Integrated Approach to Optimizing Selection and Placement of Water Pipeline Condition Monitoring Technologies by Diego Calderon, Mohammad Najafi

“…The gradual deterioration of underground water infrastructure requires constant condition monitoring to prevent catastrophic failures, reduce leaks, and avoid costly unexpected repairs. However, given the large scale and tight budgets of water utilities, it is essential to implement strategies for optimal selection and deployment of monitoring technologies. …”
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Autonomous UAV Detection of <i>Ochotona curzoniae</i> Burrows with Enhanced YOLOv11 by Huimin Zhao, Linqi Jia, Yuankai Wang, Fei Yan

“…To address the inefficiency and high costs of traditional pika burrow monitoring, this study proposes an intelligent monitoring solution that integrates drone remote sensing with deep learning. …”
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Embedded feature selection using dual-network architecture by Abderrahim Abbassi, Arved Dörpinghaus, Niklas Römgens, Tanja Grießmann, Raimund Rolfes

“…Feature selection is essential for eliminating noise, reducing redundancy, simplifying computational complexity, and lowering data collection and processing costs. However, existing methods often face challenges due to the complexity of feature interdependencies, uncertainty regarding the exact number of relevant features, and the need for hyperparameter optimization, which increases methodological complexity.This research proposes a novel dual-network architecture for feature selection that addresses these issues. …”
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Optimization of shool education institutions network in Ukraine in conditions of administrative-territorial reform: reasons, regional differences, ways of implementation by Mуkola Baranovskiy, Olga Baranovska

“…It has been proved that the costs of education take a leading place in the overall expenditure structure of local communities but their share (30-40%) is almost the same as in many European countries. …”
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Marxist Perspectives on the Global Enclosures of Social Reproduction by Friederike Beier

“…Feminist scholars use the concept to explain how unpaid care and housework is commodified or de-commodified to integrate women into the paid labour force or to reduce the costs of social reproduction according to the needs of the economy. …”
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Mechanisms for dysregulation of excitatory-inhibitory balance underlying allodynia in dorsal horn neural subcircuits. by Alexander G Ginsberg, Scott F Lempka, Bo Duan, Victoria Booth, Jennifer Crodelle

“…Chronic pain is a wide-spread condition that is debilitating and expensive to manage, costing the United States alone around $600 billion in 2010. …”
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Theoretical substantiation of system for organising preventive treatment of asphalt concrete road pavements by V. V. Petrusevich

“…The article presents an overview of the state of the problem of preventing destruction of asphalt concrete pavements abroad and in the Republic of Belarus, an analysis of the measures taken to implement the developed hydrophobic preventive Protekt-01composition at transport infrastructure facilities, and also, based on the data obtained from production testing a ‘System for organizing preventive treatment’ has been proposed, which will be aimed at preventing the beginning and future destruction of the asphalt concrete pavement of highways and will be based on monitoring the technical condition of the control object, planning, organizing, implementing and managing preventive and repair measures using navigation equipment and software that makes it possible to optimize the balance of costs and road surface defects.Originality. Thus, based on the theoretical substantiation and the results of practical implementation of the developed composition, the following are proposed:- method for ensuring the operation of a control system for liquid road-building materials which enables to eliminate overconsumption of the distributed substance;- ‘System for organizing preventive treatment’, which enables to increase the service life of asphalt concrete pavement by 1.2–1.5 times.…”
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Organizational and Economic Aspects of the State Support of the Enterprises and Organizations of National Defense Industry by Y. V. Mishin

“…The proposals were developed on the basis of the analysis of the specific features of the organization of production and military products manufactured by the defense industry, as well as existing legal documents in the field of state support for investment activities.Conclusions and Relevance: аt the present stage of development of the Russian economy, the state must not only provide support to enterprises and organizations of the defense industrial complex in the form of concessional loans, subsidize interest rates on them, but also finance research and development costs from the federal budget. It should create interest among potential buyers in their acquisition of civilian products not only by economic, but also by administrative methods. …”
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Design and Implementation of an Integrated Underwater Wireless Optical Communication and Ranging System by WANG Jiale, ZHENG Kaiwen, LIAN Jie

“…The separation of traditional communication and sensing modules has led to large device sizes and high costs, which restrict the overall system performance. …”
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Prevalence survey of musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders in the Russian Federation by T. A. Oleynikova, D. N. Pozhidaeva, A. Yu. Oreshko

“…As these disorders are associated with temporary or permanent disability as well as a costly treatment, this socially-significant issue requires close attention. …”
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To What Extent Does Kant's Doctrine of the Highest Good Embody a Realist Orientation Towards Ethics? by Sasha Mudd

“…Through his doctrine of the Highest Good, I argue, Kant shows himself to be concerned with what is required for finite, embodied rational agents to sustain confidence in morality, despite what it costs them in practical alienation. According to this analysis, the transition to moral religion Kant articulates through the Highest Good leaves him at odds with his earlier, constitutivist commitments, and reveals a persistent tension in his ethics between what may be achieved from within the moral standpoint, as this is defined in constitutivist terms, and important practical goods this leaves out. …”
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Dual-Stage Clean-Sample Selection for Incremental Noisy Label Learning by Jianyang Li, Xin Ma, Yonghong Shi

“…This challenge is particularly severe in medical image analysis, where costly, expertise-dependent annotations frequently contain pervasive and hard-to-detect noisy labels that substantially compromise model performance. …”
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Acceptability of Parental Financial Incentives and Quasi-Mandatory Interventions for Preschool Vaccinations: Triangulation of Findings from Three Linked Studies. by Jean Adams, Rebekah J McNaughton, Sarah Wigham, Darren Flynn, Laura Ternent, Janet Shucksmith

“…The qualitative work revealed a consistent belief that financial incentives were not considered an appropriate motivation for vaccinating children. The costs of financial incentive interventions appeared particularly salient and there were consistent concerns in the qualitative work that incentives did not represent the best use of resources for promoting preschool vaccinations. …”
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Impact of joint commission international accreditation on occupational health and patient safety: A systematic review. by Anni Vuohijoki, Leena Ristolainen, Juhana Leppilahti, Sanna-Maria Kivivuori, Heikki Hurri

“…<h4>Conclusions</h4>The impacts of accreditation are significant in underdeveloped than in developed nations where the legal requirements are high. Concerns regarding costs and workload associated with accreditation processes are increasing. …”
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Discerning Financial and Investment Epiphanies: Challenges, Inhibitions, and Global Perspectives - What Secrets Does Research Reveal? by Lulaj Enkeleda

“…Specific influences such as instability in exchange rates, rising production costs, and stability-focused investments were identified. …”
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Integrating Model‐Informed Drug Development With AI: A Synergistic Approach to Accelerating Pharmaceutical Innovation by Karthik Raman, Rukmini Kumar, Cynthia J. Musante, Subha Madhavan

“…ABSTRACT The pharmaceutical industry constantly strives to improve drug development processes to reduce costs, increase efficiencies, and enhance therapeutic outcomes for patients. …”
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The act of abortion due to rape in the view of ath-tabari in kitab jami' al-bayan fi ta'wil Al-qur'an by Eztika Azzahra Aji, Ahmad Zuhri, Husnel Anwar Matondang, Mardian Idris Harahap

“…One will find many people who have abortions because they are driven by fear of being unable to carry the burden of life, educational costs and all matters related to counseling and child care. …”
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A POSSIBILISTIC APPROACH TO CALCULATING THE INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN FOR INVESTMENT PROJECTS WITH FUZZY CASH FLOWS by E. S. Volkova, V. B. Gisin

“…Under uncertainty, the IRR ceases to be uniquely determined even for typical projects (a project is typical if costs precede returns). Under uncertainty, the IRR can take values from a more or less large set of possible values. …”
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The impact of ketamine on cognitive outcomes in geriatric anesthesia: a comprehensive review by Shuyong You, Shuyong You, Zhaohui Li

“…Postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) and postoperative delirium (POD) are frequent complications in elderly surgical patients, resulting in longer hospital stays, higher healthcare costs, and long-term cognitive impairment. Although there is some evidence to support ketamine in decreasing neuroinflammation and maintaining cognitive function, others describe high risks of delirium and hallucination, especially at higher doses.MethodsThis review assessed the existing literature on ketamine’s impact on cognitive outcomes in older anesthesia. …”
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Architectural concretes for 3D construction printing by I. A. Stoletova (Cherepanova), A. A. Volodchenko

“…The conclusions are formulated in which it is noted that for the organization of the production of modern small architectural forms, the technology of 3D construction printing is used, which allows the implementation of complex various spatial forms of products with any level of individualization without increasing costs. The developed molding mixtures confirmed the high efficiency of using weathered quartzite sandstone as part of a composite binder and technogenic sand. …”
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