MULTI-STATE MODEL FOR CALCULATION OF LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE PRODUCT PREMIUM IN INDONESIA by Hendra Perdana, Neva Satyahadewi, Dadan Kusnandar, Ray Tamtama

“…This insurance provides benefits for medical care costs during the term and death benefits if the insured dies. …”
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Theoretical background for the bionic substantiation of parameters of the stubble cultivator working bodies by L. F. Babitsky, I. V. Sobolevsky, V. A. Kuklin

“…Use of the serrated shape of the cutting edge is consistent with the bionic principle of multi-contact exposure and leads to the fact that the tops of the teeth become stress concentrators and, with a significantly smaller indentation force, cause soil destruction processes, which reduces the energy costs of cutting the soil layer. The optimal curvilinear shape of the working surface made in the form of a logarithmic spiral, is characterized by a constant value of the angle between the normal and the radius vector, and the value of this angle, equal to the angle of internal friction of the soil φ2, will ensure the sliding of the soil and plant residues with minimal energy consumption. …”
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Tripability Analysis of Casing Strings in Directional Wells Using the Continuous Beam-Column and Buckling Theory by Gang Wang, Gang Liu, Kai Wang, Yichen Li, Yinan Hu

“…This not only increases the operating costs and time but can also lead to downhole accidents and even abandonment in serious cases. …”
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Transforming improvement training at scale with essential digital training skills by Iain M Smith, Cheryl Guest, Margaret Herbert

“…Background Internationally, healthcare systems are facing global issues due to rising costs and an ageing population. System-wide improvement is needed to help address these issues. …”
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Navigating childhood asthma care in Kenya: barriers identified by children and their caregivers by Joan Ahimbisibwe, Roselyter Monchari Riang’a, Angela Migowa, Samuel Otido

“…Modifiable risk factor barriers focused on difficulties attending clinic appointments, whereas nonpharmacological intervention barriers included the high costs of implementing recommended adjustments and ineffective environmental control. …”
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Technology and implementation of flax stripping in the primary flax processing line by R. A. Rostovtsev, V. G. Chernikov, S. V. Solovyov, I. B. Kazakov

“…The application of the factory's stripping technology is expected to ensure a 10 percent reduction in seed losses and an additional 6 percent reduction in production costs. (Conclusions) Theoretical justification for the parameters and operational modes of the stripper in the flax processing line, along with its design, is provided.  …”
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Machine learning framework for investigating nano- and micro-scale particle diffusion in colonic mucus by Marco Tjakra, Kristína Lidayová, Christophe Avenel, Christel A.S. Bergström, Shakhawath Hossain

“…Abstract Biosimilar artificial mucus models that mimic native mucus facilitate efficient, lab-based drug diffusion studies, addressing the costly and challenging preclinical phase of drug development, especially for nano- and micro-scale particle-based colonic drug delivery. …”
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Prediction of 123I-FP-CIT SPECT Results from First Acquired Projections Using Artificial Intelligence by Wadi’ Othmani, Arthur Coste, Dimitri Papathanassiou, David Morland

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CULTURAL PROPERTIES OF BOVINE RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS STRAIN AB1908 by V. V. Kirpichenko, S. V. Kononova, A. V. Kononov, O. P. Byadovskaya, B. L. Manin, A. V. Sprygin

“…Cattle respiratory diseases are some of the most spread pathologies that can cause economic damage, resulting from fi nancial losses and costs of treatment and diagnostics. One of the major factors contributing to respiratory pathology development is bovine respiratory syncytial infection. …”
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A novel serum protein biomarker for the late-stage diagnosis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma by Yi-Xi Pan, Qi Huang, Shan Xing, Qian-Ying Zhu

“…In clinical practice, imaging techniques are the most predominant diagnostic methods, which are costly and may fail to detect small metastatic lesions. …”
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Sustainability Reporting: Catalyst for Organizational and Professional Change by Mădălina Dumitru

“…Entities can be expected to face a multitude of challenges in implementing CSRD, such as data availability and quality, value chain complexity, staff time and knowledge, deadlines, technology, costs, interaction with other regulations, and management involvement. …”
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An automation monitoring system for the production facility work by Артем Бронніков, Альона Коломієць, Олег Юрченко

“…The use of this type of system will lead to an overall reduction in production costs during the PCB washing operation. The developed module allows making changes in the production process without direct human intervention, which provides the possibility of quick reconfiguration for new tasks. …”
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Robotic surgery – digital technology that saves lives by S. A. Sheptunov, A. O. Vasiliev

“…It is important to fit the new surgical robots into the healthcare system, especially in terms of costs, and perform a large number of surgeries to increase payback. …”
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ZoomHead: A Flexible and Lightweight Detection Head Structure Design for Slender Cracks by Hua Li, Fan Yang, Junzhou Huo, Qiang Gao, Shusen Deng, Chang Guo

“…However, most existing mainstream deep-object detection models suffer from complex structures, large parameter sizes, and high training costs, which hinder their deployment and application in frontline construction sites. …”
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Evaluation of the influence of induction factors (time and power), geometric characteristics and environmental conditions on the self-healing capability of warm mix asphalt by Mahrokh Jalali, Seyyed Mohammad Mirabdolazimi

“…This study discusses the simultaneous use of warm mix asphalt and induction heating technologies to improve the self-healing capability of these mixtures in order to increase their performance and durability, which can lead in turn to prolonged pavement lifespan and lower maintenance and repair costs. The aim of this research is to evaluate the self-healing capability of conductive warm mix asphalt using induction heating. …”
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Toward Adaptive Unsupervised and Blind Image Forgery Localization with ViT-VAE and a Gaussian Mixture Model by Haichang Yin, KinTak U, Jing Wang, Wuyue Ma

“…Second, we introduce convolutional neural networks (CNNs) to adaptively estimate the mixing coefficients, enabling an end-to-end architecture while significantly lowering computational costs. Experimental results on benchmark datasets demonstrate that DVVG not only enhances VAE performance but also improves efficiency in modeling complex latent distributions. …”
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Implicit tax dynamics and corporate life cycle: A quantitative analysis of B3 listed companies by Antonio Lopo Martinez, Raimundo da Silva, Alfredo Sarlo Neto

“…ABSTRACT This study aims to analyze how implicit costs vary across the corporate life cycle stages (LCS) and determine whether companies retain the benefits of tax incentives despite the presence of implicit taxes. …”
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Assessing the impact of artificial snowmaking on Dagu Glacier variation: a case study from a tourism glacier by Yida Xie, Feiteng Wang, Hui Zhang, Chunhai Xu

“…Additionally, a positive correlation between snowmaking costs and conservation benefits suggests that the high supply, 60-day snowmaking model could enable the glacier’s survival until mid-century, thereby yielding economic returns from tourism. …”
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The Mathematical Modeling of Exchange Rate Dynamics as a Basis for the State Regulatory Policy by Malуarets Lyudmyla M., Voronin Anatolii V., Lebedeva Irina L., Lebedev Stepan S.

“…Meanwhile, implementing exchange rate regulation using the integral quadratic quality management criterion allows for the optimization of costs for stabilizing the exchange rate over long time intervals. …”
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Nosocomial infections prevalence study in a Serbian university hospital by Ilić Milena, Marković-Denić Ljiljana

“…Nosocomial infections (NI) are a serious health problem resulting in an enormous burden of excess morbidity and mortality rates, and health care costs. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of NI and to identify groups of patients at special risk for NI in the University Clinical Center, Kragujevac, Serbia. …”
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