Spatio‐Temporal Convergence of Maximum Daily Light‐Use Efficiency Based on Radiation Absorption by Canopy Chlorophyll by Yao Zhang, Xiangming Xiao, Sebastian Wolf, Jin Wu, Xiaocui Wu, Beniamino Gioli, Georg Wohlfahrt, Alessandro Cescatti, Christiaan van derTol, Sha Zhou, Christopher M. Gough, Pierre Gentine, Yongguang Zhang, Rainer Steinbrecher, Jonas Ardö

“…Abstract Light‐use efficiency (LUE), which quantifies the plants' efficiency in utilizing solar radiation for photosynthetic carbon fixation, is an important factor for gross primary production estimation. …”
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Evaluating Territorial Space Use Efficiency: A Geographic Data Envelopment Model Considering Geospatial Effects by Minrui Zheng, Yin Ma, Xinqi Zheng, Xvlu Wang, Li Li, Feng Xu, Xiaoyuan Zhang, Fuping Gan, Jianchao Wang, Zhengkun Zhu

“…This is mainly explained by the fact that the GeoDEA model takes into account the geospatial effect and selects DMUs with relatively close geographic distance and higher levels of development as the reference frontier for efficiency evaluation. The GeoDEA model optimizes the traditional DEA model and avoids the problem that the efficiency of DMU is underestimated when the geographical background and development mode of DMU are very different from the reference frontier. …”
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Influence of pedestrian grouping on evacuation efficiency in underground flooded stairs: a 3D numerical assessment by Carlos H. Aparicio Uribe, Beniamino Russo, Jackson Téllez-Álvarez, Eduardo Martínez-Gomariz

“…This study addresses that gap through a 3D numerical analysis evaluating how different pedestrian arrangements affect evacuation efficiency and safety. …”
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Nutrient acquisition efficient rootstocks improve zinc nutrition of top-grafted citrus trees on calcareous soil by Jiawei Xie, Huaye Xiong, Runzheng Niu, Yuheng Wang, Yuehong Wang, Mohammad Naeem Lali, Mohammad Naeem Lali, Jingkun Zhao, Xiaojun Shi, Heinz Rennenberg, Heinz Rennenberg

“…Metabolome analysis of leaves revealed that intermediates of the glyoxylate, dicarboxylate, ascorbate and aldarate metabolic pathways were responsive to different Zn levels. Thus, C. junos (Sieb.) Tanaka rootstock stimulated plant growth, boosted Zn acquisition, and enhanced the physiological performance of top-grafted citrus plants. …”
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An Efficient Aqua-Based Culture Method for the Propagation of High-Quality <i>Arundo donax</i> Seedlings by Jialin Guo, Wei Li, Gangqiang Cao, Luyue Zhang, Zhengqing Xie, Weiwei Chen, Gongyao Shi, Fang Wei, Baoming Tian

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Sustainable recycling of PET/cotton mixed waste fabrics: Mechanical decomposition and efficient component separation for reuse by Wang Hou, Veronika Tunáková, Shi Hu, Dan Wang, Jakub Wiener, Ludmila Fridrichová, Jana Novotná, Xiuling Zhang

“…The separation effectivity of different material components was evaluated using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and thermogravimetric analysis. …”
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Effect of hydrogel on corn growth, water use efficiency, and soil properties in a semi-arid region by Ammar A. Albalasmeh, Osama Mohawesh, Mamoun A. Gharaibeh, Abdulaziz G. Alghamdi, Mohammad A. Alajlouni, Ahmad M. Alqudah

“…Laboratory experiments were implemented using ten different concentrations of hydrogel based on the percentage of the added hydrogel (0, 0.02, 0.04, 0.07, 0.09, 0.11, 0.16, 0.22, 0.27 and 0.33% (w/w) hydrogel/soil) to assess its effect on soil physical and hydraulic properties. …”
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Pollination efficiency by bee guilds (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) to annatto flowers, Bixa orellana L.1753 (Bixaceae) by K. S. Arteman, M. A. Uchoa, V. V. Alves-Junior, E. A. B. Almeida, M. R. Maestre

“…During a flowering season in Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul state, Brazil, 240 flower buds were chosen from five different plants and divided into six groups. In each group had 40 flower buds in the pre-anthesis phase (treatments): T1 (control), T2 (natural self-pollination), T3 (Anemophilous pollination), T4 (Big bees), T5 (Medium bees) and T6 (Small bees). …”
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The Establishment of a Highly Efficient In Vitro Regeneration System for <i>Viburnum opulus</i> L. ‘Roseum’ by Yajing Ning, Hao Dong, Xinxin Zhang, Yanhua Li, Chengpeng Cui, Shujuan Li

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The effect of mineral fertilizers on the economic efficiency of winter wheat production in the direct sowing technology in the Stavropol territory by N. N. Shapovalova, L. R. Oganyan, А. А. Voropaeva

“…The purpose of the current study was to estimate the economic efficiency of winter wheat grain production in the direct sowing (no-till) technology with different methods and doses of mineral fertilizers in conditions of unstable moisture in the Stavropol Territory. …”
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Effects of spatial setting of LED light source on yield, quality, and water-use efficiency in greenhouse tomato by Wang Zhao, Wenkai Liu, Xin Meng, Ning Jin, Li Jin, Zhiqi Xu, Qian Zhang, Qin Sun, Wei Zhang, Jihua Yu, Shuya Wang, Jian Lyu

“…In this study, LEDs were used to examine different spatial settings (CK: no supplemental lighting; T1: upward supplemental lighting between plants; T2: downward supplemental lighting at the top of the plant; T3: downward supplemental lighting between plants; and T4: upward supplemental lighting at the bottom of the plant) on the biomass, yield, quality, water-use efficiency, and electric energy efficiency of ‘Jingfan 502’ tomato plants. …”
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Water hardness affecting glyphosate efficiency for weed control and tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L.) yield production by Zeynab Alipour, Ebrahim Panahpour, Mani Mojadam, Ali Gholami, Navid Ghanavati

“…Results: The single and the interaction effects of water hardness and glyphosate significantly affected different weeds (158 g weed weight for W2G1, and 25.3 g for W1G4) and tomato plant measured parameters. …”
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Foreign object recognition for mine conveyor belt iron separators based on transfer learning with EfficientNet by Hailong YANG, Yiping YUAN, Panpan FAN, Lu XIAO, Feiyang ZHAO, Shaoke YUAN

“…This allowed for the stacking and analysis of feature maps at different levels, extracting deep feature signals from the images. …”
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Improving Dehydration Efficiency and Quality in Highbush Blueberries via Combined Pulsed Microwave Pretreatment and Osmotic Dehydration by Shokoofeh Norouzi, Valérie Orsat, Marie-Josée Dumont

“…Fresh blueberries were pre-treated with 20% microwave power for 90 s before being subjected to osmotic dehydration for 8 h in a 60 °Brix sucrose solution, with three different sample to solution ratios (1:4, 1:7, and 1:10). …”
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Efficiency, cytotoxicity, and survivability evaluation of Salmonella phage cocktail against Salmonella derived from broiler sources by Wattana Pelyuntha, Thamonwan Narkpao, David Yembilla Yamik, Pichamon Kiatwuthinon, Arsooth Sanguankiat, Attawit Kovitvadhi, Kitiya Vongkamjan

“…A cocktail of the phages was further tested for efficiency at different multiplicities of infection (MOIs) against representative Salmonella strains. …”
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Systematic evaluation of plant metals/metalloids accumulation efficiency: a global synthesis of bioaccumulation and translocation factors by Wenbin Huang, Wenbin Huang, Chengnian Zhang, Bowei Zhu, Xiaoying Liu, Huxuan Xiao, Huxuan Xiao, Shibin Liu, Shibin Liu, Shibin Liu, Huaiyong Shao

“…As soil pH increases, the BF of Cd and Zinc (Zn) decrease, whereas the BF of lead (Pb) increases, likely due to their distinct chemical behaviors under different pH conditions. Threshold concentrations were also identified for several for metals/metalloids (e.g., Cd: 214.8 mg kg-1; Pb: 31352.3 mg kg-1), beyond which BF falls below 1.0, indicating diminished accumulation efficiency due to toxicity constraints. …”
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Construction of TRIF-knockout NA and BHK-21 cell lines and effect on rabies virus proliferation efficiency by Weitao HUANG, Jiaqi LI, Yao PENG, Xiangping YIN, Xiaofeng GUO, Jun LUO

“…Viral N protein expression levels were detected by Western blot, and viral titers were determined through TCID50 assay to evaluate rabies virus proliferation efficiency in different cell lines. ResultThe recombinant plasmids pSpCas9-NA-TRIF-KO and pSpCas9-BHK-21-TRIF-KO for TRIF-knockout were successfully constructed, the TRIF-knockout NA and BHK-21 cell lines were screened and identified. …”
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EBSSPA: Efficient Deep Learning Model for Enhancing Blockchain Scalability and Security Through Fusion Pattern Analysis by Anuradha Hiwase, Amit Pimpalkar, Barkha Dange, Nitin Thakre, Sakshi Jaiswal, Tejaswini Mankar

“…Background: Blockchain technologies have come a long way, and integration of blockchain technologies into different fields is flourishing; however, there is a lack of blockchain platforms to manage the high network loads and more sophisticated security threats. …”
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Adaptation of time‐driven activity‐based costing to the evaluation of the efficiency of ambulatory care provided in the emergency department by Simon Berthelot, Myriam Mallet, Sébastien Blais, Lynne Moore, Jason R. Guertin, Justine Boulet, Christian Boilard, Camille Fortier, Benoît Huard, Akram Mokhtari, Annika Lesage, Émilie Lévesque, Laurence Baril, Pascale Olivier, Keven Vachon, Olivia Yip, Mathieu Bouchard, David Simonyan, Mélanie Létourneau, Amélie Pineault, Adrien Vézo, Henry T. Stelfox

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Long-Term Effects of Nitrogen Sources on Yields, Nitrogen Use Efficiencies, and Soil of Tilled and Irrigated Corn by Jorge A. Delgado, Robert E. D’Adamo, Catherine E. Stewart, Bradley A. Floyd, Stephen J. Del Grosso, Daniel K. Manter, Ardell D. Halvorson, Amber D. Brandt

“…An N balance accounting for N and carbon (C) sequestration found a system nitrogen use efficiency (NUE_Sys) for organic N fertilizer (manure) with a tillage of 86.6%, which was higher than the NUE_Sys of 62.6% with inorganic N fertilizer (enhanced efficiency fertilizer, EEF). …”
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