Efficiency of the Outpatient Diabetes Care System in Czechia: A Geodemographic Perspective by Kateřina Brázová, Luděk Šídlo, Jan Bělobrádek

“…The paper examines the intensity and structure of the use of health services and outlines the current functioning thereof in the context of diabetes care in Czechia. …”
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Weight illusions explained by efficient coding based on correlated natural statistics by Paul M. Bays

“…The framework is general and predicts perceptual biases and variability in any sensory properties that are correlated in the natural environment.…”
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Enhanced Lightweight YOLO Model for Efficient Vehicle Detection in Satellite Imagery by Mohamad Haniff Junos, Anis Salwa Mohd Khairuddin, Elmi Abu Bakar, Ahmad Faizul Hawary

“…Vehicle detection in satellite images is a challenging task due to the variability in scale and resolution, complex background, and variability in object appearance. …”
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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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Engineering novel CRISPRi repressors for highly efficient mammalian gene regulation by Andrew Kristof, Krithika Karunakaran, Christopher Allen, Paula Mizote, Sophie Briggs, Zixin Jian, Patrick Nash, John Blazeck

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DANNET: deep attention neural network for efficient ear identification in biometrics by Deepthy Mary Alex, Kalpana Chowdary M., Hanan Abdullah Mengash, Venkata Dasu M., Natalia Kryvinska, Chinna Babu J., Ajmeera Kiran

“…This shift has highlighted the need for reliable biometric systems that can function effectively even when facial features are partially obscured. …”
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An innovative high-throughput genome releaser for rapid and efficient PCR screening by Guoliang Yuan, Aljon Salalila, Sungjoo Hwang, Zhiqun Daniel Deng, Zhiqun Daniel Deng, Shuang Deng

“…Additionally, we developed software to support its automated functions. Our results demonstrated that the specially engineered 96-well plate and HTGR effectively squash fungal spores, releasing sufficient genomic DNA for PCR screening with 100% efficiency. …”
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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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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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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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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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Evaluation of the Efficiency of Metaheuristic Algorithms in the Optimal Design of Pile Wall Retaining Systems by Farshad Taiyari

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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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An efficient eigenvector-based crossover for differential evolution: Simplifying with rank-one updates by Tae Jong Choi

“…We propose a new approach to enhancing the efficiency of the differential evolution (DE) algorithm, specifically targeting rotational invariance. …”
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Photocatalytic Efficiency of TiO2-Biomass Loaded Mixture for Wastewater Treatment by Devagi Kanakaraju, Soon Pang Wong

“…Surface morphology, functional groups, and elemental analysis supported observations of the ability of TiO2/MSB mixture to remove COD. …”
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Optimization of non-smooth functions via differentiable surrogates. by Shikun Chen, Zebin Huang, Wenlong Zheng

“…These models are commonly used to predict outputs based on a combination of fixed parameters and adjustable variables. A key transition in optimization involves moving beyond simple prediction to determine optimal variable values. …”
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Machine learning-based smart irrigation controller for runoff minimization in turfgrass irrigation by Sambandh Dhal, Jorge Alvarado, Ulisses Braga-Neto, Benjamin Wherley

“…The synthetic data were derived from observations collected from irrigation plots at the Texas A&M University Turfgrass Laboratory in Texas, United States, with Soil Wetting Efficiency Index (SWEI) serving as the target variable. …”
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Efficient Solar Cell Design through Grey Wolf Optimization: Multi-Layer Thickness Optimization for Enhanced Short-Circuit Current Density by Hamed Kargaran, Hassan Alipour, Maryam Amirhoseiny, Ghasem Alahyarizadeh

“…Optimization problems can be classified as discrete or continuous, depending on the nature of the decision variables. Using continuous algorithms for problems that are inher-ently discrete can pose challenges in achieving optimal efficiency. …”
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Enhancing CAR T‐cell therapy manufacturing efficiency through semi‐automated bioprocessing by Jason Isaacson, Prajakta Bhanap, Nicholas Putnam, Jasmine Padilla, Nujhat Fatima, Max Dotson, Danny Hayoun, Moloud Ahmadi, Gertrude Nonterah, Yongchang Ji

“…Automated CAR T‐cell manufacturing methods that use software to control the equipment used in the process can help overcome the roadblocks associated with manual manufacturing, ultimately enabling a reduction in variability, increased efficiency, improved product quality and better data management. …”
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