Oxygen-binding proteins aid oxygen diffusion to enhance fitness of a yeast model of multicellularity. by Whitney Wong, Pablo Bravo, Peter J Yunker, William C Ratcliff, Anthony J Burnetti

“…We show via biophysical modeling that this is because facilitated diffusion is more efficient when oxygen is abundant, transporting a greater quantity of O2 which can be used for metabolism. …”
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Structural Optimization of Disk Diffusers Based on Radial Basis Functions and Multi-Island Genetic Algorithms by Mengchao Liu, Jianing Fan

“…To address the optimization of resistance reduction and efficiency enhancement for local components (specifically the supply outlets) in HVAC systems, this study focuses on the commonly used disk diffusers. …”
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Research on Cross-Sensor Remote Sensing Image Super-Resolution Method Based on Diffusion Models by Ru Miao, Kai Yang, Ke Zhou, Jia Song, Shihao Fu, Cong Liu, Yuanxing Wang

“…This approach leverages the LR image as an approximation of the intermediate state in the Markov chain, reducing the number of steps required by the diffusion model and improving generation efficiency. …”
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Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells with Thin Silicon Passivation Film Deposited prior to Phosphorous Diffusion by Ching-Tao Li, Fangchi Hsieh, Shi Yan, Cuifeng Wan, Yakun Liu, Jing Chen, Likarn Wang

“…We demonstrate the performance improvement of p-type single-crystalline silicon (sc-Si) solar cells resulting from front surface passivation by a thin amorphous silicon (a-Si) film deposited prior to phosphorus diffusion. The conversion efficiency was improved for the sample with an a-Si film of ~5 nm thickness deposited on the front surface prior to high-temperature phosphorus diffusion, with respect to the samples with an a-Si film deposited on the front surface after phosphorus diffusion. …”
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Studying the Impact of Diffuser Return Guide Vanes on the Energy Performance of a Multistage Centrifugal Pump by Jan Górecki, Kliment Klimentov, Gencho Popov, Boris Kostov, Salaf Ibrahim

“…In multistage pumps, the velocity field in front of the second and each subsequent stage is determined by the shape (design) of the diffuser return guide vanes. This current work presents the results obtained by performing a numerical study using ANSYS CFX 14.0 to determine the impact of the shape (design) of diffuser return guide vanes on the head and coefficient of efficiency of one stage of a multistage centrifugal pump. …”
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Simulation of light collection in calcium tungstate scintillation detectors by F. A. Danevich, V. V. Kobychev, R. V. Kobychev, H. Kraus, V. B. Mikhailik, V. M. Mokina

“…In order to optimize light yield and the energy resolution we performed calculations of the efficiency of light collection for different geometries of scintillation detector with CaWO4 crystal by Monte-Carlo method using Litrani, Geant4 and Zemax packages. …”
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The Approximate Solutions of Three-Dimensional Diffusion and Wave Equations within Local Fractional Derivative Operator by Hassan Kamil Jassim

“…The obtained results show that the presented method is efficient and yields a solution in a closed form. Illustrative examples are included to demonstrate the high accuracy and fast convergence of this new method.…”
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PRODUCTION AND INVESTIGATION OF PROPERTIES OF LIPOSOMAL LEVOFLOXACIN by G. М. Sorokoumova, Ya. O.H. Yasin, Ju. L. Mikulovich, T. G. Smirnova, S. N. Andreevskaya, А. А Selischeva, L. N. Chernousova, V. I. Shvets

“…Levofloxacin encapsulation efficiency into liposomes containing PC/Chol (4:1, w/w) was found to be as high as 90% when active the loading method was used, while levofloxacin encapsulation efficiency was as low as 20% when the passive loading method was used. …”
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Anticancer properties of copolymer nanoparticles loaded with Foeniculum vulgare derivatives in Hs578T and SUM159 cancer cell lines by Shima Bourang, Sodabeh Jahanbakhsh Godehkahriz, Mehran Noruzpour, Rasool Asghari Zakaria, Sergio Granados-Principal

“…The encapsulation efficiency of copolymers with F. vulgare ethanolic extract, essential oil, anethole, and pure quercetin was analyzed. …”
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Physics field super-resolution reconstruction via enhanced diffusion model and fourier neural operator by Yanan Guo, Junqiang Song, Xiaoqun Cao, Chuanfeng Zhao, Hongze Leng

“…This model uses a Markov chain for noise injection in physical fields and integrates a reverse denoising procedure, efficiently solved by an adaptive time-step ordinary differential equation solver, thereby ensuring both stability and computational efficiency. …”
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Disc Diffusion Reader: an AI-powered potential solution to combat antibiotic resistance in developing countries by Hoang B Nguyen, Thanh L Phan, Thi T Ung, Thi KL Nguyen

“…Conclusions: The AI-powered “Disc Diffusion Reader” demonstrated high accuracy and efficiency, by reducing interpretation variability in the AST workflows. …”
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A Lightweight Conditional Diffusion Segmentation Network Based on Deformable Convolution for Surface Defect Detection by Jiusheng Chen, Yibo Zhao, Haibing Wang

“…To solve this problem, a lightweight conditional diffusion segmentation network based on deformable convolution is proposed. …”
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Hexic-Chebyshev Collocation Method for Solving Distributed-Order Time-Space Fractional Diffusion Equations by Afshin Babaei, Sedigheh Banihashemi, Behrouz Parsa Moghaddam, Arman Dabiri

“…The primary reason of choosing HCPs is due to their remarkable recurrence relations, facilitating their efficient computation and manipulation in mathematical analyses. …”
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Approximate and Exact Solutions to Fractional Order Cauchy Reaction-Diffusion Equations by New Combine Techniques by Adnan Khan, Muhammad Imran Liaqat, Muhammad Younis, Ashraful Alam

“…In this paper, we present a simple and efficient novel semianalytic method to acquire approximate and exact solutions for the fractional order Cauchy reaction-diffusion equations (CRDEs). …”
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Low-carbon optimization scheduling of IES based on enhanced diffusion model for scenario deep generation by Danhao Wang, Daogang Peng, Dongmei Huang, Huirong Zhao, Bogang Qu

“…Secondly, an enhanced DM optimized with a VAE (Variational Autoencoder) is developed. By efficiently generating data in the latent space, this model enhances the representation capability of uncertainty factors, enabling precise modeling of fluctuations in wind and solar power outputs as well as heating, cooling, and electrical loads. …”
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High-Order Finite Difference Hermite Weighted Essentially Nonoscillatory Method for Convection–Diffusion Equations by Yabo Wang, Hongxia Liu

“…Lastly, we apply this method to two-dimensional Navier-Stokes problems that are incompressible. The efficiency and stability of the presented method are illustrated through numerous numerical experiments.…”
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Automatic Generation of Standard Nursing Unit Floor Plan in General Hospital Based on Stable Diffusion by Zhuo Han, Yongquan Chen

“…This study focuses on the automatic generation of architectural floor plans for standard nursing units in general hospitals based on Stable Diffusion. It aims at assisting architects in efficiently generating a variety of preliminary plan preview schemes and enhancing the efficiency of the pre-planning stage of medical buildings. …”
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Electron diffusion at Sn perovskite/fullerene derivative interfaces and its influence on open-circuit voltage by Atushi Sato, Seira Yamaguchi, Akio Hasegawa, Yukihiro Shimoi, Tomoya Nakamura, Atsushi Wakamiya, Kazuhiro Marumoto

“…These insights support efficient optimization of the charge-transporting layer for additional improvement of V OC.…”
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De novo design of polymer electrolytes using GPT-based and diffusion-based generative models by Zhenze Yang, Weike Ye, Xiangyun Lei, Daniel Schweigert, Ha-Kyung Kwon, Arash Khajeh

“…Additionally, by adopting pretraining and fine-tuning methodologies, we significantly enhance our generative models, achieving quicker convergence, better performance with limited data, and greater diversity. Our method efficiently generates a large number of novel, diverse, and valid polymers, with a high likelihood of synthesizability, enabling the identification of promising candidates with markedly improved efficiency and effectiveness for practical applications.…”
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Comparison of four MRI diffusion models to differentiate benign from metastatic retropharyngeal lymph nodes by Jun Liu, Li Hua, Fei Wang, Ming Chen, Yinan Sun, Zhi Hu, Luqing Shu, Andong He, Mengxiao Liu, Qing Yang, Juan Zhu, Yinfeng Qian

“…Thus, combining βCTRW with morphological features enhances diagnostic efficiency. Relevance statement This study demonstrates that βCTRW, derived from the continuous-time random walk diffusion model, when integrated with morphological features, offers a reliable, noninvasive diagnostic approach for differentiating between benign and metastatic retropharyngeal lymph nodes. …”
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