Investigation of the optimum calcination temperature for water treatment plant sludge to develop a sustainable alkali activated concrete by Jasmin Osama Abdelhalim, Ismail Amer, Ibrahim Abdel Latif, Ihab Fawzy, Sayed Ismail, Mohamed A. Khalaf

“…Abstract Nowadays, Egypt is treating the Nile River Water to produce drinking water, and this process generates large amounts of waste, around 635 million m3 annually, which is called water treatment plant sludge (WTPS). …”
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Study on GPR Image Restoration for Urban Complex Road Surfaces Using an Improved CycleGAN by Xinxin Huang, Jialin Liu, Feng Yang, Xu Qiao, Liang Gao, Tingyang Fu, Jianshe Zhao

“…These unstable factors decrease GPR detection signal strength and cause signal shape distortion, negatively affecting detection accuracy. This reduces the interpretive accuracy of GPR images, impacting precise diagnosis of underground structures and hidden defects in urban roads. …”
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Multi-Objective Optimal Scheduling of Water Transmission and Distribution Channel Gate Groups Based on Machine Learning by Yiying Du, Chaoyue Zhang, Rong Wei, Li Cao, Tiantian Zhao, Wene Wang, Xiaotao Hu

“…Venant’s system of equations is built to generate the feature dataset, which is then combined with the random forest algorithm to create a nonlinear prediction model. …”
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Evaluating sago palm (Metroxylon sagu Rottb.) photosynthetic performance in waterlogged conditions: utilizing pulse-amplitude-modulated (PAM) fluorometry as a waterlogging stress i... by A. Azhar, D. Makihara, H. Naito, H. Ehara

“…However, prolonged waterlogging (more than two months) negatively affected sago palm photosynthetic capacity. …”
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Population dynamics, economic growth, energy mix, and environmental pollution in ASEAN: Exploring the role of renewable, nuclear, and nonrenewable energy using the CCEMG approach by Lilik Sugiharti, Sharmin Akter, Mihir Kumar Das, Dulal Chandra Pattak, Miguel Angel Esquivias, Salma Akter

“…The findings suggest that expanding renewable energy consumption and increasing the role of nuclear energy in electricity generation, are significant strategies for reducing CO₂ in ASEAN countries. …”
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Green hotel development: Towards the building of resilient cities in Ghana by Ama Kissiwah BOATENG

“… In recent times, there have been concerns about how hotels are negatively impacting on the environment both globally and locally. …”
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A Novel Double Cluster and Principal Component Analysis-Based Optimization Method for the Orbit Design of Earth Observation Satellites by Yunfeng Dong, Xiaona Wei, Lu Tian, Fengrui Liu, Guangde Xu

“…The weighted sum and genetic algorithm-based hybrid method (WSGA-based HM), which has been applied to multiobjective orbit optimizations, is negatively influenced by human factors through the artificial choice of the weight coefficients in weighted sum method and the slow convergence of GA. …”
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Eco-friendly superabsorbent polymer synthesis using diatomaceous earth: development, characterization and its application by Anju Sharma, Arpit Sand

“…So in this research we have generated a modified superabsorbent polymer named (AD-SAP). …”
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The antiviral spectra of TRIM5α orthologues and human TRIM family proteins against lentiviral production. by Seiga Ohmine, Ryuta Sakuma, Toshie Sakuma, Tayaramma Thatava, Hiroaki Takeuchi, Yasuhiro Ikeda

“…When HIV-1 virus-like particles (VLPs) were generated in the presence of TRIM5α proteins, rhesus, African green and cynomolgus monkey TRIM5α (TRIM5αag and TRIM5αcy), but not TRIM5αhu, were efficiently incorporated into VLPs, suggesting an interaction between HIV-1 Gag and TRIM5α proteins. …”
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EXAMINING THE CAUSALITY OF CAPITAL TOWARDS LIQUIDITY CREATION BY INVOLVING THE CONTRIBUTION OF EFFECTIVE MANAGERIAL ABILITY by Sri Lestari, Imam Ghozali, Najmudin Najmudin

“…It confirms that when the effective managerial ability in providing credit is higher, a manager could arrange the capital to create higher liquidity and generate greater revenue. The other results report that the creation of liquidity is influenced positively by the risk of credit and influenced negatively by the volatility of earning and reserve requirements. …”
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Wear Prediction and Mechanism Study of Tunnel Boring Machine Disc Cutter Breaking in Hard–Soft Rock Considering Thermal Effect by Xiongfei Lyu, Youliang Chen, Shaoming Liao, Tomas Manuel Fernandez-Steeger

“…The amount of abrasive wear is negatively correlated with the hardness of the cutter ring. …”
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Fume behavior in drainage chamber for underwater local dry welding by Jiaxin REN, Jiqiang HUANG, Liwei GUO, Long XUE, Ruiying ZHANG

“…Underwater local dry welding technology has significant potential for applications in marine engineering, ship repair, and subsea pipeline maintenance. However, the fumes generated during the welding process substantially reduce visibility inside the drainage chamber and negatively influence weld pool observation and visual weld tracking. …”
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An implantable glucose enzymatic biofuel cell integrated with flexible gold-coated carbon foam and carbon thread bioelectrodes grafted inside a living rat by S. Vanmathi, U. S. Jayapiriya, Pravesh Sharma, Onkar Prakash Kulkarni, Sanket Goel

“…Biocompatible substances like carbon electrode designs help to transport electrons from the biological reactions to the external circuit as efficiently as possible while maximizing surface area. …”
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Circular economy as a foundation for sustainable enterprise development: accounting aspect by O.V. Oliinyk, S.F. Lehenchuk, O.D. Yurkivska

“…The main drivers for shifting from a linear to a circular economy include inefficient and declining resource use, low production efficiency, increased environmental emissions, and growing concerns over waste generation. …”
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A comparative analysis exposes an amplification delay distinctive to SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variants of clinical and public health relevance by K.L. Brown, A. Ceci, C. Roby, R. Briggs, D. Ziolo, R. Korba, R. Mejia, S.T. Kelly, D. Toney, M.J. Friedlander, C.V. Finkielstein

“…Mutations in the SARS-CoV-2 genome may negatively impact a diagnostic test, have no effect, or turn into an opportunity for rapid molecular screening of variants. …”
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Neoclassical economic analysis of water exchange and recirculating aquaculture systems in shrimp farming by Yuzhen Wang, Zhao Chen, Jiajia Wang, Zhiqiang Chang, Shuangyong Zhang, Gao Meng, Jian Li

“…The results indicate that water quality factors negatively impact shrimp weight, with interactions among them. …”
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Detailed Design of Lattice Tower for Low Speed Wind Turbines by James Rojas Waterhouse, Carlos Henrique Gasparetti, Kauan Pires Quevedo, Guilherme Beppu de Souza

“…A key challenge in downwind rotor turbines is the wake generated by the flow around the tower, which can negatively affect rotor performance. …”
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A Comparison Between Artificial Intelligence and Radiologists’ Ability to Detect Lung Nodules by Cristina Mihaela CIOFIAC, Rossy Vlăduţ TEICĂ, Lucian Mihai FLORESCU, Ioana Andreea GHEONEA

“…Artificial Intelligence also improved detection sensitivity from 80% to 99% and significantly lowered false negatives from 938 to 34, enhancing both diagnostic accuracy and efficiency. …”
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Optimal expenditure decentralization for sustainable development: evidence from a 52-country panel analysis by Hui Jin, Fu-Sheng Tsai, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez

“…Sustainable development is the coordination of economic, social, and environmental development to balance intergenerational welfare and maximize the total welfare of all generations. Excessive and insufficient expenditure decentralization can potentially negatively affect the efficiency of public goods provision and residents’ utility, thereby adversely impacting total welfare and sustainable development. …”
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Key players inducing skin diseases and skin aging and potential preventive or therapeutic strategies using phytochemicals by Hamid Mostafavi Abdolmaleky, Jinrong Zhou

“…As we age, the regenerative capacity of skin stem cells is reduced, and skin wound healing and hair generation efficiency is compromised. At the same time, the production of collagen that supports the skin's structure, elasticity, texture, and appearance is reduced, leading to signs of skin aging such as wrinkles, sagging, and loss of skin firmness, which make skin vulnerable to hazardous environmental perturbations. …”
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