The efficiency of trimethylamon iodide as a corrosion inhibitor for welded joint of duplex stainless steel UNS S31803 by Lucas Menezes de Souza, Elaine Cristina Pereira, Lioudmila Matlakhova, Sergio N. Monteiro, Afonso R.G. Azevedo

“…This article studied the efficiency of the (3-indolimethyl) trimethylammonium iodide (DIMTI) ionic liquid, as a corrosion inhibitor in 1 M solution of hydrochloric acid (HCl) for UNS S31803 duplex stainless steel welded, and heat treated. …”
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Highly efficient and stable ethanol electrosynthesis from carbon dioxide at −250 mA cm−2 by Hong Liu, Yu Yu, Ye Bai, Yingchen Yang, Yaoxuan Wang, Woyuan Li, Longhua Li, Jinhui Hao, Weidong Shi

“…However, the limited selectivity for C2H5OH and the uncontrollable changes in active sites during reaction process restrict the ability of catalyst to achieve stable and efficient CO2RR to C2H5OH at industrial current density. …”
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FLE-YOLO: A Faster, Lighter, and More Efficient Strategy for Autonomous Tower Crane Hook Detection by Xin Hu, Xiyu Wang, Yashu Chang, Jian Xiao, Hongliang Cheng, Firdaousse Abdelhad

“…To address the complexities of crane hook operating environments, the challenges faced by large-scale object detection algorithms on edge devices, and issues such as frame rate mismatch causing image delays, this paper proposes a faster, lighter, and more efficient object detection algorithm called FLE-YOLO. …”
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Design and hydrodynamic performance of low head propeller hydro turbine for wide range high efficiency operation by Thaithat Sudsuansee, Suwat Phitaksurachai, Rudklao Pan-Aram, Noppong Sritrakul, Yodchai Tiaple

“…The primary aim of this investigation is to examine the design and hydrodynamic efficiency of a low head propeller hydro turbine tailored for efficient functionality within a diverse range of water head conditions, ranging from 3 to 11 m By employing sophisticated computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations and meticulous experimentation, the study endeavors to enhance the design parameters of the propeller hydro turbine to ensure peak efficiency and dependability. …”
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The combination of nitrogen fertilizers and EDDS enhances remediation efficiency of Bidens pilosa L. in Cd-contaminated soils by Yinping Chen, Bo Cao, Yuzhi Lu, Yan Zheng, Yong Sun, Qian Li, Qiaoling Yuan, Xiaolan Zhang

“…This combination achieved the maximum phytoextraction efficiency of 12.12% and the maximum soil Cd removal of 12.38% across all treatments. …”
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Efficient Detection of Mind Wandering During Reading Aloud Using Blinks, Pitch Frequency, and Reading Rate by Amir Rabinovitch, Eden Ben Baruch, Maor Siton, Nuphar Avital, Menahem Yeari, Dror Malka

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Toward Efficient UAV-Based Small Object Detection: A Lightweight Network with Enhanced Feature Fusion by Xingyu Di, Kangning Cui, Rui-Feng Wang

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WCANet: An Efficient and Lightweight Weight Coordinated Adaptive Detection Network for UAV Inspection of Transmission Line Accessories by Jiawei Chen, Pengfei Shi, Mengyao Xu, Yuanxue Xin, Xinnan Fan, Jinbo Zhang

“…To alleviate the above problems, we propose an innovative Weight Coordinated Adaptive Network (WCANet) in this paper, aiming to improve the efficiency and accuracy of high-voltage transmission accessories detection. …”
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GES-YOLO: A Light-Weight and Efficient Method for Conveyor Belt Deviation Detection in Mining Environments by Hongwei Wang, Ziming Kou, Yandong Wang

“…The core of this algorithm is to enhance the model’s ability to extract features in complex scenarios, thereby improving the detection efficiency. …”
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Efficiency of Real-time Computer-aided Polyp Detection during Surveillance Colonoscopy: A Pilot Study by Shin Morimoto, Hidenori Tanaka, Yudai Takehara, Noriko Yamamoto, Fumiaki Tanino, Yuki Kamigaichi, Ken Yamashita, Hidehiko Takigawa, Yuji Urabe, Toshio Kuwai, Shiro Oka

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Nanocomplex hyaluronic acid/ganciclovir@ZIF-8 for ganciclovir efficient delivery and targeted anti-KSHV treatment by Fangling Li, Chengjing Liu, Wenyi Gu, Qianhe Xu, Dongmei Li, Dongdong Cao, Zhiyong Liu

“…By encapsulating GCV into metal–organic skeleton material zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8) and further modification of hyaluronic acid (HA), the nanomedical delivery system of GCV (HA/GCV@ZIF-8) has been developed for efficient GCV delivery and targeted anti-KSHV treatment. …”
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Trilateral Smart Switching Algorithm for Improving Smart Meters Efficiency in Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) Network by Kanabadee Srisomboon, Kitipoth Wasayangkool, Wilaiporn Lee

“…Throughout implementation of the IPv6 routing protocol for low power and lossy networks (RPL) on AMI network, parent selection acts as the critical function which aims to achieve reliable data transmission and energy-efficient objective of AMI network where the data should be transmitted with high PDR and low latency while the network lifetime should be long with workload-balanced network. …”
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Evaluating the effect of organization and context on technical efficiency: a second-stage DEA analysis of Italian hospitals by Domenica Matranga, Filippa Bono, Alessandra Casuccio, Alberto Firenze, Laura Marsala, Rosa Giaimo, Francesca Sapienza, Francesco Vitale

“…Technical efficiency was defined as the ability of the operating units evaluated to use optimal resource levels for their level of output.…”
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MultiDistiller: Efficient Multimodal 3D Detection via Knowledge Distillation for Drones and Autonomous Vehicles by Binghui Yang, Tao Tao, Wenfei Wu, Yongjun Zhang, Xiuyuan Meng, Jianfeng Yang

“…To address these challenges, this paper proposes a knowledge distillation framework for multimodal 3D object detection, incorporating attention guidance, rank-aware learning, and interactive feature supervision to achieve efficient model compression and performance optimization. …”
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A study on an efficient citrus Huanglong disease detection algorithm based on three-channel aggregated attention by Yizong Wang, Zhengrong Xiao, Hong Wang, Fei Li, Jiya Tian

“…Background Aiming at the problems of complex and diverse field symptoms of citrus Huanglong disease (HLB), low efficiency and insufficient recognition accuracy of traditional detection methods, this study proposes an efficient detection algorithm based on improved You Only Look Once (YOLO)v8. …”
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Enhanced Efficiency in SMEs Attendance Monitoring: Low Cost Artificial Intelligence Facial Recognition Mobile Application by Hong-Danh Thai, Yeong-Seok Seo, Jun-Ho Huh

“…The experimental findings provide empirical evidence that our system exhibits accuracy and efficiency in the tasks of facial identification and personnel matching. …”
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Evaluating the Economic Efficiency of Fuel Reduction Treatments in Sagebrush Ecosystems That Vary in Ecological Resilience and Invasion Resistance by Thomas A. Bridges-Lyman, Jessi L. Brown, Jeanne C. Chambers, Lisa M. Ellsworth, Matthew C. Reeves, Karen C. Short, Eva K. Strand, Michael H. Taylor

“…The results suggested that treatment costs were more determinative of economic efficiency than treatment benefits.…”
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Radical-constructed intergrown titanosilicalite interfaces for efficient direct propene epoxidation with H2 and O2 by Dong Lin, Xiang Feng, Yang Xu, Richard J. Lewis, Xiao Chen, Thomas E. Davies, Samuel Pattisson, Mark Douthwaite, Defu Yin, Qiuming He, Xiuhui Zheng, De Chen, Chaohe Yang, Graham J. Hutchings

“…Mechanistic studies reveal that the intergrown interface Ti sites allow for lower-energy epoxidation pathways with more efficient activation of key oxygen-transfer intermediates. …”
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Waste Heat Energy Recovering to Increase The Efficiency of Automotive Internal Combustion Engines Using Thermoelectric Generators by Karmand Salahadden Murad, Sami Ridha Aslan

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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

“…To simulate real dust-fog conditions, a random fogging method was employed, improving the model's generalization ability. Then, using the transfer learning based EfficientNet-B2 network, incorporating multiple mobile inverted bottleneck convolutional modules into the network architecture. …”
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