The Efficiency of the Financial System: A Comparison of Developed and Less Developed Countries by Halil Dincer Kaya

“…When we compare the high-income countries to the “middle-income” and “low-income” countries, we find that with respect to six measures, the high-income countries have better “efficiency” values than the other countries. With regard to “cost to income ratio”, the two groups are not significantly different. …”
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Spectral Efficiency of Wireless Relay Network in Frequency Non-Selective Channel by E. A. Mavrychev, E. N. Pribludova, S. B. Sidorov

“…Spectral efficiency analysis of a relay network in a multipath channel where the relay network was optimized by using of two types a priori information: an instantaneous channel state information and second order statistics.Materials and methods. …”
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Efficient Methane Monitoring with Low-Cost Chemical Sensors and Machine Learning by Guillem Domènech-Gil, Nguyen Thanh Duc, J. Jacob Wikner, Jens Eriksson, Donatella Puglisi, David Bastviken

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An application of data envelopment analysis for measuring the relative efficiency in banking industry by Mehdi Soltanifar, Fereshteh Farhadi

“…Data envelopment analysis (DEA) has been widely applied for different purposes. This paper presents an empirical investigation to measure the relative efficiency of various banks located in province of Semnan, Iran. …”
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Thermal Investigation of a Solar Collector Using an Efficient Computational Technique by S. E. Ghasemi, J. Vahidi

“…ABSTRACT The thermal efficiency of a flat‐plate solar collector is theoretically analyzed in this study. …”
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On the Accuracy and Efficiency of Transient Spectral Element Models for Seismic Wave Problems by Sanna Mönkölä

“…For time discretization we compare three different schemes. The efficiency of the higher-order time discretization schemes depends on several factors which we discuss by presenting numerical experiments with the fourth-order Runge-Kutta and the fourth-order Adams-Bashforth time-stepping. …”
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EVALUATION METHOD OF TERRAIN MONITORING EFFICIENCY BY MEANS OF UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES by Yurii G. Danyk, Igor I. Baleckuy

“…The measure of effectiveness concerning the surveillance performance by means of an unmanned aerial vehicle has been proposed when it is located at different points of the airspace. The calculation method of the introduced measure of monitoring efficiency has been proposed.…”
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New Predictor-Corrector Methods with High Efficiency for Solving Nonlinear Systems by Alicia Cordero, Juan R. Torregrosa, María P. Vassileva

“…Moreover, we pay special attention to the number of linear systems to be solved in the process, with different matrices of coefficients. On the other hand, by applying the pseudocomposition technique on each proposed scheme we get to increase their order of convergence, obtaining new efficient high-order methods. …”
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Efficiency of “Neo inulin” in the complex treatment of patients with type 2 diabetes by E. V. Katamanova, P. V. Kazakova, I. V. Kudaeva, A. N. Kuks, O. V. Ushakova

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Using Data Envelopment Analysis for Measuring the Efficiency of Water Bottling Distributors by Uğur Arcagök

“…Big cities distributors’ efficiencies are better than the small cities and town distributors. …”
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Econometric Modeling to Measure the Efficiency of Sharpe’s Ratio with Strong Autocorrelation Portfolios by Karime Chahuán-Jiménez, Rolando Rubilar-Torrealba, Hanns de la Fuente-Mella

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COMPARING AN EFFICIENCY OF ERODED SOILS RESTORATION IN NORTH-WESTERN UKRAINIAN POLISSYA by Valerii KOLIADA, Olga KOLIADA, Serhii CHUHAIEV, Liubov KORCHASHKINA

“…Presented prospects about restoration of sod-podsolic and sod-carbonate soils possessing light granulometric composition (texture) regarding local processes of wind erosion. Agricultural efficiency of crops growing in conditions of Polissya (West forest zone) has been determined. …”
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Estimation of the efficiency of determining the performance of road machines by experimental and design ways by Grushetsky S.M.

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Preparation of Ultrafine Disperse Dyes Based on the Efficiency Balance of Grinding and Dyeing by Jingsi Qiu, Yue Liu

“…These parameters can make the overall work of coarse dyes’ grinding and dyeing more efficient, avoiding the waste of cost and the increase in workload.…”
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Measuring the fitted filtration efficiency of cloth masks, medical masks and respirators. by Amanda A Tomkins, Gurleen Dulai, Ranmeet Dulai, Sarah Rassenberg, Darren Lawless, Scott Laengert, Rebecca S Rudman, Shiblul Hasan, Charles-Francois de Lannoy, Ken G Drouillard, Catherine M Clase

“…Comparative studies of the fitted filtration efficiency of different types of masks are scarce.<h4>Objective</h4>To describe the fitted filtration efficiency against small aerosols (0.02-1 µm) of medical and non-medical masks and respirators when worn, and how this is affected by user modifications (hacks) and by overmasking with a cloth mask.…”
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Analysis of the efficiency of enterprises in the field of energy and sustainable development: European experience by Qiming Sun, Vlasova Irina, Mustafina Olga, Rykov Andrey, Kolchina Vera, Moiseenko Svetlana

“…Recommendations are provided for policymakers and industry stakeholders to foster a more sustainable and efficient energy sector.…”
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Evaluation of YOLO Efficiency in Automatic Orange Detection in Multi-Exposure Images by M. R. Oviedo Espinosa, L. R. Porto, V. S. W. Orlando, A. M. G. Tommaselli, A. P. Dal Poz, N. N. Imai

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A unified mathematical model of functional efficiency of a hoisting crane by Goncharov K.A., Denisov I.A.

“…There was suggested and validated the criterion of functional efficiency of a hoisting crane in the form of a unified mathematical model. …”
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Ten principles for reliable, efficient, and adaptable coding in psychology and cognitive neuroscience by Johannes Roth, Yunyan Duan, Florian P. Mahner, Philipp Kaniuth, Thomas S. A. Wallis, Martin N. Hebart

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An Efficient Design of QCA Full-Adder-Subtractor with Low Power Dissipation by Ismail Gassoumi, Lamjed Touil, Abdellatif Mtibaa

“…The continuous market demands for high performance and energy-efficient computing systems have steered the computational paradigm and technologies towards nanoscale quantum-dot cellular automata (QCA). …”
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