Unpacking Market Barriers to Energy Efficiency in Emerging Economies: Policy Insights and a Business Model Perspective from Jordan by Rund Awwad, Scott Dwyer, Andrea Trianni

“…Energy efficiency (EE) remains an underexploited opportunity in many developing economies, where a complex interplay of policy, institutional, and market-related challenges limit its implementation at scale. …”
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Conceptual model of emergent efficiency based on the «Shoelace theorem» as a tool for performance management in Pre-trial investigation agencie by D.O. Giulmagomedov, O.I. Garafonova

“…The difference between the polygon’s area and the circle’s area reflects the system’s additional efficiency compared to its nominal efficiency. …”
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Optimizing multi-objective hybrid energy systems with pumped hydro storage for enhanced stability and efficiency in renewable energy integration by Junxian Li, Jiaxin Yuan, Xuxin Yue

“…This efficient strategy consists of the inherent complexities, which is solved by the NSGA-II algorithm. …”
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Reflective Distributed Denial of Service Detection: A Novel Model Utilizing Binary Particle Swarm Optimization—Simulated Annealing for Feature Selection and Gray Wolf Optimization-... by Daoqi Han, Honghui Li, Xueliang Fu

“…However, traditional intrusion detection methods encounter several issues such as low detection efficiency and prolonged detection time when dealing with massive and high-dimensional data. …”
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A study of government regulation’s strategy for solving the algorithmic black-box puzzle of digital platforms: a complex network-based perspective by Gehui Zhu, Mingliang Tang, Xiao Jian, Tong Mu

“…By the reason of the dynamism, cross-border and complexity characteristics compared with traditional physical platforms, the development of digital platforms is no longer limited to the level of specific commodity goods or services, and the traditional regulatory system cannot match and adapt to the new attributes of digital platforms them. …”
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Energy-Efficiency Maximization in Backscatter Communication-Based Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access System: Dinkelbach and Successive Convex Approximation Approaches by Dingjia Lin, Tianqi Wang, Kaidi Wang, Zhiguo Ding

“…The goal is to maximize energy efficiency (EE) through the optimization of the beamforming matrix and the reflection coefficient of the BackCom devices. …”
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A Novel MetaSoft Tree-Cognitive Set Model for Evaluating Criminal Litigation Efficiency under Artificial Intelligence Ecosystems by Yuanyuan Meng, Jing Cai

“…Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming judicial systems by offering tools that enhance legal decision-making, yet measuring the efficiency of criminal litigation processes within these evolving digital ecosystems remains a complex task. …”
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Research on the Dynamic Defensive Efficiency of Traditional Military Settlements in the Ming Dynasty: A Case Study of Ningbo Coastal Defense, China by Lingxin Meng, Ziyao Yang, Lifeng Tan, Shulong Yan, Yukun Zhang, Xuan Wang

“…Meanwhile, the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) was introduced to decompose the complex defense efficiency indicators into a quantitative system consisting of four levels of evaluation factors, analyse and statistically analyse the individual evaluation factors, and finally integrate and visualise the comparison of the data over multiple periods of time with the help of a geographic information system (GIS). …”
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An RTM-Driven Machine Learning Approach for Estimating High-Resolution FAPAR From LANDSAT 5/7/8/9 Surface Reflectance by Guodong Zhang, Gaofei Yin, Yi Zhang, Jiangchuan Hu, Zongyan Li, Changjing Wang, Dujuan Ma, Jiangliu Xie

“…This study developed a practical approach integrating radiative transfer (RT) modeling and machine learning to estimate 30-m FAPAR from Landsat surface reflectance. A coupled land–atmosphere RT model (RTM) and shuffled complex evolution optimization algorithm were first implemented at globally distributed VIIRS pixels for realistic simulation of land surface reflectance corresponding Landsat spectral bands and FAPAR under various conditions. …”
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Role of ^99mTc-pyrophosphate myocardial scintigraphy in assessing the efficiency of tafamidis therapy: a case series by A. A. Shoshina, A. A. Ansheles, S. N. Nasonova, I. V. Zhirov, V. B. Sergienko, S. N. Tereshchenko

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Robustness evaluation of bus-subway composite network considering accessibility by Yi Cao, Xiangzun Bu, Jialong Zhang

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Development of an Automated Management System for Agricultural Technologies in Horticulture by D. O. Khort, A. I. Kutyrev, I. G. Smirnov, I. V. Voronkov

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Exploring the Linkage Between Ruminal Microbial Communities on Postweaning and Finishing Diets and Their Relation to Residual Feed Intake in Beef Cattle by Pablo Peraza, Tamara Fernández-Calero, Hugo Naya, José Sotelo-Silveira, Elly A. Navajas

“…However, alpha diversity indices showed no significant relationship with feed efficiency, suggesting that diversity alone may not adequately reflect the complexity of feed efficiency phenotypes. …”
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Mapping total suspended solids (TSS) and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in complex coastal waters using deep learning enhanced remote sensing by S.L. Kesav Unnithan, Nagur Cherukuru, Timothy Ingleton, Eric Lehmann, Matt Paget, Yiqing Guo, Nathan Drayson, Gemma Kerrisk

“…Ground-based bio-optical measurements are used to quantify and evaluate the relationship between the remote sensing reflectance (Rrs) and the in-situ WQ parameters. However, the non-linear relationship is strongly influenced by optically complex coastal regions. …”
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Trade-off of cognition and semantic communication for UAV-IRS enhanced intelligent networks by Yuwei Zhang, Pengshan Ren

“…This hybrid approach leverages the strengths of both Q-learning and DDPG, enabling efficient handling of the complex, high-dimensional state and action spaces. …”
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High-Resolution Numerical Simulation and Analysis of Mach Reflection Structures in Detonation Waves in Low-Pressure H2–O2–Ar Mixtures: A Summary of Results Obtained with the Adapti... by Ralf Deiterding

“…A ghost fluid approach is integrated into the method to allow for embedded geometrically complex boundaries. Large-scale parallel simulations of unstable detonation structures of Chapman-Jouguet detonations in low-pressure hydrogen-oxygen-argon mixtures demonstrate the efficiency of the described techniques in practice. …”
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Presenting a model for determining the level of technological complexity of research and development activities in knowledge-based companies (case study: companies based in Golesta... by Gholamali shahmoradi, Taghi Torabi, Reza Radfar, Mohammadhasan Cheraghali

“…In this research, while examining two existing empirical measures of technological complexity, including the reflection approach (Hidalgo &Hausman, 2009) and the knowledge synthesis difficulty approach (Fleming & Sorenson, 2001), a new approach of structural complexity is presented , and then, using these three approaches, Five indicators are provided to measure the complexity of technology based on the criteria of increasing complexity over time, larger research and development, collaborative research and development, and spatial concentration. …”
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Quantum-Enhanced Predictive Degradation Pathway Optimization for PV Storage Systems: A Hybrid Quantum–Classical Approach for Maximizing Longevity and Efficiency by Dawei Wang, Shuang Zeng, Liyong Wang, Baoqun Zhang, Cheng Gong, Zhengguo Piao, Fuming Zheng

“…Unlike conventional optimization methods, which struggle with the complexity and stochastic nature of degradation mechanisms, the proposed approach capitalizes on quantum parallelism to assess multiple degradation scenarios simultaneously, significantly enhancing computational efficiency. …”
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"You do need each member of the team to bring that next piece of the puzzle": Allied health professionals' experience of interprofessional complex care in hospital settings. by Felice Borghmans, Venesser Fernandes, Stella Laletas, Harvey Newnham

“…Increase in interprofessional complex care in hospital settings reflects rising population health complexity. …”
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NATURE MANAGEMENT MAPPING: EXPERIENCE OF INTEGRATED ATLASES by T. A. Vorobyova, T. V. Kotova, M. V. Slipenchuk, V. S. Tikunov

“…For the last it is necessary to define a comprehensive and integrated indicators and criteria depending on the concept map, allowing to assess and reflect: efficiency use of natural resource potential of the territory, the scale of the environmental impacts of economic activities, in socio-economic development. …”
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