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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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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An Efficient Path Planning Algorithm Based on Delaunay Triangular NavMesh for Off-Road Vehicle Navigation by Ting Tian, Huijing Wu, Haitao Wei, Fang Wu, Jiandong Shang

“…How to model the vehicle’s off-road mobility effectively and represent environments is critical for efficient path planning in off-road environments. This paper proposed an improved A* path planning algorithm based on a Delaunay triangular NavMesh model with off-road environment representation. …”
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Enhancing 3D A* path planning of intelligent bridge crane based on energy efficiency criteria by Heng YANG, Yue LI, Min LIU, Qing DONG

“…Intelligent, green, energy-saving, and high-efficiency technologies have become an inevitable trend in the development of large material-handling equipment, such as cranes. …”
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Optimizing CdS/Sb2S3 solar cells for enhanced performance: reaching 26.83% efficiency by Leticia Treviño Yarce, Enrique Rosendo Ándrés, Jose Carlos Zepeda Medina, María Josefina Robles Águila, Crisóforo Morales Ruíz, Reina Galeazzi Isasmendi, Antonio Coyopol Solís, Godofredo García Salgado

“…Furthermore, the effects of absorber and window layer thickness, series and parallel resistances, total defect density, acceptor concentration, and operating temperature on V _oc , J _sc , FF, and overall solar cell efficiency were systematically examined. The evolution of peak power conversion efficiencies under AM1.5 conditions, as represented in the NREL efficiency chart, serves as a key benchmark for evaluating and comparing the performance of different photovoltaic technologies. …”
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The effect of enhancers on the lentiviral transduction efficiency in the human RPE cells: Insights for advancing retinal gene therapies by Sajad Najafi, Azam Rahimpour, Hamid Ahmadieh, Mozhgan Rezaei Kanavi, Maryam Maleki Tehrani, Fatemeh Suri, Javad Ranjbari

“…Lentiviral particles were produced using a set of second-generation vectors and different combinations of two enhancers, Pb and PS, were added to the transduction medium. …”
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Giant energy storage density with ultrahigh efficiency in multilayer ceramic capacitors via interlaminar strain engineering by Ying Yang, Ke Xu, Bin Yang, Xu Hou, Zhanming Dou, Yuhong Li, Zihao Zheng, Gengguang Luo, Nengneng Luo, Guanglong Ge, Jiwei Zhai, Yuanyuan Fan, Jing Wang, Haoming Yang, Yao Zhang, Jing Wang, Changyuan Wang, Shenglin Jiang, Kanghua Li, Jinming Guo, Houbing Huang, Guangzu Zhang

“…With a heterogeneous layered structure consisting of different antiferroelectric ceramics [(Pb0.9Ba0.04La0.04)(Zr0.65Sn0.3Ti0.05)O3/(Pb0.95Ba0.02La0.02)(Zr0.6Sn0.4)O3/(Pb0.92Ca0.06La0.02)(Zr0.6Sn0.4)0.995O3], our MLCC exhibits a giant recoverable energy density of 22.0 J cm−3 with an ultrahigh energy efficiency of 96.1%. …”
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Strain promoted azide alkyne cycloaddition, an efficient surface functionalization strategy for microRNA magnetic separation by Djamila Kechkeche, Sirine El Mousli, Claire Poujouly, Emilie Secret, Vincent Dupuis, Isabelle Le Potier, Marie-Emmanuelle Goriot, Julien Siracusa, Sébastien Banzet, Jean Gamby, Jean-Michel Siaugue

“…The optimized process was used for grafting the complementary DNA of 6 different miRNA, including 4 biomarkers of muscle injury (miR-1, 133a, 133b, and 206). …”
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Enhanced efficiency fertilizers: Overview of production methods, materials used, nutrients release mechanisms, benefits and considerations by Christian O. Asadu, Chinonso Anthony Ezema, Benjamin Nnamdi Ekwueme, Chijioke Elijah Onu, Ikechukwu Maxwell Onoh, Thomas Adejoh, Timothy Prince Chidike Ezeorba, Churchill Chisom Ogbonna, Patricia Ihuaku Otuh, Japheth O. Okoye, Umeagukwu O. Emmanuel

“…Increasing nutrients use efficiency ameliorates these problems by ensuring a better synchronization of nutrients availability with nutrients uptake. …”
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Key technologies for intelligent, efficient, and safe mining of impact thick coal seams due to hard roof by Bin YU, Xiangbin MENG, Yang TAI, Ziyu SHANG, Mingxian PENG, Tiejun KUANG, Feilong GUO, Dongyin LI, Shibo WANG

“…To address the challenges of source-based rock burst elimination and efficient mining in ultra-thick coal seams prone to rock bursts due to hard roofs, a safety assurance technology was developed to create a favorable environment for intelligent and efficient coal caving. …”
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Machine learning models for improving the diagnosing efficiency of skeletal class I and III in German orthodontic patients by Eva Paddenberg-Schubert, Kareem Midlej, Sebastian Krohn, Agnes Schröder, Obaida Awadi, Samir Masarwa, Iqbal M. Lone, Osayd Zohud, Christian Kirschneck, Nezar Watted, Peter Proff, Fuad A. Iraqi

“…Abstract The precise and efficient diagnosis of an individual’s skeletal class is necessary in orthodontics to ensure correct and stable treatment planning. …”
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Clinical feasibility study of a 2D ripple filter to improve the efficiency of carbon ion therapy by ZHANG Lijia, SCHLEGEL Nicki, SHENG Yinxiangzi, HAN Rongcheng, ZHAO Jingfang

“…The application of the 2D-RiFi significantly reduced the number of energy layers, beam time and irradiation time in carbon ion therapy, enhancing treatment efficiency.…”
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