Deep Learning Framework for Oil Shale Pyrolysis State Recognition Using Bionic Electronic Nose by Yuping Yuan, Xiaohui Weng, Yuheng Qiao, Xiaohu Shi, Zhiyong Chang

“…Abstract Real-time monitoring of the pyrolysis state of oil shale is crucial for precisely controlling heating temperature and duration, which can significantly reduce extraction costs. However, due to the complexity of in-situ environments, this task is highly challenging and remains one of the key technological barriers in in-situ mining. …”
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Progress in source-sink matching and safety evaluation of CO2 geological sequestration by LI Shilun,TANG Yong,DUAN Shengcai,QIN Jiazheng,CHEN Yinuo,LIU Yaxin,ZHENG Peng,ZHAO Guoqing

“…This paper summarizes the development process of China's CO2 geological sequestration technique from three aspects, economic boundaries of sequestration technology, source-sink matching technology, and sequestration safety and monitoring, reviews the economic costs of CCUS technology in the capture, transportation, injection and burial period, and further summarizes the current technical and economic boundaries and influencing factors of each period. …”
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Photostabilization of Phenoxyacetic Acid Herbicides MCPA and Mecoprop by Hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin by Cátia Costa, Sílvia Maia, Paulo Silva, Jorge Garrido, Fernanda Borges, E. Manuela Garrido

“…New strategies to reduce the environmental and economic costs of pesticides use are currently under study. …”
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High-quality CAD model as a prerequisite for digitalisation of CNC machining process by Ivana Linkeová, Jakub Müller, Michal Stejskal

“…Digitalisation and automation are currently being introduced to CNC machining to increase efficiency and reduce production costs. This trend can result in reduced quality of the final product, especially in CNC machining of molds with complex shapes, where additional manual interventions such as grinding are often necessary. …”
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A Two-Layer User Energy Management Strategy for Virtual Power Plants Based on HG-Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning by Sen Tian, Qian Xiao, Tianxiang Li, Zibo Wang, Ji Qiao, Hong Zhu, Wenlu Ji

“…Case study results indicate that the proposed method leads to a reduction in user costs and an increase in VPP profit.…”
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THE EXPERIMENTAL MODEL OF DISC-PUMP FOR MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT by A. M. Chernyavskiy, T. M. Ruzmatov, A. V. Fomichev, A. E. Medvedev, Y. M. Prikhodko, V. M. Fomin, V. P. Fomichev, V. P. Chekhov

“…However, the acquisition of foreign systems is associated with the excessive fi nancial costs. In addition, nowadays, there is no system that would meet all medical and technical requirements in full, and at the same time, would be of high safety for the patient. …”
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Carbon Credit Earned by Rooftop PV Systems: Assessing Opportunities for Carbon Market Adoption in the Ecuadorian Context by Ruben Hidalgo-Leon, Jose Campoverde-Gil, Jaqueline Litardo, Miguel Torres, Maria Luisa Granda, Viviana Villavicencio, Scarleth Vasconcelos, Cristian A. Hernandez, Juan Solano-Aguirre, Pritpal Singh, Guillermo Soriano

“…While these additional revenues improved the Net Present Value (NPV) of the 166 kWp system, the overall NPV remained negative due to the high initial investment costs.…”
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Metabolically engineered plant cell cultures as biofactories for the production of high-value carotenoids astaxanthin and canthaxanthin by Bárbara A. Rebelo, M. Rita Ventura, Rita Abranches

“…However, natural sources are limited and current production methods are often costly or unsustainable. In this study, we developed a plant-based platform for ketocarotenoid biosynthesis using metabolically engineered Nicotiana tabacum BY-2 cell suspension cultures. …”
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RoSe-Mix: Robust and Secure Deep Neural Network Watermarking in Black-Box Settings via Image Mixup by Tamara El Hajjar, Mohammed Lansari, Reda Bellafqira, Gouenou Coatrieux, Katarzyna Kapusta, Kassem Kallas

“…Due to their considerable costs, deep neural networks (DNNs) are valuable assets that need to be protected in terms of intellectual property (IP). …”
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International Home Dialysis Consortium: Declaration Advocating for the Promotion of Home Dialysis Globally by Edwina A. Brown, Vivekanand Jha, Sunita Bavanandan, Christopher T. Chan, Simon Davies, Ana Figueirido, Adrian Liew, Magdalena Madero, Abdou Niang, Rajnish Mehrotra, Sandip Mitra, Peter Rutherford, Anjali Saxena, Brigitte Schiller, Claus Peter Schmitt, Sydney C.W. Tang, Irma Tchokhonelidze

“…The use of home dialysis (peritoneal dialysis [PD] and home hemodialysis [HHD]) is variable in high-income countries despite its known lifestyle benefits and lower costs, and is unavailable or underused in many lower-income countries, where PD could increase access to dialysis. …”
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Advancing Ceramic Membrane Technology for Sustainable Treatment of Mining Discharge: Challenges and Future Directions by Seyedeh Laleh Dashtban Kenari, Saviz Mortazavi, Sanaz Mosadeghsedghi, Charbel Atallah, Konstantin Volchek

“…Future research should focus on enhancing capital costs, developing more effective membrane configurations, modifying membrane outer layers, evaluating the long-term stability of the membrane performance, and exploring water recycling during mineral processing.…”
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Limited-Preemption EDF Scheduling for Multi-Phase Secure Tasks by Standaert, Benjamin, Raadia, Fatima, Sudvarg, Marion, Baruah, Sanjoy, Chantem, Thidapat, Fisher, Nathan, Gill, Christopher

“…Under MPS, task phases reflect execution using different security mechanisms which each have associated execution time costs for startup and teardown. We develop corresponding limited-preemption EDF scheduling algorithms and associated pseudo-polynomial schedulability tests for constrained-deadline MPS tasks. …”
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The transformation of agriculture in China: Looking back and looking forward by Xiao-qiang JIAO, Nyamdavaa Mongol, Fu-suo ZHANG

“…Due to the growing population and changing dietary requirements, increasing food production must be achieved by increasing resource use efficiency while minimizing environmental costs. We propose two novel development pathways that can potentially sustain agricultural crop production in the next few decades: (i) enhancing nutrient use efficiency with zero increase in chemical fertilizer input until 2020 and (ii) concurrently increasing grain yield and nutrient use efficiency for sustainable intensification with integrated nutrient management after 2020. …”
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FE-P Net: An Image-Enhanced Parallel Density Estimation Network for Meat Duck Counting by Huanhuan Qin, Wensheng Teng, Mingzhou Lu, Xinwen Chen, Ye Erlan Xieermaola, Saydigul Samat, Tiantian Wang

“…Traditional object detection methods for meat duck counting suffer from high manual costs, low image quality, and varying object sizes. …”
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Systematic Literature Review of electric vehicles within the expansion planning of electrical power systems by Rachel da Costa Oliveira Santos, Tiago Pires Abud, Yona Lopes, Bruno Soares Moreira Cesar Borba

“…In addition, this work highlights research gaps, such as incorporating the necessary costs to adapt a charging system into a smart one within expansion planning, and accounting for the impacts on battery lifespan when using Vehicle-To-Grid (V2G) scheme.…”
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Clean and green: the multifaceted solution of the electrocoagulation technology in emerging contaminants in wastewater by Nelson Oshogwue Etafo, Daniel Gbenga Adekanmi, Olaolu Samuel Awobifa, José Refugio Parga Torres, Luis Angel Ibarra Herrera, Oluwaseyi Abidemi Awobifa

“…Comparative analysis highlights EC's superior performance, broader applicability, lower costs, and less sludge, aligning with sustainable wastewater management. …”
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Cup and Disc Segmentation in Smartphone Handheld Ophthalmoscope Images with a Composite Backbone and Double Decoder Architecture by Thiago Paiva Freire, Geraldo Braz Júnior, João Dallyson Sousa de Almeida, José Ribamar Durand Rodrigues Junior

“…However, screening programs in primary care are costly and unfeasible. Neural network models have been used to segment optic nerve structures, assisting physicians in this task and reducing fatigue. …”
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Functional gold nanoparticles in diagnosis and treatment of cancer: A systematic review by Bingrui Li, Maihemuti Yakufu, Ru Xie, Hanfei Peng, Xiaohu Mi, Hairegu Tuxun

“…Nanotechnology-driven cancer diagnosis and treatment are emerging approaches widely adopted in early cancer diagnosis and treatment, effectively addressing the high costs, potential radiation risks, and sensitivity limitations of traditional methods. …”
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Deformation behavior and fracture mechanism of magnesium foil under low-temperature on-line heating rolling by Qiuyan Shen, Peng Zhang, Yi Liu, Yongxing Ba, Jiangfeng Song, Bin Jiang

“…The preparation of magnesium (Mg) foils involves complex and labor-intensive rolling processes, along with a significant occurrence of defects such as fractures, which notably escalate production costs. In this study, high-purity magnesium, recognized for its excellent battery performance, was used as the initial sheet. …”
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PixMed-Enhancer: An Efficient Approach for Medical Image Augmentation by M. J. Aashik Rasool, Akmalbek Abdusalomov, Alpamis Kutlimuratov, M. J. Akeel Ahamed, Sanjar Mirzakhalilov, Abror Shavkatovich Buriboev, Heung Seok Jeon

“…AI-powered medical imaging faces persistent challenges, such as limited datasets, class imbalances, and high computational costs. To overcome these barriers, we introduce PixMed-Enhancer, a novel conditional GAN that integrates the ghost module into its encoder—a pioneering approach that achieves efficient feature extraction while significantly reducing the computational complexity without compromising the performance. …”
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