Advancements in Predictive Microbiology: Integrating New Technologies for Efficient Food Safety Models by Oluseyi Rotimi Taiwo, Helen Onyeaka, Elijah K. Oladipo, Julius Kola Oloke, Deborah C. Chukwugozie

“…Predictive models have been found incapable of modeling the intricate microbial interactions in food colonized by different bacteria populations under dynamic environmental conditions. …”
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Enhanced DDPG algorithm for latency and energy-efficient task scheduling in MEC systems by Fei Zhou, Lihong Zhao, Xiaomei Ding, Shuqin Wang

“…The enhanced DDPG incorporates a soft update mechanism for target network parameters and an experience replay buffer to improve stability and training efficiency. A composite reward function, considering both latency and energy consumption, is designed and compared in linear and nonlinear forms. …”
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Extremely High-Efficiency Coupling Method for Hollow-Core Photonic Crystal Fiber by Danyun Fan, Zhiqiang Jin, Guanghui Wang, Fei Xu, Yanqing Lu, Dora Juan Juan Hu, Lei Wei, Ping Shum, Xuping Zhang

“…A DSA-GSA matching model is proposed to calculate the efficiency for different splicing situations. In the optimal condition of GSA > DSA, the transmission loss could approach zero, only including the scattering loss of etched fiber. …”
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Energy-Efficient Data Recovery via Greedy Algorithm for Wireless Sensor Networks by Zhi-qiang Zou, Ze-ting Li, Shu Shen, Ru-chuan Wang

“…Furthermore, we study three different greedy algorithms under DAF_CSOR. Results of evaluation experiments show that the proposed sparsity-adaptive DAF_CSOR is relatively optimal in terms of recovery accuracy. …”
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System Layout and Grasp Efficiency Optimization for a Multirobot Waste Sorting System by Bart Engelen, Sander Teck, Jef R. Peeters, Karel Kellens

“…This grasp efficiency is incorporated into the proposed scheduling heuristic and used to assign the PPW objects to the different available robots, taking into account the position of the object with respect to the robot and the gripper installed on the robot. …”
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Multiscale Spatiotemporal Variation Analysis of Regional Water Use Efficiency Based on Multifractals by Tong Zhao, Yanan Wang, Yulu Zhang, Qingyun Wang, Penghai Wu, Hui Yang, Zongyi He, Junli Li

“…Understanding the complex variations in water use efficiency (WUE) is critical for optimizing agricultural productivity and resource management. …”
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Combining SNNs with filtering for efficient neural decoding in implantable brain-machine interfaces by Zhou Biyan, Pao-Sheng Vincent Sun, Arindam Basu

“…Spiking Neural Networks (SNN) emerge as a promising solution for resource efficient neural decoding while Long Short Term Memory (LSTM) networks achieve the best accuracy. …”
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Design and Optimization of Solar Carport Canopies for Maximum Power Generation and Efficiency at Bahawalpur by Farhana Umer, Muhammad Shehzad Aslam, Muhammad Shoaib Rabbani, Muhammad Javed Hanif, Nadeem Naeem, Muhammad Tafseer Abbas

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Energy Efficiency Optimization for UAV-RIS-Assisted Wireless Powered Communication Networks by Xianhao Shen, Ling Gu, Jiazhi Yang, Shuangqin Shen

“…Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed optimized scheme outperforms benchmark schemes in terms of average throughput and energy efficiency. Experimental data also reveal the applicability of different TDMA strategies: dynamic TDMA exhibits superior performance in achieving higher average throughput at ground nodes in urban scenarios, while traditional TDMA is more advantageous for total energy harvesting efficiency. …”
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Hydrodynamic efficient cell capture and pairing method on microfluidic cell electrofusion chip by Xuefeng Wang, Yaqi Bai, Xiaoling Zhang, Wei Li, Jun Yang, Ning Hu

“…Using K562 cells to explore the effect of different volumetric flow ratios of symmetric channels on cell capture and pairing efficiency, we finally got the optimized structure and obtained a single-cell capture efficiency of approximately 95.6 ± 2.0% and a cell pairing efficiency of approximately 83.3 ± 8.8%. …”
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Green Innovation Efficiency Measurement Based on Sensor Data: Evidence from China by Jingkun Zhang, Wang Zhang

“…Third, government R&D inputs and different types of green regulations have a significant impact on green innovation efficiency and have significant spatial spillover effects. …”
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Enhancing Greenhouse Efficiency: Integrating IoT and Reinforcement Learning for Optimized Climate Control by Manuel Platero-Horcajadas, Sofia Pardo-Pina, José-María Cámara-Zapata, José-Antonio Brenes-Carranza, Francisco-Javier Ferrández-Pastor

“…The study concludes that the integration of IoT and RL technologies is effective, validating the model’s ability to manage and optimize greenhouse operations efficiently and adapt to different types of crops. Moreover, this integration not only enhances operational efficiency but also reduces the need for constant human intervention, thereby minimizing labor costs and increasing scalability for larger agricultural enterprises. …”
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Investigation of Inlet Guide Vane Efficiency in Centrifugal Compressors for the Turbo Refrigeration Machines by Danilishin A.M., Kozhukhov Y. V., Fateeva E.S., Aksenov A.A.

“…The most significant finding reveals how IGV blade curvature angle critically affects swirl generation efficiency at the impeller inlet. These results contribute to improved efficiency of centrifugal compressors with IGVs in turbo-refrigeration machines using various refrigerants.…”
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WasDom: An Efficient Write Protection for Wasm JITed Code With ARM Domain by Suhyeon Song, Chaewon Shin, Donghyun Kwon

“…WebAssembly (Wasm) is a binary instruction format designed to run web applications efficiently and securely across different browsers, including Chrome’s V8, Firefox’s SpiderMonkey, and Safari’s JavaScriptCore. …”
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Evaluating the Efficiency of Nature-Inspired Algorithms for Finite Element Optimization in the ANSYS Environment by Antonino Cirello, Tommaso Ingrassia, Antonio Mancuso, Giuseppe Marannano, Agostino Igor Mirulla, Vito Ricotta

“…Comparative analyses were conducted to assess convergence behavior, solution quality, and computational efficiency across the different metaheuristics. The results underscore the practical advantages of a fully integrated APDL approach, highlighting improvements in execution speed, workflow automation, and overall robustness. …”
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Efficient Positive Semidefinite Matrix Approximation by Iterative Optimisations and Gradient Descent Method by Vali Asimit, Runshi Wang, Feng Zhou, Rui Zhu

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Hybrid deep learning framework based on EfficientViT for classification of gastrointestinal diseases by Vishesh Tanwar, Bhisham Sharma, Dhirendra Prasad Yadav, Abolfazl Mehbodniya

“…Traditional methods like endoscopy take time and depend majorly on the judgment of the physician. The proposed Efficient Vision Transformer (EfficientViT) is a new deep learning-based model using EfficientNetB0 in combination with the Vision Transformer (ViT) for the classification of eight different types of diseases in the GI system. …”
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Improving the efficiency of adsorption filters with a short diffuser by improving their flow part by A. S. Korneeva, N. Yu. Filkin

“…The numerical studies cover various options for backfilling the adsorbent, including layer profiling and the use of adsorbent with different porosity, which allows us to assess the impact of these factors on the aerodynamic resistance and overall efficiency of the filter. …”
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Efficient Coordination Among Chinese Provinces in Managing Supply and Demand for Staple Crops by Yifei Wang, Xiangzheng Deng, Yansui Liu, Juanle Wang, Zhihui Li

“…To enhance food supply–demand coordination, tailored and adaptive measures for different provinces are imperative. This study offers theoretical insights to understand the trends of food supply and demand and further contributes to adaptive strategies to address climate change for sustainable food systems.…”
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Recycling as a Strategic Direction to Improve Efficiency of Steel Industry in the Russian Federation by V. V. Smirnov

“…The article discusses the issue of increasing the efficiency of the Russian steel industry taking into consideration the requirements of the concept of sustainable development. …”
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