Performance Gain of Collaborative Versus Sequential Motion in Modular Robotic Manipulators for Pick-and-Place Operations by Remy Carlier, Joris Gillis, Pieter De Clercq, Gianni Borghesan, Kurt Stockman, Jeroen D. M. De Kooning

“…With the increasing demand for efficiency and profitability in industrial applications, modularity offers significant advantages such as system reconfiguration, reduced acquisition costs, and enhanced versatility. However, achieving compatibility across multi-vendor modular systems remains a challenge, particularly in motion control. …”
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The application of the metaverse in surgical clinical teaching: transforming medical education through immersive approaches by Tao Yu, Zhichao Yang, Meng Zhang, Lin Yao, Xiaodan Sun

“…However, significant challenges remain, including high technological costs, substantial equipment requirements, and the complexity of content development. …”
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Healthcare Priorities for Surgical Care in Canada by Kaitlyn Squires, BSc, Mercedes Pilkington, MD, Louise Clément, MD, Mary E. Brindle, MD

“…Surgical disease is one of the most costly and morbid areas of health care and, perhaps, the most amenable to improvement through well-designed and well-implemented tools. …”
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Comparative description of immunological tests for tuberculous infection detection. Mass screening opportunities. by L. V. Slogotskaya, E. M. Bogorodskaya

“…The specificity of tuberculin testing is fairly low due mass BCG vaccination among children and adolescents, IGRA tests possess high specificity but can not be used for mass screening due to high costs, intravenous manipulations and need for the well-equipped laboratory. …”
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Blockchain‐Empowered H‐CPS Architecture for Smart Agriculture by Xiaoding Wang, Qibin Wu, Haitao Zeng, Xu Yang, Hui Cui, Xun Yi, Md. Jalil Piran, Ming Luo, Youxiong Que

“…A semantic‐based blockchain framework is introduced to address challenges in data management and AI model integration, optimizing production, improving traceability, reducing costs, and enhancing financial security. This framework directly addresses real‐world agricultural challenges, such as optimized irrigation, improved crop breeding efficiency, and enhanced supply chain transparency. …”
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Antibacterial Therapy of Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Adults - Is There a Need for New Drugs? by S. A. Rachina, I. A. Zakharenkov, S. B. Yatsyshina, A. A. Bobylev, YU. V. Khruleva

“…Particular attention should be given to severe CAP, characterized by high mortality, high frequency of ineffectiveness of initial antibiotic therapy and treatment costs. The spread of pneumococcal isolates with reduced susceptibility to penicillin, III generation cephalosporins, macrolides, the risk of increasing the incidence of diseases caused by methicillin-resistant staphylococci and Enterobacteriaceae producing extended spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBL), led to a significant increase in interest in new antimicrobials (AMM) in CAP therapy. …”
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Regulations and Guidelines for Chemigation by Haimanote K. Bayabil, Kati W. Migliaccio, Jonathan H. Crane, Teresa Olczyk, Qingren Wang

“…If the irrigation is properly plumed and chemigation properly implemented, chemigation can help growers reduce chemical usage and costs as it is applied using existing irrigation distribution infrastructure. …”
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A Critical Perspective on the Electricity Energy Policies of African Countries by Karabulut Andac

“…Post-COVID-19, efforts continue to create policies that prevent rising energy costs from impacting consumers, with government spending on affordability nearing $630 billion, particularly in Europe. …”
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IMITATION MODEL OF DEVELOPING RETAIL NETWORK ON THE PLATFORM IBM COGNOS TM1 by Vyacheslav V. Nefedov, Olga V. Kitova, Andrey V. Starovoytov

“…The model includes dynamics of demand, prices and costs of marketing, it is parametric and provides serious results with a wide range of income data due to principles of system dynamics, sigma-shaped functions of market response and some additional eristic described in the article.…”
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A Simheuristic Method for the Reversible Lanes Allocation and Scheduling Problem at Smart Container Terminal Gate by Wenyuan Wang, Ying Jiang, Yun Peng, Yong Zhou, Qi Tian

“…Together with a consideration of minimized total costs (both construction and operating) of terminal gate system, this paper first developed an optimization model to decide the number and scheduling rules of the reversible lanes at a terminal gate. …”
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Optimization Techniques on Quantum and Classical Systems: A Comprehensive Comparative Study by Shaik Hussain, Rajitha Morampudi, Priyamvada K., Bhargavi R. Naveena

“…Future research should address challenges like noise, limited qubits, and high material costs to improve quantum computers’ efficiency and availability.…”
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Large Eddy Simulation of a Bluff Body Stabilized Lean Premixed Flame by A. Andreini, C. Bianchini, A. Innocenti

“…Such comparison comprehends a sensitivity study to mesh refinement and combustion model characteristic constants, computational costs, and robustness of the approach. In order to expand the overview on different methods simulations were performed with both commercial and open-source codes switching from quasi-2D to fully 3D computations.…”
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A Graph-Based Ant Colony Optimization Approach for Process Planning by JinFeng Wang, XiaoLiang Fan, Shuting Wan

“…Ant colony goes through the necessary nodes on the graph to achieve the optimal solution with the objective of minimizing total production costs (TPC). Two cases have been carried out to study the influence of various parameters of ACO on the system performance. …”
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Discrete Information Acquisition in Financial Markets by Jingrui Pan, Shancun Liu, Qiang Zhang, Yaodong Yang

“…Furthermore, the impact of information technologies on price informativeness is uncertain: an improvement in information quality tends to reduce price informativeness due to more investors’ free ride on prices, whereas a reduction in information costs enhances price informativeness by encouraging more investors to acquire information. …”
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Reliability Study of Electric Buses in the Urban Public Transport System by Andrzej Niewczas, Joanna Rymarz, Marcin Ślęzak, Dariusz Kasperek, Piotr Hołyszko

“…Contemporary research on electric buses focuses mainly on the following issues: energy efficiency, range and transport costs, and traction battery technology. However, little research has been conducted on operational reliability. …”
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Characterization on the Properties of Jute Fiber at Different Portions by Sweety Shahinur, Mahbub Hasan, Qumrul Ahsan, Dilip Kumar Saha, Md. Saiful Islam

“…Natural fibers are environment-friendly, biodegradable, nonabrasive, and less costly and exhibit high initial modulus and high moisture absorption. …”
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The influence of virtual reality tourism on travel intentions: Enhancing travel decisions with immersive experiences by Tanvir Ahmed, Md. Hasan Imam Rifat

“…The widespread adoption of VR faces significant obstacles due to the diverse preferences of users, high implementation costs, and the limited technological skills of potential travellers. …”
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Developing a Personalized Approach to Follow-Up Blood Cultures in Gram-Negative Bloodstream Infections: A Narrative Review by Renatos-Nikolaos Tziolos, Diamantis P. Kofteridis

“…The lack of randomized controlled trials and guidelines has led to the inappropriate use of unnecessary FUBCs, increasing costs, the length of hospital stays, and antibiotic use. …”
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The state of orthopaedic trauma-related registries in Latin America: benefits, barriers, and bearings by Luis G. Padilla-Rojas, MD, PhD, FIOTA, Roberto E. López-Cervantes, MD, PhD, FIOTA, César A. Álvarez-Rengifo, MD, PhD, FIOTA, Claudia Medina-Monje, MD, Ángela Hernández-Arenas, MD, Jaime Leal, MD, Marcos C. Leonhardt, MD, MSc, Matheus L. Azi, MD, MSc, PhD, Horacio Tabares-Neyra, MD, Vincenzo Giordano, MD, PhD, FBCS, David Escalante, MD, Jorge Álvarez, MD, Cristian Pintado, MD, Rafael E. Amadei-Enghelmayer, MD, Germán Garabano, MD, Lara Zaez, MD

“…Fracture registries offer a valuable means to enhance understanding of musculoskeletal trauma and related care, providing information that may reduce variation in care, optimize efficiency, improve outcomes, and lower costs. Registries enable healthcare authorities to pinpoint areas of concern, such as a rise in fall-related hip fractures among older adults, and to monitor the effectiveness of public health initiatives aimed at preventing fractures, such as fall prevention programs. …”
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A Review of Wafer-Level Packaging Technology for SAW and BAW Filters by Xinyue Liu, Wenjiao Pei, Jin Zhao, Rongbin Xu, Yi Zhong, Daquan Yu

“…Additionally, the paper discusses the role of WLP in addressing challenges related to size reduction and integration, facilitating the creation of multi-functional devices with low manufacturing costs and high precision. Finally, it highlights the opportunities and future directions of WLP technology in the context of next-generation wireless communication standards.…”
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