Integrating Radiant Cooling Ceilings with Ternary PCM Thermal Storage: A Synergistic Approach for Enhanced Energy Efficiency in Photovoltaic-Powered Buildings by Zhuoyi Ling, Tianhong Zheng, Qinghua Lv, Yuehong Su, Hui Lv, Saffa Riffat

“…Key challenges, including PCM cycling stability and thermal response time mismatches, were identified, with future research directions emphasizing multi-scale simulations and intelligent encapsulation. …”
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Improving Cooling Capacity of Condensation-Free Radiant Cooling for Low-Emissivity Chilled Ceiling via Adaptive Double-Skin Infrared Membranes by Ke Du, Ke Du, Huijun Wu, Huijun Wu, Yanling Guo, Yanling Guo, Gongsheng Huang, Xinhua Xu, Yanchen Liu, Yanchen Liu

“…The results also indicate that the cooling capacity could be improved by above 2 times compared to conventional low-emissivity metal chilled ceiling by using the radiant cooling with a-DIMs for various humidity. …”
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Exponential decline, ceiling effect, downregulation, and T-cell response in immunoglobulin G antibody levels after messenger RNA vaccine boosters: a case report by Harukazu Hirano, Hiroshi Asada

“…Abstract Background Vaccine protection against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection reduces gradually over time, requiring administration of updated boosters. …”
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Gender parity among authorities in the Ecuadorian system of high education by Christian Escobar-Jiménez

“…With these data, a descriptive statistical characterization was developed of the relative composition of men and women in leadership positions, considering the following variables: academic title, age, type of institutional financing, time in the university, and time until promotion. …”
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A scalar approximation to the survey of the architectural, artistic and cultural heritage of the University of Alcalá (Madrid, Spain) by Nicolas Gutierrez-Perez, Manuel De-Miguel-Sanchez

“…Likewise, we address an aspect that is not often dealt with in scientific publications, such as the importance of the graphic planning of tasks and timings in order to make campaigns more efficient. …”
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Does gender gap exist in Indian rheumatology? Analysis of faculty gender representation at its annual conferences by Kavitha Mohansundaram, Velu Annamalai Sowndhariya, Vinod Ravindran

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EXPRESS MONITORING OF THE MAIN PARAMETERS OF CLOUDS FROM THE EARTH’S SURFACE by A. G. Yakunin

“…The aim is to avoid using meteorological information derived from official sources, which may not always be available for a specific place and time of observation.Method The method is based on the well-known Ippolitov formula that connects air humidity on the Earth’s surface with the cloud ceiling, whose empirical coefficients depend on the type of the cloud cover. …”
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Future Time Orientation Scale: Psychometric Properties in a Sample of Brazilian Adolescents by Gibril Ussif, Lucy Leal Melo-Silva, Vinicius Coscioni

“… The Future Time Orientation Scale (FTOS) is a measure that assesses the extent to which a person is impacted by their psychological future. …”
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A Hard Real-Time Kernel for CPIoT Systems With Safety Features in Rust by Nayancy Gupta, Gourinath Banda, Neminath Hubballi, K. V. Srinivas

“…This paper proposes HarSaRK-RS, a hard real-time kernel implemented in Rust, designed to address these limitations through compile-time safety, modular resource management and constant-time task scheduling. …”
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Pushing the limit to near real-time indoor LiDAR-based semantic segmentation by P. Bournez, J. Salzinger, M. Cella, F. Vultaggio, F. d’Apolito, P. Fanta-Jende

“…Our model demonstrates an improvement from 40 to 67.6 mean Intersection over Union (mIoU) compared to the baseline on simple (floor, ceiling, walls) and complex (doors, windows) classes.…”
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RFID-Enabled Smart Manufacturing: Real-Time Asset Tracking and Operational Workflow Optimization by Andrzej Paszkiewicz, Karol Siwiec, Bartosz Pawłowicz, Grzegorz Budzik, Maria Ganzha, Marcin Paprzycki

“…The proposed solution takes into account the possibility of installing RFID readers on poles, suspended ceilings, as well as in the floor of the storage and communication space. …”
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Lead Cap Use in Interventional Cardiology: Time to Protect Our Head in the Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory? by Yasar Sattar, Prasanna M Sengodan, Mustafa Sajjad Cheema, Nismat Javed, Shoaib Ashraf, Sadaf Fakhra, Anas Alharbi, Moinuddin Syed, Mahboob Alam, Islam Y Elgendy, Affan Haleem, Akram Kawsara, M Chadi Alraies, Ramesh Daggubati

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A Time Series Analysis for Supply Response Scenario of Food Grains in Bangladesh: The Quest of Structural Changes by Mohammad Ariful Islam

“…Meanwhile, although Bangladesh achieved marginally food security, govern-ment and policymakers should focus on stabilizing the market price at harvest time to realize sustainable food security in the future, and researchers should prioritize breaking the yield ceiling as well as developing different stress-tolerant varieties. …”
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XGBoost–random forest stacking with dual-state Kalman filtering for real-time battery SOC estimation by Robin K.E. Tau, Abid Yahya, Mmoloki Mangwala, Nonofo M.J. Ditshego

“…Classical observers drift under sensor bias, and purely data-driven models exceed the timing and memory ceilings of low-cost microcontrollers. …”
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The effect of a programme to improve men's sedentary time and physical activity: The European Fans in Training (EuroFIT) randomised controlled trial. by Sally Wyke, Christopher Bunn, Eivind Andersen, Marlene N Silva, Femke van Nassau, Paula McSkimming, Spyros Kolovos, Jason M R Gill, Cindy M Gray, Kate Hunt, Annie S Anderson, Judith Bosmans, Judith G M Jelsma, Sharon Kean, Nicolas Lemyre, David W Loudon, Lisa Macaulay, Douglas J Maxwell, Alex McConnachie, Nanette Mutrie, Maria Nijhuis-van der Sanden, Hugo V Pereira, Matthew Philpott, Glyn C Roberts, John Rooksby, Øystein B Røynesdal, Naveed Sattar, Marit Sørensen, Pedro J Teixeira, Shaun Treweek, Theo van Achterberg, Irene van de Glind, Willem van Mechelen, Hidde P van der Ploeg

“…In addition, although the five-level EuroQoL questionnaire (EQ-5D-5L) is now the preferred measure for cost-effectiveness analyses across Europe, baseline scores were high (0.93), suggesting a ceiling effect for QALYs.<h4>Conclusion</h4>Participation in EuroFIT led to improvements in physical activity, diet, body weight, and biomarkers of cardiometabolic health, but not in sedentary time at 12 months. …”
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A Time Motion and Analysis of Partnering Skills in Latin-American Dance Using a Semi-Automatic Tracking System: A Case Study by Petra Zaletel

“…Dancers were in open positions 99% of the time (except Passodoble – 87% and Cha Cha – 91%), either touching or not touching each other, with focus on the partner evident between 40% and 60% of the time in all dances. …”
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Determination of the Cardinal Temperatures and Studying the Effect of Temperature on the Efficiency of Priming on Onion Seed (Allium Cepa cv, Zargan) by M.A. Askari Sarcheshmeh, Z. Moradi Shakoorian, M. Delshad, R. Tavakkol Afshari

“…For predicting time of germination at different constant temperatures used Thermal-time that constant coefficient of Thermal-time was 1872.79(°Ch).…”
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Acute effects of isolated and combined dietary nitrate and caffeine ingestion on ergometer-based 1000 m time trial performance in highly trained kayakers by Johannes Pollex, Martin Behrens, Thomas Mittlmeier, Sven Bruhn, Matthias Weippert

“…However, the isolated and combined effects of BR and CAF ingestion on time trial (TT) performance as well as the accompanying physiological and perceptual responses have never been investigated in highly trained kayak athletes. …”
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Improvement of hydrothermal response of corn seed under drought stress using abscisic acid, gibberellic acid, and salysilic acid by Elham Bahrabadi, R. Tavakkol Afshari, Mehdi Nassiri Mahallati

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A Comparative Study of Short-Term Social Media Use with Face-to-Face Interaction in Adolescence by Inês Mendonça, Franz Coelho, Belén Rando, Ana Maria Abreu

“…Conclusions: The absence of cognitive effects may be explained by excessive screen time as a key factor in cognitive impact and by the cultural integration of social media, creating a “ceiling effect” that minimizes the impact of short-term exposure and resembles addictive behavior. …”
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