Spacer Designs for Improved Hydrodynamics and Filtration Efficiency in Sea Water Reverse Osmosis by Sarah Kerdi, Adnan Qamar, Henry J. Tanudjaja, Noreddine Ghaffour

“…This finding confirms the S spacer’s ability to enhance RO performance while reducing energy consumption.…”
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GDFC-YOLO: An Efficient Perception Detection Model for Precise Wheat Disease Recognition by Jiawei Qian, Chenxu Dai, Zhanlin Ji, Jinyun Liu

“…This method is based on YOLOv11 and encompasses three key aspects of improvement: (1) a newly designed Ghost Dynamic Feature Core (GDFC) in the backbone, which improves the efficiency of disease feature extraction and enhances the model’s ability to capture informative representations; (2) a redesigned neck structure, Disease-Focused Neck (DF-Neck), which further strengthens feature expressiveness, to improve multi-scale fusion and refine feature processing pipelines; and (3) the integration of the Powerful Intersection over Union v2 (PIoUv2) loss function to optimize the regression accuracy and convergence speed. …”
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Microplastic contamination and removal efficiency in greywater treatment using a membrane bioreactor by Suda Ittisupornrat, Chayanin Namyuang, Athit Phetrak, Paranee Sriromreun, Suthida Theepharaksapan, Suthida Theepharaksapan

“…This study underscores the potential of MBR technology for efficient MP removal in household buildings, contributing to the mitigation of MP discharge into the environment. …”
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Mechanical harvesting of cell sheets: an efficient approach for bone and cartilage tissue engineering by Fatemeh Leisi Mehrabani, Yalda Alibeigian, Mohamadreza Baghaban Eslaminejad, Samaneh Hosseini

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Data-Efficient Bone Segmentation Using Feature Pyramid- Based SegFormer by Naohiro Masuda, Keiko Ono, Daisuke Tawara, Yusuke Matsuura, Kentaro Sakabe

“…Specifically, these include the data-efficient model, which deepens the hierarchical encoder by adding convolution layers to transformer blocks and increases feature map resolution within transformer blocks, and the FPN-based model, which enhances the decoder through a Feature Pyramid Network (FPN) and attention mechanisms. …”
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Leveraging Feature Extraction to Perform Time-Efficient Selection for Machine Learning Applications by Duarte Coelho, Ana Madureira, Ivo Pereira, Ramiro Gonçalves, Susana Nicola, Inês César, Daniel Alves de Oliveira

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Investigating lightweight and interpretable machine learning models for efficient and explainable stress detection by Debasish Ghose, Ayan Chatterjee, Indika A. M. Balapuwaduge, Yuan Lin, Soumya P. Dash

“…Heart rate variability (HRV) is widely used as a measure of stress due to its ability to capture variations in the time intervals between heartbeats. …”
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An Efficient and Automated Classification System for Rocks Based on Visually Explainable Deep Learning by Shan Lin, Quanke Hu, Hongwei Guo, Miao Dong, Kaiyang Zhao, Hong Zheng, Zhijun Liu

“…This article presents an explainable EfficientNet model for eight-class rock classification, pretrained on a novel dataset. …”
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Formulation of Alginate- and Pectin-Based Beads Encapsulating Trichoderma for Sustainable and Efficient Agriculture by Atália Inocêncio Ngulela, Zohra Bengharez, Imene Slamani, Selma Mahboubi

“…The formulation of polysaccharide-based beads encapsulating <i>Trichoderma</i> spp. represents an eco-friendly strategy for promoting sustainable and efficient agriculture. Trichoderma, a beneficial fungus, is well known for its ability to enhance plant growth, combat phytopathogens, and improve soil health. …”
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EfficientTransformer: A Dynamic Anomaly Detection Model for Industrial Control Networks by Jinyang Liu, Guogang Wang, Xuejun Zong, Bowei Ning, Kan He

“…This reduces computational complexity and enables efficient parallel learning. Additionally, to address the issue of class imbalance, the model incorporates a weighted cross-entropy loss function that assigns higher weights to the minority class of abnormal traffic, thereby improving the model&#x2019;s anomaly detection ability. …”
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METHODS FOR DETERMINING THE ICE-FORMING EFFICIENCY OF ANTI-HAIL PRODUCTS ON LABORATORY INSTALLATIONS by B. Khuchunaev, S. Budaev, A. K. Gekkieva

“…This article presents a method for determining the ice-forming efficiency of anti-hail products with an output of more than 107 active particles per 1 g of reagent at laboratory facilities of the High Mountain Geophysical Institute. …”
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An efficient fire detection algorithm based on Mamba space state linear attention by Yuming Li, Yongjie Wang, Xiaorui Shao, Anbo Zheng

“…First, this paper presents an efficient attention mechanism, the Efficient Mamba Attention (EMA) module. …”
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Extending Conflict-Based Search for Optimal and Efficient Quadrotor Swarm Motion Planning by Zihao Wang, Zhiwei Zhang, Wenying Dou, Guangpeng Hu, Lifu Zhang, Meng Zhang

“…The classical algorithm, conflict-based search (CBS), is widely used in various real-world applications due to its ability to solve large-scale conflict-free paths. …”
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DEVELOPING AN EFFICIENT AIR PURIFICATION SYSTEM: FOCUS ON AIRBORNE DISEASE AND ALLERGEN CONTROL by Ali Samir A., Hasan Jumaah Mrayeh, Salih Meri Al-Absi, Gabriella Bognar Vadászné, Alaa Alrudhan Abed

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Self-supported cuprous oxide/graphdiyne nanosheets array for efficient ammonia synthesis by Jiayu Yan, Fanle Bu, Lu Qi, Shuya Zhao, Zhaoyang Chen, Yurui Xue

“…This work introduces a novel and efficient approach for the in situ fabrication of self-supported heterostructures, thereby enabling high-performance ammonia production under ambient conditions.…”
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Human-in-the-Loop Learning With LLMs for Efficient RASE Tagging in Building Compliance Regulations by Dhoyazan Al-Turki, Hansi Hettiarachchi, Mohamed Medhat Gaber, Mohammed M. Abdelsamea, Shadi Basurra, Sima Iranmanesh, Hadeel Saadany, Edlira Vakaj

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The High-Efficiency Degradation of Multiple Mycotoxins by Lac-W Laccase in the Presence of Mediators by Mengshuang Jia, Xiaohu Yu, Kun Xu, Xiaodan Gu, Nicholas J. Harmer, Youbao Zhao, Yuqiang Xiang, Xia Sheng, Chenglong Li, Xiang-Dang Du, Jiajia Pan, Wenbo Hao

“…This work aims to improve the ability of Lac-W to degrade these six mycotoxins and to elucidate its detoxification mechanism. …”
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Graphene Derivatives as Efficient Transducing Materials for Covalent Immobilization of Biocomponents in Electrochemical Biosensors by Petr Jakubec, David Panáček, Martin‐Alex Nalepa, Marianna Rossetti, Ruslan Álvarez‐Diduk, Arben Merkoçi, Majlinda Vasjari, Lueda Kulla, Michal Otyepka

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Extender development for optimal cryopreservation of buck sperm to increase reproductive efficiency of goats by Mustafa Bodu, Mustafa Bodu, Mustafa Hitit, Olivia Chika Greenwood, Raheem Davian Murray, Erdogan Memili

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Optimizing Transportation Costs: Enhancing Logistics Efficiency and Resource Utilization in Dynamic Environments by Cao Ngoc Anh, Tran Bich Thao, Tran Ba Hung, Trinh Thu Huong, Nguyen Viet Hung

“…Initial results demonstrate that this approach not only significantly reduces operational costs but also strengthens the ability of businesses to respond quickly and effectively to fluctuating customer demands, ensuring both cost efficiency and customer satisfaction. …”
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