CyberKnife in Pediatric Oncology: A Narrative Review of Treatment Approaches and Outcomes by Costanza M. Donati, Federica Medici, Arina A. Zamfir, Erika Galietta, Silvia Cammelli, Milly Buwenge, Riccardo Masetti, Arcangelo Prete, Lidia Strigari, Ludovica Forlani, Elisa D’Angelo, Alessio G. Morganti

“…Despite these advantages, CK is associated with significant limitations, including a higher potential for low-dose scatter (often referred to as the “dose-bath” effect), extended treatment times in some protocols, and high costs requiring specialized expertise for operation. …”
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METABOLIC SINGLE-PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY WITH THE NEW RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL ⁹⁹ᵐTc-1-thio-D-glucose IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND MONITORING OF THE PRIMARY BREAST LYMPHOMA (CASE RE... by Ye. A. Dudnikova, V. I. Chernov, A. V. Muravleva, T. L. Kravchuk, R. V. Zelchan, A. A. Medvedeva, O. D. Bragina, Ye. L. Simolina, N. O. Popova, V. V. Vysockaja, N. M. Lukina, V. A. Shatalova, O. V. Shpileva, A. V. Goldberg, V. Ye. Goldberg

“…The method compares favorably with positron emission tomography with its wide availability and low cost of study.…”
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Association Between Maternal Creatinine to Body Weight Ratio and Small/Large for Gestational Age Newborns Among 11,734 Chinese Women by Bin Zhang, Zhaolong Zhan, Sijie Xi, Yinglu Zhang, Xiaosong Yuan

“…While CBWR represents an easily measurable and cost-effective potential indicator, these observational results require validation in prospective, population-based studies before considering clinical application.…”
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The RADx Tech Clinical Studies Core: A Model for Academic Based Clinical Studies by Laura Gibson, Nisha Fahey, Nathaniel Hafer, Bryan Buchholz, Denise Dunlap, Robert Murphy, Chad Achenbach, Cheryl Stone, Rebecca Cleeton, Jared O'Neal, Jennifer Frediani, Miriam Vos, Oliver Brand, Risha Nayee, Leona Wells, Wilbur Lam, Greg Martin, Yukari Manabe, Matthew Robinson, John Broach, Jeffrey Olgin, Bruce Barton, Stephenie Lemon, Allison Blodgett, David McManus

“…The CSC reduced the typical time and cost of developing medical devices and highlighted the impactful role of academic and NIH partnership in addressing public health needs at a rapid pace during a global pandemic. …”
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Deep Reinforcement Learning for Efficient Scheduling of Ground-based Astronomical Observations by Hai Cao, Shaoming Hu, Junju Du, Xu Chen, Shuqi Liu, Shuai Feng, Bo Zhang, Yuchen Jiang

“…Enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of telescope operations has long been a key objective for many observatories because of the high cost of observational resources. In this study, we formalize observation scheduling as a time-dependent combinatorial optimization problem. …”
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Preferences for Biologic Treatments: A Discrete Choice Experiment Survey of Canadians with Severe Asthma by Dunne JS, Reynolds J, Bowie AC, Szabo SM, Bever AE, Waserman S, Kaplan AG, O’Keefe A, McNeilly SN, Beach JD

“…WTP for a hypothetical biologic treatment was an extra $430 CAD in monthly out-of-pocket costs.Conclusion: Canadians with severe asthma prefer biologic treatments that dramatically improve daily activities and have lower out-of-pocket costs. …”
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Integrating UAS-Based GNSS-R, LiDAR, and Multispectral Data for Soil Moisture Estimation: Summary of Results From a Three-Year-Long Field Campaign by Md Mehedi Farhad, Volkan Senyurek, Mohammad Abdus Shahid Rafi, Sriman Bidhan Baray, Cary McCraine, Lee A. Hathcock, Ardeshir Adeli, Huang Yanbo, Ali C. Gurbuz, Mehmet Kurum

“…This approach employs custom-made UASs equipped with a low-cost GNSS receiver and ancillary sensor systems. …”
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Dietary chlorogenic acid supplementation to alleviate intestinal damage in juvenile American eel (Anguilla rostrata) under histamine stress by Guo-He Cai, Zi-Yan Hu, Yi-Tong Guo, Zhi-Xue Guo, Yun-Zhang Sun, Shao-Wei Zhai

“…A major challenge in eel aquaculture is the use of low-cost red fishmeal, which, due to its high histamine content, causes slow growth, reduced immunity and intestinal damage in eels, rendering it unsuitable as a replacement for white fishmeal. …”
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Mitochondrial Fitness Science Communication for Aging Adults: Prospective Formative Pilot Study by Cathy A Maxwell, Brandon Grubbs, Mary S Dietrich, Jeffrey T Boon, John Dunavan, Kelly J Knickerbocker, Maulik R Patel

“…ConclusionsMitoFit was enthusiastically embraced and is a cost-effective, scalable, and potentially efficacious intervention to advance with community-dwelling older adults.…”
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Small extracellular vesicle-based one-step high-throughput microfluidic platform for epithelial ovarian cancer diagnosis by Yu Wu, Chao Wang, Yuhan Guo, Yunhong Zhang, Xue Zhang, Pan Wang, Wei Yue, Xin Zhu, Zhaofei Liu, Yu Zhang, Hongyan Guo, Lin Han, Mo Li

“…Given its convenience and low cost, this platform could advance OC early detection to benefit of women.…”
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Design and Rationale of ECHO‐CLIP Study: Transcatheter Edge‐to‐Edge Repair for Mitral Regurgitation Under Solely Transesophageal Echocardiographic Guidance Compared With Fluoroscop... by Jianrui Ma, Cheng Wang, Shouzheng Wang, Fang Fang, Fengwen Zhang, Xiaofang Yan, Yuxiang Tang, Wenbin Ouyang, Xiangbin Pan, Chuangshi Wang

“…The Echo‐CLIP study is designed to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and economic cost of the novel guidance strategy compared with the conventional one. …”
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Computer Vision Corrections Enhance UAV-Based Retrievals in Shallow Waters by Dario Scilla, Omar A. Lopez, Brian Owain Nieuwenhuis, Kasper Johansen, Mariana Elias-Lara, Victor Angulo, Jorge L. Rodriguez, Burton H. Jones, Matthew F. McCabe

“…Traditional shallow water (<5 m) survey methods are costly and limited in coverage due to logistical challenges in deploying imaging sensors in remote locations. …”
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Aplicación de un Algoritmo Evolutivo Flexible a la Optimización de la Operación de Sistemas Hidrotérmicos by Carlos Jordán Villamar, Duval Medina, Andrés Zuñiga

“…These show that FEA is a valid method to solve optimization problem of this kind; for the 1 year horizon case, the cost of the optimal operating policy was the best approximation to the reference value calculated by GAMS. …”
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Magnetic Pulse Welding of Dissimilar Materials: Weldability Window for AA6082-T6/HC420LA Stacks by Mario A. Renderos Cartagena, Edurne Iriondo Plaza, Amaia Torregaray Larruscain, Marie B. Touzet-Cortina, Franck A. Girot Mata

“…The process is highly efficient, with welding times typically ranging from microseconds to milliseconds, making it suitable for high-volume production applications in sectors including automotive, aerospace, electronics, and various other industries where strong and reliable joints are required. It provides a cost-effective solution for joining lightweight materials, reducing weight and improving fuel efficiency in transportation systems. …”
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Evaluating the diagnostic accuracy of 99mTc-labeled somatostatin receptor imaging for suspected pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas by Bo Li, Xintao Ding, Jie Zhang, Minmin Tang, Huimin Liu, Xinyu Wu, Yongju Gao

“…Despite lacking comparative evaluation with established tracers, it represents a cost-effective alternative for PPGL evaluation, particularly in resource-limited settings where PET/CT access is restricted, bridging diagnostic gaps while maintaining acceptable accuracy.…”
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Combined nomogram for differentiating adrenal pheochromocytoma from large-diameter lipid-poor adenoma using multiphase CT radiomics and clinico-radiological features by Zujuan Shan, Xinzhang Zhang, Yiwen Zhang, Shuailong Wang, Junfeng Wang, Xin Shi, Lin Li, Zhenhui Li, Liuyang Yang, Hao Liu, Wenliang Li, Junfeng Yang, Liansheng Yang

“…However, distinguishing patients with similar washout characteristics remains challenging, and concerns about efficiency, cost, and risk limit its feasibility. Recently, radiomics has demonstrated efficacy in identifying molecular-level differences in tumor cells, including adrenal tumors. …”
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An opportunity for using artificial intelligence in modern gynecology by Sh. L. Shailieva, D. Kh. Mamchueva, A. P. Vishnevskaya, Kh. Sh. Dzhalaeva, E. G. Ramazanova, Y. R. Kokaeva, Z. M. Eloeva, D. R. Aisanova, A. S. Vinogradova, R. R. Tuko, A. V. Sineva, L. A. Valiullina, A. A. Kutseva

“…Sophisticated AI models can potentially improve patient management by speeding up processes and increasing their accuracy and efficiency at a lower cost of human resources. Compared to other specialties, use of AI in gynecology remains in its infancy. …”
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Twilight Near-Infrared Radiometry for Stratospheric Aerosol Layer Height by Lipi Mukherjee, Dong L. Wu, Nader Abuhassan, Thomas F. Hanisco, Ukkyo Jeong, Yoshitaka Jin, Thierry Leblanc, Bernhard Mayer, Forrest M. Mims, Isamu Morino, Tomohiro Nagai, Stephen Nicholls, Richard Querel, Tetsu Sakai, Ellsworth J. Welton, Stephen Windle, Peter Pantina, Osamu Uchino

“…This work highlights the potential of twilight radiometry as a simple, cost-effective tool for atmospheric research and satellite data validation, offering valuable insights into aerosol dynamics at stratospheric altitudes.…”
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Analyzing cryptographic algorithm efficiency with in graph-based encryption models by Yashmin Banu, Biplab Kumar Rath, Debasis Gountia

“…The Star graph algorithm is adopted for its simplicity and low computational cost, and its performance is compared against A*, Dijkstra, and Bellman-Ford algorithms. …”
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Functional Verification of Extended Kalman Filter on FPGA for Railway Wheelset Parameters Estimation by Khakoo Mal, Tayab Din Memon, Imtiaz Hussain Kalwar, Allah Rakhio Junejo, Majid Hussain Memon, Tarique Rafique Memon, Sufyan Ali Memon, Bhawani Shankar Chowdhry

“…Hence properly estimation of wheel-rail contact conditions with real-time implementation on FPGA can meet the expectation that railway vehicles would be extremely fast, comfortable, safe, and cost-effective modes of transportation worldwide.INDEX TERMS Adhesion conditions, accuracy index, extended Kalman filter, FPGA synthesis, simulation.…”
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