Activated carbons for effective pharmaceutical adsorption: Impact of feedstock origin, activation agents, adsorption conditions, and cost analysis by Issam Mechnou, Anasse Benabdallah, Az-Iddin Chham, Younes Rachdi, Miloudi Hlaibi, Abdeslam El kartouti, Na’il Saleh

“…Activated carbons from various raw materials exhibit surface functions such as C=O, C-N, COOH, NH2, Si-O and O-H, with surface areas over 3400 m2 g−1 and a capacity reaching 2000 mg g−1. …”
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Minute Ventilation/Carbon Dioxide Production Slope Could Predict Short- and Long-Term Prognosis of Patients After Acute Decompensated Heart Failure by Sheng-Hui Tuan, I-Ching Huang, Wei-Chun Huang, Guan-Bo Chen, Shu-Fen Sun, Ko-Long Lin

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A Neutrosophic Multi-Objective Optimization Framework for Sustainable Design of Water Supply Systems by Jesús Rafael Hechavarría Hernández, Maikel Yelandi Leyva Vázquez

“…Through the application of MMN, optimal solutions are identified that not only minimize costs and losses but also maximize efficiency and service quality, considering variability in demand and risks associated with climate change and infrastructure failures. …”
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Hybrid modeling approach for precise estimation of energy production and consumption based on temperature variations by Wulfran Fendzi Mbasso, Reagan Jean Jacques Molu, Ambe Harrison, Mukesh Pushkarna, Fritz Nguemo Kemdoum, Emmanuel Fendzi Donfack, Pradeep Jangir, Pierre Tiako, Milkias Berhanu Tuka

“…The hybrid model, which combines sinusoidal and polynomial functions, achieved an accuracy of 79.15% in estimating energy consumption using temperature as a predictor variable. …”
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Polymer-based nanoparticles for cancer theranostics: advances, challenges, and future perspectives by Kaylin Shanahan, Daniel Coen, Wanis Nafo

“…Key factors influencing the efficiency of polymer nanoparticle-based contrast agents include physicochemical properties such as particle size, morphology, surface functionalization, and responsiveness to tumor microenvironmental stimuli. …”
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A POSSIBILISTIC APPROACH TO CALCULATING THE INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN FOR INVESTMENT PROJECTS WITH FUZZY CASH FLOWS by E. S. Volkova, V. B. Gisin

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Exploring the synthesis and biomedical potential of banana stem fiber for antimicrobial and wound healing applications by K. Umapathi, M. Jayasheela, Manohar Ramya, J. K. Hari Sriram, G. Shibu, E. Gladson Paul, J. Yogitha, M. Sheik Abdullah, C. Sushma, M. Manjupriya, S. Jerone Samuvel

“…In addition, challenges and limitations that hurdle research progress, and potential for future biomaterials through functionalization are discussed. Review findings support potential for research intervention at the integration of banana fibers, biopolymers and nanotechnology towards development of efficient wound healing materials. …”
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Variational quantum algorithm for low-dimensional systems in the Pauli basis by D.O. Golov, N.A. Petrov, A.N. Tsirulev

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METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSESSING OF SPORTSMAN’S PHYSIOLOGICAL RESERVES DURING PHYSICAL EXERCISES by Nguyen Mau Thach, Nguyen Trong Tuyen, Tran Trong Huu

“…This parameter reflects functioning of various body systems which provide significant income to the sportsman’s result achievement. …”
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Enhanced nonlinear sliding mode control technique for wind power generation systems application: Theoretical design and comparative study by Yattou El Fadili, Ismail Boumhidi

“…Additionally, this controller ensures system stability, with a Lyapunov function standard deviation of 0.0105 and 0.1755 for the first and second tests, respectively. …”
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A deep neural network for adaptive spatial smoothing of task fMRI data by Zhengshi Yang, Xiaowei Zhuang, Mark J. Lowe, Dietmar Cordes, Dietmar Cordes

“…Over the past decade, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has emerged as a widely adopted in vivo imaging technique for examining neural activity in the brain. …”
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Modeling of an automated recruitment planning system for educational organizations by S. A. Mishin, E. Yu. Nikulina, E. A. Rogozin, R. A. Solodukha

“…The advantage of the proposed approach gives a clear idea of the structure and functional purpose of the system.Conclusion. The system will automate the process of recruiting educational organizations in order to increase the efficiency of decision support in the field of training specialists for the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs.…”
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HVAC/DC system reliability evaluation based on improvement point estimation method by Jiaqi ZHAO, Ning FENG, Yue WANG

“…The proposed method analyzes the structure of various components of a typical HVAC/DC system and leverages the Dirac function to smooth the involved discrete random variables, so that the discrete component status can be generally tackled in common with the load, wind power and other continuous random variables using the point estimation method. …”
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IgG1 versus IgG3: influence of antibody-specificity and allotypic variance on virus neutralization efficacy by Somanath Kallolimath, Lin Sun, Roman Palt, Esther Föderl-Höbenreich, Antonia Hermle, Leonie Voss, Marina Kleim, Falk Nimmerjahn, Falk Nimmerjahn, Johannes S. Gach, Lauren Hitchcock, Qiang Chen, Stanislav Melnik, Florian Eminger, Anja Lux, Anja Lux, Herta Steinkellner

“…Despite the unique advantages of IgG3 over other IgG subclasses, such as mediating enhanced effector functions and increased flexibility in antigen binding due to a long hinge region, the therapeutic potential of IgG3 remains largely unexplored. …”
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A Copula-based Method for River Ecological Flow Quantification and Algal Bloom Risk Assessment in the Hanjiang River by NONG Xi-zhi, LAI Cheng, JING Zheng, YE Ye

“…The results from Copula functions were compared with those from the Tennant method and Hydrological Inflection-Point (HIP) analysis for validation. …”
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Numerical investigation of fractional order SEIR models with newborn immunization using Vieta–Fibonacci wavelets by Naied A. Nayied, Firdous A. Shah, Mukhtar A. Khanday, Kottakkaran Sooppy Nisar

“…Variations in the fractional parameter α and transmission factor β reveal the influence of these variables on the disease outbreak, with higher values of β leading to rapid transmission. …”
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Disrupted topological organization of brain connectome in patients with chronic low back related leg pain and clinical correlations by Yuqi Ji, Xiao Liang, Yixiu Pei, Xiaoying Zuo, Yanyan Zhu, Jie Xu, Qinmei Kuang, Ziwei Yang, Fuqing Zhou, Yong Zhang

“…This study demonstrates that cLBLP patients exbibit a decreased local efficiency of functional connectivity network and increased compensatory global efficiency of structural connectivity network. …”
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Numerical approximation of time-fractional nonlinear partial integro-differential equation using fractional Euler and cubic trigonometric B-Spline methods by Mehwish Saleem, Arshed Ali, Fazal-i-Haq, Hassan Khan

“…This method has the ability to handle any kind of nonlinearity without using iterative processes. Efficiency and reliability of the current method is analyzed for the fractional-order via three highly nonlinear test problems with variable coefficients. …”
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Modeling Porosity Distribution Strategies in PEM Water Electrolyzers: A Comparative Analytical and Numerical Study by Ali Bayat, Prodip K. Das, Suvash C. Saha

“…This simplification can significantly impact the accuracy of performance predictions and the overall efficiency of electrolyzers. This study develops a mathematical framework for modeling variable porosity distributions—including constant, linearly graded, and stepwise profiles—and derives analytical expressions for permeability, effective diffusivity, and electrical conductivity. …”
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Algorithm for Finding Feedback in a Problem with Constraints for One Class of Nonlinear Control Systems by Michail G. Dmitriev, Zainelkhriet N. Murzabekov, Gulbanu A. Mirzakhmedova

“…For this, the solution of an auxiliary optimal control problem with a quadratic functional is used by analogy with the SDRE approach.Since this approach is used in the literature to find suboptimal synthesis in optimal control problems with a quadratic functional with formally linear systems, where all coefficient matrices in differential equations and criteria can contain state variables, then on a finite time interval it becomes necessary to solve a complicated matrix differential Riccati equations, with state-dependent coefficient matrices. …”
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