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A significant proportion of antimicrobial agents, such as different antibiotics discharged into the environment via human and animal waste, poses significant problems for ecological balance and human health. Moreover, widespread overuse and misuse of antibiotics have led to antibiotic-resistant bacteria (superbugs), which is one of the biggest global health problems in the 21st century. Since the utilization of solar energy, which is an abundant and natural resource for the photocatalytic system, we report the design of a photothermal–photocatalytic dual-functional light absorber-based ternary heterostructure using plasmonic gold nanoparticle (AuNP)-anchored WO3 nanoplatelet (WO3 NPL)-decorated reduced graphene oxide (r-GO) (AuNP/WO3 NPL/r-GO), which exhibits strong absorption between 400 and 900 nm regions and has the capability for the sunlight-driven 100% degradation of doxycycline antibiotics. Herein, we show that due to the excellent photothermal performance of AuNP and r-GO in the heterostructure, the local temperature increased under 785 NIR nm light irradiation, which boosted the photocatalytic degradation reaction kinetics for doxycycline antibiotics via enhancing the transfer of “hot carriers” and the formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Furthermore, experimental data indicate that by integrating photothermal–photocatalytic materials, sunlight can be used for 100% doxycycline antibiotic degradation after 80 min of light irradiation. Moreover, we demonstrate that the ternary heterostructure can be used for sunlight-based 100% inactivation of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae Escherichia coli (CRE E. coli) and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) superbugs by just exposing them to light for 60 min. This study sheds light on the construction of photothermally assisted photocatalytic ternary heterostructures for high-efficiency sunlight-driven degradation of antibiotics and superbugs. 

In this paper, we investigate the career path prediction of an individual in the future. This benefits a variety of application in the industry including enhancing human resources, career guidance, and keeping track of future trends. To this end, we collected a dataset via LinkedIn network, with the job position and the job domain for each individual. There are many attributes related to historical background for each individual. For the career prediction, we investigate six different multi-class multi-output classification methods. Via the benchmark suite, the best classifier achieves an accuracy rate of 91.21% and 95.97% for the job domain and the job position, respectively. 

Economic Dispatch aims to minimize the total cost of operation/generation of microgrids while meeting all the defined constraints. Since microgrids consist of distributed generators, it is imperative for these generators to communicate seamlessly with each other without any losses and to ensure secure operation of the microgrid. With the use of distributed generators, noise is inherent in the system. This paper focuses on including noises as a constraint in an islanded microgrid to find a better economic dispatch solution. It also introduces a STATCOM controller for reactive power management. The controller will help provide stability to the microgrid's voltage, output power and phase angle. This will enhance the microgrid's performance and make it a more resilient system. 

Economic Dispatch is an important problem in the operation of microgrids. It aims to minimize the total cost of operation/generation of microgrids while meeting all the defined constraints. Since microgrids consist of distributed generators, it is imperative for these generators to communicate seamlessly with each other without any losses and to ensure secure operation of the microgrid. With use of distributed generators, noise is inherent in the system. Most of the economic dispatch problems do not include noise in their analysis while finding a relevant solution. This paper focuses on including noises as a constraint in grid connected mode microgrids to find a better economic dispatch solution. This will enhance the microgrid's performance and make it a more resilient system.