Sleep efficiency and event−related potentials in patients with depression: the mediating role of serum C-reactive protein by Liang Fang, Liang Fang, Liang Fang, Peng Wang, Tianqin Xie, Tianqin Xie, Tianqin Xie, Shuai Ding, Shuai Ding, Shuai Ding, Ting Wang, Ting Wang, Ting Wang, Jiajia Zhang, Jiajia Zhang, Jiajia Zhang, Aiguo Zhang, Aiguo Zhang, Aiguo Zhang, Peng Zhu, Daomin Zhu, Daomin Zhu, Daomin Zhu

“…Limited research exists on the neurophysiological mechanisms that connect sleep efficiency and cognitive function in individuals with MDD. …”
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Functional Analysis of Thyme Production in Denizli Province by Arif Semerci, Enver Ken

“…Among the variables in the production function, the variables with marginal efficiency coefficient above 1 were determined as the production area (3.20) and the fertilizer factor (1.33). …”
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Genetics of Physiological Variation Within and Between Larval Wild-Type AB and Backcrossed NHGRI-1 Zebrafish (<i>Danio rerio</i>) by Gil Martinez-Bautista, Moira Ryann Cartee, Dyuksha Kunder, Crystelle Lee, Karol Tang, Neha Nagarajan, Pamela Padilla, Warren Burggren

“…To explore the role of genetics in physiological variation, we assessed variation of cardiac function (heart rate, stroke volume, and cardiac output), oxygen consumption, yolk conversion efficiency, and cost of development in embryonic and larval AB wild-type and NHGRI-1 zebrafish (low heterozygosity line backcrossed from AB wild-type) exposed to different temperature and oxygen regimes. …”
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Optimization Design of Gear Transmission Parameter based on Efficiency Improvement by Rui Su, Gangjun Li, Huazhi Li, Pingping Liu, Yangsen Huang

“…The integral along the length of thread engagement is calculated for the average transmission efficiency expression of gear in meshing process. The expression of the independent variables including active tooth number z1， the transmission ratio i， the friction coefficient f and pressure angle α. …”
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Experimental Study on Optimal Refrigerant Charge of Multi-functional Air-conditioning Hot Water Heater by Wang Haifeng, Zhang Shoubing, Yuan Huihui, Sun Yajuan, Li Yuduo, Dong Shanshan

“…A new type of double-flow accumulator was developed, which can automatically adjust the amount of circulating refrigerant on the system of multi-functional air-conditioning/hot-water heater so that the system was more stable and efficient under multi-working modes. …”
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Efficient Methodology for Power Management Optimization of Hybrid-Electric Aircraft by Giuseppe Palaia, Karim Abu Salem, Erasmo Carrera

“…The power supplied by the thermal engine, modeled as a time piecewise function, is a design variable; a parametric study on the number of intervals composing this function is performed. …”
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Increasing constraint of aridity on tree intrinsic water use efficiency by Mengjie Wang, Shushi Peng, Zihan Lu, Xiangtao Xu, Andrew Felton, Anping Chen

“…Abstract The intrinsic water use efficiency (W) of trees serves as a key variable linking water and carbon fluxes in forest ecosystems. …”
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Acid-Activated Biochar for Efficient Elimination of Amoxicillin From Wastewater by David Adu-Poku, Selina Ama Saah, Patrick Opare Sakyi, Charles Kwame Bandoh, Benjamin Agyei-Tuffour, David Azanu, Michael Oteng-Peprah, Issifu Hawawu, Samuel Azibere, Kweku Amaning Affram

“…In exploring the potential of agricultural waste as an efficient adsorbent, acid-activated coconut husk biochar was prepared, characterized and applied to remove amoxicillin from wastewater. …”
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Using regression trees for improving the efficiency of nonlinear programming solvers by Fulya Terzi, Necati Aras, M. Gökçe Baydoğan

“…The approach is tested on 24 single-objective functions to reduce the domain of decision variables. …”
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The Efficiency of The Interest Channel in The Context of Monetary Policy in Developed Countries by Taner Taş, Kubilay Çağrı Yılmaz

“…Within the framework of the panel VAR model established in line with the results obtained from these tests, the efficiency of the interest channel was investigated with the impulse-response functions and variance decomposition methods. …”
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Leveraging normal distribution and fuzzy S-function approaches for solar cell electrical characteristic optimization by Mahmood Ruqaya Shaker, Al-Gebory Layth, Mustaf Ammar Saad, Khalid Yasameen Waleed, Alameri Kawther A., Rasheed Mohammed, Rashid Taha

“…Furthermore, a fuzzy S-function model was applied to account for uncertainty and variability in real-world conditions. …”
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Holmgren problem for Helmholtz equation with the three singular coefficients by Davlatjon R. Muydinjanov

Subjects: “…lauricella hypergeometric function in three variables…”
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Enhancing water use efficiency: Insights from hydrological variability encounter of multiple water sources and implications for terminal Lake management in arid regions by Kun Liu, Yunfei Chen, Bin Wu, Hailiang Xu, Abdul Waheed, Fan Gao, Bing He, Long Zhou, Jie Wu, Qin Zhang, Jinhao Ju

“…Multivariate empirical mode decomposition (MEMD) was applied to identify periodic characteristics of runoff, while wavelet coherence transform assessed the consistency of runoff patterns. A Copula function was then utilized to construct a joint distribution model, quantifying variability patterns and their cascading effects on ecological water use in Taitema Lake. …”
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Cost Optimisation of Supply Chains in the Food Industry: Cost Function Modelling by Ion Popa, Sorina-Geanina Stănescu, Anișoara Duică, Elisabeta Ilona Molnar, Mircea Constantin Duică

“…The proposed cost function allows for assessing the impact of these variables on total costs and identifying critical areas for optimisation. …”
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Modelling Sustainable Port Operations: Balancing Inputs and Outputs with the Cobb–Douglas Function by Claudia Durán, Ivan Derpich, Fabricio Moreno, Amir Karbassi Yazdi, Yong Tan

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Effect of Coefficient of Variation on Variable Sampling Scheme Indexed in AQL and AOQL under Measurement Error by Uttama Mishra

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Energy efficiency in middle-income countries with DEA: An approach for Latin America by Néstor Xavier Maya, M.M. Prieto, Laura Megido

“…From this analysis, the production function, the technical efficiency, the total energy efficiency factor and their respective correlation coefficients versus the per capita income variable are obtained for each country. …”
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Optimizing capacitor size and placement in radial distribution networks for maximum efficiency by R. Arunjothi, K.P. Meena

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Technical Efficiency of Sweet Potato Production: A Stochastic Frontier Analysis by Godfrey C. Onuwa, Solomon T. Folorunsho, Ganiyu Binuyo, Mercy Emefiene, Onyekwere P. Ifenkwe

“…Data collected was analyzed using descriptive statistics and stochastic frontier production function. The socioeconomic variables of the respondents affected their farm efficiency and level of farm output. …”
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Research on Variable Circulation Design Method and Internal Flow Characteristic of the Axial Flow Pump by Xuewei Yu, Qili Gan, Zifan Ling, Jiahui Gong, Jiajia Tang, Lijian Shi

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