Determination of the Installation Efficiency of Vertical Stationary Photovoltaic Modules with a Double-Sided “East–West”-Oriented Solar Panel by Gennadii Golub, Egidijus Blažauskas, Nataliya Tsyvenkova, Egidijus Šarauskis, Algirdas Jasinskas, Savelii Kukharets, Volodymyr Nadykto, Anna Holubenko

“…The weighted average daily installation efficiency of PV-modules with an “East–West”-oriented panel has the same value as that of PV-modules with a “South”-oriented panel, and can vary between 45.87 and 50% on different days. …”
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Optimizing Nitrogen Use Efficiency and Yield in Winter Barley: A Three-Year Study of Fertilization Systems in Southern Germany by Martin Mittermayer, Franz-Xaver Maidl, Joseph Donauer, Stefan Kimmelmann, Johannes Liebl, Kurt-Jürgen Hülsbergen

“…This study evaluates the effects of 28 N fertilization treatments on yield, quality, nitrogen use efficiency (NUE), N surplus, and economic optima in two winter barley (<i>Hordeum vulgare</i> L.) varieties—a multi-row and a two-row type—across a three-year field trial (2021–2023). …”
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Hollow Mesoporous Carbon Nanospheres Derived from Metal–Organic Frameworks for Efficient Sono-immunotherapy against Pancreatic Cancer by Libin Chen, Haiwei Li, Jing Liu, Yunzhong Wang, Shengmin Zhang

“…Sono-immunotherapy is expected to effectively enhance treatment efficacy and reduce mortality in patients with pancreatic cancer. Hence, efficient applicable sono-immunotherapy systems are urgently needed for the treatment of this condition. …”
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Enhanced Efficiency of CZTS Solar Cells with Reduced Graphene Oxide and Titanium Dioxide Layers: A SCAPS Simulation Study by Dounia Fatihi, Giorgio Tseberlidis, Vanira Trifiletti, Simona Binetti, Eleonora Isotta, Paolo Scardi, Abderrafi Kamal, R’hma Adhiri, Narges Ataollahi

“…The results of this investigation could enhance the efficiency and viability of CZTS SCs for future energy applications. …”
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Improvised Spectral Efficiency and Channel Estimation Parameters in Visible Light Vehicular Communication by Integrating Simulation of Urban Mobility Data by Ali H. Wheeb, Sudhanshu Maurya, Shaik Karimullah, Fahimuddin Shaik, Subrata Chowdhury, B. V. V. Siva Prasad, Anurag Sinha, Adamya Sood, Syed Abid Hussain

“…Additionally, a mathematical framework is developed to evaluate the impact of vehicular mobility on spectral efficiency and bit error rate (BER) performance across different QAM modulation schemes. …”
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Ni-Doped Protonated Layered Titanate/TiO2 Composite with Efficient Photocatalytic Activity for NOx Decomposition Reactions by Kanji Saito, Shota Orikasa, Yusuke Asakura, Yusuke Ide, Yoshiyuki Sugahara, Masataka Ogasawara, Shu Yin, Sumio Kato

“…A unique structural transformation of a lepidocrocite-type layered titanate, K0.8Ti1.73Li0.27O4, into a rutile-type TiO2 has recently been realized via dilute HCl treatment and subsequent drying at room temperature for producing rutile-nanoparticle-decorated protonated layered titanate exhibiting highly efficient photocatalytic activity. Herein, the authors report synthesis of a lepidocrocite-type layered cesium titanate with nominal compositions of Cs0.7Ti1.825‐x/2Nix□0.175‐x/2O4 (x=0, 0.05, 0.1, and 0.35) through solid-state reactions of Cs2CO3, TiO2, and Ni(CH3COO)2·4H2O at different temperatures (600 or 800°C), followed by treatment with dilute HCl and subsequent drying to produce a Ni-doped protonated layered titanate/TiO2 composite. …”
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An Efficient Framework for Peer Selection in Dynamic P2P Network Using Q Learning with Fuzzy Linear Programming by Mahalingam Anandaraj, Tahani Albalawi, Mohammad Alkhatib

“…The proposed method is evaluated under different experimental settings to reveal its effectiveness. …”
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NUMERICAL ERROR METHOD TO DETERMINE THE EFFICIENCY OF REDUCING VIBRATIONS DUE TO EARTHQUAKE LOADS ON BUILDINGS USING FLUID VISCOUS DAMPER by Radius Prawiro, Rafki Imani, Nanda Nanda

“…This research aims to analyze the efficiency of reducing earthquake loads such as floor displacement and vibration period of an 18-story building structure 18 meters high from the base.The analysis method used is a numerical method by calculating earthquake load reduction based on numerical error analysis from the two types of dampers used on structures without using dampers. …”
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An efficient dual-branch framework via implicit self-texture enhancement for arbitrary-scale histopathology image super-resolution by Minghong Duan, Linhao Qu, Zhiwei Yang, Manning Wang, Chenxi Zhang, Zhijian Song

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Towards a More Efficient Design of High Temperature Concentrating Solar Power Plant With Cascaded Thermal Energy Storage by Brenda Hernandez Corona, Thomas Fasquelle, Muhammad Abdullah, Nicolas Lopez Ferber, Jean-Francois Hoffmann, Mathieu Martins, Ahmad Mayyas, Nicolas Calvet

“…The thermal energy storage system (TES) would be the focus of this research by modifying it and proposing four configurations to enhance the overall efficiency of high-temperature solar power towers. The objective is to identify the most thermodynamically efficient designs by analyzing the literature on the different components and comparing them to a reference base case of a conventional 100 MWe solar power tower plant (2-tank molten salt TES) operating at 565°C. …”
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Testing the Efficient Market Hypothesis in G8 Countries: New evidence from Unit Root Tests with Fourier Shifts by İlhan Küçükkaplan, Emre Kılıç, Şevket Pazarcı, Asım Kar

“…The aim of this study is to test the validity of the efficient market hypothesis for stock market indices in G-8 countries (USA, Germany, France, England, Italy, Japan, Canada, and Russia). …”
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Empirical Evaluation of the Energy Transition Efficiency in the EU-27 Countries over a Decade—A Non-Obvious Perspective by Jarosław Brodny, Magdalena Tutak, Wieslaw Wes Grebski

“…This paper presents the results of an empirical study assessing the efficiency of the energy transition process in the EU-27 countries over the 2013–2023 period. …”
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Efficient Technique for Joint Parameter Estimation of Mixed Far Field Targets and Near Field Jammers in Phased Array Radar by Fawad Zaman, Sadiq Akbar, Zohaib Akhtar, Gridsada Phanomchoeng

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Efficiency of Bacillus pseudomycoides RAY21 and Bacillus subtilis CYA27 Endospore Formulation on Biochar and Oil Spill Dispersant by Rifki Rahmatullah, Saiful Anwar, Mohamad Yani, Maulidi Firlandiana

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Does the fairness of healthcare resource allocation affect utilization efficiency?—an empirical study based on China's provincial panel data by Anying Xu, Haibin Wei

“…Among them, the regional differences in total assets are more pronounced. The results also show that the overall efficiency of healthcare resource allocation has improved during the period of 2014–2019, and low technological level is a major factor affecting the efficiency. …”
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A Study of Temperature and Humidity Conditions in a New Energy-Efficient Design of a Wall Structure with Air Gaps by Nurlan Zhangabay, Timur Tursunkululy, Akmaral Utelbayeva, Uliya Abdikerova, Murat Sultanov

“…This manuscript presents a theoretical study of a newly developed energy-efficient external wall structure in comparison with a traditional ventilated facade. …”
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Sustainable development in the tourism sector: The impact of environmental, social, and governance performance on operational efficiency—A multilevel analytical approach by Yu Zhang, Hon Tat Huam, Zi Rui Zhang

“…In summary, these findings chart a roadmap for the tourism industry to efficiently achieve sustainable transformation while balancing operational resilience with environmental and social responsibility.…”
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A Simulation-Based Comprehensive Analysis for Traffic Efficiency and Spatial Distribution of Risks in Short Weaving Area of Municipal Interchange by Xiaofei Wang, Zhenzhong Ding, Kai Guo, Yongjie Lin

“…Through variance analysis via a large number of simulation scenarios, the weaving length is identified as the most important factor affecting traffic efficiency and risks in the short weaving area. Subsequently, three different types of weaving lengths with 350 m, 450 m, and 550 m were set to conduct the sensitivity analysis based on four performance indexes of mean acceleration and deceleration, acceleration range, deceleration range, and speed standard deviation as the representative variables of spatial risk distribution. …”
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Bioinspired Synthesis of Zinc Molybdate Nanoparticles: An Efficient Material for Growth Inhibition of Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, and Dye Remediation by Sanjeev Machindra Reddy, Smita Badur Karmankar, Hayat Ali Alzahrani, Arti Hadap, Amjad Iqbal, Rawaf Alenazy, Mounir M. Salem-Bekhit, Bhawana Jain

“…Zinc molybdate nanoparticles with molybdate are synthesized through green method with different salt precursors using Moringa oleifera leaf extract. …”
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Deep learning-based energy efficient LSFD weights prediction for user centric cell free massive MIMO system by Moustafa Mohamed, Salwa El-Ramly, Bassant Abdelhamid

“…In this paper, a joint Large Scale Fading Decoding (LSFD) and AP-UE association is studied to reduce the computational time while achieving high energy and spectral efficiencies. Two deep neural network models are proposed called Per User Equipment Deep Neural Network (PUEDNN) and Per Access Point Deep Neural Network (PAPDNN). …”
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