Dual-Alignment CLIP: Task-Specific Alignment of Text and Visual Features for Few-Shot Remote Sensing Scene Classification by Dongmei Deng, Ping Yao

“…However, labeling of large annotated remote sensing datasets is costly and time consuming, which limits the applicability of CNNs for real-world. …”
Get full text

Classification of regimes determining ultrasonic cavitation erosion in aqueous solutions containing dissolved air by Dingkang Xia, Jianhua Wu, Kunpeng Su

“…However, cavitation erosion of acoustic horn tips poses a significant challenge due to reduced treatment efficiency and increased operational costs. Since the air dissolved in liquids not only affects sonochemical yields but also complicates ultrasonic cavitation erosion, the quantitative analysis of dissolved air affecting cavitation erosion is required. …”
Get full text

Enhancing Engineering and STEM Education With Vision and Multimodal Large Language Models to Predict Student Attention by Luis Marquez-Carpintero, Diego Viejo, Miguel Cazorla

“…The research is structured into two phases: the first phase optimizes image frequency and computational costs using MLLMs, while the second phase trains VLMs on classroom data to identify visual cues, including gaze direction and head movement. …”
Get full text

Antimicrobial resistance in foodborne pathogens: consequences for public health and future approaches by Pooja Chavan, Rahul Vashishth

“…Longer hospital stays, higher medical costs, and an increase in death rates are the results of this. …”
Get full text

Public Attention Index of Air Pollution Exposure from PM2.5 in Thailand by Pailin Suntigul, Sittidaj Pongkijvorasin

“…The findings indicate a statistically significant positive relationship between public attention, PM2.5 pollution levels, willingness to pay for PM2.5 reduction, and economic and social costs associated with PM2.5. The PAI_PM2.5 index serves as a valuable tool for policymakers, offering a data-driven method to align public perceptions with the true severity of pollution issues. …”
Get full text

An Effective Feature Extraction Method for Tomato Leafminer - Tuta Absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) Classification by Tahsin Uygun, Serhat Kiliçarslan, Cemil Közkurt, Mehmet Metin Ozguven

“…While excessive use of insecticides harms human health and environmental pollution, it also increases production costs, causes changes in the genetic structures of pests, causing them to become more resistant, and makes agricultural control difficult. …”
Get full text

Biomechanical risk factors for rotator cuff syndrome in high-risk occupations: A prospective study protocol. by Angelica E Lang, Kenzie B Friesen, Josh Lawson, Prosanta Mondal, Niels Koehncke, Soo Y Kim, Philip Chilibeck

“…RCS negatively impacts quality of life and comes with high costs to the individual and society through time loss of work or healthcare usage. …”
Get full text

Shared Operation of a Barrage Jammer and Reference Signal Sources for Determining Ground-Based Radio Transmitters Operating via Geostationary Relay Satellites by R. D. Gall

“…The method proposed in this paper makes it possible to achieve a relatively high accuracy when determining the geolocation of ground-based radio emission sources in the Earth’s regions of interest, at the same time as involving no organizational and financial costs for the installation of a large number of reference stations.…”
Get full text

Changing use of surgical antibiotic prophylaxis in Thika Hospital, Kenya: a quality improvement intervention with an interrupted time series design. by Alexander M Aiken, Anthony K Wanyoro, Jonah Mwangi, Francis Juma, Isaac K Mugoya, J Anthony G Scott

“…There were marked reductions in the costs associated with antibiotic use, the number of intravenous injections performed and nursing time spent administering these.…”
Get full text

ON THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF THE COORDINATION BODY FOR THE EXTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROL OF MEGA PROJECTS WITH MIXED PARTICIPATION by A. M. Korolev

“…The so-called mega-projects characterized by high investment costs and providing a long-term multiplier effect on the socio-economic sphere require the biggest efforts and as such are of great significance. …”
Get full text

Impact of Aggregate Characteristics on Frictional Performance of Asphalt-Based High Friction Surface Treatments by Alireza Roshan, Magdy Abdelrahman

“…While Epoxy-based HFSTs are widely applied, they present limitations such as compatibility issues with existing pavements, high installation and removal costs, and durability concerns tied to substrate quality. …”
Get full text

Efficacy and safety of tranexamic acid in reducing hidden blood loss during unilateral total knee arthroplasty: a retrospective study by Luo Liangliang, Huang Wei, Zhang Tao, Pan Pin, Hu Lianying

“…These findings suggest that TXA is a safe and effective strategy for managing blood loss in TKA, potentially improving patient outcomes, reducing healthcare costs, and optimizing resource utilization.…”
Get full text

Analysis of the Possibility of Using CO₂ Capture in a Coal-Fired Power Plant by Łukasz Mika, Karol Sztekler

“…With the use of computer simulations, relevant information can be obtained, eliminating the need for costly tests on actual systems. A model of a reference power unit and CO₂ separation system based on adsorption methods was developed in the IPSEpro environment. …”
Get full text

Enhancing Forensic Analysis of Construction Project Delays Through Digital Interventions by Serife Ece Boyacioglu, David Greenwood, Kay Rogage, Andrew Parry

“…Further development is needed, but the results could ultimately streamline the FDA process and minimise the uncertainties in FDA outcomes, thus reducing the incidence of costly disputes to the wider economic benefit of the industry generally.…”
Get full text

The Political Economy of Development in Post-Saddam Iraq: Political Turn or Reproduction of Limited Access Order by Hamed Kazemi, Farhad Daneshnia, Amir Mohammad Haji-Yousefi

“…On the other hand, the historical situation after the fall of Saddam has been associated with the reproduction of the past Institutional heritage, the intensification of rent-seeking, the expansion of personal relationships, and finally, the inequality in the distribution of incomes, the increase in exchange costs and the development of a fragile order in this country. …”
Get full text

Public Policy Measures to Manage Nutrition-Related Health Risks by N. A. Grechushkina

“…Modern diets characterized by high consumption of ultra-processed foods and reduced physical activity are leading to poor health outcomes and increased premature mortality, as well as higher health care costs. This requires that governments implement more effective models of public management in the field of nutrition which require evaluation of the impact of each management tool, as well as their cumulative effects.Objective. …”
Get full text

Tuberculosis in migrant populations. A systematic review of the qualitative literature. by Bruno Abarca Tomás, Christopher Pell, Aurora Bueno Cavanillas, José Guillén Solvas, Robert Pool, María Roura

“…This was further aggravated by indirect costs such as losing a job, being evicted by a landlord or not being able to attend school.…”
Get full text

Benchmarking 21 Open-Source Large Language Models for Phishing Link Detection with Prompt Engineering by Arbi Haza Nasution, Winda Monika, Aytug Onan, Yohei Murakami

“…Additionally, our analysis highlights smaller models (7B–27B parameters) offering strong performance with substantially reduced computational costs. This study underscores the practical potential of open-source LLMs for phishing detection and provides insights for effective prompt engineering in cybersecurity applications.…”
Get full text

The Effect of Health Insurance on the Number of Hospital Admission Days in Iran by Peyman PesarakLoo, anis nikravan, leila riahi

“…Conclusion: The result showed that having supplementary insurance has increased the chance of increasing the number of hospitalization days, and this could indicate that major medical insurance reduces health costs, and subsequently, people use more health services. …”
Get full text

Presenting and evaluating a new empirical relationship for estimating the rate of infiltration in trenches by Mojtaba Hassanpour, Hossein Khozeymehnezhad, Abalfazl Akbarpour

“…Given its accurate performance, this equation provides a reliable initial estimate of the leakage rate, thereby helping to reduce costs and save time.…”
Get full text