Features of Wood Impregnation with Water-Soluble Protective Agents by Aleksandr A. Lychakov, Konstantin N. Kulikov, Vadim N. Evgenov, Sergey V. Lodochnikov

“…Impregnation can be performed faster and more efficiently under pressure. Taking into account the data on the conditional compressive strength across fibers for pine and spruce, as well as the characteristics of impregnation stands upgraded at enterprises, it is of practical interest to study the impregnation process under hydraulic pressure of 1...5 MPa. …”
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Enhanced sensitivity, robust p21 activation, and sustained DNA repair responses to interstrand crosslinks in elephant cells compared to humans by Taisuke Kitano, Zida Zhu, Naoya Minami, Koichi Orino, Yasunaga Yoshikawa

“…These findings suggest that elephants efficiently repair ICLs in growth-arrested cells likely through robust p21 activation. …”
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Computational optimization of associative learning experiments. by Filip Melinscak, Dominik R Bach

“…However, this trend engenders a challenge of optimal experimental design: due to the flexibility of complex models, it is difficult to intuitively design experiments that will efficiently expose differences between candidate models or allow accurate estimation of their parameters. …”
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Innovative Procedure for Intrinsically Safe Storage Vessel Design: the Case Study on Hydroxylamine Decomposition by Giuseppe Andriani, Paolo Mocellin, Chiara Vianello, Ernesto Salzano, Gianmaria Pio

“…Therefore, the adopted procedure can be considered for the sizing of equipment containing chemicals, to efficiently dispose of the generated thermal energy, avoiding runaway conditions induced by a poorly managed self-heating mechanism.…”
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Interleaving between Ant Colony Optimization and Tabu Search for Image Matching by Ghusoon Basheer

“…The matching problem consists of determining the unknown transform parameters required to map one image to match the other image(20). Different non – traditional   methods are  used for solving this kind of  problem. …”
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Unraveling the Potential of Black Soldier Fly Larvae as a Sustainable Protein Source for Nile Tilapia Production in Diverse Aquaculture Systems by Jonathan Munguti, Mavindu Muthoka, Jimmy B. Mboya, Domitila Kyule, Menaga Meenakshisundaram, Chrysantus M. Tanga

“…Trends from case studies suggest that certain systems, such as hapas placed in ponds, have reported favorable growth and feed conversion efficiencies at 50% FM replacement levels. However, these findings cannot be directly compared across all studies due to differences in methodologies, culture conditions, and inclusion rates. …”
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A novel hybrid genetic algorithm and Nelder-Mead approach and it’s application for parameter estimation [version 3; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations] by Neha Majhi, Rajashree Mishra

“…Conclusions GANMA proves to be a flexible and powerful optimization method suitable for both benchmark optimization and real-world parameter estimation challenges. Its capability to efficiently explore parameter spaces and refine solutions makes it a promising tool for scientific, engineering, and economic applications. …”
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Safe haven, hedge and diversification for African stocks: cryptocurrencies versus gold in time-frequency perspective by Bernice Nkrumah-Boadu, Peterson Owusu Junior, AnokyeM Adam, Emmanuel Asafo-Adjei

“…This will enable the benefits of safe haven, hedges or diversification to be efficiently realized for Gold and Cryptocurrencies during different market conditions.…”
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Exploring student estimates of astronomical scales: Impact of question formulation and visualization by Willem Keppens, Mieke De Cock, Hans Van Winckel, Wim Van Dooren, Jan Sermeus

“…As such, it is a nontrivial question how these estimates can be most efficiently assessed. There is reason to believe that results from previous studies probing astronomical scale estimates are possibly susceptible to effects inherent in the questioning methods used. …”
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Non-invasive volumetric analysis of asymptomatic hands using a 3-D scanner. by Hiroki Shinkai, Michiro Yamamoto, Masahiro Tatebe, Katsuyuki Iwatsuki, Shigeru Kurimoto, Hitoshi Hirata

“…Hand swelling is one of the symptoms often seen in practice, but none of the available morphometric methods can quickly and efficiently quantify hand volume in an objective manner, and the current gold-standard volume measurement requires immersion in water, which can be difficult to use. …”
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Extracting Behaviorally Relevant Traits from Natural Stimuli: Benefits of Combinatorial Representations at the Accessory Olfactory Bulb. by Anat Kahan, Yoram Ben-Shaul

“…Furthermore, we show that some traits are more efficiently detected than others, and that particular secretions may be optimized for conveying information about specific traits. …”
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MGSurvE: A framework to optimize trap placement for genetic surveillance of mosquito populations. by Héctor M Sánchez C, David L Smith, John M Marshall

“…This entails the need to distribute mosquito traps efficiently such that an allele of interest is detected as quickly as possible-ideally when remediation is still viable. …”
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Oscillatory electrocoagulation for treatment of surface water and greywater by Masahiro Tomita, Eran Friedler

“…The oscillatory ELC efficiently removed turbidity from the SSW. ELC removed 96, 91, 34, 42, and 2% of the turbidity, TP, COD, DOC, and TN from SGW. …”
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Optimal cultivation concentration of duckweed for pollutant removal from biogas slurry by Jiaquan Li, Ya Gao, Yaoru Xie, Junyi Li, Jiazhou Li, Cheng Ran

“…In terms of pollutant removal, duckweed efficiently removed 54.69% of COD, 86.89% of TN, 97.25% of NH3-N, and 85.22% of TP. …”
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ENTREPRENEURIAL MANAGEMENT IN INNOVATIVE PRODUCT AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT by G. Laptev

“…Today entrepreneurship has extended farther than start-ups and it already covers different types of entities at almost all stages of their life cycle. …”
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A hybrid scheduling approach for mega event transportation: integrating harmony search and black widow optimization by Mohd Khaled Shambour, Esam Khan, Muhannad A. Abu-Hashem

“…Statistical analysis using ANOVA confirmed that the performance differences were statistically significant at α equal to 0.05. …”
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Water models as geographical chimera: Precipitation interception routines as an example of “patchwork empiricism” by John T. Van Stan II, Jack Simmons

“…This approach offers immense scientific efficiencies, enabling planetary-scale predictions of water availability and related ecological, biogeochemical and atmospheric responses. …”
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Multi-convolutional neural network brain image denoising study based on feature distillation learning and dense residual attention by Huimin Qu, Haiyan Xie, Qianying Wang

“…The GSN is used to extract global features and increase the sensory field, and the DRAN efficiently extracts key features by combining improved channel attention and spatial attention mechanisms. …”
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Differential contributions of implicit and explicit learning mechanisms to various contextual cues in dual adaptation. by Maria N Ayala, Denise Y P Henriques

“…The ability to switch between different visuomotor maps accurately and efficiently is an invaluable feature to a flexible and adaptive human motor system. …”
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Role of Carroll’s CSR Pyramid in Shaping Consumer Buying Behavior: A Case of Detergent Industry of Pakistan by Haadiah Yasir, Syeda Anna Amjad

“…These insights may help organizations to reflect upon how, by using different levels of CSR initiatives efficiently, detergent brands can achieve more sales, with their buyers selecting their particular brand over other competing global brands. …”
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