Structure effect of some amine derivatives on corrosion inhibition efficiency for carbon steel in acidic media using electrochemical and Quantum Theory Methods by Ahmed M. Al-Sabagh, Notaila M. Nasser, Ahmed A. Farag, Mohamed A. Migahed, Abdelmonem M.F. Eissa, Tahany Mahmoud

“…From the obtained results, there is a significant difference between the inhibition efficiency of the electronic and the inhibition efficiency experimentally. …”
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Efficiency of traditional chewing stick (miswak) as an oral hygiene aid among Muslim school children in Lucknow: A cross-sectional study by Sonali Saha, Shafaat Mohammad, Sabyasachi Saha, Firoza Samadi

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Highly efficient synthesis of pyrimidine-5-carbonitrile derivatives over a robust biowaste bone char-Bronsted solid acid catalyst by Zahra Siahpour, Maryam Hajjami

“…The catalyst properties were characterized by different techniques such as FT-IR, BET, SEM, TEM, TGA, EDS and XRD. …”
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Efficiency of ProTaper Universal Retreatment, Reciproc Blue and XP-endo Shaper in the removal of a bioceramic-based root canal filling by Elif Çiftçioğlu, Rezan Sungur Güzel, Gözde Akbal Dinçer, Güneş Karakaya, Enver Sedat Küçükay

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Current realities versus theoretical optima: quantifying efficiency and sociospatial equity of travel time to hospitals in low-income and middle-income countries by Kerry LM Wong, Andrea Pembe, Oona Maeve Renee Campbell, Oliver J Brady, Christopher I Jarvis, Gabriela B Gomez

“…We aimed to assess the current efficiency (mean travel time in the whole population) and equity (difference in travel time between the poorest and least poor deciles) of hospital care provision in four sub-Saharan African countries, and to compare them against their theoretical optima.Methods We overlaid the locations of 480, 115, 3787 and 256 hospitals in Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria and Tanzania, respectively, with high-resolution maps of travel time, population and wealth to estimate current efficiency and equity. …”
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Palladium‐Catalyzed Selectivity Controlled Highly Efficient Carbonylative Synthesis of Isoquinoline‐1,3(2H,4H)‐diones and Indanones by Ren‐Rui Xu, Chang‐Sheng Kuai, Prof. Dr. Xiao‐Feng Wu

“…Abstract Compared to the methods that rely on complex and structurally unique substrates for the synthesis of heterocyclic compounds through intra‐ and intermolecular cyclization, strategies starting from simple and readily available substrates, combined with finely tuned catalytic system to achieve different chemoselectivity, offer significant advantages in terms of efficiency, cost‐effectiveness, and versatility. …”
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Enhancing Energy Use Efficiency of Wireless Sensor Networks Using Newly Proposed Fault Tolerance Multipath Routing Protocol (Mrp-Ft) by Gagandeep Kaur

“…The present study compared the newly proposed fault tolerance multipath routing protocol (MRP-FT) under the particle swarm optimization-based fault tolerant routing (PSO-FT) technique to the existing low-energy adaptive clustering hierarchy (LEACH) protocol applied in different combinations of inter-node numbers (N ) ranging from 100 to 300 nodes (N100-300) in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) with different area sizes (Xm × Ym) of 100-1000 m2 (W SN100-1000) to enhance energy efficiency and reliability of WSNs. …”
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Enhancing eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) yield and water use efficiency through optimized irrigation and nitrogen practices in open field conditions by Adewale Suraj Bello, Samsul Huda, Mohammed Alsafran, M.H. Abu-Dieyeh, Zhong-Hua Chen, Talaat Ahmed

“…While average fruit weight did not differ significantly across nitrogen levels, the highest fruit yield was recorded under F1 and F2 treatments. …”
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Effects of nitrogen application and tillage on maize (Zea mays L.) yield, nitrogen use efficiency, and nutrient stocks under contrasting soils by Ashenafi Nigussie

“…The findings highlight the beneficial impact of MT and integrated nutrient management on enhancing nutrient stocks, yields, and nitrogen utilization efficiency across different STs, thereby supporting sustainable maize production.…”
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A Supramolecular Wire Able to Self‐Assemble on Gold Surface: Controlling the Film Length to Optimize the Device Lifetime and Electron Transfer Efficiency by Sascha Kubitzky, Raffaella Lettieri, Elena Passaretti, Mariano Venanzi, Marta De Zotti, Claudia Mazzuca, Ernesto Placidi, Emanuela Gatto

“…Abstract A chemical “lego nanoset” has been used to realize different structures on gold surfaces. Three building blocks have been designed, in order to chemically link the surface and self‐assemble in an ordered manner. …”
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STANDARDS AND INDICATORS USED TO INCREASE EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY IN MANAGEMENT OF CRISIS (COVID-19) AND ITS IMPACT ON AGRICULTURAL FARM/INDUSTRY MANAGEMENT AND MARKETING by Mirela Daniela NICOLA, Dorina Nicoleta MOCUTA

“…For this reason, the paper represents a systemic review of recent information on different management indicators developed - epidemiological/economic etc in order to assist managers (politically, authorities, farmers, all the people involved) to prevent, survey and control such diseases, to develop best practices for benchmarking their country health systems/farm management system etc, and finally to led to an effective and efficient management of infectious disease in livestock during crisis. …”
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4E analysis of productivity and efficiency enhancements in pyramid solar distillation: Innovations in tray design, water heating, and forced condensation integration by Sattam Alharbi, Ali Alshamrani

“…The study also examined MPSD's performance with an external condenser, aided by a fan operating at different speeds (0.25–1.5 rpm). Results showed that the MPSD, with a water depth of 1 cm and 12.4 L in the basin, achieved a 33 % yield improvement and 50.2 % efficiency. …”
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Acceleration of Image Classification and Object Tracking by the Intel Neural Compute Stick 2 with Power Efficiency Evaluation on Raspberry Pi 4B by Tianyu Gao, Jozsef Suto

“…These test cases evaluate the performance of the execution hardware by varying the different number of models in different application scenarios and evaluating the impact of NCS2 acceleration under various conditions. …”
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Effect of Nitrogen Regimes on Grain Yield, Nitrogen Utilization, Radiation Use Efficiency, and Sheath Blight Disease Intensity in Super Hybrid Rice by Di-qin LI, Qi-yuan TANG, Yun-bo ZHANG, Jian-quan QIN, Hu LI, Li-jun CHEN, Sheng-hai YANG, Ying-bin ZOU, Shao-bing PENG

“…Site-specific N managements (SSNM) such as real-time N management (RTNM) and fixed-time adjustable-dose N management (FTNM) improve fertilizer-N use efficiency of irrigated rice. This study was aimed to compare the different nitrogen (N) rates and application methods (FFP, SSNM, and RTNM methods) under with- and without-fungicide application conditions on grain yield, yield components, solar radiation use efficiency (RUE), agronomic-nitrogen use efficiency (AEN), and sheath blight disease intensity. …”
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MT-EfficientNetV2: A Multi-Temporal Scale Fusion EEG Emotion Recognition Method Based on Recurrence Plots by Zihan Zhang, Zhiyong Zhou, Jun Wang, Hao Hu, Jing Zhao

“…Additionally, a three-branch input feature fusion module has been designed to effectively integrate features across different scales within the same temporal domain. The model architecture incorporates DEconv and the SimAM attention mechanism with EfficientNetV2. …”
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Enhancing efficiency of a laboratory-scale hybrid cooling tower using Fe3O4-water nanofluid and spiral coils by Danial Fallah Heravi, Hamid Reza Goshayeshi, Reza Saleh

“…This study presents an in-depth investigation into improving the efficiency of a laboratory scale hybrid cooling tower by utilizing Fe₃O₄-water nanofluid at varying mass fractions, ranging from 0.015 % to 0.15 %, along with different coaxial spiral coil configurations. …”
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Intestinal microbiota composition and bile salt hydrolase activity in fast and slow growing broiler chickens: implications for growth performance and production efficiency by Hye Won Kim, Na Kyung Kim, Patricia G. Wolf, Kristoffer Brandvold, Joshua M. Rehberger, Tom G. Rehberger, Ryan N. Dilger, Alexandra H. Smith, Roderick I. Mackie

“…Results Results of bacterial counts showed no significant difference between slow and fast growing cohorts (P > 0.05), but they tended to be higher in the slow growing chickens in all measured bacterial groups in cecum. …”
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Setup Accuracy and Efficiency of Real-Time Video Assistance for Surface-Guided Positioning in Radiation Therapy of Right-Sided Locoregional Breast Cancer by Jørund Graadal Svestad, MA, Stine Gyland Mikalsen, PhD, Mojgan Heydari, MA, Regine Hjort Francke, BA, Maziar Hervani, BA, Taran Paulsen Hellebust, PhD

“…No other metrics regarding setup accuracy were significantly different. Setup efficiency was significantly improved using SG with real-time video assistance. …”
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Transport of Fe‐Based Nanoparticles in Porous Media Facilitated by Xanthan Gum: Non‐Monotonic Relation Between Transport Efficiency and Flow Velocity by Guansheng Liu, Lili Huo, Yongming Wu, Zhibing Yang, Jiacheng Xia, Hua Zhong

“…Here, we conducted column and microfluidic transport experiments combined with rheology experiments and model simulations to investigate the effect of xanthan gum (XG) on the transport of two types of Fe‐NPs (nanoparticles of Fe3O4 (nFe3O4) and zero‐valent iron (nZVI)) in quartz sand at different input concentrations and flow velocities. …”
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[225Ac]Ac-PSMA-617 production method: development of an efficient and reproducible radiolabelling process for establish a clinical routine production by Michela Aurilio, Aureliana Esposito, Monica Buonanno, Anna Morisco, Costantina Maisto, Stefania Scala, Secondo Lastoria

“…Results different radiolabeling conditions and different reaction times have been used and compared. …”
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