Diabetes care in the pandemic era in the Midwestern USA: a semi-structured interview study of the patient perspective by Shakoora A Sabree, Kimberly Dukes, Carolina Gonzalez Bravo, Morolake J Adeagbo, Sarai Edwards, Kasey Wainwright, Sienna E Schaeffer, Aneli Villa, Aloha D Wilks, Martha L Carvour

“…Participants reported major constraints related to provider availability, costs of care, access to nutrition counselling and mental health concerns associated with diabetes care during the pandemic. …”
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5-Ene-2-arylaminothiazol-4(5<i>H</i>)-ones Induce Apoptosis in Breast Cancer Cells by Rostyslav Dudchak, Magdalena Podolak, Ivan Sydorenko, Robert Czarnomysy, Agnieszka Gornowicz, Olexandr Karpenko, Serhii Holota, Anna Bielawska, Krzysztof Bielawski, Roman Lesyk

“…The second approach fits the requirements of cost-effective methodologies and allows for the reduction of synthetic steps, reagents, and reaction time. …”
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Improved YOLOv8-Based Algorithm for Citrus Leaf Disease Detection by Zhengbing Zheng, Yibang Zhang, Luchao Sun

“…This modification increases the model&#x2019;s parameter count without adding to the computational cost in terms of floating-point operations. Next, a fast convolution layer is implemented to replace the original C2f module, improving both detection accuracy and computational efficiency. …”
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Can We Empower Patients for Joint Surgery? Assessing the Impact of a Telemedicine Coaching Intervention by Christopher Q. Lin, MS, Hikmat R. Chmait, MS, Jordan P. Conroy, MD, MS, Nathaniel J. Nelms, MD, Michael Blankstein, MD, MSc, FRCSC

“…Telemedicine may offer a cost-effective approach to presurgical optimization.…”
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Prescription pattern of abiraterone in Brazil - a survey of medical oncologists by João Pedro Homse-Netto, Luiza Aleixo-Fadul, João Antonio Soler, Fabio Leite-Couto- Fernandez, Daniel Vilarim Araujo

“…In Brazil, the label dose is not affordable to most patients due to its elevated cost. Mounting data supports the efficacy of abiraterone acetate low-dose with food. …”
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HIV PrEP Coverage Among Black Adults: A Concept Analysis of the Inequities, Disparities, and Implications by Ikenna Obasi Odii, David E. Vance, Patricia A. Patrician, Tracey K. Dick, Jenni Wise, Jessica L. Corcoran, Latesha Elopre, Crystal Chapman Lambert

“…Key attributes of this conceptual definition include estimates of PrEP use, access, need, cost, side effects, frequency of HIV testing, and self-efficacy. …”
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Coupling of straw returning and nitrogen-water integration on rice nitrogen recovery and soil carbon pool by Binbin Liu, Jinyue Zhang, Chuanhai Shu, Qingyue Cheng, Qiqi Chen, Hongkun Xie, Yuanqing Shi, Xiana Tie, Jiayue Wang, Ning Liu, Zongkui Chen, Na Li, Yongjian Sun, Jun Ma, Xiaoli Zhang, Zhiyuan Yang

“…The traditional rice fertilization method of spreading increases yield at the cost of reducing nitrogen uptake efficiency and accelerating soil organic carbon loss. …”
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Invention of novel continuous nitropulper technology for producing commercial nitrocellulose of wood pulp sheet by Ali Khalili Gashtroudkhani, Mohammad Dahmardeh Ghalehno, Saeed Soltan Abadi, Seyed Ghorban Hosseini, Maryam Pouyani

“…The optimized process reduced acid-to-cellulose ratios (from 65:1 to 15:1 in nitration; 30:1 to 15:1 in boiling), increasing pre-nitrator and autoclave capacity. Cost-effective, high-quality nitrocellulose was successfully produced using a 70:30 wood pulp-to-cotton linter blend.…”
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Improved Hybrid A* Algorithm Based on Lemming Optimization for Path Planning of Autonomous Vehicles by Yong Chen, Yuan Liu, Wei Xu

“…The penalized graph search method guides the search away from dangerous areas through penalty terms in the cost function. Secondly, the distance heuristic function improves the distance function to reflect the actual distance, which makes the search target clearer and reduces the computational overhead. …”
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Key Elements and Theoretical Foundations for the Design and Delivery of Text Messages to Boost Medication Adherence in Patients With Diabetes, Hypertension, and Hyperlipidemia: Sco... by Yu-Meng Yang, Tzu Wang, Hsun-Yu Chan, Yen-Ming Huang

“…SMS text messaging has emerged as a widely accessible and cost-effective intervention, particularly when the intervention is structured using behavioral theories. …”
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Study on the Mechanical Properties of Coal Gangue Materials Used in Coal Mine Underground Assembled Pavement by Jiang Xiao, Yulin Wang, Tongxiaoyu Wang, Yujiang Liu, Yihui Wang, Boyuan Zhang

“…To address the limitations of traditional hardened concrete road surfaces in coal mine tunnels, which are prone to damage and entail high maintenance costs, this study proposes using modular concrete blocks composed of fly ash and coal gangue as an alternative to conventional materials. …”
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INTEGRATED GRAPH-BASED TESTING PIPELINE FOR MODERN SINGLE-PAGE APPLICATIONS by Nataliia Golian, Varvara Tisheninova

“…Each tool is evaluated across five normalized dimensions − defect detection accuracy, execution speed, licensing or infrastructure cost, adoption effort, and scalability − weighted according to project priorities. …”
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A Multi-Feature Fusion Approach for Road Surface Recognition Leveraging Millimeter-Wave Radar by Zhimin Qiu, Jinju Shao, Dong Guo, Xuehao Yin, Zhipeng Zhai, Zhibing Duan, Yi Xu

“…As a result, it furnishes an efficient and cost-efficient road perception solution for intelligent driving systems. …”
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Empowering Capabilities of People With Chronic Conditions Supported by Digital Health Technologies: Scoping Review by Messaline Fomo, Liyousew G Borga, Thomas Abel, Philip S Santangelo, Sara Riggare, Jochen Klucken, Ivana Paccoud

“…Conversion factors such as demographic and socioeconomic status, digital literacy, disease status, perceived value of DHTs, sociocultural values and norms, doctor-patient relationship, connectivity, and cost influenced the development of empowering capabilities resulting from using DHTs. …”
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Experiences of telehealth e-mentoring within postgraduate musculoskeletal physical therapy education in the UK and Canada: a protocol for parallel mixed-methods studies and cross-c... by Alison B Rushton, Isaak Tyros, Nicola R Heneghan, Madeleine Nazareth, Wendy J Johnson, Jackie Sadi, Heather Gillis

“…With COVID-19 resulting in widespread adoption of telehealth and access to mentors often limited by geography or cost, the potential value of telehealth e-mentoring needs investigating. …”
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Scalable fabrication of single- and multi-layer planar lenses on fiber imaging probes by Fei He, Rafael Fuentes-Domínguez, Richard Cousins, Christopher J. Mellor, Andrew Daniel Rocha, Zuzana Adams, Jennifer K. Barton, George S. D. Gordon

“…Current devices often rely on direct fabrication on fiber tips, which is incompatible with high-volume planar nano-fabrication necessary for producing low-cost disposable biomedical devices. In this paper, we propose a scalable fabrication approach compatible with semiconductor manufacturing, which also allows for simultaneous transfer of multiple devices onto fibers. …”
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Elaboration and Biocompatibility of an Eggshell-Derived Hydroxyapatite Material Modified with Si/PLGA for Bone Regeneration in Dentistry by Sandra Janeth Gutiérrez-Prieto, Luis F. Fonseca, Luis Gonzalo Sequeda-Castañeda, Kelly J. Díaz, Linet Y. Castañeda, José A. Leyva-Rojas, Juan Carlos Salcedo-Reyes, Adriana P. Acosta

“…Hydroxyapatite (HAp) is the most commonly used biomaterial in modern bone regeneration studies because of its chemical similarity to bone, biocompatibility with different polymers, osteoconductivity, low cost, and lack of immune response. However, to overcome the disadvantages of HAp, which include fragility and low mechanical strength, current studies typically focus on property modification through the addition of other materials. …”
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A Lightweight Network With Embedded Soft Constraints on Approximate Spectral Features for Real-Time Water Body Segmentation in Remote Sensing Images by Qingqing Cao, Boya Zhao, Zijin Li, Fangfang Zhang, Yuanfeng Wu

“…With only 0.22 million parameters and a computational cost of 0.32 GFLOPs, the inference time per image is 6.45 ms. …”
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Carbon supported dual functional materials for integrated carbon dioxide capture and methanation: Performance of different support materials and carbon footprint assessment by Lanxun Zhao, Ruting Nie, Zhenliang Guo, Jiawen Hu, Qiang Hu, Shuiping Yan, Dingding Yao, Haiping Yang

“…A favorable performance with CO2 capture capacity of 0.24 mmol/gDFMs and CO2 conversion of 80 % were achieved in the presence of DFMs supported by commercial MWCNTs at 450 °C. Furthermore, cost-effective plastic waste derived MWCNTs were used to replace the commercial samples for the above ICCM process from a green and sustainable perspective. …”
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High-energy X-ray irradiation-induced functionalization of Ni(OH)₂ for enhanced supercapacitor electrodes by Onur Karaman, Ertuğrul Ceyran, S. Esra Bolsu Kariper, İshak Afşin Kariper, Ceren Karaman

“…This work represents the first demonstration of using high-energy X-ray irradiation to functionalize metal hydroxides for energy storage applications, offering a scalable, chemical-free, and cost-effective approach to engineer next-generation supercapacitor electrodes. …”
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