Are primary schools ready for immersive virtual reality? Resistance among stakeholders by Sarah Schnyder, Josua Dubach, Lucas Dall’Olio, Sebastian Tempelmann, Trix Cacchione, Corinna S. Martarelli

“…Common reasons for this resistance included high costs, technical challenges, and uncertainty about IVR’s pedagogical value. …”
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The dark side of simultaneous elections. The case of Sicily in 2022 Italian national elections by Danilo Di Mauro, Marco La Bella

“…Simultaneous elections – i.e. the practice of establishing an election day when different governments (usually at local and national level, or including referendums) are elected – implies a reduction of costs for the institutions and increased empowerment for voters. …”
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Research on brand strategy of wine in the eastern foothills of Helan Mountain in Ningxia by ZHANG Wei, LI Qiang

“…The path method of creating the wine brand of the eastern foothills of Helan Mountain in Ningxia was proposed: cultivating the wine consumption market and raising consumer awareness, reducing wine production costs; clarifying the wine products positioning, and choosing suitable brand elements. …”
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Analyzing Tractor Productivity and Efficiency Evolution: A Methodological and Parametric Assessment of the Impact of Variations in Propulsion System Design by Ivan Herranz-Matey

“…Recognizing that large row-crop tractors represent a significant capital investment—ranging from USD 0.4 to over 0.8 million for current-generation models—and that machinery costs constitute a substantial share of farm production expenses, this study addresses the urgent need for data-driven decision-making in agricultural enterprises. …”
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Nonlinear waveform optimization for wireless power transfer systems by Lina Yuan, Huajun Chen, Maoxue Hu, Jing Gong

“…Simulation results confirm that our proposed methods achieve lower computational costs compared to existing approaches while maintaining high performance. …”
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Examination in Conditions of Distance Learning by Malshakova I.L., Portnov Yu.A.

“…Attention is drawn to the fact that the methods and tools used for remote monitoring have drawbacks, such as significant costs in organizing proctoring and difficulties in assessing one of the key competencies of a student, namely, the willingness to use systematized theoretical and practical knowledge to formulate and solve research problems. …”
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Virtual Networking Performance in OpenStack Platform for Network Function Virtualization by Franco Callegati, Walter Cerroni, Chiara Contoli

“…On the one hand, this software-centric evolution of telecommunications will allow network operators to take advantage of the increased flexibility and reduced deployment costs typical of cloud computing. On the other hand, it will pose a number of challenges in terms of virtual network performance and customer isolation. …”
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Microbial Fuel Cells as a Strategy for Biomass Waste Utilization and Low Carbon Energy Generation by Chao Ying

“…The technical and economic feasibility of MFCs is evaluated, highlighting current limitations such as low energy output, material costs, and scale-up challenges. Additionally, the role of MFCs in carbon fixation and circular bioeconomy models is examined, demonstrating their potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while recovering valuable resources. …”
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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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