Productivity and efficiency heterogeneity among maize smallholder farmers in Ethiopia by Mengistu Alemu, Daregot Berihun, Jourdain C. Lokossou, Bedilu Yismaw

“…This study utilized stochastic frontier analysis to investigate and analyze factors contributing to differences in productivity and efficiency among smallholder maize farmers in Ethiopia. …”
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ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS OF THE DRIP IRRIGATION SYSTEM ON THE CORN CROP by Cătălina POPOVICI, Alexandru – Dragoș ROBU, Valentin BOBOC

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Retention Characteristics and DMP Efficiency in V-NAND With Dimple Structure by Seongwoo Kim, Gunwook Yoon, Seungjae Baik, Myounggon Kang

“…Additionally, we assess the efficiency of the previously proposed dummy cell program (DMP) in improving retention characteristics. …”
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The Technical Efficiency of Specialised Milk Farms: A Regional View by Jindřich Špička, Luboš Smutka

“…In the next step, the two-sample t-test determines differences of economic and structural indicators between efficient and inefficient regions. …”
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Efficient Soil Temperature Profile Estimation for Thermoelectric Powered Sensors by Jiri Konecny, Jaromir Konecny, Kamil Bancik, Miroslav Mikus, Jan Choutka, Jiri Koziorek, Ibrahim A. Hameed, Algimantas Valinevicius, Darius Andriukaitis, Michal Prauzek

“…However, powering these sensors remains a challenge, and exploiting the temperature difference between air and soil appears to be a promising solution. …”
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E-Government Effectiveness and Efficiency in EU-28 and COVID-19 by Sabina Hodžić, Dejan Ravšelj, Dubravka Jurlina Alibegović

“…Nevertheless, there are significant differences among the levels of e-government development in the EU-28. …”
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Reorganizing outpatient spine services increased efficiency and patient satisfaction by Arkan Sam Sayed-Noor, Thomas Torstensson, Björn Knutsson

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Irrotational Nanobricks Based High-Efficiency Polarization-Independence Metasurfaces by Wei Wang, Zehan Zhao, Chong Guo, Fei Shen, Jinghua Sun, Zhongyi Guo

“…Firstly, the intrinsic characteristics of a half wave plate has been investigated, which can realize co-polarization transmission of X-linear-polarization (XLP) and Y-linear-polarization (YLP) lights, and cross-polarization transmission of circular polarization (CP) light, simultaneously. Eight high-efficiency silicon nanobricks with the phase shifts over 2<italic>&#x03C0;</italic> are designed as the basic unit cell, which have the same transmitted amplitude and phase for the CP and XLP light, and the phase difference for XLP and YLP light. …”
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Dynamic evolution of innovation efficiency of China’s new energy enterprises by Tian Zhao, Meilu Sun, Jiangxiang Zhang

“…A threshold regression model identified nonlinear macroeconomic impacts on convergence, using 2,182 firm-year observations across 30 provinces.Results(1) The innovation efficiency of China’s new energy enterprises is relatively low, with significant spatial and temporal differences but a consistent upward trend. …”
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THE IMPACT OF ADEQUATE PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY ON THE EFFICIENCY OF TREATMENT IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS by A. A. Abramkin, T. A. Lisitsyna, D. Yu. Veltishchev, O. F. Seravina, O. B. Kovalevskaya, E. L. Nasonov

“…Mental disorders (MDs) of the anxiety-depressive spectrum (ADS) and cognitive impairment (CI) substantially deteriorate the course and efficiency of therapy for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). …”
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Evaluation of the Energy Efficiency of the Stage Compression Heat Pump Cycle by S. K. Abildinova, R. A. Musabekov, A. S. Rasmukhametova, S. V. Chicherin

“…Steam regeneration of the working agent at the outlet from the evaporator through the use of regenerative heat exchanger also provides the additional effect of minimization of thermodynamic losses and improving efficiency of cycles with vapor compression heat pumps in the conditions of large temperature differences in the evaporator and the condenser.…”
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The estimation of efficiency of insect traps of various construction for phytosanitary monitoring by O. Yu. Kremneva, V. T. Sadkovsky, Yu. G. Sokolov, V. Ya. Ismailov, R. Yu. Danilov

“…In this connection, the purpose of our research was to manufacture trap designs based on super bright LEDs for phytosanitary monitoring and to evaluate their efficiency. We have developed and manufactured three models of a conical trap, differing in the way of collecting insects. …”
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Energy efficiency of cookie residue and its effects on broiler performance by Lidiane Rosa Custódio, Maria do Carmo Mohaupt Marques Ludke, Ana Carolina Ferreira dos Santos, Thaysa Rodrigues Torres, Jussiede Silva Santos, Julia da Silva Barros, Jorge Vitor Ludke, Dayane Albuquerque da Silva, Apolônio Gomes Ribeiro, Júlio Cézar dos Santos Nascimento, Carlos Bôa-Viagem Rabello, Arlei Coldebella, Lucas Rannier Ribeiro Antonino Carvalho

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Impact of ENT resource nurses in improving operating room efficiency by Kaishan Aravinthan, Connor Holmes, Sreejit P. Nair, Anil R. Sharma, Russell A. Murphy

“…Requested operative times (ROT) and true operative times (TOT) were analyzed. The difference between the TOT and ROT was used to measure operating time efficiency. …”
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EFFICIENCY AND SAFETY OF USING HYDROXYETHYL STARCH IN THE BURN SHOCK MANAGEMENT by V. A. Bagin, V. A. Rudnov, A. A. Savitskiy, M. N. Аstafieva, I. A. Korobko, V. I. Veyn, Ya. G. Bozhko, T. V. Spilnik

“…The retrospective cohort comparative study was conducted in order to evaluate efficiency and safety of using 6% hydroxyethyl starch (HES) 130/0.4 for managing burn shock. …”
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Comparative analysis of the efficiency and ergonomics of wired and wireless ultrasound systems by A. A. Emel'yantsev, I. S. Zheleznyak, I. V. Kipriyanova, A. Ya. Latysheva, G. G. Romanov, L. V. Voronkov, T. D. Vengerovich

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Efficiency improvement and the carbon-reduction effects of transport restructuring in China by Wenjun Xiao, Dan Wu, Li Liu, Ziye Cheng

“…The main results show: (1) TFEEs vary greatly across sub-sectors and provinces, with provinces performing differently across sub-sectors. (2) Compared with the business-as-usual (BAU) scenario, the structure enhancement (SE) scenario of structural adjustment can cumulatively reduce CO _2 emissions by 289.20 Mt by 2030. (3) In the SE scenario, the energy demand will peak in 2026 and the CO _2 emissions will peak at 1509.55 MT in 2027. …”
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THE DEPENDENCE OF THE GUM EFFICIENCY FROM THE FLOOR IN THE NORMAL TYPE OF CHEWING by K. Toncheva, D. Korol, D. Kindiy, R. Kozak, I. Skubiy

“…Thus, the definition of chewing efficiency makes it possible to assess the performance of this function. …”
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THE COMPARATIVE EFFICIENCY IN ROMANIA'S FOREIGN TRADE WITH CEREALS, 2007-2016 by Agatha POPESCU, Toma Adrian DINU, Elena STOIAN

“…The purpose of the paper was to analyze Romania's foreign trade with cereals in order to point out its efficiency by type of traded cereal in the period 2007-2016 using the empirical data provided by the National Institute of Statistics. …”
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Efficiency of various methods of surgical treatment of patients with inguinal hernias by B. V. Sigua, D. S. Semin, P. A. Kotkov, A. Yu. Kolobkova, A. A. Kozobin, V. P. Zemlyanoy

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