Enhanced thermal performance of variable cross-section solar collectors: a case study in Santiniketan, India by Pranab Kanti Roy

“…Abstract We present analytical models for variable cross-section absorber plate solar collectors, where the thermal conductivity, overall heat loss coefficient, and incident solar heat flux are power-law functions of temperature. …”
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Analysis of Current Ratio and Debt to Equity Ratio on Return On Assets with Company Size as a Moderating Variable by Mardiyani Mardiyani, Maiyaliza Maiyaliza, Rahmat Rian Hidayat, Muhammad Dwika Pramudya

“…This means that an increased liquidity, along with the proportion of debt can reduce the efficiency and profitability of the company. Company size strengthens the effect by functioning as a moderating variable. …”
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An Operational Matrix Technique Based on Chebyshev Polynomials for Solving Mixed Volterra-Fredholm Delay Integro-Differential Equations of Variable-Order by Kamal R. Raslan, Khalid K. Ali, Emad M. H. Mohamed, Jihad A. Younis, Mohamed A. Abd El salam

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THE JUSTIFICATION OF THE EFFICIENCY OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF EDUCATION IN THE CONTEXT OF THE NATIONAL ECONOMY DEVELOPMENT by A. Vorontsova, T. A. Vasylieva, T. Mayboroda

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Efficiency of the Outpatient Diabetes Care System in Czechia: A Geodemographic Perspective by Kateřina Brázová, Luděk Šídlo, Jan Bělobrádek

“…The paper examines the intensity and structure of the use of health services and outlines the current functioning thereof in the context of diabetes care in Czechia. …”
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An innovative high-throughput genome releaser for rapid and efficient PCR screening by Guoliang Yuan, Aljon Salalila, Sungjoo Hwang, Zhiqun Daniel Deng, Zhiqun Daniel Deng, Shuang Deng

“…Additionally, we developed software to support its automated functions. Our results demonstrated that the specially engineered 96-well plate and HTGR effectively squash fungal spores, releasing sufficient genomic DNA for PCR screening with 100% efficiency. …”
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Analyzing the influence of regulatory capture on environmental efficiency within institutional frameworks by Feng Wang, Feng Wang, Farooq Muhammad Sabil, Farooq Muhammad Sabil, Nazia Feroze, Cheng Tongshun, Faisal Feroze

“…It utilizes provincial-level panel data from China and applies the Slack-Based Measure (SBM) model to assess environmental efficiency. Key institutional variables—including indicators of government quality and legal robustness—are incorporated to examine how they interact with and influence the effects of regulatory capture.ResultsFindings reveal that regulatory capture significantly hinders regional environmental efficiency. …”
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An efficient hybrid downscaling framework to estimate high-resolution river hydrodynamics by Z. Tan, D. Xu, S. Taraphdar, J. Ma, G. Bisht, L. R. Leung

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Short light/dark cycles favour photosynthetic efficiency and growth in grapevines by Mariana Gómez Tournier, Laurent Torregrosa, Jana Kändler, Angélique Christophe, Romain Boulord, Anna Medici, Anne Pellegrino

“…We evaluated photosynthetic efficiency, leaf growth, biomass production and partitioning, and resource use efficiency (water and light). …”
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Symmetric physically unclonable functions of the arbiter type by V. N. Yarmolik, A. A. Ivaniuk

“…It has been established that classical APUF uses a standard basic element that performs three functions, namely, the function of generating two random variables Generate, the function of choosing a pair of paths Select and the function of switching paths Switch, which are specified by one bit of the challenge. …”
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Structural optimization of stiffened panel structures with continuous and discrete design variables using deep reinforcement learning by Ryota NONAMI, Mitsuru KITAMURA

“…To overcome such an environment, in this study, an optimization flow for structural optimization is considered, and states, actions, and rewards appropriately representing design variables, constraint conditions, and objective functions are discussed. …”
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High-Order Spectral Method of Density Estimation for Stochastic Differential Equation Driven by Multivariate Gaussian Random Variables by Hongling Xie

“…All the presented stochastic equations are driven by bivariate Gaussian random variables. The efficiency is compared with the Monte-Carlo method based on the known random function.…”
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Comparison of Different Numerical Models for Solidification of Paraffin-Based PCMs and Evaluation of the Effect of Variable Mushy Zone Constant by Milad Tajik Jamalabad, Cristobal Cortes, Javier Pallarés, Antonia Gil, Inmaculada Arauzo

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Demonstrating Efficient and Robust Bosonic State Reconstruction via Optimized Excitation Counting by Tanjung Krisnanda, Clara Yun Fontaine, Adrian Copetudo, Pengtao Song, Kai Xiang Lee, Ni-Ni Huang, Fernando Valadares, Timothy C.H. Liew, Yvonne Y. Gao

“…In this work, we introduce an efficient and robust technique of optimized reconstruction with excitation-number sampling (ORENS) based on the idea of the generalized Q function. …”
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Data-Driven Sensitivity Analysis of the Influence of Geometric Parameterized Variables on Flow Fields Under Different Design Spaces by Xiaoyu Xu, Hongbo Chen, Chenliang Zhang, Yanhui Duan, Guangxue Wang

“…In aerodynamic shape optimization, geometric parameterized variables have a significant impact on the flow field, thereby influencing both the effectiveness and efficiency of the optimization process. …”
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Multi-UAV Cooperative Suspension Control Strategy Considering Variable Rope Length and Load Posture Coupling Effect by Yi Wang, Kang Li, Xuefu Li, Jingyu Wang, Pengbo Yu

“…On this basis, the traditional dynamic model is improved, with a focus on the impact of variable rope length, analyzing the dynamic coupling relationship between rope length and swing angle, and constructing related coupling error functions to improve the stability and control accuracy of the system. …”
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Predicting Wear Rate and Friction Coefficient of Li₂Si₂O₅ Dental Ceramic Using Optimized Artificial Neural Networks by Marko Pantić, Saša Jovanović, Aleksandar Djordjevic, Suzana Petrović Savić, Milan Radenković, Živče Šarkoćević

“…A genetic algorithm (GA) was used to optimize the ANN’s hyperparameters, improving its ability to model complex, nonlinear relationships between input variables, including normal load and velocity and output properties such as wear rate and friction coefficients. …”
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Experimental Study on Desorption Characteristics of Coalbed Methane under Variable Loading and Temperature in Deep and High Geothermal Mine by Haifeng Ma, Lingjie Wang, Housheng Jia, Jucai Chang, YingMing Li, Xiangyang Zhang, Zuxiang Hu, Zhiqiang Yin

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THE PROBLEM OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF SYSTEMS BASED ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OF THE INTERNET OF THINGS (AIOT) by С. В. Войтко

“…The emphasis is on allocating conventionally fixed and conventionally variable costs for AIoT. It was determined that integrating artificial intelligence functionality into the IoT infrastructure provides the opportunity to store big data for processing using artificial intelligence elements capable of conducting predictive analysis to make informed management decisions. …”
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An Efficient Coupled Genetic Algorithm-NLP Method for Heat Exchanger Network Synthesis

“…Solving such problems leads to difficulties in the optimization of continuous and binary variables. This paper presents a new efficient and robust method in which structural parameters are optimized by genetic algorithm (G.A.) and continuous variables are handled due to a modified objective function for maximum energy recovery (MER). …”
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