The Impact of Green Taxation on Sustainable Economic Development in the European Union by Valentin Marian Antohi, Costinela Fortea, Monica Laura Zlati, Marius Sorin Dinca

“…The results of the study indicate that energy and transport taxes are the main determinants of green taxation, having a direct impact on the share of environmental taxes in gross domestic product (GDP). …”
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Harnessing Meta-Reinforcement Learning for Enhanced Tracking in Geofencing Systems by Alireza Famili, Shihua Sun, Tolga Atalay, Angelos Stavrou

“…Our proposed meta-RL method addresses the NP-hard problem of determining an optimal placement of 5G Points to minimize spatial geometry-induced errors. …”
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Development and Balance Evaluation for Land Use and Transport Interaction Using Node-Place Model and Data Envelopment Analysis by Xiaoyi Ma, Hongjie He, Mingmin Liu, An Jin

“…Conversely, the LoM model, grounded in data envelopment analysis methods, evaluates the relative relationship between transport services and the travel demand generated by land use. …”
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Thoracic squeezing on airway secretion and respiratory parameters in mechanically ventilated patients: An interventional study by P Thenmozhi, P Dineshkumar, G Bhuvaneswari, T Mary Minolin, S Tamilselvi

“…BACKGROUND: The most common method for preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia is maintaining airway clearance for efficient gas exchange, achieved by removing secretion through endotracheal or tracheal suctioning. …”
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Force Analysis of Material Movement in a Horizontal Mixer of a Hydrolytic Chamber: a Case Study of Soybean Meal Processing by M. G. Zagoruiko, M. E. Belyshkina, I. A. Bashmakov, A. M. Maradudin

“…(Materials and methods) The analysis focuses on the system of forces acting on a material particle resting on the helical surface of a horizontal screw and pressed against the inner wall of the casing. …”
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Self-gripping mesh in laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair: A comparative study about surgical time, post-operative pain and recurrence by Lucía Aragone, Mariana Toffolo Pasquini, Raul Croceri, Pablo Medina, Daniel Pirchi

“…Our primary outcome was to compare ST, PP and recurrence rates in LIHR using SGM versus FMM. Patients and Methods: A comparative retrospective study with prospective case registry was conducted. …”
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Deformation index (GDI) in grain as a criterion for wheat gluten quality by E. N. Shabolkina, S. N. Shevchenko, N. V. Anisimkina

“…These methods will allow researchers to estimate the quality of breeding material more efficiently, and agricultural producers will have a comprehensive description of gluten quality of grown grain.…”
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Detection of circulating tumor cells in hepatocellular carcinoma using antibodies against asialoglycoprotein receptor, carbamoyl phosphate synthetase 1 and pan-cytokeratin. by Jun Li, Lei Chen, Xiaofeng Zhang, Yu Zhang, Huiying Liu, Bin Sun, Linlin Zhao, Naijian Ge, Haihua Qian, Yefa Yang, Mengchao Wu, Zhengfeng Yin

“…The current approach obtained a higher recovery rate of HepG2 cells and more CTC detection from HCC patients than the previous method. Using the current method CTCs were detected in 89% of HCC patients and no CTCs were found in the other test subjects.…”
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Evaluating Variational Quantum Eigensolver Approaches for Simplified Models of Molecular Systems: A Case Study on Protocatechuic Acid by Gleydson Fernandes de Jesus, Erico Souza Teixeira, Lucas Queiroz Galvão, Maria Heloísa Fraga da Silva, Mauro Queiroz Nooblath Neto, Bruno Oziel Fernandez, Amanda Marques de Lima, Eivson Darlivam Rodrigues de Aguiar Silva, Clebson dos Santos Cruz

“…Subsequently, all VQE results were compared to those obtained with the CISD and FCI methods. The results demonstrate that Ansatzes, like Unitary Coupled Cluster Singles and Doubles (UCCSD) and variations of Hardware-Efficient Ansatzes, generally achieve accuracy close to that of FCI. …”
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Using Data-Driven Computer Vision Techniques to Improve Wheat Yield Prediction by Merima Smajlhodžić-Deljo, Madžida Hundur Hiyari, Lejla Gurbeta Pokvić, Nejra Merdović, Faruk Bećirović, Lemana Spahić, Željana Grbović, Dimitrije Stefanović, Ivana Miličić, Oskar Marko

“…Accurate ear counting is essential for determining wheat yield, but traditional manual methods are labour-intensive and time-consuming. …”
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Development of an immunochromatographic assay for detection of Aflatoxin B1 in corn and rice by Tien Duc Chu, Trang Thi Thu Nguyen, Anh Tuan Le, Truong Thi Hoang, Chuyen Van Nguyen, Trung Hoang Nguyen, Hoa Thi Vu, Dat Trong Nguyen, Ngoc Thi Minh Nguyen, Tuan Ngoc Nguyen, Ba Van Nguyen

“…Its presence in food was common. Rapid and efficient determination of AFB1 in corn and rice is critical for food safety monitoring. …”
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Clinical prediction model for MODY type diabetes mellitus in children by D. N. Laptev, E. A. Sechko, E. M. Romanenkova, I. A. Eremina, O. B. Bezlepkina, V. A. Peterkova, N. G. Mokrysheva

“…At which the sensitivity was 98%, specificity 93%, PCR with prevalence correction was 78%, and PCR with prevalence correction was 99%, the overall accuracy of the model was 94%.Based on the NN model, a CDSS was developed to determine whether a patient has MODY diabetes, implemented as an application.CONCLUSION: The clinical prediction model MODY developed in this work based on the NN, uses the clinical characteristic available for each patient to determine the probability of the patient having MODY. …”
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Impact of recyclability on the tensile and Impact properties of coated plastic materials for the automotive and electronic sectors [version 3; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved w... by Esteban Paredes Barros, Pablo Alberto Acuña Domínguez, Raquel Ledo Bañobre, Vanessa Ventosinos Louzao, Miguel Ángel De Dios Álvarez, Denise García Murias

“…A comprehensive assessment was done to determine the impact of reprocessing cycles, remaining coating and their combined effect in the final properties of the recycled polymer. …”
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Deciphering the Phytochemical Potential of Hemp Hairy Roots: A Promising Source of Cannabisins and Triterpenes as Bioactive Compounds by Naomi Kaminsky, Jane Hubert, Cédric Guerin, Malak Mazlani, Alexis Kotland, Victor Pozzobon, Blandine Marant, Héloïse Mailhac, Stéphane Poigny

“…Still, this material is rich in bioactive compounds and demonstrates promising anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, and antioxidant properties. Biotechnological methods, such as hairy root cultures, enable the efficient production of specialized metabolites while avoiding the issues of outdoors cultures. …”
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Antioxidant and Nutrient Profile of Tomato Processing Waste from the Mixture of Indigenous Croatian Varieties: Influence of Drying and Milling by Tea Petković, Emerik Galić, Kristina Radić, Nikolina Golub, Jasna Jablan, Maja Bival Štefan, Tihomir Moslavac, Karla Grudenić, Ivana Rumora Samarin, Tomislav Vinković, Dubravka Vitali Čepo

“…All samples showed contaminant levels within regulatory limits, confirming their safety for further applications. Various drying methods (air-drying at 70 °C and at 50 °C, lyophilization and vacuum drying) and grinding intensities were evaluated to determine their impact on TPW bioactive compounds retention and organoleptic characteristics. …”
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Integration of UAV Remote Sensing and Machine Learning for Taro Blight Monitoring by Yushuai Wang, Yuxin Chen, Zhou Shu, Shaolong Zhu, Weijun Zhang, Tao Liu, Chengming Sun

“…Taro blight is a major disease affecting taro cultivation. Traditional methods for disease prevention rely on manual identification, which is limited by subjectivity and scope. …”
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A Comprehensive Review of Sulfide Solid-State Electrolytes: Properties, Synthesis, Applications, and Challenges by Bin Man, Yulong Zeng, Qingrui Liu, Yinwen Chen, Xin Li, Wenjing Luo, Zikang Zhang, Changliang He, Min Jie, Sijie Liu

“…To address these concerns and enhance energy density, all-solid-state batteries (ASSBs) have emerged as a safer and more efficient alternative to conventional liquid electrolyte-based systems. …”
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DTASUnet: a local and global dual transformer with the attention supervision U-network for brain tumor segmentation by Bo Ma, Qian Sun, Ze Ma, Baosheng Li, Qiang Cao, Yungang Wang, Gang Yu

“…These results demonstrate that DTASUnet has utility in assisting clinicians with determining the location of gliomas to facilitate more efficient and accurate brain surgery and diagnosis.…”
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Development and Characterization of Trihexyphenidyl Orodispersible Minitablets: A Challenge to Fill the Therapeutic Gap in Neuropediatrics by Camila Olivera, Oriana Boscolo, Cecilia Dobrecky, Claudia A. Ortega, Laura S. Favier, Valeria A. Cianchino, Sabrina Flor, Silvia Lucangioli

“…The properties of powder mixtures were evaluated before direct compression and pharmacotechnical tests were performed on the final formulation. The determination of the API content, uniformity of dosage, and physicochemical stability studies were analyzed by an HPLC-UV method. …”
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Research on High-Accuracy, Lightweight, Superfast Model for Nitrogen Diagnosis and Plant Growth in Lettuce (<i>Lactuca sativa</i> L.) by Xuyang Li, Iftikhar Hussain Shah, Xiaohao Gong, Muhammad Azam, Wu Jinhui, Pengli Li, Yidong Zhang, Qingliang Niu, Liying Chang

“…Applying the transfer learning technique in RGB images exhibited EfficientNet-v2-s, the best model for precise determination of nitrogen diagnostics, with R² of 0.9859, MSE of 24.0755, and MAE of 2.3433. …”
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