Nutrient acquisition efficient rootstocks improve zinc nutrition of top-grafted citrus trees on calcareous soil by Jiawei Xie, Huaye Xiong, Runzheng Niu, Yuheng Wang, Yuehong Wang, Mohammad Naeem Lali, Mohammad Naeem Lali, Jingkun Zhao, Xiaojun Shi, Heinz Rennenberg, Heinz Rennenberg

“…Tanaka rootstock significantly increased the Zn level in new leaves, mature leaves, stems, and roots by 81.69%, 66.18%, 97.52%, and 45.94%, respectively, and positively influenced growth, photosynthetic efficiency, and foliar carbon and nitrogen metabolite concentrations in the top-grafted citrus trees. …”
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Effect of hydrogel on corn growth, water use efficiency, and soil properties in a semi-arid region by Ammar A. Albalasmeh, Osama Mohawesh, Mamoun A. Gharaibeh, Abdulaziz G. Alghamdi, Mohammad A. Alajlouni, Ahmad M. Alqudah

“…In addition, when compared to the control, both soils' water use efficiency and corn growth rose. In agriculture, hydrogel can improve soil physical properties while also boosting water use efficiency and plant development parameters in dry and semi-arid areas.…”
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Efficient Online Recruitment of Patients With Depressive Symptoms Using Social Media: Cross-Sectional Observational Study by Carolin Haas, Lisa Klein, Marlene Heckl, Marija Kesić, Ann-Katrin Rueß, Jochen Gensichen, Karoline Lukaschek, Tobias Kruse

“…Although some studies have investigated the advantages and disadvantages of using social media for recruitment, a considerable gap still exists in understanding the precise mechanisms and factors that make different social media platforms most effective and cost-efficient for patient recruitment in mental health studies. …”
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The Establishment of a Highly Efficient In Vitro Regeneration System for <i>Viburnum opulus</i> L. ‘Roseum’ by Yajing Ning, Hao Dong, Xinxin Zhang, Yanhua Li, Chengpeng Cui, Shujuan Li

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The effect of mineral fertilizers on the economic efficiency of winter wheat production in the direct sowing technology in the Stavropol territory by N. N. Shapovalova, L. R. Oganyan, А. А. Voropaeva

“…The purpose of the current study was to estimate the economic efficiency of winter wheat grain production in the direct sowing (no-till) technology with different methods and doses of mineral fertilizers in conditions of unstable moisture in the Stavropol Territory. …”
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Effects of spatial setting of LED light source on yield, quality, and water-use efficiency in greenhouse tomato by Wang Zhao, Wenkai Liu, Xin Meng, Ning Jin, Li Jin, Zhiqi Xu, Qian Zhang, Qin Sun, Wei Zhang, Jihua Yu, Shuya Wang, Jian Lyu

“…In this study, LEDs were used to examine different spatial settings (CK: no supplemental lighting; T1: upward supplemental lighting between plants; T2: downward supplemental lighting at the top of the plant; T3: downward supplemental lighting between plants; and T4: upward supplemental lighting at the bottom of the plant) on the biomass, yield, quality, water-use efficiency, and electric energy efficiency of ‘Jingfan 502’ tomato plants. …”
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Water hardness affecting glyphosate efficiency for weed control and tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L.) yield production by Zeynab Alipour, Ebrahim Panahpour, Mani Mojadam, Ali Gholami, Navid Ghanavati

“…Increasing water hardness decreased glyphosate efficiency in controlling weeds, but it enhanced plant height. …”
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Foreign object recognition for mine conveyor belt iron separators based on transfer learning with EfficientNet by Hailong YANG, Yiping YUAN, Panpan FAN, Lu XIAO, Feiyang ZHAO, Shaoke YUAN

“…This allowed for the stacking and analysis of feature maps at different levels, extracting deep feature signals from the images. …”
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Sustainable recycling of PET/cotton mixed waste fabrics: Mechanical decomposition and efficient component separation for reuse by Wang Hou, Veronika Tunáková, Shi Hu, Dan Wang, Jakub Wiener, Ludmila Fridrichová, Jana Novotná, Xiuling Zhang

“…The separation effectivity of different material components was evaluated using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and thermogravimetric analysis. …”
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An Efficient Aqua-Based Culture Method for the Propagation of High-Quality <i>Arundo donax</i> Seedlings by Jialin Guo, Wei Li, Gangqiang Cao, Luyue Zhang, Zhengqing Xie, Weiwei Chen, Gongyao Shi, Fang Wei, Baoming Tian

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Improving Dehydration Efficiency and Quality in Highbush Blueberries via Combined Pulsed Microwave Pretreatment and Osmotic Dehydration by Shokoofeh Norouzi, Valérie Orsat, Marie-Josée Dumont

“…The enhancing effect of microwave pretreatment and higher temperatures on the efficiency of the osmotic dehydration process was obvious. …”
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Efficiency, cytotoxicity, and survivability evaluation of Salmonella phage cocktail against Salmonella derived from broiler sources by Wattana Pelyuntha, Thamonwan Narkpao, David Yembilla Yamik, Pichamon Kiatwuthinon, Arsooth Sanguankiat, Attawit Kovitvadhi, Kitiya Vongkamjan

“…A cocktail of the phages was further tested for efficiency at different multiplicities of infection (MOIs) against representative Salmonella strains. …”
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Technology and practice for efficient development of coalbed methane horizontal wells in high-rank coal of Qinshui Basin by WU Xi

“…Consequently, a “five-element” evaluation index system for production potential in efficient development areas was established, and an optimization method for selecting efficient development areas for high-rank coalbed methane was formulated. …”
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Construction of TRIF-knockout NA and BHK-21 cell lines and effect on rabies virus proliferation efficiency by Weitao HUANG, Jiaqi LI, Yao PENG, Xiangping YIN, Xiaofeng GUO, Jun LUO

“…Viral N protein expression levels were detected by Western blot, and viral titers were determined through TCID50 assay to evaluate rabies virus proliferation efficiency in different cell lines. ResultThe recombinant plasmids pSpCas9-NA-TRIF-KO and pSpCas9-BHK-21-TRIF-KO for TRIF-knockout were successfully constructed, the TRIF-knockout NA and BHK-21 cell lines were screened and identified. …”
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Systematic evaluation of plant metals/metalloids accumulation efficiency: a global synthesis of bioaccumulation and translocation factors by Wenbin Huang, Wenbin Huang, Chengnian Zhang, Bowei Zhu, Xiaoying Liu, Huxuan Xiao, Huxuan Xiao, Shibin Liu, Shibin Liu, Shibin Liu, Huaiyong Shao

“…As soil pH increases, the BF of Cd and Zinc (Zn) decrease, whereas the BF of lead (Pb) increases, likely due to their distinct chemical behaviors under different pH conditions. Threshold concentrations were also identified for several for metals/metalloids (e.g., Cd: 214.8 mg kg-1; Pb: 31352.3 mg kg-1), beyond which BF falls below 1.0, indicating diminished accumulation efficiency due to toxicity constraints. …”
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EBSSPA: Efficient Deep Learning Model for Enhancing Blockchain Scalability and Security Through Fusion Pattern Analysis by Anuradha Hiwase, Amit Pimpalkar, Barkha Dange, Nitin Thakre, Sakshi Jaiswal, Tejaswini Mankar

“…Background: Blockchain technologies have come a long way, and integration of blockchain technologies into different fields is flourishing; however, there is a lack of blockchain platforms to manage the high network loads and more sophisticated security threats. …”
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Effects of Previous Nitrogen Fertilizer Application on Yield and Nitrogen Use Efficiency of Wheat / Maize in the Next Season by Peng ZHOU, Jie WANG, Xinping ZHANG, Yu GONG, Chuangyun WANG, Fei GAO

“…By measuring the effects of different fertilization treatments on nitrogen use efficiency and annual yield of next crop, the effect of single-season fertilization was analyzed.…”
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Long-Term Effects of Nitrogen Sources on Yields, Nitrogen Use Efficiencies, and Soil of Tilled and Irrigated Corn by Jorge A. Delgado, Robert E. D’Adamo, Catherine E. Stewart, Bradley A. Floyd, Stephen J. Del Grosso, Daniel K. Manter, Ardell D. Halvorson, Amber D. Brandt

“…An N balance accounting for N and carbon (C) sequestration found a system nitrogen use efficiency (NUE_Sys) for organic N fertilizer (manure) with a tillage of 86.6%, which was higher than the NUE_Sys of 62.6% with inorganic N fertilizer (enhanced efficiency fertilizer, EEF). …”
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Adaptation of time‐driven activity‐based costing to the evaluation of the efficiency of ambulatory care provided in the emergency department by Simon Berthelot, Myriam Mallet, Sébastien Blais, Lynne Moore, Jason R. Guertin, Justine Boulet, Christian Boilard, Camille Fortier, Benoît Huard, Akram Mokhtari, Annika Lesage, Émilie Lévesque, Laurence Baril, Pascale Olivier, Keven Vachon, Olivia Yip, Mathieu Bouchard, David Simonyan, Mélanie Létourneau, Amélie Pineault, Adrien Vézo, Henry T. Stelfox

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An Unstructured Mesh Generation Tool for Efficient High‐Resolution Representation of Spatial Heterogeneity in Land Surface Models by Hanwen Fan, Qingchen Xu, Fan Bai, Zhongwang Wei, Yonggen Zhang, Xingjie Lu, Nan Wei, Shupeng Zhang, Hua Yuan, Shaofeng Liu, XianXiang Li, Xueyan Li, Yongjiu Dai

“…This tool provides new capabilities for more efficiently capturing localized land surface processes and extreme events.…”
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