Preparation of coal-based low-dimension carbon materials and the applications in organic solar cells by Yong ZHAO, Min LIU, Jianlei QUE, Peng HUANG

“…The pivotal role of coal-based low-dimensional carbon materials in enhancing the power conversion efficiency of OSC, reducing manufacturing costs, improve stability, and supporting sustainable development is analyzed. …”
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The Ammonium Excreting Azospirillum brasilense Strain HM053 Enhances the Vegetative Development of Strawberry by Helyemari Valentim Althaus, Camila Audrey dos Reis, Carolina Weigert Galvão, Rafael Mazer Etto, Ricardo Antonio Ayub

“…However, its production necessitates substantial inputs of nitrogen fertilizers, resulting in elevated production costs and environmental harm. Plant growth-promoting bacteria have been gaining prominence in sustainable agriculture for their ability to stimulate plant growth and partially replace nitrogen fertilizers. …”
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SHARP-Net: A Refined Pyramid Network for Deficiency Segmentation in Culverts and Sewer Pipes by Rasha Alshawi, Md Meftahul Ferdaus, Md Tamjidul Hoque, Kendall Niles, Ken Pathak, Steve Sloan

“…Manual inspections are time-consuming, costly, and prone to human error, while existing automated methods often struggle with real-world challenges, such as occlusions, irregular defect shapes, class imbalances, and high resource demands. …”
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Effect of surface plastic deformation of drill pipes material on their technological properties by Nikolay A. Buglov, Pavel S. Pushmin

“…The need to study the effect of surface plastic deformation of drill pipes on their technological properties, which will significantly reduce the irrational material and energy costs of drilling wells, as well as optimize the technical and economic indicators of drilling operations. …”
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Fascinating and favourable to most, but also frustrating and fearful to some: A study of Danish citizens' perception of trophic rewilding by Christian Gamborg, Frank Søndergaard Jensen, Thomas Bøker Lund, Peter Sandøe

“…Some believed there would be costs relating to more difficult walking access (30%) and feelings of not being safe (26%). …”
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Equipment and Technology Application for Washing Highly Saline Soils by F. U. Zhuraev, F. Sh. Musulmanov

“…They determined that the application of the proposed technology reduced energy consumption by 9.0-14.5 percent, labor costs by 7.91-14.11 percent, operating costs by 8.16-11.0 percent, increased labor productivity by 16.3-18.0 percent, and that ensured annual economic efficiency in the amount of 11.6-12.6 million soums.…”
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Spatial and Spectral Structure-Aware Mamba Network for Hyperspectral Image Classification by Jie Zhang, Ming Sun, Sheng Chang

“…However, these approaches inevitably disrupt spatial structures, leading to ineffective modeling of complex spatial relationships and increased computational costs due to elongated scanning paths. Moreover, the lack of neighborhood spectral information utilization fails to mitigate the impact of spatial variability on classification performance. …”
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A Novel Transfer Learning-Based OFDM Receiver Design for Enhanced Underwater Acoustic Communication by Muhammad Adil, Songzuo Liu, Suleman Mazhar, Ayman Alharbi, Honglu Yan, Muhammad Muzzammil

“…Our experiments show that the model adapts well to these challenging environment, overcoming model mismatch and minimizing computational costs. The proposed TL-based OFDM receiver outperforms traditional methods in terms of bit error rate (BER) and other evaluation metrics. …”
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Carbon Policies and Liner Speed Optimization: Comparisons of Carbon Trading and Carbon Tax Combined with the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme by Ming Sun, Midakpe P. Vortia, Guangnian Xiao, Jing Yang

“…This study compares two scenarios of carbon tax policy and carbon trading rights in terms of voyage costs and carbon emissions. The results of this comparison based on the given parameters indicate a reduction of 1124 tons of carbon emissions with the carbon tax policy scenario, while the carbon trading rights scenario allows for more voyages yearly (5.24 vs. 5.30). …”
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Revolutionizing Drug Design with Artificial Intelligence: A Comprehensive Review of Techniques, Applications, and Case Studies by Varun Pareek, Lakshya Tuteja, Lokendra Sharma, Susheel Kumar, Noopur Verma

“… Introduction: Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to revolutionize drug design and discovery by significantly reducing the time and costs involved in developing new drugs. This literature review aims to explore the use of AI in drug design, focusing on virtual screening, de novo drug design, and prediction of ADME properties. …”
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The effects of early marriages on academic performance of marginalized girls in secondary schools of central province in Zambia by Sikota Sharper, Chikumbe Sankwa Evans, Mufalali Simasiku Mwiya, Mwila Bowa, Enock Mutengo, Kwame Nkrumah University

“…Solving this issue needs a full plan that lowers school costs, involves the community, keeps girls safe, supports gender equality in schools, and applies laws that stop early marriage.…”
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POTASH EXTRACTION AND HISTORICAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICT IN THE BAGES REGION (SPAIN) by Santiago Gorostiza Langa

“…El acercamiento histórico a este caso de estudio muestra que la definición de las externalidades como éxitos en la transferencia de costes, defendida por Martínez-Alier, resulta adecuada para los costes económicos relacionados con la remediación ambiental de las minas del Bages, básicamente cubiertos por fondos públicos.…”
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Impact of out-of-pocket expenses on children with cancer in Tanzania: A mixed-methods economic study. by Emily R Smith, Pamela Espinoza, Happiness D Kajoka, Henry E Rice, Madeline Metcalf, Anna Tupetz, Cesia Cotache-Condor, Blandina T Mmbaga, Catherine Staton, Esther Majaliwa

“…However, families stated higher OOP costs in qualitative interviews compared to quantitative data.…”
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Public health impact of nirsevimab against acute lower respiratory infections associated with respiratory syncytial virus among Chinese infants: a modelling study by Xiaozhen Lai, Yidi Ma, Weishun Zou, Samira Soudani, Hai Fang

“…Outcomes included RSV-ALRI cases, hospitalization involving intensive care unit admission and mechanical ventilators use, in-hospital deaths and quality-adjusted life years (QALYs).Results Without intervention, a total of 873 035 RSV-ALRI cases (269 067 hospitalized), 2 125 deaths, 74 422 QALY loss and $998 million costs were estimated, where higher-risk infants (5.23% of the cohort) accounted for 8.83% of inpatient cases, 12.23% of deaths and 9.87% of costs. …”
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LLM-based intelligent Q&A system for railway locomotive maintenance standardization by Ao Chen, Ye Tian, Jinyi Zhang, Chen Li, Huiyuan Zhang

“…However, challenges such as small sample sizes, nonstandardized data formats, complex analyses, and high labor costs make it difficult to standardize data via traditional manual methods. …”
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Clinical and epidemiological profile of burn victims, a retrospective study by Caio Bacellar Cunha, Rafaela Cristina de Campos, Thiago Alexandre Macedo de Azevedo, Victor Hugo Alves Gianini, Bruna Baptista Alves, Leandro Tuzuki Cavalheiro

“…In addition to physical and emotional losses, there is an economic impact, with costs for the health system, compensation, and work disabilities. …”
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Challenges and constraints to the sustainability of poultry farming in Thailand by Sawitree Wongtangtintharn, Sudpradthana Chakkhambang, Padsakorn Pootthachaya, Anusorn Cherdthong, Metha Wanapat

“…However, its long-term sustainability is challenged by disease outbreaks, environmental concerns, rising feed costs, market fluctuations, and shifting consumer preferences. …”
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Statistical Techniques for Planning Internal Audit Engagements and Analytical Procedures Selection by M. F. Safonova, A. Yu. Alekseenko

“…The methodological support improvement of the internal audit process is one of the ways to perfect a guarantees quality and advice provided by the internal audit unit, as well as to minimize labor costs at the stage of planning an audit and determining the scope of the audit. …”
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Evaluation of predictive maintenance efficiency with the comparison of machine learning models in machining production process in brake industry by Can Aydın, Burak Evrentuğ

“…Results Challenges such as the imbalance of class distributions in the dataset, the presence of missing and outlier values, and the high costs of necessary equipment and training pose significant barriers to implementation. …”
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Methodological bases of building the system of key performance indicators for stimulating the project participants in executive bodies by L. A. Zhigun

“…The quantitative rule is found that the maximization of the project complexity stimulation leads to the minimization of the incentives for the qualitative implementation of the project activities and the uniqueness of its results.Scientific novelty: for the first time it is determined that the key performance indicators in their economic form reflect three types of costs: conditionally constant and variable part of payment, as well as transaction costs for the purpose-orientation of the project participants.Practical significance: the main provisions and conclusions of the article can be used in research of the stimulating effect of key performance indicators on the activity of project participants and in the development of methods for building systems of key performance indicators to stimulate them in the executive authority bodies.…”
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