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  • Article
  • Open Access
407 Views
14 Pages

Stock market efficiency plays a vital role in financial economics, as it reflects how quickly and accurately asset prices incorporate available information. This study investigates stock market efficiency and banking sector stability in the MENA regi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,684 Views
18 Pages

9 August 2023

Stability and efficiency are the two most important performance indicators of highly loaded aviation axial compressors; however, they often cannot be achieved simultaneously. As an effective means of stability expansion, casing treatment usually dama...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,765 Views
16 Pages

Improved Stability and Catalytic Efficiency of ω-Transaminase in Aqueous Mixture of Deep Eutectic Solvents

  • Hongpeng Wang,
  • Mercy Vimbai Masuku,
  • Yachen Tao,
  • Jiayao Yang,
  • Yi Kuang,
  • Changjiang Lyu,
  • Jun Huang and
  • Shengxiang Yang

The efficient biosynthesis of chiral amines at an industrial scale to meet the high demand from industries that require chiral amines as precursors is challenging due to the poor stability and low catalytic efficiency of ω-transaminases (&omega...

  • Article
  • Open Access
456 Views
31 Pages

This study examines how banks navigate the dual strategic imperatives of securing market power and optimizing multidimensional operational efficiency—technical, scale, and allocative efficiency—within emerging and transitional banking sys...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,146 Views
24 Pages

2 February 2026

Asia presently houses some of the top and dynamic economies in the world. These economies have also experienced high fintech adoption in their banking sectors. This paper examines the impact of fintech adoption and integration on the efficiency and s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
411 Views
31 Pages

Modern power transmission systems are required to meet increasingly stringent demands, including a wide range of transmission ratios, compact dimensions, high precision, energy efficiency, reliability, and thermal stability under dynamic operating co...

  • Article
  • Open Access
795 Views
21 Pages

24 April 2025

The increasing human demand for natural resources is leading to critical resource depletion. This depletion is exacerbated by exceeding the Earth’s biological regeneration rate, threatening ecosystems’ ability to renew biomass. This ecolo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,817 Views
23 Pages

23 December 2024

Distributed drive electric vehicles (DDEV), characterized by their independently drivable wheels, offer significant advantages in terms of vehicle handling, stability, and energy efficiency. These attributes collectively contribute to enhancing drivi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,245 Views
19 Pages

Nozzle Jet Deviation from Bucket Pitch Circle’s Effect on the Stability and Efficiency of Pelton Turbine

  • Huiming Deng,
  • Ke Song,
  • Fangxiong Deng,
  • Yu Huang,
  • Tao Luo,
  • Yijin Zhou,
  • Bei Qin,
  • Yongzhong Zeng,
  • Zhishun Yu and
  • Xiaobing Liu
  • + 1 author

26 April 2023

During the operation of a Pelton turbine, the centerline of the nozzle jet may deviate from the bucket pitch circle due to the low installation and maintenance accuracy, which will reduce the operating efficiency and the stability of the turbine and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,590 Views
18 Pages

This study explores how FinTech and artificial intelligence (AI) adoption shape efficiency and financial stability in dual-banking systems. It focuses on 26 listed Islamic and conventional banks across 11 countries in the MENA and Southeast Asia regi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,297 Views
24 Pages

Development and Characterization of Lyophilized Chondroitin Sulfate-Loaded Solid Lipid Nanoparticles: Encapsulation Efficiency and Stability

  • Marta E. Bustos Araya,
  • Anna Nardi Ricart,
  • Ana C. Calpena Campmany,
  • Rafel Prohens and
  • Montserrat Miñarro Carmona

This study explores the development and characterization of lyophilized chondroitin sulfate (CHON)-loaded solid lipid nanoparticles (SLN) as an innovative platform for advanced drug delivery. Background/Objectives: Solid lipid nanoparticles are incre...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,679 Views
28 Pages

This study examines the short-run and long-run equilibrium relationship between the banking sector’s efficiency and stability and its endogenous and exogenous determinants, such as inflation and international oil price shocks in Saudi Arabia fr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
7,849 Views
24 Pages

Multilayer Bixin Microcapsules: The Impact of Native Carbohydrates on the Microencapsulation Efficiency and Dispersion Stability

  • Cecilia K. Curi-Borda,
  • Javier A. Linares-Pastén,
  • Tuba Tat,
  • Rosmery Tarqui-Dueñas,
  • Ninoska Chino-Flores,
  • Juan-Antonio Alvarado and
  • Bjorn Bergenstahl

22 March 2019

Bixin is a hydrophobic carotenoid present in the integument of the seeds of Bixa orellana. Microencapsulation was applied to obtain water dispersible formulations and protect the colorant against degradation. Microencapsulated systems were obtained b...

  • Review
  • Open Access
38 Citations
8,916 Views
41 Pages

Novel Materials in Perovskite Solar Cells: Efficiency, Stability, and Future Perspectives

  • Anup Bist,
  • Bishweshwar Pant,
  • Gunendra Prasad Ojha,
  • Jiwan Acharya,
  • Mira Park and
  • Prem Singh Saud

24 May 2023

Solar energy is regarded as the finest clean and green energy generation method to replace fossil fuel-based energy and repair environmental harm. The more expensive manufacturing processes and procedures required to extract the silicon utilized in s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,260 Views
16 Pages

Enhanced Efficiency and Stability of Perovskite Solar Cells Through Neodymium-Doped Upconversion Nanoparticles with TiO2 Coating

  • Masfer Alkahtani,
  • Bayan Alshehri,
  • Hadeel Alrashood,
  • Latifa Alshehri,
  • Yahya A. Alzahrani,
  • Sultan Alenzi,
  • Ibtisam S. Almalki,
  • Ghazal S. Yafi,
  • Abdulmalik M. Alessa and
  • Masud Almalki
  • + 4 authors

This study presents an effective strategy to enhance the efficiency and stability of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) by integrating neodymium-doped upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) coated with a TiO2 shell into the mesoporous electron transport layer...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,785 Views
25 Pages

23 July 2019

In wireless sensor networks, energy efficiency is important because sensor nodes have limited energy. 3-dimensional group management medium access control (3-D GM-MAC) is an attractive MAC protocol for application to the Internet of Things (IoT) envi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,125 Views
15 Pages

19 January 2025

Feruloyl esterases (FAEs) play critical roles in industrial applications such as food processing, pharmaceuticals, and paper production by breaking down plant cell walls and releasing ferulic acid. However, most bacterial FAEs function optimally in a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,132 Views
16 Pages

Can Split Application of Slow-Release Fertilizer Improve Wheat Yield, Nitrogen Efficiency and Their Stability in Different Ecological Regions?

  • Quan Ma,
  • Rongrong Tao,
  • Yonggang Ding,
  • Xinbo Zhang,
  • Fujian Li,
  • Min Zhu,
  • Jinfeng Ding,
  • Chunyan Li,
  • Wenshan Guo and
  • Haijun Sheng
  • + 1 author

6 February 2022

Environmental conditions (precipitation, temperature and soil properties) differ greatly in different regions and have dual effects on the wheat growth and nutrient release of slow-release fertilizer (SRF). Conventional fertilization methods such as...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
6,302 Views
10 Pages

In this report, a blue anti-transmission film (BATF) has been introduced to improve the color-conversion efficiency (CCE) and the stability of quantum dot (QD) films. The results indicate that the CCE can be increased by as much as 93% using 15 layer...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
5,840 Views
12 Pages

27 January 2022

In this study, we report a perovskite solar cell (PSC) can be benefited from the high quality of inorganic nickel oxide (NiOx) as a hole transport layer (HTL) film fabricated from the physical vapor deposition (PVD) process. The power conversion effi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,756 Views
18 Pages

Energy Efficiency and Decarbonization in the Context of Macroeconomic Stabilization

  • Anna Misztal,
  • Magdalena Kowalska,
  • Anita Fajczak-Kowalska and
  • Otakar Strunecky

23 August 2021

Decarbonization is an activity aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions to limit climate change and global warming. Ensuring macroeconomic stabilization is the basis for ecological action. The question is whether macroeconomic stabilization helps c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
42 Citations
6,066 Views
18 Pages

Substitution of Inorganic Nitrogen Fertilizer with Green Manure (GM) Increased Yield Stability by Improving C Input and Nitrogen Recovery Efficiency in Rice Based Cropping System

  • Muhammad Qaswar,
  • Jing Huang,
  • Waqas Ahmed,
  • Shujun Liu,
  • Dongchu Li,
  • Lu Zhang,
  • Lisheng Liu,
  • Yongmei Xu,
  • Tianfu Han and
  • Huimin Zhang
  • + 2 authors

3 October 2019

A long-term field experiment was carried out (since 2008) for evaluating the effects of different substitution rates of inorganic nitrogen (N) fertilizer by green manure (GM) on yield stability and N balance under double rice cropping system. Treatme...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,934 Views
17 Pages

12 September 2024

In this study, a method is proposed to minimize electrical load fluctuations and improve the efficiency of engine generator operation by managing refrigerated ship containers through an integrated control system. The proposed system actively controls...

  • Article
  • Open Access
300 Views
19 Pages

Energy-Efficient Retrofit of Heat Exchange Networks for Oil Treatment and Stabilization Units at Oil Fields

  • Botagoz Kaldybayeva,
  • Alisher Khussanov,
  • Leonid Ulyev,
  • Doskhan Kenzhebekov,
  • Dauren Janabayev and
  • Mikhail Chernyshov

28 January 2026

Continuous growth in prices for primary energy sources and environmental restrictions on pollutant emissions justify investments in industrial facilities to minimize specific energy consumption. In addition, oil-producing and refining enterprises wer...

  • Article
  • Open Access
583 Views
33 Pages

24 November 2025

This paper addresses the critical problem of stabilizing an inherently unstable bicycle robot at low or zero speeds using advanced control strategies. The key objective is to develop a feedback controller that actively operates a handlebar, as well a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,150 Views
14 Pages

29 March 2024

Larix principis-rupprechtii Mayr, a coniferous species indigenous to Northern China, possesses significant ecological and economic value. Somatic embryogenesis offers a pathway with significant potential for large-scale propagation, long-term germpla...

  • Article
  • Open Access
55 Citations
9,479 Views
23 Pages

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of various stabilizers on the encapsulation efficiency and release of exenatide-loaded PLGA (poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid)) microspheres prepared by the water-in-oil-in-water (W/O/W) solvent evapor...

  • Review
  • Open Access
34 Citations
8,244 Views
18 Pages

Improvement Strategies for Stability and Efficiency of Perovskite Solar Cells

  • Hongliang Liu,
  • Ling Xiang,
  • Peng Gao,
  • Dan Wang,
  • Jirui Yang,
  • Xinman Chen,
  • Shuti Li,
  • Yanli Shi,
  • Fangliang Gao and
  • Yong Zhang

22 September 2022

Recently, perovskites have garnered great attention owing to their outstanding characteristics, such as tunable bandgap, rapid absorption reaction, low cost and solution-based processing, leading to the development of high-quality and low-cost photov...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,697 Views
11 Pages

This study aimed to investigate if a thermal barrier coating (TBC) affected the energy efficiency of 3D printers. In accordance with this purpose, the used TBC technique is clearly explained and adapted to a nozzle in a simulation environment. Brass,...

  • Review
  • Open Access
17 Citations
6,281 Views
16 Pages

Methods of Stability Control of Perovskite Solar Cells for High Efficiency

  • Abyl Muradov,
  • Daria Frolushkina,
  • Vadim Samusenkov,
  • Gulsara Zhamanbayeva and
  • Sebastian Kot

18 May 2021

The increasing demand for renewable energy devices over the past decade has motivated researchers to develop new and improve the existing fabrication techniques. One of the promising candidates for renewable energy technology is metal halide perovski...

  • Article
  • Open Access
53 Citations
10,945 Views
19 Pages

24 August 2023

The use of the appropriate emulsifier is essential for forming a stable nanoemulsion delivery system that can maintain the sustained release of its contents. Health concerns have prompted the search for natural biopolymers to replace traditional synt...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,170 Views
20 Pages

20 October 2023

A new high-efficiency method based on a particle swarm optimization and long short-term memory network is proposed in this study to predict the aerodynamic forces in an unsteady state. Based on the predicted aerodynamic forces, the dynamic derivative...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,358 Views
12 Pages

27 January 2025

The ASE (Amplified Spontaneous Emission) light source, based on erbium-doped fiber (EDF), is a broadband light source with advantages such as high power, excellent temperature stability, and low coherent light generation. It is widely used in the fie...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,245 Views
18 Pages

20 September 2022

The general fabrication process for stabilized amorphous selenium (a-Se) detectors is vacuum deposition. The evaporant alloy is typically selenium alloyed with 0.3–0.5%As to stabilize it against crystallization. During the evaporation, fraction...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,246 Views
10 Pages

30 March 2022

Minimizing fuel consumption of passenger car vehicles can be achieved thanks to hybridization of the powertrain associated with innovative engine technologies. To feed the new high compression ratio combustion systems, air system cutting-edge technol...

  • Letter
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,264 Views
10 Pages

Compressed Nonlinear Equalizers for 112-Gbps Optical Interconnects: Efficiency and Stability

  • Wenjia Zhang,
  • Ling Ge,
  • Yanci Zhang,
  • Chenyu Liang and
  • Zuyuan He

19 August 2020

Low-complexity nonlinear equalization is critical for reliable high-speed short-reach optical interconnects. In this paper, we compare the complexity, efficiency and stability performance of pruned Volterra series-based equalization (VE) and neural n...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,566 Views
12 Pages

In Situ Ethanolamine ZnO Nanoparticle Passivation for Perovskite Interface Stability and Highly Efficient Solar Cells

  • Humberto Emmanuel Sánchez-Godoy,
  • K. M. Muhammed Salim,
  • Rubén Rodríguez-Rojas,
  • Isaac Zarazúa and
  • Sofia Masi

28 February 2022

Zinc oxide (ZnO) has interesting optoelectronic properties, but suffers from chemical instability when in contact with perovskite interfaces; hence, the perovskite deposited on the top degrades promptly. Surface passivation strategies alleviate this...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,059 Views
7 Pages

8 November 2023

Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have driven improvements in photovoltaic technology as a promising post-silicon photovoltaic technology. However, their decency in providing efficiency is quite intriguing but remains poor in stability. Advancement in lo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
40 Citations
6,342 Views
17 Pages

The Effect of Wall Material Type on the Encapsulation Efficiency and Oxidative Stability of Fish Oils

  • Khaled A. Selim,
  • Salman S. Alharthi,
  • Abdelmonam M. Abu El-Hassan,
  • Nady A. Elneairy,
  • Laila A. Rabee and
  • Adel G. Abdel-Razek

10 October 2021

Fish oil is the primary source of long-chain omega-3 fatty acids, which are important nutrients that assist in the prevention and treatment of heart disease and have many health benefits. It also contains vitamins that are lipid-soluble, such as vita...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,104 Views
22 Pages

19 March 2025

To enhance the balance between lateral stability and energy efficiency, we propose an adaptive compound controller based on phase plane analysis for four-wheel independent drive electric vehicles (4WID-EVs). The adaptive stability and energy-saving c...

  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,721 Views
51 Pages

Advancements and Strategies in CsPbI2Br Perovskite Solar Cells for Enhanced Efficiency and Stability

  • Fanbei Sun,
  • Tingting Hou,
  • Kexuan Xie,
  • Xinghua Zhu,
  • Dingyu Yang and
  • Xin Liu

24 March 2025

In recent years, inorganic perovskite solar cells (IPSCs), especially those based on CsPbI2Br, have attracted considerable attention owing to their exceptional thermal stability and a well-balanced combination of light absorption and phase stability....

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,783 Views
9 Pages

25 April 2018

The interface related to the polycrystalline hybrid perovskite thin film plays an essential role in the resulting device performance. Iodine was employed as an additive to modify the interface between perovskite and spiro-OMeTAD hole transport layer....

  • Article
  • Open Access
371 Views
21 Pages

19 December 2025

To address the challenges of enhancing driving stability and energy efficiency in distributed-drive electric vehicles, this paper proposes an extenics coordinated torque distribution control method that integrates energy efficiency optimization and v...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
6,936 Views
18 Pages

The Influence of Conjugated Polymer Side Chain Manipulation on the Efficiency and Stability of Polymer Solar Cells

  • Ilona M. Heckler,
  • Jurgen Kesters,
  • Maxime Defour,
  • Morten V. Madsen,
  • Huguette Penxten,
  • Jan D’Haen,
  • Bruno Van Mele,
  • Wouter Maes and
  • Eva Bundgaard

9 March 2016

The stability of polymer solar cells (PSCs) can be influenced by the introduction of particular moieties on the conjugated polymer side chains. In this study, two series of donor-acceptor copolymers, based on bis(thienyl)dialkoxybenzene donor and ben...

  • Article
  • Open Access
64 Citations
8,168 Views
13 Pages

Design of Polypropylene Electret Melt Blown Nonwovens with Superior Filtration Efficiency Stability through Thermally Stimulated Charging

  • Haifeng Zhang,
  • Nuo Liu,
  • Qianru Zeng,
  • Jinxin Liu,
  • Xing Zhang,
  • Mingzheng Ge,
  • Wei Zhang,
  • Suying Li,
  • Yijun Fu and
  • Yu Zhang

13 October 2020

Electret filters are widely used in particulate matter filtration due to their filtration efficiency that can be greatly improved by electrostatic forces without sacrificing the air resistance. However, the attenuation of the filtration efficiency re...

  • Article
  • Open Access
44 Citations
6,710 Views
15 Pages

27 November 2020

Crop diversification is a climate-smart agricultural technique which helps to improve resilience for farmers in the face of volatile weather due to climate change. Previous research on its effects on technical efficiency has shown mixed results. Desp...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
5,166 Views
22 Pages

13 December 2018

In this paper, an integrated torque distribution strategy was developed to improve the stability and efficiency of the vehicle. To improve the stability of the low friction road surface, the vertical and lateral forces of the vehicle were estimated a...

  • Review
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,624 Views
14 Pages

15 October 2023

Massive emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) have caused environmental issues like global warming, which needs to be addressed. Researchers have developed numerous methods to reduce CO2 emissions. Among these, photoelectrochemical (PEC) CO2 reduction is...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,174 Views
17 Pages

Tuning VSV-G Expression Improves Baculovirus Integrity, Stability and Mammalian Cell Transduction Efficiency

  • Martina Mattioli,
  • Renata A. Raele,
  • Gunjan Gautam,
  • Ufuk Borucu,
  • Christiane Schaffitzel,
  • Francesco Aulicino and
  • Imre Berger

17 September 2024

Baculoviral vectors (BVs) derived from Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV) are an attractive tool for multigene delivery in mammalian cells, which is particularly relevant for CRISPR technologies. Most applications in mammal...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,198 Views
25 Pages

Energy Efficiency and Stability of Micro-Hydropower PAT-SEIG Systems for DC Off-Grids

  • João M. R. Catelas,
  • João F. P. Fernandes,
  • Modesto Pérez-Sánchez,
  • P. Amparo López-Jiménez,
  • Helena M. Ramos and
  • P. J. Costa Branco

13 March 2024

Using pumps operating as turbines (PATs) offers the possibility of increasing the sustainability of water and energy systems by recovering the excess energy that would be otherwise lost in pressure-reducing valves or head loss chambers. Regarding on-...

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