From Organic Wastes to Bioenergy, Biofuels, and Value-Added Products for Urban Sustainability and Circular Economy: A Review by Agapi Vasileiadou

“…Biomass residues are characterized as a sustainable and carbon-neutral energy source. Hence, this review describes a critical assessment of not only the quality characteristics of several waste and biomass residues for bioenergy production and biofuels but also the value-added products that could be produced from wastes to enhance industry (e.g., pharmaceutical, cosmetics, packaging industry, etc.). …”
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Optimal design of maintenance service contract considering preventive maintenance, random repair cost and time value of money by Majeed Heydari, Amir Yousefli

“…Offering Maintenance Service Contracts (MSCs) for production equipment can be a good source of revenue for theProviders of these services. …”
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Fermentative biohydrogen production potential of sorghum distillers grains using anaerobic microflora at various pH values by Ching-Chun Lu, Chiu-Yue Lin

“…The present work aims to investigate the anaerobic biohydrogen production potential of SDG to explore its added value. pH is an important operating factor affecting biological reactions and was tested at values of 5.0, 5.5, 6.0, and 6.5. …”
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Utilization of artichoke (<i>Cynara scolymus L.</i>) by-products for enhancing nutritional value and phytochemical content of cookies by A. S.M. Ammar, Y. M. Riyad, A. A.A. Ebrahiem

“…Therefore, it can be concluded that using artichoke by-products up to 15% enhanced the antioxidant properties and nutritional value of the baked cookies.…”
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CIVILIZED LEGAL JUSTICE: A STUDY OF LEGAL JUSTICE CONSTRUCTION IN INDONESIAN POSITIVE LAW BASED ON ADAB VALUES by Rahmatullah Ayu Hasmiati, Aulia Vivi Yulianingrum, Dea Justicia Ardha

“…Legal justice as the result of the implementation of the law will have the essence of high virtue values and the requirements for correct knowledge, if implemented, will lead to fair conditions as reflected by Adab.…”
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A Semi Analytical Study on Non-Linear Boundary Value Problem for MHD Fluid Flow with Chemical Effect by Gandhirajan Petchiammal, Vembu Ananthaswamy

“…Additionally, tabular values for the physical parameters, such as the skin friction factor, Nusselt number, and Sherwood number, are provided. …”
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Structure, conservation and health implications of urban wild meat value chains: A case study of Lagos, Nigeria by Samuel N. Akpan, Pim van Hooft, Anise N. Happi, Ralph Buij, Frank van Langevelde, Elizabeth A.J. Cook, James M. Hassell, Dawn M. Zimmerman, Sherrill P. Masudi, Christian T. Happi, Lian F. Thomas

“…Urban wild meat value chains represent a vital source of protein and livelihood intertwined with culture and complex market systems. …”
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Microalgae as A Bioremediation Agent for Palm Oil Mill Effluent: Production of Biomass and High Added Value Compounds by Nita Ariestiana Putri, Resti Nurmala Dewi, Rizka Lestari, Rizka Ayu Yuniar, Luluk Majidah Ma'arif, Ricky Erianto

“…The pollutant load in POME can serve as a source of nutrients for microalgae growth. As a result, the goal of this work was to utilize Spirulina sp. and Nannochloropsis oculata to reduce the nutritional content of POME while producing biomass rich in high-value chemicals. …”
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A Multifunctional Double-Network Hydrogel Based on Bullfrog Skin Collagen: High-Value Utilization of Aquaculture By-Products by Chunyu Song, Xiaoshan Zheng, Ying Lu

“…Bullfrog skin, as a by-product of bullfrog processing, is an ideal source of high-quality collagen due to its high protein content and low-fat characteristics. …”
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Spectral Hardening Reveals Afterglow Emergence in Long-duration Fast X-Ray Transients: A Case Study of GRB 250404A/EP250404a by Yi-Han Iris Yin, Yuan Fang, Bin-Bin Zhang, Chen Deng, Jun Yang, Run-Chao Chen, Yuan Liu, Yehao Cheng, Dong Xu, Xiaofeng Wang, Rongfeng Shen, Rui-Zhi Li, Jirong Mao, Wen-Xiong Li, Alberto Javier Castro-Tirado, Weihua Lei, Shao-Yu Fu, Yuan-Pei Yang, Shuai-Qing Jiang, Jie An, Chun Chen, Zhong-Nan Dong, Guowang Du, Ali Esamdin, Zhou Fan, Haicheng Feng, Lu Feng, Emilio Fernández-García, Xing Gao, Maria Gritsevich, Wei-Jian Guo, Jingwei Hu, You-Dong Hu, Yanlong Hua, Abdusamatjan Iskandar, Junjie Jin, Niu Li, Xia Li, Ziwei Li, Jia-Qi Lin, Dezi Liu, Jinzhong Liu, Qichun Liu, Xiaowei Liu, Xing Liu, Daniele B. Malesani, Ignacio Pérez-García, Hui Sun, Xue-Feng Wu, Yun-Ao Xiao, Ding-Rong Xiong, Shengyu Yan, Beibei Zhang, Jinghua Zhang, Haichang Zhu, Zipei Zhu, Hu Zou, Weimin Yuan, Bing Zhang

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The diagnostic value of transvaginal sonoelastography for cervical cancer and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Lu Zhang, Jinge Li, Yuhong Shang, Qing Yang

“…Conclusions TVSE is of relatively high value for differential diagnosis of CC and CIN. The diagnostic accuracy of SE and SWE is similar. …”
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Microbial Quality and Antimicrobial Resistance Along the Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) Value Chain in Kakamega County, Kenya by James Adero Obar, Joseph Wafula Matofari, John Masani Nduko

“…This study evaluated microbiological risks along the Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) fish value chain in Kakamega County, Kenya, by assessing microbial loads, pathogen prevalence, and antimicrobial resistance to determine food safety and hygiene standards. …”
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Characterizing social and ecological values expressed in US Forest Service public comments using a computational approach by Sarah K. MacFarland, Sonya Sachdeva, Spencer A. Wood, Joshua J. Lawler

“…Agencies responsible for managing public lands would benefit from a deepened understanding of how various publics value those lands. Federal land management agencies receive millions of written comments from the public on proposed management actions annually, providing a unique source of insights into how the public assigns value to public lands. …”
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Physical and SPF Value Stability Studies Avocado Oil Nano-emulgel with Carbopol 980 as A Gel Base by Ayu Shabrina, Diva Ma'arif Pangestu, Siska Amaliyah, Malinda Prihantini, Junvidya Heroweti, Listyana Dewi Prastiwi

“…Avocado oil (AVO) is a natural source of many unsaturated fatty acids that can help protect the skin from harmful UV radiation. …”
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The clinical value and most informative threshold of polygenic risk score in the Quebec City Case-Control Asthma Cohort by Martin Pariès, Stéphanie Bougeard, Aida Eslami, Zhonglin Li, Michel Laviolette, Louis-Philippe Boulet, Evelyne Vigneau, Yohan Bossé

“…A potential near-term clinical application is to calculate polygenic risk score (PRS) to improve disease risk prediction. The value of PRS, as part of numerous multi-source variables used to define asthma, remains unclear. …”
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Prognostic value of red cell distribution width in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: a meta-analysis by Xiaoyan Wang, Donglai Bao, Gaojiang Luo, Fuqiang Kan, Jinwei Luo, Changhao Jiang

“…Objective To evaluate the prognostic value of baseline red cell distribution width (RDW) in patients with coronary artery diseases (CADs) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) by conducting a meta-analysis.Design Systematic review and meta-analysis.Data source PubMed, Embase, Wanfang, CNKI and VIP databases were searched from their inceptions to 19 June 2019.Eligible criteria Studies investigating the value of baseline RDW for predicting all-cause mortality, cardiovascular mortality and major adverse cardiac events (MACEs) in patients with CAD undergoing PCI were included.Data extraction and synthesis Two authors independently extracted the data and evaluated the methodological quality using the Newcastle–Ottawa Scale. …”
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Engineering Pichia pastoris for the efficient production of the high-value steroid intermediate 15α-OH-D-ethylgonendione by Yu-Long Zeng, Yang-Yang Li, Bei-Feng-Chu Zheng, Dong-Qi Xie, Sheng-Qiang Tong, Yuan Yuan, Ya-Jun Wang, Bin Xue, Xiao-Guang Liu

“…The above results highlight the potential of developing P. pastoris-based biotransformation systems for the efficient production of key intermediates of steroid pharmaceuticals and other high-value fine chemicals.…”
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Influence of variation of electrical parameters values of RGB LEDs on the radiation uniformity of LED displays at minimal luminosity grade by V. P. Veleschuk, O. I. Vlasenko, Z. K. Vlasenko, V. V. Shynkarenko, Ya. Ya. Kudryk, P. O. Sai, V. V. Borshch

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Differential Study on Estimation Models for Indica Rice Leaf SPAD Value and Nitrogen Concentration Based on Hyperspectral Monitoring by Yufen Zhang, Kaiming Liang, Feifei Zhu, Xuhua Zhong, Zhanhua Lu, Yibo Chen, Junfeng Pan, Chusheng Lu, Jichuan Huang, Qunhuan Ye, Yuanhong Yin, Yiping Peng, Zhaowen Mo, Youqiang Fu

“…The R² values of 0.98 and 0.83 and the NRMSE values of 4.88% and 12.16% for the validation of leaf SPAD value and LNC were obtained, respectively. …”
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Value chain interventions for improving women's economic empowerment: A mixed‐methods systematic review and meta‐analysis by Suchi Kapoor Malhotra, Swati Mantri, Neha Gupta, Ratika Bhandari, Ralph Nii Armah, Hamdiyah Alhassan, Sarah Young, Howard White, Ranjitha Puskur, Hugh Sharma Waddington, Edoardo Masset

“…While women play a critical role in agriculture, they are generally confined to the least‐valued parts of the value chain with the lowest economic returns, depending on the local, social and institutional contexts. …”
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