VITMST++: Efficient Hyperspectral Reconstruction Through Vision Transformer-Based Spatial Compression by Ana C. Caznok Silveira, Diedre S. do Carmo, Lucas H. Ueda, Denis G. Fantinato, Paula D. P. Costa, Leticia Rittner

“…Developed for the ICASSP 2024 HyperSkin Challenge, VITMST++ outperforms the state-of-the-art MST++ in both performance and computational efficiency in channel reconstruction. In this work, we perform a deeper analysis on the main aspects of VITMST++ efficiency, quantitative performance, and generalization to other datasets. …”
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DEVELOPING AND VALIDATING COMPREHENSIVE INDICATORS TO EVALUATE THE ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY OF HYDROGEN ENERGY INVESTMENTS by Galevskiy S. G., Haidong Qian

“…Discount rates, hydrogen prices, CAPEX, OPEX, capacity utilization, policy changes, and carbon pricing schemes affect investment efficiency, according to sensitivity analysis. Surveys and interviews with industry experts, policymakers, and stakeholders contextualize and validate quantitative findings. …”
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DEVELOPING AND VALIDATING COMPREHENSIVE INDICATORS TO EVALUATE THE ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY OF HYDROGEN ENERGY INVESTMENTS by Galevskiy S. G., Haidong Qian

“…Discount rates, hydrogen prices, CAPEX, OPEX, capacity utilization, policy changes, and carbon pricing schemes affect investment efficiency, according to sensitivity analysis. Surveys and interviews with industry experts, policymakers, and stakeholders contextualize and validate quantitative findings. …”
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High-efficiency thin-plate compression of multi-TW Ti:sapphire lasers by Zhaoli Li, Kainan Zhou, Jie Mu, Xiaodong Wang, Xiaoming Zeng, Zhaohui Wu, Xiao Wang, Yanlei Zuo

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Evaluating the Efficiency of Two Ecological Indices in Monitoring Forest Degradation in the Drylands of Sudan by Emad H. E. Yasin, Ahmed A. H. Siddig, Eiman E. Diab, Kornel Czimber

“…With increasing threats to forest resources, there is a growing demand for accurate, timely, and quantitative information on their status, trends, and sustainability. …”
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Lightweight Super-Resolution Techniques in Medical Imaging: Bridging Quality and Computational Efficiency by Akmalbek Abdusalomov, Sanjar Mirzakhalilov, Zaripova Dilnoza, Kudratjon Zohirov, Rashid Nasimov, Sabina Umirzakova, Young-Im Cho

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The Research and Development Efficiency of Institutes of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the External Factors Affecting It by Łukasz Brzezicki, Artur Prędki

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Timescale correlation of shallow trap states increases electrochemiluminescence efficiency in carbon nitrides by Yanfeng Fang, Hong Yang, Yuhua Hou, Wang Li, Yanfei Shen, Songqin Liu, Yuanjian Zhang

“…Abstract Highly efficient interconversion of different types of energy plays a crucial role in both science and technology. …”
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Linking attitude and ethical practices to energy Efficiency: The mediating role of household lifestyle by Salina Daud, Wan Noordiana Wan Hanafi, Sabihah Hitam, Maryam Jamilah Asha'ari, Mariam Abdul Majid, Wan Fadzilah Wan Yusoff, Maisarah Ahmad Sofi

“…Several initiatives and policies have been introduced in Malaysia under the National Energy Efficiency Action Plan (NEEAP) 2016–2025 to inculcate a culture of energy-efficient attitudes among households in Malaysia. …”
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COMPARATIVE EFFICIENCY OF CYTOCHROME C EYE DROPS DURING EXPERIMENTAL EYE DAMAGE by D. Yu. Ivkin, P. V. Burenkov, A. S. Ivkina, V. E. Karev, E. I. Eletskaya, E. D. Semivelichenko, G. A. Plisko

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Development of complex indicators and evaluation of efficiency for dump-type earthmoving and transport machines by N. T. Surashov, D. N. Tolymbek

“…The field tests of the proposed six promising design solutions for a bulldozer with different blades were carried out to compare the structures with each other and evaluated them in quantitative form. According to the calculated estimates, the efficiency of the bulldozer blade was evaluated for six variants of structural executions and graphs of changes in the estimated indicators from experimental data were built on their numerical values, allowing to evaluate the technical and economic efficiency for various designs of bulldozer blades.Discussion and conclusion. …”
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Enhancing Environmental DNA Sampling Efficiency for Cetacean Detection on Whale Watching Tours by Lauren Kelly Rodriguez, Belén García Ovide, Eleonora Barbaccia, Jana Robertson, Taïme Smit Pellure, Ángela Ceballos‐Caro, Caterina Lanfredi, Maddalena Jahoda, Enrico Villa, Arianna Azzellino, Marianne Helene Rasmussen, Michael Traugott, Bettina Thalinger

“…Environmental DNA (eDNA)‐based methods have emerged as non‐invasive, cost‐efficient complements based on the analysis of genetic material shed into the environment. …”
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Analysis of regional energy efficiency and prospects for sustainable development of the energy sector in China by Alla V. Vavilina, Anna V. Loseva, Anna A. Firsova

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CLINICAL AND LABORATORY EFFICIENCY OF TREATMENT OF WOMEN WITH PERIODONTAL DISEASES ON THE BACKGROUND OF BACTERIAL VAGINOSIS by A.D. Shulzhenko, T.O. Petrushanko, M.V. Mykytiuk

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Spike-RISC: Algorithm/ISA Co-Optimization for Efficient SNNs on RISC-V by Ipek Akdeniz, Sandy A. Wasif, Paul R. Genssler, Hussam Amrouch

“…This paper proposes Spike-RISC, a holistic algorithm/instruction set architecture (ISA) co-optimization for efficient SNN inference. Our key algorithm optimizations include quantizing the weights to just eight bits and exploiting the network’s sparsity in hardware and software. …”
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High-Fidelity and High-Efficiency Digital Class-D Audio Power Amplifier by Cong Wei, Jianhan Wu, Rongshan Wei, Minghua He

“…This study presents a high-fidelity and high-efficiency digital class-D audio power amplifier (CDA), which consists of digital and analog modules. …”
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Use of Dea as a Measure of Efficiency of Activities for Road Safety at The Provincial Level by Teresa Gądek-Hawlena

“…Objectives The aim of this paper is to present the achievements concerning the application of the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) method to the assessment of efficiency in the area of road traffic safety worldwide and to use it to compare and assess the technical efficiency of road traffic safety measures at the provincial level in Poland. …”
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Research on the psychology, physiology and cognitive ability of the work efficiency of special vehicle members by Fang Liu, Lezhou Xiao, Miaocheng Weng, Yifei Wang, Xiaobai Zhang

“…In addition to the performance of the vehicle itself, the combat capability of the crew is also crucial, and the work efficiency will affect the combat capability of the crew.This paper summarizes the effects of thermal and noise environments on crew efficiency and the evaluation methods of work efficiency using special vehicles as experimental platforms. …”
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Efficient search, mapping, and optimization of multi‐protein genetic systems in diverse bacteria by Iman Farasat, Manish Kushwaha, Jason Collens, Michael Easterbrook, Matthew Guido, Howard M Salis

“…Maximally informative genetic system variants were first designed by the RBS Library Calculator, an algorithm to design sequences for efficiently searching a multi‐protein expression space across a > 10,000‐fold range with tailored search parameters and well‐predicted translation rates. …”
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System Layout and Grasp Efficiency Optimization for a Multirobot Waste Sorting System by Bart Engelen, Sander Teck, Jef R. Peeters, Karel Kellens

“…To address these challenges, this research proposes a heuristic to optimize the use of multiple gripper systems within a multirobot multigripper sorting setup, with the goal of both maximizing sorting efficiency and recovery rates in PPW recycling. Therefore, the performance of grippers on specific PPW objects, materials and shapes is quantitatively assessed by measuring the grasp efficiency. …”
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