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hybrids, etc ; carbon; energy efficiency; temperature; thermal energy; water storage; water supply; weather; Show all 8 Subjects
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... The integration of thermal energy storage in chilled water systems is an effective way to improve energy efficiency and is essential for achieving carbon emission reduction. However, the commonly used large-scale thermal energy storage needs significantly larger space, which hinders the wide application of thermal storage in large number of existing buildings. Unlike previous studies, this study i ...
hybrids, etc ; Canis lupus; Passeriformes; algorithms; data collection; energy; forests; neural networks; prediction; wind power; Show all 10 Subjects
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... Offshore wind power prediction is the basis for safe operation and grid dispatch. However, it is difficult due to the high volatility. Aiming at the three shortcomings of current methods: lack of analysis of the impact of multiple variables; the reconstruction method of decomposition components often adopts the summation method; the traditional machine learning prediction methods are not accurate ...
hybrids, etc ; chemical composition; coproducts; cultivars; dietary fiber; faba beans; fractionation; hulling; particle size; starch; Show all 10 Subjects
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... Air-currents assisted particle separation (ACAPS) of faba beans prior to wet separation was evaluated for its impact on chemical composition, yield and recovery of protein, starch and dietary fibre, and protein secondary structural changes. The protein and dietary fibre contents of faba bean cultivars Snowbird and Athena were positively correlated (r = 0.9, P < 0.0001) with the increasing particle ...
... Sealing treatment is an effective method to prolong the service life of Fe-based amorphous coatings for steel substrates. Common sealants always have the disadvantages of releasing amounts of volatile organic compounds (VOC) and are expensive, prompting researchers to develop an eco-friendly, low cost and high-performance sealant. However, their simultaneous improvement is restricted by some inevi ...
Cristiano Weinert; Rogério Oliveira de Sousa; Edegar Mateus Bortowski; Maicon Lages Campelo; David da Silva Pacheco; Lucas Vasconcellos dos Santos; Sidnei Deuner; Glaciele Barbosa Valente; André Barros Matos; Veronica Lemos Vargas; Amanda Posselt Martins; Flávio Anastácio de Oliveira Camargo; Filipe Selau Carlos
hybrids, etc ; Trifolium resupinatum; agronomy; cover crops; fallow; field experimentation; grain yield; irrigation; legumes; nitrogen; oxygen; rice; soil; soil minerals; winter; Brazil; Show all 16 Subjects
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... In high-yield irrigated rice systems, options for legume cover crops with the capacity for biological nitrogen (N) fixation in the period between harvest have been sought. However, options are limited due to excess water and low oxygen level in the soil. The persian clover (Trifolium resupinatum) is an exception as it is a promising species due to its adaptation to waterlogged soils. Thus, the obj ...
... The flavor of ‘Yali’ pear fruits has substantially declined recently as a result of poor pollination tree selection. Xenia effect is a powerful mechanism for regulating aroma production. To study the effect of different pollens on aroma quality and the molecular basis of xenia effect in ‘Yali’ pear fruits, ‘Hongnanguo’ and ‘Xuehuali’ were used as pollinizers, and the hybrid fruits were named YH an ...
hybrids, etc ; disulfide bonds; fluorescence; food industry; gel strength; gelation; gels; heat treatment; hydrocolloids; hydrophobicity; microstructure; solubility; soy protein isolate; storage modulus; texture; thermal stability; water holding capacity; zeta potential; Show all 18 Subjects
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... Soy protein isolate (SPI) is widely used in the food industry as a gelling agent due to its high water-holding capacity and gelation. As a key in elucidating the structure-function relationships of SPI, subunit composition can explain many functional properties of soy protein. In this study, to explore the influence of α and α′ subunits on the gel properties of soy protein, the gel strength and wa ...
hybrids, etc ; Epinephelus fuscoguttatus; allometry; antioxidant activity; aquaculture; blood serum; body length; body weight; glutathione peroxidase; grouper; heterosis; histopathology; hybridization; immunoglobulins; liver; lysozyme; malondialdehyde; muscles; superoxide dismutase; survival rate; temperature; China; Show all 22 Subjects
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... Hybridization is a widely used and effective method in grouper breeding. In this study, we constructed full-sib families of brown-marbled grouper (Epinephelus fuscoguttatus), Jinhu grouper (E. fuscoguttatus ♀ × E. tukula ♂), and Hulong grouper (E. fuscoguttatus ♀ × E. lanceolatus ♂) and compared the growth characteristics under industrial conditions. The body weight of Jinhu grouper was 1.49 times ...
hybrids, etc ; acidification; batteries; clean energy; computer software; databases; ecotoxicology; electric motors; energy; environmental assessment; environmental impact; eutrophication; fuels; hydrogen fuel cells; inventories; life cycle assessment; lithium; oxidation; ozonosphere; photochemistry; polymers; propellers; Show all 22 Subjects
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... This study investigates the environmental impacts of using two different power groups in a fixed-wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). The first power group consists of a conventional electric motor, a lithium polymer battery and a propeller. The second power group is the hybrid power group formed by adding the Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) fuel cell. The life cycle assessment (LCA) method is appli ...
hybrids, etc ; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; X-ray diffraction; X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy; azo dyes; catalysts; electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy; energy-dispersive X-ray analysis; hot water treatment; magnetism; mass spectrometry; pH; pollution; reaction mechanisms; temperature; thermogravimetry; wastewater; China; Show all 18 Subjects
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... Wastewater containing an azo dye Orange G (OG) causes massive environmental pollution, thus it is critical to develop a highly effective, environmental-friendly, and reusable catalyst in peroxymonosulfate (PMS) activation for OG degradation. In this work, we successfully applied a magnetic MnFe₂O₄/α-MnO₂ hybrid fabricated by a simple hydrothermal method for OG removal in water. The characteristics ...
... Prior research shows that trademarks positively relate to startups' growth and survival. However, empirical evidence on the impact of intellectual property rights (IPRs), especially trademarks, on the development of social startups' hybrid outcomes is limited. Our study aims to fill this gap by investigating how early trademarking relates to the sustainability and economic outcomes of social start ...
... Recent extreme events trigger tremendous concerns on distribution system resilience. Meanwhile, high penetration of inverter-interfaced distributed generators (DGs) and diversified source and load mix facilitate the development and implementation of hybrid AC and DC distribution networks (HDNs). This paper proposes a deep reinforcement learning-based (DRL) approach for distribution network reconfi ...
Bob Doherty; Maria Bryant; Katherine Denby; Ioan Fazey; Sarah Bridle; Corinna Hawkes; Michelle Cain; Steven Banwart; Lisa Collins; Kate Pickett; Myles Allen; Peter Ball; Grace Gardner; Esther Carmen; Maddie Sinclair; Alana Kluczkovski; Ulrike Ehgartner; Belinda Morris; Anthonia James; Christopher Yap; Eugyen Suzanne Om; Annie Connolly
... This paper provides an outline of a new interdisciplinary project called FixOurFood, funded through UKRI’s ‘Transforming UK food systems’ programme. FixOurFood aims to transform the Yorkshire food system to a regenerative food system and will work to answer two main questions: (1) What do regenerative food systems look like? (2) How can transformations be enabled so that we can achieve a regenerat ...
... Recessive disturbance can gradually lead to machine idling and production status deviation. Its instant influence on system performance is often insignificant. Still, it can be accumulated over time, consequently causing considerable unnecessary carbon emission and flexible system performance degradation, which brings many difficulties to production managers to make a timely and effective response ...
... Grain filling is the determined physiological process for the yield obtainment of cereal crops. The grain filling characteristics of 50 maize brand hybrids released from 1964 to 2014 in China were assayed across multi-environments. We found that the grain filling duration (54.46%) and rate (43.40%) at the effective grain filling phase greatly contributed to the final performance of hundred-kernel ...
... Semantic segmentation of remote sensing imagery (RSI) has obtained great success with the development of deep convolutional neural networks (DCNNs). However, most of the existing algorithms focus on designing end-to-end DCNNs, but neglecting to consider the difficulty of segmentation in imbalance categories, especially for minority categories in RSI, which limits the performance of RSI semantic se ...
... To accommodate a higher penetration of distributed energy resources, distribution systems are moving toward hybrid AC/DC configurations for secure and economic operation. In this regard, this paper proposes a forecasting-aided state estimator (FASE) for hybrid AC/DC distribution systems to obtain accurate estimates for online security monitoring and control. The proposed FASE is designed in a dist ...
... Government-led housing is linked explicitly to building socially just and environmentally sustainable cities. However, marrying justice and sustainability remains an intractable challenge. This paper reveals how this challenge is both conceptual and practical. This review considers the hybrid notion of just sustainability and how these ideas are reflected within government-led housing, using South ...
... Despite several decades’ effort to detect and identify phytoplasmas (Mollicutes) using PCR and Sanger sequencing focusing on diseased plants, knowledge of phytoplasma biodiversity and vector associations remains highly incomplete. To improve protocols for documenting phytoplasma diversity and ecology, we used DNA extracted from phloem-feeding insects and compared traditional Sanger sequencing with ...
... Can a service-delivery-born development NGO become a campaigning organisation? The short answer is “yes, but”. In the past decade, ActionAid made bold steps, such as shifting its global strategy towards campaigning, developing an international network of campaigners, and using non-campaign functions such as programmes and fundraising to mobilise unusual activists. However, these happened in a cont ...