Experimental Investigation on Self-Healing Efficiency of Mortar with Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus cereus by Duresa Dubale Zamba, Tesfaye Alemu Mohammed, Yiglet Mebrat Getu, Dereje Hailu Tufa, Belachew Asteray Demiss

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Evaluation of Nosocomial Infection Management Efficiency Based on the Data Envelopment Analysis Model by Wang J, Wang G, Qi C

“…Jin Wang,1,* Gan Wang,2,3,* Chaoyi Qi4 1Department of Healthcare-associated Infection Management, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao, People’s Republic of China; 2Shanghai Institute of Infectious Disease and Biosecurity, Fudan University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China; 3School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Anorectal Surgery, Taian Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Taian, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Gan Wang, Email gwangqd@163.comBackground: This study used data envelopment analysis (DEA), to assess relative efficiency of infection control in different clinical departments of the hospital for performance evaluation purposes.Methods: All wards and departments from January to December 2022 were selected as decision units, and five input and two output indicators related to infection prevention and control were determined using DEA. …”
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Efficient and rapid identification of tropical maize inbred lines tolerant to waterlogging stress by Sittal Thapa, Tosh Garg, Rumesh Ranjan, Gagandeep Singh, Yogesh Vikal

“…A combination of these different selection approaches would further strengthen selection efficiency and is believed to be a rapid and effective selection approach.…”
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Efficiency of Ceramic Composite Filter Produced Using Nano Particulate Carbonaceous Material by Adedayo Deborah Adeyinka-Aderanti, Ademola Abiona Agbeleye, Folusho Oyedotun Agunbiade, Johnson Olumuyiwa Agunsoye

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Formulation of Alginate- and Pectin-Based Beads Encapsulating Trichoderma for Sustainable and Efficient Agriculture by Atália Inocêncio Ngulela, Zohra Bengharez, Imene Slamani, Selma Mahboubi

“…The formulation of polysaccharide-based beads encapsulating <i>Trichoderma</i> spp. represents an eco-friendly strategy for promoting sustainable and efficient agriculture. Trichoderma, a beneficial fungus, is well known for its ability to enhance plant growth, combat phytopathogens, and improve soil health. …”
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Enhancing Transradial Transarterial Microembolization Efficiency and Patient Satisfaction with Oral Benzodiazepine Premedication by Hsuan-Yin Lin, Ming-Chuan Chiang

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Research on an efficient prediction for deformations of thread connections based on deep transfer learning by Zhao Liu, Zeyu Qi, Hao Lu, Yan Liu, Jintao Fan, Xuefeng Wang, Caishan Liu

“…This study presents an efficient method for rapid multi-dimensional deformation prediction in threaded connections under combined loading, utilizing deep transfer learning(TL) to address various bolt types and loading scenarios. …”
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The efficiency of sensory systems in postural control of children with and without hearing or visual impairments. by Hamed Zarei, Ali Asghar Norasteh, Lauren J Lieberman, Michael W Ertel, Ali Brian

“…Limited evidence exists on the efficiency of the sensory systems of children with sensory impairment. …”
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The Research and Development Efficiency of Institutes of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the External Factors Affecting It by Łukasz Brzezicki, Artur Prędki

“…The fields in which a given scientific unit conducts research which significantly affect publication efficiency differ from those that significantly affect combined efficiency. …”
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Characterization and agronomic efficiency of natural and recovered phosphates in tropical soil with corrected acidity by Jéssica Franciele Kaminski Ramos, Bruno José Rodrigues Alves, Jorge Makhlouta Alonso, Paulo César Teixeira, Vinicius de Melo Benites

“…Bonechar and sedimentary phosphates with solubility above 27 % in citric acid showed agronomic efficiency equivalent to TSP. In contrast, national phosphates subjected only to primary beneficiation processes displayed lower agronomic efficiency. …”
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Yield and water use efficiency of cactus pear under arrangements, spacings and fertilizations by Alex A. Lédo, Sérgio L. R. Donato, Ignacio Aspiazú, João A. da Silva, Paulo E. R. Donato, Abner J. de Carvalho

“…In this study, the objective was to evaluate the water use efficiency and green and dry mass yields of the cultivar Gigante under different fertilization rates and sources in three production cycles, spacing and planting arrangement. …”
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Label-Efficient Fine-Tuning for Remote Sensing Imagery Segmentation with Diffusion Models by Yiyun Luo, Jinnian Wang, Jean Sequeira, Xiankun Yang, Dakang Wang, Jiabin Liu, Grekou Yao, Sébastien Mavromatis

“…However, traditional fine-tuning processes exhibit poor transferability across different downstream tasks and require large amounts of labeled data. …”
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AMELIORATIVE EFFECT OF SELENIUM ON REPRODUCTIVE EFFICIENCY IN ADULT MALE RATS WITH THYROID DISTURBANCE by Muna H. AL-Saeed, Ikbal A.H.AL-Rufaei

“…This study was designed to evaluate the ameliorative effect of selenium on reproductive efficiency of adult male rats with thyroid disturbance. …”
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Evaluation of nerve‑sparing radical hysterectomy introduction efficiency in the regional cancer center by Yu. A. Kolotilov, E. A. Kruglov, A. N. Kazantsev, V. M. Unguryan

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Nitrogen use efficiency in mixed crop-livestock systems: insights for sustainable intensification by Fabiana Pereyra-Goday, Jesus Castillo, Pablo Rovira, Walter Ayala, Michael R. F. Lee, M. Jordana Rivero

“…The development of metrics to assess the sustainability of food production systems is vital for achieving sustainable global agri-food systems. Nitrogen use efficiency (NUE), defined as the ratio of nitrogen (N) in food outputs to total N inputs, is a key indicator of resource efficiency in crop and livestock systems. …”
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Altered network connectivity and global efficiency in tourette syndrome: insights into sensorimotor integration by Julia Schmidgen, Theresa Valentine Heinen, Felix Schmitt, Kerstin Konrad, Stephan Bender

“…Results revealed widespread alterations in theta-band connectivity in TS, with patients exhibiting reduced connectivity and impaired network efficiency during S1 processing. S2 processing revealed subtler group differences than S1, manifesting as shifts in network organization rather than overall loss in connectivity strength. …”
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OE-YOLO: An EfficientNet-Based YOLO Network for Rice Panicle Detection by Hongqing Wu, Maoxue Guan, Jiannan Chen, Yue Pan, Jiayu Zheng, Zichen Jin, Hai Li, Suiyan Tan

“…First, oriented bounding boxes (OBB) replace horizontal bounding boxes (HBB) to precisely capture features of rice panicles across different heights and growth stages. Second, the backbone network is redesigned with EfficientNetV2, leveraging its compound scaling strategy to balance multi-scale feature extraction and computational efficiency. …”
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Integration of Daylight in Building Design as a Way to Improve the Energy Efficiency of Buildings by Adrian Trząski, Joanna Rucińska

“…This paper presents results of an analysis of how factors related to the use of daylight, such as automatic control of artificial lighting, external shading, or the visual absorptance of internal surfaces, influence the energy efficiency within an example room in two different climatic zones. …”
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Learning efficient haptic shape exploration with a rigid tactile sensor array. by Sascha Fleer, Alexandra Moringen, Roberta L Klatzky, Helge Ritter

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Benthos-DETR: a high-precision efficient network for benthic organisms detection by Weibo Rao, Gang Chen, Yifei Zhang, Jue Cang, Shusen Chen, Chenyang Wang

“…In the backbone of Benthos-DETR network, the Efficient Block with the C2f module reinforces the shallow feature extraction operation in Benthos-DETR, enhancing the algorithm’s multi-scale perception. …”
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