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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Using Wearable Inertial Sensors to Estimate Kinematic Parameters and Variability in the Table Tennis Topspin Forehand Stroke by Ziemowit Bańkosz, Sławomir Winiarski

“…The large intraindividual variability in movement was probably functional (i.e., motor adjustment and injury avoidance). …”
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New Numerical Algorithm to Solve Variable-Order Fractional Integrodifferential Equations in the Sense of Hilfer-Prabhakar Derivative by MohammadHossein Derakhshan

“…In this article, a numerical technique based on the Chebyshev cardinal functions (CCFs) and the Lagrange multiplier technique for the numerical approximation of the variable-order fractional integrodifferential equations are shown. …”
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Interobserver Variability in Manual Versus Semi-Automatic CT Assessments of Small Lung Nodule Diameter and Volume by Frida Zacharias, Tony Martin Svahn

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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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Quantitative estimation of fuzzy crisis management by О. V. German, М. V. Kuznetsov

“…This degree is determined here not by the function of the corresponding fuzzy measure, but by the weight coefficients of the significance of crisis management options and the real resources for their implementation.…”
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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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Safety Performance Functions for Low-Volume Roads by Gianluca Dell’Acqua, Francesca Russo

“…The research study presented here has been used to calibrate crash prediction models (CPMs) per kilometer per year. The coefficients of the CPMs are estimated using a non-linear multi-variable regression analysis utilizing the least – square method. …”
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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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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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Weighted average ensemble for Cholesky-based covariance matrix estimation by Xiaoning Kang, Zhenguo Gao, Xi Liang, Xinwei Deng

“…Our key idea is to obtain different weights for different candidate estimates by minimizing an appropriate risk function with respect to the Frobenius norm. Different from the existing ensemble estimation based on the MCD, the proposed method provides a sparse weighting scheme such that one can distinguish which variable orderings employed in the MCD are useful for the ensemble matrix estimate. …”
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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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Investigating Attitudes towards Refugee Students based on Several Variables: Revised Version of Refugee Student Attitude Scale by Ahmet Göçen, Ragıp Terzi, Bilal Altun

“…At this stage, the contribution of hosting teachers andschool administrators to attitudes towards migrants and inclusive educationpolicies is a key to the efficient functioning of the process. In this study,attitudes towards refugee students of teachers from Sanliurfa, one of Turkey'smost populated-refugee cities, is investigated based on several variables. …”
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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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Heart Rate Variability as a Marker of Disease Severity in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: A Prospective Cohort Study by Arun Jose, Alex D. Moseley, Manisha Das, Robert E. O'Donnell, Jean M. Elwing

“…Comparable relationships were observed between heart rate captured using HRV device and these CMR measures (RVEF coefficient −0.37, p = 0.007; coupling ratio coefficient −0.013, p = 0.016). …”
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A domain free of the zeros of the partial theta function by V. Kostov

“…For each $q$ fixed, $\theta$ is an entire function of order $0$ in the variable~$x$. When $q$ is real and $q\in (0,0.3092\ldots )$, $\theta (q,.)$ is a function of the Laguerre-P\'olya class $\mathcal{L-P}I$. …”
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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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