Public Service Motivation and Attrition: Studying Individual-Level Turnover Behavior in the Public Sector Using Panel Data by Michael Bednarczuk

“…These results have practical implications for public sector retention strategies, as fostering the development of PSM-related values could lead to reduced employee churn and their related costs. …”
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The development of a concept of an unmanned glider-tug and cargo unmanned aerial vehicle with electric drive by Henryk Jafernik, Tomasz Muszyński, Łukasz Puzio

“…The proposed solution aims at maintenance costs reduction and increase of performance of aircrafts with electric drive. …”
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INNOVATION IN AGRICULTURE: HOW STARTUPS ARE TRANSFORMING THE INDUSTRY by Shygaeva T. K.

“…Start-ups in agriculture are important drivers of innovation, providing innovative solutions and technologies that help agricultural businesses increase productivity, reduce costs, improve product quality and reduce negative environmental impacts. …”
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A framework for evaluating EV battery mineral sourcing challenges by Nurcan Kilinc-Ata, Mahelet G. Fikru

“…These strategies could reduce transaction costs and mineral intensities while supporting the scaling of EV adoption.…”
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Key Trends in Pursuing Industrial Policy in Conditions of Russian Economy Digitalization (illustrated by oil industry) by N. S. Sorokin, D. I. Khatiushin

“…Principle advantages of industry digitalization were shown: possibility to attract investors, to increase volumes of mineral resource extraction, to grow the number of spheres of oil companies’ work and to cut costs on equipment maintenance.…”
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Barrier Analysis of Flexibilization of Cooling Supply Systems by Dana Laureen Laband, Martin Stöckl, Annedore Mittreiter, Uwe Holzhammer

“…In particular, high investment costs, complex technical implementation, a lack of information, and a complicated legal framework were identified as significant impediments. …”
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Open versus Laparoscopic Appendectomy: A Literature Review by Nicole Kiril Nikolov, Hannah Theresa Reimer, Alvin Sun, Benjamin David Bunnell, Zachary Isaac Merhavy

“…Socioeconomic factors, associated costs, preoperative imaging, operative time and methods, length of hospital stay, recovery time, and complications associated with open and laparoscopic appendectomy are discussed. …”
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Recent advances in nano-targeting drug delivery systems for rheumatoid arthritis treatment by Hanmei Li, Rui Gou, Jiaying Liao, Yao Wang, Rui Qu, Qi Tang, Jingyao Gan, Liang Zou, Sanjun Shi

“…Consequently, these agents must be used at high doses and delivered frequently, thereby increasing costs and the risk of adverse effects. Drug delivery systems, such as nanoparticles, liposomes and micelles, can significantly prolong drug half-life in the body and enable targeted delivery into the joints. …”
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Envisager l’improbable, contourner l’inconcevable : histoires (de fin) de vie en hémato-oncologie pédiatrique montréalais by Sylvie Fortin, Sabrina Lessard, Josiane Le Gall

“…We question shared decision-making (patient/family/physician) and the moral role of clinicians in a context where “spontaneous deaths” rarely occur and where the option of prolonging life at all costs competes with palliative medicine.…”
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On neutron generator applications in Brazil: current panorama and perspectives by José Alípio dos Santos Filho, E. S. Fonseca, C. M. Dias, C. Salata, E. S. Santini, Marco Aurélio de Sousa Lacerda

“…An overview of the utilization of these techniques in Brazil is presented, along with studies on acquisition and start-up costs of neutron-generating equipment and perspectives for future utilization in various areas.…”
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Culturomics: Bringing culture back to the forefront for effective gastrointestinal bacterial capture by Lingxi Chen, Yujie An, Kailang Huang, Junhong Wang, Yuanyuan Zhang, Jiakun Wang

“…However, these methods remain labor-intensive, time-consuming, and costly, similar to traditional culture methods. This review provides an overview of the contributions of culturomics, summarizes procedures for optimizing sample and culture processes, and offers guidance on utilizing metagenomic data to enhance culturomics workflows. …”
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TRENDS OF INNOVATIVE SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE RUSSIAN INDUSTRY by Violetta V. Rokotyanskaya, Alexey N. Gerasimov, Galina V. Sarkisyants

“…In this context tendencies ofindexes of costs of production and sale of production, laborproductivity, capital productivity and indexes of production by the processing and hi-tech types of economic activityare analyzed. …”
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TOPICAL QUESTIONS OF CONTROL THE DEVELOPMENT OF FINANCIAL MARKET by Mikhail I. Beskhmel'nitsyn

“…In a crisis, resulted in a significant change in the financial industry and active state intervention in the operation of financial markets to the forefront the task of strengthening the discipline of budget execution, and accountability of all administrative activities related to the appearance of costs or financial obligations. The presence of serious internal and external problems, the extent and depth of the crisis, demand from the business review of the methods and approaches to the organization of its business. …”
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Migration as a risk factor for demographic, social and economic development problems in the world by I. A. Kudin

“…Migration problems are becoming even more widespread and urgent due to serious differences between and within countries — in terms of real wages, labor market opportunities, demographic characteristics and climate costs.Migration makes a significant contribution to economic development and poverty reduction, but is also fraught with difficulties and risks. …”
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Integrating Modular Construction, Interlocking Blocks, and Robotic Technology with Lean Principles to Improve Masonry Construction Efficiency by Karl Keyrouz, Yuxiang Chen, Farook Hamzeh

“…However, optimizing construction flow, especially in masonry construction, remains challenging due to skilled labour shortages and rising material costs. This study developed a framework to identify and mitigate inefficiencies and reduced productivity in current construction practices. …”
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Relationship between radon and oxygen diffusion coefficients in OPC concretes by P. Linares-Alemparte, M. Souto-Allaoui, C. Andrade-Perdrix

“… One of the solutions used to limit radon in buildings is to install membrane-type barriers, a costly solution for large surfaces. As concrete often forms the building envelope with the ground, it is interesting to investigate its performance as a barrier, i.e. its radon exhalation, which depends on the radon diffusion coefficient and thickness. …”
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U SMART ZONE – Creating highly realistic virtual environment for vehicle-in-the-loop simulations by Ondřej Piksa, Adam Orlický, Martin Scháno

“… Developing Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and Autonomous Vehicles (AV) based on machine learning is generally an extensive and costly process. Due to the increasing complexity of autonomous systems, the need for extensive testing and validation arises. …”
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Trade‐offs underlying maternal breastfeeding decisions: a conceptual model by Kristin P. Tully, Helen L. Ball

“…The main hypothesis generated from our framework suggests that simultaneously addressing breastfeeding costs and benefits, in relation to how they are interpreted by mothers, will be most effective. …”
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Measuring the impact of port congestion on containership freight rates by Nektarios A. Michail, Konstantinos D. Melas

“…As per the results, a return to the pre-pandemic congestion levels in Asia would lead to at least a 25 % decline in containership freight costs.…”
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Selection of Coal Transportation Company Based on Fuzzy SWARA-COPRAS Approach by Ziquan Xiang, Muhammad Hamza Naseem, Jiaqi Yang

“…<i>Background</i>: Coal production and marketing enterprises can significantly reduce transportation costs and improve their competitiveness by choosing appropriate road transportation companies. …”
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