Development of Commercial Aerospace Information Industry in China by Wanzhuo Ma, Xing Zhong, Keyan Dong, Yanwei Fu, Renshun Pan, Shengnan Xu, Longyang Pan, Zhengang Lu, Zhi Liu, Huilin Jiang, Jiubin Tan

“…Technological advances and reduced costs are encouraging an increasing number of companies to enter the aerospace information sector, driving the marketization and intensifying the competition in the industry. …”
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LDL estimation with equations and machine learning; variance of LDL and plasma atherogenic index by Petros Paplomatas, Marina Nikolidaki, Aristidis Vrahatis, Kostas Anagnostopoulos

“…However, the accurate determination of LDL is associated with high costs and technical difficulties such as ultracentrifugation. …”
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High-purity AAV vector production utilizing recombination-dependent minicircle formation and genetic coupling by Hao Liu, Nan Liu, Chen Zhou, Ailing Du, Mayank Kapadia, Phillip W L Tai, Erik Barton, Guangping Gao, Dan Wang

“…Overall, our findings demonstrate that AAVPureMfg overcomes the inherent limitations associated with triple transfection, offering a broadly applicable and easy-to-implement method for producing high-purity rAAV with reduced plasmid costs.…”
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Weather-Related Disruptions in Transportation and Logistics: A Systematic Literature Review and a Policy Implementation Roadmap by Dimos Touloumidis, Michael Madas, Vasileios Zeimpekis, Georgia Ayfantopoulou

“…<i>Results</i>: With a greater focus on rainfall, flooding and snowfall, this study highlights their notable impacts causing reductions in transport efficiency, increased maintenance costs and substantial financial losses. Also, it emphasizes the role of advanced technologies, resilient infrastructure, and adaptive policy frameworks as critical enablers for enhancing sector resilience while simultaneously formulating a robust roadmap for cities and companies with actions ranging from direct operational adjustments to long-term transformational changes in policy and infrastructure. …”
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The effect of fixed capital formation rate on gross domestic product in Iraq by Sameer Siham Dawood, Bilal Kadhim Haidar, Mohammad Ghazi Nussaif Jasim

“…The total fixed capital formation is one of the main and influential determinants of production function through its impact on production costs, competitiveness, and profits. The Iraqi gross domestic product depends on one sector (the oil sector) in financing the government budget, which may lead to crises in case of oil price collapse. …”
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A flexible, channel‐minimized and large‐scale touch position sensor combining contact electrification effect and screen‐printed stagger electrode patterns by Zhihao Hu, Yuanchao Ren, Xindan Hui, Lirong Tang, Jie Chen, Hengyu Guo

“…However, prior alternatives suffer from high power consumption, material limitations, and implementation costs. Herein, a self‐powered and scalable touch position strategy that integrates contact electrification with a screen‐printing technique is proposed. …”
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A Robust Tool for 3D Rail Mapping Using UAV Data Photogrammetry, AI and CV: qAicedrone-Rail by Innes Barbero-García, Diego Guerrero-Sevilla, David Sánchez-Jiménez, David Hernández-López

“…Traditional inspection methods, such as visual inspections, are inefficient and costly and pose safety risks. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have become a viable alternative to rail mapping and monitoring. …”
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Optimal economic and low‐carbon scheduling in integrated energy system considering multi‐level thermal energy coupling and integrated demand response by Yanjun Jing, Mingming Liang, Haixin Wang, Zihao Yang, Gen Li, Fausto Pedro García Márquez, Junyou Yang, Zhe Chen

“…Second, the energy hub matrix for MTEC‐IDR joint operation is proposed, and the integrated demand response (IDR) is introduced to replace energy storage devices to solve the problem of rising costs caused by insufficient load flexibility. Finally, the system constraints and objective function are improved, and an optimal IES scheduling strategy under the MTEC‐IDR mechanism is proposed. …”
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Device diversity in crowdsourced WiFi fingerprinting database for autonomous mobile robot by Ahmad Hakimi Ahmad Sa’ahiry, Abdul Halim Ismail, Masahiro Toyoura, Latifah Munirah Kamaruddin, Mohd Sani Mohamad Hashim, Muhamad Safwan Muhamad Azmi, Hiromitsu Nishizaki, Xiaoyang Mao

“…Conventional mobile robot positioning and navigation system relies heavily on fusion of multiple costly sensors, which does not promote mass production. …”
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Ibrutinib plus Obinutuzumab as Frontline Therapy for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Is Associated with a Lower Rate of Infusion-Related Reactions and with Sustained Remissions after... by Januario E. Castro, Paula A. Lengerke-Diaz, Juliana Velez Lujan, Michael Y. Choi, Eider F. Moreno-Cortes, Jose V. Forero, Juan Esteban Garcia-Robledo, Chaja Jacobs, Colin McCarthy, Alaina Heinen, Carlos I. Amaya-Chanaga, Thomas J. Kipps

“…Ibrutinib-based therapies are costly and require continuous administration. We hypothesized combining BTK inhibition with anti-CD20 monoclonal antibodies would yield deep remissions allowing discontinuation. …”
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Application and mechanism of anticancer peptides in organoid models of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma by Xuekai Hu, Yue Zhang, Yanchen Li, Qiuxia Zheng, Haixia Zhao, Yun Zhang, Jingman Ni, Jia Yao

“…Anticancer peptides (ACPs) exhibit potent tumour inhibition, minimal side effects, easy modification, and low production costs, making them promising for clinical use. Simultaneously, the development of patient-derived three-dimensional organoids as a novel disease model has enabled the replication of the structure and heterogeneity of solid tumours. …”
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The challenge of measuring mosquito flight performance: going beyond sterile insect technique and into transgenic and gene drive-based approaches by Paola Najera, Christian E. Ogaugwu, Tyler F. Chan, Raja Babu Singh Kushwah, Zach Adelman

“…Invasive insects inflict global costs of more than 70 billion USD annually by destroying crops and spreading disease-causing pathogens. …”
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The effect of feed production technology on pellet durability by Borovik Evgeny S., Menyakina Anna G., Gamko Leonid N., Podolnikov Valery E., Sidorov Ivan I.

“…Changing formulations to improve the quality of pellets is considered as a last resort, since it is associated with high costs, it is always cheaper to reconfigure and modernize equipment to achieve the quantity and quality of pellet feed. …”
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Numerical Investigation of the Influences of Wellbore Flow on Compressed Air Energy Storage in Aquifers by Yi Li, Keni Zhang, Litang Hu, Jinsheng Wang

“…Compared with caverns as storage vessels, compressed air energy storage in aquifers (CAESA) has the advantages of wide availability and lower costs. The wellbore can play an important role as the energy transfer mechanism between the surroundings and the air in CAESA system. …”
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Prosser-Type Sintered “Glassy” Beads Excavated from Dohouan (Côte d’Ivoire) by Kouakou Modeste Koffi, Philippe Colomban, Christophe Petit, Kouakou Siméon Kouassi

“…This process represents one of the earliest examples of replacing traditional glassmaking with a ceramic process to enhance productivity and reduce costs.…”
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Risk factors for urinary tract infection and asymptomatic bacteriuria after stroke by Vladimir S Jankovic, Svetlana D Miletic Drakulic, Slobodan M Jankovic, Snezana R Lazarevic, Sandra M Radevic, Ivana P Jovovic

“…Urinary tract infections are proven to adversely affect the short-term and long-term outcomes of stroke, prolong hospitalization, and increase treatment costs. This study aimed to determine the risk factors for the occurrence of urinary tract infection and asymptomatic bacteriuria. …”
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Placenta segmentation redefined: review of deep learning integration of magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasound imaging by Asmaa Jittou, Khalid El Fazazy, Jamal Riffi

“…This review also discusses the challenges associated with the high costs and limited availability of advanced imaging technologies. …”
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Experimental evaluation of a high temperature cascade heat pump based on refrigerant charge by Xuelian Ma, Yue Fang, Qian Dai, Zhonglu He, Junlan Yang, Jingmeng Liu, Hongfu Zou

“…Refrigerant charge in cascade Heat pumps is critical: overcharging raises costs and leakage risks, while undercharging reduces heating capacity. …”
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Adoption Drivers of Intelligent Virtual Assistants in Banking: Rethinking the Artificial Intelligence Banker by Rui Ramos, Joaquim Casaca, Rui Patrício

“…The adoption of Intelligent Virtual Assistants (IVAs) in the banking sector presents new opportunities to enhance customer service efficiency, reduce operational costs, and modernize service delivery channels. However, the factors driving IVA adoption and usage, particularly in specific regional contexts such as Portugal, remain underexplored. …”
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Study on permanent deformation properties of construction waste soil under traffic loading by Chenchen Li, Chenchen Li, Chuang Zhang, Hui Weng, Yaodong Qin, Huayu Shang, Junhui Zhang

“…The model can provide a scientific basis for subgrade design and help to select construction parameters reasonably, so as to effectively control the permanent deformation of subgrade and reduce maintenance costs.…”
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