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1. The mantra of efficiency
: from waterwheel to social control
by Alexander, Jennifer Karns, 1963
2008, ISBN 0801886937, xvii, 233
Efficiency—associated with individual discipline, superior management, and increased profits or productivity—often counts as one of the highest virtues in... 
Technological innovations | History | Science and industry | Industrial efficiency
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2. Full Text Model of Casing Treatment Influence on Compressor Rotor Efficiency
by Nezym, Vitaliy Yu., author
SAE technical paper series, Volume 2002-01-2918.
The presence of tip clearance between rotating blades and casing produces unfavorable influences upon compressor stage performances. Application of abradable... 
CAD, CAM, and CAE | Technical review | Lubricants | Noise | Historical reference | Human factors | Materials | Maintainability and supportability | Aerodynamics | Compressors | Simulation and modeling | Vehicle dynamics | Engines | Quality assurance | Parts | Quality control | Electrical, Electronics, and Avionics | Environment | Tests and Testing | Manufacturing | Safety
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3. Efficiency and costing
: second law analysis of processes
by Gaggioli, Richard A
1983, ACS symposium series, ISBN 0841208115, Volume 235, x, 462
Thermodynamics
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4. Education for efficiency
: a discussion of certain phases of the problem of universal education with special reference to academic ideals and methods
by Davenport, E. 1856-1941. (Eugene)
1914, Rev. ed., v, 196
Technical education | Agricultural education
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5. Full Text Education for efficiency
: a discussion of certain phases of the problem of universal education with special reference to academic ideals and methods
by Davenport, Eugene
1909
Education
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6. Full Text One- and multi-directional conditional efficiency measurement – Efficiency in Lithuanian family farms
by Baležentis, Tomas and De Witte, Kristof
European Journal of Operational Research, ISSN 0377-2217, 09/2015, Volume 245, Issue 2, pp. 612 - 622
This paper analyses farming efficiency by the means of the partial frontiers and Multi-Directional Efficiency Analysis (MEA). In particular, we apply the idea... 
Order-m measures | Farming efficiency | Conditional measures | Multi-directional efficiency analysis | Data envelopment analysis | Free disposal hull | ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES | CENTRAL-EUROPE | SLACKS-BASED MEASURE | OPERATIONS RESEARCH & MANAGEMENT SCIENCE | NONPARAMETRIC FRONTIER MODELS | ROBUST VERSIONS | PRODUCTIVE EFFICIENCY | TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY | DIRECTIONAL DISTANCES | LIVESTOCK FARMS | Family farms | Agricultural productivity | Planning | Analysis
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7. Friction stir casting modification for enhanced structural efficiency
by Mishra, Rajiv, S and Grant, Glenn J and Jana, Saumyadeep
2016, Friction stir welding and processing book series., ISBN 0128033592, xvi, 89 pages
Friction stir welding
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8. Full Text Outreach and Efficiency of Microfinance Institutions
by Hermes, Niels and Lensink, Robert and Meesters, Aljar
World Development, ISSN 0305-750X, 2011, Volume 39, Issue 6, pp. 938 - 948
This paper uses stochastic frontier analysis to examine whether there is a trade-off between outreach to the poor and efficiency of microfinance institutions... 
microfinance | sustainability | outreach | Outreach | Microfinance | Sustainability | COST EFFICIENCY | BANK EFFICIENCY | ECONOMICS | TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY | PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT | microfinance outreach sustainability | Low income groups | Studies | Tradeoff analysis | Stochastic models | Efficiency | bank efficiency | cost efficiency | technical efficiency
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9. Full Text Interannual Variation in Long-Term Center Pivot–Irrigated Maize Evapotranspiration and Various Water Productivity Response Indices. II: Irrigation Water Use Efficiency, Crop WUE, Evapotranspiration WUE, Irrigation-Evapotranspiration Use Efficiency, and Precipitation Use Efficiency
by Irmak, S
Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, ISSN 0733-9437, 05/2015, Volume 141, Issue 5, p. 4014069
AbstractQuantification of various water use efficiency (crop water productivity) indices for different irrigation regimes can aid in making effective in-season... 
Technical Papers | Limited irrigation | Precipitation use efficiency | Irrigation water use efficiency | Evapotranspiration | Evapotranspiration water use efficiency | Full irrigation | STORAGE | CORN YIELD RESPONSE | SUBSURFACE | DEFICIT IRRIGATION | PATTERNS | WATER RESOURCES | EVAPO-TRANSPIRATION | WINTER-WHEAT | NITROGEN MANAGEMENT | ENGINEERING, CIVIL | AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING | GRAIN-YIELD | RAISED BEDS | Corn | Environmental aspects | Water use | Agricultural productivity | Growth
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10. Full Text The characteristics of energy-efficiency measures – a neglected dimension
by Fleiter, Tobias and Hirzel, Simon and Worrell, Ernst
Energy Policy, ISSN 0301-4215, 12/2012, Volume 51, Issue December 2012, pp. 502 - 513
The diffusion of cost-effective energy-efficiency measures (EEMs) in firms is often surprisingly slow. This phenomenon is usually attributed to a variety of... 
Adoption of energy-efficient technology | Energy efficiency | Classification of energy-efficiency measures | ENERGY & FUELS | ECO-INNOVATION | BARRIERS | ADOPTION | FIRMS | ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY | ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES | DRIVING FORCES | INVESTMENT | DIFFUSION | ECONOMICS | ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES | PAPER-INDUSTRY | Evaluation | Energy policy | Management | Aims and objectives | Energy industry | Studies | Classification | Technological change | Measurement techniques
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11. Full Text Efficiency of inland waterway container terminals: Stochastic frontier and data envelopment analysis to analyze the capacity design- and throughput efficiency
by Wiegmans, Bart and Witte, Patrick
Transportation Research Part A, ISSN 0965-8564, 12/2017, Volume 106, pp. 12 - 21
Although terminal efficiency has been thoroughly studied for deep-sea container ports and terminals, up till now, there has been little scientific literature... 
Design capacity efficiency | Inland waterway container terminals | Throughput efficiency | PORT | TRANSPORTATION | TRANSPORTATION SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY | ECONOMICS | TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY | Containers | Ports | Rivers | Marine terminals | Analysis | Shipping industry
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12. Industrial efficiency in six nations
by Bailey, Sheryl D and Caves, Richard E
1992, ISBN 9780262031936, vi, 492
Industrial productivity | Industrial efficiency
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13. Full Text A comprehensive eco-efficiency model and dynamics of regional eco-efficiency in China
by Huang, Jianhuan and Yang, Xiaoguang and Cheng, Gang and Wang, Shouyang
Journal of Cleaner Production, ISSN 0959-6526, 03/2014, Volume 67, pp. 228 - 238
In order to have a comprehensive eco-efficiency measure which can incorporate productivity, resource efficiency, environmental efficiency, and inter-temporal... 
Regional eco-efficiency | Global benchmark technology | Slack-based measure | Environmental pollution | Contribution decomposition | Sustainable development | MALMQUIST PRODUCTIVITY INDEX | DEA | UNDESIRABLE OUTPUTS | ENERGY EFFICIENCY | SLACKS-BASED MEASURE | DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS | TECHNICAL PROGRESS | ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES | ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL | INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES | GROWTH | UNITS | Analysis | Environmental protection | Productivity | Operations research | Dynamic tests | Scale efficiency | Dynamics | China | Benchmarking | Regional
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14. Efficiency and sustainability in the energy and chemical industries
: scientific principles and case studies
by Sankaranarayanan, Krishnan
2010, 2nd ed., ISBN 9781439814703, xxiii, 369
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15. Technological change, collective bargaining, and industrial efficiency
by Willman, Paul
1986, ISBN 0198272626, xvi, 282
Labor unions | Technological innovations | Industrial efficiency
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16. The efficiency of industrial processes
: exergy analysis and optimization
by Brodyansky, V. M and Sorin, M. V and Le Goff, Pierre
1994, Energy Research, ISBN 0444899960, Volume 9., xxii,487
Industrial management
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17. Full Text High‐efficiency gene targeting in hexaploid wheat using DNA replicons and CRISPR/Cas9
by Gil‐Humanes, Javier and Wang, Yanpeng and Liang, Zhen and Shan, Qiwei and Ozuna, Carmen V and Sánchez‐León, Susana and Baltes, Nicholas J and Starker, Colby and Barro, Francisco and Gao, Caixia and Voytas, Daniel F
The Plant Journal, ISSN 0960-7412, 03/2017, Volume 89, Issue 6, pp. 1251 - 1262
Summary The ability to edit plant genomes through gene targeting (GT) requires efficient methods to deliver both sequence‐specific nucleases (SSNs) and repair... 
multiplexed gene targeting | genome editing | CRISPR/Cas9 | homologous recombination | technical advance | DNA replicons | Wheat | HIGH COPY NUMBERS | MAIZE STREAK VIRUS | LEAF-CURL-VIRUS | PLANT-CELLS | DOUBLE-STRAND BREAKS | TAL EFFECTOR NUCLEASES | QUANTITATIVE PCR DATA | ZINC-FINGER NUCLEASES | PLANT SCIENCES | STRIPE-MOSAIC-VIRUS | GENOME MODIFICATION | Gene Targeting - methods | Lycopersicon esculentum - metabolism | Tobacco - metabolism | CRISPR-Cas Systems - genetics | Gene Editing | Triticum - metabolism | Triticum - genetics | DNA, Bacterial - genetics | Tobacco - genetics | CRISPR-Cas Systems - physiology | Agrobacterium - genetics | Lycopersicon esculentum - genetics | Replicon - genetics | Ubiquitin | Biotechnology | Nucleases | Genes | Genomics | Plant genetics | Genomes | Plants | DNA binding proteins | DNA | Genetically modified organisms | Genetic research | Efficiency | Deoxyribonucleic acid--DNA | Cereal crops | CRISPR | Integration | Crop science | Cereals | Homologous recombination | Crops | Viruses | T-DNA | Plant cells | Engineering | Tobacco | Reporter gene | Gene targeting | Reagents | Tomatoes | Nuclease
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18. Full Text Efficiency analysis with ratio measures
by Olesen, Ole Bent and Petersen, Niels Christian and Podinovski, Victor V
European Journal of Operational Research, ISSN 0377-2217, 09/2015, Volume 245, Issue 2, pp. 446 - 462
In applications of data envelopment analysis (DEA) data about some inputs and outputs is often available only in the form of ratios such as averages and... 
Production assumptions | Ratio measures | Technology | Efficiency | Data envelopment analysis | OPERATIONS RESEARCH & MANAGEMENT SCIENCE | QUALITY | CONVEXITY | TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY | SCALE | DEA MODELS | Methods
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