular Value Decomposition by Kyungtae Park, Min-Chul Lee, Myungjin Cho

“…Since the encrypted data in DRPE have the same size as the input data and consists of complex values, a compression technique is required to improve data efficiency. To address this issue, we introduce SVD as a compression method. …”
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Synthesis of Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Zinc Oxide Hydrogel for Drug Delivery Applications by Krithika Ramesh, Jeyanthi Ponnusamy, Pazhanisamy Periasamy

“…Optimizing the monomer proportion could enhance hydrogel efficiency and release behavior. The hydrogel's water solubility, non-toxicity, and antioxidant properties suggest it could be safe and effective throughout the drug delivery process, contributing both passive and reactive targeting functions.…”
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Long-Term Dynamics of Water Droplet Impact on Rotating Hydrophilic Disk by Wen Yang, Yunbo Zhang, Tian Deng, Chuanyang Liu

“…Ice accretion from the impingement of supercooled water droplets on the rotating components of aero-engines reduces engine efficiency and poses significant in-flight safety risks. …”
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Simulating 3D pedestrian motions in evacuations under high and low perceived urgency levels by Ruihang Xie, Sisi Zlatanova, Jinwoo (Brian) Lee

“…Subsequently, a case study and a sensitivity analysis quantitatively assess the influence of 3D motions. Key findings are: 1) 3D motions may improve evacuation efficiency, particularly under lower urgency levels; 2) 3D motions may offer alternative 3D paths to bypass congestion; and 3) 3D motions’ benefits may diminish as urgency and agent density increase. …”
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Development of the Optuna-NGBoost-SHAP model for estimating ground settlement during tunnel excavation by Yuxin Chen, Mohammad Hossein Kadkhodaei, Jian Zhou

“…The findings provide robust decision support for safety management during tunnel construction and demonstrate the reliability and efficiency of the Optuna-NGBoost-SHAP framework in estimating complex ground settlement scenarios.…”
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Governance mechanism and risk management of Congolese commercial banks by Louison TETE SULA, Yannick NSIESILA MANZANZA, Alain PAYANZO NTSOMO

“…The results of the DEA application on the efficiency of banks thus measuring management quality then the results of the CAMELS method in terms of accounting governance leading to the procedure for identifying banks exposed to insolvency risks. …”
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Differential cellular responses associated with oxidative stress and cell fate decision under nitrate and phosphate limitations in Thalassiosira pseudonana: Comparative proteomics. by Qun Lin, Jun-Rong Liang, Qian-Qian Huang, Chun-Shan Luo, Donald M Anderson, Chris Bowler, Chang-Ping Chen, Xue-Song Li, Ya-Hui Gao

“…In N-limited cells, responsive proteins were related to reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation, oxidative stress responses and cell death, corresponding to a significant decrease in photosynthetic efficiency, marked intracellular ROS accumulation, and caspase-mediated programmed cell death activation. …”
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Model of Dynamic Mechanical Parameters and Vibration Analysis in Hot Rolling by Ming Zhang, Zihao Huang, Yanbo Yang

“…As the core equipment of metal shaping processing, the vibration problem of rolling mill seriously affects the product quality and production efficiency. To address the problem of the limited prediction of mill vibration due to small sample data in non-steady states, we propose to predict dynamic mechanical parameters (rolling force and rolling torque) based on the TCN-LSTM step strategy transfer model. …”
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Reaction Kinetics of Chlorine Corrosion to Heating Surfaces during Coal and Biomass Cofiring by Yongzheng Wang, Yu Sun, Maozhen Yue, Yungang Li

“…The high content of chlorine in biomass will cause serious ash deposition and corrosion problems on the heating surface in boiler, reduce heat transfer efficiency, and endanger the boiler operation safety. …”
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Livestock metabolomics and the livestock metabolome: A systematic review. by Seyed Ali Goldansaz, An Chi Guo, Tanvir Sajed, Michael A Steele, Graham S Plastow, David S Wishart

“…The purpose of this systematic review is to quantitatively and objectively summarize the current status of livestock metabolomics and to identify emerging trends, preferred technologies and important gaps in the field. …”
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Microwave-assisted synthesis of antimony oxide nanoparticles for the determination of trace cadmium in mulberry leaf tea matrices by flame atomic absorption spectrophotometry by Merve Nur İnce, Hakan Serbest, Sezgin Bakirdere

“…All experimental parameters affecting the extraction efficiency were optimized univariately. Under the optimum operational conditions (35 mL sample volume, 0.75 mL of pH 8.0 buffer, 15 mg of sorbent, 5 s vortex and 100 µL of 1.0 M of HNO3), the limit of detection (LOD) and the limit of quantitation (LOQ) values were determined as 0.27 and 0.89 µg L−1, respectively. …”
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Color image hybrid noise filtering algorithm based on deep convolution neural network by Yongfei Yu, Yuanjian Yan

“…The color image hybrid noise filtering model designed in this study has good filtering performance, good image cleanliness, and high filtering efficiency.…”
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Impact Dynamics and Freezing Performance of Porcine Bile Droplets on Horizontal Cold Substrates: Towards Advanced and Sustainable Food Processing by Xinkang Hu, Bo Zhang, Libang Chen, Zhenpeng Zhang, Huanhuan Zhang, Xintong Du, Xu Wang, Lulu Zhang, Tao Yang, Chundu Wu

“…With the development of the agro-processing industry, the efficient cryogenic treatment and resource utilization of porcine bile—a high-value byproduct—has received increasing attention. …”
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