THERMAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND ANALYSIS OF THE EFFICIENT and SUSTAINABILITY SHELL AND TUBE HEAT EXCHANGER SYSTEM by Raghulkumar CHANDRASEKARAN, Xuejun QIAN, Seong LEE

“…The constructed STHE model has meshed and analyzed under two mediums (water and biogas) with different thermal conditions. Besides, the experiment results from the STHE prototype were used to investigate conversion efficiency and analyze heat transfer. …”
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Scalable and Sustainable Blockchain: Architecting Infrastructure and Developing a Platform for Efficient Management and Exploration by Pedro Silva, Tiago Guimaraes, Ricardo Duarte, Manuel Filipe Santos

“…The ability to be as lightweight as possible, while being able to quickly expand the infrastructure and seamlessly integrate new functionalities, maintaining operational efficiency. The research developed involves a review of the literature, the development of three different blockchain implementations/architectures: one based on Docker, another based on Kubernetes and, finally, one based on Kubernetes with a load balancer. …”
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Luminescence Efficiency Enhanced by Simple Substitutions on Donor and Acceptor in Radicals with Donor–Acceptor Structure by Shuang Gao, Jiahao Guan, Lintao Zhang, Xin Ai

“…In this study, two [4-(N-Carbazolyl)-2,6-dichlorophenyl] bis(2,4,6-trichlorophenyl)methyl (Cz-TTM) radical derivatives (Mes₂Cz-TTM, Mes₂Cz-Mes₂TTM) were synthesized and characterized by modifying the carbazole (donor) and tris-2,4,6-trichlorophenylmethyl radical (acceptor) units with 2,4,6-trimethylphenyl groups. The different substitutions showed varying influences on photoluminescence quantum efficiency (PLQE) compared to the Cz-TTM parent radical. …”
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An efficient ECC and fuzzy verifier based user authentication protocol for IoT enabled WSNs by T. Sudhakar, R. Praveen, V. Natarajan

“…Also, the design tackles the inherent constraints of WSNs, such as their constrained processing resources and susceptibility to different types of attacks. To substantiate the efficacy of our approach, we formally validate its security using the Real-or-Random model. …”
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Enhancement of the transfection efficiency of DNA into Crocus sativus L. cells via PEI nanoparticles by Behnam Firoozi, Zare Nasser, Omid Sofalian, Parisa Sheikhzade-Mosadegh

“…The results also indicated that the combined utilization of ultrasound and PEI nanoparticles increased the transfection efficiency of saffron cells up to two times higher than those obtained by PEI or ultrasound separately.…”
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Memory Efficient Local Features Descriptor for Identity Document Detection on Mobile and Embedded Devices by Daniil P. Matalov, Elena E. Limonova, Natalya S. Skoryukina, Vladimir V. Arlazarov

“…We train a binary descriptor using the retrieved dataset of patches, each bit of the descriptor relies on a single computationally-efficient feature. To estimate the influence of different feature spaces on the descriptor performance, we perform descriptor training experiments using gradient-based and intensity-based features. …”
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Energy Efficiency, Consumption, and Economic Growth: A Causal Analysis in the South African Economy by Enock Gava, Molepa Seabela, Kanayo Ogujiuba

“…Several studies find different conclusions on the short-run and long-run relationship and the direction of causality, and none of the studies have considered energy efficiency in their model. …”
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Synthesizing Efficiency Tools in Radiotherapy to Increase Patient Flow: A Comprehensive Literature Review by Duvern Ramiah, Daniel Mmereki

“…Therefore, in radiotherapy, research on more efficient tools pioneers the development and implementation of high-precision radiotherapy for cancer patients.…”
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Adaptive Deep Reinforcement Learning for Efficient 3D Navigation of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles by Elena Politi, Artemis Stefanidou, Christos Chronis, George Dimitrakopoulos, and Iraklis Varlamis

“…In this work, we propose a Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) method for efficient AUV navigation in 3 Dimension (3D) environments, utilizing input from vision sensors to obtain information about the motion of the AUV and the surrounding space. …”
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Transfer learning based EfficientNet method for transmission line insulator flaw detection by Aleena Swetapadma, Anamika Yadav

“…A comparative study of different EfficientNet models, such as EfficientNetB0, EfficientNetB1, EfficientNetB3, and EfficientNetB5, has been carried out. …”
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Research on the Operation Strategy of Rural Logistics Network with Comprehensive Consideration of Cost, Efficiency and Benefit by Panqian DAI, Chenglin LU, Jing XU

“…Finally, for the scenarios of dealing with general commodities and fresh agricultural products, the simulation of rural logistics network operation is carried out, which reveals the feedback mechanism between network operation efficiency, logistics cost and operating enterprise benefits, and simulates the implementation effects of different operation strategies from both endogenous and exogenous levels to explore how to build a rural logistics network with high efficiency, low cost and increased benefits. …”
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Energy efficient multi hop clustering using Artificial Bee Colony metaheuristic in WSN by Shiwei Zhang, Xinghan Liu, Mohammad Trik

“…This paper introduces EEM-LEACH-ABC, a novel energy-efficient clustering and routing protocol for WSNs using the Artificial Bee Colony (ABC) algorithm. …”
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An Efficient Tourism Path Approach Based on Improved Ant Colony Optimization in Hilly Areas by Mohamed A. Damos, Wenbo Xu, Jun Zhu, Ali Ahmed, Abdolraheem Khader

“…It presents a method for efficiently optimizing tourism paths in hilly areas based on an improved version of the ACO algorithm. …”
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CDUNeXt: efficient ossification segmentation with large kernel and dual cross gate attention by Hailiang Xia, Chuantao Wang, Zhuoyuan Li, Yuchen Zhang, Shihe Hu, Jiliang Zhai

“…Currently, we can only rely on the doctor’s subjective experience for identification, with low efficiency and large error. In this study, a deep learning method is introduced for the first time into the diagnosis of ligamentum flavum ossificans, we proposed a lightweight, automatic and efficient method for identifying ossified regions, called CDUNeXt. …”
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Efficiency of capture of inertia aerosol particles in a periodic cell with a porous cylinder by A.R. Khaziev, Sh.Kh. Zaripov, R.F. Mardanov, A.G. Pilyugin

“…In the determined velocity fields of the carrier medium, the Lagrangian equations of motion of suspended particles are integrated, and the dependence of the particle capture efficiency as a result of the inertial impact and the interception mechanism on the Stokes number at different cell density and the Darcy number of a porous cylinder is calculated. …”
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Struvite Precipitation from Centrate—Identifying the Best Balance Between Effectiveness and Resource Efficiency by Andreas Kolb, Tim Gebhardt, Thomas Dockhorn

“…Based on the results, we developed a nomogram showing the resulting saturation index and the associated PO₄-P removal efficiency for variable initial PO₄-P and pH levels. …”
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An Intuitive and Efficient Teleoperation Human–Robot Interface Based on a Wearable Myoelectric Armband by Long Wang, Zhangyi Chen, Songyuan Han, Yao Luo, Xiaoling Li, Yang Liu

“…The interface integrates the following: (1) a novel hybrid reference frame aimed at effectively mitigating visual-motor misalignment; and (2) a finite state machine (FSM)-based control logic designed to enhance control efficiency and smoothness. Four experimental tasks were designed using different end-effectors (gripper/dexterous hand) and camera viewpoints (front/side view). …”
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Efficiency of a Modified Ovulation Synchronization Program in the Treatment of Ovarian Cysts in Dairy Cattle by Daniela Haldi, Eveline Studer, Esther Rothenanger, Jürg Hüsler, Adrian Steiner, Gaby Hirsbrunner

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Energy Efficient Secure Trust Based Clustering Algorithm for Mobile Wireless Sensor Network by Eid Rehman, Muhammad Sher, Syed Hussnain Abbas Naqvi, Khan Badar Khan, Kamran Ullah

“…The weight of node is a combination of different metrics including trust metric (behaviors of sensor node) which promotes a secure decision of a CH selection; in terms of this, the node will never be a malicious one. …”
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TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY AND TECHNICAL LEVEL INDICATORS APPLICATION FOR CIVIL AIRCRAFT FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES ANALYSIS by V. V. Efimov, K. O. Chernigin

“…Fuel, weight and target efficiency values as well as the previously improved technical level indicator value were calculated for the different generations and modifications of Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 families of medium-range airplanes, which was followed by the results interpretation within one airplane generation and when moving historically from one airplane generation to another. …”
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