Review of the Urban Carbon Flux and Energy Balance Based on the Eddy Covariance Technique by Yuxuan Li, Xinli Cai, Mingjun Li, Zhen Jiang, Feifei Tang, Shaojie Zhang, Taotao Shui, Shuguang Zhu

“…Abstract In recent years, notable climate change has prompted more scholars to give more attention to urban climate development. …”
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Financial Management and Performance of SACCOS in Kisoro District: A Case Study of Chahi Dukore SACCO in Chahi Sub County. by Tuyambaze, Medad

“…The results or findings of the research study were concerning research questions and in comparison with what other researchers and scholars formally presented and corresponding interpretations of their information. …”
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The Impact of Urbanization on Lives of People in Uganda: A Case Study of Kampala City. by Byonanebye, Bright

“…The way cities have influenced and shaped social life throughout history has led scholars of urban studies to delve into the origin and development of the urban form. …”
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Hybrid power system options for off-grid rural electrification in northwestern region of Nigeria by Boluwaji Moses Olomiyesan, Onyedi David Oyedum

“…Two off-grid hybrid power systems and a stand-alone diesel generator are modeled, simulated, and analyzed for the two locations with different solar and wind energy resources using Hybrid Optimization Model for Electric Renewable (HOMER Pro 3.7.5) software. …”
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La optimización del proceso productivo de centros gastronómicos mediante ecoeficiencia: Estudio del restaurante La Turrialbeña, Costa Rica by Elizabeth Vaughn-Gómez, Karla Vetrani-Chavarría, Manfred Murrell-Blanco, Ligia Bermúdez-Hidalgo

“…Como resultado del proyecto se  determinó que en términos energéticos la reparación del sistema eléctrico existente era prioritaria para optimizar el consumo de energía, el cual se verá impactado positivamente mediante la implementación de paneles solares. En cuanto al recurso hídrico, la recuperación de agua pluvial para uso del restaurante es viable, así como la implementación de un plan de reciclaje para los residuos sólidos del centro gastronómico. …”
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Spatio-temporal Variation of Meteorological Influence on PM2.5 and PM10 over Major Urban Cities of Bangladesh by Nafisa Islam, Tarik Reza Toha, Mohammad Maksimul Islam, Tanvir Ahmed

“…In winter, the low temperature was found to favor PM accumulation, while in monsoon, high temperature causes PM rise, possibly by assisting atmospheric secondary aerosol formation. Solar radiation positively influenced atmospheric PM formation, and the influence was stronger in the northwestern region. …”
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DESIGN ANALYSIS OF AN AUTOMATIC PHASE SELECTOR by ADEDOTUN O. OWOJORI, ABIODUN M. AKINBOLADE, KAYODE F. AKINGBADE

“… Power instability in Nigeria caused by overbearing demand of power by consumers and lack of proper maintenance of the power system devices among others has brought about the need for alternative power sources such as generators, solar, typical inverters and other alternative supplies which requires one form of switching or the other to achieve phase selection during power failure. …”
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Sustainable hybrid systems for electric vehicle charging infrastructures in regional applications by Aykut Fatih Güven, Nilya Ateş, Saud Alotaibi, Thabet Alzahrani, Amare Merfo Amsal, Salah K. Elsayed

“…These findings highlight the economic and sustainable potential of renewable hybrid systems for enhancing the performance of EVCS in solar-rich regions.…”
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Internet Usage and Academic Performance of Students At Uganda Martyrs University Kabale Campus. by Niwashaba, Brendah

“…The researcher recommended that there should be provision of solar power and adequate internet services to enhance access to information needed by the students which in turn will have a positive effect on their academic performance.…”
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Thermal radiation and thermo-diffusion in Casson-ferrofluid over a magnetized porous surface: RSM analysis by S. Manjunatha, J. Santhosh Kumar, Khalil Ur Rehman, Wasfi Shatanawi, S.V.K. Varma

“…These include heat exchangers, materials research, and a host of other industries, such as food processing, solar trough collectors, and aerospace engineering. …”
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Aerosol Opto-physical Properties: Temporal Variation, Aerosol Type Discrimination and Source Identification by Amol R. Kolhe, Gajanan Raghunath Aher, Pawan S. Soyam, Sachin D. Ralegankar, Sumita Kedia, Laxman M. Chaudhari, Vivek V. Antad, Sachin D. Ghude, Pramod D. Safai, Sanjay D. Chakane, Panuganti C. S. Devara

“…Abstract Atmospheric aerosol characterization experiments were conducted, for the first time, over AC-Ahmednagar, a semi-urban location in south-west India, using a multi-spectral solar radiometer from January 2016 to May 2018. The MODIS/Terra retrieved Level-2 daily swath AOD550 nm data sets during 2011–2021 were also used to infer long-term behaviour of columnar aerosols at AC-Ahmednagar. …”
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Impact and integration of electric vehicles on renewable energy based microgrid: Frequency profile improvement by a-SCA optimized FO-Fuzzy PSS approach by Prakash Chandra Sahu

“…The performance especially frequency of an islanded AC microgrid is also affected seriously under the actions of different uncertainties like load dynamics, wind fluctuation in wind plant, solar intensity variation of PV plant etc. In order to maintain standard frequency, this research work aims to regulate the net power generation of the system in response to total demand. …”
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Investigation of factors that affect post-fire recovery of photosynthetic activity at global scale by Yicheng Shen, I. Colin Prentice, Sandy P. Harrison

“…In this study, we use solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) to estimate the recovery of photosynthetic activity after fire for more than 10,000 fires representing the range of ecosystems across the globe. …”
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SKYSURF. VI. The Impact of Thermal Variations of HST on Background Light Estimates by Isabel A. McIntyre, Timothy Carleton, Rosalia O’Brien, Rogier A. Windhorst, Sarah Caddy, Seth H. Cohen, Rolf A. Jansen, John MacKenty, Scott J. Kenyon

“…Here, we use archival Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3)/IR engineering data to investigate and model changes in the temperature of various components in HSTs optical path as a function of time (solar cycle) and time of the year (Earth–Sun distance). …”
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Year-long Concurrent MAX-DOAS Observations of Nitrogen Dioxide and Formaldehyde at Pune: Understanding Diurnal and Seasonal Variation Drivers by Mriganka Sekhar Biswas, Anoop S. Mahajan

“…HCHO also showed a morning peak ~10:00 hrs due to production from oxidation of VOCs in the presence of solar radiation. Both NO2 and HCHO show the highest average concentrations during the winter (October, November, December, January and February—ONDJF), with mean mixing ratios of 2.0 ± 1.4 ppb and 3.0 ± 1.4 ppb, respectively. …”
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Defect modeling in semiconductors: the role of first principles simulations and machine learning by Md Habibur Rahman, Arun Mannodi-Kanakkithodi

“…Vacancies, interstitials, substitutional defects, and defect complexes can form in the semiconductor lattice and significantly impact its performance in applications such as solar absorption, light emission, electronics, and catalysis. …”
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Unit commitment in microgrid systems using artificial intelligence techniques by Barnabas I. Gwaivangmin, Ganiyu A. Bakare, Ya’U S. Haruna, Abdullahi L. Amoo

“…The research focused on managing the activation of various power sources, including micro-pumped hydro storage, solar photovoltaic (PV) systems, diesel generators, and public power supply, over a 24-hour period. …”
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Silver-blend hydroxyapatite bio-ceramics for enhanced photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue by Manoj V. Junnarkar, Prateek V. Sawant, Mahadev A. Parekar, Avadhut V. Kardile, Ashish B. Thorat, Ramakant P. Joshi, Ravindra U. Mene

“…The degradation of organic dyes through photocatalysis was carried out using pure and Ag-doped HAp samples as the catalysts under solar irradiation. It is observed that the Ag-HAp photocatalysts show a better efficiency toward the degradation of methylene blue (MB) compared to malachite green or Rhodamine B. …”
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Real-time geo-decisional system for risk and disaster management in Madagascar by Rakotoarison Tsiorinantenaina René, Hajalalaina Aimé Richard

“…The proposed real-time ETL unit is composed of the capitalization of risk analysis experiments to ensure their reusability, as well as the insertion of processing parallelization to optimize the processing time of voluminous data. The real-time SOLAP unit consists of real-time cube formation using a spatial database that stores spatio-temporal data from a given point in time, with query optimization using materialized query technology. …”
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Hourly Ozone and PM2.5 Prediction Using Meteorological Data – Alternatives for Cities with Limited Pollutant Information by Felipe Cifuentes, Angel Gálvez, Carlos M. González, Mauricio Orozco-Alzate, Beatriz H. Aristizábal

“…Abstract Using statistical models, the average hourly ozone (O3) concentration was predicted from seven meteorological variables (Pearson correlation coefficient, R = 0.87–0.90), with solar radiation and temperature being the most important predictors. …”
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