Darkening nights and rooftop solar adoption under South Africa’s electricity crisis: geographies of the energy apartheid by Zander S Venter, Shylet Chivanga, Megan Davies, Priscilla Monyai, Samantha L Scott

“…Solar energy is the fastest-growing renewable electricity source globally. Under the guise of the green transition, solar energy is portrayed by energy optimists as sustainable despite its negative environmental and social externalities. …”
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Electric Vehicles Empowering the Construction of Green Sustainable Transportation Networks in Chinese Cities: Dynamic Evolution, Frontier Trends, and Construction Pathways by Dacan Li, Albert D. Lau, Yuanyuan Gong

“…With the acceleration of urbanization, urban traffic pollution is becoming more and more serious. As a zero-emission transportation mode, electric vehicles have become a key way to achieve the carbon peak and carbon neutrality targets. …”
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Dual Function Radar and Communication Waveform Design Based on Sub-pulse Hybrid Modulation by Yu LIU, Junhao ZHANG, Xue YAO, Xianxiang YU, Guolong CUI

“…Furthermore, this paper explores an echo processing method that makes the Doppler frequency at the first zero point of the zero-delay intercept of the fuzzy function \begin{document}$ L - 1 $\end{document} times higher than that of the conventional waveform, where L is the number of sub-pulses. …”
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Comparison of two pre-fuel cell carbon capture systems employing methane decomposition and hydrogen membrane: Regression-based machine learning and optimization approach by Amirali Nouri, Araz Emami, Ata Chitsaz, Alireza Fathipour, Navid Kousheshi, Ava Karshenas

“…Despite these differences, both systems provide clean, zero-emission energy solutions, with the best selection contingent upon specific operational parameters, including economic considerations, efficiency targets, and the availability of heat sources.…”
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A Review on the State-of-the-Art and Commercial Status of Carbon Capture Technologies by Md Hujjatul Islam, Shashank Reddy Patlolla

“…In this review article, we summarize the <i>state-of-the-art</i> of different carbon capture technologies applied to different emission sources, focusing on emission reduction, net-zero emission, and negative emission. …”
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On the Minimum Dataset Requirements for Fine-Tuning an Object Detector for Arable Crop Plant Counting: A Case Study on Maize Seedlings by Samuele Bumbaca, Enrico Borgogno-Mondino

“…Despite recent advances, neither few-shot nor zero-shot approaches met minimum performance requirements for precision agriculture deployment. …”
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Rare Occasions: Tidal Disruption Events Rarely Power the AGNs Observed in Dwarf Galaxies by Joanne Tan, Guang Yang, Jonelle L. Walsh, W. N. Brandt, Bin Luo, Franz E. Bauer, Chien-Ting Chen, Mouyuan Sun, Yongquan Xue

“…If the former outperforms the latter in fitting quality for a source, we consider the source as a potential TDE. …”
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Full Road Transport Sector Transition Towards 100% Autonomous Renewable Energy Supply in Isolated Systems: Tenerife Island Test Case by Itziar Santana-Méndez, Óscar García-Afonso, Benjamín González-Díaz

“…In this context, although zero-tailpipe-emission vehicle adoption is seen as a promising route, the energy provision through renewable sources is still uncertain, especially with hydrogen. …”
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Energy: An Overview of Type, Form, Storage, Advantages, Efficiency, and Their Impact by Bawoke Mekuye, Gedefaw Mebratie, Birhanu Abera, Ayenew Yibeltal, Assaye Lake, Asnaku Tefera

“…Nuclear energy is the most powerful energy source. Renewable energy, such as solar, wind, hydropower, geothermal, tidal, wave, and hydrogen energy, produces zero greenhouse gas emissions compared to fossil fuels, reducing air pollution and combating climate change, improving public health, mitigating smog and acid rain, and long‐term sustainability. …”
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Application and prospect of artificial intelligence in empowering the operation and managment of oil and gas pipelines by Qi LIAO, Chunying LIU, Jian DU, Hao LAN, Yongtu LIANG, Haoran ZHANG

“…Conclusion Amidst the emerging wave of advancing AI technologies, the pursuit of smart operation of oil and gas pipelines mandates further explorations, including bolstering the application of various methods to integrate vast multi-source heterogeneous data, deepening research on few-shot and zero-shot learning techniques, advocating the convergence of augmented intelligence and artificial intelligence, refining the amalgamation of causal inference and machine learning, and concentrating on life-cycle management anchored in digital twin technology. …”
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Genetic features of tourmaline from the magnesian skarns of Kuhilal deposit, Southwestern Pamir by A. K. Litvinenko, E. I. Romanova, O. A. Yakushina

“…For boron formation, an apo-sedimentary, evaporite source is assumed.…”
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Effect of Elevated Storage Temperatures on the Physicochemical and Sensory Properties of Apple Puree by Andrey I. Sergeev, Irina G. Kalinina, Natalia G. Shilkina, Irina I. Barashkova, Margaret A. Gradova, Mikhail V. Motyakin, Victor B. Ivanov

“…The color change rate was constant and followed the zero-order kinetic reaction equation with an activation energy of 92 kJ/mol. …”
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mbctools: A User-Friendly Metabarcoding and Cross-Platform Pipeline for Analyzing Multiple Amplicon Sequencing Data across a Large Diversity of Organisms by Barnabé, Christian, Sempéré, Guilhem, Manzanilla, Vincent, Millan, Joel Moo, Amblard-Rambert, Antoine, Waleckx, Etienne

“…This software is a versatile open-source tool for processing amplicon sequences, offering advantages such as high speed, efficient memory usage, and the ability to handle large datasets. …”
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Spatiotemporal Characteristics of Public Attention Level on the 2022 Extreme Drought in Yangtze River Basin Based on Weibo Text Analysis by LI Zhe, CHEN Zhe, XIANG Da-xiang, CUI Chang-lu

“…[Conclusion] Weibo texts serve as an effective data source for online public opinion analysis of sudden-onset disasters. …”
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Interfacial charge transfer induced dual- active-sites of RuO2-NiO/NF electrode for high efficiency electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution by CHEN Hui, LIU Xuehua, LIN Yan, CHEN Song, WANG Weiguo

“…Hydrogen， owing to its high calorific value and environmental benignity， emerges as a promising energy source for the future. Hydrogen produced through water splitting boasts high purity， zero pollution during production， and recyclability， thereby holding vast potential. …”
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Identification and characterization of Trichoderma species aggressive to Pleurotus in Italy by Woo S L, Di Benedetto P, Senatore M, Abadi K, Gigante S, Soriente I, Ferraioli S, Scala F, Lorito M

“…Although the presence of Trichoderma was detected in the initial stages of composting, this value was reduced to zero from the phase of pasteurization to seeding with Pleurotus. …”
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The relationship between the real effective exchange rate and non-hydrocarbon export growth by Darine Mehenna, Faiza Bouzemlal, Ali Nabil Belouard

“…The stationary tests show that three variables (gross domestic product, the real effective exchange rate, and the non-hydrocarbon export growth) are integrated with order one, zero, and zero, respectively. In the second step, the exploration of the ARDL model between the three variables shows that the hypothesis that stipulates the existence of a significant relationship between the real effective exchange rate and the non-hydrocarbon export growth, on the one hand, is rejected, while the non-hydrocarbon export growth is, on the other hand, positively and statistically significantly correlated to the gross domestic product.…”
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An Environmental‐Economic Analysis of a Case Solar Power Plant for Power Decarbonization by Seyedeh Hosna Talebian, Hossein Balouchi, Danial Esazadeh, Mahsa Abbasi, Hamidreza Azizi

“…ABSTRACT On the path to achieving net‐zero emissions targets by 2050 and meeting the increasing electricity demand, investigations on the carbon intensity of electricity is of interest as an important decision‐making parameter in decarbonizing the power sector and replacing nonrenewable power plants in regions of low rainfall and limited water resources to enhance the transparency of policies toward net‐zero transition. …”
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The Use of an Artificial Intelligence Platform OpenEvidence to Augment Clinical Decision-Making for Primary Care Physicians by Ryan T. Hurt, Christopher R. Stephenson, Elizabeth A. Gilman, Christopher A. Aakre, Ivana T. Croghan, Manpreet S. Mundi, Karthik Ghosh, Jithinraj Edakkanambeth Varayil

“…OE was scored on a scale of zero to four, where zero was very unclear, and four was very clear. …”
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Triangular Fuzzy Finite Element Solution for Drought Flow of Horizontal Unconfined Aquifers by Christos Tzimopoulos, Nikiforos Samarinas, Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Christos Evangelides

“…The physical problem concerns the case of the drought flow of a horizontal unconfined aquifer with a limited breath B and special boundary conditions: (a) at x = 0, the water level is equal to zero, and (b) at x = B, the flow rate is equal to zero due to the presence of an impermeable wall. …”
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