Exploring the role of an underground logistics system in enhancing Swiss intermodal freight by Mariana de Almeida Costa, Ihab Kaddoura, Annick Noll, Merlin Unterfinger, Miloš Balać, Francesco Corman

“…Additionally, the study examines the effects of varying costs and tolerance for delays on modal shares. By emphasising the importance of terminal infrastructure, network expansion, and coordinated mechanisms, the findings offer valuable insights into enhancing the efficiency, competitiveness, and sustainability of Switzerland’s intermodal freight system in response to future demand scenarios.…”
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Federated learning for sustainable IoT appliance load monitoring at the edge devices by Gitanjali Wadhwa, Yuvaraj Natarajan, K. R. Sri Preethaa, M. P. Gopinath, M. Shyamala Devi

“…Abstract Non-intrusive Appliance Load Monitoring (NALM) is an essential technique that enables the tracking of household appliances’ electricity usage, promotes eco-friendly practices, and reduces energy monitoring costs. However, NALM implementation can be challenging due to privacy concerns, particularly in real-world applications. …”
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The recycling of construction waste asphalt mixes – study case by Mengya Jiang, Xiaoqing Cai

“…Currently, CW is mostly concrete waste, so it is integrated with asphalt mixtures to prepare new types of recycled asphalt, extending the service life of asphalt roads, reducing construction costs and environmental damage. The experimental results show that the optimal asphalt to aggregate ratio of Recycled Concrete Aggregate (RCA) asphalt mixtures is between 4% and 5%. …”
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Optimizing guest experience in smart hospitality: Integrated fuzzy-AHP and machine learning for centralized hotel operations with IoT by Sinan Andan Diwan

“…Hotels need Intelligent Systems that enhance efficiency, reduce operational costs, and provide better amenities with adequate service to stay competitive. …”
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Blockchain-Enabled Privacy-Preserving Ecosystem for DNA Sequence Sharing by Thi-Thanh-An Nguyen, Yu-Heng Hsieh, Ching-Hsi Tseng, Yu-Chen Lin, Shyan-Ming Yuan

“…Experimental results from a prototype implementation indicate that the system achieves a throughput of up to 10–20 transactions per second for identity and access operations while incurring acceptable on-chain costs (≈1.3 million gas to deploy contracts and 400–800 k gas per user registration). …”
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Social Determinants of Health and Health Confidence: A Cross-Sectional Study by Laura Truman PhD, Patricia Calero MA, Caroline Etland PhD, Razel B. Milo PhD, Cynthia D. Connelly PhD

“…Introduction Research shows low health confidence predicts poor involvement in self-care and is associated with increased use of costly healthcare services. To improve overall health and reduce health inequities, the relevance and urgency of identifying the relationship between social determinants of health and health confidence are great. …”
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Comparison of DNA Extraction Methods Between Conventional, Kit, Alkali and Buffer-Only for PCR Amplification on Raw and Boiled Bovine and Porcine Meat by Arif Yahya, Marindra Firmansyah, Annisa Arlisyah, Rio Risandiansyah

“…However, PCR is both costly and laborious, particularly in DNA isolation method. …”
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Systematic approach to cross-contamination risk management in the production of medicinal products by A. A. Dzerzhinskaya, A. A. Spiridonova, E. G. Khomutova

“…Therefore, the transition to the current GMP requirements for operating production sites may require significantly higher financial and labor costs than for projected production facilities.Aim. …”
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Uma nova abordagem para o problema dial-a-ride A new approach for the dial-a-ride problem by Geraldo Regis Mauri, Luiz Antonio Nogueira Lorena

“…The model deals with a static problem and includes several distinct cases such as heterogeneous or homogeneous fleet of vehicles, multi or single depot and a multi-objective function that treats transportation costs and customer inconveniences by using penalties. …”
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PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP IN NUCLEAR ENERGY: THE USA EXPERIENCE by Yu. V. Chernyakhovskaya, D. L. Korolkov

“…Based on the research findings, three fundamental components of a successful PPP for NPP projects were identified: guaranteed return on investments as a result of the stable and receptive market of energy sales at long-term fixed rates and stable costs of energy generation by nuclear power plants, actually independent of the uranium market situation; a solid national nuclear energy support policy implemented in specific support programs; a proactive approach of Vogl NPP shareholders. …”
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RESPON PERTUMBUHAN DAN HASIL TANAMAN JAGUNG (Zea mays L.) DI TANAH PASIRAN AKIBAT PEMBERIAN PUPUK UREA BERPELAPIS BIOCHAR by Slamet Supriyadi, Fahmi Arief Rahma, Siti Erika

“…Implicatively, corn cob biochar-coated urea has the potential to replace conventional urea with a 20% lower dosage without compromising productivity, thereby reducing production costs and environmental pollution risks due to N leaching. …”
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Development and assessment of fly ash and metakaolin blended geopolymer concrete incorporating expanded vermiculite for masonry units by Moegamat Tashriq Bhayat, Adewumi John Babafemi, Wibke De Villiers

“…Overall, despite higher costs, the AMUs provide sufficient strength, durability and offer a sustainable alternative to conventional masonry.…”
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RiceChain-Plus: an enhanced framework for blockchain-based rice supply chain systems-ensuring security, privacy, and efficiency by Bello Musa Yakubu, Abdullah Abdulrahman Alabdulatif, Pattarasinee Bhattarakosol

“…Performance assessments show that RiceChain-Plus surpasses existing benchmark models, achieving the lowest average execution costs (44,634 gas), reduced energy consumption (9.38828E−05 J), higher throughput (0.071201 transactions/s), faster execution (44.5 ms), and quicker transaction times (14.045 s), while also improving scalability. …”
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Replacing a Reading Comprehension Textbook with an OER: A Case Study Examining Benefits and Drawbacks for Developmental Students at Wor-Wic Community College by Jenny McFadden

“…By eliminating the pricey textbook, students saved well over $20,000 in textbook costs in year one alone. With the OER still in use, this case study explores potential impacts on student learning outcomes by comparing quantitative data sources gathered from sections taught before and after I began designing my course around the LibreTexts platform. …”
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Scientific support to RZD Holding’s strategic tasks implementation by B. M. Lapidus

“…In 2015 and in the mid-term future, the key directions of researches aimed to support JSC RZD efficiency growth would be as follows: feasibility evaluation of development directions for bundled transport/logistics services and of innovative technical facilities needed for their efficient implementation, including robotics and overall automation systems; scientific support for strategic planning use in the railway sector; design of innovative rolling stock types able to improve the carrying capacity of railway lines and development of respective manufacturing technologies employing the latest system of automatic train operation, automatic braking and integrated safety systems able to decrease the risks of traffic accidents and emergencies; development of innovative materials, machines, instruments and technologies for infrastructure operation and repairs aimed to decrease the life cycle costs and to improve the mechanized tools reliability; improvements to environmental friendliness and energy consumption efficiency in the railway sector and development of scientifically grounded recommendations on how to improve traffic capacity and how to control operations over railway lines with considerations to the planned labeling the lines by classes. …”
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Quantifying and mitigating bias and increased variability when using large-scale estimates of forests for subdomains by Jordan Golinkoff, Mauricio Zapata-Cuartas, Emily Witt, Adam Bausch, Donal O’Leary, Reza Khatami, Wu Ma

“…By doing so, this approach can reduce the costs for forest landowners and can therefore help to increase the impact of these market-based forest carbon offset programs on forest conservation and climate change mitigation.…”
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THE LEGAL NATURE OF THE REMUNERATION TO THE GUARDIAN OF THE ADULT INCAPACITATED CITIZENS by M. Sedelnikova, A. Puzyreva

“…Meanwhile, the reduction of costs for the implemen-tation of the social functions of the state should not take place to the detriment of the content component.In the scientific literature there is no unanimity of views on the legal nature of the payments made by the trustees for the performance of such duties. …”
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Successive increases in the resistance of Drosophila to viral infection through a transposon insertion followed by a Duplication. by Michael M Magwire, Florian Bayer, Claire L Webster, Chuan Cao, Francis M Jiggins

“…These results demonstrate that strong selection by parasites for increased host resistance can result in major genetic changes and rapid shifts in allele frequencies; and, contrary to the prevailing view that resistance to pathogens can be a costly trait to evolve, the pleiotropic effects of these changes can have unexpected benefits.…”
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Educate African Americans with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) on the importance of daily foot self-care to prevent the development of diabetic foot ulcers (DFU): a quality improvement proj... by Eldon Thompson, Amanda Hundley

“…Researchers have shown that approximately 0.03%–1.5% of diabetic patients need LLA, a costly and preventable complication. Hence, lack of education on the importance of safe routine foot care, such as lack of basic diabetic foot self-care awareness, walking without proper foot protection, delayed foot care and inappropriate care can negatively augment the pathological changes and lead to severe complications such as DFU, LLA and foot deformity. …”
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Digitalization of the Financial Activities of Platform Companies: Competitive Potential and social Impact by V. P. Bauer, V. V. Eremin, M. V. Ryzhkova

“…The authors conclude that the basis of the competitive success of platform companies is their ability to expand the scale of activities (as a result of optimizing various types of assets), to minimize costs by involving external users in the process of creating added value, and cross-platform cooperation. …”
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