Optimizing appliance scheduling for utility and budget in smart energy systems under inclining block rate tariffs by Ahmed Shaban, Mohamed Salhen, Mohamed A. Shalaby, Tamer F. Abdelmaguid

“…Smart energy management is critical for reducing household electricity costs and addressing rising demand. While appliance scheduling is often explored under dynamic pricing schemes, this study demonstrates its effectiveness under Inclining Block Rate (IBR) tariffs—commonly used in developing countries and currently applied in Egypt. …”
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Plasma/Serum Electrolyte and Metabolite Testing on Blood Gas Analyzer ABL837, a New Application by Vera Y. Chen, Rachel Fullarton, Yu Chen

“…<b>Background</b>: Core laboratory chemistry analyzers typically use plasma and serum samples, while blood gas instruments use whole blood for electrolyte and metabolite tests. Due to high costs to back up the core lab chemistry analyzers, especially in the remote small community hospitals, we have verified the interchangeability of serum/plasma electrolytes and metabolites on blood gas instruments (GEM4000 and Radiometer ABL90) vs. chemistry analyzers. …”
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Analysis of real-time energy transfer possibilities at intersections with consideration of energy storage by Marcin Koniak, Piotr Jaskowski, Radovan Madleňák, Jurijus Zaranka

“…The final choice of energy storage technology will depend on local conditions, such as space availability, investment costs, and market availability. …”
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Post-acute asthma exacerbation care: are we following patients up timely or are we harming them? by Jayden Patel, Irem Karatas, Siva Mahendran

“…Introduction: Asthma is the most common lung condition in the UK, affecting 4.3 million adults and costing the NHS £1.1 billion annually.1 Uncontrolled asthma is a major cause of admission to hospital and, in England alone, it led to 34,800 admissions in 2022–2023.2 Of these, 26% were associated with readmission within 90 days, presenting an urgent unmet clinical need.3British Thoracic Society (BTS) guidance and best practices are to review patients within 28 days of their discharge to help optimise asthma management and prevent readmission. …”
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Developing a Prediction Model for Real-Time Incident Detection Leveraging User-Oriented Participatory Sensing Data by Md Tufajjal Hossain, Joyoung Lee, Dejan Besenski, Branislav Dimitrijevic, Lazar Spasovic

“…Traditional methods relying on stationary technologies are often costly and provide limited coverage, prompting the exploration of crowdsourced data such as Waze. …”
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Modelling the fatigue damage in power components using machine learning technology by Stoyan Stoyanov, Razia Sulthana, Tim Tilford, Xiaotian Zhang, Yihua Hu, Xingyu Yang, Yaochun Shen, Yangang Wang

“…However, from an end-user point of view, the deployment of such high-fidelity modelling is not straightforward as it requires comprehensive device and material characterisation data that is not readily available through technical datasheets and must be gathered using costly and time-consuming bespoke characterisation tests and access to metrology instruments. …”
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Innovative Technologies and Technical Means for Industrial Nursery Farming by A. A. Zavrazhnov, A. Yu. Izmaylov, A. I. Zavrazhnov, Ya. P. Lobachevskiy, V. Yu. Lantsev

“…The use of high-level technical means of SUVES, VP-1.5 and AP-1.5 with replaceable technological modules increases the level of mechanization by an average of 30 percent, signifi cantly reduces labor costs – up to 20 percent, and improves working conditions for operating staff .…”
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Integration of Remote Sensing and GIS for Urban Sprawl Monitoring in European Cities by Stavros Kalogiannidis, Konstantinos Spinthiropoulos, Dimitrios Kalfas, Fotios Chatzitheodoridis, Fani Tziampazi

“…Also, an increase in traffic congestion (36%) and housing costs (28%) were other socio-economic issues. The tested decision support framework proved efficient for scenario modeling and predictive spatial analysis for sustainable urban growth. …”
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Public Medical Appeals and Government Online Responses: Big Data Analysis Based on Chinese Digital Governance Platforms by Hebin Li, Zhihan Liu, Ziyan Zhang, Lu Ping, Wenxin Gu, Yuan Yao

“…Specifically, for textual features, taking the epidemic issue as the reference category in the appeal theme, the PPPPPPPPPPPP=..PPP<.PP ConclusionsPublic medical appeals exhibit 5 defining characteristics: urgency induced by pandemic conditions, connections to fertility policy reforms, tensions between the efficacy and costs of medical services, challenges related to cross-regional insurance coverage, and a predominance of negative sentiment. …”
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Upcycling waste glass bottles as a binder within engineered cementitious composites (ECCs): Experimental investigation and environmental impact assessment by Avik Kumar Das, Jiacheng Xiao

“…GP-ECC and SBM-GP-ECC mixes achieved notable reductions in CO2 (∼8–10 %) emission and costs other ecological impacts, but such effects is a function of the location outperforming normal concrete and GP-concrete by up to 100x in tensile and durability properties. …”
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Super-Resolution for Renewable Energy Resource Data with Wind from Reanalysis Data and Application to Ukraine by Brandon N. Benton, Grant Buster, Pavlo Pinchuk, Andrew Glaws, Ryan N. King, Galen Maclaurin, Ilya Chernyakhovskiy

“…This GAN-based downscaling method additionally reduces computational costs over dynamical downscaling by two orders of magnitude. …”
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Evaluation of the user experience for a point of care molecular test for causes of vaginitis by Barbara Van Der Pol, Rebecca Lillis, Irving Nachamkin, Stephen Young, LaShonda Crane, Jacqueline Brown, R. Lamar Parker, Alice Weissfeld, Xiaohong Liu, Christina Huang, Aarthi Raman

“…Abstract Background Vaginitis is a major cause of healthcare visits in the US, costing over $1.2 billion annually. Point-of-care (POC) nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) could improve accuracy of diagnosis and treatment during initial visit for vaginitis compared to send-out NAATs. …”
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Prostate specific antigen — brief update on its clinical use by Christiaan F. Heyns, André van der Merwe

“…Doctors run the risk of litigation for failure to diagnose cancer at a curable stage, while patients run the risk of being diagnosed with non-significant cancer, incurring costs and possible complications without any survival benefit. …”
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The Relationship Between Lower Limb Biomechanics and Muscle Strength With Non-Specific Low Back Pain by Kotryna Žaltauskaitė, Vilma Juodžbalienė

“…The rising incidence of low back pain (LBP) poses a challenge in terms of pain-related healthcare costs and reduced work capacity. The main researched causes of LBP are such sociocultural and demographic aspects as sedentary work and age. …”
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Machine learning enables legal risk assessment in internet healthcare using HIPAA data by Shixian Liu, Hailing Liu, Siyu Fan, Leming Song, Zeyu Wang

“…Firstly, the data are sourced from the HIPAA database, encompassing various data types, such as medical records, patient personal information, and treatment costs. Secondly, to address missing values and noise in the data, preprocessing methods such as denoising, normalization, and feature extraction are employed to ensure data quality and model accuracy. …”
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FIREWOOD QUALITY OF Eucalyptus spp. CLONES FOR AGROINDUSTRY SUPPLY IN MATO GROSSO, BRAZIL by Vinicius Trombini Jambers, Camila Nunes Amorim, Camila Mendes Campos, Leonardo Lopes da Rocha, Angélica de Cassia Oliveira Carneiro, Ana Márcia Macedo Ladeira Carvalho, Aylson Costa Oliveira, Bárbara Luísa Corradi Pereira

“…Additionally, a case study was conducted considering firewood consumption and costs for drying corn and soybeans. The bark percentage ranged from 5.00 to 11.04%. …”
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Comparative Validation of Laser Scanning and Traditional Measurement Methods for Tunnel Convergence by HU Guojin, XIA Caichu, NI Shihao, WU Ting, LI Hangtian

“…［Objective］ Although traditional single-point measurement methods offer high accuracy in metro tunnel monitoring, their high labor, material, and financial costs limit economic benefit maximization, difficult to meet the monitoring needs of modern metro tunnels. …”
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Factors Associated with Mortality of Intensive Care Unit Patients with Acute Kidney Injury at Cipto Mangunkusumo National Central General Hospital by Aida Lydia, Ruth V Rebecca, Rudyanto Sedono, Arif Mansjoer

“…Background: the incidence of acute kidney injury (AKI) in intensive care units is associated with increased mortality, post AKI morbidity and high treatment costs. Research on factors related to mortality of AKI patients in intensive care units in Indonesia, especially Cipto Mangungkusumo General Hospital has never been done. …”
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Current Non-Invasive Imaging Techniques Used in the Diagnosis of Adenomyosis by Vlăduț Săsăran, Claudiu Mărginean, Lucian Pușcașiu

“…Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examination presents higher diagnostic specificity and sensitivity, can assess the endometrial and myometrial layers in detail, but its use has been shadowed by costs and significantly longer examination time. …”
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Integrated development of LNG import and new power systems in China by Xuguang XIE

“…Objective China's LNG import sector is facing challenges arising from low reserve capacities, limited capabilities in balancing market supply and demand, and elevated import costs. Concurrently, the development of new power systems in China confronts the "dual-high" bottleneck, characterized by significant proportions of renewable energy sources and power electronic equipment.Consequently, this bottleneck leads to power supply setbacks, including intermittency, randomness, and a lack of sufficient moments of inertia. …”
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