Compensating Farm Workers through Piece Rates: Implications on Harvest Costs and Worker Earnings by Fritz M. Roka

“…Roka, explains how a piece rate payment system works and its implications on production costs and farm worker earnings. Includes references. …”
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Epidemiology and costs of severe acute respiratory infection and influenza hospitalizations in adults with diabetes in India by Parvaiz A Koul, Amit Bhavsar, Hyder Mir, Mark Simmerman, Hemant Khanna

“…Indirect costs were estimated based on lost earnings and WHO-CHOICE estimates for hospital costs. …”
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Cost Efficiency Analysis To Maintain The Sustainability of Tobacco Farming in Grujugan Village, Bondowoso Regency by Siti Atikah, Ahmad Juanda, Driana Leniwati

Subjects: “…cost efficiency, tobacco farming, productivity, resource management, grujugan village.…”
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Effect of audit firm industry specialization on cost of debt financing: Evidence from Ghana by Ebenezer Nana Yeboah, Zhou Yang, Benedict Arthur, Gabriel Kyeremeh

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Broadband Low-Cost Normal Magnetic Field Probe for PCB Near-Field Measurement by Ruichen Luo, Zheng He, Lixiao Wang

“…The proposed probe uses a cost-effective 4-layer printed circuit board (PCB) structure made with an FR-4 substrate. …”
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Evaluation of Optimized Pavement Maintenance for User Costs and Vehicle Emissions on the Indian Urban Roads by Bhavesh Jain, Devesh Tiwari, Manoranjan Parida, Ramesh Anbanandam

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WALANT Decreases Costs of Surgery to Increase Access and Help Alleviate Poverty in East Africa by Pankaj Jani, MMed, FRCPS, FCS(ECSA), James Kariuki, MBChB, Nilkanth V. Jani, MBChB, Sameer M. Pandya, MD, Ankit J. Dave, MBChB, MMed(Orth), Dip SICOT, Sara M. Amin, MRCSed, MD, SMSB, Baiya A. Rashid, BSc, MD, MMED, Donald H. Lalonde, MD, FRCSC

“…This article documents how these changes have decreased the costs of surgery for the patients and, therefore, increased access to surgery, which helps alleviate poverty.…”
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Symmetric Clifford twirling for cost-optimal quantum error mitigation in early FTQC regime by Kento Tsubouchi, Yosuke Mitsuhashi, Kunal Sharma, Nobuyuki Yoshioka

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A simple and cost-effective transformation system for Porphyromonas gingivalis via natural competence by Kimihiro Abe, Kimihiro Abe, Hiroko Yahara, Ryoma Nakao, Takehiro Yamaguchi, Yukihiro Akeda

“…In this study, we present a simple, cost-effective transformation method for P. gingivalis without any special equipment by exploiting its natural DNA competence. …”
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Increased heat tolerance of geothermal plants at the cost of reduced performance under cooler conditions by Jan-Niklas Nuppenau, Johan Ehrlén, Aelys M. Humphreys

“…However, the extent to which adaptation to thermal extremes is associated with costs, in terms of reduced performance at less or other stressful temperatures, is poorly known, especially for plants. …”
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Association of chronic kidney disease with acute clinical outcomes and hospitalization costs of cancer resection. by Sara Sakowitz, Syed Shahyan Bakhtiyar, Saad Mallick, Amulya Vadlakonda, Ifigenia Oxyzolou, Konmal Ali, Nikhil Chervu, Peyman Benharash

“…Following risk adjustment, CKD1-3 and CKD4-5 remained linked with similar likelihood of mortality and hospitalization costs, but greater need for blood transfusion (CKD1-3 AOR 1.21, CI 1.09-1.35; CKD4-5 AOR 1.73 CI 1.38-2.18). …”
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Firm level optimisation strategies for sustainable and cost effective electric vehicle workplace charging by Marcel Seger, Christian Brand, Christoph Clement, James Dixon, Charlie Wilson

“…Using real-world data from a global car manufacturer in South East England, UK, we demonstrate that smart charging strategies can reduce peak loads by 28% and decrease charging costs and emissions by 9% compared to convenience charging. …”
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The Impact of Ownership Concentration on the Cost of Equity Capital with Earnings Management as a Mediating Variable by Rita Mutiara Zunfani, Imam Hadiwibowo, Muhammad Taufik Azis

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Antibiotics in the treatment of scrub typhus: A network meta-analysis and cost-effectiveness analysis by Chaoxin Chen, Tingting Chen, Dan Xue, Maobai Liu, Bin Zheng

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New possibilities for the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus. How much does the effect cost? by E. A. Pyadushkina, A. M. Lila, E. E. Yagnenkova, V. I. Ignatyeva, E. V. Derkach

“…The CEA was conducted from a healthcare system perspective and was based on the results of an indirect comparison of the efficacy of AFM and BLM drugs using a cost-effectiveness analysis. The costs of drug therapy with the compared bDMARDs for one year, the cost-effectiveness ratio and the incremental indicator of cost-effectiveness growth were calculated. …”
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Real-time and Cost-efficient Indoor Localization and Mapping Solution for Emergency Response Applications by H. Elsayed, A. Shaker

“…This research addresses the challenges posed by the absence of GNSS signals and the need for high-performance data processing by developing a cost-effective multi-sensor system for real-time indoor mapping. …”
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A Low-Cost Evaluation Tool for Synchronization Methods in Three-Phase Power Systems by Marcelo E. Reyes, Pedro E. Melin, Eduardo Espinosa, Carlos R. Baier, Cristian Pesce, Benjamín Cormack

“…This work provides engineers and researchers with an accessible platform at a low cost (less than USD 100) and a methodology for the experimental validation of digital synchronization algorithms as a step before their implementation in grid-connected equipment. …”
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Heat transfer, exergy, and cost: A sustainable analysis of concentric tube heat exchangers by Samer Ali, Chadi Nohra, Georges El Achkar, Jalal Faraj, Mahmoud Khaled

“…This study investigates the heat transfer, exergetic performance, and overall cost of counter-flow concentric tube heat exchangers under various geometric and flow conditions. …”
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Calibration and Performance Evaluation of Cost-Effective Capacitive Moisture Sensor in Slope Model Experiments by Muhammad Nurjati Hidayat, Hemanta Hazarika, Haruichi Kanaya

“…Understanding the factors that contribute to slope failures, such as soil saturation, is essential for mitigating rainfall-induced landslides. Cost-effective capacitive soil moisture sensors have the potential to be widely implemented across multiple sites for landslide early warning systems. …”
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How was published evidence used in model-based cost-utility analysis for lung cancer? by Haijing Guan, Chunping Wang, Ruowei Xiao, Ting Zhou, Wei Li, Yanan Xu, Hongting Nie, Zhigang Zhao, Sheng Han, Feng Xie

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