Assessing Biogas from Wastewater Treatment Plants for Sustainable Transportation Fuel: A Detailed Analysis of Energy Potential and Emission Reductions by Cagri Un

“…Biogas production data from three distinct WWTPs in Adana were analyzed, revealing a total annual biogas production of 5,394,346 Nm³. Replacing the diesel fleet with biogas-powered buses was found to yield a significant reduction in environmental impacts. …”
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Mammography in 2022, from Computer-Aided Detection to Artificial Intelligence Applications by Filippo Pesapane, Chiara Trentin, Marta Montesano, Federica Ferrari, Luca Nicosia, Anna Rotili, Silvia Penco, Mariagiorgia Farina, Irene Marinucci, Francesca Abbate, Lorenza Meneghetti, Anna Bozzini, Antuono Latronico, Alessandro Liguori, Giuseppe Carrafiello, Enrico Cassano

“…Nowadays, the main use of AI in breast imaging is in decision support in mammography, where it facilitates human decision-making as opposed to replacing radiologists. In this paper, we analyze how AI is currently involved in radiological decision-making and how will change both interpretation efficacy and workflow efficiency in breast imaging. …”
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Exosomes enriched with miR-124-3p show therapeutic potential in a new microfluidic triculture model that recapitulates neuron–glia crosstalk in Alzheimer’s disease by Artemizia Évora, Gonçalo Garcia, Gonçalo Garcia, Ana Rubi, Eleonora De Vitis, Ana Teresa Matos, Ana Rita Vaz, Ana Rita Vaz, Francesca Gervaso, Giuseppe Gigli, Giuseppe Gigli, Alessandro Polini, Dora Brites, Dora Brites

“…Tricultures of human SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells (SH-WT) were established in the presence of the human microglia cell line (HMC3) and immortalized human astrocytes (IM-HA) in tricompartmentalized microfluidic devices. Replacement of SH-WT cells with those transfected with APP695 (SH-SWE) in the tricultures and addition of low doses of hydrogen peroxide were used to simulate late-onset AD. …”
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Rational design of sustainable thin-film composite membranes: Computational and experimental investigation of deep eutectic solvents as a green alternative to hexane for enhanced d... by Muhammad Akmal Rana, Farwah Hassan, Rahma Tamime, Palwasha Khan, Aqeel Ahmed Bazmi, Muhammad Yasin, Mazhar Amjad Gilani, Faheem Hassan Akhtar, Muhammad Aslam, Muhammad Bilal K. Niazi, Hamad AlMohamadi, Asim Laeeq Khan

“…This study introduces a novel approach for fabricating thin-film composite (TFC) membranes by replacing hexane with deep eutectic solvents (DES) as the organic phase in interfacial polymerization. …”
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Method and application of coal-based solid waste filling in multi-layer three-dimensional space of coal mining by Ke YANG, Xiang YU, Xiang HE, Xinyuan ZHAO, Juejing FANG, Zhen WEI, Shuxin HE

“…Underground filling mining of coal-based solid waste has obvious technical originality advantages in loss reduction mining, solid waste disposal, resource replacement and ecological protection, and has become one of the key paths for resource, scale and green disposal of coal-based solid waste. …”
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Integration of Biological Synthesis & Chemical Catalysis: Bio-based Plasticizer trans-Aconitates by Hongbin Hou, Xuenian Huang, Zhiqiang Du, Jian Guo, Min Wang, Guangqiang Xu, Ce Geng, Yunpeng Zhang, Qinggang Wang, Xuefeng Lu

“…In this study, the green mass production of trans-aconitic acid was achieved via synthetic biotechnology and microbial fermentation, which was further expanded to multiple application scenarios using chemical esterification, resulting in trans-aconitate plasticizers that are biosafe and environmentally friendly and have high plasticizing efficiency and long-term stability. Different plasticizers with various core structures and alkyl chains were studied to determine their properties as polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plasticizers, and tributyl trans-aconitate displayed the best comprehensive performance with up to 1.24 plasticizing efficiency. …”
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Utilization of food industry by-products in producing high added value foods: a review by Ensaf, M. Khalil, Sahar, A. Arafa, Khaled, M. Nematalla

“…Industrialized production demanded higher production volumes and the traditional by-products were replaced by commercial products of low cost and high efficiency. …”
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Remote Sensing Image Enhancement Via Edge-Preserving Multiscale Retinex by Lu Teng, Feng Xue, Qiudi Bai

“…Comparing with the previous algorithms, the proposed one can obtain more edge details and better color fidelity but with lower computational complexity and higher efficiency.…”
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Implementation experience of graphitizing modification technology for cupola cast iron using carbon‑silicon carbide materials of UKKS grades in foundry no. 1 OJSC “MTW by A. D. Podolchuk, A. N. Karas, Yu. A. Yakovlev, G. V. Khomich

“…The implementation was carried out in the production process of foundry no. 1 at OJSC “MTW” (Minsk, Belarus), replacing barium‑containing graphitizing modifiers (Sibar, FeSi65Ba4, and others) with the goal of eliminating casting defects such as chill spots. …”
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Clinical Study of the Lateral Supramalleolar Flap in the Soft Tissue Reconstruction around the Ankle Region by G. I. Nambi, T. K. Arudra Varanambigai

“…The lost flaps were later replaced with split skin graft after the wound was debrided and was later covered with granulation tissue. …”
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Dye Sensitized Solar Cells with Low Cost Carbon Nanotubes Electrodes by F. M. Al-Marzouki, S. Abdalla, S. Al-Ameer

“…In addition, we suggest replacing the electrolyte (in typical DSSCs) with a solid film of powdered CsSnI3. …”
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Domain Adaptation Using the Replay Buffer: Adaptive Sampling Using Domain-Specific Classifier by Seokmin Kim, Youngbae Hwang

“…Based on the confidence from the classifier, less confident images in the mini-batch are replaced by more confident images in the replay buffer. …”
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Solving 0-1 Knapsack and Bin Packing Problem Using Logical Social Group Optimization by Rhiddhi Prasad Das, Junali Jasmine Jena, Suresh Chandra Satapathy, Naeem M. S. Hannoon

“…This prominent research gap has been addressed in this paper by introducing Logical Social Group Optimization (LSGO), a logic-based binarized variant of Social Group Optimization (SGO) that leverages Boolean logic for improved efficiency. In LSGO, after the binarization by replacing the arithmetic operators with logical operators, one of the variables gets cancelled out. …”
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Economic Sanctions and Environmental Consequences in Iran: An Analysis of International Responsibility from the Perspective of International Environmental Law by Sajad Ranjbar Dafchahi, Ali Mashhadi

“…Furthermore, the aging public transportation fleet and the inability to replace outdated vehicles have intensified pollution and reduced energy efficiency. …”
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Plot-scale peanut yield estimation using a phenotyping robot and transformer-based image analysis by Zhengkun Li, Rui Xu, Nino Brown, Barry L. Tillman, Changying Li

“…Overall, our robotic plot-scale peanut yield estimation workflow showed promise to replace the human measurement process, reducing the time and labor required for yield determination and improving the efficiency of peanut breeding.…”
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An Examination of the Utilization of Artificial Intelligence Technologies by Advertising Agencies by Görkem Bir, Simge Aksu

“…Participants asserted that they do not have any concerns about being replaced by AI. Their confidence on this matter seems to be based on the idea that AI could be most efficient in cooperation with human intelligence.…”
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Application of heterogeneous catalysts in the preparation of bio-based platform compound 5-hydroxymethylfurfural by Yuyuan He, Jinrong Zhou, Han Li, Lin Deng, Jinnan Gao

“…FDCA is an important degradable bio-material monomer for polyethylene furanoate to replace petroleum-based polyethylene terephthalate. …”
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White Laser in Ophthalmology by A. M. Issa, Z. T. Al-Dahan, A. F. Al-Jashaami

“… This research focuses on enhancing the diagnostic power of the slit lamp, a fundamental ophthalmic instrument, by replacing its traditional halogen light source with a cutting-edge white laser. …”
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CONTROL SYSTEM FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS TRACKER by Florin GROFU

“…Using photovoltaic panels to produce electricity is one of modern solutions to replace energy production based on fossil fuels. Photovoltaic panels with modern energy storage systems can ensure energy independence of individual houses. …”
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YOLOGX: an improved forest fire detection algorithm based on YOLOv8 by Caixiong Li, Yue Du, Xing Zhang, Peng Wu

“…Second, the SE-ResNeXt module is integrated into the detection head, optimizing feature extraction capability, reducing the number of parameters, and improving detection accuracy and efficiency. Finally, the proposed Focal-SIoU loss function replaces the original loss function, effectively reducing directional errors by combining angle, distance, shape, and IoU losses, thus optimizing the model training process. …”
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