Altered network connectivity and global efficiency in tourette syndrome: insights into sensorimotor integration by Julia Schmidgen, Theresa Valentine Heinen, Felix Schmitt, Kerstin Konrad, Stephan Bender

“…Results revealed widespread alterations in theta-band connectivity in TS, with patients exhibiting reduced connectivity and impaired network efficiency during S1 processing. S2 processing revealed subtler group differences than S1, manifesting as shifts in network organization rather than overall loss in connectivity strength. …”
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Integration of Daylight in Building Design as a Way to Improve the Energy Efficiency of Buildings by Adrian Trząski, Joanna Rucińska

“…This paper presents results of an analysis of how factors related to the use of daylight, such as automatic control of artificial lighting, external shading, or the visual absorptance of internal surfaces, influence the energy efficiency within an example room in two different climatic zones. …”
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Optimising clinician workflow: enhancing efficiency in same-day emergency care (SDEC) by Jayesh Chopra, Yakut Khan, Rajeev Kumar, Shaun Trussell

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Resource use efficiency level of public organizations. The case of Spanish health systems by María Soledad Campos Lucena, Africa Ruiz Gándara, María de Magdala Pérez Nimo, Francisco Javier Ortega Irizo, Francisco Velasco Morente

“…Methods: This paper applies the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) methodology, which allows obtaining natural and managerial efficiencies, as well as deviations from inefficient units in relation to efficient ones and proposing corrective measures that imply only budgetary (natural) modifications or changes in the policies of resource management (management). …”
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Health care system efficiency and life expectancy: A 140-country study. by Virginia Zarulli, Elizaveta Sopina, Veronica Toffolutti, Adam Lenart

“…Despite the evidence of links between health expenditure and health care efficiency, it is still unclear why countries with similar levels of health expenditures experience different outputs in terms of life expectancy at birth. …”
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Classification of Nitrogen-Efficient Wheat Varieties Based on UAV Hyperspectral Remote Sensing by Yumeng Li, Chunying Wang, Junke Zhu, Qinglong Wang, Ping Liu

“…First, eight agronomic indicators closely related to wheat nitrogen efficiency were analyzed using t-SNE dimensionality reduction and hierarchical clustering, enabling the classification of 12 wheat varieties into nitrogen-efficient and nitrogen-inefficient varieties under different nitrogen stress conditions. …”
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Levels of Comprehensive Assessment of the Medical and Economic Efficiency of Healthcare in the Field of Industry Strategy by J. A. Morozova

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Energy-Efficient Data Recovery via Greedy Algorithm for Wireless Sensor Networks by Zhi-qiang Zou, Ze-ting Li, Shu Shen, Ru-chuan Wang

“…Furthermore, we study three different greedy algorithms under DAF_CSOR. Results of evaluation experiments show that the proposed sparsity-adaptive DAF_CSOR is relatively optimal in terms of recovery accuracy. …”
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Efficient Hybrid-Robust Approach for Cancer Biomarker Discovery Using Omics Data by Karima Sid, Soumia Zertal, Mohamed Batouche, Soumeya Zerabi

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Efficiency- and lifetime-limiting effects of commercially available UVC LEDs: a review by Grigory Onushkin, Jan Ruschel, Francesco Piva, Matteo Buffolo, Jens Rass, Lynn Davis, Nicola Trivellin, Carlo De Santi, Willem van Driel, Matteo Meneghini

“…Moreover, also package-related degradation processes are investigated, which stand-out due to the peculiar structures and materials required to sustain both high-energy UV photons and high localized self-heating, while maximizing the optical efficiency of the LEDs. …”
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Optimizing Solar Panel Efficiency: Integration of Dual Axis Solar Tracking and Reflectors by Alvin Rinaldi Wiharja, Levin Halim, Faisal Wahab

“…Solar panels have relatively low efficiency, but their performance can be enhanced by a tracking system directing the panels perpendicular to the light source and adding reflectors to capture more sunlight. …”
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Spatial and Temporal Evolution of Regional Energy Efficiency in China and Its Influencing Factors by Jinqiu Li, Yufeng Hu, Hui Zhang

“…The results show the following: from 2008 to 2019, the mean value of regional single-factor energy efficiency (RS) showed an obvious trend of continuous increase, while the mean value of regional green total-factor energy efficiency (RT) changed from a trend of continuous decline to a relatively stable trend. …”
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Energy Efficiency Assessment of the Electrodialysis Process in Desalinating Rest Area Water Runoff by Małgorzata Iwanek, Paweł Suchorab, Jacek Czerwiński, Dariusz Kowalski, Ewa Hołota, Beata Kowalska, Daniel Słyś, Agnieszka Stec, Izabela Anna Tałałaj, Paweł Biedka

“…The runoff from RAs can be significantly contaminated due to the traffic-related issues. The objective of this article was to evaluate the energy efficiency of preliminary treatment of raw meltwater from a selected rest area using electrodialysis for Cl⁻ and Na⁺ removal. …”
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Ruthenium (II)-coordinated supramolecular drug self-assembly for efficient combination chemotherapy by Haonan Ma, Yifan Jin, Jintao Li, Xuedong Xiao, Chengfei Liu, Wei Tian

“…However, the common strategies that encapsulate therapeutic agents with different mechanisms into a single “package” often lead to unsatisfactory anticancer activity because of the relatively low loading capacities, inconsistent reproducibility, and unpredictable release kinetics. …”
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Design and optimization of a high-efficiency microwave continuous-flow heating reactor by Wenyan Tian, Kexin Chen, Fengming Yang, Yongjia Chen, Zeyu Ma, Kun Bai

“…A novel continuous-flow heating system specifically designed is introduced to optimise heating efficiency for fluids exhibiting a range of permittivity. …”
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Characterization and agronomic efficiency of natural and recovered phosphates in tropical soil with corrected acidity by Jéssica Franciele Kaminski Ramos, Bruno José Rodrigues Alves, Jorge Makhlouta Alonso, Paulo César Teixeira, Vinicius de Melo Benites

“…The efficiency of low-water-soluble phosphates in soils with corrected pH is generally related to their solubility in citric acid, except for ERCP, which exhibited high solubility but low performance. …”
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Evaluation of nerve‑sparing radical hysterectomy introduction efficiency in the regional cancer center by Yu. A. Kolotilov, E. A. Kruglov, A. N. Kazantsev, V. M. Unguryan

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Improving the Efficiency of Submersible Multistage Pumps Based on the Hydrophobization of the Flow Part Surfaces by G. A. Kromm, N. A. Drobnitsky, A. V. Volkov, A. A. Druzhinin, V. Y. Lyapin, A. V. Trulev, I. V. Kachanov, G. M. Brovka

“…The issues related to the surfactant coating modification effect salt deposition and corrosion were studied. …”
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An application of DEA method for ranking different Tehran municipality branches by Seyed Hossein Miri, Younos Vakil Alroaia, Simin Bohlouli

“…The proposed study uses data envelopment analysis (DEA) for measuring the relative efficiencies of various units. The proposed DEA uses fixed assets, employee expenses and total income as input and Green Space Development, Resumption and Waste, Development of Cultural Spaces as well as Improvement of Passages and highways are considered as the output of the model. …”
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Comparison of the Effect of Different Microbial Agents on the Decomposition of Rice Straw by Yufei Li, Kaifeng Shuai, Juan Li, Xinyu Hu, Guanghui Chen

“…This study compared the decomposition effects of different microbial agents added to rice straw to screen for efficient and stable microbial agents and achieve effective utilization of rice straw resources. …”
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