Regional disparities and influencing factors of health production efficiency: evidence from China by Hongwei Li, Ruixin Wang, Hongliang Wang

“…Intra-regional disparities remain the primary source of the overall differences in health production efficiency across China. …”
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TaER Expression Is Associated with Transpiration Efficiency Traits and Yield in Bread Wheat. by Jiacheng Zheng, Zhiyuan Yang, Pippa J Madgwick, Elizabete Carmo-Silva, Martin A J Parry, Yin-Gang Hu

“…Based on the expression of TaER1 and TaER2, the 48 wheat varieties could be classified into three groups having high (5 varieties), medium (27 varieties) and low (16 varieties) levels of TaER expression. Significant differences were also observed between the three groups varying for TaER expression for several transpiration efficiency (TE)- related traits, including stomatal density (SD), transpiration rate, photosynthetic rate (A), instant water use efficiency (WUEi) and carbon isotope discrimination (CID), and yield traits of biomass production plant-1 (BYPP) and grain yield plant-1 (GYPP). …”
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Edge-optimized multimodal cross-fusion architecture for efficient crop disease detection by Thomas Kinyanjui Njoroge, Kelvin Mugoye Shindu, Rachael Kibuku

“…This study proposes a lightweight multimodal fusion model integrating EfficientNetV2 and MobileNetV2, optimized for edge deployment. …”
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Old age variably impacts chimpanzee engagement and efficiency in stone tool use by Elliot Howard-Spink, Tetsuro Matsuzawa, Susana Carvalho, Catherine Hobaiter, Katarina Almeida-Warren, Thibaud Gruber, Dora Biro

“…Notably, we report interindividual variability in the extent to which elderly chimpanzees’ tool-use behaviors changed during our sample period – ranging from small to profound reductions in engagement and efficiency – as well as differences in the specific aspects of nut cracking that changed for each individual. …”
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Sewage sludge-based organomineral fertilizer improves phosphorus efficiency in Urochloa brizantha by Andre Luiz de Freitas Espinoza, João Henrique Silva da Luz, Tiago Tezotto, Paulo Sergio Pavinato

“…This study aimed to assess the agronomic efficiency and residual effect of organomineral fertilizers derived from SS as phosphorus sources for Urochloa brizantha. …”
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Efficient Plantlet Regeneration from Branches in <i>Mangifera indica</i> L. by Huijing Zhou, Jinglang Sun, Keyuan Zheng, Xinyuan Zhang, Yuan Yao, Mulan Zhu

“…However, research on the in vitro culture of mangoes is relatively weak, so establishing an efficient and stable mango plant regeneration system is of great significance. …”
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Water Use Efficiency Spatiotemporal Change and Its Driving Analysis on the Mongolian Plateau by Gesi Tang, Yulong Bao, Changqing Sun, Mei Yong, Byambakhuu Gantumur, Rentsenduger Boldbayar, Yuhai Bao

“…Water use efficiency (WUE) connects two key processes in terrestrial ecosystems: the carbon and water cycles. …”
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Impact of root cutting on root architecture and water use efficiency of rice seedlings by ZHU Mei, HU Chenfan, LIU Shuoshuo, SHI Yunjia, LIU Jingzhe, LIN Shimiao

“…Root cutting improved water use efficiency, primarily by decreasing stomatal conductance. …”
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CLINICAL AND LABORATORY EFFICIENCY OF TREATMENT OF WOMEN WITH PERIODONTAL DISEASES ON THE BACKGROUND OF BACTERIAL VAGINOSIS by A.D. Shulzhenko, T.O. Petrushanko, M.V. Mykytiuk

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Calculation of efficiency in a centrifugal pump using the thermodynamic method through an adapted voltage acquisition module by Erick O. Castañeda Magadán, Laura L. Castro Gomez, José A. Marbán Salgado, Miguel A. Basurto Pensado, Víctor M. Zezatti Flores, Oscar Sotelo Mazón

“…Experimental tests conducted at different rotational speeds in the pump allow for the efficiency curves based on the temperature difference between the pump's inlet and outlet. …”
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Study on the Flow Mechanism of Shale Oil with Different Injection Media by Lanlan Yao, Zhengming Yang, Haibo Li, Bo Cai, Chunming He, Debin Xia

“…Compared with tight sandstone with similar permeability, shale had lower oil displacement efficiency. The findings of this study can help for better understanding of the influence of different injection media on shale oil recovery effect.…”
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Differences in foraging behavior in wild and pen‐raised northern bobwhites by Jacob F. Jung, Steven E. Hayslette

“…Wild bobwhites foraged more efficiently than did pen‐raised bobwhites, with foraging efficiency of wild bobwhites increasing in risky patches. …”
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On the design of some devices for localization and extinguishing wildfires of different intensities by Д. Касымов, О. Гальцева

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Analysis of Different Formulations of Cellulose-grafted Hydrogels in the Dehydration of Biodiesel by Giovana Almenara, Bianca Estevam, Isadora Perez, Patricia Fregolente, Maria Regina Wolf Maciel, Leonardo Fregolente

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Experimental Investigation on a Slurry Pump at Different Operating Parameters by S. A. EL-Agouz, Hagar Mohamed, Elsaid Nossir

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Particle Collection of Electret Media under Different Filtration Pressures by Zhen Liu, Da-Ren Chen, Qinghe Niu, Desmond Asiedu Mensah, Zhongli Ji

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New Energy Policies and Informal Cultural Norms Promoting Carbon Equity in Chinese Cities: Synergistic Effects and Regional Heterogeneity by Zixuan Yang, Huang Yu, Jingqiu Zhang

“…Utilizing panel data from 256 Chinese cities (2000–2021) and employing the New Energy Demonstration City (NEDC) policy as a quasi-natural experiment, this study adopts a staggered difference-in-differences (DID) approach to identify causal relationships. …”
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City brand and urban environmental sanitation: evidence from the national civilized city in China by Junyan Li, Lei Xu

“…Third, our heterogeneity analysis shows that the environmental impact varies across different urban contexts, with stronger effects observed in ordinary cities compared to higher-tier administrative centers, and more pronounced improvements in cities outside urban agglomerations versus those within urban agglomerations.DiscussionThis study broadens the research scope of city brand and enriches the environmental research framework within the Chinese context, while providing practical insights for policymakers seeking to enhance both city brand development and environmental management efficiency. …”
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Cooling Effect on a solar still condenser by Nafila Smakdji, Asma Khelassi-Sefaoui, Mothtar Bourdim, Antonio Siqueira

“…Comparative analyses were conducted on two solar stills, SSref (Solar Still reference) and SSmod (Solar Still modified with fins), considering temperature variation, energy transfer, energy evaporation, hourly water output, and internal efficiency. SSmod consistently exhibited superior performance, maintaining lower temperatures (peak difference of 10 °C), achieving an average energy transfer of 555 W/m², a higher energy evaporation rate (335 W/m² on average), and an increased hourly water output (0.59 mL peak). …”
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Removal of chlorpyrifos insecticide in constructed wetlands with different plant species by Tamara D. de Souza, Alisson C. Borges, Antonio T. de Matos, Ann H. Mounteer, Maria E. L. R. de Queiroz

“…The system efficiency was based on reduction of the initial concentration of chlorpyrifos and toxicity of the contaminated water. …”
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