Cost and Profitability Estimates for Producing Lychee (Litchi chinensis) in South and Central Florida by Trent Blare, Fredy H. Ballen, Nicholas Haley, Victor Contreras, Jonathan H. Crane, Daniel Carrillo

“…This publication estimates the costs and returns associated with operating a lychee grove in south and central Florida. …”
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Techno-economic assessment of effervescent tablet-based nanofluids. by Naser Ali, Husain Bahzad, Nawaf F Aljuwayhel, Shikha A Ebrahim

“…Electrical costs for running the devices were assessed based on the lowest, average, and highest prices worldwide. Key financial metrics, including accumulated project cost, interest, annual cost, operating expenses, production cost, payback and discounted payback periods, and internal rate of return (IRR) were calculated for different interest rates and amounts of sold products. …”
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Fly ash from the thermal transformation of sewage sludge as an additive to concrete by Gabriela Rutkowska

“…It is a material that can be substantially adapted to specific operating conditions. To exploit its potential, it is necessary to modify the material composition of concrete. …”
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Design of Laptop Computer Antenna for Wi-Fi 6E Band by Chung-Hao Huang, Ying-Chao Hong, Sen-Yu Liao, Yi-Chi Chen

“…The average antenna gain is 4.2 dBi, with an envelope correlation coefficient (ECC) less than 0.020 and a radiation efficiency between 70% and 92%.…”
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Order dispatching and vacant vehicles rebalancing for the first-mile ride-sharing problem by Jinwen Ye, Giovanni Pantuso, David Pisinger

“…The results show that rebalancing is consistently preferable both in terms of profits and service rate. Particularly, in operating contexts where the station is not centrally located, rebalancing movements increase both profits and service rates by around 30% on average.…”
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Experimental Research on Direct Cooling Thermal ManagementSystem for Multi-Box Battery Packs by 李鑫盛, 贾 腾, 赵 耀, 姜 山, 代彦军

“…This study introduces a direct cooling thermal management system for multi-box battery packs, utilizing roll-bond cold plates，and conducts experimental research on the system's performance under different operating conditions. The experimental results show that at a charging rate of 0.5 C and a compressor speed of 2400 r/min, the system's average Coefficient of Performance (COP) can reach 5.83, the cold plate's maximum dimensionless loss coefficient is 6.27%, and the maximum temperature difference between cold plates is 1.90 °C. …”
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The role of the transportation sector in Serbia's macroeconomic performances by Miljković Marko, Nikolić Ivan

“…The contributions of the transportation sector to the gross value added and its real growth, the structure of gross value added, investments in fixed assets, employment, average net earnings and real growth of net earnings, inflation, as well as the business results of transport companies in terms of the value of total assets, operating income and net results are analyzed. …”
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Energy Detector–Based Spectrum Sensing in Cognitive Radios Over α−κ−F Fading Channel by Rahul Kumar, Jagadeesh Chandra Prasad M., Shweta Singh, Nithin Varma Malathkar

“…New analytical formulas for the average probability of detection (APOD) for a single user and cooperative detection are obtained for energy detection (ED)–based spectrum sensing (SS). …”
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ECONOMIC-FINANCIAL ASPECTS OF THE ACTIVITY AT SC POTELU AGRICOM L.L.C., POTELU VILLAGE, OLT COUNTY, ROMANIA (2017-2019) by Dragoș Mihai MEDELETE, Radu Lucian PÂNZARU

“…Through the culture palette practiced, it aimed to ensure the conditions related to the subsidy of the activity. The unit registers operating profit - 146,654.33 lei and pays a tax of 7,821 lei, aspects that lead to a net profit of 138,833.33 lei (average values for the period 2017, 2018 and 2019).…”
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Experimental Research on Direct Cooling Thermal Management System for Multi-Box Battery Packs by Li Xinsheng, Jia Teng, Zhao Yao, Jiang Shan, Dai Yanjun

“…In this study, a direct-cooling thermal management system for multi-box battery packs using roll-bond cold plates was presented, and the performance of the system was experimentally investigated under different operating conditions. The experimental results show that at a charging rate of 0.5 C and a compressor speed of 2 400 r/min, the average coefficient of performance (COP) of the system can reach 5.83, the maximum dimensionless loss coefficient of the cold plate is 6.27%, and the maximum temperature difference between the cold plates is 1.90 ℃. …”
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Bayesian technical efficiency analysis of groundnut production in Ghana by Dominic Chakuri, Freda Elikplim Asem, Edward Ebo Onumah

“…The paper concluded that groundnut farmers in the northern part of Ghana are operating in the first stage of the production function and could increase their frontier output by 29.5%.…”
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COMMUTERS e MARAUDERS: tipologia de criminosos em série a partir de padrões de deslocamento para cometimento de delitos by Antônio Hot Pereira de Faria, Alexandre Magno Alves Diniz, Diego Filipe Cordeiro Alves

“…The objective of this paper is to use empirical data obtained from official sources (police reports) to report the types of serial offenders operating in Belo Horizonte for their areas of activity. …”
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Numerical study of the influence of external heat exchanger tube fins on heat transfer in hybrid cooling tower by Madyshev Ilnur, Chetyrchinsky Yaroslav, Kharkov Vitaly, Dmitrieva Oksana, Kasimov Ruslan

“…It was found that with an increase in the fin height and fin pitch, i.e., with increasing fin surface transfer area, the average value of heat transfer coefficient decreases, but the overall heat power improves. …”
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Investigation of Combined System between Air Source Heat Pump System for Direct Hot Water Supply and Full Fresh Air Conditioning by He Wenfeng, Zhuo Xianrong, Huang Weiyi

“…The average synthesis energy efficiency ratio in a year is over 4.7. …”
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Breastfeeding Supports and Services in Rural Hawaii: Perspectives of Community Healthcare Workers by Jeanie L. Flood

“…In the state of Hawaii, breastfeeding initiation rates are higher than the national average but fall below target rates for duration. …”
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Bulgarian banking: looking for sustainability by Garabed Minassian

“…The level of the financial and operating income was maintained primarily because of the high interest rates on the loans, but the structure of their distribution shifted substantially. …”
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Optimal sizing of hybrid energy storage system under multiple typical conditions of sources and loads by Changling Li, Xinyan Zhang

“…To address the diversity of new energy sources and loads, a multi-objective configuration frame for HESS is proposed under comprehensive source-load conditions. First, the IES operation model for minimizing the electricity purchase rate of IES and the HESS planning model for minimizing the levelised cost and the average reserve idle rate of HESS are established. …”
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Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy in voice rehabilitation of patients after laryngectomy by S. A. Shinkarev, S. V. Boldyrev, A. P. Zagadaev, V. N. Podolsky, V. A. Borisov, Y. I. Kostyushina

“…Performing antimicrobial PDT of vocal prostheses increased the average operating time to 11.9 months compared to the control group (6.8 months), where a monthly dose of 150 mg of fluconazole was used for prevention. …”
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A fully automated, expert-perceptive image quality assessment system for whole-body [18F]FDG PET/CT by Cong Zhang, Xin Gao, Xuebin Zheng, Jun Xie, Gang Feng, Yunchao Bao, Pengchen Gu, Chuan He, Ruimin Wang, Jiahe Tian

“…The model’s scores showed substantial agreement with expert assessments, achieving average Spearman coefficients (ρ) of 0.891 for PET and 0.624 for CT, while the average Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC) reached 0.953 for PET and 0.92 for CT. …”
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Safety and feasibility evaluation of a novel robotic surgical system in gynecological surgery application by Yuanbo Tao, Jun Wang, ShiChao Han, Jing Na, Ya Li

“…Results: In this study, all 82 cases of the novel robotic surgery were successfully completed without any conversions to open surgery. The average surgical time was (134.15 ​± ​82.44) min, the average intraoperative blood loss was (29.16 ​± ​29.35) mL, the average time for postoperative bowel motility recovery was (27.0 ​± ​11.5) h, and the average hospital stay after surgery was (3.1 ​± ​1.3) d. …”
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