Efficacy of insecticides against wheat thrips Haplothrips tritici Kurd. in winter wheat crops by Iu. Klechkovskyi, V. Klychko, G. Khorohorina

“…Determine the technical effectiveness of insecticides Karate Zeon 050 CS, SC (lambda-cyhalothrin, 50 g/l); Match 050 ES, CE (lufenuron, 50 g/l); Enjio 247 SC, CS (thiamethoxam, 141 g/l + lambda-cyhalothrin, 106 g/l); Talstar, 10% CE (bifenthrin, 100 g/l); Mospilan, VP (acetamiprid, 200 g/kg); Inazuma, VG, (acetamiprid, 100 g/kg + lambda-cyhalothrin, 30 g/kg) in the Southern Steppe of Ukraine. …”
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Considerations of Physical Design and Implementation for 5 MHz-100 W LLC Resonant DC-DC Converters by Akinori Hariya, Ken Matsuura, Hiroshige Yanagi, Satoshi Tomioka, Yoichi Ishizuka, Tamotsu Ninomiya

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Modeling and Control of a 3DOF Robot Manipulator Using Artificial Fuzzy-Immune FOPID Controller by Worod Adris Shutnan, Nora Ahmed Mohammed, Faris Asaad Abdulmunem, Ali Hamzah Najim, Mustafa Yahya Hassan, Naglaa F. Soliman, Abeer D. Algarni

“…It is difficult for the control experts to create an effective controller for this system, so it is preferable to design a non-linear controller that gives an accurate, more efficient controller and good results in robustness and uncertainty. …”
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A V-Band Doherty Power Amplifier Based on Voltage Combination and Balance Compensation Marchand Balun by Dong Chen, Chenxi Zhao, Zhengdong Jiang, Kam Man Shum, Quan Xue, Kai Kang

“…The voltage combination technique is used to realize the millimeter-wave Doherty PA without the <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\lambda $ </tex-math></inline-formula>/4 transmission lines. …”
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Extending the Low Frequency Limit of Tightly Coupled Dipole Arrays for Ultra-Wide Bandwidth With Ultra-Thin Profile by Rajbala Solanki, Peng Khiang Tan, Theng Huat Gan

“…The overall profile of the array is approximately <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\lambda _{L}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>/25, (where <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\lambda _{L}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> is the wavelength at the lowest frequency of operation) and it has an average radiation efficiency of 66%. …”
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A low-complexity M-shaped reconfigurable intelligent meta-surface for mitigating pathloss in wireless systems by Maira Khafagy, Sherief Fathi, Ahmed Magdy

“…A $$32 \times 32$$ array configuration (1024 elements) with $$0.5\lambda$$ element spacing is used to enhance the gain. …”
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Neuroprotective studies of Melatonin functionalized magnesium oxide nanoparticles by Joy Hoskeri H, Arun Shettar K, Bheemanagouda N. Patil, Rajendra B. Pujar, Pramod Bhasme

“…UV spectral analysis showed lambda max of Melatonin-MgO at 342 nm. Particle size analysis indicated that M − MgO nanoparticles have Z-average of 160.6 nm. …”
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Waveguide-Based All-Metal Near-Field Metasurfaces for Linearly and Circularly Polarized Beam Steering Antennas by Maira I. Nabeel, Muhammad U. Afzal, Khushboo Singh, Dushmantha N. Thalakotuna, Karu P. Esselle

“…This article presents an efficient near-field meta-steering antenna design using metasurfaces composed of waveguide-type, all-metal cells to achieve beam steering in both azimuth and elevation planes. …”
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Brain Tumour Segmentation Using Choquet Integrals and Coalition Game by Makhlouf Derdour, Mohammed El Bachir Yahiaoui, Moustafa Sadek Kahil, Mohamed Gasmi, Mohamed Chahine Ghanem

“…These technologies enable efficient solutions for complex challenges, such as accurately segmenting brain tumour regions, which significantly aid medical professionals in monitoring and treating patients. …”
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ML-Augmented Optimization of LoRa Antennas for Drone Telemetry by Pothala Chaya Devi, Ramarakula Madhu

“…The antenna is fabricated on an FR-4 substrate with dimensions of <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$0.116~\lambda _{0} \times 0.073~\lambda _{0}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> and is optimized for long-range communication. …”
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A metasurface assisted pin loaded antenna for high gain millimeter wave systems by Saba Tariq, Waleed Tariq Sethi, Arbab Abdur Rahim, Farooq Faisal, Tarek Djerafi

“…This innovative configuration improves antenna gain while maintaining a compact form factor.This metamaterial array is positioned at approximately 0.5 $$\lambda _{0}$$ (where $$\lambda _{0}$$ is the wavelength in millimeters) above the antenna, thus creating a Fabry-Perot cavity, and substantially improves the gain exceeding 13 dBi.The metasurface, which is made up of specially designed unit cells, modifies the electromagnetic field distribution and surface waves to produce better radiation properties. …”
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DynBlock: dynamic data encryption with Toffoli gate for IoT by Mubasher Haq, Ijaz Ali Shoukat, Alamgir Naushad, Mohsin Raza Jafri, Moid Sandhu, Abd Ullah Khan, Hyundong Shin

“…DynBlock leverages Tofoli gates and XOR operations to reduce the number of computation operations required to achieve optimal throughput and energy efficiency. Security validation of DynBlock is performed considering various metrics, including an average key avalanche effect of 53.85%, average plain-text avalanche effect of 57.82%, differential cryptanalysis ( $$\Delta = 2^{-128}$$ ), and cryptanalysis ( $$\Lambda = 2^{-64}$$ ). …”
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Hypericin enhances superlubricity of glycerol by acting as graphene precursor by Paul Marie Zubieta-Laborde, Yun Long, Thomas Lubrecht, Graham L. W. Cross, Frédéric Dubreuil, Jean Michel Martin, Maria Isabel De Barros Bouchet

“…For steel-on-silicon, hypericin significantly extends the superlubricity regime of glycerol to lambda ratios well below unity (low sliding speeds). …”
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A two stage differential evolution algorithm for parameter estimation of proton exchange membrane fuel cell by Mohammad Aljaidi, Sunilkumar P. Agrawal, Pradeep Jangir, Sundaram B. Pandya, Anil Parmar, Arpita, Ali Fayez Alkoradees, Bhargavi Indrajit Trivedi, Mohammad Khishe

“…Most traditional parameter estimation methodologies depend on optimization algorithms which are limited in their efficiency, convergence speed, and robustness. Typically, existing algorithms fail to achieve a balance between precision and computational efficiency, leading to suboptimal modeling of the complex, nonlinear behavior of PEMFCs. …”
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Effectiveness of insecticides against the adult stage of western corn beetle (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte, 1868) by V. Saliienko, V. Fedorenko

“…Avaunt EC and Engio SC insecticides showed the most effective efficiency — 65.69% and 54.26%, the lower efficacy — Coragen SC with 11.38%. …”
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Susceptibility status of the wild-caught Phlebotomus argentipes (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae), the sand fly vector of visceral leishmaniasis, to different insecticides in N... by Lalita Roy, Surendra Uranw, Kristien Cloots, Tom Smekens, Usha Kiran, Uttam Raj Pyakurel, Murari Lal Das, Rajpal S Yadav, Wim Van Bortel

“…In the IRS villages, the vector sand flies were resistant (mortality rate <90%) to alpha-cypermethrin and possibly resistant (mortality rate 90-97%) to deltamethrin and lambda-cyhalothrin, while susceptibility to these insecticides was variable in the non-IRS villages. …”
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Illuminating the Invisible: Green Fluorescent Protein as a Beacon for Antibiotic-Induced Phage Activity in <i>Escherichia coli</i> by Maria João Silva, Tim Van Den Bossche, Mattias Collin, Rolf Lood

“…Additionally, droplet digital PCR (ddPCR) quantified bacteriophage induction in a lambda phage-carrying <i>E. coli</i> strain, allowing for correlation analysis between the two methods. …”
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Optimal Load Dispatch for Hydro Power Plants. by Nkwasibwe Wilber

“…The optimization method used is the lambda method and the software used is Matlab which gives the values of load power to be generated by each generating unit.…”
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Time-delayed control of a nonlinear self-excited structure driven by simultaneous primary and 1:1 internal resonance: analytical and numerical investigation by Nasser. A. Saeed, Amal Ashour, Lei Hou, Jan Awrejcewicz, Faisal Z. Duraihem

“…The control strategy coupling the self-excited structure with a second-order filter, which feedback gain $ \lambda $ and control gain $ \beta $, as well as a first-order filter, which feedback gain $ \delta $ and control gain $ \gamma $. …”
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Enabling Flexible Link Capacity for eCPRI-Based Fronthaul With Load-Adaptive Quantization Resolution by Longsheng Li, Meihua Bi, Haiyun Xin, Yunhao Zhang, Yan Fu, Xin Miao, Ahmed Mohanmmed Mikaeil, Weisheng Hu

“…Bandwidth-efficient 5G optical fronthaul interfaces, such as the Ethernet-based common public radio interface (eCPRI), with novel low layer split (LLS) are being actively investigated. …”
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