Directional Liquid Transport on Biomimetic Surface with Wedge-Shaped Pattern: Mechanism, Construction, and Applications by Qing’an Meng, Junjie Zhou, Jie Pang, Luofeng Wang, Kaicheng Yang, Zhangcan Li, Jiayu Xie

“…The focus on DLT is motivated by its ability to inspire efficient, energy-independent liquid transport technologies, which hold significant promise for both fundamental research and practical applications. …”
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Dissecting insects as sustainable protein bioresource in fish feed for aquaculture sustainability by Nitesh Kumar Yadav, Mutum Deepti, Arun Bhai Patel, Parvind Kumar, Jaya Angom, Sourabh Debbarma, Soibam Khogen Singh, Suparna Deb, Jham Lal, Anand Vaishnav, Rupali Das, Shubham Kashyap, Dharmendra Kumar Meena

“…Compared to traditional feeds like fish meal, entofeeds have a great potential in reducing reliance on marine resources while minimizing environmental impacts, including land, water, and energy use. Additionally, their ability to upcycle organic waste supports the concept of circular economy. …”
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Investigation of antibiosis, anti-diabetic, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, molecular docking and dye degradation potential of green synthesized copper ferrite (CuFe2O4) nanopartic... by Beena Cherian, Tijo Cherian, Teena Merlin, Shilpa Jose

“…Additionally, it was discovered that CuFe2O4 NPs have superior antioxidant activity (77–83%) and their scavenging ability is more comparable to ascorbic acid (control). …”
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Comparison and theoretical conceptualization analysis of statistical methods used to develop heat vulnerability indices in urban areas by Thomas Lagelouze, Julia Hidalgo, Mitia Aranda, Guillaume Dumas

“…These results raise questions concerning the ability of HVIs to provide reliable vulnerability assessments, given their geostatistical and conceptual limitations. …”
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A Hybrid Attention Mechanism and RepGFPN Method for Detecting Wall Cracks in High-Altitude Cleaning Robots by Haiqiao Liu, Lingding Li, Ya Li, Qing Long, Zhuoyu Chen

“…Then, the neck network incorporated the RepFPN method to improve the descriptive ability of fused multi-scale features and to increase computational efficiency. …”
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USING THE ANYLOGIC ENVIRONMENT FOR MODELING AND ANALYSIS OF THE INFORMATION SECURITY AUDIT PROCESS by Kamilla M. Khuranova, Igor D. Kologorov, Sergey A. Reznichenko, Leonid N. Kessarinskiy

“…This environment platform was selected for its ability to integrate discrete event and system dynamics methods, enabling a multidimensional analysis of audit stage interactions. …”
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Sodium Alginate Microneedles Loaded with Vancomycin for Skin Infections by Juhaina M. Abu Ershaid, Han Zhang, May Tayyem, Akmal H. Sabri, Ryan F. Donnelly, Lalitkumar K. Vora

“…Furthermore, in ex vivo Franz cell experiments, the MNs delivered 34.46 ± 11.31 μg of vancomycin with around 35% efficiency, with 9.88 ± 0.57 μg deposited in the skin after 24 h. …”
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Late Cenozoic Rise in Seawater δ11B Not Driven by Increasing Boron Adsorption by Simon J. Ring, Michael J. Henehan, Patrick J. Frings, Roberts Blukis, Friedhelm vonBlanckenburg

“…Additionally, adsorption efficiency was likely modulated by secondary factors related to seawater chemistry and the sedimentary mineral content, that could have counteracted changes in sedimentation rates. …”
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A Dual-Branches Multiscale Dynamic Partial Convolutional Attention Network for Remote Sensing Change Detection by Wenbin Tang, Shuli Cheng, Anyu Du

“…In recent years, convolutional neural networks have achieved significant results in this task, but they lack the ability to model global features, leading to suboptimal performance in complex scenarios. …”
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Factors influencing the agricultural extension model sites in Iran by Mohammad Shokati Amghani, Hosna Miladi, Moslem Savari, Mehrdad Mojtahedi

“…While similar extension models are utilized internationally, AEMS demonstrates a superior ability to persuade farmers to adopt optimal agricultural practices. …”
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The impact of river sand mining and waste management on the Volta Lake: A case study of Asutsuare by Daniel Kwaku Amoah, Esi Awuah, Isaac O.A. Hodgson, Miriam Appiah-Brempong, Elizabeth Von-Kiti, Isaac Nii Yartey Nyarko

“…Water samples from the midstream were passed through a coconut husk biochar column to determine its ability to remove pollutants in the water samples. …”
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In Situ Synthesis of a Magnetic Graphene Platform for the Extraction of Benzimidazoles from Food Samples and Analysis by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography by Qianchun Zhang, Yulan Liu, Xingyi Wang, Huimin Li, Junyu Chen

“…G-Fe3O4 exhibited a great adsorption ability and good stability towards analytes. Various experimental parameters that might affect the extraction efficiency such as the amount of G-Fe3O4, extraction solvent, extraction time, and desorption conditions were evaluated. …”
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Triage of road injury casualties - the role of bystanders: a scoping review by George Stephen Russam, Jake Gluyas-Harris, Nicholas Aveyard, Tim Nutbeam

“…Bystanders demonstrated the ability to apply basic triage tools with moderate accuracy, although over-triage was common and under-triage rates often exceeded accepted thresholds. …”
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A literature review on transformative impacts of blockchain technology on manufacturing management and industrial engineering practices by Dharmendra Hariyani, Poonam Hariyani, Sanjeev Mishra, Milind Kumar Sharma

“…This review aims to explore the transformative impact of BCT on manufacturing management and industrial engineering practices, particularly in areas like transparency, decision-making, operational efficiency, and trust. Through an extensive review of 480 peer-reviewed papers retrieved from the Scopus database, using the keyword search “blockchain” and “management” or (“manufacturing” or “industrial engineering” or “service” or “supply chain” or “organization”) within the title, abstract, and keywords, this study highlights BCT’s ability to revolutionize supply chain management by providing real-time traceability, automating processes through smart contracts, and ensuring sustainability and compliance. …”
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An improved YOLOv5s-based method for detecting rice leaves in the field by Cheng Zhou, Caohang Zhou, Lili Yao, Yagang Du, Xin Fang, Zhangbin Chen, Chengliang Yin

“…However, the current rice leaf counting method is time-consuming and laborious, with low accuracy and poor efficiency, which is difficult to meet the needs of rice growth monitoring.MethodsThis study proposes a field rice leaf detection method based on an improved YOLOv5s model. …”
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Molecular insights into pangenome localization and constructs design for Hemophilus influenza vaccine by Naila Zaman, Kainat Gul, Kinza Khurram, Syed Sikander Azam

“…Advanced in silico epitope prediction and verification strategies were utilized to map highly immunogenic regions across these proteins, followed by codon optimization to enhance expression efficiency in human systems. To further stabilize the vaccine construct, we performed disulfide engineering to enhance structural integrity and resilience. …”
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Remaining Useful Life Prediction and Fault Diagnosis of Rolling Bearings Based on Short-Time Fourier Transform and Convolutional Neural Network by Shuang Zhou, Maohua Xiao, Petr Bartos, Martin Filip, Guosheng Geng

“…The proposed method in this paper is proved to have strong ability of adaptive feature extraction, life prediction, and fault identification.…”
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Leveraging Retrieval-Augmented Generation for Automated Smart Home Orchestration by Negin Jahanbakhsh, Mario Vega-Barbas, Iván Pau, Lucas Elvira-Martín, Hirad Moosavi, Carolina García-Vázquez

“…Results highlight the system’s ability to enhance automation efficiency, personalization, and resilience. …”
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A novel approach for encryption and decryption of digital imaging and communications using mathematical modelling in internet of medical things by S. Thalapathiraj, J. Arunnehru, V. C. Bharathi, R. Dhanasekar, L. Vijayaraja, R. Kannadasan, Muhammad Faheem, Arfat Ahmad Khan

“…Overall, this research offers a significant advancement in the field of image encryption, combining theoretical robustness with practical efficiency.…”
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Heavy Metal Bioremediation Potential of Autochthonous Lactic Acid Bacteria for Use in Edible Leafy Vegetables by Mahdieh Mostafidi, Mohammad Reza Sanjabi, Naheed Mojgani, Sohyel Eskandari, Sepideh Arbabi Bidgoli

“…Three of the potent probiotic strains that showed the highest biosorption efficiency at this stage were selected for further analysis. …”
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