A Phytoremediation Efficiency Assessment of Cadmium (Cd)-Contaminated Soils in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area, China by Yinhua Guo, Wei Liu, Lixiong Zeng, Liwen Qiu, Di Wu, Hao Wen, Rui Yuan, Dingjun Zhang, Rongbin Tang, Zhan Chen

“…To investigate the remediation efficiency of different plant species on cadmium (Cd)-contaminated soil, this study conducted a pot experiment with two woody species (<i>Populu adenopoda</i> and <i>Salix babylonica</i>) and two herbaceous species (<i>Artemisia argyi</i> and <i>Amaranthus hypochondriacus</i>). …”
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ANALYSIS OF THE EFFICIENCY OF COMPLEX TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH GENERALIZED PERIODONTITIS ACCORDING TO THE CHANGES IN THE ACTIVITY OF BLOOD SERUM ENZYMES by H.M. Melnychuk, R.S. Kashivska, H.D. Semeniuk, N.I. Shovkova, A.S. Melnychuk, N.S. Melnyk

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Regional disparities, dynamic evolution, and spatial spillover effects of medical resource allocation efficiency in TCM hospitals by Zhihao Wang, Zhiguang Li, Ruijin Xie

“…There is a significant spatial difference in the efficiency of resource allocation. …”
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Dynamic evolution and network structure characteristics of the wellbeing eco-efficiency of cities in the Yellow River Basin, China by Meixia Wang, Qingyun Zheng, Li Liu

“…The results showed that: First, The WEE in the YRB, upper, middle, and lower reaches have been improved, showing the stage characteristics of “steady growth-fluctuation decline-rapid growth,” and technological progress is the main driving force for efficiency growth. Second, the absolute difference of WEE in the whole and middle reaches shows an expanding trend, and the upper and lower reaches show a decreasing trend. …”
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How data market drives regional energy efficiency? —Quasi-natural experimental evidence from China by Xiaoxi Cao, Yiye Zhang

“…Employing the quasi-natural experiment afforded by the data trading platform, we construct a difference-in-differences (DID) model to investigate the impact of DM on energy efficiency. …”
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The Effectiveness and efficiency of corporate innovation under strict market regulation: Based on China's new securities law. by Zhenna Huang

“…On the basis of data from all A-share listed companies in China from 2015 to 2022, this study employs the NSL as a quasinatural experiment and uses the difference-in-differences (DID) method to evaluate the impact of NSL implementation on the effectiveness and efficiency of corporate innovation. …”
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Mathematical Modeling and Microparticle Size Control for Enhancing Heat Transfer Efficiency in High-Viscosity Food Suspensions by Hyeonbo Lee, Mi-Jung Choi, Jiseon Lee

“…Nusselt numbers reached values of up to 100 at a temperature difference of 9 °C. Conversely, suspensions containing larger particles exhibited relatively higher Rayleigh and Nusselt numbers under smaller temperature differences. …”
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EFFICIENCY OF VALVE BRONCHIAL BLOCK WITHIN COMPREHENSIVE TREATMENT OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS WITH EXTENSIVE DRUG RESISTANCE by K. D. Erimbetov, B. U. Bektursinov, A. Sh. Zetov

“…The significance of difference was defined by χ2 test, the difference was considered significant with p &lt; 0.05.Results of the study. …”
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Impact of artificial intelligence-driven urban renewal strategies green economic efficiency and resident health in China by Jing Peng, Xin Fu, Yufan Peng, Yang Ding

“…IntroductionThis study investigates the impact of AI-driven smart city policies on green economic efficiency and public health. It further explores how industrial structure rationalization, upgrading, and technological innovation capacity moderate these effects, aiming to provide actionable insights for sustainable urban governance.MethodsTo account for potential policy spillover effects, the study adopts a Difference-in-Differences (DID) approach integrated with a Spatial Durbin Model (SDM). …”
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Solar Heat Gain Simulations for Energy-Efficient Guest Allocation in a Large Hotel Tower in Madrid by Iker Landa del Barrio, Markel Flores Iglesias, Juan Odriozola González, Víctor Fabregat, Jan L. Bruse

“…HVAC systems, which significantly contribute to a building’s energy consumption, have been a major focus of research aimed at improving operational efficiency. However, a critical factor often overlooked is the seasonal and hourly variation in solar radiation and the resulting solar heat gain, which heats specific rooms differently depending on their orientation, type, and location within the building. …”
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The Impact of Digital–Financial Dual Pilot Policy on Carbon Emission Efficiency: Evidence from Chinese Cities by Xinchun Zhang, Dong Liang, Shuo Zhang

“…Based on this efficiency, this paper employs the staggered difference-in-differences model to discuss the impact of the dual pilot policy on urban carbon emission efficiency. …”
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Annual Simulation of Phase Change Materials for Enhanced Energy Efficiency and Thermal Performance of Buildings in Southern California by Yiu Chan, Thomas Hoke, Kevin Meredith, Xi Chen

“…Under natural ventilation conditions, PCMs can reduce indoor day–night temperature differences in summer to 2.4 °C and 2.2 °C in Riverside, depending on the method used, compared to a 7 °C temperature difference without PCMs. …”
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The effects of incorporating sprouted barley in diets of high-yielding dairy cows on production, efficiency, and nutrient digestibility by U. Moallem, J. Shpirer, L. Livshits, T. Alon, Y. Shaani, H. Kamer, Y. Portnik, H. Leibovich

“…The milk-to-DMI ratio was 6.3% higher in the SB cows (P < 0.001), with no differences in other efficiency calculations. The rumen ammonia concentration was 21% lower in the SB cows (P = 0.006), and rumen acetate, propionate, and total volatile fatty acids were higher in the CTL cows. …”
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INFLUENCE VALUATION OF ASYNCHRONOUS MOTOR CONSTRUCTIVE MODIFICATIONS WITHOUT TOOTH AREA CORRECTION ON ITS ENERGY EFFICIENCY by Irina Romanenko, Maksim Danilov

“…For various combinations of these parameters were received rated and maximum efficiency and rated power factor. It was found the optimal combination of simulated changes, which differs from the original design solution.…”
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Optimization of key operating parameters to enhance performance and energy efficiency of a hammer mill for corn grinding by Maher Al-Eid, Ahmad Qabatty, Rayad Kubaisi, Abd Al Karim Jaafar

“…Their impact on ground corn productivity, energy consumption, machine efficiency, and compression ratio was assessed. Results were analyzed using Exstate 2014 software, and differences between treatment means were tested using the Least Significant Difference (LSD) test at a significance level of 0.05, with three replications. …”
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Improving efficiency of road transport through the use of hydrodiodes in hydraulic systems taking into account cavitation phenomena by K. N. Sokirko, E. A. Pavliuchenko, E. A. Lysenko

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Chewing efficiency and contact area discrepancies in Angle's class I and II malocclusion: A comparative study by Ahmed Hamdi, Rim Kallala, Belhassen Harzallah

“…Objective: The study aimed to assess and compare both the chewing efficiency and the contact area between class I and class II of Angle’s malocclusions. …”
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Flood risk mapping and performance efficiency evaluation of machine learning algorithms: Best practice in northern Iran by M. Shirmohammadi, M. Shirmohammadi, S. Pirasteh, W. Li, D. Mafi-Gholami

“…These included the Digital Elevation Model (DEM), slope, aspect, Topographic Wetness Index (TWI), Stream Power Index (SPI), river distance, river density, rainfall, lithology, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Normalized Difference Moisture Index (NDMI), soil texture, and land use. …”
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POLYMORPHISM OF THE GENE OF β2-ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR AND EFFICIENCY OF THE BRONCHOLYTIC THERAPY AMONG CHILDREN WITH BRONCHIAL ASTHMA by O.N. Bryantseva, E.E. Tikhomirov, N.V. Zhurkova, N.I. Voznesenskaya, G.M. Bayazutdinova, N.S. Aver'yanova, I.I. Balabolkin, V.G. Pinelis

“…The objective of our research was to evaluate the significance of ADRβ2 gene polymorphism in the 16th amino acid position in the efficiency of broncholytic therapy by β2-agonists agonists among children with bronchial asthma. …”
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Estimation of the influence of heating source temperature on energy efficiency of single-stage absorption thermal transformer cycles by A. A. Dzino, O. S. Malinina

“…Thermodynamic cycles with full heat recovery on the cold (for ABLRM and ABLSDTT) and warm (for ABLSUTT) sides of the regenerative heat exchanger of solutions in the absence of regenerative heat exchanger and cycles with a finite temperature difference between weak and strong solutions are considered…”
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