Tsaregradskaya Yu.K. Financial control as a factor of effective public procurement management by V. V. Kikavets, Yu. K. Tsaregradskaya

“…The authors emphasize the priority method: financial controlling of public procurement allows using the risk-based approach to minimize the role of the "human factor" in public procurement and reduce the costs of organizing controls and maintaining a large staff of financial control bodies.…”
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Development of a behaviour change intervention to increase care home staff influenza vaccination uptake by Amrish Patel, Sion Scott, Alys Wyn Griffiths, David Wright

“…Results: The prioritised barriers were: lack of time to get vaccinated; insufficient vaccine supplies; vaccination costs; a lack of peers getting vaccinated and beliefs that staff do not need vaccination and that it is ineffective. …”
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Advanced AI-driven detection of cinnamon powder adulteration using near-infrared spectroscopy and deep learning image recognition technique by Hao-Hsiang Ku, Ya-Chuan Liao, Ching-Ho Chi

“…Due to the complexity of its origin, production, and processing, particularly for Cinnamomum verum, it commands a relatively high market price. To reduce costs, some manufacturers may adulterate cinnamon powder with nut-based powders. …”
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Bridging the gap: whole blood and plasma in prehospital hemorrhagic shock resuscitation by John B Holcomb, Donald H Jenkins, Matthew J Levy, Frances X Guyette

“…While liquid plasma has a limited shelf life, dried plasma offers extended storage capability at room temperature for up to 2 years, presenting a logistically favorable option for emergency medical service (EMS) systems. Costs vary significantly between formulations, ranging from US$40 to US$100 for liquid plasma to US$700 to US$1500 for dried plasma. …”
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Advancements in artificial intelligence and machine learning for poultry farming: Applications, challenges, and future prospects by Muhammad Halim Natsir, Wayan Firdaus Mahmudy, Mochamad Tono, Yuli Frita Nuningtyas

“…Challenges such as limited infrastructure, high initial costs, and digital illiteracy among smallholders hinder broader adoption. …”
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Impact of occupancy behavior on building energy efficiency: What’s next in detection and monitoring technologies? by Wenjie Song, John Calautit

“…Finally, economic feasibility considerations such as installation costs and associated energy savings achieved through occupancy-driven heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC ) optimization are crucial for large-scale implementation. …”
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Evaluation of MRI-based synthetic CT for lumbar degenerative disease: a comparison with CT by Ziwei Jiang, Yuhang Zhu, Wei Wang, Zongbao Li, Yunxi Li, Mengchao Zhang

“…Abstract Patients with lumbar degenerative disease typically undergo preoperative MRI combined with CT scans, but this approach introduces additional ionizing radiation and examination costs. To compare the effectiveness of MRI-based synthetic CT (sCT) in displaying lumbar degenerative changes, using CT as the gold standard. …”
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Characterizing the neighborhood risk environment in multisite clinic-based cohort studies: A practical geocoding and data linkages protocol for protected health information. by Ariann Nassel, Marta G Wilson-Barthes, Chanelle J Howe, Sonia Napravnik, Michael J Mugavero, Deana Agil, Akilah J Dulin

“…This protocol can be implemented by study staff who do not have prior training in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and can help minimize the operational costs of integrating geographic data into public health projects.…”
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Criteria for the selection of railway stations for the placement of freight terminals for handling “Cold Express” container trains by D. Yu. Romenskiy, K. I. Shvedin, A. M. Nasybullin, M. V. Romenskaya

“…The approach is based on the principle of minimizing costs and maintaining the operational parameters of the reconstructed railway stations while implementing the principles of container logistics. …”
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Management of water scarcity in arid areas: a case study (Ziz Watershed) by Ismail Elhassnaoui, Zineb Moumen, Manuela Tvaronavičienė, Mohamed Ouarani, Mohamed Ben-Daoud, Issam Serrari, Ikram Lahmidi, M.A.S. Wahba, Ahmed Bouziane, Driss Ouazar, Moulay Driss Hasnaoui

“…Additionally, this study has pointed out that the installation of a hydropower plant is an opportunity to produce clean electrical energy and generate an income enough to cov-er different costs related to dam management and maintenance. …”
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Exploring the diversity and antimicrobial potential of actinomycetes isolated from different environments in Saudi Arabia: a systematic review by Noof Refat Helmi

“…However, challenges in actinomycete research persist, including difficulties in culturing rare strains, limited genomic characterization, and high production costs. Recent advancements, such as genome mining, metagenomics, AI-driven bioinformatics, and CRISPR-based gene activation, offer promising avenues for unlocking novel antimicrobial compounds. …”
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Physical property-aware multi-UAV spatial coordination for energy-efficient mobile edge computing by Fengling Huang, Xuqi Su, Quanbao Wang, Fusen Guo

“…Results demonstrate that our approach significantly reduces system operating costs while maintaining effectiveness and stability, highlighting its potential for large-scale UAV-assisted MEC applications.…”
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FACTORS OF REGIONAL ECONOMIC SECURITY by L. S. Arkhipova, I. V. Gorokhova

“…During the last two decades The Russian Federation experienced a serious external pressure on the part of western countries, including the impact of unfair competition on global commodity markets and sectional costs. At the same time global geo-political space is undergoing changes too. …”
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STAND FOR TEMPERATURE SURFACE EVALUATION OF FRAGMENTS OF NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS AND ITS IMITATORS by V. V. Lobunov, A. I. Kuharenko, T. V. Borbotko, L. M. Lynkov

“…Research in the field of development of natural environments imitators that used for thermal cloaking of military machinery always connected with high material costs due to big sizes of cloaking objects. In this way we decided to create laboratory stand and methodic for obtaining data about temperature surface of fragments of natural environments and its imitators affected by the electromagnetic radiation of the optical wavelength range. …”
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Increased Azimuth Resolution by Extrapolating the Antenna Array Aperture Function by Least Squares Linear Prediction Estimation Using Autoregressive Model Coefficients by V. V. Vladimirov

“…The technical characteristics under consideration can be improved by making changes to the dimensions of the receiving antenna array (AA); however, such changes lead, as a rule, to unjustified engineering and financial costs. In practice, space-time signal processing is carried out using conventional superresolution methods, which, although increasing the resolution of the station, decrease the rate of delivery of observation results to the operator due to an additional computational load. …”
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Grading explanations of problem-solving process and generating feedback using large language models at human-level accuracy by Zhongzhou Chen, Tong Wan

“…The entire grading and feedback generating process costs roughly $5 per 100 student answers, which shows immense promise for automating labor-intensive grading process through a combination of machine grading with human input and supervision.…”
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The Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative and Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding programs: applying the Non-adoption, Abandonment, Spread, Scale up, Sustainability (NASSS) health te... by Andini Pramono, Julie Smith, Jane Desborough

“…These policy and clinical level steps can reduce the misalignment of costs and benefits of BFHI and Ten Steps implementation. …”
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Residential solar adoption—main determinants and the future of small-scale photovoltaics by Severin Reissl, Luis Sarmiento, Johannes Emmerling

“…Alternative scenarios demonstrate the critical role of technology costs, electricity prices, and feed-in tariffs in driving adoption. …”
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Lifestyle factors related to prevalent chronic disease multimorbidity: A population-based cross-sectional study. by Jacobien Niebuur, Judith M Vonk, Yihui Du, Geertruida H de Bock, Gerton Lunter, Paul F M Krabbe, Behrooz Z Alizadeh, Harold Snieder, Nynke Smidt, Marike Boezen, Eva Corpeleijn

“…<h4>Background</h4>Multimorbidity is associated with poor quality of life, polypharmacy, health care costs and mortality, with those affected potentially benefitting from a healthy lifestyle. …”
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Blue hydrogen in the United Kingdom – A policy &amp; environmental case study by Alexander Oburoh, Adekunle Oke, James Njuguna, Muhammad Younas

“…This was followed by a sensitive analysis embracing steam and oxygen consumption and methane leakages, the ability of the facility meeting the low carbon hydrogen standard, economics, and the externality-priced production costs that embody the environmental impact. A gate-to-gate LCA shows that the Acorn hydrogen plant must aim at carbon capture rates of >90 ​% to meet the set UK target of 20 gCO2e/MJLHV. …”
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