Ultra fast microwave irradiation based catalytic degradation of dyes by magnesium oxide nanoparticles by Devi Soundararajan, Muralidharan Pandurangan, Rani Thiruvengadam

“…In this study, magnesium oxide nanoparticles were successfully synthesized using the hydrothermal method with the non-toxic urea serving as a surfactant. …”
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Optimizing irrigation scheduling for winter wheat production in the Hebei Plain using the AquaCrop model by XUAN Ziyu, ZHANG Xiaotao, DANG Hongkai, NIU Jun

“…The coefficient of determination (R2), root mean square error (RMSE), normalized RMSE (NRMSE), Nash-Sutcliffe efficiency (EF), and index of agreement (d) between the simulated and measured values all fell within acceptable ranges, with R2＞0.85, RMSE＜4.5, NRMSE＜12, EF＞0.8, and d＞0.9. …”
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Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the UNet Model with Different Backbones in the Semantic Segmentation of Tomato Leaves and Fruits by Juan Pablo Guerra Ibarra, Francisco Javier Cuevas de la Rosa, Julieta Raquel Hernandez Vidales

“…An alternative method for conducting this separation is to utilize intelligent digital image processing, wherein plant elements are labeled for subsequent analysis. …”
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DNA extraction protocols for animal fecal material on blood spot cards. by Ann-Katrin Llarena, Thomas H A Haverkamp, Wenche Støldal Gulliksen, Kristin Herstad, Arne Holst-Jensen, Eystein Skjerve, Lisbeth Rannem, Sabrina Rodriguez-Campos, Øivind Øines

“…Here, we test four DNA extraction methods with the aim of identifying an efficient procedure to extract high-quality DNA from fecal material of canine, sheep, equine, bovine, and pig collected on dry blood spot cards, with the goal of generating good quality shotgun metagenomics datasets. …”
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Computational Assessment of Electrostatic Field Profiles Near High-Voltage Transmission Systems in Malaysia via Finite Difference and Crank-Nicolson Schemes by Abdulwaheed Adebayo Salaudeen, Saratha Sathasivam, Majid Khan Majahar Ali, Ummi Umara Binti Ahmad Fuad, Hasliza Binti Abbas, Muraly Velavan

“…The study compares the accuracy, convergence rate, computational efficiency, and execution time of both numerical techniques to determine which of the methods is more suitable to solve such a problem. …”
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Sociological portrait of the higher bureaucracy in Russia by G. A. Borshchevskiy

“…The study aims at identifying the prevailing recruitment model and at assessing the efficiency of policies, the necessity of which is determined by the high influence of bureaucracy in the Russian society and by the negative reputation of the civil service. …”
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EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS FOR THERMOELECTRIC HEAT TRANSFORMERS USING HEAT CONVERTERS by A. S. Marchenko, A. B. Sulin

“…For air coolers with a classic all-metal fin design based on the sensitivity analysis method, the dependence of the thermoelectric unit efficiency on the heat exchanger characteristics was calculated. …”
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Role of Green Taxes on Economic Growth Goals of Sustainable Development Directly and Through Environmental Performance: A System GMM Approach by Gülçin Kaya İnceiplik, Onur Şimşek

“…The role of green taxes in sustainable development is determined by analyzing the data of 32 selected Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries for 2000–2019 with the system generalized method of moments (GMM) approach. …”
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The Potency of Dry-Cooked Rice Waste and Tofu Dregs on Weight Gain and Feed Conversion in Beef Cattle by Fianti Nufinda Rachma, Sri Hidanah, Miyayu Soneta Sofyan, Boedi Setiawan

“…Tofu dregs and dry-cooked rice waste is considered to be able to provide adequate nutrition for cattle and is believed to be able to be a factor in increasing cattle daily body weight. The efficiency of feed use can be determined from feed conversion, namely the amount of feed consumed to achieve an increase of one kilogram of body weight. …”
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Dynamic Management Topology Construction, Evolution, and Maintenance of Low Earth Orbit Mega-Constellation by Yuhe Mao, Yunhua Wu, Xiaozhe Ju, Hongyi Xie, Chengfei Yue

“…The mega-constellation management topology is divided into a limited number of sub-topologies, determined by minimizing the average transmission latency and the frequency of management updates. …”
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Encapsulation of Bacillus thuringiensis using sodium alginate and chitosan coacervates for insect-pest management by P. Duraimurugan, K.S.V.P. Chandrika, E. Bharathi, D. Neethu Roy

“…Bioassays against Spodoptera litura larvae using the leaf dip method demonstrated the efficacy of the encapsulated Bt formulation, showing an LC50 of 0.51 g/L. …”
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The Influence of Alkali Cations on the Performance of Pt Electrodes in Kolbe Electrolysis of Acetic Acid by Talal Ashraf, Prof. Bastian Timo Mei, Prof. Guido Mul

“…Abstract Electrochemical decarboxylation of carboxylic acids is considered a sustainable method to improve the quality of pyrolysis oil. In this study, we assess the effect of monovalent alkali cations (of the acetates) on the performance of Pt electrodes in acid decarboxylation and the competing OER, using various electrochemical methods. …”
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Biogenic synthesis and characterization of MgO/CuO nanohybrids for degradation of acid blue 113 dye: A sustainable environmental remedial approach

“…The nano-scaled MgO and CuO particles were used to decolorize Acid Blue 113 (AB113). Dye removal efficiency of MgO/CuO nanohybrid was determined by optimizing the reaction variables including dye level, nanoparticle mass, temperature, and pH. …”
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The Effect of Neutral Electrolyzed Water on the Microbial Population and Quality of Dried Figs (Ficus carica L.) During Storage by Çiğdem Yamaner

“…In this study, the efficiency of Neutral Electrolyzed Water (NEW) in the controlling of the microbial load of dried figs was researched. …”
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Closed‐loop economics in waste management: financing procedures and results by R. I. Yabbarova

“…The study is also based on the application of methods of comparison and contrast, grouping, historical and factor analysis.The key role of the state in the creation and effective functioning of the integrated system of solid municipal waste management (MSWM) is determined by the ability to concentrate the necessary financial resources and guarantee uniform standards and requirements for system participants to achieve the stated goals of the closed cycle economy (CCE). …”
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Fully Mechanized Mining Technology and Practice of Water Conservation with Large Gravity Filling of Aeolian Sand-Like Paste by Pengliang Liu

“…The author proposed the local resistance loss calculation method of slurry pipeline transportation, and the field gravity transport test results showed that resistance loss of unit length elbow was 4.26 times as big as loss of resistance along path; thus the pipeline diameter with 14.9 gravity of self-flowing was determined, and the pipeline flow design precision was improved by more than 10%. …”
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Analysis and optimization of pulse dynamics for magnetic stimulation. by Stefan M Goetz, Cong Nam Truong, Manuel G Gerhofer, Angel V Peterchev, Hans-Georg Herzog, Thomas Weyh

“…Typically, the magnetic field waveform is determined by available device circuit topologies rather than by consideration of what is optimal for neural stimulation. …”
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In Vitro and In Vivo Evaluation of Niosomal Formulation for Controlled Delivery of Clarithromycin by Gyati Shilakari Asthana, Parveen Kumar Sharma, Abhay Asthana

“…Various pharmacokinetic parameters were determined from plasma of male SD rats. Span 60 containing niosomal formulation NC2 (cholesterol to surfactant ratio 1 : 1) displayed highest entrapment efficiency with desired particle size of 4.67 μm. …”
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Reaction Kinetics of Chlorine Corrosion to Heating Surfaces during Coal and Biomass Cofiring by Yongzheng Wang, Yu Sun, Maozhen Yue, Yungang Li

“…The high content of chlorine in biomass will cause serious ash deposition and corrosion problems on the heating surface in boiler, reduce heat transfer efficiency, and endanger the boiler operation safety. …”
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Thermal imaging control of electrical equipment of industrial enterprises by A. N. Shpiganovich, A. A. Shpiganovich, A. R. Petrov, E. I. Gracheva

“…Thermal imaging control is used to monitor the technical condition of electrical equipment, as well as contacts and contact connections of switching devices, which allows to increase the efficiency of work.OBJECT. Timely detection of defects of contacts and contact connections of low-voltage switching devices to prevent emergencies.METHODS. …”
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