Recycling of Photovoltaic Modules – A Strategy for Silicon and Metal Contact Recovery by Nerea Dasilva-Villanueva, Luis Jaime Caballero, David Fuertes Marrón, Araceli Rodríguez, Eduardo Díez, Jesús Ángel Muñoz Sánchez, Alejandro F. Braña, José Luis Plaza Canga-Argüelles, Enrique Cánovas, Carlos del Cañizo

“…These encouraging first results represent an important step towards cycling PV systems within a circular economy framework, thereby minimizing waste and maximizing resource utilization. …”
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Eco-friendly adsorption of Rhodamine B dye using Punica granatum peel from an aqueous medium by Rajae Ghibate, Mohammed Chrachmy, Meryem Kerrou, Meryem Ben Baaziz, Marwa Alaqarbeh, Ali Amechrouq, Rachid Taouil, Omar Senhaji

“…The hypothesis was that agricultural waste could be repurposed as an effective adsorbent while minimizing environmental impact. The material was characterized using SEM, FTIR, XRD, TGA, DSC, and pHPZC analysis. …”
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Employment of Vehicle-to-Grid Technology to Decrease the Economic-Environmental Costs Equipped with a Mixed-Integer Non-Linear Programming Approach by Jinkui Li, Huahui Li

“…The main objective of this study is to minimize the considered objective function (OF). Several constraints are also considered in this optimization problem, which should be met by the proposed method. …”
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Satellite Constellation Orbit Design Optimization with Combined Genetic Algorithm and Semianalytical Approach by Tania Savitri, Youngjoo Kim, Sujang Jo, Hyochoong Bang

“…This paper focuses on maximizing the percent coverage and minimizing the revisit time for a small satellite constellation with limited coverage. …”
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Investigation of Droplets Distribution and Reaction Kinetics on SO2 Removal in Flue Gas via Venturi Scrubber by Shuo Zhang, Wenyue Cui, Chen Wang, Tao Wu, Xiaohang Zhao

“…The comparison results show that the CM can achieve better accuracy with more bins, which showed the minimal error 3.6%, consisting 30 bins. However, the computational time of the CM is approximately 19.3 times as long as QBMMS. …”
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A sustainable HazMat logistic network design considering scale of economy and route sensitivity and solving with Hybrid GA-SA by Razieh Keshavarzfard, Azam Naderi

“…The goal is to develop innovative methods that minimize shipping expenses and maximize profits. The transportation of Hazardous Materials (HazMat) is particularly complex and has attracted significant attention from scholars. …”
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A Dynamic Landslide Warning Model Based on Grey System Theory by Ke Ma, He Weng, Yumin Chen, Saeed Sarajpoor, Yang Shen

“…Research on landslide prediction is crucial for minimizing disaster-related losses, ensuring public safety, and developing reliable early warning systems and preparedness strategies. …”
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Situational status of antibiotic resistance of E. coli in the Escalerilla WWTP, Arequipa, Peru by Isaac Yanqui-Morales, Ricardo León-Vásquez, Kusisqa Saqra, Danitza DelCha, Renzo Aguirre

“…In contrast, amikacin and piperacillin-tazobactam showed minimal resistance, with only one strain resistant to each. …”
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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

“…In this paper, the effect of conducting periodic preventive maintenance on the failure process of a given equipment item and its corresponding cost are studied. Assuming minimal repair at failure with a random repair cost, the expected cost of maintenance service is estimated. …”
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Parameter uncertainties for imperfect surrogate models in the low-noise regime by Thomas D Swinburne, Danny Perez

“…Bayesian regression determines model parameters by minimizing the expected loss, an upper bound to the true generalization error. …”
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Digital Rebirth of Dongba Pattern: An Improved Active Contour Model for Pattern Contour Extraction by Yuan Li, Tao Wu, Rongbing Fu, En Lu

“…The improved active contour method adds discrete wavelet transform for energy minimization. Moreover, the minimization formula assigns greater weight to foreground pixels. …”
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Dynamic Modeling of Needle-Tissue Interaction Applied to Soft Tissue Damage During Needle Extraction by Erick D. Chavez Pereda, Hernan A. Gonzalez Rojas, Antonio J. Sanchez Egea

“…Finally, the damage model was fitted to the experimental data and a speed value that minimizes tissue damage could be obtained.…”
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Cooperative Overbooking-Based Resource Allocation and Application Placement in UAV-Mounted Edge Computing for Internet of Forestry Things by Xiaoyu Li, Long Suo, Wanguo Jiao, Xiaoming Liu, Yunfei Liu

“…In 2CROB, an aggregated-resource-demand minimization problem is modeled, and a bisection search algorithm is designed to obtain the minimized aggregated resource demand. …”
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The adolescent experience of hereditary angioedema: a qualitative study of disease burden and treatment experience by Lynne Broderick, April Foster, Laura Tesler Waldman, Laura Bordone, Aaron Yarlas

“…Since initiating prophylaxis, participants reported the frequency, severity, and duration of attacks had been reduced and their HAE-related impacts had been minimized. Participants were satisfied with their current prophylactic and acute treatments, and expressed a preference for treatments that were effective, convenient, self-administered, and had minimal side effects. …”
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Adipocyte DIO2 Expression Increases in Human Obesity but Is Not Related to Systemic Insulin Sensitivity by David Bradley, Joey Liu, Alecia Blaszczak, Valerie Wright, Anahita Jalilvand, Bradley Needleman, Sabrena Noria, David Renton, Willa Hsueh

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Konsep Decision Tree Reptree untuk Melakukan Optimasi Rule dalam Fuzzy Inference System Tsukamoto by Tundo Tundo, Shofwatul 'Uyun

“…Konsep dari decision tree REPTree adalah konsep awal dari decision tree J48 yang kemudian mengalami pemangkasan kembali, sehingg rule yang yang terbentuk lebih minimal dan praktis. Rule yang minimal dan praktis belum tentu dapat dikatakan terbaik, untuk membuktikan hal itu perlu adanya uji coba dan pembuktian. …”
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The reliably stable neural network controllers' synthesis with the transient process parameters optimization by Serhii Vladov, Anatoliy Sachenko, Victoria Vysotska, Yevhen Volkanin, Dmytro Kukharenko, Danylo Severynenko

“…A system of constraints was developed that considers the control signal and stability conditions to minimize the system stabilization time. The results confirmed the proposed approach's effectiveness in increasing engine adaptability and energy efficiency in various operating modes.…”
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Advancing Horticultural Crop Loss Reduction Through Robotic and AI Technologies: Innovations, Applications, and Practical Implications by H. W. Gammanpila, M. A. Nethmini Sashika, S. V. G. N. Priyadarshani

“…Consequently, farmers can adopt preventive measures, minimizing losses and optimizing resource utilization. …”
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NC-Smarandache Ruled Surface and NW-Smarandache Ruled Surface according to Alternative Moving Frame in E3 by Soukaina Ouarab

“…The main results of the study are presented in theorems that give necessary and sufficient conditions for those special surfaces to be developable and minimal. Finally, an example with illustrations is presented.…”
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The Optimal Dispatch of Traffic and Patrol Police Service Platforms by Ke Quan Zhao, Li Luo, Yuan Mei Xia

“…The objective is to minimize the longest time of the dispatch for Traffic and Patrol Police Service Platforms. …”
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