Melanin-like nanofibers with highly ordered structures achieve ultrahigh specific electromagnetic interference shielding efficiency by Peng Chen, Shibo He, Tianyou Wang, Chencan Wang, Junru Tao, Yiwen Li

“…Conventional shielding materials often involve complex fabrication of conjugated composites or graphitization of organic materials, facing challenges in balancing their performance and processability. …”
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Sectoral Efficiency and Resilience: A Multifaceted Analysis of S&P Global BMI Indices Under Global Crises by Milena Kojić, Slobodan Rakić, José Wesley Lima da Silva, Fernando Henrique Antunes de Araujo

“…This study investigates the complexity, efficiency, and sectoral interdependencies of the S&P Global BMI indices during critical global events, including the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia–Ukraine war. …”
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Spatiotemporal Changes in Water-Use Efficiency of China’s Terrestrial Ecosystems During 2001–2020 and the Driving Factors by Jia He, Yuxuan Zhou, Xueying Liu, Wenjing Duan, Naiqing Pan

“…It provides a comprehensive reflection of ecosystems’ responses to various environmental factors, making it essential for understanding how ecosystems adapt to complex environmental changes. …”
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THE PROBLEM OF PATIENT-FOCUSED INNOVATION OF TOOTH-TECHNICAL MATERIALS SCIENCE IN THE CONTEXT OF INCREASING THE EFFICIENCY OF THE DENTAL TREATMENT by І.V. Yanіshen, O. L. Fedotov

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BlueRecording: A pipeline for the efficient calculation of extracellular recordings in large-scale neural circuit models. by Joseph James Tharayil, Jorge Blanco Alonso, Silvia Farcito, Bryn Lloyd, Armando Romani, Elvis Boci, Antonino Cassara, Felix Schürmann, Esra Neufeld, Niels Kuster, Michael Reimann

“…As the size and complexity of network simulations accessible to computational neuroscience grows, new avenues open for research into extracellularly recorded electric signals. …”
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Optimizing precision farming: enhancing machine learning efficiency with robust regression techniques in high-dimensional data by Nour Hamad Abu Afouna, Majid Khan Majahar Ali

“…To overcome these obstacles, reducing retraining time and resolving the complexity issue is essential for improving the machine learning algorithm’s performance, scalability, and efficiency, especially when dealing with large or high-dimensional datasets. …”
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Dissecting the genetic basis of fruiting efficiency for genetic enhancement of harvest index, grain number, and yield in wheat by Dipendra Shahi, Jia Guo, Md Ali Babar, Sumit Pradhan, Muhsin AVCI, Jordan McBreen, Zhao Liu, Guihua Bai, Paul St. Amand, Amy Bernardo, Matthew Reynolds, Gemma Molero, Sivakumar Sukumaran, John Foulkes, Jahangir Khan

“…Abstract Background Grain number (GN) is one of the key yield contributing factors in modern wheat (Triticum aestivum) varieties. Fruiting efficiency (FE) is a key trait for increasing GN by making more spike assimilates available to reproductive structures. …”
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Criteria for determining the effectiveness of the law by Vladimir A. Rybakov

“…More than 2500 existing normative legal acts of the Russian Federation contain various requirements for improving the efficiency of legal regulation. The complexity of the study is caused by the lack of a common understanding of the phenomenon. …”
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Adaptive Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces for Enhanced Wireless Communication via Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning by Sakhshra Monga, Abhishake Bansal, Ibrahim Aljubayri, Nitin Saluja, Chander Prabha, Shivani Malhotra, Prakash Srivastava, Mohammad Zubair Khan

“…Similarly, an IRS deployment with 32 elements enhances MARL’s efficiency by leveraging improved signal reflections, leading to significant performance gains. …”
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METHODOLOGY FOR ACCOUNTING THE INFLUENCE OF METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS ON THE EFFICIENCY OF APPLICATION OF UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES ON THE BASIS OF SYSTEM ANALYSIS by I. E. Kuznetsov, A. V. Melnikov, E. A. Rogozin, O. V. Strashko

“…The dynamic probabilistic indicator, which, in characterising the dynamics of UAV functions as a complex technical system is referred to as “time efficiency of the UAV flight mission”, is substantiated. …”
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Enhancing HEVC Efficiency: A Novel Approach to Intra-Mode Estimation Through Hadamard Cost Analysis by Junaid Tariq, Imran Javed, Touseef Sadiq, Hameedur Rahman, Ashfaq Hussain Farooqi, Amir Ijaz

“…With the rapid evolution of codecs, real-time applications demand more than ever from the complexity of intra-mode selection. Here we show how by employing a refined approach to the rate distortion optimization (RDO) module, we achieve a 5.8% reduction in HEVC complexity and a minor yet notable −0.02% improvement in Bjontegaard Delta Bit Rate (BD-BR). …”
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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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Enhancing structured data generation with GPT-4o evaluating prompt efficiency across prompt styles by Ashraf Elnashar, Jules White, Douglas C. Schmidt

“…Our findings reveal trade-offs between prompt style complexity and performance, with JSON providing high accuracy for complex data, YAML offering a balance between readability and efficiency, and Hybrid CSV/Prefix excelling in token and time efficiency for flat data structures. …”
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Leveraging the Global Innovation Index to Boost Manufacturing Efficiency in Algeria: An ARDL Model Study (2011-2022) by Souleyman Beghni, Meriyam Gourari

“…This study offers valuable insights into the relationship between innovation and manufacturing growth in Algeria, highlighting the importance of efficient innovation strategies for economic development. …”
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dyphAI dynamic pharmacophore modeling with AI: a tool for efficient screening of new acetylcholinesterase inhibitors by Yasser Hayek-Orduz, Dorian Armando Acevedo-Castro, Dorian Armando Acevedo-Castro, Juan Sebastián Saldarriaga Escobar, Brandon Eli Ortiz-Domínguez, María Francisca Villegas-Torres, Paola A. Caicedo, Álvaro Barrera-Ocampo, Natalie Cortes, Edison H. Osorio, Andrés Fernando González Barrios

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The salt fringe as an energy periphery: Energy efficiency in the private rental sector of seaside towns in England and Wales by Ed Atkins, Caitlin Robinson, Tom Cantellow

“…These findings advance scholarship on low‐carbon transitions by illuminating important links between energy peripheries and energy efficiency; highlighting seaside towns as important peripheries; and detailing the complex factors defining such peripherality both today and in future energy transitions.…”
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Efficient purification of CrocinI from saffron stigmas using antisolvent precipitation to implications for food technology by Elmira Fotouhi, Fateme Mirzajani, Hassan Rezadoost, Mohammad Hooshyari Ardakani

“…By utilizing antisolvent precipitation, the method offers a cost-effective, straightforward approach for enriching crocins, especially thermally sensitive crocin-I, without the need for complex heating or cooling systems. This method was a straightforward and efficient means of boosting the yield of very pure crocins, offering a scalable and practicable answer to the challenges of saffron extraction and purification.…”
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Multicomponent thiolactone-based ionizable lipid screening platform for efficient and tunable mRNA delivery to the lungs by Álvaro Peña, Juan Heredero, Beatriz Blandín, Elena Mata, Diego De Miguel, Alfonso Toro, Teresa Alejo, Diego Casabona, Alexandre López, Ana Gallego-Lleyda, Esther Pérez-Herrán, Juan Martínez-Oliván, Javier Giménez-Warren

“…Abstract Ionizable lipids are essential components of lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) for efficient mRNA delivery. However, designing them for high protein expression, endosomal escape, and organ targeting is challenging due to complex structure-activity relationships. …”
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Sample-Efficient Multi-Agent DQNs for Scalable Multi-Domain 5G+ Inter-Slice Orchestration by Pavlos Doanis, Thrasyvoulos Spyropoulos

“…For (ii), we explore multi-agent DQN algorithms that can reduce action space complexity by orders of magnitude compared to standard DQN. …”
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Design and validation of a CFD model for energy-efficient Ni-Co-Mn cathode calcination process by Jaeseop Jo, Minyoung Hwang, Jungeui Lee, Joo Hyun Park

“…The model incorporates three essential sub-models to reflect complex physical and chemical phenomena during calcination: a heater control algorithm replicating nonlinear thermal response of industrial heaters with less than five percent deviation from experimental measurements, a data transfer method effectively simulating continuous material movement without computational mesh deformation to maintain numerical stability, and a dehydration reaction kinetics model addressing significant endothermic behavior arising from lithium hydroxide precursors during thermal treatment. …”
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