Numerical Improvement of Battery Thermal Management Integrating Phase Change Materials with Fin-Enhanced Liquid Cooling by Bo Wang, Changzhi Jiao, Shiheng Zhang

“…Excessively low coolant inlet temperatures (293.15 K) were found to adversely affect maximum temperature difference control during initial discharge phases. …”
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Key drivers of non-revenue water in developing countries: Insights from a multilevel study in Brazil by Cláudia Orsini Machado de Sousa, Rafael de Freitas Souza, Nuno Manoel Martins Dias Fouto

“…Additionally, private utilities demonstrated lower water losses compared to public ones, likely due to stronger efficiency incentives. These findings highlight that the factors influencing NRW in Brazil differ from those commonly reported in studies based on developed countries. …”
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Automated VMAT planning for short-course radiotherapy in locally advanced rectal cancer. by Qiong Zhou, Liwen Qian, Chong Shen, Xinyan Bei, Gaojie Liu, Xiaonan Sun

“…This program significantly enhanced plan quality and efficiency while substantially reducing the dose to OARs.…”
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Impact of Wake Interference Suppression Strategies on the Aerodynamic Performance of Twin Wind Turbines by Liuti SHI, Yunhui CHEN, Jiahuang TU

“…[Objective] The paper takes the NREL-5MW wind turbine as the research object, adopts the control strategy based on the single and combination of the yaw angle(θ) of the upstream wind turbine and the tower height(ΔH) difference of the downstream wind turbine as well as the lateral spacing(Δy), researches the complex wake interference effect between the two wind turbines. …”
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The Impact of Macroeconomic Factors on the Firm’s Performance—Empirical Analysis from Türkiye by Orkhan Ibrahimov, László Vancsura, Anett Parádi-Dolgos

“…The results reveal significant sectoral differences: firms in chemicals and manufacturing outperformed others in ROA, likely benefiting from export incentives and scale efficiencies, while energy and food sectors underperformed, constrained by regulations and cost rigidity. …”
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Genomic analyses of new genes and their phenotypic effects reveal rapid evolution of essential functions in Drosophila development. by Shengqian Xia, Nicholas W VanKuren, Chunyan Chen, Li Zhang, Clause Kemkemer, Yi Shao, Hangxing Jia, UnJin Lee, Alexander S Advani, Andrea Gschwend, Maria D Vibranovski, Sidi Chen, Yong E Zhang, Manyuan Long

“…Here we reported our analyses of these issues, including reproducibility and efficiency of knockdown experiment and difference between RNAi libraries in the knockdown efficiency and testing of phenotypic effects. …”
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Active Center Control of Termination by RNA Polymerase III and tRNA Gene Transcription Levels In Vivo. by Keshab Rijal, Richard J Maraia

“…The ability of RNA polymerase (RNAP) III to efficiently recycle from termination to reinitiation is critical for abundant tRNA production during cellular proliferation, development and cancer. …”
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From Tables to Computer Vision: Transforming HPDC Process Data into Images for CNN-Based Deep Learning by A. Burzyńska

“…The model's efficacy was evaluated through its application to both large and small, differently distributed data sets. Utilizing a combination of statistical pre-processing, intelligent generative models, visual data transformations and deep learning, the methodology offers a comprehensive approach to enhancing production efficiency, ensuring superior process control and improving the quality of HPDC products. …”
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Impacts of extraction solvents and processing techniques on phytochemical composition and antioxidant property of mulberry (Morus spp.) leaves by Chiu-Hsun Liao, Hong-Xuan Fu, Kai-Hsiang Tu, Ji-Hong Zheng, Chia-Hung Shih, Yung-Sheng Lin

“…The findings indicated that extraction employing 70% ethanol or 100% methanol yielded the highest levels of bioactive compounds and greatest antioxidant activity, according to Fisher’s statistical least significant difference test. Specifically, the extraction efficiency of 70% ethanol under high-temperature conditions resulted in the highest efficiency, with total phenolic content reaching 60.1 ± 1.1 mg gallic acid equivalent/g dry weight, total flavonoid content at 14.8 ± 0.1 mg quercetin equivalent/g dry weight, DPPH scavenging ability of 447.8 ± 11.1 μg/mL (IC50), ABTS scavenging ability of 835 ± 6 μg/mL (IC50), and ferric-reducing antioxidant power of 41.1 ± 1.2 mg butylated hydroxyanisole equivalent/g dry weight. …”
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Measurement and deformation monitoring system for underground engineering robots based on Internet of Things architecture by Yao Di

“…The experimental results show that compared with traditional methods, this system has significant advantages in stress monitoring: the stress monitoring error of conventional methods is about 0.5 MPa, while the error of this system is only 0.01 MPa, a difference of 50 times. The system of the IoT significantly improved the detection efficiency compared with the traditional manual surveying and mapping method, and the underground engineering robot measurement deformation monitoring system based on the IoT architecture took only 4 h to monitor the small deformation. …”
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Fine-Tuning-Based Transfer Learning for Building Extraction from Off-Nadir Remote Sensing Images by Bipul Neupane, Jagannath Aryal, Abbas Rajabifard

“…Results demonstrate that FTL outperforms the existing methods with higher F1 scores—0.943 (low-rise), 0.868 (mid-rise), 0.912 (high-rise), and 0.697 (skyscrapers)—and higher computational efficiency. A notable gain in mean difference is observed in taller buildings from complex urban environments. …”
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Thermal Modeling and Analysis of a HPMSM Coupling With Magnetic Bearings by Liu Bin, Yu Zhongjun, Fu Jia

“…Furthermore, the computational efficiency of LPTN model is greatly improved compared with CFD model. …”
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Construction of a Diagnostic Model and a lncRNA-Associated ceRNA Network Based on Apoptosis-Related Genes for Schizophrenia by Zi-long Ma, Run-lan Wang, Lili Meng

“…Cases were divided into low-risk (LR) and high-risk (HR) groups based on the risk score of the model, and differences in immune gene sets and pathways between these two groups were compared. …”
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Evaluating thermal performance of sewn-through baffled jackets using spacer stitching and conventional sewing via advanced thermal manikin by Hassan Saeed, Adnan Ahmed Mazari, Md. Tanzir Hasan

“…Two identical jackets were produced, differing only in their stitching technique. To accurately measure thermal performance, an advanced thermal manikin was used under stationary conditions. …”
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Examining Budgeting and Fund Allocation in Higher Education by Dmytro Tsyhaniuk, Wiafe Nti Akenten

“…This development has had grave consequences for higher education equity and efficiency in fund management.…”
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Leaf photosynthetic characteristics of Corylus heterophylla and hybrid hazel (Corylus heterophylla × Corylus avellana) by LIU Jian-feng, CHENG Yun-qing, LIU Qiang, WANG Zhan-wu, YAN Kun

“…There were differences in photosynthetic capability for the five hazelnut germplasms with the order as follows: PDH > DW > PZ1 > YZ > PZ2. …”
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Diagnostics of structural integrity violations of avionics during impact tests by S. U. Uvaysov, A. V. Dolmatov, The H. Vo, Ngoc T. Luu, Cong D. Nguyen

“…The aim of this study is to increase the efficiency and reliability of detecting latent defects in SAU using the diagnostic method involving exposure to mechanical shocks.Methods. …”
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A diaphragm DEG mechanism with a segmented deformation space and its analysis and design by Takumi SANO, Kunitomo KIKUCHI, Kenji NAGASE

“…Experimental results show the efficiency of the proposed mechanism.…”
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Seed encrusting with salicylic acid: A novel approach to improve establishment of grass species in ecological restoration. by Simone Pedrini, Jason C Stevens, Kingsley W Dixon

“…To achieve global ambitions in large scale ecological restoration, there is a need for approaches that improve the efficiency of seed-based interventions, particularly in overcoming the bottleneck in the transition from germination to seedling establishment. …”
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Winners' strategies: Comprehensive analysis and optimization of 2-point shots in 3x3 basketball using multi-criteria decision support analysis, on the example of two Olympic Nation... by Michał Nowak, Michał Skalik, Jakub Więckowski, Radosław Ciejpa, Artur Stolarczyk, Łukasz Oleksy

“…It was shown that the Serbian team was more effective, which translated into a better result. Differences in shooting strategies were identified, especially in the crucial second half of the match, emphasizing the importance of tactical flexibility. …”
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