Comprehensive review of shipboard maintenance management strategies by Min-Ho Park, Won-Ju Lee

“…Maintenance optimization is essential in reducing a ship’s operating costs and ensuring its safety. This review aims to introduce existing literature related to shipboard maintenance management strategies and products developed in the maritime industry, and provide an overall understanding of the same by discussing both the relevant technologies and applications. …”
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Investigation of a test rig based on smart vision sensors for automated inspection of press-hardened automotive body components by Simon Fabio, Werner Thomas, Weidemann Andreas, Guilleaume Christina, Brosius Alexander

“…The prevailing industrial practices rely on manual visual inspections, which are both costly and less effective, thereby posing a risk of undetected defects. …”
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A Secure Data Collection Method Based on Deep Reinforcement Learning and Lightweight Authentication by Yunlong Wang, Jie Zhang, Guangjie Han, Dugui Chen

“…According to simulation analysis, LCAP-SIoT outperforms existing solutions in terms of computing and communication costs, and LS-QMIX results in superior performance in terms of data collection rate, task completion time, and the success rate of authentication for newly joined UAVs, indicating the feasibility of LS-QMIX in dynamic expansion scenarios.…”
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Postharvest Flavor Quality Changes and Preservation Strategies for Peach Fruits: A Comprehensive Review by Qiaoping Qin, Lili Wang, Qiankun Wang, Rongshang Wang, Chunxi Li, Yongjin Qiao, Hongru Liu

“…Compared with traditional methods, emerging technologies, such as nanotechnology-based coatings and intelligent packaging systems, offer environmentally friendly and highly effective solutions but face high costs, technical barriers, and other constraints. …”
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Global determinants of coastal migration under climate change by Sem J. Duijndam, W. J. Wouter Botzen, Liselotte C. Hagedoorn, Marijn Ton, Jens de Bruijn, Silvina Carretero, Jeanne Dachary-Bernard, Bénédicte Rulleau, Jeroen C. J. H. Aerts

“…Other factors such as climate change perceptions, migration costs, social networks, household income, and rurality are also important but context-specific. …”
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INVESTIGATING THE SUPPLY SIDE DETERMINANTS OF BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL FINANCING- A TWO STAGED APPROACH by Mcintosh Mufunani Kuhlengisa, CHUKUAKADIBIA ERESIA-EKE

“…Technological innovations such as blockchain can reduce transaction costs and disrupt traditional models, offering benefits like reliability, trust, security, and efficiency. …”
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Nonlinearities Estimation in Optical Fiber Communication: Current Progress, Challenges and Perspectives by Zulfiqar Ahmad, Muhammad Ali Qureshi, Asjad Amin

“…Traditional experimental methods for estimating nonlinearity in optical fiber communication are limited by their complexity, high sensitivity requirements, high costs, accuracy issues. and limited real-world applicability. …”
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A new method for Phytophthora cactorum culturing using host plant materials to prepare agar medium by Shengping Zhang, Ying Cheng, Jiaqiang Zhao, Kuijing Liang, Yupeng Pu, Guoliang Xu, Zhaohui Yang

“…However, the use of commonly adopted materials for culturing P. cactorum is costly. Theoretically, host plant materials can be utilized to develop alternative agar media for culturing plant pathogens. …”
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Intermittent Demand Forecasting for Spare Parts Using Artificial Neural Networks and Deep Learning: Literature Review by Omnia Nabil, Nahid Afia, T Ismail

“…Forecasting Intermittent demand for spare parts is essential for enhancing inventory management, particularly in industries where unplanned equipment downtime and inventory holding costs are significant. Conventional forecasting methods often underperform in handling the sporadic and nonlinear nature of intermittent demand. …”
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Axial behaviour of strengthened circular hollow reinforced concrete column with CFRP partial confinement by Ruqayyah Ismail, Raizal Saifulnaz Muhammad Rashid, Fariz Aswan Ahmad Zakwan, Hazrina Ahmad, Farzad Hejazi

“…Therefore, structural strengthening is required since replacing the deteriorated column is costly. Carbon fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP) confinement is one of the common method used for column strengthening. …”
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Artificially intelligent nasal perception for rapid sepsis diagnostics by Joonchul Shin, Gwang Su Kim, Seongmin Ha, Taehee Yoon, Junwoo Lee, Taehoon Lee, Woong Heo, Kyungyeon Lee, Seong Jun Park, Sunyoung Park, Jaewoo Song, Sunghoon Hur, Hyun-Cheol Song, Ji-Soo Jang, Jin-Sang Kim, Hyo-Il Jung, Chong-Yun Kang

“…This approach significantly improves the speed and accuracy of sepsis diagnostics within 24 h, holding great potential for transforming clinical diagnostics, saving lives, and reducing healthcare costs.…”
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Leveraging epigenetic aberrations in the pathogenesis of endometriosis: from DNA methylation to non-coding RNAs by Hajar Erraji, Hajar Erraji, Adil El Ghanmi, Adil El Ghanmi, Noureddine Louanjli, Noureddine Louanjli, Mohamed Benahmed, Fadoua El Mansouri, Mohammed Zarqaoui, Bouchra Ghazi, Bouchra Ghazi, Bouchra Ghazi

“…Accurate and timely diagnosis of endometriosis can significantly reduce healthcare costs, and enhance women’s social wellbeing. Epigenetic modifications especially DNA methylation, micro-RNAs and long-RNAs, hold promise as potential biomarkers for the early diagnosis of endometriosis. …”
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High concentration formulation developability approaches and considerations by Jonathan Zarzar, Tarik Khan, Maniraj Bhagawati, Benjamin Weiche, Jasmin Sydow-Andersen, Alavattam Sreedhara

“…However, due to the high material requirements, identifying optimal conditions can be slow, costly, and often prevent therapeutics from moving rapidly into the clinic/market. …”
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Market power versus efficiency in the Ecuadorian bank credit market by Segundo Camino-Mogro, Mary Armijos, Paúl Vera-Gilces, Natalia Bermúdez-Barrezueta, Xavier Ordeñana-Rodríguez, Juan Dominguez

“…This result indirectly suggests that banks operate at optimal costs and have correct operational management regarding the placement of credits. …”
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Object detection algorithm in a navigation system for a rescue drone by Nataliia Stelmakh, Yurii Yukhymenko, Ilya Rudkovskiy, Anton Lavrinenkov

“…Using geometric relationships between body points reduces computational costs without sacrificing accuracy, making the proposed model suitable for real-world use. …”
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State-of-the-art efficiency determination of a wind turbine drivetrain on a nacelle test bench by H. Zhang, P. Weidinger, C. Mester, Z. Song, M. Heller, A. Dubowik, B. Tegtmeier, K. Eustorgi

“…With the developing maturity of this technology and the increasing pressures to reduce costs, the importance of drivetrain efficiency has grown. …”
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Fertility decline and economic growth challenges: Japan's struggle amid a demographic crisis by Hamira Hamira, Dirta Pratama Atiyatna, Feny Marissa, Dwi Darma Puspita Sari, Khairunnas Khairunnas

“…Population aging slows economic expansion by increasing pension and healthcare costs, while high interest rates discourage investment and consumption. …”
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Design and Application of Variable Perforation Density for Horizontal Wells in Bottom Water Reservoir by ZHANG Jijiu, SHENG Tingqiang, ZHANG Zhiqiang, LI Jiling

“…Variable density perforating can increase oil production during the water-free oil recovery period, save completion costs to a certain extent, and improve the comprehensive development benefits of horizontal wells.…”
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Anthropogenic climate change contributes to wildfire particulate matter and related mortality in the United States by Beverly E. Law, John T. Abatzoglou, Christopher R. Schwalm, David Byrne, Neal Fann, Nicholas J. Nassikas

“…Approximately 34% of the additional deaths attributable to climate change occurred in 2020, costing $58 billion. The economic burden was highest in California, Oregon, and Washington. …”
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Forest biomass for bioenergy as a tool to mitigate climate change: Implications for sustainable forest management in eastern Canada by Claudie-Maude Canuel, Evelyne Thiffault, Eric R. Labelle, Nelson Thiffault

“…Bioenergy produced from residual forest biomass can replace fossil fuels, and its contribution is essential to energy transition. However, its supply costs and selling value hardly ensure its profitability, so it has difficulty competing with other energy sources. …”
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