Crowdfunding and Energy Efficiency Contracting: Exploring New Pathways for Private Investment in Building Renovations by Renan Magalhães, Federico Narracci, Jens Lowitzsch

“…Energy Efficiency Contracting (EEC) enables structural improvements in buildings by financing upgrades through the savings generated, eliminating the need for upfront investment by property owners. …”
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Analysis of the Efficiency of Slope Evacuation for Dense Crowds in Urban Street-Type Public Spaces by Kailing Li, Tiantian Yao, Xue Lin, Xiaoye Lin, Xiaogang You

“…The number and location of obstacles should be reasonably arranged under the condition of satisfying the safety of pedestrians’ passage. The differences in the ability of evacuees should be taken into account to improve evacuation system deficiencies and ensure that everyone can evacuate safely. …”
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Economic Efficiency of Sustainable Public Transport: A Literature Review on Electric and Diesel Buses by Aleksander Jagiełło

“…RQ4—How do key economic variables differ across various studies? RQ5—What are the main methodological and empirical limitations in economic efficiency analyses of urban buses? …”
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Study on the spatio-temporal coupling and drivers of agricultural carbon emission efficiency and food security by Anzhi Liu, Shuguo Yang

“…Ultimately, policy solutions are proposed to optimise agricultural inputs and raise their utilisation efficiency, adopt diversified regional development strategies, promote regional connection and coordinated development, and reinforce the management of drivers and policy support.…”
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Tactical and statistical analysis of spiking efficiency by type, zone and set phase in women's volleyball by Kiattisak Sitti, K. Ravivuth Rangubhet

“…Key performance indicators included kill rate, error rate, and efficiency index (EI). Comparative statistics were used to assess performance differences across match outcomes, spike types, zones, and phases.ResultsBlock-out spikes achieved the highest overall efficiency (EI = 0.79). …”
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High-Efficiency Cogeneration: A Viable Solution for the Decarbonization of Cities with District Heating Systems by Pavel Atănăsoae, Radu Dumitru Pentiuc, Laurențiu Dan Milici

“…In a global context marked by increasingly evident climate change and an urgent need to reduce carbon emissions, efficient and environmentally friendly energy solutions are no longer just an option, but a necessity. …”
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Sparse connectivity enables efficient information processing in cortex-like artificial neural networks by Rieke Fruengel, Rieke Fruengel, Marcel Oberlaender, Marcel Oberlaender

“…Although ANNs were originally inspired by the brain, conventional ANNs differ substantially in their structural network architecture from cortical networks. …”
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Assessing the Efficiency of Fully Two-Dimensional Hydraulic HEC-RAS Models in Rivers of Cyprus by Georgia Siakara, Nikolaos Gourgouletis, Evangelos Baltas

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Integrated Physical–Mechanical Characterization of Fruits for Enhancing Post-Harvest Quality and Handling Efficiency by Mohamed Ghonimy, Raed Alayouni, Garsa Alshehry, Hassan Barakat, Mohamed M. Ibrahim

“…The results indicated significant differences among the various categories of fruits; apples and pears were most suitable for mechanical harvesting and long storage periods, whereas cherries and apricots were least resistant and susceptible to injury. …”
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Spatial temporal trends and inequality in agricultural eco-efficiency under carbon constraints in China by Shuaibang Fan, Hongyu Lin, Na Luo, Herbert Sima, Yanping Liu

“…The key findings include (1) The Songhua River Basin shows significantly higher eco-efficiency (mean: 0.718) than the Yellow River (mean: 0.559) and Yangtze River Basins (mean: 0.587), with distinct evolutionary patterns; (2) Long-term evolution reflects a bipolar pattern with spatial agglomeration disparities; (3) Positive spatial spillover effects are evident in regions with efficiency levels between 0.4 and 0.9, with inter-regional differences and super-variable density as significant spatial variation sources. …”
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To Evaluate the Efficiency of Demirjian and Cameriere's Methods in Estimating the Age of Children with Mixed Dentition in Kolkata by Bishal Biswas, Sanjeet Singh, Paramjit Singh, Kanika Sharma, Deepti J Singh

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The Efficiency of Membrane Curing Method in Hydration Temperature, Compressive Strength, and Curing Cost of Concrete by Hossein Bakhshi, Ali Kooshkaki, Mohammad Hashem Dolatabadi, Zaher Rezaie, Pouyan Fakharian

“…Conversely, in the hot season, there was no significant difference between the results of the two curing methods. …”
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STUDY OF THE EFFICIENCY OF THE SOFTWARE SECURITY IMPROVING METHOD AND SUBSTANTIATION OF PRACTICAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ITS USE by Weiling Cao, Viktor Кosenko, Serhii Semenov

“…A way for evaluating the effectiveness of a method for improving software security has been developed, which differs from the known ones by taking into account the scaling factor of the software development process by introducing security testing specialists. …”
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Estimating Performance Efficiency of Mining and Extracting Sectors Using DEA Models: The Case of Jordan by Jamil J. Jaber, Fatiha Beldjilali, Ali A. Shehadeh, Nawaf N. Hamadneh, Mohammad Saleh, Muhammad Tahir, S. Al Wadi

“…This study also examined the effect of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth and Return on Assets (ROA) on performance efficiency scores for BCC models. In the results, we found that there are differences in performance efficiency across time series in each company based on dynamic BCC models. …”
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Efficiency of dexamethasone in reducing the incidence of headaches after spinal anesthesia during caesarean section by Noor Sabri Ali,  Sajidah Al-Rubaai, Tishreen Sabri Ali

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Clinical Efficiency of Two Sequences of Orthodontic Wires to Correct Crowding of the Lower Anterior Teeth by Cláudia Maria de Castro Serafim, Júlio de Araújo Gurgel, Carollyne Mota Tiago, Rudys Rodolfo de Jesus Tavarez, Etevaldo Matos Maia Filho

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Agrobacterium tumefaciens-Mediated Transformation of Valsa mali: An Efficient Tool for Random Insertion Mutagenesis by Caixia Wang, Xiangnan Guan, Hanyan Wang, Guifang Li, Xiangli Dong, Guoping Wang, Baohua Li

“…The average transformation efficiency was 1015.00 ± 37.35 transformants per 106 recipient conidia. …”
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Beyond Efficiency: The Social and Ecological Costs of Plant Factories in Urban Farming—A Review by László Csambalik, Izóra Gál, Krisztina Madaras, Andrea Tóbiás, Péter Pusztai

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Analysis of Olive Detachment Force to Improve Olive Shaker Efficiency Through Branch Modeling by Giuseppe Macoretta, Sofia Matilde Luglio, Federico Conforti, Michele Abruzzo, Lorenzo Gagliardi, Marco Fontanelli, Michele Raffaelli

“…The fruit maturity index affected the force needed to detach the olive, with the highest value for olives at the C0 stage of maturity (5.93 N). No difference emerged among the tested shaking times (6 s and 12 s), neither in terms of harvest efficiency (mean 81.17%) nor in terms of damage (rate of 5.30). …”
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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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