Comparative Analysis of Energy Efficiency in Conventional, Modular, and 3D-Printing Construction Using Building Information Modeling and Multi-Criteria Decision-Making by Abdullah Al Masri, Assed N. Haddad, Mohammad K. Najjar

“…Different construction methods are being applied worldwide, such as conventional, modular, and 3D-printing methods, to increase energy efficiency in buildings. …”
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An efficient approach on risk factor prediction related to cardiovascular disease around Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, India, using unsupervised machine learning techniques by K Kannan, A Menaga

“…The optimal number of clusters is determined using elbow and silhouette methods. The efficiency of the clustering is evaluated using the Hopkins statistic, Dunn’s index, and average Silhouette widths. …”
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Determination of 35 Antibiotics in Surface Water by High Performance Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry with Online Solid-Phase Extraction and Large-Volume Injection by Chaoqun LI, Lixiang LI, Yingjun REN, Jinhua ZHAO, Gang HUANG, Shiyang ZHOU, Liping LIU, Jingsi JIANG, Feng LIANG

“…Antibiotics are one of the emerging pollutants of concern in the world. Fast and efficient analytical methods for potential analysis of these pollutants are required, in order to control water quality and assure the safety of its use as a source of drinking water. …”
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Efficient field correction of low-cost particulate matter sensors using machine learning, mixed multiplicative/additive scaling and extended calibration inputs by Slawomir Koziel, Anna Pietrenko-Dabrowska, Marek Wojcikowski, Bogdan Pankiewicz

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Enhancing Air Conditioning System Efficiency Through Load Prediction and Deep Reinforcement Learning: A Case Study of Ground Source Heat Pumps by Zhitao Wang, Yubin Qiu, Shiyu Zhou, Yanfa Tian, Xiangyuan Zhu, Jiying Liu, Shengze Lu

“…This study proposes a control method that integrates deep reinforcement learning with load forecasting, to enhance the energy efficiency of ground source heat pump systems. …”
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Analysis of the efficiency of theoretical knowledge and practical skills acquisition by intern doctors using the “Body Interact” virtual patient simulator in the conditions of toda... by M. Yu. Kolesnyk, Ya. M. Mykhailovskyi

“…General Medical Training”. The efficiency of practical skills acquisition was determined by passing scenarios of providing medical care using the virtual patient simulator “Body Interact”. …”
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Optimization of VA-DLLME methodology for the determination of beta-cyfluthrin in blood and urine sample of human by TLC-image analysis: Validated by AGREE and complex GAPI tools by Sakshi Pandey, Mahak Malviya, Lalit P. Chandravanshi

“…Overall, this developed method for detecting beta-cyfluthrin in human blood and urine samples is efficient, cost-effective, and adheres to the principles of green analytical chemistry(GAC). …”
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Efficient identification of genomic insertions and surrounding regions in two transgenic maize events using third-generation single-molecule nanopore sequencing technology by Qing Liu, Qi Wang, Lihua Ning, Ziqi Chen, Chuang Zhang, Yang Liu, Buxuan Qian, Jia Guo, Yuejia Yin

“…Utilizing the sequencing results, the study developed specific detection primers for the maize transformation events, establishing a precise method for detecting newly created transgenic maize events, which will contribute to subsequent safety assessments.…”
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Environmental DNA surveys can determine in-stream dominance of non-native brook charr Salvelinus fontinalis over native brown trout Salmo trutta by Andreas Broman, William F. Englund, Niclas Gyllenstrand, Joacim Näslund

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Early Detection and Classification of Diabetic Retinopathy: A Deep Learning Approach by Mustafa Youldash, Atta Rahman, Manar Alsayed, Abrar Sebiany, Joury Alzayat, Noor Aljishi, Ghaida Alshammari, Mona Alqahtani

“…The proposed model utilizes six pre-trained convolutional neural networks (CNNs): EfficientNetB3, EfficientNetV2B1, RegNetX008, RegNetX080, RegNetY006, and RegNetY008. …”
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Features and Practical Aspects of Radiochemical Purity Determination of Receptor-Specific Lu-177 Radiopharmaceuticals as Exemplified by [¹⁷⁷Lu]Lu–PSMA-617 by A. A. Larenkov, Yu. A. Mitrofanov, M. G. Rakhimov

“…The aim of the study was to compare previously published and self-developed procedures for RCP analysis of 177Lu-RPs in terms of their efficiency in the  detection and quantification of possible radiochemical impurities, as well as to  determine the  analytical system parameters that have a  significant impact on the interpretation of the analysis results, using [177Lu]Lu–PSMA-617 as a case study. …”
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Pyridine–Quinoline and Biquinoline-Based Ruthenium <i>p</i>-Cymene Complexes as Efficient Catalysts for Transfer Hydrogenation Studies: Synthesis and Structural Characterization by Nikolaos Zacharopoulos, Gregor Schnakenburg, Eleni I. Panagopoulou, Nikolaos S. Thomaidis, Athanassios I. Philippopoulos

“…Characterization includes a combination of spectroscopic methods (FT-IR, UV-Vis, multi nuclear NMR), elemental analysis and single-crystal X-ray crystallography. …”
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Determination and Ecological Risk Assessment of Quinolone Antibiotics in Drinking and Environmental Waters Using Fully Automated Disk-Based SPE Coupled with UPLC–MS/MS by Hongmei Hu, Xingyu Da, Zhenhua Li, Tiejun Li, Xiaoning Zhang, Tianbin Bian, Yanjian Jin, Kaida Xu, Yuanming Guo

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Some issues of improving the effectiveness of the implementation of audit engagements by K.L. Tkachenko

“…It was determined that one of the significant indicators that affect efficiency is the audit sample and methods for creating a non-statistical sample are proposed. …”
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KINEMATICSOF THEPLANAR QUADRILATERAL MECHANISM by Florian Ion PETRESCU, Victoria PETRESCU

“…This paper presents an original method to determine the kinematic parameters at the linkedquadrilateral mechanism. …”
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Persulfate activation using a novel palladium/tungsten (III) oxide-supported graphene nanocomposite for Escherichia coli inactivation: Efficiency, mechanisms, and stability by Farouk A. Rasheed, Hekmat M. Ibrahim, Freshteh Viasi, Sherzad M. Ali

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E²VRP-CPP: An Energy-Efficient Approach for Multi-UAV Multi-Region Coverage Path Planning Optimization in the Enhanced Vehicle Routing Problem by Yuechao Zang, Xueqin Huang, Min Lu, Qianzhen Zhang, Xianqiang Zhu

“…Experiments using real-world data from the Changsha urban area demonstrate that our approach outperforms state-of-the-art methods in computational efficiency and energy savings, highlighting its potential for practical UAV deployment.…”
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Face autistic classification based on thermal using image ensemble learning of VGG-19, ResNet50v2, and EfficientNet by Junidar Junidar, Melinda Melinda, Dinda D. Diannuari, Donata D. Acula, Zulfan Zainal

“…The methods employed involved training these CNN models on a balanced dataset of 4,120 thermal facial images and splitting them into training, validation, and test sets. …”
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Development of Nested PCR-Heteroduplex Mobility Assay for Determination of Genetic Diversity in the Block 2 Region of the Plasmodium falciparum Merozoite Surface Protein 1 Gene by Kanyanan Kritsiriwuthinan, Warunee Ngrenngarmlert, Sakone Sunantaraporn, Anna Jehmah

“…Our study indicated that the successful nPCR-HMA with good precision and accuracy offers a more rapid, efficient, and cheap method for large-scale molecular epidemiological studies as compared to nucleotide sequencing.…”
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Solid lipid nanoparticles of mangosteen peel extract based on monoacylglycerol-diacylglycerol-rich fat and stearic acid: Study on physicochemical properties and encapsulation effic... by Edy Subroto, Tania Nurul Afifah, Putri Widyanti Harlina, Rossi Indiarto, Aldila Din Pangawikan, Syamsul Huda, Bangkit Wiguna, Fang Geng

“…Therefore, this study aimed to determine the characteristics of SLN of mangosteen peel extract produced using the double emulsion method based on monoacylglycerol (MAG) and diacylglycerol (DAG)-rich fat from coconut stearin and stearic acid. …”
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