Pallet Use and Transport in Italy: Comparing the Carbon Footprints of Standard Exchange and Nolpal’s Alternative Strategy by Giovanni Dotelli, Paola Gallo Stampino, Edoardo Simonetti

“…The management of pallets can significantly influence both the emissions and the costs associated with pallet operations. This work presents a case study representative of the emerging trends in sustainable transportation and logistics in Italy, aiming to compare the carbon footprint of the standard pallet exchange system with the system employed by the company Nolpal. …”
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Grain Protein Function Prediction Based on CNN and Residual Attention Mechanism with AlphaFold2 Structure Data by Jing Liu, Xinping Zhang, Kai Huang, Yuqi Wei, Xiao Guan

“…Traditional experimental methods are associated with high costs and significant time requirements. Computational methods are recognized for their efficiency and reduced time demands. …”
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Assessing the Effectiveness of Tools Used for Lecturer and Course Evaluation in Institutions of Higher Learning: A Case Study from Ugandan Universities. by Mabirizi, Vicent, Karungi, Monica, Murangira, Jones, Muhoza, B. Gloria, Mutebi, Michael, Mbago, Ronald, Kohabohebwa, John Ivan, Birungi, Ruth

“…Apparently, paper-based mode of evaluation is the commonly used method in Ugandan universities, posing issues of privacy, delayed analytics, and ever-increasing operational costs. To address these challenges, this research proposes the development of an automated assessment system, informed by a benchmarking study across four universities. …”
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Quantification of vitamin B₁₂ in infant formula by dimensional liquid chromatography with solid phase extraction by CHU Xiaojun, TAO Baohua, LAI Shiyun, ZHANG jingshun, SONG Yiwen, REN Yiping

“…Compared with the purification technology using immunoaffinity cartridges, the experimental costs were significantly reduced and the time of sample preparation was shortened. …”
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Research on the Deformation Laws of Adjacent Structures Induced by the Shield Construction Parameters by Jinhua Wang, Nengzhong Lei, Xiaolin Tang, Yulin Wang

“…This is significant for reducing construction time and costs. The findings offer useful references for similar projects.…”
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Tribological Behavior of Si3N4/Ti3SiC2 Contacts Lubricated by Lithium-Based Ionic Liquids by Haizhong Wang, Zenghong Song, Dan Qiao, Dapeng Feng, Jinjun Lu

“…The results show that the lithium-based ILs had higher thermal stabilities than glycerol and lower costs associated with IL preparation than L-F106. …”
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Construction of antibiotic-free riboflavin producer in Escherichia coli by metabolic engineering strategies with a plasmid stabilization system by Xiaoling Zhang, Yanan Li, Kang Wang, Jilong Yin, Yuxuan Du, Zhen Yang, Xuewei Pan, Jiajia You, Zhiming Rao

“…However, the reliance on antibiotics in the production process leads to increased costs and safety risks. To address these challenges, an antibiotic-free Escherichia coli riboflavin producer was constructed using metabolic engineering approaches coupled with a novel plasmid stabilization system. …”
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From data silos to insights: the PRINCE multi-agent knowledge engine for preclinical drug development by Carlos Henrique Vieira-Vieira, Sarang Sanjay Kulkarni, Adam Zalewski, Jobst Löffler, Jonas Münch, Annika Kreuchwig

“…The pharmaceutical industry faces pressure to improve the drug development process while reducing costs in an evolving regulatory landscape. This paper presents the Preclinical Information Center (PRINCE), a cloud-hosted data integration platform developed by Bayer AG in collaboration with Thoughtworks. …”
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Computerised Methodologies for Non-Invasive Angiography-Derived Fractional Flow Reserve Assessment: A Critical Review by Anantharaman Ramasamy, Chongying Jin, Vincenzo Tufaro, Retesh Bajaj, Yakup Kilic, Hannah Safi, Rajiv Amersey, Daniel Jones, Ryo Torii, Alexandra Lansky, Anthony Mathur, Christos V. Bourantas, Andreas Baumbach

“…Patient and technical limitations of FFR as well as the need for intracoronary instrumentation, use of adenosine, and increased costs have limited FFR’s applicability in clinical practice. …”
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Self-Supervised Pretraining and Quantization for Fault Tolerant Neural Networks: Friend or Foe? by Rosario Milazzo, Sophie M. Fosson, Lia Morra, Luca Sterpone

“…Consequently, various techniques have been proposed to enhance DNN fault tolerance by modifying the network structure or training procedure, thereby reducing the need for costly hardware redundancy. However, there are design or training choices whose impact on fault propagation has been overlooked in the literature. …”
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Factors predicting burn unit length-of-stay by Miguel João Ribeiro Matias, Rubén Malcata Nogueira, Carolina Vasconcelos, Joaquim Bexiga

“…Introduction: Burn patients’ mortality rate has decreased significantly, making it important to evaluate other outcomes, such as length-of-stay, which increases physical and psychological morbidity, risk of nosocomial infection, and financial costs. The objective of this study is to analyze the relevance of several factors in the Burn Unit length-of-stay. …”
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<p><strong>Magnetic field as an environmentally friendly tool increases the effectiveness of pesticides: A case study of acaricide spirodiclofen against <em>Tetranychus urticae</em... by Behnam Nezhadakbarimahani, Aurang Kavousi, Jaefar Nikbakht, Mohammad Hossein Rasoulifard ‎

“… Applying reduced doses of pesticides has advantages such as resistance management, environmental pollution reduction, and control costs. Very few studies show that passing the water used for pesticide applications through a magnetic field can improve the pesticides' efficiency. …”
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Cancer and Traditional Medicine: An Integrative Approach by Cheruthazhakkat Sulaiman, Blassan P. George, Indira Balachandran, Heidi Abrahamse

“…A major drawback of conventional cancer therapies is the persistence of drug resistance, adverse reactions to chemotherapy, digestive damage, reduced quality of life, and high treatment costs. To address these challenges, researchers have been investigating the utility of using complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) alongside conventional cancer treatments. …”
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BCDDM: Branch Correction Denoising Diffusion Model for Black Hole Image Generation by Ao Liu, Zelin Zhang, Songbai Chen, Cuihong Wen, Jieci Wang

“…BCDDM offers a novel approach to reducing the computational costs of black hole image generation, providing a faster and more efficient pathway for data set augmentation, parameter estimation, and model fitting.…”
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Healthcare access for migrants in Iran: a qualitative study by Kanishka Ghiasi, Ali Mohammad Mosadeghrad, Hossein Dargahi, Ebrahim Jaafaripooyan

“…Recommendations involve enhancing access to affordable health insurance, decreasing treatment costs, and improving cooperation between government organizations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to ensure equitable healthcare for all. …”
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DESARROLLO DE UN SISTEMA DE GESTIÓN DE INVENTARIOS PARA EL CONTROL DE MATERIALES, EQUIPOS Y HERRAMIENTAS DENTRO DE LA EMPRESA DE CONSTRUCCIÓN REALIDAD COLOMBIA S.A.S by Santiago Parra Angel, Ever Ángel Fuentes Rojas

“…Taking intoaccount the above, work was done in the warehouse area, since it is the means by which the execution of the work iscarried out, an investigation was made about which method of inventory control is more beneficial to the organization,thus providing the company with a system that controls the references of products, equipment and tools identifying theirlocation, destination and the time they are used, optimizing time between orders, achieving that in the case of steelbetween 40 and 43 orders are requested annually and thus reducing costs of maintaining and ordering.…”
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Synergistic Enhancement of Paramylon Production in Edible Microalga <i>Euglena gracilis</i> via Ethanol-Guaiacol Co-Regulation by Xinyi Yan, Hao Xu, Zhengfei Yang, Yongqi Yin, Weiming Fang, Minato Wakisaka, Jiangyu Zhu

“…The developed approach demonstrates promising potential for sustainable production of high-value algal metabolites while reducing cultivation costs, which could significantly advance the commercialization of microalgae-based biorefineries in food and pharmaceutical industries.…”
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Development and trade competitiveness of the European wine sector: A gravity analysis of intra-EU flows by Pasquale Lombardi, Andrea Dal Bianco, Roberto Freda, Francesco Caracciolo, Luigi Cembalo

“…Effects of transportation costs, as well as demand and supply gaps between origin and destination countries, on the size of bilateral trade flows were specifically taken into account. …”
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Development and Validation of Tranexamic Acid Determination in Human Plasma by HPLC-MS/MS method by A. V. Aleshina, T. N. Komarov, O. A. Archakova, D. S. Shchelgacheva, N. S. Bagaeva, V. V. Davydanova, A. Yu. Savchenko, I. E. Shohin

“…It is necessary to develop an analytical method that will allow the determination of tranexamic acid in human blood plasma with the least time, resource costs and without the use of specialized columns.Aim. …”
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Energy Efficiency in Buildings: Smart Glass Technology Evaluation and Selection Model by Nguyen Van Thanh, Nattaporn Chattham, Apichart Pattanaporkratana, Chawalit Jeenanunta, Vannak Seng

“…Additionally, smart glass enhances energy-saving efficiency by intelligently regulating the indoor temperature and natural lighting, thereby reducing overall energy consumption and operational costs. In this study, the authors propose a fuzzy multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) model to evaluate and select optimal sustainable smart glass technology based on technical, environmental, economic, and social criteria. …”
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