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Experimental study on microwave pyrolysis of eucalyptus camaldulensis leaves: a promising approach for bio-oil recovery
Eucalyptus species are extensively cultivated trees commonly used for timber production, firewood, paper manufacturing, and essential nutrient extraction, while lacking consumption of the leaves increases soil...
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Open AccessCausal impact of DNA methylation on refracture in elderly individuals with osteoporosis – a prospective cohort study
Osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCF) in the elderly increase refracture risk post-surgery, leading to higher mortality rates. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified susceptibilit...
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First-Principles Study of Oxygen Evolution Reaction on Ir with Different Coordination Numbers Anchoring at Specific Sites of Co3O4 (111) Surface
Anchoring noble metals to non-noble metals oxide to create single-atom catalysts (SACs) was an appealing approach to improve atomic efficiency and catalyst activity with simultaneous reduction of cost. However...
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Microwave-assisted pyrolysis of plastics for aviation oil production: energy and economic analyses
Microwave-assisted pyrolysis is an effective method for recycling plastic wastes into oils that can be used for aviation fuels. In this study, energy and economic analyses of aviation oil production from micro...
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When cancer survivors are also caregivers: well-being of “dual-role” cancer survivors
As the life expectancy of cancer survivors continues to improve, cancer survivors start or resume their life roles as caregivers themselves. We aim to assess the associations between caregiving, cancer diagnos...
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Energy and exergy performances of low-density polyethylene plastic particles assisted by microwave heating
Plastic waste can exist naturally for hundreds of thousands of years and harm humans, animals, and the environment. In this study, the energy and exergy performances (absorbed energy, energy efficiency, absorb...
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Quantitative risk analysis of sediment heavy metals using the positive matrix factorization-based ecological risk index method: a case of the Kuye River, China
Identifying the sources of heavy metals (HMs) in river sediments is crucial to effectively mitigate sediment HM pollution and control its associated ecological risks in coal-mining areas. In this study, ecolog...
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Open AccessPorous carbon material production from microwave-assisted pyrolysis of peanut shell
Due to the complex porous structure, biochar usually has good adsorption capacity. Therefore, compared with direct combustion, conversion of peanut shell into biochar by pyrolysis is considered to be an enviro...
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Open AccessContinuous electroproduction of formate via CO2 reduction on local symmetry-broken single-atom catalysts
Atomic-level coordination engineering is an efficient strategy for tuning the catalytic performance of single-atom catalysts (SACs). However, their rational design has so far been plagued by the lack of a univ...
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Heating performances of corn straw particle with/without SiC particle in a microwave chamber
The amount of biomass production each year is huge, and microwave-assisted pyrolysis of biomass to obtain biogas, bio-oil, and biochar is a promising method. In this study, silicon carbide (SiC) was selected a...
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Uncovering genomic and transcriptional variations facilitates utilization of wild resources in cotton disease resistance improvement
Upland cotton wild/landraces represent a valuable resource for disease resistance alleles. Genetic differentiation between genotypes, as well as variation in Verticillium wilt (VW) resistance, has been poorly ...
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Open AccessGenome-wide association analysis reveals a novel pathway mediated by a dual-TIR domain protein for pathogen resistance in cotton
Verticillium wilt is one of the most devasting diseases for many plants, leading to global economic loss. Cotton is known to be vulnerable to its fungal pathogen, Verticillium dahliae, yet the related genetic mec...
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Influence of the Conductivity of Polymer Matrix on the Photocatalytic Activity of PAN–PANI–ZIF8 Electrospun Fiber Membranes
The conductivity of photocatalyst itself or its contacted media has a positive effect on the photocatalytic performance of the resultant photocatalytic composite materials. However, the relationship between th...
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Distribution, sources, and ecological risk assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in surface water in the coal mining area of northern Shaanxi, China
This study investigated the spatial distribution, pollution source, and ecological risk of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the Kuye River, which is a typical river in the mining area of China, 16 pr...
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H2O2 generation from O2 and H2O on a near-infrared absorbing porphyrin supramolecular photocatalyst
Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is an important industrial chemical and also a possible energy carrier. Photocatalytic synthesis of H2O2 is an attractive alternative to the anthraquinone process, but current catalyst sy...
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A Double Deep Q-Network-Enabled Two-Layer Adaptive Work Package Scheduling Approach
Adaptive project scheduling is paramount for project success. However, it is challenging for industrialized construction (IC) projects to their fragmentation with spatial-temporal distributed work packages (e....
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Open AccessA Distributed Attribute Reduction Algorithm for High-Dimensional Data under the Spark Framework
Attribute reduction is an important issue in rough set theory. However, the rough set theory-based attribute reduction algorithms need to be improved to deal with high-dimensional data. A distributed version o...
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Open AccessCommunity detection based on similarities of communication behavior in IP networks
Communities are an important feature of real-world networks that can reveal the structure and dynamic characteristics of networks. Accordingly, the accurate detection and analysis of the community structure in...
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A Robust Lightweight Deepfake Detection Network Using Transformers
Deepfake detection attracts widespread attention in the computer vision field. Existing efforts achieve outstanding progress, but there are still significant unresolved issues. Coarse-grained local and global ...
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Numerical simulation and parameter study of ejector in casing gas recovery system
In order to recover casing gas efficiently and safely, a new scheme is proposed to recover casing gas by using an ejector. The influence of the nozzle diameter and the distance from nozzle to throat on the per...
