Experimental Characterization of Thermal Conductivity with a New Compact Hot-Box Prototype by Francisco A. Ramírez-Rivera, Néstor Guerrero-Rodríguez, Yokasta García-Frómeta, Diógenes Vargas, Mauricio Montanaro

“…It requires minimal space and incurs low development and maintenance costs. To validate the prototype’s functionality for measuring thermal conductivity, an oak wood specimen with a thickness of 3.81 cm was experimentally tested. …”
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Step-by-Step Installation of Solar Energy and Its Maintenance by Muhammad Haseeb Abid, Wasif Shafiq, Muhammad Dayem, Hassan Riaz Khan

“…The study reviews how solar panels are a green energy solution and discusses the procedure for installing solar panels from beginning to end. As costs continue to increase, as environmental issues are raised and with geopolitical issues also involved, solar energy use has risen as an alternative to regular energy sources. …”
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Breaking Down the Barriers to Innovation Quality: The Impact of Digital Transformation by Mengmeng Meng, Siyao Fan, Jiasu Lei, Yinbo Feng

“…Furthermore, digital transformation breaks down the barriers to innovation quality by reducing financing costs and financing constraints. These findings have implications for firms’ digital strategy in emerging economies.…”
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Digital transformation strategy adoption and business performance: a case study of selected companies in a developing economy by SIZANI, Thabo, MARWA, Nyankomo, AKINRINDE, Olawale Olufemi, ISAYOMI, Abiodun Samuel

“…The findings of this study highlights the various ways digital transformation positively impacts a company’s performance by improving business processes, reducing costs, or growing the revenue of the company. Evidence from the study also points at the lack of a digital transformation strategy, shortage of skills, absence of leadership support and unavailability of budget as the main reasons for the low rate of digital transformation adoption in developing economies. …”
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Plan of action for carbapenem antibiotics sterility testing by S. I. Kuleshova, S. A. Protsak, S. A. Lisunova, G. Yu. Romanyuk, E. N. Semenova

“…The article demonstrates the need for a stepwise experimental selection of test conditions using different test microorganisms in order to determine a combination of several methods for neutralization of residual amounts of antibiotics which helps to reduce costs, given that satisfactory results may be obtained at any stage depending on the nature of an antibiotic drug. …”
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Partially substrateless microchannels for direct monitoring of interfacial dynamics in hydrophobic surfaces by Ellen Bold, Sebastian Zimmermann, Clarissa Schönecker, Egbert Oesterschulze

“…However, they have specific drawbacks such as costly fabrication of complex and mechanically sensitive surfaces, surfaces susceptible to lubricant abrasion or involve hazardous chemicals. …”
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Asymmetric effects of public debt on economic growth: Evidence from emerging and frontier SADC economies by Bongumusa Prince Makhoba, Irrshad Kaseeram, Lorraine Greyling

“…The study suggest that policymakers ought to consider curbing public debt level within a sustainable threshold target in order to reduce accompanying debt serving costs, and efficiently use public finances consistent with sustainable economic expansion.…”
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A Comparison of Musculoskeletal Disorders of Neck and Shoulder Girdle in Male Computer Users with and without Physical Activity by farhad nikravan golsefidi, Ahmad Ebrahimi Atri, Ali Akbar Hashemi Javaheri

“…As physical activity and fitness may decrease musculoskeletal disorders, training and regular physical activities can affect the prevention of musculoskeletal disorders of neck and shoulder girdle and can prevent enormous costs.…”
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Energising the Energy Literacy Debate for Environmental Education: Exploring Citizens’ Interest Levels, Knowledge Gaps and Individual Differences by Irina Rets, Denise Whitelock, Chris Edwards, Leigh-Anne Perryman, Fereshte Goshtasbpour

“…The study identified key knowledge demand areas regarding saving energy and reducing costs, becoming self-sufficient in energy production and cooperating with others for more efficient energy use. …”
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Examination of endoscopic intracanal observation with an ultrafine‐diameter scope by Takeshi Jinno, Kazuya Miyaguchi, Daiki Muraishi, Toshiyuki Narumi, Kanji Kabasawa, Hideki Ohgo, Yoshikazu Tsuzuki, Hiroyuki Imaeda

“…Abstract Objectives The endoscopic channel can be damaged by instruments during use and cleaning, leading to contamination, infection, and increased repair costs. However, few devices are available to observe the inside of the endoscopic channel. …”
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Eight Laws of Logic for the Forensic Construction Expert by A. Yu. Butyrin, E. B. Stativa, O. A. Manukhina

“…Logically verified approaches to work will also reduce time and financial costs.…”
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Тhe peculiarities of epidemiological and socio-economic importance of respiratory diseases in the modern period by A. A. Kuzin, V. N. Emel'yanov, A. P. Gubanov

“…This entails high economic costs for most developed countries. Objective: to conduct a content analysis of sources that provide information on the incidence and the population and soldiers of respiratory diseases and indicators characterizing it.Materials and methods. …”
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Modeling of chronic epilepsy in animals through chemical methods by E. V. Egorova, D. V. Dmitrenko, A. A. Usoltseva, A. M. Iptyshev, N. A. Shnayder, R. F. Nasyrova

“…In 20–40% of cases, according to various sources, it is not possible with standard treatment methods to achieve control over attacks, which significantly impairs the patient’s quality of life, increases economic costs, and poses a difficult task for the doctor to select the optimal treatment to reduce the frequency of attacks. …”
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A group concept mapping study of stakeholder perspectives on digital therapeutics economic value drivers by Yoann Sapanel, L. Martin Cloutier, Gabriel Tremblay, Anh Bourcet, Florian Koerber, David Lariviere, Xavier Tadeo, Dean Ho

“…However, DTx Associated Costs and DTx Monetization Models clusters were reported as not receiving sufficient consideration throughout the DTx development lifecycle, particularly among researchers. …”
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Development of a single market for research services in the Eurasian Economic Union by V. N. Kuzmin, E. A. Ilyukhina, L. G. Voronetskaya, S. V. Meloyan

“…A comparison of the sources of financing of science of the EAEU member countries with the average and best indicators in the world has been made. The average costs for the EAEU member country amounted to 0,43% of the gross domestic product (GDP) were 1,7% in the world (4 times more). …”
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LABind: identifying protein binding ligand-aware sites via learning interactions between ligand and protein by Zhijun Zhang, Lijun Quan, Junkai Wang, Liangchen Peng, Qiufeng Chen, Bei Zhang, Lexin Cao, Yelu Jiang, Geng Li, Liangpeng Nie, Tingfang Wu, Qiang Lyu

“…However, experimental methods are costly; single-ligand-oriented methods are tailored to specific ligands; multi-ligand-oriented methods are constrained by the lack of ligand encoding. …”
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Case Report: Endoscopic examination improves the diagnosis of inconspicuous helminth infections in adults in Shanghai by Yang Si, Hongjiao Cai, Brett D. Hambly, Brett D. Hambly, Yuli Wang, Yanfang Zhang, Shisan (Bob) Bao, Shisan (Bob) Bao

“…Timely and accurate diagnosis of hookworm infections is essential for preventing long-term health consequences and reducing associated healthcare costs.…”
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In‐Materia Neuromorphic Properties Induced by Locally Denatured Regions in Sulfonated Polyaniline Networks Incorporating Au Nanoparticles by Yuki Usami, Tomoyo Fukumaru, Yuya Kawashima, Tomoki Misaka, Yoichi Otsuka, Hiroshi Ohoyama, Yasuhisa Naitoh, Takuya Matsumoto

“…Abstract Neuromorphic computation has the potential to reduce the energy and resource costs associated with conventional digital computing. …”
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Transforming seaweed into bioplastics: a review of cultivation, harvesting and processing methods by Virginia Martin Torrejon, Sara Fernando, Uttam K. Roy, Uche Onwukwe, Lorna Anguilano

“…However, despite these benefits, seaweed-based bioplastics are still in their infancy, constrained by economic and logistical challenges, such as high production costs, technological limitations and supply chain integration issues. …”
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RANCANG BANGUN BUCKET PADA MINI EXCAVATOR LISTRIK by Sugiyanto Sugiyanto, Braam Delfian Prihadianto, Harjono Harjono, Dendi Milnanda Estiko, Soeadgihardo Siswantoro

“…Before starting innovation on expensive large excavator machines, innovation can be started with electric mini excavators which have almost the same working system but have affordable development costs. This research focuses on the bucket which is an indicator of the performance of an excavator unit. …”
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