How Can Blockchain Technology Disrupt the Existing Business Models? by Witold Nowiński, Miklós Kozma

“…We propose that there are three crucial ways in which blockchain technology can affect and disrupt business models: by authenticating traded goods, via disintermediation and via lowering transaction costs. Implications & Recommendations: This study shows that blockchain technology may affect diverse dimensions of business models in diverse industries. …”
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Multi-Objective Technology-Based Approach to Home Healthcare Routing Problem Considering Sustainability Aspects by Ahmed Adnan Zaid, Ahmed R. Asaad, Mohammed Othman, Ahmad Haj Mohammad

“…The sensitivity analysis demonstrates that using a heart rate sensor improves service quality and patient satisfaction without affecting the energy consumed. In addition, quality costs are increased if the importance levels of patients increase. …”
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Evaluation of Energy and CO₂ Reduction Through Envelope Retrofitting: A Case Study of a Public Building in South Korea Conducted Using Utility Billing Data by Hansol Lee, Gyeong-Seok Choi

“…The analysis revealed that monthly electricity consumption was reduced by 14.7% in 2023 and 8.0% in 2024 compared to that in the baseline year, with corresponding decreases in electricity costs and carbon dioxide emissions. Seasonal variations were evident: energy savings were significant in the winter due to reduced heating demand, while cooling energy use slightly increased in the summer, likely due to diminished solar heat gains resulting from improved insulation. …”
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QTL analysis and management of plant productivity in the precision agriculture by Yu. V. Chesnokov

“…Modern crop cultivation technologies have reached the limits of “saturation” both in the ecological (environmental pollution, suppression of the mechanisms of its self-regulation), energy (exponential growth of irreplaceable energy costs for each additional unit of production), and in production. …”
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Investigation of Socio-Economic Characteristics of Wheat Producers on Certified Seed Use: The Case of Ankara Province by Celal CEVHER, Bülent ALTUNKAYNAK

“…As a result, it has been concluded that certified seed support provided by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry affects quality seed use, increase in gross production value and decrease in production costs.…”

An embedded intelligence engine for driver drowsiness detection by Shirisha Vadlamudi, Ali Ahmadinia

“…Many studies revealed that 10%–30% of crashes are due to drowsy driving. Fatigue has costly effects on the safety, health, and quality of life. …”
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Possibilities of laser location for remote monitoring of marine organisms (analytic review) by Valery I. Kudryavtsev

“…In some experiments, the per-kilometer costs of airborne lidar surveys are estimated as 10 % or less as compared to ship-based sampling. …”
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IPO Underpricing Factors: Technology and Non-Technology Sectors in Terms of Information Asymmetry and Retention of Control Theories by A. A. Galich, A. G. Mirzoyan

“…The results show that in the technology sector, the significant predictors of underpricing are research and development (R&D) costs, the age of the company at the time of going public, and the Roll-up strategy. …”
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METHODS TO INCREASE EFFICIENCY OF MANAGEMENT AND AUDIT INSTRUMENTS TO CONTROL ANIMAL DISEASES IN CRISIS SITUATIONS by Mirela Daniela NICOLA, Dorina Nicoleta MOCUTA

“….), or they are producing food decline production, on the economy (direct and indirect costs) and on the trade of a country/countries (changing the trade policy regime, such as in the case of three major outbreaks diseases – Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (1992,when spiked) and Classical Swine Fever (detected in 1997, first in Netherlands) in Europe, Food and Mouth Diseases (nine years of Taiwan negotiation) in Asia. …”
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Fully Parametric Optimization Designs of Wing Components by Zhendong Hu, Ju Qiu, Fa Zhang

“…Firstly, this research unearths the significance of utilizing a modernized optimization process which alters the production of the traditional 12 or over 12 segment wing design and applies new approaches and methods with less variables that contribute to expedited design cycles, decreased engineering and manufacturing expenditures, and a lighter weight aircraft with lower operating costs than the traditional design for the operators. …”
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Multi-objective optimization of auxiliary wireless power supply system for maglev trains by CHENG Long, DONG Kan, WANG Shuo

“…Traditional contact power supply methods have shown deficiencies in various aspects, such as high installation and maintenance costs, as well as the safety risks associated with exposed live conductors. …”
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Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Selection Strategies in Sheep: Linking Reproductive Traits with Behavioral Indicators by Ebru Emsen, Muzeyyen Kutluca Korkmaz, Bahadir Baran Odevci

“…However, the implementation of such technologies also presents challenges, including the need for high-quality data, a costly infrastructure, and technical expertise that may limit access for small-scale producers. …”
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Blockchain-Enabled Searchable Encryption for Secure and Efficient Sharing of IoHT-Generated Electronic Medical Records in Cloud-Based Healthcare by S. Rajesh Kumar, V. Gomathi, K. Vivekrabinson

“…Compared to prior searchable encryption systems, our technique reduces storage costs while increasing computational efficiency. …”
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Trends and Risks in the Natural Gas Supply of the Republic of Moldova by Berzan V., Postolati V., Bykova E., Cernei M., Volconovich L.

“…Information on possible scenarios of natural gas supply to the Republic of Moldova is presented and the estimated costs for natural gas transport for these scenarios are presented.…”
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Factors Shaping Exports of Cultural Goods from Pakistan by SABA SALIM, ZAFAR MAHMOOD

“…Distance, representing transaction costs and trade barriers, negatively affect exports of cultural goods; while colonial ties, common language, common border and land area of the trading partners positively influence the export of cultural goods. …”
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Quantization-Based Jailbreaking Vulnerability Analysis: A Study on Performance and Safety of the Llama3-8B-Instruct Model by Jaesik Lee

“…Within this context, for the model tested, 4-bit quantization appears as a practical “sweet spot,” maintaining near-baseline performance while significantly reducing computational costs. However, even at this level, substantial vulnerabilities persist—Korean prompts exhibit attack success rates 25.5 percentage points higher than English, and past-tense transformations increase vulnerability by 39.3 percentage points. …”
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BROADBAND PENETRATION, MOBILE DATA PRICING, AND E-COMMERCE ADOPTION IN SOUTH AFRICA by NAGERI Kamaldeen

“…It recommends targeted broadband expansion in underserved areas and regulatory reforms to reduce mobile data costs. …”
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BANKING SERVICE INNOVATIONS AND CUSTOMER SATISFACTION IN ILORIN METROPOLIS OF NIGERIA by Lukman Adebayo Oke ABDULRAUF, Emmanuel Semilore Tinuoye, Yusuf Olamilekan Quadri, Fatai Akosile

“…Also, DMBs’ management should design more user friendly, personalised and less costly digital bank applications which can enable customers to efficiently access virtually all bank services even without visiting any branch. …”
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Hourglass attention for image super-resolution by Ling Xu, Yian Huang, Xiaoping Lin

“…HGFormer is the first method to expand the self-attention window to $$\varvec{32 \times 32}$$ 32 × 32 while keeping low computational costs. It achieves a performance gain of 0.69 dB on the Urban100 dataset. …”
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Analysis of the effect of caffeine on the efficiency of wastewater treatment processes by integrated methods by Angelika Skorupa, Małgorzata Worwąg, Mariusz Kowalczyk

“…The possibility of water recovery and reduction of operating costs is consistent with the assumptions of the circular economy. …”
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