Organic Dye Photodegradation Using Niobium-Alkali Perovskite Photocatalysts: The Effect of the Alkali by Mirtha Z. L. L. Ribeiro, Igor F. Gomes, Edher Z. Herrera, Alexandre Mello, Marília O. Guimarães, Patrícia A. Carneiro, Débora C. M. Rodrigues, Wanderlã L. Scopel, Rodrigo G. Amorim, Mauro C. Ribeiro

“…In addition, a photocatalytic experiment was conducted to benchmark the methylene blue consumption efficiency between different niobates. The findings demonstrated that KNbO₃ is more efficient than NaNbO₃ for methylene blue UV photocatalytic degradation, which is associated with their electronic properties. …”
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The Effect of Working Capital on Investment: Evidence from the Tehran Stock Exchange by Ali Ebrahimnejad, Ali Zakizade, Fardin Razmjooei

“…The inclusion of working capital variables reveals higher cash flow coefficients, indicating that conventional models systematically underestimate internal financing's contribution to investment. …”
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Effect of electrostatic and intermolecular forces on free small vibrations of a micro-cantilever by Геннадий Иванович Михасев, Вячеслав Владимирович Мисник, Марина Георгиевна Ботогова

“…The derived governing equation with variable coefficients is solved using both the asymptotic approach and the Runge – Kutta method. …”
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RAMAS-Net: a module-optimized convolutional network model for aortic valve stenosis recognition in echocardiography by Yejia Gan, Wanzhong Huang, Yan Deng, Xiaoying Xie, Yuanyuan Gu, Yaozhuang Zhou, Qian Zhang, Maosheng Zhang, Yangchun Liu

“…IntroductionAortic stenosis (AS) is a valvular heart disease that obstructs normal blood flow from the left ventricle to the aorta due to pathological changes in the valve, leading to impaired cardiac function. Echocardiography is a key diagnostic tool for AS; however, its accuracy is influenced by inter-observer variability, operator experience, and image quality, which can result in misdiagnosis. …”
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Post-thaw dimethyl sulfoxide reduction in autologous peripheral blood progenitor cell suspensions by Miroslava Jandová, Pavel Měřička, Jiří Gregor, Miriam Lánská, Aleš Bezrouk, Dana Čížková, Jakub Radocha

“…Background and objectives: Dimethyl sulfoxide has become the most common cryoprotectant used for cryopreservation of hematopoietic progenitor cells because of its efficiency, regardless of its potentially toxic side effects. …”
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Multi-objective optimal scheduling of cascade reservoirs in complex basin systems: Case study of the Jinsha River-Yalong River confluence basin in China by Zhaocai Wang, Zhihua Zhu, Hualong Luan, Tunhua Wu

“…Benchmark function tests demonstrate that IMOSSA outperforms others in terms of optimization capability and stability. …”
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Shunt active power filter using model predictive control with stability guarantee by Jhon Pérez-Ramírez, Diego Montoya-Acevedo, Walter Gil-González, Oscar Danilo Montoya, Carlos Restrepo

“…The cost function exhibits convex characteristics, ensuring a unique control law. …”
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The MiBlend Randomized Trial: Investigating Genetic Polymorphisms in Personalized Responses to Fruit and Vegetable Interventions for Chronic Disease Prevention by Julia N. DeBenedictis, Na Xu, Theo M. de Kok, Simone G. van Breda

“…XRCC1 is involved in DNA repair, particularly oxidative damage, and its wildtype allele enhances repair efficiency. GSTP1 wildtype carriers had a larger improvement in microvasculature after all F&V blends, especially those rich in polyphenols. …”
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Feasibility of estimating the percentage of desert pavement using Tasseled Cap Transformation indices extracted from Landsat 8 images by farzaneh Fotouhi Firoozabad, Atefeh jebali

“…The selected model shows the relationship between the amount of desert pavement and the Greenness and Brightness variables, with a correlation coefficient of 0.61 and a standard error of 23.2. …”
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Sustainable PV-hydrogen-storage microgrid energy management using a hierarchical economic model predictive control framework by Xinyu Guo, Faying Gu, Hongxu Liu, Yongcheng Yu, Runjie Li, Juan Wang

“…First, a precise nonlinear model of the PHS microgrid is established and the logic variables are introduced to capture the hydrogen devices’ short-term properties, i.e., the start-up/shut-down of electrolyzers and fuel cells. …”
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Development of blood-brain barrier-penetrating antibodies for neutralizing tick-borne encephalitis virus in the brain by Mizuki Fukuta, Sayo Fukano, Naoya Maekawa, Shintaro Kobayashi, Shunsuke Okamoto, Minato Hirano, Junko Nio-Kobayashi, Hiroaki Kariwa, Shigeru Kawakami, Satoru Konnai, Kentaro Yoshii

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Antigen-independent activation is critical for the durable antitumor effect of GUCY2C-targeted CAR-T cells by Xiaofei Wei, Lin Shen, Chang Liu, Cheng Zhang, Min Tao, Jian Li, Xicheng Wang, Ting He, Fei Dai, Changsong Qi, Mingyang Ma, Yanping Ding, Xinan Lu, Dongqun Liu

“…An antigen-sensitive and long-lasting CAR-T cell targeting GUCY2C was investigated in this study.Methods Using constructed tumor cell lines with various GUCY2C expression densities, we screened out an antigen-sensitive single chain variable fragment (scFv) that enabled CAR-T cells to efficiently eradicate the GUCY2C lowly expressed tumor cells. …”
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Application of multi-objective neural network algorithm in industrial polymerization reactors for reducing energy cost and maximising productivity by Fakhrony Sholahudin Rohman, Sharifah Rafidah Wan Alwi, Dinie Muhammad, Ashraf Azmi, Zainuddin Abd Manan, Jeng Shiun Lim, Hong An Er, Siti Nor Azreen Ahmad Termizi

“…Optimization on an industrial scale is a complex task that involves fine-tuning the performance of large-scale systems and applications to make them more efficient and effective. This process can be challenging due to the increasing volume of work, growing system complexity, and the need to maintain optimal performance. …”
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Modeling Wetland Biomass and Aboveground Carbon: Influence of Plot Size and Data Treatment Using Remote Sensing and Random Forest by Tássia Fraga Belloli, Diniz Carvalho de Arruda, Laurindo Antonio Guasselli, Christhian Santana Cunha, Carina Cristiane Korb

“…Remote sensing (RS) data effectively estimate and map AGB and Corg in wetlands using various techniques, but there is still room to improve the efficiency of machine learning (ML)-based approaches. …”
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Adult education and training for the development of problem-solving skills by I. A. Korshunov, S. V. Lubnikov, N. N. Shirkova

“…This article might be of interest for the specialists in sphere of adult education and lifelong learning, HR-specialists and small and medium-sized enterprise managers in order to improve the efficiency of the recruitment process and to adopt more efficient employer-provided training systems.…”
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The human gut microbiota contributes to type-2 diabetes non-resolution 5-years after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass by Jean Debédat, Tiphaine Le Roy, Lise Voland, Eugeni Belda, Rohia Alili, Solia Adriouch, Pierre Bel Lassen, Kazuyuki Kasahara, Evan Hutchison, Laurent Genser, Licia Torres, Camille Gamblin, Christine Rouault, Jean-Daniel Zucker, Nathalie Kapel, Christine Poitou, Geneviève Marcelin, Federico E. Rey, Judith Aron-Wisnewsky, Karine Clément

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Calibration of Low-Cost Capacitive Soil Moisture Sensors for Irrigation Management Applications by Ahmed A. Abdelmoneim, Christa M. Al Kalaany, Roula Khadra, Bilal Derardja, Giovanna Dragonetti

“…The results showed that with higher soil moisture contents (above 30%), the sensor-to-sensor variability becomes significant, with a coefficient of variation (CV) ranging between 10 and 16%; meanwhile, in lower soil moisture contents, the CV ranged between 6.5 and 10.3%, implying that it is more consistent in lower moisture content within this soil condition. …”
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The Relationship Between Biometric Features of Trees and the Intensity of Birch Sap Leakage in Various Forest Sites by Szczepan Kopeć, Paweł Staniszewski, Robert Tomusiak, Maciej Bilek, Dariusz Zastocki, Tadeusz Moskalik

“…Research on the utility value of birch sap and the influence of a number of factors on its efficiency and quality has been carried out in many research centers, but so far, there are not many studies on the variability of such parameters as a function of time, taking into account the entire period of sap leakage. …”
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Influence of structural surface roughness on the strength of layered fill bodies based on PFC2D by Jinxing WANG, Zongsheng HU, Huazhe JIAO, Xiaolin YANG, Qi ZHANG, Xiaohui LIU, Ping XU, Junqiang XU, Xun CHEN

“…The cracks form as large macroscopic fractures in the vertical direction, indicating that as the interface roughness increases, the quality of the bonding surface improves, leading to more efficient usage of the overall mechanical properties of the specimens. …”
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PARAMETER ANALYSIS AND OPTIMIZATION OF MAGNETIC ADSORPTION UNIT FOR CRAWLER WALL-CLIMBING ROBOT (MT) by ZHAO ZhiHao, TAO YouRui, PEI JiaXin, HU JunYu

“…The length, the width, the height of the permanent magnet, the thickness of the yoke and the distance between the permanent magnet and the wall are selected as the design variables. After the optimized design, the adsorption efficiency of the MAU is increased from 2.029 7 to 3.938 1.…”
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