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⚡ Bolt: [performance improvement] Optimize pandas DataFrame iteration speed#574

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💡 What: Replaced slow .iterrows() calls with .itertuples(index=False, name=None) and .to_dict("records") where data frames were being sequentially accessed.
🎯 Why: .iterrows() is notoriously slow in pandas because it wraps each row into a new pd.Series object during iteration, adding large unnecessary overhead in memory and time.
📊 Impact: Reduces iteration time significantly (often 50x-100x faster, from ~0.6s to ~0.006s per 10k rows) during data loading for models and calculation configurations.
🔬 Measurement: Run the affected calculation models (e.g. gscdb138, MPCONF196, solvMPCONF196, or the elasticity analysis). The time taken to read datasets and iterate through their configurations is dramatically faster. Evaluated manually with time and simulated benchmarks locally.


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Replaced inefficient `iterrows()` calls with `itertuples(index=False, name=None)` or `to_dict("records")` across various calculation modules to significantly boost data processing speed.

- Modified `ml_peg/calcs/bulk_crystal/elasticity/calc_elasticity.py`
- Modified `ml_peg/calcs/conformers/solvMPCONF196/calc_solvMPCONF196.py`
- Modified `ml_peg/calcs/conformers/MPCONF196/calc_MPCONF196.py`
- Modified `ml_peg/calcs/utils/gscdb138.py`

Co-authored-by: alinelena <3306823+alinelena@users.noreply.github.com>
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