Review of Transcritical CO2 Vapor Compression Technology in Refrigeration and Heat Pump by Song Yulong, Wang Haidan, Yin Xiang, Feng Cao

“…For the application of building heating and hot water supply, the development of the transcritical CO2 technology has been relatively completed. Different structural optimization schemes have been proposed for different temperature requirements. …”
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Research on mechanical automatic food packaging defect detection model based on improved YOLOv5 algorithm. by Guanyong Liu, Shuai Zhang, Lixin Wang, Xiaoran Li, Gongchen Li

“…With the rapid development of industrial automation, traditional manual detection methods are inefficient and error-prone, which cannot meet the needs of modern production for high efficiency and high precision. Therefore, it is particularly important to develop a mechanical automatic inspection system that can automatically identify food packaging defects. …”
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Assessing the application of landmark-free morphometrics to macroevolutionary analyses by James M. Mulqueeney, Thomas H. G. Ezard, Anjali Goswami

“…Our findings highlight the potential of landmark-free approaches like DAA for large scale studies across disparate taxa, owing to their enhanced efficiency. However, they also reveal several challenges that should be addressed before these methods can be widely adopted. …”
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Azolla Plant Production and Their Potential Applications by Gamachis Korsa, Digafe Alemu, Abate Ayele

“…This review was progressive in that it assessed and produced peer-reviewed papers related to Azolla plant production and its potential role in different applications for a sustainable greener approach. …”
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Productive wetlands restored for carbon sequestration quickly become net CO2 sinks with site-level factors driving uptake variability. by Alex C Valach, Kuno Kasak, Kyle S Hemes, Tyler L Anthony, Iryna Dronova, Sophie Taddeo, Whendee L Silver, Daphne Szutu, Joseph Verfaillie, Dennis D Baldocchi

“…Established wetlands had a high C sequestration efficiency (i.e. the ratio of net to gross ecosystem productivity) comparable to upland ecosystems but varied between years undergoing boom-bust growth cycles and C uptake strength was susceptible to disturbance events. …”
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To the experience in the use of tests for current control of knowledge on historical geology in MGRI by E. S. Gaponenko, L. V. Novgorodova, E. S. Lekaj, R. U. Eremenko, V. N. Komarov, A. O. Andruhovych

“…A small positive dynamics of students performance indicators has been revealed in the study of the material relating to different ages and different types of tectonic structures, as well as in the work with tests to establish compliance. …”
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A damage zone detection method in concrete hydraulic structures based on multi-frequency ultrasonic characteristics by Jinchao Wang, Ming Chen, Nian Zhu, Houcheng Liu

“…Abstract To avoid severe threats to the safety of people’s lives and property caused by the ultimate collapsing of damaged concrete hydraulic structures and to overcome the technical bottleneck related to the low precision level of conventional acoustic non-destructive testing methods in distinguishing between different structural characteristics of damaged areas, this article focuses on the shortcomings in accuracy and detection capability of current acoustic technologies for damage detection in concrete structures. …”
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Exploring modified cyclodextrins for enhanced encapsulation and release of ethinyl estradiol: Physicochemical characterization and kinetic modeling by Mehrdad Hadadian, Behnam Mahdavi, Esmail Rezaei-Seresht

“…In addition, encapsulation efficiency (EE%), phase solubility study, in vitro drug release, and their related kinetic studies were conducted by using the UV–visible spectroscopic method. …”
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INTRODUCTION TOTHE RUSSIAN MUSIC CULTURE AS A WAY OF CHINESE MUSIC TEACHERS TRAINING by N. G. Таgiltseva, Wang Bodong

“…It is noted that such means and ways serve mutual enrichment of national cultures, and strengthening of international relations.Scientific novelty. The most effective methods of vocational training of music teachers are revealed: polyart education that is based on comparison of different types of art (music, poetry, dance, theater, the fine arts) and search of their crossing for deeper penetration into plasticity of intonations of a piece of music; the method of a retrospective and prospect consisting in the comparative analysis of the classical, borrowed from an arsenal recognized masters and modern manners of performance and ways of training at fingering and playing the chosen musical instrument; the method of the Russian teacher, musician and composer D. …”
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The effect of molasses, tapioca and sago flour on biofloc system and volume of growth performance in whiteleg shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei by Tamrin Tamrin, Muhammad Aris, Waisya Ade Muntahar, Taufiq Abdullah

“…Despite the high commercial success the whiteleg shrimp industry has achieved, challenges related to water quality and disease remain major issues. …”
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The Main Problems of the Existing Systems of Labor Motivation of Civil Servants and the Prospects for Overcoming them by N. S. Pryazhnikov, M. V. Polevaya, E. V. Kamneva

“…The research topicality is determined by the lack of systematization of the key problems associated with motivation, encouragement and reward for work that generates not only the decrease of production efficiency in different spheres, but also the increasing of workers dissatisfaction. …”
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Two major human phenotypes of MICA molecules and their differential activation to NK cells via NKG2D receptor by Qizhi Luo, Xiangli Yin, Quan Zhu, Weiguang Luo, Rongjiao Liu, Leiyan Wei, Yizhou Zou

“…Importantly, these differences in receptor activation and NK cell killing efficiency were attributable to six critical polymorphic amino acid sites.ConclusionThis study demonstrates the existence of two distinct types of MICA polymorphisms that differentially regulate NKG2D receptor activation and NK cell cytotoxicity. …”
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The Response of Braeburn Apple to Regulated Deficit Irrigation by M. Kamil Meriç, Cenk Küçükyumuk, Halit Yıldız

“…This study was conducted to determine the effects of deficit irrigation treatments applied in different growth periods on plant water consumption, water yield relations, stomatal conductance and yield of Braeburn apple variety (grafted on M9 rootstock). …”
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Image Processing for Tooth Type Classification using Deep Learning by Mahmut Emin Çelik, Mehmet Zahid Genç, Ertuğrul Furkan Savaştaer, Fikret Ulus, Berrin Çelik

“…Methods: The state-of-the-art 6 deep learning classification models -Xception, GoogleNet, ResNet18, ShuffleNet, MobileNetV2, ResNext50- was implemented with transfer learning for model efficiency. Two models with the highest and lowest performance were chosen for further analysis related to image processing. 10 different image processing techniques (Gaussian Noise, Gaussian Blur, Wavelet Transform, Sharpness, Contrast Enhancement, Color Correction, Elastic Transform, Random Erasing, Local Binary Patterns, Local Max Min) were applied to these two models. …”
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In Situ Stress Distribution and Its Control on the Coalbed Methane Reservoir Permeability in Liulin Area, Eastern Ordos Basin, China by Peng Feng, Song Li, Dazhen Tang, Liangjun Wu, Yan Zhang, Guanghao Zhong

“…The permeability variation is related to the type of stress field in different burial depths, and its essence is the deformation and destruction of coal pore structures caused by stress. …”
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SMART DELAY PREDICTION: SUPERVISED MACHINE LEARNING SOLUTIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS by Pramodini Sahu, Dillip Kumar Bera, Pravat Kumar Parhi, Meenakshi Kandpal

“…The findings show that ensemble-based delay prediction models have the potential to reduce the uncertainties related to projects, control delays, schedule resources efficiently, and ultimately improve the infrastructure project efficiency in costing and timely project completion.…”
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Effectiveness of biomarker-guided duration of antibiotic treatment in children hospitalised with confirmed or suspected bacterial infection: the BATCH RCT by Cherry-Ann Waldron, Philip Pallmann, Simon Schoenbuchner, Debbie Harris, Lucy Brookes-Howell, Céu Mateus, Jolanta Bernatoniene, Katrina Cathie, Saul N Faust, Josie Henley, Lucy Hinds, Kerry Hood, Chao Huang, Sarah Jones, Sarah Kotecha, Sarah Milosevic, Helen Nabwera, Sanjay Patel, Stéphane Paulus, Colin VE Powell, Jenny Preston, Huasheng Xiang, Emma Thomas-Jones, Enitan D Carrol

“…A cost-effectiveness analysis assessed possible efficiency gains. An NHS perspective was used, and relevant direct medical costs were collected. …”
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Numerical simulation of the two-phase flow and pollutant concentration changes in an oxidation ditch: A computational fluid dynamics and activated sludge model 3 approach by Rongrong Miao, Han Cui, Yuzhen Shi, Baoxiu Guo, Yanqiong Chen, Zhengbo Yang, Chengbo Chang, Wanyue Xu

“…A reduction in the bubble diameter could improve the oxygen transfer efficiency and reduce energy consumption. Moreover, the removal efficiencies of chemical oxygen demand (COD), total nitrogen (TN), and ammonia nitrogen (NH3-N) differed under different aeration amounts. …”
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Application of non-invasive monitoring technology in intensive sheep farming: A review by Jinxin Liang, Zhiyu Yuan, Xinhui Luo, Jianrui Qu, Yu Qi, Chunxin Wang

“…Under the intensive sheep farming model, traditional monitoring and management methods face issues such as outdated equipment and low efficiency, which cannot fully meet the requirements for refined and intelligent management in breeding. …”
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Investigation into the flow and heat transfer characteristics in liquid metal cooled narrow rectangular channel with rough surfaces by Xue Zhang, Wenpei Feng, Xiaolong Yang, Hongxing Yu, Jian Deng, Sijia Du

“…This enhances heat transfer while simultaneously increasing flow resistance. Among different roughness types, cylindrical roughness elements demonstrate a more substantial improvement in both heat transfer efficiency and friction factor compared to cubic elements. …”
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