Rota-Tripsy or step-up-approach rotational atherectomy for severe coronary artery calcification treatment: a comparative effectiveness study by Fengwen Cui, Yaliang Tong, Ping Yang, Guohui Liu, Beibei Du, Xiangdong Li, Kun Liu, Jiwen Fan, Daoyuan Si, Yuquan He

“…As an alternative, the rota-tripsy procedure is a novel strategy for the modification of calcification lesions. This study aimed to evaluate and compare the efficacy and safety of rota-tripsy and step-up-approach rotational atherectomy, given the limited clinical data available. …”
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Synergistic Mechanism of Hydroxyl Regulation and a Polyvinylpyrrolidone Surfactant in Enhancing the Catalytic Oxidation Abilities of BiOBr by Yiran Zhang, Boyuan Xuan, Jiekai Wang, Xiang Chen, Changwei Zhao, Lixia Zhao, Jing Kang

“…The resulting self-assembled microspheres demonstrated exceptional efficiency in degrading ciprofloxacin (CIP), methyl orange (MO), and rhodamine B (RhB). …”
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Activation of eggshell powder (ESP) using palm oil fuel ash (POFA) and its application in removing lead and cadmium from river water by Badariah Badariah, Sarah Fiebrina Heraningsih, Saldi Yulistian, Rainiyati Rainiyati, Indah Purwati

“…These findings endorse the composite's potential for extensive water treatment applications; nevertheless, additional modification is necessary to enhance Pb adsorption capability.…”
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A Low Computational Cost Deep Learning Approach for Localization and Classification of Diseases and Pests in Coffee Leaves by Clecio Elias Silva E. Silva, Jonatan Borges Fragoso, Thuanne Paixao, Ana Beatriz Alvarez, Facundo Palomino-Quispe

“…For the second stage, the InceptionResNetv2, DenseNet169, Resnet50 and ShuffleNet models are being trained and used to classify the detected region, and a modification to a low computational cost classification architecture called SmallPavicNet-MC is being proposed. …”
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Precisely tuning the electronic states of organic polymer electrocatalysts via thiophene-based moieties for enhanced oxygen reduction reaction by Dongye Li, Binbin Wang, Kunpeng Zheng, Hongni Chen, Yali Xing, Yanzhi Xia, Xiaojing Long

“…Summary: Optimizing molecular structures in oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is crucial for enhancing catalytic efficiency and stability, particularly with respect to the effective adsorption and conversion of reaction intermediates. …”
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Nonmetallic modified zero-valent iron for remediating halogenated organic compounds and heavy metals: A comprehensive review by Zimin Yan, Jia Ouyang, Bin Wu, Chenchen Liu, Hongcheng Wang, Aijie Wang, Zhiling Li

“…We start by evaluating different nonmetallic modification techniques, such as liquid-phase reduction, mechanical ball milling, and pyrolysis, and their respective advantages. …”
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Using Dates Leaves Midribs to Prepare Hierarchical Structures Incorporating Porous Carbon and Zeolite A Composites for Cesium137Cs Ion Exchange by Shireen K. Tuaimah, Salam k. Al-Nasri, Altaf A. Al-Rahmani, Taiseer K. abbas

“…The activity concentration for the contamination water pre and after the treatment were measured using gamma spectroscopy system supplied with a high purity germanium detector (HPGe) with 60% relative efficiency. The results showed that the radioactivity concentration after the treatment process decreased significantly from 4800 Bq/L to 186 and Bq/L,121 Bq/L using 0.045 gm from synthesized  zeolite  4A and DMZ respectively.…”
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Effect of Ba and Mg as promoter on Ru/g-C3N4 catalyst for CO2 methanation by L. Martínez Quintana, T.H. Vuong, Abdallah I.M. Rabee, J. Rabeah, A.B. Dongil

“…In this study, Ru- g-C₃N₄ catalysts were modified with barium (Ba) and magnesium (Mg) promoters to improve the conversion efficiency of CO₂ and tune the products selectivity of the Ru/g-C₃N₄ catalysts. …”
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Influence of Aluminum Incorporation on the Adsorptive Performance of Silica-Based Supported Sulfonic Acid for the Chemical Recovery of Gaseous <i>O</i>-Xylene by Yaxu Wang, Jiaxuan Chai, Yining Li, Zichuan Ma

“…A group of silica-based supports with varying Al/Si ratios (S−x) was synthesized using the sol–gel method, followed by a chlorosulfonic acid modification to produce supported sulfonic acids (SA−x). …”
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Multi-objective optimization of a novel control algorithm and scheduling procedure for optimal use of energy storage systems by Amirhossein Hamzeiyan, Armin Ebrahimi

“…This modification requires minimal changes to the existing algorithm. …”
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DNA probe pulldown screening uncovers O-GlcNAcylation modulation of transcription factor DNA interactions by Guofang Li, Fanxu Meng, Xiaomin Zhong, Kairan Yu, Nana Zhang, Keren Zhang, Huang Huang, Wenli Li, Jianing Zhang, Wei Wang, Yan Ren, Yubo Liu

“…Abstract O-linked β-N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc), a critical post-translational modification predominantly found in the nucleus, plays a substantial role in regulating gene expression by modulating transcription factors (TFs) activity. …”
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Synergistic enhancement of tribological performance and thermal stability in R-1234yf refrigeration systems using graphene oxide -silver hybrid nanolubricants by Yamini S, Sekar S, Sivakami Sundari M, Senthil Kumar K

“…These findings demonstrate the potential of GO-AgNPs hybrid nanolubricants for improving the efficiency and reliability of environmentally friendly R-1234yf refrigeration systems through synergistic enhancement of lubricant properties.…”
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Automated Road Extraction from Satellite Imagery Integrating Dense Depthwise Dilated Separable Spatial Pyramid Pooling with DeepLabV3+ by Arpan Mahara, Md Rezaul Karim Khan, Liangdong Deng, Naphtali Rishe, Wenjia Wang, Seyed Masoud Sadjadi

“…Convolutional neural networks (CNNs), especially the DeepLab series known for its proficiency in semantic segmentation due to its efficiency in interpreting multi-scale objects’ features, address some of these challenges caused by the varying nature of roads. …”
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Development and characterization of magnetic polyethyleneimine-bamboo nanocellulose adsorbents for enhanced performance of dye pollutant removal by Jameelah Alhadi Salih Othman, Norzita Ngadi, R. A. Ilyas, Abu Hassan Nordin, M. F. M. Alkbir, Mohd Nor Faiz Norrrahim, Victor Feizal Knight, Khalid A. Alzahrani, Anish Khan, Pijush K. Mondal

“…High removal efficiencies for the anionic dyes were consistently achieved, demonstrating the superior performance of the MNCPEI adsorbents. …”
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Composition and Technological Properties of Modified Lingonberry (<i>Vaccinium vitis-idaea</i> L.) Pomace by Simona Šimkutė, Loreta Bašinskienė, Michail Syrpas, Dalia Čižeikienė

“…This study demonstrates that the modification of LP powders provides diverse technological properties, which could expand the application of such products for further food production.…”
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Enhanced anticorrosion waterbased polyurethane coating using Schiff base functionalized MXene by Ali Moshkriz, Reza Darvishi, Aboulfazl Barati, Mohsen Tafazoly

“…Tafel polarization studies further revealed a reduction in corrosion current density to 6.04 × 107 A/cm2 for AXPU0.5, marking a 99.2 % inhibition efficiency, a notable enhancement over unmodified MXene-based coatings. …”
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Reducing power ripple for multi-rotor wind energy systems using FOPDPI controllers by Habib Benbouhenni, Ilhami Colak, Z. M. S. Elbarbary, Shaik Mohammad Irshad

“…In addition, to obtain high-quality power, a new control is used based on the development and modification of direct power control (DPC) based on proportional-integral (PI) controllers. …”
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Significant role of anionic behavior of cocoyl glutamate on lead(II) ion adsorption towards activated carbon adsorbent from cigarette butts by Moh Zeinur Ridho, Retno Pertiwi, Eldo Delta Bagaskara, Raya Rambu Rambani, Chika Synthia Pitaloka, Fanta Mei Wahyuni, Istiqomah Rahmawati, Muhammad Reza

“…This paper investigates the effect of Disodium Cocoyl Glutamate (DCG) modification on CA towards lead(II) ion adsorptions. …”
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Patterned Ion‐Pair Membrane for High‐Temperature Proton‐Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells by Sanghyeok Lee, Songi Oh, Sohee Kim, Jinyeong Lee, Wonhyeong Lee, Katie Heeyum Lim, Ji‐Hoon Jang, Segeun Jang

“…The resulting CCM exhibits improved decal‐transfer efficiency, increased capillary infiltration of PA, and reduced PA loss during compression. …”
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Synthesis of trackless emulsified asphalt tack coat with gradient distribution of polyurethane via self-migration and its performance evaluation by Xuemao Feng, Gaowei Zhou, Hongwei Wang, Libo Lv, Zixuan Qin, Qing Ma, Wenrui Li, Wei Huang

“…This substantial reduction significantly enhanced its construction efficiency. Mechanical performance evaluations of TEA-3 demonstrated exceptional temperature resistance, maintaining shear strength exceeding 1 MPa at 60°C while remaining track-free at 70°C. …”
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