Smart bacteria-responsive coatings for combating catheter-associated urinary tract infections by Xiaojin Liu, Marleen Kamperman

“…As one of the leading hospital-acquired infections (HAI), catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) can not only give rise to high treatment costs, but may also lead to serious after effects like pyelonephritis, sepsis, bacteremia, and even death. …”
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Applications of physics-informed neural networks in geosciences: From basic seismology to comprehensive environmental studies by Habib Maan, Habib Ahed, Alibrahim Bashar

“…It describes the potential of PINNs to improve predictive modeling accuracy, reduce computational costs, and overcome the limitations of traditional numerical methods. …”
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AGRICULTURAL POLICY OPTIONS TO BOOST THE PRODUCER SURPLUS: THAILAND’S NATURAL RUBBER MARKET EQUILIBRIUM by Özlem TURAN, Serkan GURLUK, Abdulhakim MADIYOH

“…The paper uses two-stage least squares methodology in order to estimate demand and supply response of Thailand. Input costs, planted area, agricultural credit amount dedicated to agriculture, palm oil prices are explanatory variables of supply. …”
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Serious Games Supported by Virtual Reality—Literature Review by Nadia Damianova, Santiago Berrezueta-Guzman

“…Despite their potential, adoption is hindered by challenges such as high costs, limited accessibility, ethical concerns, and technical limitations, including cybersickness and scalability issues. …”
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Development of research in the field of interaction between track and rolling stock by V. M. Bogdanov, N. V. Mikhaylova

“…It was concluded that the improvement of the conditions of interaction between track and rolling stock, combined with the ongoing JSC “Russian Railways” activity on specialization of lines will significantly increase the volume of traffic on the existing congested lines with shift of investment costs to the construction of additional main tracks.…”
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Comparative genomic analysis of Streptococcus suis sequence type 105 and development of a PCR diagnostic tool. by Parichart Boueroy, Peechanika Chopjitt, Jednipit Borthong, Thidathip Wongsurawat, Piroon Jenjaroenpun, Rapeephan Duangjanchot, Bhanubong Saiboonjan, Rujirat Hatrongjit, Anusak Kerdsin

“…Only S. suis ST105 strains were positive for both mPCRs. mPCR-LFS had fewer complications, lower costs, and less time for testing, than those of mPCR-gel electrophoresis. …”
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A Review of Vehicle Accident Detection and Notification Systems Based on Machine Learning Techniques by Duaa Hadi Nassar, Jamal Mustafa Al-Tuwaijari

“… The rabid growth of the vehicles accidents on our roads are increasing as well as the number of human lives lost and the costs of repairing damages due to these accidents in order to reduce the dangers associated with accidents. …”
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Physically Informed Synthetic Data Generation and U-Net Generative Adversarial Network for Palimpsest Reconstruction by Jose L. Salmeron, Eva Fernandez-Palop

“…By relying on synthetic training data, the proposed method facilitates the non-invasive recovery of lost text in culturally important documents, and does so without requiring costly or specialized imaging setups.…”
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WORLD EXPERIENCE OF CURRENCY UNIONS: BENEFITS AND RISKS FOR MEMBER COUNTRIES by Albina V. Sibirskaya

“…The main results show that currency unions contribute to economic stabilization, reduction of transaction costs and strengthening of regional integration in case of their successful functioning. …”
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Enhancing Intent Classifier Training with Large Language Model-generated Data by Alberto Benayas, Sicilia Miguel-Ángel, Marçal Mora-Cantallops

“…Despite its importance, the effectiveness of intent classifiers is often constrained by the scarcity of labeled data, as acquiring substantial, annotated datasets is costly and impractical. Data augmentation addresses this by expanding datasets with modified or synthetic examples, a common practice in computer vision but more complex in NLP due to the discrete nature of language. …”
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Body Fat Percentage Prediction Using Intelligent Hybrid Approaches by Yuehjen E. Shao

“…Although there are several ways to measure the body fat percentage (BFP), the accurate methods are often associated with hassle and/or high costs. Traditional single-stage approaches may use certain body measurements or explanatory variables to predict the BFP. …”
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REFLEXIONES SOBRE LA DESESTRUCTURACIÓN DEL CASERÍO VASCO by Eugenio Ruiz Urrestarazu, Rosario Galdos Urrutia

“…La competitividad y la productividad a bajo coste que exige la modernización agraria choca con su reducida base territorial, la escasez de mano de obra y la insuficiencia de inversiones. …”
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Preparation process and properties of polyurethane/phosphogypsum-modified asphalt and its mixtures. by Jinshun Xue, Yu Yang, Junfeng Li, Wei Zhao, Yuanyuan Wang

“…The preparation process parameters and composition of polyurethane/phosphogypsum-modified asphalt were studied to achieve comprehensive utilization of phosphogypsum and reduce asphalt pavement costs while ensuring performance compliance. Additionally, the aging resistances of the modified asphalt and its mixtures were investigated. …”
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Motor effort alters changes of mind in sensorimotor decision making. by Diana Burk, James N Ingram, David W Franklin, Michael N Shadlen, Daniel M Wolpert

“…Thus the criteria to revise an initial choice is sensitive to energetic costs.…”
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Open-Circuit Fault Analysis and Recognition in Three-Level Inverters Based on Recurrence Plot and Convolution Neural Network by Jianjun Yan, Yanxing Huang, Shuai Yuan, Yufan Lu, Zeyu Yu

“…The method represents a major advance in power electronics and has the potential to save equipment from costly damage. By accurately detecting and locating open-circuit faults in three-level inverters, the reliability and safety of power electronics can be guaranteed for years to come.…”
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Social status, volunteering, and community engagement: Matching messages to self- and other-oriented motivations by Hyun-Suk Lee, Mark Snyder, Hyun Euh

“…Then, they completed a set of self-report measures on the prospect of volunteering, intentions to volunteer, attitudes toward volunteering, empathy toward the recipients, and anticipated costs of becoming a volunteer. They also reported their perceived social status and household income. …”
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Prototyping of a concrete maturity sensor with a hermetically sealed housing made of two-component plastic by Е. Утепов, А. Тулебекова, С. Ахажанов, Ш. Жарасов, Д. Базарбаев

“…With competition intensifying, companies have begun to gradually adopt various digital technologies to reduce construction costs, such as the wireless concrete monitoring sensors, which implement a temperature-strength monitoring method for concrete. …”
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Newspaper ‘Gazavat’ and Issue of North Caucasus in Nazi Germany’s Propaganda in 1943-1944 by A. A. Tatarov

“…The conducted research showed that Germany used well-thought-out political technologies to manipulate the real costs of integrating the North Caucasus into the Russian Empire and the USSR. …”
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Challenges of implementing digital technologies into public administration and forming a “smart government” by O. N. Afanasyeva, E. M. Korostyshevskaya

“…Along with the advantages of using modern technologies there are new risks associated with the organization of the process and the possibility of losing control over it, the excess of costs for the introduction of digital technologies over the capabilities of the state or over the potential benefits of the new system, the risks of cyberattacks or the emergence of new conflicts in the law, creating an increased probability of committing a crime. …”
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Developing the Physicochemical Foundations to Form Heterogeneous Rocket Propellants Using the Loading Method by Katarzyna GAŃCZYK-SPECJALSKA

“…The advantages of this method include the possibility of achieving a greater packing density of the particulates, no requirement for the use of costly equipment, and the absence of mechanical operations that could pose a risk of fire or explosion. …”
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