Evolution of Scale-Free Wireless Sensor Networks with Feature of Small-World Networks by Ying Duan, Xiuwen Fu, Wenfeng Li, Yu Zhang, Giancarlo Fortino

“…Besides, we find that, by introducing shortcuts into scale-free wireless sensor network, the performance of the network can be improved concerning energy-saving and invulnerability, and we discover that the schemes constructing shortcuts between cluster heads and the sink node have better promoted effects than the scheme building shortcuts between pairs of cluster heads, and the schemes based on the preferential principle are superior to the schemes based on the random principle.…”
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Machine learning for predicting strength properties of waste iron slag concrete by Matiur Rahman Raju, Syed Ishtiaq Ahmad, Md Mehedi Hasan, Noor Md. Sadiqul Hasan, Md Monirul Islam, Md. Abdul Basit, Ishraq Tasnim Hossain, Saif Ahmed Santo, Md Shahrior Alam, Mahfuzur Rahman

“…Cost analysis demonstrated substantial cost savings with 25 % WIS incorporation, confirming its economic feasibility. …”
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Bond Behavior between BFRP Rebar and Seawater Sea Sand Concrete by Chao Wu, Bing-Chen Meng, Xianfeng Cheng, Asghar Habibnejad Korayem, Lik-Ho Tam

“…Seawater sea sand concrete (SWSSC) is a promising alternative to ordinary concrete in terms of saving valuable natural resources of freshwater and river sand. …”
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Developing an efficient and optimized irrigation plan under varying water-supply regimes by Purushottam Agrawal, Jitendra Sinha, Nilima Jangre, Fanesh Kumar, Kamalkant, Alok Sinha, Ashwin Singh, Ashes Banerjee, Akella Satya Venkatesh, Srinivas Pasupuleti

“…Under this plan, the required water depth is reduced from 32.9  mm to 7.4  mm, saving 0.6167  Mm3 of water. In areas with optimized canal supply, no borewell water is needed for the canal-irrigated land supported by borewells (243  ha).…”
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The use of ChatGPT in higher education: Students' perceptions by Dragojević Tamara, Turudić Jovana

“…The research results indicate that students extensively use ChatGPT for academic purposes, recognizing benefits such as time-saving and personalized learning experiences. However, the results also show students' concerns about the potential reduction of creativity and critical thinking, as well as privacy risks. …”
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A novel mathematical model with an LCA-based solution method to minimize earliness-tardiness costs on a single machine by considering batch delivery by Zahra Pourali, Bohlool Ebrahimi

“…At the same time, the time saved by LCA to report the final output is significant, which recommends the use of this algorithm for other practical optimization problems.…”
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Influence of interlayer dwell time on microstructure and mechanical properties additively manufactured 316L stainless steel by laser directed energy deposition by Zhaoqiang Chen, Ziyu Zhang, Yuying Yang, Guangchun Xiao, Mingdong Yi, Tingting Zhou, Chonghai Xu

“…Laser directed energy deposition (LDED) is widely utilized due to its high precision, fast processing speed, small heat affected zone, strong machinability, environmental protection, energy saving, and high reliability. 316L stainless steel is one of the most extensively studied materials employed in the LDED process. …”
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Dynamic Eco-Driving on Signalized Arterial Corridors during the Green Phase for the Connected Vehicles by Xiangmo Zhao, Xia Wu, Qi Xin, Kang Sun, Shaowei Yu

“…The results indicate that the fuel saving of the connected vehicle guided by the dynamic optimization algorithm shows significant improvement. …”
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Design and analysis of magnetic circuit for mass transfer 6-DOF magnetic levitation platform by Shinan Cao, Pingjuan Niu, Wei Wang, Sha Sheng, Peilai Peng, Wei Song

“…Mini/Micro LED is a new display technology, it has advantages of long-life, energy-saving, fast response speed and brightness. The mass transfer speed of Mini/Micro LED is main challenge for its large-scale application. …”
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The impact of digital infrastructure on urban total factor carbon emission performance: evidence from enterprise production and household consumption in China by Yang Zhongxin, Yang Zhongxin, Huang Shanshan, Ma Jing, Song Ceyuan, Xu Shujing

“…The results demonstrate that (1) Digital infrastructure can enhances urban carbon performance by promoting green product innovation of enterprises and changing consumers’ consumption patterns (2) Heterogeneity analysis indicates that cities with higher income and educational levels among residents experience a more significant improvement in carbon performance, and digital infrastructure’s impact varies when combined with enterprise characteristics and technological capabilities, with non-state-owned enterprises and high-tech enterprises having relatively higher carbon-saving effects. The research results of this paper emphasize role of micro-subjects in the process of digital infrastructure affecting total-factor carbon emission performance, which has important theoretical and practical significance for guiding future economic policies and strategies.…”
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Examining the effect of competitive intensity and organizational reserve on the relationship between innovation and company performance by Mohsen Rashidi, Mostafa Abdi, Maedeh Soumi

“…In this regard, the competitive situation of the market and the financial resources saved in the company can increase the conditions for improving the performance related to innovation. …”
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The State of the Art of Residential Building Energy Retrofits in Libya and Neighbouring Mediterranean Countries: A Comprehensive Review by Salwa Albarssi, Shan Shan Hou, Eshrar Latif

“…Existing residential buildings constitute the largest percentage of energy demand and carbon dioxide emissions, and hence, offer significant potential for energy savings and reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. …”
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A disaggregated ARDL analysis of capital formation on economic growth in Nigeria: Evidence from the endogenous growth model by Adeyemi Michael Anagun, Gbenro Matthew Sokunbi

“…Specifically, it examined how, and to what extent, gross capital formation, government recurrent expenditures on education and health, foreign direct investment, gross domestic savings, and domestic credit to private sectors have impacted economic growth in Nigeria. …”
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Deal or no deal: U.S. homeowners’ willingness to pay for residential building retrofits by Zachary Berzolla, Ting Meng, Christoph Reinhart

“…Notably, increasing concern about emissions for all respondents from the median of ‘slightly concerned’ to ‘extremely concerned’ led to a 50% savings in retrofit subsidy cost. The model can help jurisdictions throughout the U.S. better allocate limited resources to catalyze higher adoption rates of building retrofits.…”
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Equilateral Triangular Dielectric Resonator Nantenna at Optical Frequencies for Energy Harvesting by Waleed Tariq Sethi, Hamsakutty Vettikalladi, Habib Fathallah, Mohamed Himdi

“…The latter is pushing the research and industry communities to devise green communication solutions that require the design of energy saving devices and techniques in one part and ambient energy harvesting techniques in the other part. …”
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Hybrid Design of Optimal Capacitor Placement and Reconfiguration for Performance Improvement in a Radial Distribution System by Ali Nasser Hussain, Waleed Khalid Shakir Al-Jubori, Haider Fathi Kadom

“…Multiobjective functions with considering the weighting factors are used for minimizing real losses, improving voltage profile, and increasing saving cost. The optimal selections of open switches, location, and size of capacitors in the individual and dual design for RDS are achieved using four different optimization algorithms. …”
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IQNet: Image Quality Assessment Guided Just Noticeable Difference Prefiltering for Versatile Video Coding by Yu-Han Sun, Chiang Lo-Hsuan Lee, Tian-Sheuan Chang

“…The experimental results show that the proposed approach to Versatile Video Coding could yield maximum/average bitrate savings of 41%/15% and 53%/19% for all-intra and low-delay P configurations, respectively, with negligible subjective quality loss. …”
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Anomaly Detection Based on Local Nearest Neighbor Distance Descriptor in Crowded Scenes by Xing Hu, Shiqiang Hu, Xiaoyu Zhang, Huanlong Zhang, Lingkun Luo

“…Therefore, not only the computation time and storage requirement can be accordingly saved by using LNND descriptor for the anomaly detection method with offline training fashion, but also the negative aspects caused by using high-dimensional feature descriptor can be avoided. …”
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Performance Enhancement of a Building-Integrated Photovoltaic/Thermal System Coupled with an Air Source Heat Pump by Edward Vuong, Alan S. Fung, Rakesh Kumar

“…The BIPV/T-BISAH coupled ASHP system decreased space heating electricity consumption by 6.5% for a net-zero house. These modest savings are mainly attributed to the passive design of the houses, which reduced heating loads during sunny hours/days.…”
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A New Asymmetric Fully Homomorphic Encryption Scheme for Cloud Banking Data by Zana Thalage Omar, Fadhil Salman Abed, Shaimaa Khamees Ahmed

“…Most banks in our time still use the common traditional systems of high cost and relatively slow, we are now in the era of speed and technology, and these systems do not keep pace with our current age, so saving cost and time will be considered a fantastic thing for banks. …”
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