What drives urban land green use efficiency in China: A global meta-frontier Malmquist Index approach by Yufeng Chen, Hao Ge, Minghui Chen

“…Rapid urbanization has brought substantial socio-economic benefits to China, as well as numerous problems related to resources and the environment. The efficient and green use of urban land is an urgent task for China’s future sustainable development and green urbanization under the new conditions of high-quality economic development. …”
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Characterization of Key Phytoconstituents in <i>Nigella</i> Oil from Diverse Sources and Their Transfer Efficiency During Oil Processing by Parbat Raj Thani, Joel B. Johnson, Surya Bhattarai, Tieneke Trotter, Kerry Walsh, Daniel Broszczak, Mani Naiker

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Spatial-Temporal Changes and Influencing Factors of Regional Technological Innovation Efficiency in China: A Three Entity Comparative Perspective by Ye Lei, Zhang Ting, Cao Xianzhong, Zeng Gang

“…Only a few provinces have formed a situation of industry-university research in tandem, suggesting a certain degree of spatial mismatch between technological innovation efficiency and regional economic development. Our analysis shows that regional differences in the technological innovation efficiency of innovation entities are closely related to regional innovation modes. 3) Technological inefficiency factors coexist in the regional innovation milieu and industry-university research cooperative innovation. …”
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LabOps: A flexible self-hosted workflow of open source tools for efficient collaboration within research laboratories. by Héctor D García-Verdugo, Cristian Román-Palacios

“…Despite the significance of efficient and effective collaboration within the academy, a standardized and structured suite for collaboration remains relatively overlooked. …”
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Research on Regional High-Tech Innovation Efficiency and Influence Factors: Evidence from Yangtze River Economic Belt in China by Lin Zou, Xian-zhong Cao, Yi-wen Zhu

“…The conclusions are as follows. (1) The efficiency of high-tech innovation in China is improving, but there are great differences within regions. …”
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Efficient Technique for Joint Parameter Estimation of Mixed Far Field Targets and Near Field Jammers in Phased Array Radar by Fawad Zaman, Sadiq Akbar, Zohaib Akhtar, Gridsada Phanomchoeng

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Synergizing Heat Pump and Solar photovoltaic-thermal Systems for Efficient Drying of Onion Slices: Kinetics, Energy, and Quality Analysis by Leyla Amirseyedi, Barat Ghobadian, Mortaza Aghbashlo, Hamid Mortezapour

“…Therefore, it is crucial to efficiently preserve this essential crop while maintaining its quality for related industries. …”
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Enhancing photovoltaic panel efficiency through Water-Cooling: A parametric comparative evaluation of energetic, economic, and environmental benefits by Hassan Raad, Samer Ali, Jalal Faraj, Cathy Castelain, Khaled Chahine, Mahmoud Khaled

“…The purpose of this study is to theoretically evaluate the energy, financial, and environmental advantages of different water-cooling techniques intended to improve the sustainability and operating efficiency of PV panels. …”
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The Effects of Employee Performance Appraisal on the Company Performance Results: The Mediating Role of HRM Outcomes With an Innovative Application of the Efficiency Index by Marzena Stor

“…To capture the actual relations between the variables under study, the raw data in the variables were adjusted with the efficiency index (EI), which is a novelty in this type of research. …”
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Sampling‐Based Methods for Uncertainty Propagation in Flood Modeling Under Multiple Uncertain Inputs: Finding Out the Most Efficient Choice by Mahya Hajihassanpour, Georges Kesserwani, Per Pettersson, Vasilis Bellos

“…Such modeling at the field‐scale requires the identification of a more efficient alternative to the Standard Monte Carlo (SMC) method that can reproduce comparable output probability distributions with a relatively reduced sample size, including detailed histograms of quantities of interest. …”
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Thermal dependency of microbial self-healing of concrete: Comparing the effectiveness of Bacillus strains at different temperatures, from room temperature to below zero by Seleem S.E. Ahmad, Mahmoud A. Elshazly, Ahmed A. Elakhras, Ahmed A. Elshami, Mohamed A.R. Elmahdy, Attitou Aboubakr

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Microbial necromass accrual from newly added labile and native soil carbon in the rhizosphere vs. non-rhizosphere of broadleaved and coniferous trees by Juan Jia, Guoqing Zhai, Yufu Jia, Xiaojuan Liu, Keping Ma, Xiaojuan Feng

“…Here we collected the rhizosphere and non-rhizosphere soils under broadleaved and coniferous trees of varying nutrient availability, and conducted an 80-day soil incubation with 13C-labelled glucose to evaluate ‘microbial C pump’ (MCP) capacity (new C-derived biomass and necromass), phospholipid fatty acids (PLFAs)-based C use efficiency (i.e., new C-derived PLFAs relative to respiration, referred as CUE′ to differentiate from microbial biomass C-based CUE) and amino sugar (reflecting necromass) accumulation efficiency (AAE; new C-derived amino sugars relative to respiration). …”
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Patient-Reported Satisfaction and Functional Outcomes with Implant-Supported Overdentures versus Conventional Complete Dentures by Mansi Rajput, Khadiza Begum, Sadananda Hota, Amit Kumar, Balaji S. Munde, Sirisha Kommuri, Hina N. Abdul

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Coupling Coordination Development Between Cultivated Land and Agricultural Water Use Efficiency in Arid Regions: A Case Study of the Turpan–Hami Basin by Yue Kong, Abdugheni Abliz, Dongping Guo, Xianhe Liu, Jialin Li, Buasi Nurahmat

“…Key findings include: (1) The overall utilization efficiency of both resources was relatively low, with mean values of 0.516 and 0.596, showing a fluctuating upward trend and significant spatial heterogeneity; (2) The mean coupling coordination degree (CCD) ranked as follows: Barkol Kazakh Autonomous County (0.587) > Yiwu County (0.563) > Gaochang District (0.494) > Shanshan County (0.437) > Tuokexun County (0.417) > Yizhou District (0.342), with an annual growth rate of 4.6%; (3) Regional disparities were dominated by intra-regional differences (42.0%), followed by transvariation density (30.64%). …”
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Identification of regulatory loci and candidate genes related to body weight traits in broilers based on different models by Na Luo, Keqi Cai, Limin Wei, Huanxian Cui, Jie Wen, Bingxing An, Guiping Zhao

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DIFFERENCES IN GAME-RELATED STATISTICS BETWEEN WINNING AND LOSING TEAMS IN NCAA DIVISION-II MEN’S BASKETBALL by Dimitrije Cabarkapa, Michael Deane, Damjana Cabarkapa, Grant Jones, Andrew Fry

“…Thus, the purpose of the present study was to examine differences in game-related statistics between winning and losing teams at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division-II level of men’s basketball competition and determine which performance parameters have the greatest impact in differentiating between winning and losing game outcomes. …”
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Preparation of Agricultural Jiaosu from vegetable waste: multi-dimensional effects of microbial inoculants on the properties of Agricultural Jiaosu and fertilizer efficiency by Zhuo Chen, Xiaocui Liu, Tiantian Ban, Chao Ma

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Transportation finance equity: A theoretical and empirical review of pricing equity, expenditure equity, and pricing-expenditure equity in US transit provision by Zakhary Mallett

“…However, disparities in what different populations pay relative to the costs of services they receive—that is, the economic subsidies they receive—are surprisingly underexplored in the literature. …”
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Le lean et l’activité humaine by Fabrice Bourgeois, Olivier Gonon

“…How should ergonomics react to this new concept of efficiency ? Ergonomists are receiving a growing number of requests directly connected with Lean production. …”
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Assessment of Doppler Wind Lidar Detection Efficiency and Influencing Factors at Plateau Airport: A Case Study of Lhasa Gonggar Airport by Junjie Wu, Hongyu Du, Chunjiong Xia, Xiaoyuan Huang

“…The influence of different underlying surface types on detection efficiency was minimal, with detection efficiency at a 270° azimuth slightly better than at a 90° azimuth. …”
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