Enhancing the efficiency of luminescent solar concentrators via soft colloidal lithography negative templating by J.G. Guerrero-Felix, S.F.H. Correia, M. Alexandre, C.D. Gonzalez-Gomez, V. Sencadas, L. Fu, E. Ruiz-Reina, P.S. André, C.L. Moraila-Martinez, M.J. Mendes, R.A.S. Ferreira, M.A. Fernandez-Rodriguez

“…This shows that such integrated approach can enhance both the efficiency and aesthetic appeal of solar solutions in urban environments, advancing the design of energy-efficient, sustainable buildings. …”
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Investigating the Hydraulic Efficiency of the Labyrinth Weir Using the Flow3D Numerical Method by R. Daneshfaraz, M. Majedi Asl, T. OmidPour Alavian

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PRISM-Med: Parameter-Efficient Robust Interdomain Specialty Model for Medical Language Tasks by Jieui Kang, Hyungon Ryu, Jaehyeong Sim

“…Language Models (LMs) have shown remarkable potential in healthcare applications, yet their widespread adoption faces challenges in achieving consistent performance across diverse medical specialties while maintaining parameter efficiency. Current approaches to fine-tuning language models for medical tasks often require extensive computational resources and struggle with managing specialized medical knowledge across different domains. …”
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New Bipolar Electrosurgical Vessel Sealing Device Provides Improved Performance and Procedural Efficiency by Chambers R, Sarno D, Roweton S

“…In addition, the studies showed XP Maryland has some improved performance characteristics when compared to Atlas and Dolphin Tip that may result in improved procedural efficiency and may reduce potential surgical risks.Keywords: LigaSure, radiofrequency energy, electrosurgery…”
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Evaluation of transduction efficiency in pancreatic beta and alpha cells utilizing various AAV serotypes by Vishal Ahuja, Sanjeev Jeyabalan, Emmanuel S. Tzanakakis

“…Recombinant AAV2 was also utilized to deliver a blue-light photoactivatable adenylyl cyclase (bPAC) to β-cells, resulting in the efficient modulation of insulin secretion upon illumination. …”
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New Architecture towards Ultrathin CdTe Solar Cells for High Conversion Efficiency by A. Teyou Ngoupo, S. Ouédraogo, F. Zougmoré, J. M. B. Ndjaka

“…We found that a few nanometers (about 5 nm) of CdTe1-xSx layer is sufficient to obtain high conversion efficiency. For BSR layer, different materials with large band gap, such as ZnTe, Cu2Te, and p+-CdTe, have been used in order to reduce minority carrier recombination at the back contact. …”
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Improving maintenance efficiency and controlling costs in healthcare institutions through advanced analytical method by Kun Li, Lei Su, Jing Cheng, Yinyan Sun, Xinghua Ma

“…Abstract This study aims to address the shortage of manpower and resources in the medical engineering departments of healthcare institutions while efficiently executing medical equipment maintenance and achieving controllable maintenance costs. …”
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TDNN achitecture with efficient channel attention and improved residual blocks for accurate speaker recognition by Wenzao Li, Sai Yao, Bing Wan, Linsong Xiao, Chengyu Hou, Yanchuan Zhong, Wengang Zhou

“…Facilitating the integration of information from different scales and channels, resulting in more refined feature representations. …”
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Efficient detection of highway pavement cracks using computer vision-based MSFNet model by Zhengfa Jiang, Danlan Li, Ting Zhao, Mingxing Gao

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Comparative efficiency and residue levels of spraying programs against powdery mildew in grape varieties by Kaya Ayşegül, Tezcan Himmet, Atak Arif

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Durable resistance or efficient disease control? Adult Plant Resistance (APR) at the heart of the dilemma by Rimbaud, Loup, Papaïx, Julien, Rey, Jean-François, Moury, Benoît, Barrett, Luke G., Thrall, Peter H.

“…At first glance, such resistance should be less efficient than classical major-effect resistance genes, which confer complete resistance from seedling stage, to reduce epidemics. …”
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Operational efficiency and environmental impacts: a study on cut-to-length logging in the Carpathian forests by Michal Allman, Martin Jankovský, Vladimír Bobrík, Zuzana Dudáková

“…IntroductionThe performance and consumption of CTL technologies in the forest harvesting process are influenced by a wide range of technological conditions and factors, requiring detailed analysis to increase machine performance and reduce environmental impacts.MethodsIn the presented study, we investigated the efficiency of different CTL (cut-to-length) logging machines in 1,390 forest stands from 2020 to 2022. …”
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Efficiency of growing various soybeans varieties, depending on the effect of micronutrient fertilizers and growth regulators by М. П. Байда

“…The article presents the results of studying the efficiency of growing different varieties of soybeans. …”
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Efficiency of Using the Auxiliary Boiler for Peak Power Generation by a Steam Turbine of NPP by V. A. Khrustalev, M. V. Garievskii

“…The article presents the technique of an estimation of efficiency of use of potential heat output of an auxiliary boiler (AB) to improve electric capacity and manoeuvrability of a steam turbine unit of a power unit of a nuclear power plant (NPP) equipped with a water-cooled water-moderated power reactor (WWER). …”
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Patterns and efficiency of fossil energy trade between China and countries along the Belt and Road by ZHANG Pengyan, CHANG Yinghui, LIU Yu, ZHANG Jinbing, LIU Zhenyue

“…It is of great significance to analyze the pattern and efficiency of fossil energy trade between China and countries along the Belt and Road to promote the high-quality development of energy along the Belt and Road and ensure China’s energy security. …”
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Yield, Quality and Water Use Efficiencies of Silage Maize as Effected by Deficit Irrigation Treatments by Ali Beyhan Ucak, Tugay Ayasan, Nizamettin Turan

“…The present study was carried out to investigate the effects of different water deficit levels applied through growing season on silage yield, quality and water use efficiency (WUE) of main crop silage maize under semi-arid climate conditions during the years 2014 and 2015. …”
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Ultrafiltration of Whole Milk: Impact of Homogenization and Ultrafiltration Temperature on Processing Efficiency and Component Retention by Pramith U. Don, Zeel Modi, Kartik Shah, Prafulla Salunke

“…The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of thermal and homogenization pre-treatments on ultrafiltration (UF) efficiency and component retention in whole milk (WM). …”
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Research on efficient numerical method of air flow and heat transfer in a refrigerated truck by Shiming Liu, Qi Deng, Yingsun Sun, Puxian Ding

“…These findings provide valuable insights for improving the efficiency of refrigerated trucks’ design and optimization.…”
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Efficient Recognition of the Propagated Orbital Angular Momentum Modes in Turbulences With the Convolutional Neural Network by Zikun Wang, Maxime Irene Dedo, Kai Guo, Keya Zhou, Fei Shen, Yongxuan Sun, Shutian Liu, Zhongyi Guo

“…In this paper, based on the CNN theory, we make a tradeoff between the computational complexity of the system and the efficiency of recognition by establishing a specially designed six-layer CNN structure in CPU station to efficiently achieve the recognition of OAM mode in turbulent environment through the feature extraction of the received Laguerre–Gaussian beam's intensity distributions. …”
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Electrical energy input efficiency limitations in CO2‐to‐CO electrolysis and attempts for improvement by Thomas Reichbauer, Bernhard Schmid, Kim‐Marie Vetter, David Reinisch, Nemanja Martić, Christian Reller, Alexander Grasruck, Romano Dorta, Günter Schmid

“…In this work, different production routes to CO are thermodynamically examined and experimentally validated. …”
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