Blood cross-matching using gel card technique compared to conventional tube technique: A diagnostic evaluation study by Aditi Pandey, Sonal Chandrakar, Roshan Lal, Kajal Chandrakar

“…However, in developing countries like India, the gel technique if applied widely, costs factor would come down and could be considered a better alternative to CTT to ensure successful transfusion.…”
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Coordenação da qualidade: proposta de estrutura e método para cadeias de produção agroalimentares Quality coordination: a proposal of structure and method for agri-food production... by Miguel Angel Aires Borrás, José Carlos de Toledo

“…For this reason, production chain coordination to improve product quality and reduction of production wastes and transactions costs is becoming a widespread practice to promote integrated management of companies that share the goal of adding value to the chain's final product. …”
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Molecular epidemiology of enteroviruses from Guatemalan wastewater isolated from human lung fibroblasts. by Leanna Sayyad, Chelsea Harrington, Christina J Castro, Hanen Belgasmi-Allen, Stacey Jeffries Miles, Jamaica Hill, María Linda Mendoza Prillwitz, Lorena Gobern, Ericka Gaitán, Andrea Paola Delgado, Leticia Castillo Signor, Marc Rondy, Gloria Rey-Benito, Nancy Gerloff

“…In collaboration with Guatemala's National Health Laboratory (Laboratorio Nacional de Salud Guatemala), monthly sewage collections allowed screening enterovirus (EV) presence without incurring additional costs for sample collection, transport, or concentration. …”
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Digital technologies for the Sustainable Development Goals by Dharmendra Hariyani, Poonam Hariyani, Sanjeev Mishra

“…Remote sensing and GIS provide essential insights for environmental monitoring (SDG 14, SDG 15) and disaster response.Despite these benefits, several challenges hinder DT adoption, including the digital divide, high costs, data privacy concerns, and skill shortages. …”
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Impact of a Procedure for Anesthesia on the Postoperative Period in Children Operated on under Extracorporeal Circulation by Yu. A. Bakhareva, Z. Z. Nadiradze, A. V. Domansky

“…Early spontaneous breathing and extubation make it possible to activate and rehabilitate a child as soon as possible, to reduce a risk for respiratory complications and treatment costs in the postoperative period, which provides an economic gain.…”
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Improving the Efficiency of Seed Drying in a Reversible Grain Dryer by M. G. Zagoruyko, S. A. Pavlov, I. A. Bashmakov

“…(Research purpose) To determine the effectiveness of a reversible grain dryer that lies in reduced unit costs and increased productivity, as well as the duration of blowing in one direction and the drying agent allowable temperature. …”
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Spatial Adaptation of Railway Stations: Arrival of High-Speed Rail Network by Juan Bautista Font Torres, Jorge Luis García Valldecabres, Luís Cortés Meseguer

“…Provisional railway stations are valuable tools in situations where flexibility, speed, and reduced costs are required. Although they are not designed to be permanent, their ability to adapt to specific needs makes them a strategic option for temporary projects, though not in the case studied of the Valencia station. …”
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Understanding Informal Settlement Transformation through Google’s 2.5D Dataset and Street View based Validation by S. G. Veeravalli, S. G. Veeravalli, J. Haas, J. Friesen, S. Georganos

“…While satellite remote sensing provides strong temporal coverage, conventional approaches for mapping the built environment often rely on very high-resolution imagery or LiDAR, which lack consistent temporal availability and are costly to scale especially for capturing vertical growth. …”
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A Mental Approach to Digital Transformation of Education by N. I. Pak

“…The processes of digitalization of education face difficulties associated with unreasonable updates of the means and methods of electronic and distance learning in traditional methodological systems, the unpreparedness of teaching staff for professional activities in the new realities, laboriousness and large material and intellectual costs. In this regard, innovative approaches are of interest to achieve greater efficiency in the digital transformation of the educational process. …”
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The Present Status of the Agriculture Sector Towards Sustainable Development in Sri Lanka: A Review of Existing Policies and Suggestions for Improvements by S.D. Dilini Rathnachandra

“…This is because certain issues are still prominent in the agriculture sector: yield losses, lower ability to share the latest information and experiences of organic agriculture, lower responsiveness of hybrid seeds in organic farming, unavailability of properly directed organic agricultural regulations and national standards, post-harvest losses during long distance transportation, limited research and development, higher prices of organic products, higher input costs, higher susceptibility to pests and diseases, and a shortage of organic inputs, etc. …”
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Otimização da formulação de uma mistura parte 1: qualidade by Giovana Savitri Pasa, José Luis Duarte Ribeiro, Danielle Barcos Nunes

“…Part II - Mixture optimization as a compromise of quality and costs. The present paper is limited to lhe discussion of Part I: in a forthcoming paper Pari II will he presented.…”
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Effects of Disbudding, Re-Cutting and Wounding in Grafted Grapevine Sapling Production by Rüstem Cangi, Gözde Öncel Deveci

“…In order to reduce the labour costs, there is no need to cut the base portion of 1613 C and 5BB rootstocks.…”
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RGB and Point Cloud-Based Intelligent Grading of Pepper Plug Seedlings by Fengwei Yuan, Guoning Ma, Qinghao Zeng, Jinghong Liu, Zhang Xiao, Zhenhong Zou, Xiangjiang Wang

“…As an emerging vegetable cultivation technology, plug seedling cultivation significantly improves seedling production efficiency and reduces costs through standardization. Grading and transplanting, as the final step before the sale of plug seedlings, categorizes seedlings into different grades to ensure consistent quality. …”
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The PainSMART project: Protocol for a research program on effectiveness, mechanisms of effect and patient-practitioner experiences of the PainSMART-strategy as an adjunct to usual... by Richard Thompson, Maria Fors, Ann-Sofi Kammerlind, Pia Tingström, Allan Abbott, Kajsa Johansson

“…Secondary outcomes include similar measurements for MSKP illness perception, reassurance of benign nature, pain coping, physical activity, analgesic medication use, sick leave, healthcare use and direct healthcare costs. Physiotherapist and patient reported experience measures and qualitative evaluation of the effects of the PainSMART-strategy on communication at the initial physiotherapy consultation will also be explored.…”
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Compressive strength prediction for sandcrete blocks with metakaolin: experiment and multiple linear regression analysis by Akintoye Olumide Oyelade, Ayandele Joshua Ayandeji, Afeez Adeniyi Yekeen, Yetunde O. Abiodun, Oluwasola Oribayo

“…The best MLR model obtained in this study has great potential in predicting the strength of sandcrete blocks with MK replacement, thus reducing the need for multiple laboratory experiments and their associated costs. This study also buttresses the prospect of sustainable construction using waste.…”
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Accelerometer-based vibration analysis and oxygenator thrombosis in venovenous ECMO: an experimental porcine model by Lars Prag Antonsen, Svein Aslak Landsverk, Per Steinar Halvorsen, Amrit Thiara, Didrik Lilja, Naimahmed Nesaragi, Andreas Espinoza

“…Acute clot formation necessitates immediate circuit replacement, while premature replacement risks unnecessary procedural harm and increased costs. No reliable method exists to detect early oxygenator thrombosis. …”
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Socio-demographic drivers of household food waste management practices in Thailand. by Patranit Srijuntrapun, Pattama Ket-Um, Witsanu Attavanich

“…The research also identifies key barriers to effective food waste prevention, including the lack of organizational guidance (29.4%), the perception that waste reduction does not save costs (26.1%), and uncertainty about where to donate surplus food (25.2%). …”
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Examining the mediating function of SIRI in the association between LC9 and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by Ziming Wang, Xinyun Xie, Hongyang Gong

“…BackgroundChronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major contributor to early mortality, high overall mortality rates, and significant healthcare costs. Based on the Life’s Essential 8 (LE8), Life’s Crucial 9 (LC9) is a new cardiovascular health evaluation instrument that also includes a mental health examination, while the systemic inflammation response index (SIRI) is an emerging biomarker of systemic inflammation. …”
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Results of the Study of Using the Experimental Sample of the Deep Ripper Tool on Overconsolidated Soil by Galina G. Parkhomenko, Igor V. Bozhko, Sergey I. Kambulov, Nikita V. Buzhinsky

“…It has been determined that the sweeps in the design of the tool must be installed not at a right angle to the rack in the transverse direction, but at an angle of soil chipping therefore land clearer is transformed into a chisel with gap expanders to improve the quality of cultivation and reduce energy costs. Improving the design of a deep ripper tool is also possible by increasing the angle of installation of the sweep to the furrow pan.…”
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Analysis of the application value of prophylactic ileostomy after for middle and low rectal cancer surgery by Yang Guohua, Yi Xiaojiang

“…The PI group had a lower proportion of patients requiring secondary hospitalization and anal canal placement, shorter hospital stays and pelvic drainage tube removal times, and higher hospitalization costs compared to the non-PI group, with statistical significance (P<0.05). …”
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