Selection for high quality pepper seeds by machine vision and classifiers by Ke-ling TU, Lin-juan LI, Li-ming YANG, Jian-hua WANG, Qun SUN

“…Automated systems based on machine vision and model classifiers can contribute to reducing the costs and labor required in the selection of pepper seeds.…”
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Suture stabilization of the acromioclavicular ligament plus clavicular hook plate fixation vs. total ligament repair with loop plates for acromioclavicular joint dislocation by Gang Ren, Xiaowen Huang

“…Group A outperformed Group B significantly in several parameters, including the operation time, incision length, intraoperative blood loss, length of hospital stay, and hospitalization costs (P < 0.05). Group A also outperformed Group B significantly in the reduction degree (P < 0.05). …”
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Survey of Navigational Perception Sensors&#x2019; Security in Autonomous Vehicles by Abhijeet Solanki, Wesam Al Amiri, Marim Mahmoud, Blaine Swieder, Syed Rafay Hasan, Terry N. Guo

“…The adoption of autonomous vehicles (AVs) significantly increased in recent years, playing a crucial role in enhancing transportation safety and efficiency, expanding mobility options, and reducing user costs. However, as AVs become more connected and automated, they also become more susceptible to malicious attacks, making it imperative to prioritize their security. …”
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Aplikasi Pertimbangan Wisata di Pulau Lombok dengan Metode Fuzzy Mamdani & Algoritma Genetika by Zainul Harir, Ida Bagus Ketut Widiartha, Royana Afwani

“…The Fuzzy Mamdani Logic Method provides tourism considerations based on 5 parameters (budget, travel plans, accommodation, food and drinks, and transportation costs) which then become 5 membership functions to build a combination of rules on fuzzy and produce output in the form of tourism's considerations: Not Enable, Enough Enable, and Enable. …”
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Patient Perspectives on Open-Door Policies in Psychiatry: Mixed Methods Study by Timur Liwinski, Robert Davidson, Jan Sarlon, Rainer Gaupp, Lukas Imfeld, Annette B Brühl, Marc Vogel, Christian G Huber, Undine E Lang

“…The thematic analysis highlights the psychological and social costs of locked wards and the critical need for flexible, patient-centered care models. …”
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Toward Interoperable Digital Medication Records on Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources: Development and Technical Validation of a Minimal Core Dataset by Eduardo Salgado-Baez, Raphael Heidepriem, Renate Delucchi Danhier, Eugenia Rinaldi, Vishnu Ravi, Akira-Sebastian Poncette, Iris Dahlhaus, Daniel Fürstenau, Felix Balzer, Sylvia Thun, Julian Sass

“… BackgroundMedication errors represent a widespread, hazardous, and costly challenge in health care settings. The lack of interoperable medication data within and across hospitals not only creates an administrative burden through redundant data entry but also increases the risk of errors due to human mistakes, imprecise data transformations, and misinterpretations. …”
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Impact of peanut seeding rate on water-use efficiency and yield by Gengsheng Zhang, Monique Y. Leclerc, Kriti Poudel, Ronald Scott Tubbs, Walter Scott Monfort

“…Seeds account for one of the highest costs in peanut production. Moreover, the climate in most of the Southeastern US is predicted to become drier and warmer throughout the growing season. …”
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Overcoming urban entrepreneurship challenges: Analyzing barriers to economic development by R. Priyanka, K. Ravindran, J. Prabhakaran, D. Sivakumar

“…These challenges were then analyzed using fuzzy Decision-Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory analysis to assess their interrelationships and their relative importance in influencing urban entrepreneurship and economic development.FINDINGS: The study identifies several critical barriers to urban entrepreneurship and economic development, including high operating costs, regulatory complexity, market saturation, and infrastructure deficiencies. …”
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Insomnia increases the risk for specific autoimmune diseases: a large-scale retrospective cohort study by Sarah Stenger, Artem Vorobyev, Katja Bieber, Tanja Lange, Ralf J. Ludwig, Ralf J. Ludwig, Jennifer E. Hundt

“…ObjectiveThe global rise of autoimmune diseases presents a significant medical challenge, with inadequate treatment options, high morbidity risks, and escalating healthcare costs. While the underlying mechanisms of autoimmune disease development are not fully understood, both genetic predispositions and lifestyle factors, particularly sleep, play critical roles. …”
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Alternative approaches for monitoring and evaluation of lymphatic filariasis following mass drug treatment with ivermectin, diethylcarbamazine and albendazole in East New Britain P... by Krufinta Bun, Benedict Mode, Melinda Susapu, Joyceline Salo, Catherine Bjerum, Michael Payne, Daniel Tisch, Makoto Sekihara, Emanuele Giorgi, Gary J Weil, Peter U Fischer, Leanne Robinson, Moses Laman, Christopher L King

“…Higher-prevalence areas will need additional MDA rounds, which could be targeted to smaller evaluation units to cut costs.<h4>Trial registration</h4>Clinicaltrials.gov NCT04124250.…”
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INDIA’S PARTICIPATION IN THE REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS by V. I. Baronov, G. M. Kostyunina

“…Of course, other factors affect, such as geographical proximity, transportation and other transaction costs. India’s participation in the regional trade agreements (RTA) was one of the tasks of implementing the policy “Look East”, which was approved in 1991. …”
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Intelligent Data Processing Methods for the Atypical Values Correction of Stock Quotes by T. V. Zolotova, D. A. Volkova

“…The multiple imputation method creates for each missing value not one, but many imputations, which avoids a systematic error, but at the expense of high computational costs. For the initial data used in the work, the best result was shown by the implementation of the multiple imputation algorithm based on the detected outliers by the support vector method.Conclusion. …”
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Explainable Artificial Intelligence Driven Segmentation for Cervical Cancer Screening by Niruthikka Sritharan, Nishaanthini Gnanavel, Prathushan Inparaj, Dulani Meedeniya, Pratheepan Yogarajah

“…Unlike traditional segmentation methods that rely on pixel-level annotations of medical images, which are costly, laborious, and require expertise in medical imaging, our approach leverages classification-driven insights to segment the nucleus, cytoplasm, and background regions. …”
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Muscle growth and anabolism in intensive care survivors (GAINS 2.0): Protocol for a multi-centre randomised; placebo controlled clinical trial of nandrolone in deconditioned adults... by Matthew Anstey, Ed Litton, Maryam Habibi, Lisa Van der Lee, Robert Palmer, Natalie Tran, Bianca Mammana, Stacey Scheepers, Annamaria Palermo, Xavier Fiorilla, Bhaumik Mevavala, Adrian Regli, Angela Jacques, Bradley Wibrow

“…This trial may have significant implications on lowering hospital costs and daily adjusted life years.<h4>Trial registry</h4>anzctr.org.au; No.: ACTRN12623000729628 URL: anzctr.org.au.…”
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The Impact of Exchange Rate Volatility on the Housing Price Index in Iran: A GMM Time Series Approach by Zana Mozaffari, Salaheddin Manochehri

“…In addition, since housing costs constitute the main household expenses in Iran, problems and limitations in providing housing can have a significant impact on the spread of social dissatisfaction. …”
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A Review on QbD-Driven Optimization of Lipid Nanoparticles for Oral Drug Delivery: From Framework to Formulation by Hidayat AF, Wardhana YW, Suwendar S, Mohammed AFA, Mahmoud SA, Elamin KM, Wathoni N

“…By promoting process understanding and control, QbD not only supports scientific formulation development but also enhances industrial scalability by reducing the experimental workload, shortening the development time, and lowering the production costs. This review highlights key QbD elements such as the quality target product profile (QTPP), critical quality attributes (CQAs), critical material attributes (CMAs), critical process parameters (CPPs), and design of experiments (DoE) and their roles in guiding formulation and process optimization. …”
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Evaluation of community pharmacists' knowledge and attitude about Hajj and Umrah-related health conditions in the western region, Saudi Arabia: A cross-sectional study. by Nasser M Alorfi, Ahmed M Ashour, Maan H Harbi, Fahad S Alshehri

“…Regarding attitudes towards vaccination, 55.3% of CPs agreed that vaccination is safe for pilgrims aged 65 years and above, and 65.7% agreed that vaccination can help reduce medical costs during Hajj and Umrah seasons. Additionally, 61.1% of CPs recommended updating immunization against vaccine-preventable diseases for all travelers to ensure a safe Hajj and Umrah. …”
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Fuel prices and commuting frequencies: Exploring revealed and anticipated changes among university students by Muhammad Abdullah, Nazam Ali, Muhammad Ashraf Javid, Muhammad Aamir Basheer

“…The recent surge in fuel prices has disrupted daily life globally, with transportation costs posing a significant barrier to educational access and student retention. …”
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Predicting 14-day readmission in middle-aged and elderly patients with pneumonia using emergency department data: a multicentre retrospective cohort study with a survival machine l... by Ta-Chien Chan, Jiunn-Horng Kang, Tian-Shin Yeh, Nguyen Thanh Nhu, Jer-Hwa Chang, Yu-Tien Tzeng, Chia-Chieh Wu, Carlos Lam

“…Objectives Unplanned pneumonia readmissions increase patient morbidity, mortality and healthcare costs. Among pneumonia patients, the middle-aged and elderly (≥45 years old) have a significantly higher risk of readmission compared with the young. …”
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Preoperative celecoxib use does not increase risk of myocardial infarction and may be protective against thromboembolic complications following total joint arthroplasty by Matthew L. Magruder, Shabnam Parsa, Ariel N. Rodriguez, Mitchell Ng, Che Hang Jason Wong

“…Welch's t-tests assessed differences in stay lengths, costs (p < 0.001 threshold). Results: Celecoxib-treated patients showed comparable postoperative MI rates after TKA (0.16 % vs 0.23 %; OR 0.72; p = 0.018) and THA (0.25 % vs 0.22 %; OR 1.14; p = 0.359) versus controls. …”
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