Predicting large-scale spatial patterns of marine meiofauna: implications for environmental monitoring by Fabiane Gallucci, Gustavo Fonseca, Danilo C Vieira, Luciana Erika Yaginuma, Paula Foltran Gheller, Simone Brito, Thais Navajas Corbisier

“…We recommend the optimization of sampling design based on our model to reduce costs and increase our understanding of the system. …”
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Effect of Medicaid accountable care on preventable emergency department and hospital admissions: rural-urban heterogeneity by Jangho Yoon, Seungbeen Ghim, Jeff Luck

“…BackgroundAccountable care organizations provide a framework for collaboration among providers and payers to improve patients’ health and care experiences while reducing costs. However, there is limited research on the realization of these benefits for low-income individuals across varying degrees of rurality. …”
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Gut microbiome identifies risk for colorectal polyps by Ezzat Dadkhah, Masoumeh Sikaroodi, Louis Korman, Robert Hardi, Jeffrey Baybick, David Hanzel, Gregory Kuehn, Thomas Kuehn, Patrick M Gillevet

“…A naïve holdout analysis performed on home stool samples resulted in an average false negative rate of 11.5% for the Naïve Bayes and Neural Network models, which was reduced to 5% when the two models were combined.Conclusion Gut microbiome analysis combined with advanced machine learning represents a promising approach to screen patients for the presence of polyps, with the potential to optimise the use of colonoscopy, reduce morbidity and mortality associated with CRC, and reduce associated healthcare costs.…”
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Quality of Prenatal Care and Associated Factors among Pregnant Women at Public Health Facilities of Wogera District, Northwest Ethiopia by Asrat Kassaw, Ayal Debie, Demiss Mulatu Geberu

“…Therefore, promoting focused prenatal care and increasing infrastructure, encouraging maternal education, and compensating for the healthcare costs for women with low household income might enhance the quality of the care.…”
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FEATURES OF THE APPLICATION OF INNOVATIVE TOOLS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF ENTERPRISES IN THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR OF THE ECONOMY by Oleksandr Kondrat

“…For example, precision farming tools can boost crop yields by around 4–6% and reduce input use (water, fuel, agrochemicals), lowering costs and environmental impacts while enabling producers to "do more with less." …”
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Barriers and Facilitators to the Uptake and Maintenance of Healthy Behaviours by People at Mid-Life: A Rapid Systematic Review. by Sarah Kelly, Steven Martin, Isla Kuhn, Andy Cowan, Carol Brayne, Louise Lafortune

“…Barriers that recur across different health behaviours include lack of time (due to family, household and occupational responsibilities), access issues (to transport, facilities and resources), financial costs, entrenched attitudes and behaviours, restrictions in the physical environment, low socioeconomic status, lack of knowledge. …”
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Enriching the diets of young cattle with a natural biologically active feed additive by I. Yu. Kuzmina, L. S. Ignatovich

“…They do not require significant costs for harvesting and preparation for feeding.…”
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Diversification and Economic Growth in Emerging Economies: The Kurdistan of Iraq Experience by Beston M. Qadir, Soran Zaher Abdullah, Hawre L. Majeed

“…At the end of the study, several recommendations are presented, the most important of which is that oil revenues should be used to fund investment projects in exchange for reducing operating costs, which will lead to the development of economic infrastructure in the Kurdistan Region, attention should also be paid to other sectors to increase revenue sources.…”
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Organizational and economic mechanism for developing business processes in the sphere of household services, using the example of the fit service car service chain: an ecosystem ap... by Artem D. Gruzdo

“…In the highly competitive market of consumer services, efficient development of business processes is the basis for improving the quality of service, reducing costs and creating sustainable demand. An ecosystem approach to process management allows not only to optimize current resources, but also to create conditions for partnership and integration with other market participants. …”
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Few-shot relation extraction approach for threat intelligence based on multi-level attention mechanism and hybrid prototypical network by Yushun Xie, Junchi Bao, Rui Zong, Zhaoquan Gu, Haiyan Wang

“…Nevertheless, within the domain of CTI, labeled datasets are limited, and the process of manual labeling incurs substantial costs, rendering it impractical on a large scale. …”
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Parallel strategies for a multi-criteria GRASP algorithm Estratégias de paralelização para um algoritmo GRASP multicritério by Dalessandro Soares Vianna, José Elias Claudio Arroyo, Pedro Sampaio Vieira, Thiago Ribeiro de Azeredo

“…In this problem, a vector of costs is defined for each edge of the graph and the goal is to find all the efficient or Pareto optimal spanning trees (Pareto-optimal solutions). …”
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Assistive technologies for managing language disorders in dementia by Klimova B, Maresova P, Kuca K

“…Furthermore, these ATs can delay the need for institutional care, as well as significantly reduce costs on patient care. The importance of future research in the area of the development of ATs for managing the language impairments in dementia is also discussed. …”
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Advancing smart communities with a deep learning framework for sustainable resource management. by Yongyan Zhao

“…<h4>Results</h4>The deep learning framework demonstrated superior performance, achieving an average reduction of 18.7% in resource consumption and a 16.2% reduction in operational costs. The models outperformed baseline methods, with LSTMs achieving an MAE of 1.8 for water demand prediction and autoencoders detecting anomalies with an F1-score of 95.5%.…”
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Scientific basis for the trainer aircraft anti-g equipment requirements by M. A. Kiselev, S. V. Levitsky, D. V. Moroshkin

“…Thus, complying with the requirements virtually involves additional costs both in the aircraft development and during its operation. …”
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Placement Strategies for Water Quality Sensors Using Complex Network Theory for Continuous and Intermittent Water Distribution Systems by Amrita Namtirtha, K. R. Sheetal Kumar, Sejal Jain, Yogesh Simmhan, M. S. Mohan Kumar

“…Optimization‐based approaches offer better placement but are computationally costly and require detailed knowledge of the WDS. …”
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Valuing and retaining the dental workforce: a mixed-methods exploration of workforce sustainability in the North East of England by Heidi Stelling, Megan Brown, Bryan Burford, Paul Blaylock, Gillian Vance

“…Results Thematic analysis identified four key factors influencing workforce sustainability: careers, collaboration, costs, and contentment. Career development in a supportive learning environment was essential for professional growth and retention, yet systemic barriers hindered progression. …”
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Human fall direction recognition in the indoor and outdoor environment using multi self-attention RBnet deep architectures and tree seed optimization by Awais Khan, Jung-Yeon Kim, Chomyong Kim, Muhammad Attique Khan, Hyojin Shin, Jiyoung Woo, Yunyoung Nam

“…To optimize feature selection and improve classification performance while reducing computational costs, we employed the tree seed algorithm on the self-attention features of 7-RBNet and 9-RBNet self-attention models. …”
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Proposing a precision-enhancing method for sagittal plane alignment during total knee arthroplasty by Jisu Park, Hyeongyu Lim, Chong Bum Chang

“…Since this method does not require any programs and additional costs, it could be a good alternative in situations where robotic-assisted TKA is not available.…”
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Emerging technologies in airway management: a narrative review of intubation robotics and anatomical structure recognition algorithms by Weixiong Chen, Yu Tian, Yingjie Wang, Lili Feng, Mannan Abdul, Shuangshuang Li, Wenxian Li, Yuan Han

“…However, ongoing attention is required to address challenges such as high costs, a shortage of interdisciplinary talent, and ethical concerns related to medical bias and data security. …”
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Determinants of maize irrigators’ intention to adopt water-saving technology in South Africa by Markus A. Monteiro, Yonas T. Bahta, Henry Jordaan

“…These insights suggest that interventions should prioritize raising awareness about the benefits of WSTs, leveraging social networks, and addressing potential barriers such as high upfront costs and technical complexity. By understanding the factors driving WST adoption, targeted strategies (such as awareness campaigns, peer engagement, and reducing financial barriers) can be developed to enhance sustainable water management in similarly stressed environments and contributes to achieving the SDG2, African Union CAADP Strategy and Action Plan: 2026–2035 of ending hunger and poverty and intensifying sustainable food production, agro-industrialization, and trade, respectively.…”
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