Optimization of Organizational Structure as Tool to Raise Labour Productivity by R. A. Dolzhenko

“…The elaborated methodological recommendations show opportunities to use one of the most ordinary tools of optimization that does not require investment and serious labour costs and as a rule is linked with elimination of extra levels of management and managerial positions and covers a small number of employees.…”
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Mitigating hunger and poverty to enhance food security through investment in cocoyam production by Henry Inegbedion

“…The results reveal that, cocoyam farming will be attractive owing to minimal investment costs and relatively high financial returns. Sustained cocoyam production can significantly reduce hunger, poverty, and food insecurity. …”
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A coherent approach to quantum-classical optimization by Andrés N. Cáliz, Jordi Riu, Josep Bosch, Pau Torrente, Jose Miralles, Arnau Riera

“…In the particular case of large optimization problems, commonly found in real-world use cases, this strategy is almost mandatory to reduce the otherwise unfathomable execution costs and improve the quality of the results. We identify the coherence entropy as a crucial metric in determining the suitability of quantum states as effective initialization candidates. …”
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Design of a Regulated DC Power Supply. by Twinomugisha Jackline

“…The project is guided by the following objectives which are to design a regulated dc power supply that can be used to charge phones, power radio and decoders,To simulate the circuit using multism-, to reduce the costs incurred in having unregulated power flow and to test the circuit. …”
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Stochastic Modeling of Internet Service for Profit Optimization in Uganda by Christopher, Senfuka, Paul, Kizito Mubiru, Maureen, N. Ssempijja

“…Considering customer demand, price and operating costs of internet service, we formulate a finite state Markov decision process model where states of a Markov chain represent possible states of demand for internet service. …”
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Analysis of the Contextual Factors Influencing the Expansion of Construction Violations with an Emphasis on the Role and Position of Key Urban Stakeholders (Case Study: Isfahan Met... by Ahmad Shahivandi, Afsaneh Talebi Varnosfaderani

“…Additionally, the complexity and high costs associated with the building permit issuance process, which had a factor loading of 0.84, also played a crucial role. …”
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Public procurement planning as an immunity to the budget process by V. V. Kikavets, Yu. K. Tsaregradskaya

“…De-spite numerous reforms the budget process in the Russian Federation has retained significant bureaucratic costs that do not allow for rapid delivery of budget funds to each customer. …”
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Pemanfaatan Internet Of Things (Iot) Dalam Proses Pengeringan Rimpang Dengan Menggunakan Platform Node-Red by Gaguk Suprianto

“…It is hoped that this research will become a reference for the herbal industry that wants to improve product quality with minimum production costs. …”
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A population-based study on the burden of hospitalized pediatric pneumococcal disease in Taiwan before and after the introduction of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine into t... by Ting-An Yen, Jhong-Lin Wu, Chi-Chuan Wang, Ling-Ya Huang, See-Hwee Yeo, Dony Patel, Cindy Thiow Koon Lim, Hung-Wei Lin, Eriko Yamada, Isaya Sukarom

“…Annual hospitalized incidence rate, case fatality rate, and healthcare resource utilization and costs were estimated. Incidence time trends were assessed with interrupted time series analyses. …”
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Medication use patterns, health care resource utilization, and economic burden for patients with major depressive disorder in Beijing, People’s Republic of China by Zhang L, Chen Y, Yue L, Liu Q, Montgomery W, Zhi L, Wang W

“…The mean annual direct medical costs per patient with MDD was RMB ¥1,694.1 (48.5% for antidepressant medications), and that for hospitalized patients was RMB ¥21,291.0 (15.0% for antidepressant medications).Conclusion: In Beijing, the majority of patients with MDD were treated in the outpatient setting only and they received antidepressants. …”
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Comparing robot-assisted vs. laparoscopic proctectomy for rectal cancer surgical and oncological outcomes by Wenpeng Wang, Jia Liu, Jiefu Wang, Jinghao Huang, Junfeng Wang

“…Recurrence rates were lower with RAP (10% vs. 19.4%), though survival outcomes remained similar between RAP and LP (p = 0.253)ConclusionWhile RAP incurs longer operative times and higher costs, it demonstrates superior precision in anatomically complex cases, evidenced by improved CRM status and mesorectal preservation. …”
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Safety and efficacy of robot-assisted percutaneous kyphoplasty under local anesthesia in a day-surgery setting for osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures by Yaming Wu, Yang Yuan, Yi Yin, Yaqin Gong, Yaowei Ye, Li Wu, Lizhen Qian

“…Patients were discharged within 34 ± 4.3 h postoperatively, with mean hospitalization costs of 37,100 ± 4,200 RMB. No 30-day readmissions occurred.ConclusionRobot-assisted PKP under local anesthesia in day surgery demonstrates excellent safety and efficacy for OVCF management. …”
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Ligation of the Pancreatic Stump With Quantified Force During Distal Pancreatectomy for Postoperative Pancreatic Fistula: Protocol for a Single-Center Nonrandomized Controlled Clin... by Lufeng Chang, Jiongxin Xiong, Ming Yang, Yuxin Yang, Tao Peng, Tao Yin, Heshui Wu, Shanmiao Gou

“…Postoperative pancreatic fistula can be a major cause of perioperative morbidity, resulting in prolonged hospital stays and increased health care costs. The management of the pancreatic stump is one of the key factors influencing the occurrence of postoperative pancreatic fistula after distal pancreatectomy, but the optimal management approach remains debatable. …”
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Exploring care-seeking practices within a family mid-upper arm circumference approach in South Sudan: a mixed-methods prospective study by Sarah Bauler, Chiara Altare, Sule Ismail, Daniel Atem, Sandra Banks, Prachi Srivastava, Julia Hussian, Emily Lyles, Eva Leidman, Shannon Doocy

“…Barriers to care-seeking included distance to health facilities (18.9%), transportation costs (11.3%), and treatment costs (9.4%). Qualitative findings revealed additional challenges such as social stigma, lack of knowledge about where to seek care, and negative experiences with health workers. …”
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Real-Life Experiences with Telaprevir in the Treatment of Chronic Genotype 1 Hepatitis C — The TEPS Study by T. Berg, P. Buggisch, D. Hueppe, S. Mauss, H. Wedemeyer, G. Teuber, T. Lutz, K. Stein, S. Wegner, H. Hinrichsen

“…Stopping rule application but not shortened treatment reduced therapy costs.Conclusion. The TVR-based therapy represented a breakthrough at that time. …”
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Analysis of the application effect of paraffin oil in mixed hemorrhoids surgery by Gao Piyao, Ma Hui, Zhang Cheng, Gong Zhixin, Qin Weifu, Wei Jianbao

“…It not only hastens the first postoperative bowel movement, reduces hospital costs, and lessens the need for additional analgesics but also mitigates defecation pain (especially with Milligan-Morgan procedure) and bleeding (especially with TST) without inducing electrolyte disturbances in patients.…”
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Economic consequences of noncompliant behavior of patients with chronic renal failure and ways of its correction by Yu. S. Lysenko, O. Yu. Mikita, A. V. Pinchuk, M. Sh. Khubutiya

“…The amount of economic costs for the treatment of patients with chronic renal failure depends on the results of transplantation: the calculation for 1 patient with a favorable outcome is 1,665,110.19 rubles, with an unfavorable outcome – 2,932,078.07 rubles. …”
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Transmission Network Expansion Planning Considering Phase-Shifter Transformers by Celso T. Miasaki, Edgar M. C. Franco, Ruben A. Romero

“…In this way, PS are added in order to redistribute active power flows in the system and, consequently, to diminish the total investment costs due to new transmission lines. Proposed mathematical model presents the structure of a mixed-integer nonlinear programming (MINLP) problem and is based on the standard DC model. …”
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Protocol for interpretable and context-specific single-cell-informed deconvolution of bulk RNA-seq data by Daniele Malpetti, Francesca Mangili, Marco Bolis, Anna Rinaldi, David Legouis, Lorenzo Ruinelli, Pietro Cippà, Laura Azzimonti

“…Summary: Single-cell sequencing provides rich information; however, its clinical use is limited due to high costs and complex data output. Here, we present a protocol for extracting single-cell-related information from bulk RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) data using the pathway-level information extractor (PLIER) algorithm. …”
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Aligning policy for success in developing countries: evidence from the poultry sector of Ghana by Omid Zamani, Craig Chibanda, Mavis Boimah, Collins Asante-Addo

“…Our coherence analysis identifies lowering production costs and enhancing productivity as crucial policy objectives that could positively affect food security and rural development. …”
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