The hydrological impact of greening and climate change on the Mu Us Sandy land of China under the background of declining ecological efficiency by Jiazheng Li, Rong Wu, Mengjing Li, Zijun Wang, Chenfeng Cui, Junrong Liu

“…To address this, we calculated the Net Primary Productivity (NPP) by a modified CASA model, proposed an indicator (sensitivity of carbon sequestration, SC) to characterize the ecological efficiency of revegetation and found it decrease significantly (−0.77 a-1; p < 0.05). …”
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Controlled-release fertilizer affects leaf nitrogen allocation and photosynthesis to improve nitrogen use efficiency and yield in the sunflower field by Wenhao Ren, Xianyue Li, Xianyue Li, Xianyue Li, Tingxi Liu, Tingxi Liu, Ning Chen, Maoxin Xin, Qian Qi, Bin Liu

“…However, the changes in N allocation to enhance the photosynthesis under CRF have rarely been addressed.MethodsA two-year field experiment was conducted in the Hetao Irrigation District, Inner Mongolia, China from 2019 to 2020 to evaluate the effects of different fertilization strategies on soil NO3-N concentration, leaf nitrogen content, photosynthetic characteristics, yield, and nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) in sunflowers. …”
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The Safety and Efficiency of Tirofiban in Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients Treated with Mechanical Thrombectomy: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study by Lili Zhao, Yating Jian, Tao Li, Heying Wang, Zhang Lei, Man Sun, Ye Li, Yiheng Zhang, Meijuan Dang, Wang Huqing, Sun Hong, Zhang Ru, Hongxing Zhang, Yi Jia, Luo Guogang, Zhang Guilian

“…Multivariate and COX regression analyses were performed to determine the association of tirofiban treatment with safety and efficiency in subjects treated with MT. Result. A total of 174 patients were analyzed, of whom 89 (51.1%) were treated with tirofiban. …”
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Establishment of an Efficient System for Rhizome Proliferation and In Vitro Flowering Induction from Protocorm Explants in <i>Cymbidium goeringii</i> by Yongqi Zhi, Chenhao Wang, Yi Yang, Ming Chen, Muthusamy Ramakrishnan, Bo Fu, Lili Wang, Qiang Wei, Sen Wang

“…In this study, through the screening of different basal media, hormone combinations, and other conditions, we developed efficient rhizome regeneration (micropropagation) and in vitro flowering induction systems from protocorm explants of <i>C. goeringii</i> hybrids. …”
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SSFAN: A Compact and Efficient Spectral-Spatial Feature Extraction and Attention-Based Neural Network for Hyperspectral Image Classification by Chunyang Wang, Chao Zhan, Bibo Lu, Wei Yang, Yingjie Zhang, Gaige Wang, Zongze Zhao

“…To address this, we propose a compact and efficient spectral-spatial feature extraction and attention-based neural network (SSFAN) for HSI classification. …”
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Robustness assessment of urban road networks in densely populated cities by Assemgul Kozhabek, Wei Koong Chai

“…The targeted node removal strategies are based on different centrality measures. We study the robustness of 10 road networks of densely populated cities using three different metrics: the size of the largest connected component, global efficiency, and local efficiency. …”
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Recycling and Reinforcing of Expanded Polystyrene by Woven Mat and Short E-Glass fibers by Shadi Sawalha

“…In this work two types of EPS have been recycled at different temperatures from 140 to 260°C, and then reinforced by E-glass fibers in mat form and as random short fibers with varied composition from 5 to 25 wt%. …”
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Energy renovation of Swedish single-family houses—a survey of barriers, drivers, and green loans by Pardis Niknafs, Gustav Holmqvist, Patrik Thollander, Patrik Rohdin

“…According to the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, 55% of the EU’s emission reductions will require renovations of the least efficient buildings. Therefore, it is important to gain a deeper understanding of how owners of single-family houses perceive energy efficiency measures, energy renovation, and barriers and drivers that influence their decision-making. …”
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Influence of composted manures and co-composted biochar on growth performance of saffron and soil nutrients under varying electrical conductivity soil conditions: A two-year field... by Shagufta Qasim, Shamim Gul, Tariq Ziad, Agha Waqar Yunus, Raza Ullah Khan, Ali Akbar, Abdul Hanan Buriro

“…The two-year cumulative agronomic efficiencies for nitrogen and phosphorus and the nitrogen use efficiency for leaf biomass were lower under fertilizer treatments than control in non-saline and saline soil. …”
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Laser-Ablative Structuring of Elastic Bandages—An Experimental Study by Peijiao Huang, Daoyong Zhang, Wenyuan Lu, Xihuai Wang, Da Chen, Shengbin Zhao, Mingdi Wang

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Investigating the Relationship between Iranian Intermediate EFL Learners’ Language Anxiety and Their Reading Ability by Seyyed Hossein Kashef, Roshanak Ashrafi

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The Ontogeny and Dietary Differences in Queen and Worker Castes of Honey Bee (<i>Apis cerana cerana</i>) by Chunyu Yang, Li Lei, Ying Wang, Baohua Xu, Zhenguo Liu

“…Additionally, this study investigated the nutritional differences between royal jelly (RJ) and worker jelly (WJ) at various larval ages. …”
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COVID-19 Pandemic’s precautionary measures had hit the reset button of the quality of life at different aspects by Huda H Alsayedahmed

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Parallel Jacobian Computation Based on Distance-2 Algorithm and Its Application in Coupling Problems by LIU Lixun, ZHANG Han, PENG Xinru, DOU Qinrong, WU Yingjie, GUO Jiong, LI Fu

“…How to calculate the Jacobian matrix efficiently and automatically is a major challenge. …”

The Design and Performance Evaluation of a Wireless Sensor Network Based Irrigation System on Different Soil Types by Buhari Umar, Eustace Manayi Dogo, Bello Kontagora Nuhu, Arifa Khatoon Haq, Paul Tobi Olaleye

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The Impact of Financial Capital on Innovative behavior of Industrial Companies by A. V. Trachuk, N. V. linder

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Experimental study and modeling adsorption behavior of a robust cross-linker on carbonate rocks at different temperatures by Umirzokov Azamat, Makhmarejabov Dilmurod, Fatkhiddinov Asliddinjon, Nosirov Nurzod, Samadov Bakhodirjon, Niyazmetov Azamat, Kurbanov G’olib, Mashaev Eldor, Saeed Khezerloo-ye Aghdam

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Multi‐Objective Evaluation Method for Efficient Water Energy Utilization in Multistage Hydraulic Turbines With Ultrahigh Water Head and Low Flow Rate by Zichao Zhang, Sanya Zhao, Yanpin Li

“…ABSTRACT In this article, a multi‐objective comprehensive evaluation method is established by comprehensively considering the power and shaft diameter of a multistage hydraulic turbine with an ultrahigh water head and low flow rate to utilize water energy efficiently. Using this method, several schemes for calculating the runner's geometric parameters are attained through the scheme design of different maximum numbers of stages and rotational speeds under different operating conditions of water pressure and flow rate. …”
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Non-Orthogonal Signal Transmission Over Nonlinear Optical Channels by Tongyang Xu, Tianhua Xu, Polina Bayvel, Izzat Darwazeh

“…Our research demonstrated the benefits of the use of sphere decoding in SEFDM and also demonstrates the performance improvement of long-haul optical communication systems using SEFDM compared to the use of conventional OFDM, when fiber nonlinearities are considered. Different modulation formats ranging from 4QAM to 32QAM are studied and it is shown that, for the same spectral efficiency and information rate, SEFDM signals allow a significant increase in the transmission distance compared to conventional OFDM signals.…”
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Novel multistage deep convolution neural network-based Parkinson’s disease detection and severity grading of running speech using LSF spectrums for detection and STFT spectrums for... by Rani Kumari, Prakash Ramachandran

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