A Robot Floating Grinding and Rust Removal Approach Based on Composite Force-Position Fuzzy Control by Tao Li, Qun Sun, Chong Wang, Xiuhua Yuan, Kai Wang

“…Sandblasting and high-pressure water jet rust removal face issues such as high consumable costs and environmental pollution. Existing robotic grinding systems often rely on precise measurement of the workpiece surface geometry to perform deburring and polishing tasks; however, they lack the sufficient adaptability and robustness required for rust removal operations. …”
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Surveillance of healthcare acquired infections in hospital and community: a retrospective study in Local Healthcare Organization of Rovigo by Francesca Ronzani, Marino Scarin, Marco Brusaferro, Antonia Intenti, Raffaela Marchetto, Michela Boldrin, Silvia Pierotti, Adriano Marcolongo

“…Infections caused by multidrug-resistant bacteria are associated with higher incidences of mortality, morbidity, prolonged hospital stay and increase of costs. Surveillance of alert organism/conditions and bacterial resistance to antimicrobials is a systematic and dynamic system of data collection that analyses and monitors trends of bacterial resistance. …”
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Static and Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Organic-Rich Gas Shale by Hui Li, Chi Dong, Hongwei Yu, Xin Zhao, Yan Li, Lele Cao, Ming Qu

“…Usually, static test results are more representative than dynamic methods but the static tests are time consuming and costly. Dynamic methods are nondestructive and less expensive, which are practical in the laboratory and field. …”
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Predicting the Imbalanced Impact of Drugs on Microbial Abundance Using Multi-View Learning and Data Augmentation by Bei Zhu, Haoyang Yu, Bingxue Du, Hui Yu, Jianyu Shi

“…Traditional Microbe-Drug Association (MDA) determination through biological assays is time-consuming and costly. With the accumulation of MDA data, computational methods have become a promising approach to infer potential MDAs. …”
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Socioeconomic Determinants of Antibiotic Consumption in the State of São Paulo, Brazil: The Effect of Restricting Over-The-Counter Sales. by Breno S Kliemann, Anna S Levin, M Luísa Moura, Icaro Boszczowski, James J Lewis

“…<h4>Background</h4>Improper antibiotic use is one of the main drivers of bacterial resistance to antibiotics, increasing infectious diseases morbidity and mortality and raising costs of healthcare. The level of antibiotic consumption has been shown to vary according to socioeconomic determinants (SED) such as income and access to education. …”
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Economic Efficiency of Table Grape Production in Waterberg and Sekhukhune Districts, Limpopo Province, South Africa by Naume Maponya, Isaac Oluwatayo

“…Meanwhile, some of the constraints faced by these farmers include high electricity bills and labour costs, water shortages as well as instability around land policy. …”
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Economic burden of dengue fever in China: A retrospective research study. by Meng Xu, Nan Chang, Taotian Tu, Jimin Sun, Jinyong Jiang, Yu Xia, Wenge Tang, Hengqing Ji, Xiaotao Zhao, Jin Zhu, Li Qi, Xiaobo Liu, Qiyong Liu

“…<h4>Results</h4>The direct, indirect and total economic burden for dengue fever patients in 2019 in the three Provinces were about 36,927,380.00 Chinese Yuan (CNY), 10,579,572.00 CNY and 46,805,064.00 CNY, respectively. The costs for prevention and control of dengue fever for the counties (or districts) without cases, counties (or districts) with imported cases, and counties (or districts) with local cases are 205,800.00 CNY, 731,180.00 CNY and 6,934,378.00 CNY, respectively. …”
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The effect of copayments for prescriptions on adherence to prescription medicines in publicly insured populations; a systematic review and meta-analysis. by Sarah-Jo Sinnott, Claire Buckley, David O'Riordan, Colin Bradley, Helen Whelton

“…Non-adherence has potential consequences of increased morbidity and costs elsewhere in the system.<h4>Objective</h4>To quantify the risk of non-adherence to prescribed medicines in publicly insured populations exposed to copayments.…”
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Active case finding using mobile vans with artificial intelligence aided radiology tests and sputum collection for rapid diagnostic tests to reduce tuberculosis prevalence among hi... by Xiaolin Wei, Dabin Liang, Zhitong Zhang, Kevin E Thorpe, Lingyun Zhou, Jinming Zhao, Huifang Qin, Xiaoyan Liang, Zhezhe Cui, Yan Huang, Liwen Huang, Mei Lin

“…We will conduct incremental costing study to inform future scale-up of the intervention in other settings.…”
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A Multi-Objective Decision-Making Method for Optimal Scheduling Operating Points in Integrated Main-Distribution Networks with Static Security Region Constraints by Kang Xu, Zhaopeng Liu, Shuaihu Li

“…Subsequently, a scheduling optimization model is formulated to minimize both the system generation costs and the comprehensive risk, where the adaptive grid density-improved multi-objective particle swarm optimization (AG-MOPSO) algorithm is employed to efficiently generate Pareto-optimal operating point solutions. …”
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Productivity of sorghum crops depending on agrotechnical methods of cultivation in the regions of the Russian Federation (review) by O. P. Kibalnik, I. G. Efremova, Yu. V. Bochkareva, A. V. Prakhov, D. S. Semin

“…A variety of soil and climatic conditions of sorghum cultivation regions differ in the temperature regime, the reserves of soil moisture before sowing, the level of soil fertility, which determines the need to select the optimal elements of technology that ensure the achievement of the highest yield of varieties per unit area with the lowest material and technological costs. The analysis of the ways of placing plants on the own area also indicates the significant role of varietal biological features in increasing the sorghum yield, the purpose of sowing, and the level of field contamination. …”
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Data measurement system for non-destructive quality testing of hard alloys by I. K. Tsybrii, I. L. Vyalikov, V. I. Ignatenko

“…It is shown that the measurement algorithm proposed and implemented in the data measurement system through comparing the characteristics of the tested and certified samples with the known coercitive force, allows the manufacturer of hard alloy products to expand the sample of inspected products up to 100%, and to significantly reduce the costs for non-destructive testing of products.…”
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Spray-Drying Microencapsulation of Natural Bioactives: Advances in Sustainable Wall Materials by Lauryna Pudžiuvelytė, Eglė Petrauskaitė, Jolita Stabrauskienė, Jurga Bernatonienė

“…The review identifies key factors that can enhance product quality, increase encapsulation yield, and reduce processing costs and energy input—offering meaningful insights for optimizing the microencapsulation process. …”
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TWO SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS: CONCRETE PAVEMENT DAMAGE AND REPAIR FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF DESIGN OPTIMIZATION (BIM MODELING) AND MODIFIED CONCRETE MATERIALS by Maria Serhiivna Barabash, Shao Meiyu

“…The proposed modeling methodology helps to optimize the design to ensure structural stability and safety, and the in-depth knowledge of soil conditions helps to plan the construction phases more accurately, which helps to control costs and reduce delays. The response results of concrete modified with basalt fibers can be used in practical projects to enhance pavement strength. …”
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Determining patient activity goals and their fulfillment following total knee arthroplasty: Findings from the prospective, observational SuPeR Knee study. by Karen Ribbons, Kristy Payne, Elizabeth Ditton, Sarah Johnson, Adrian Wills, Frederick Rohan Walker, Michael Pollack, Michael Nilsson

“…<h4>Background</h4>Dissatisfaction with Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) surgical outcomes remains between 10-20% and is associated with higher levels of societal costs. Expectations regarding post-surgical outcomes is considered as one of the major factors influencing satisfaction, however, there are no standardised methods for assessing patient's expectations regarding activities to be achieved following surgery.…”
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Screening of Acetic Acid Bacteria from Pineapple Waste for Bacterial Cellulose Production using Sago Liquid Waste by Nur Arfa Yanti, Sitti Wirdhana Ahmad, Sri Ambardini, Nurhayani Haji Muhiddin, La Ode Iman Sulaiman

“…</span><span lang="EN-GB">The potential application of BC is limited by its production costs, because BC is produced from expensive culture media. …”
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Wine growers’ propensity to adopt digital precision farming technologies: integrating risk attitudes to the Technology Acceptance Model by Adriano Biondo, Giuseppina Rizzo, Giuseppina Migliore, Antonino Galati

“…Additional barriers include high costs, lack of training and compatibility with traditional practices. …”
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Delayed diagnosis of POEMS syndrome, how AI tools can enhance diagnostic accuracy by Max Jin, Sowbharnika Arivazhagan, Prerna Mewawalla, Santhosh Sadashiv, Arjun Lakshman

“…Prompt VEGF testing, investigation with artificial intelligence tools, and inclusion of POEMS syndrome in the differential can reduce unnecessary consultations and healthcare costs, while enabling timely therapy.…”
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A Deep Learning-Based Diagnostic Framework for Shaft Earthing Brush Faults in Large Turbine Generators by Katudi Oupa Mailula, Akshay Kumar Saha

“…This work enables the early detection of brush degradation, thereby reducing unplanned downtime and maintenance costs in power generation facilities.…”
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American struggle for global leadership and the strategic options of Serbia by Lišanin Mladen

“…Such behavior, as well as the conditions of increased complexity of foreign policy determinants from the system and regional levels, have consistently incentivized Serbia to opt for the strategy of hedging, in order to compensate the costs incurred in some areas by gains in others. …”
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