A blockchain-based approach for secure energy-efficient IoT-based Wireless Sensor Networks for smart cities by Hamad Aldawsari

“…Blockchain technology improves energy efficiency and reduces communication costs while ensuring decentralized, secure spectrum management. …”
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Dairy technology on the turn of the millennium by Zdenko PUHAN

“…One of the emerging technologies is the use of ultra-high-pressure because of its marked influence on milk proteins including enzymes, on lipids and on microorganisms. As this is a very costly technology, its application within the dairy industry may, therefore, be limited to special products. …”
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Transport Network Analysis: a Case Study of Perambalur District (Tamil Nadu) Using GIS by N. Dayalan

“…Improving the road transport system increases accessibility and mobility, thus reducing travel costs and travel time. A good road transport system can bring many benefits to a country because transport is a mechanism for economic and social progress. …”
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Multistage fall detection framework via 3D pose sequences and TCN integration by Leitao Qi, Haibo Sun

“…Subsequently, we introduce a robust fall detection network that leverages temporal convolutions to process the 3D pose sequences, capturing long-term dependencies while maintaining low computational costs for fall event recognition. Evaluated on the large-scale benchmark action dataset NTU RGB+D, our method achieves a fall detection accuracy of 99.87%, demonstrating its state-of-the-art performance and effectiveness.…”
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Estimating the possibility of workday loss accidents in road construction by Atiye Bilim, Osman Nuri Çelik

“…This approach can be used across different sectors, reducing workday loss accidents and associated costs while promoting worker health and sustainable production policies.…”
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Challenges in Adopting Artificial Intelligence Technologies in Supply Chain Management in Romanian Companies by Radu RUGIUBEI, Valentin STOICA

“…Key challenges identified include high implementation costs, data quality issues, and ethical concerns related to data privacy and algorithmic transparency. …”
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Caractérisation des modèles types de chaînes de valeur de la biomasse forestière by Ayaovi Locoh, Évelyne Thiffault, Simon Barnabé, Luc Bouthillier

“…That said, the prices currently observed in the study area are those of a still very limited market, in which only the most affordable sources of biomass are currently being mobilized. Supply costs should therefore evolve with additional mobilization of the raw material, but also with technological and institutional learning. …”
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Debt Collection Models and Their Using in Practice by Anna Wodyńska

“…The choice of proper debt collection model is not easy, due to, among others, high costs of the process as well as necessary expertise knowledge in the said scope; and the products offered on the market, although they seem similar, do differ substantially among one another. …”
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Optimizing the Finance Structure of Capital at Commercial Organization by Yu. S. Ermakova

“…It is obvious that the finance structure of capital can influence indirectly the level of organization profit, as in other expenses interest costs or interests payable are shown. Therefore, it is necessary to build such a correlation of own and borrowed sources, which can provide the max profit for the enterprise. …”
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A review on multi-therapeutic potential of the Mitragyna speciosa (kratom) alkaloids mitragynine and 7-hydroxymitragynine: Experimental evidence and future perspectives

“…Furthermore, there is still a lack of less costly and time-consuming protocols to obtain the two major alkaloids from different parts of the plant. …”
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Enhancement of interfacial fracture toughness of carbon/epoxy composite adhesive joints by in-mold surface preparation by R. Matsuzaki, Y. Hikosaka, A. Todoroki, Y. Mizutani

“…Because molding and surface preparation can be performed simultaneously, the time and costs required are reduced compared to conventional surface preparations. …”
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Key barriers and decision supports in revitalizing heritage buildings from investors' perspective in China: A case study in Guangzhou, China. by Kailun Fang, Yifei Wu

“…In the decision-making process for investing in heritage buildings (HBs), various factors such as costs, interests, and tenancy terms influence investors decisions. …”
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Random Fuzzy Power Flow Analysis for Power System considering the Uncertainties of Renewable Energy and Load Demands by J. H. Zheng, Wenting Xiao, Zhigang Li, Q. H. Wu

“…Furthermore, the proposed RFPF model is executed by applying a three-point estimate method (3PE) to figure out the corresponding power flow of the power system, costing less computation burden compared with the Monte Carlo simulation. …”
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Demographic security of the Krasnodar Region of the Russian Federation as an important factor in ensuring economic security by A. R. Cholakhyan, A. P. Anufrieva

“…In the conditions of the demographic crisis, the Krasnodar Region is facing serious economic issues such as labor shortages, declining labor productivity, and rising costs for social services. It may lead to a decrease in its competitiveness in the domestic and foreign markets, as well as to a deterioration in the general standard of living of the population. …”
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Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance in Salmonella, Shigella, and Virvio cholerae in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Collaborative Project by David L Woodward, Frank G Rodgers

“…The impact of lives lost, together with the high costs to local public health care systems associated with treatment of those afflicted, make prevention and control of diarrheal disease a priority health issue (2). …”
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New perspectives of three-dimensional echocardiography in left ventricular assessment by S. T. Matskeplishvili, Yu. I. Buziashvili

“…When EchoCG data are necessary for making important and costly health decisions, more precise and reproducible methods of ultrasound diagnostics are requested. …”
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A High Gain Two-Winding Switched Coupled-Inductor Network by Mehran Moslehi Bajestan, Saeed Sharifi, Mohammad Ali Shamsinejad

“…Reduced passive components count along with lower switch current stress lead to lower power losses and converter costs. The superiority of the proposed impedance network is confirmed by comparing its main properties with other successful existing ZS-based topologies. …”
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The Influence of Employee Development in Companies on Employee Turnover Intention: Verification of Issues for Promoting Human Capital Management by Sota NOTSU

“…However, promoting employee development increases company costs and there is also concern that it may encourage employee turnover. …”
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CLINICO-ECONOMICAL EVALUATION OF PRIMARY PREVENTION OF MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION AS ARGUMENTS TO SUPPORT AND RAISING OF EFFICIENCY by A. M. Nazarov

“…The goal of this research was to value of primary prevention of myocardial infarction using clinico-economical indices and to find a way of raising efficiency of its. The costs of treatment 17 378 patients up to 70 years old with stenocardia and expense amount of treatment in out-patient, inpatient departments and ambulance were estimated on the basis of compulsory medical insurance rates. …”
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Pharmaceutical Innovations: Artificial Intelligence and Scientific Cooperation as the Certain Future for the Pharmaceutical Industry by L. I. Shcherbakova, P. P. Rodionov

“…The use of bioinformatics, machine learning, and AI unlocks new opportunities for optimising all stages of the medicinal product lifecycle and reducing the time and costs of drug development. Engaging in joint initiatives with academic institutions, which have consolidated the infrastructure for fundamental research, contributes significantly to the development of innovative medicinal products and shortens the research and development timelines. …”
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