Optimization of Ultrasound-Assisted Extraction of Glucosinolates from Upcycled Cauliflower Using Response Surface Methodology by Hana Derbew Gedif, Tess Astatkie, Joanna Tkaczewska, H. P. Vasantha Rupasinghe

“…The extracts possess greater antioxidant activity as determined by ferric reducing antioxidant power and DPPH radical scavenging activity. …”
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Electricity production performance and pH optimization of MFCs using enriched starch-degrading culture by Sheng-chao Gao, Hui-chun Jiang, Zhen Zhang, Xin-xin Fan, Tian-peng Gao, Ying Liu

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Two-layer optimization model of distribution network line loss considering the uncertainty of new energy access by Xiping Ma, Xiping Ma, Xiaoyang Dong, Haitao Xiao, Yaxin Li, Rui Xu, Kai Wei, Juanjuan Cai, Juan Wei

“…The lower layer model establishes an optimization model, including wind, solar, and storage, with active power network loss and voltage deviation as objective functions. …”
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Coordinated Scheduling of Distribution Networks and Microgrids Considering Heat Pump Load and Distributed Photovoltaic by Shihui LI, Qi WANG, Xiaobo JIA, Wenchuan WU, Huayang LIANG, Lin ZHU

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Blockchain Research and Development Activities Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy and Utility Sector by Sydni Credle, Nor Farida Harun, Grant Johnson, Jeremy Lawrence, Christina Lawson, Jason Hollern, Mayank Malik, Sri Nikhil Gupta Gourisetti, D. Jonathan Sebastian-Cardenas, Beverly E. Johnson, Tony Markel, David Tucker

“…A total of 110 funded activities within the U.S. power industry were successfully tracked and mapped into a newly developed categorization framework. …”
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Interpretable Active Learning Identifies Iron‐Doped Carbon Dots With High Photothermal Conversion Efficiency for Antitumor Synergistic Therapy by Tianliang Li, Bin Cao, Yitong Wang, Lixing Lin, Lifei Chen, Tianhao Su, Haicheng Song, Yuze Ren, Longhan Zhang, Yingying Chen, Zhenzhen Li, Lingyan Feng, Tong‐yi Zhang

“…ABSTRACT Active learning (AL) is a powerful method for accelerating novel materials discovery but faces huge challenges for extracting physical meaning. …”
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A Multi-objective Transmission Expansion Planning Strategy: A Bilevel Programming Method by S. Zolfaghari-Moghaddam, T. Akbari

“…The LMP of buses are dual variables of the corresponding active power balance equation. Lower problem is replaced by its Karush-Kuhn-Tucker (KKT) conditions resulting in a one-level optimization problem which can be efficiently solved by commercial existing solvers. …”
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Mechanism for activity variation of landfilled coal ash: Deterioration in landfilling and improvement in pretreatment by Luchang Xiong, Olga Maltseva, Ana Fernández-Jiménez, Zhijun Wan, Angel Palomo

“…Both mechanochemical activation and negative-pressure sieving pretreatments can improve LA activity and optimize the fundamental properties of LA-based blended cements through particle modification and particle selection, respectively. …”
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Determinants physical activity in middle-aged women: application trans theoretical model by Zakieh Khoramaki, Leila Fallahipour, Masoud Karimi, Mahin Nazari

“…Nevertheless, one of the major challenges in modern society is the inactivity and lack of optimal physical activity of women, which has caused a rising prevalence in chronic diseases. …”
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Transforming Biomass Waste into Hydrochars and Porous Activated Carbon: A Characterization Study by Suhas, Monika Chaudhary, Shubham Chaudhary, Shivangi Chaubey, Isabel Pestana da Paixão Cansado, Mohammad Hadi Dehghani, Inderjeet Tyagi, Rama Gaur

“…The prepared hydrochars were rich in oxygenated functional groups. The optimized hydrochar, HC-230-4 (prepared at 230 °C, for 4 h), presented a ratio of H/C = 0.95 and O/C = 0.29, an improved degree of coalification, and a high heating value (26.53 MJ kg⁻¹), which can replace bituminous coals in the power sector. …”
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Time-Varying ℓ0 Optimization for Spike Inference from Multi-Trial Calcium Recordings by Tong Shen, Mingyu Du, Kevin Johnston, Steven F. Grieco, Rachel Crary, John F. Guzowski, Gyorgy Lur, Xiangmin Xu, Hernando Ombao, Michele Guindani, Zhaoxia Yu

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A Distributed Energy Optimized Routing Using Virtual Potential Field in Wireless Sensor Networks by Haifeng Jiang, Yanjing Sun, Renke Sun, Wei Chen, Shanshan Ma, Jing Gao

“…Energy is an extremely critical resource for battery-powered wireless sensor networks. Since data transmission typically consumes more energy than any other activities on a sensor node, it is of great importance to design energy optimized routing algorithm to achieve both energy efficiency and energy balance together, in order to prolong the network lifetime. …”
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Comprehensive Evaluation Method of Teaching Effect Based on Particle Swarm Optimization Neural Network Model by Heng Cao, Qianhui Gao

“…The important role of teaching evaluation system is embodied in: starting from the teaching goal and the vocational education teaching activities. This paper studies the optimization algorithm and optimization system, it not only makes the algorithm involve basic mathematical operations, and the computer support required for the data processing process is not high, but it also improves the evaluation of the degree of optimization. …”
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Study on the effect and mechanism of ultrasonic-assisted enzymolysis on antioxidant peptide activity in walnuts by Jiaying Huo, Zhaowei Cui, Ruru Zhang, Hui Ouyang, Xiaolong Liu, Ping Wang, Xiongwei Yu, Tingting Xie, Sihai Gao, Shugang Li

“…Results indicated that by optimizing the UAE process with neutral protease, an ultrasound power of 180 W, a 4.3 h duration and an enzyme dosage of 10 KU/g, the walnut peptides exhibited the most potent antioxidant activity. …”
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Optimal µPMU Placement Considering Node Importance and Multiple Deployed Monitoring Devices in Distribution Networks by Ruifeng Zhao, Jiangang Lu, Yizhe Chen, Yifan Gao, Kai Gan, Ming Li, Chengzhi Wei, Runhong Huang, Fan Xiao, Liang Che

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Research and Application on New Generation of Traction IGBT Module Technology by Mingyi CHEN, Huibo SUN, Jiange JIN, Chunhui RONG, Zhongbao WANG, Yusheng SHI

“…The static losses of chips and the thermal resistance between the chip junction and module case could be reduced by increasing more chips active area. The improved power terminal structure had a good temperature distribution and better anti-vibration performance. …”
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Grid-Integrated Dual Wind Turbine System Using SEPIC Converter with Whale Optimized PI Controller by Kishore R.D., Sravani K., Sai Kumar N.D., Preetham C.G., Bentu B.2

“…In order to achieve the set goals, the following tasks were accomplished: integration of a Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) rectifier for AC to DC conversion, implementation of a SEPIC converter for voltage boosting, tuning of proportional integral (PI) controller parameters using whale optimization algorithm (WOA) for dynamic DC voltage regulation, and design of a 3Φ Voltage Source Inverter (VSI) for efficient management of active and reactive power to the grid. …”
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An Ultra-Low-Power Static Contention-Free 25-Transistor True Single-Phase-Clocked Flip-Flop in 55 nm CMOS by Jiliang Liu, Huidong Zhao, Zhi Li, Kangning Wang, Shushan Qiao

“…As essential building blocks of sequential digital circuits, optimizing the power consumption of flip-flops (FFs) can significantly reduce the total energy of digital systems. …”
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Gradual Optimization of Molecular Aggregation and Stacking Enables Over 19% Efficiency in Binary Organic Solar Cells by Jianqiang Qin, Linze Wu, Sihao Huang, Zeping Ou, Xiaowu Wang, Yingguo Yang, Yujie Zheng, Kuan Sun, Zeyu Zhang, Zhiping Hu, Zhengzheng Liu, Yuxin Leng, Juan Du

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Research on improved design of transformer multi-conductor transmission line model solution by LI Yang, TANG Zhiguo

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