Using collagenase to treat Dupuytren’s disease: a hypothetical cost benefit analysis by Ryan Livingston, Michael Wagels, Alicia Heald

“…**Results**: Surgical treatment, excluding outpatient visits, costs on average AU$5852 per patient and collagenase costs AU$1176 per patient (gross cost difference AU$4676). …”
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EclipseNB: A Network of Low‐Cost GNSS Receivers to Study the Ionosphere by A. Kashcheyev, B. Nava, C. Watson, P. T. Jayachandran, R. B. Langley

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The Arclight Ophthalmoscope: A Reliable Low-Cost Alternative to the Standard Direct Ophthalmoscope by James Lowe, Charles R. Cleland, Evarista Mgaya, Godfrey Furahini, Clare E. Gilbert, Matthew J. Burton, Heiko Philippin

“…The Arclight ophthalmoscope is a low-cost alternative to standard direct ophthalmoscopes. …”
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Robotic-Arm Assisted Technology's Impact on Knee Arthroplasty and Associated Healthcare Costs by David J. Kolessar, Daniel S. Hayes, Jennifer L. Harding, Ravi T. Rudraraju, Jove H. Graham

“…Robotic arm–assisted TKA and UKA were less costly in terms of patient room and operating room costs but had higher imaging, recovery room, anesthesia, and supply costs. …”
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Overall Cost Overrun Estimate in Residential Projects: A Hybrid Dynamics Approach by Ghada Taha, Ali Sherif, Mohamed Badawy

“…Residential projects are described as complex, dynamic systems that are subject to uncertainty. Cost performance is a fundamental challenge. As a result, project managers must adequately identify risks that might lead to cost overruns in residential construction projects. …”
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Improvement of low-cost solar-powered desalination technologies in low-light intensity by Hossein Bahrami, Mohammad derayatifar, Seyyed Ehsan Shakib

“…Enhancing the efficiency of low-cost solar-powered desalination technologies, such as solar stills (SS), is essential for ensuring continuous access to freshwater in remote, water-stressed areas, particularly during cloudy or rainy days when the performance of conventional SS systems is compromised. …”
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Optimization of Wastewater Treatment Process on Energy Costs at Truck and Tractor Washing Posts by A. V. Krutau, M. M. Dechko, M. A. Boika

“…Mathematical models have been obtained and optimal purification modes have been determined at the lowest specific energy costs and with sufficiently high degree of purification. …”
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Cost effectiveness of therapeutic drug monitoring for imatinib administration in chronic myeloid leukemia. by Kibum Kim, Gwendolyn A McMillin, Philip S Bernard, Srinivas Tantravahi, Brandon S Walker, Robert L Schmidt

“…Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) may improve dose management that, in turn, may reduce costs and improve outcomes. However, TDM also adds to the cost of patient care. …”
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Establishment and Production Costs for Peach Orchards in Florida: Enterprise Budget and Profitability Analysis by Ariel Singerman, Marina Burani Arouca, Mercy A. Olmstead

“… The article summarizes the establishment and production costs, as well as the potential profitability of a peach orchard in Florida. …”
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A study on the cost of concrete shielding in a conventional radiotherapy facility room by Eduardo De Paiva

“…The overall results have shown a slight linear growth of the total volume and associated cost of concrete shielding with the surface available to construct the facility vault.…”
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Assessment of the population demand for high-cost medical interventions: are there any reliable criteria? by I. V. Samorodskaya

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Global cost of silencing science: editors and publishers have a duty to resist by Frank Frizelle, Kamran Abbasi, Vivienne C. Bachelet, Christopher Baethge, Sabine Kleinbert, Jin Hong Yoo, Lilia Zakhama

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Phage-mediated peripheral kill-the-winner facilitates the maintenance of costly antibiotic resistance by Chujin Ruan, Deepthi P. Vinod, David R. Johnson

“…Abstract The persistence of antibiotic resistant (AR) bacteria in the absence of antibiotic pressure raises a paradox regarding the fitness costs associated with antibiotic resistance. These fitness costs should slow the growth of AR bacteria and cause them to be displaced by faster-growing antibiotic sensitive (AS) counterparts. …”
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Traumatic Brain Injury: Patient Characteristics, Hospital Costs and Trends Over Time by Pankaj A. Patel, Peter J. Mallow, Mary Vassar, John A. Rizzo, Bhavik J. Pandya, Denise T. Kruzikas

“…Descriptive data were obtained to identify the TBI costs, visit costs, patient characteristics, and intertemporal trends in TBI rates…”
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A Systematic Review of the Cost-Effectiveness of Biologics for the Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. by Saara Huoponen, Marja Blom

“…In order to allocate healthcare spending efficiently, costly biologics for inflammatory bowel diseases are an important target for cost-effectiveness analyses. …”
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Minimal‐cost route planning via Fibonacci‐heap‐typed data structure by Wangjia Zhan, Haohao Qiu, Bo Min, Lin Lin

“…Subsequently, the minimal‐cost route planning algorithm is developed to find a feasible transport route with the minimal cost of clearing obstacles by resorting to the Edmonds' algorithm and some feasible data structures. …”
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Computation of urea concentration in blood using a low cost autogenic colorimeter by Jishnu Bhadra, Shaunak Roy, Niladri Khamaru, Prasun Chowdhury

“…Abstract This paper strives to contribute to the development of a low cost, compact, and portable colorimeter which finds its application in the diagnosis of hyper and hypo concentrations of urea in human blood. …”
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The dynamics of a duopoly Stackelberg game with marginal costs among heterogeneous players. by Atefeh Ahmadi, Sourav Roy, Mahtab Mehrabbeik, Dibakar Ghosh, Sajad Jafari, Matjaž Perc

“…The leader firm is bounded rationale, and the follower firm is adaptable. Modifying the cost function that affects the firms' profit by adding the marginal cost term is another step toward reality. …”
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Cost Management at Higher Education Institutions – Cases of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia by Martina Dragija Kostić, Tatjana Jovanović, Jelena Jurić

Subjects: “…cost management, financial accounting, higher education institutions, accrual accounting, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia…”
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Cost and Return Estimates of a Mamey Sapote Grove in South Florida, 2017 by Fredy H. Ballen, Aditya Singh, Edward A. Evans, Jonathan H. Crane

“…Evans, and Jonathan Crane and published by the UF/IFAS Food and Resource Economics Department is to provide an estimate of the costs and returns associated with an established mamey sapote orchard in south Florida. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fe1039 …”
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