Field report: mitigating ammonia emissions using a novel atomizing air cleansing technology by James McNaughton, Wendy Attuquayefio, Michael Roberts

“…Atomization in combination with ventilation strategies might help to optimize broiler growth while minimizing environmental stress and the negative effects of odor and anorexia on broiler chickens.…”
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Effect of discharge parameters on surface integrity and microstructure in electro discharge layering of Ni–Cr composite coating on AA2024 aluminium alloy by C. Asokan, U. Elaiyarasan, Malinee Sriariyanun, P. Baranitharan, S. R. Kalaivani

“…The highest DR of 0.435 g/min was achieved at 7 A, 75 µs, and 6 µs, while the lowest SR of 3.59 µm was recorded. SR increased with rising Ton and Toff values but decreased with increasing I. …”
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Prediction of the shelf life of porang chips and flour using a mathematical model of water mass transfer by Sri Rahayoe, Rossy Pratiwi Diposari, Fajryah Dian Munawwaroh, Devi Yuni Susanti, Nursigit Bintoro

“…After 90 days, porang chips declined from Grade I to Grade II, while porang flour dropped from Top Grade to First Grade. …”
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Anthelmintic Activity and Pathophysiological Effect of Allium sativum Extract–Based Copper Nanoparticles Against the Carcinogenic Liver Fluke, Opisthorchis viverrini by Patpicha Arunsan, Phornphitcha Pechdee, Sirichai Phinsiri, Alisa Boonsuya, Chutharat Thanchonnang, Nav La, Nattawut Keeratibharat, Nathkapach Kaewpitoon Rattanapitoon, Schawanya Kaewpitoon Rattanapitoon

“…The result of FTIR analysis confirmed stable interactions between garlic extract and CuNPs, while GC-MS identified disulfide derivatives with anti-inflammatory properties as the primary compounds. …”
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Mapping Polyclonal HIV-1 Antibody Responses via Next-Generation Neutralization Fingerprinting. by Nicole A Doria-Rose, Han R Altae-Tran, Ryan S Roark, Stephen D Schmidt, Matthew S Sutton, Mark K Louder, Gwo-Yu Chuang, Robert T Bailer, Valerie Cortez, Rui Kong, Krisha McKee, Sijy O'Dell, Felicia Wang, Salim S Abdool Karim, James M Binley, Mark Connors, Barton F Haynes, Malcolm A Martin, David C Montefiori, Lynn Morris, Julie Overbaugh, Peter D Kwong, John R Mascola, Ivelin S Georgiev

“…Computational neutralization fingerprinting, NFP, is an efficient and accurate method for predicting the epitope specificities of polyclonal antibody responses to HIV-1 infection. …”
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Fabrication of ZnFe2O4@g-C3N4 for enhanced photo-fenton effect and visible light-driven organic dye degradation by Leyan Li, Wang Jianhua, Huihui Fang

“…BET analysis revealed a high specific surface area ( 855.9 m2/g) due to the mesoporous architecture, while TEM further elucidated efficient electron transport at the heterojunction interface. …”
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Prevalence and Risk Factors of Iron Deficiency Among Female Athletes in Sulaymaniyah District, Kurdistan Region of Iraq by Gaziza Hassan Marouf, Hisham Arif Getta, Ahmed Farhan Shallal, Aveen M. Raouf Abdulqader

“…Of the participants, 25 (20.8%) had low ferritin levels (<10 ng/ml), indicating iron deficiency, while 95 (79.2%) had normal ferritin levels (10-291 ng/ml). …”
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Performance Evaluation and Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Nine Reanalysis and Remote Sensing Evapotranspiration Products in China by Yujie Liu, Wen Wang, Tianqing Zhao, Zhiyuan Huo

“…We tried to merge three optimal data products (ETMonitor, PML_V2, and SiTHv2) using the triple collocation analysis method to improve the ET estimation, but the results showed that the improvement by the data fusion approach is marginal. …”
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DGCFNet: Dual Global Context Fusion Network for remote sensing image semantic segmentation by Yuan Liao, Tongchi Zhou, Lu Li, Jinming Li, Jiuhao Shen, Askar Hamdulla

“…Extensive experiments on the Vaihingen, Potsdam, and BLU datasets have shown that the proposed DGCFNet method can achieve better segmentation performance, with mIoU reaching 82.20%, 83.84% and 68.87%, respectively.…”
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From Signal to Safety: A Data-Driven Dual Denoising Model for Reliable Assessment of Blasting Vibration Impacts by Miao Sun, Jing Wu, Junkai Yang, Li Wu, Yani Lu, Hang Zhou

“…With the acceleration of urban renewal, directional blasting has become a common method for building demolition. Analyzing the time–frequency characteristics of blast-induced seismic waves allows for the assessment of risks to surrounding structures. …”
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Review of Maglev Train Dynamics Research by WEN Yanfeng, ZHANG Weifeng, CAI Wenfeng, XU Hao

“…[Objective] To ensure the operational stability and safety of maglev trains, current research achievements in China and abroad on maglev train dynamics performance are summarized, while prospecting future research directions. [Method] Based on UM (universal mechanism) dynamics simulation software, research findings on various aspects, including vehicle suspension parameters, suspension frame structures, multi-unit train dynamics, active suspension control algorithms, passive suspension fitting models, vehicle-track dynamics, train dynamics under crosswind loads, and bridge dynamic responses are summarized, and future research directions are prospected. …”
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CARROT SEED GROWING THROUGH WINTERING SEEDLINGS by A. P. Zvedenuk, D. F. Futchedzhi

“…The plants under agrotextile reached 28 cm a high and had 5-7 well-developed leaves, while those on the open plot were at phase of active foliage growing about 10-13 cm. long. …”
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The realized efficacy of indoor residual spraying campaigns falls quickly below the recommended WHO threshold when coverage, pace of spraying and residual efficacy on different wal... by Lucia Fernández Montoya, Mara Máquina, Helena Martí-Soler, Ellie Sherrard-Smith, Celso Alafo, Mercy Opiyo, Kiba Comiche, Beatriz Galatas, Silvie Huijben, Lizette L Koekemoer, Shüné V Oliver, Francois Maartens, Dulcisaria Marrenjo, Nelson Cuamba, Pedro Aide, Francisco Saúte, Krijn P Paaijmans

“…The district-level realized IRS efficacy was 113 days after the 2016 campaign. While the coverage of IRS campaigns in Magude were high, IRS protection did not remain optimal for the entire high malaria transmissions season. …”
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Zein-Gum Arabic Loaded with Dihydromyricetin: Preparation and Analysis of Nanoparticles by Dawei CHANG, Jiayi CAO, Na REN, Huxuan WANG, Yujiao SUN, Wen SHEN, Sendi SARA

“…The anti-solvent precipitation method was used to develop a Zein-gum Arabic (GA) nano nutrient delivery system with DMY as the core material and Zein as the carrier. …”
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Spatiotemporal evolution and driving factors of ecosystem services based on InVEST-OPGD model: a case study in Kunming by Yuanyuan Zhang, Kouqiang Zhang, Shu’na Wei, Kebin Wang, Haisheng Li

“…Taking Kunming, a key city in southwest China, as the study area, combined with the the changes of land use and vegetation cover from 2000 to 2020, used the InVEST model and spatial autocorrelation analysis method to analyze the spatial and temporal evolution of four ecosystem services (ESs) of water yield (WY), soil conservation (SC), carbon storage (CS), and habitat quality (HQ) from 2000 to 2020, and the Optimal Parameters-based Geographical Detector (OPGD) model was used to explore its driving factors. …”
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Dual-Layer Energy Management Strategy for a Hybrid Energy Storage System to Enhance PHEV Performance by Haobin Jiang, Yang Zhao, Shidian Ma

“…In the upper layer, an equivalent fuel consumption minimization method is applied to optimize the torque distribution between the engine and the motor, while the lower layer employs a rule-based strategy for power allocation between the battery and the supercapacitor. …”
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Comparative Evaluation of Decision Tree (M5) and Least Square Support Vector Machine (LS-SVM) Models for Groundwater Level Prediction in the Mashhad Plain by Vajihe Ramezani saani, Mahdi Zarei, Seyed Morteza Seyedian

“…The aim of the present study is to estimate the groundwater table level of the Mashhad plain aquifer using the decision tree model (M5) and to compare it with the least squares support vector machine model (LS-SVM) under 10 different scenarios.Method: For this purpose, monthly climatic data (precipitation, evaporation, and temperature) and groundwater level information from 60 piezometric wells over a 10-year statistical period were utilized, and the employed models were evaluated using statistics such as the coefficient of determination (R2), RMSE, and MBE.Results: The results of the LS-SVM model indicated that the highest simulation accuracy belonged to scenario 4, followed by scenario 9, while the other scenarios exhibited very low accuracy in simulating the water level. …”
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Brownian motion effects and thermophoresis on heat transmission mechanism of hybrid nano liquid flow over a stretched wedge surface by Sharanayya Swami, Suresh Biradar, Jagadish V Tawade, Vediyappan Govindan, Haewon Byeon, Busayamas Pimpunchat

“…Additionally, the Buongiorno slip parameter reduces the rate of energy transfer while amplifying thermal distributions. The thermophoresis parameter was found to influence both concentration and thermal boundary layers. …”
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Experimental Investigations on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of L-Shaped Structure Fabricated by WAAM Process of NiTi SMA by Vatsal Vaghasia, Rakesh Chaudhari, Sakshum Khanna, Jash Modi, Jay Vora

“…In the present study, an L-shaped multi-walled structure of NiTi shape memory alloy (SMA) was fabricated by using the wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) method on a titanium substrate. The present study aims to investigate the fabricated structure for microstructure, macrostructure, and mechanical properties. …”
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FS-STFNet: a few-shot adaptive spatiotemporal fusion network for short-term tropical cyclone intensity forecasting by Mengjiao Qin, Jingqi Wang, Yanshuo Wu, Yuhan Zhang, Wuxia Lin, Shoujuan Shu

“…A test applying the FS-STFNet to TCs in Northwest Pacific from 2019 to 2021 demonstrate the effectiveness and superiority compared to other methods. The model achieves optimal performance during stable TCs structures while effectively reducing biases for weak TCs or topography-affected cases through adaptive adjustments. …”
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