Policy Insights from a Single-Operator Model for Municipal Solid Waste Management by Giacomo Di Foggia, Ugo Arrigo, Massimo Beccarello

“…Driven by the path of ecological transition, municipal solid waste management is now more than ever at the center of debates on the most efficient delivery methods. Although competition policy advocates subdivision into lots to facilitate medium-sized enterprise participation, in some cases—notably when substantial investments are required to achieve circular economy and sustainable development goals—a single-operator model may prove more efficient. …”
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Cybersecurity Anomaly Detection: AI and Ethereum Blockchain for a Secure and Tamperproof IoHT Data Management by Oluwaseun Priscilla Olawale, Sahar Ebadinezhad

“…Justifiable parameters were used to determine how efficient each technique is in predicting the best outcome. …”
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Estimating Ruin Probability in an Insurance Risk Model Using the Wang-PH Transform Through Claim Simulation by Weenakorn Ieosanurak, Adisak Moumeesri

“…Findings indicate the proposed method's computational efficiency, making it a valuable tool for insurers and risk analysts in assessing and mitigating financial risks in the non-life insurance sector. …”
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Hybrid Integration Strategies: Combining the Strengths of mmWave and Sub-6 GHz Technologies by Thaar A. Kareem

“…Abstract: It is necessary to observe that the technologies used in the field of radio transmission and wireless communications determine the features and efficiency of networks. …”
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Enhancing Firm Value through Green Accounting and Environmental Performance: The Mediating Effect of Profitability by Sayu Made Anggreni, Eka Ardhani Sisdiyani, I Dewa Nyoman Badera

“…Profitability may play a role in determining the effect of green accounting and environmental performance impact on firm value. …”
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Relación entre comunidad íctica y cobertura vegetal riparia en dos períodos hidrológicos (Eje Cafetero, Colombia) by María Angélica Pérez-Mayorga, Saúl Prada-Pedreros

“…Efficiency of sampling effort was assessed with the estimator Chao2. …”
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The art of audience engagement: LLM-based thin-slicing of scientific talks by Ralf Schmälzle, Sue Lim, Yuetong Du, Gary Bente

“…By correlating LLM-based evaluations of short excerpts with full-talk assessments, we determine how much information is needed for accurate predictions.ResultsOur results demonstrate that LLM-based evaluations align closely with human evaluations, proving their validity, reliability, and efficiency. …”
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Seasonal Variation In Cataract Surgery: A Myth or Reality? by Shekhar Mankad, Bennet Chacko Mathew, Dhaivat Shah

“…This causes problems with efficiency, quality and resource allocation. This study aims to analyse if seasonal variation exists and to determine the factors which can help in better planning for optimal utilisation of resources. …”
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Artificial intelligence and its applications in agriculture: A review by Peddi Naga Harsha Vardhan, Akhila Badavath, Pulla Srivalli

“…These technologies also help determine appropriate planting timings, depths, and seed spacing, resulting in increased efficiency and output. …”
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Effect of Pranic Healing on sleep quality in primary insomnia: An exploratory study by G. N. Santhosh, Prashanth Shetty, Geetha B. Shetty, Balakrishna Shetty, H. L. Nanjeshgowda

“…However, changes in sleep efficiency (p = 0.82) and sleep disturbances (p = 0.06) were not significant. …”
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Prospects of cold plasma in enhancing food phenolics: analyzing nutritional potential and process optimization through RSM and AI techniques by M. Anjaly Shanker, Sandeep Singh Rana

“…The review critically examines the strengths of each optimization tool in determining the optimal process parameters for maximizing phenol retention and antioxidant activity. …”
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The Impact of Corporate Governance on Intellectual Capital. Empirical Evidence from Romanian Companies by Monica Violeta ACHIM, Alexandra Ioana Daniela RUS, Isabella LUCUȚ CAPRAȘ

“…The outcomes of the present study can be used by policymakers in order to increase the efficiency of companies and to determine the need to invest in human capital.…”
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Evaluate The Performance Of The Control And Reduction Of Scour Protection Of Bridge Piers Cylindrical Candles by Seyed Amir Hossein Mahmoudi, Manuchehr Heydarpur

“…But because they do not consider the role of hydraulic design in their design. Determining the depth of scouring is important because it indicates the potential for destruction of the flow around the structure. …”
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PREDICTION OF PROSPECTIVE NEW STUDENTS USING DECISION TREE, RANDOM FOREST, AND NAIVE BAYES by Yulrio Brianorman, Sucipto Sucipto

“…The three chosen classification methods are the decision tree, random forest, and naïve-bayes. …”
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Assessing the Quality of the Endocervical Component: Pitfalls to Cervical Cancer Screening in Limpopo Province, South Africa by Dorah Ursula Ramathuba PhD, Doris Ngambi PhD

“…Method A mixed-method research approach was used for the study. …”
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Prediction of Lubrication Performance of Hyaluronic Acid Aqueous Solutions Using a Bayesian-Optimized BP Network by Xia Li, Feng Guo

“…This can significantly improve computational efficiency. The optimized model showed a coefficient of determination (R²) of 0.938 and a mean square error (MSE) of 0.0025 on the test dataset, indicating its ability for accurate prediction. …”
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Evaluation of sleep quality in stage II and stage III colorectal cancer patients–secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial by Anita R D’Souza, Jyoti Chaudhari, Vikas Ostwal, Anant Ramaswamy, Prabhat Bhargava

“…This report aims to highlight this under-researched issue among colorectal cancer patients scheduled to receive adjuvant chemotherapy. Materials and Methods: This is a secondary analysis of data from 129 participants from a randomized controlled trial conducted to determine the nurse-led intervention’s effect on cognitive and non-cognitive functions and serum TNF-alpha levels in patients receiving chemotherapy for colorectal cancer at Tata Memorial Hospital. …”
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Measuring technological development and sovereignty by V. V. Glazunova

“…Solving this problem requires assessing the efficiency of economic technologies. The aim of the study is to explain the direct (non-indexed) method of measuring technology sovereignty, taking into account qualitative features of technologies. …”
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Spatial-temporal Offshore Current Field Forecasting Using Residual-learning Based Purely CNN Methodology with Attention Mechanism by Zeguo Zhang, Jianchuan Yin

“…Furtherly, the Recurrent Neural Networks-based methods previously employed exhibit low efficiency in terms of model convergence concerning practical engineering purposes, and numerical weather models are time-consuming and computational expensive. …”
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Measuring. Monitoring. Management. Control by A.J. Alieva, Kh.S. Alieva, M.G. Ashrafov, N.Kh. Mustafazade

“…The albedo of the earth's surface is an important indicator that determines the energy balance that exists between our planet and the atmosphere. …”