Robotic irrigation complex for crop cultivation in irrigated areas by M. G. Zagoruiko, D.  A. Soloviev, N. F. Ryzhko, S. N. Ryzhko

“…It was found that such a complex would optimize the irrigation process, reduce costs and resource consumption in the irrigated area, and decrease environmental pollution. …”
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Multi-Energy Microgrid Data-Driven Distributionally Robust Optimization Dispatch Considering Uncertainty Correlation by LI Jiawei, SUN Qinghe, WANG Qiong, YE Yujian, HU Heng, ZHANG Xi

“…[Results] Case simulations demonstrate that the proposed distributionally robust model effectively eliminates unrealistic distributions in the ambiguity set，resulting in an 8.16% reduction in out-of-sample costs. The proposed sample-pruning algorithm further reduces the out-of-sample costs by 3.33%. …”
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Adoption Dynamics of Organic Pesticides Among Cocoa Producers In Two Ecological Zones Of Ghana by Michael Asigbaase, Simon Abugre, Mary Banowiiri, Josephine Akutteh

“…Non‐adopters cited barriers such as high transportation costs, offensive odors, and limited information access. …”
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Efficient Attention Transformer Network With Self-Similarity Feature Enhancement for Hyperspectral Image Classification by Yuyang Wang, Zhenqiu Shu, Zhengtao Yu

“…However, the inherent high-dimensional property of hyperspectral images (HSIs) leads to a sharp increase in the number of parameters and expensive computational costs. Moreover, self-attention operations in transformer-based HSIC methods may introduce irrelevant spectral–spatial information, and thus may consequently impact the classification performance. …”
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Bi-Level Resilience-Oriented Sitting and Sizing of Energy Hubs in Electrical, Thermal and Gas Networks Considering Energy Management System by Dhafer M. Dahis, Seyed Saeedallah Mortazavi, Mahmood Joorabian, Alireza Saffarian

“…This considers the minimization of annual operating and resilience costs based on optimal power flow equations in networks. …”
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Barriers, Drivers, and Social Considerations for AI Adoption in Supply Chain Management: A Tertiary Study by Johannes Hangl, Viktoria Joy Behrens, Simon Krause

“…The main drivers of AI in SCM are saving costs and increasing efficiency in combination with reducing time and resources. …”
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NET SINGLE PREMIUM ON CRITICAL ILLNESS INSURANCE WITH MULTI-STATE MODEL by Inggriani Millennia Taraly, Neva Satyahadewi, Hendra Perdana, Ray Tamtama, Siti Aprizkiyandari

“…The benefits obtained are in the form of death compensation, and treatment costs when the insured is diagnosed with a critical illness. …”
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ON THE BARLEY PLANTING METHODS ON DRAINED SOIL by Yu. I. Mitrofanov, A. E. Artemiev, N. A. Smirnova

“…The labor productivity is increased by 1.5–3 times, labor costs per 1 hectare connected with planting operations are reduced by 37.6–58.4%, and fuel consumption is reduced by 7.4–39.2 %. …”
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Diffuse Appendicular Peritonitis: Laparoscopic vs Open Access — Viewpoint From Aside by A. S. Arutyunyan, D. A. Blagovestnov, V. D. Levitsky, P. A. Yartsev

“…There is also evidence that the laparoscopic method for appendicular peritonitis often leads to a lengthening of the operation time and higher operating costs, but at the same time there is a decrease in postoperative pain syndrome, a reduction in the length of inpatient treatment and early social and labor rehabilitation, which leads to an overall decrease in hospital costs. …”
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Federated learning-based CT liver tumor detection using a teacher‒student SANet with semisupervised learning by Cheng-Shun Lee, Jenn-Jier James Lien, Kai Chain, Li-Chun Huang, Zhong-Wei Hsu

“…Conclusions This study presents a promising method for enhancing the CT-based liver tumor detection while reducing the incurred labor and time costs by utilizing federated learning, the teacher-student SANet framework, and SSL techniques. …”
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An Improved Whale Optimization Algorithm for the Clean Production Transformation of Automotive Body Painting by Qin Yang, Xinning Li, Teng Yang, Hu Wu, Liwen Zhang

“…A multi-level, multi-objective decision-making model is developed by integrating three dimensions of clean production: material flow (optimizing material costs), energy flow (minimizing painting energy consumption), and environmental emission flow (reducing carbon emissions and processing time). …”
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A deep neural network approach for optimizing charging behavior for electric vehicle ride-hailing fleet by Kaizhe Chen, Jin Liu, Wenjing Lyu, Tianyuan Wang, Jinxi Wen

“…The integration of AI to optimize the operations of these EV ride-hailing fleets could substantially help achieve the dual objectives of reducing charging costs and simultaneously lowering carbon emissions. …”
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One Health Economics approach to prevention and control of zoonotic and animal diseases - considerations for South Africa by Manana Mamabolo, Catherine Machalaba, Siphe Zantsi, Melinda K. Rostal, William B. Karesh, Peter Neil Thompson, Petronella Chaminuka

“…Abstract Outbreaks of animal and zoonotic diseases in South Africa are costly and raise concerns about national biosecurity. …”
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Multi-objective optimal scheduling of islands considering offshore hydrogen production by Yirui Wang, Ruize Tian, Siguang Zheng, Changyue Lu, Shuang Zhou

“…For instance, hydrogenation costs decreased by 21.4% after optimization, and the peak-valley difference was reduced by 16%. …”
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The role of generative AI in improving the sustainability and efficiency of HR recruitment process by Réka Koteczki, Dániel Csikor, Boglárka Eisinger Balassa

“…The time required for the recruitment process was reduced by 13.25 h, which could save thousands of man-hours per year. At the same time, costs and energy consumption and associated carbon emissions were reduced. …”
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Optimization of production layout, production process, and supply of materials to increase work productivity in Saramanta homemade by Ratih Setyaningrum, Firlinda Kirana Erthamevia, Sofi Dwi Febriana, Ananda Viona Islamay Setyanti

“…As well as alternative proposals for selecting suppliers from Semarang, shipping costs of Rp50,000, Emina cheese brand of Rp45,000/kg, and the addition of 4 workers so that expenses are reduced by 5.8%, profits increase by 58.1%, and cash-to-cash cycle time becomes 31% shorter.…”
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Rationalization of diagnostic examination periods for metalwork elements of subway escalators by V. N. Dyatlov, D. P. Kononov

“…The use of a mathematical model and the principle of rationalization can significantly reduce the time and, consequently, other costs in determining the corrosion effect.   Conclusion. …”
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Substantiation of parametres of springs vibro tines by L. F. Babitsky, I. V. Sobolevsky, V. A. Kuklin

“…Vibration of working bodies can be carried out using a forced drive. However, the energy costs of a forced drive to work sometimes exceed the energy costs of passive working bodies. …”
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SIGNIFICANCE OF NEW NON-PLASTER TECHNOLOGIES OF EARLY PRIMARY PROSTHETICS AS AN INEQUITABLE PART OF MEDICAL REHABILITATION OF DISABLED PEOPLE AFTER BELOW-AND ABOVE KNEE AMPUTATION by Вадим Геннадьевич Сусляев, Людмила Михайловна Смирнова

“…This technology does not require high financial costs due to the possibility of multiple use of the same adjustable socket with a modular connection for other patients, facilitates the choice of the optimal configuration and design of the prosthesis, taking into account the dynamics of changes shape of the stump and the physical activity. …”
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Optimal Sizing of Battery Energy Storage System for Implicit Flexibility in Multi-Energy Microgrids by Andrea Scrocca, Maurizio Delfanti, Filippo Bovera

“…Results show that under assumed market conditions, tariff schemes, and BESS costs, none of the analyzed BESS configurations achieve a positive net present value. …”
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