Passivation strategies in lead-free perovskite solar cells: Towards efficient and stable photovoltaic devices by Aasim Ahmed Abdelghafar, Ayman Mdallal, Mohamed Adel Allam, Hamad Al Ali, Abdul Hai Alami, Mohammad Ali Abdelkareem, A.G. Olabi

“…Additionally, the contribution of passivation materials in the mitigation of different drawbacks presented on perovskites, including defect density, charge carrier recombination rate and Sn2+ oxidation has been highlighted, paving the way to push the limits of lead-free solar devices even further.…”
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D-CAPS: an efficient CRISPR-Cas9-based phage defense system for E. coli by Sun Mingjun, Gao Jie, Tang Hongjie, Wang Hengyi, Zhou Liyan, Song Chuan, Tian Yongqiang, Li Qi

“…While CAPS provides limited resistance, with plating efficiencies ranging from 10^–5 to 10^–1, further optimization is needed. …”
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An efficient propagation system through stem cuttings of a multipurpose plant—Ficus tikoua Bur by Tinghong Tan, Yu Peng, Biling An, Fan Gao, Yanni Sun, Chuandong Yang, Hong Yang, Zhihong Lu

“…Mantel test analyses revealed that the ability of F. tikoua cuttings from different habitats to form adventitious roots (ARs) largely determined the functional traits associated with cutting propagation. …”
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Effect of Sodium Chloride on Corrosion Inhibition Efficiency of Polyethylene Coatings on Alloy Steel at Ambient Temperature by Anyanwu K. O., Ogu I. S., Nzei H. O.

“…An investigation was conducted on the effect of sodium chloride concentration on corrosion inhibition efficiency of High-Density Polyethylene (HDP) coating on alloy steel in sodium chloride solutions of different degrees of salinity. …”
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Cost-Efficient RSSI-Based Indoor Proximity Positioning, for Large/Complex Museum Exhibition Spaces by Panos I. Philippopoulos, Kostas N. Koutrakis, Efstathios D. Tsafaras, Evangelia G. Papadopoulou, Dimitrios Sigalas, Nikolaos D. Tselikas, Stefanos Ougiaroglou, Costas Vassilakis

“…Wearable visitor BLE beacons provided cell-level location determined by a prototype tool (VTT), integrating in its architecture different functionalities: raw RSSI data smoothing with Kalman filters, hybrid positioning provision, temporal methods for visitor cell prediction, spatial filtering, and prediction based on popular machine learning classifiers. …”
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GrainNet: efficient detection and counting of wheat grains based on an improved YOLOv7 modeling by Xin Wang, Changchun Li, Chenyi Zhao, Yinghua Jiao, Hengmao Xiang, Xifang Wu, Huabin Chai

“…Results To enable fast and accurate counting of wheat grains under severe adhesion and complex scenarios, this study collected images of wheat grains from different varieties, backgrounds, densities, imaging heights, adhesion levels, and other natural conditions using various imaging devices and constructed a comprehensive wheat grain dataset through data enhancement techniques. …”
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PCA and PSO based optimized support vector machine for efficient intrusion detection in internet of things by Mutkule Prasad Raghunath, Shyam Deshmukh, Poonam Chaudhari, Sunil L. Bangare, Kishori Kasat, Mohan Awasthy, Batyrkhan Omarov, Rajesh R. Waghulde

“…Evaluating the veracity, exactness, and retrieval rate of different machine learning algorithms is crucial for choosing the most effective ones. …”
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The effect of weather factors on the efficiency of macro- and microfertilizers for the red clover cultivation in the conditions of the Kostroma region by G. V. Popova, F. F. Puzdrya, A. V. Bazhenkov, S. A. Kruglova, T. M. Morozova

“…The two-factor trial consisted of 15 options (three backgrounds – Control, Ozone and “Aquamix”, and 5 options for different doses of top dressing) in three sequences, the area of one plot was 6 m2. …”
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Nanosurface‐Reconstructed Fuel Electrode by Selective Etching for Highly Efficient and Stable Solid Oxide Cells by Yueyue Sun, Jun Zhou, Jiaming Yang, Dragos Neagu, Zhengrong Liu, Chaofan Yin, Zixuan Xue, Zilin Zhou, Jiajia Cui, Kai Wu

“…Since the electrochemically active region only extends a few micrometers, manipulating surface architecture is vital to endow highly efficient and stable fuel electrodes for SOCs. Herein, a simple selective etching method of nanosurface reconstruction is reported to achieve catalytically optimized hierarchical morphology for boosting the SOCs under different operational modes simultaneously. …”
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The extremely efficient and luminous-thermal-stable red phosphor based on new layered and rigid phosphate by Rong-Rong Wang, Jing Zhang, Yi-Jia Liu, Gui-Hua Li, Ge-Mei Cai

“…In this work, inherent layered CaIn2(P2O7)2 (CIP124) phosphate with different M1 and M2 sites for Ca/In co-occupying was discovered. …”
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The Broadleaf Weeds Control Efficiency of Drip Irrigation Herbicides in Cotton Fields and the Cotton Safety Assessment by Ruitong Yang, Jiayi Zhang, Sen Wang, Gulfam Yousaf, Hao Tan, Lixing Yang, Muhammad Zeeshan, Cailan Wu, Desong Yang

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Effect of Moisture Content of Fresh Pecans on Mechanical Shelling Efficiency, Nutritional Features, and Packaging Method by Wenyue Tan, Yunfang He, Ziyan Wang, Yang Ni, Mengyang Xu, Jianke Du, Chenghang Liu, Xiaodong Jia

“…This study compared the mechanical shelling efficiencies of fresh pecans with different moisture contents via a standardized evaluation system used by the U.S. …”
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Optimal conditions for efficient ion acceleration and neutron production in deuterium gas-puff z-pinches by D. Klir, S.L. Jackson, J. Cikhardt, B. Cikhardtova, P. Kubes, J. Malir, V. Munzar, J. Novotny, K. Rezac

“…Comparison of deuterium gas-puff experiments on different generators allows the identification of the parameters essential for optimizing neutron production. …”
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Efficient one-pot radiosynthesis of the 11C-labeled aquaporin-4 inhibitor TGN-020 by Kazunori Kawamura, Katsushi Kumata, Tomoteru Yamasaki, Masanao Ogawa, Yusuke Kurihara, Nobuki Nengaki, Yukimi Nakamura, Maiko Ono, Yuhei Takado, Hironaka Igarashi, Ming-Rong Zhang

“…PET studies based on [11C]TGN-020 with different A m values were performed using healthy rats. …”
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ROLE OF MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 3 IN PREDICTING THE EFFICIENCY OF THERAPY FOR EARLY RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS: THE REMARCA TRIAL by A. S. Avdeeva, E. N. Aleksandrova, D. E. Karateev, E. L. Luchikhina, M. V. Cherkasova, E. L. Nasonov

“…After week 52 16 patients continued to receive monotherapy with subcutaneous MTX; BA were added to therapy in 29 patients in different follow-up periods. In the patients with early RA, the baseline MMP3 level was significantly higher than that in healthy donors: 46.7 [15.5; 64.5] and 7.74 [5.5; 11.8] respectively (p < 0.05). …”
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Multi-omics revealed the mechanism of feed efficiency in sheep by the combined action of the host and rumen microbiota by Guangchen Zhou, Junda Li, Xuhui Liang, Bohua Yang, Ximeng He, Hongyu Tang, Hongran Guo, Gongwei Liu, Wenyuan Cui, Yulin Chen, Yuxin Yang

“…The RFI, average daily gain and average daily feed intake were highly significantly different between the two experimental groups (P < 0.05). …”
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Efficient toluene degradation using Bacillus subtilis biofilm-supported Mn–Ce/zeolite catalysts by Muhammad Zubair Mohsin, Ali Mohsin, Waqas Qamar Zaman, Xiaojuan Zhu, Xihua Zhao, Zain Abbas, Muhammad Hammad Hussain, Ali Shan, Salim-ur-Rehman, Muhammad Asif Nawaz, Rabia Omer, Yingping Zhuang, Meijin Guo, Jiaofang Huang

“…This study investigated a new approach for synthesizing Bacillus subtilis biofilm-supported Mn–Ce/zeolite catalysts for the degradation of gaseous toluene. Four different metal oxide nano-catalysts (ZMn, ZMnCe-10 %, ZMnCe-20 %, and ZMnCe-30 %) were synthesized with varying ratios of manganese (Mn) and cerium (Ce) on zeolite nanoparticles. …”
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Energy Consumption and Transportation in Developing Countries: Need for Local Scenario-Based Energy Efficiency Plans by Houshmand Masoumi

“…In China, the road transportation energy consumption rises by 1.26 percentage points for every percent increase in urbanization [17], hence changing urban morphology can theoretically result in different urban transport energy consumption [18]. …”
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Phosphorus Utilization Efficiency Among Corn Era Hybrids Released over Seventy-Five Years by Kwame Ampong, Chad J. Penn, James Camberato, Daniel Quinn, Mark Williams

“…Results showed that total biomass did not differ among hybrids, but partitioning of biomass varied with hybrid. …”
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Efficient High-Order Iterative Methods for Solving Nonlinear Systems and Their Application on Heat Conduction Problems by Alicia Cordero, Esther Gómez, Juan R. Torregrosa

“…For solving nonlinear systems of big size, such as those obtained by applying finite differences for approximating the solution of diffusion problem and heat conduction equations, three-step iterative methods with eighth-order local convergence are presented. …”
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