Comparative Analysis of the Effectiveness of the Budget Funds Use at the Regional Level by E. A. Rechkina, A. M. Terekhov, Zh. G. Popkova

“…The budget of the Murmansk Region is characterized by a significant reduction in the debt burden, which reduces the share of public debt servicing costs, and the ratio of the amount of public debt to the expenditures of the regional budget by the end of 2021 approached zero. …”
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High-voltage defibrillator unit with increased energy output from a controlled capacitor storage by E. E. Gorokhov-Miroshnikov, G. V. Slyusarev

“…The obtained results can be used to create a new generation of mass-produced defibrillators with better therapeutic capabilities and reduced production costs.…”
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Reasonable access to brief behavioural insomnia treatment among medical and psychiatric outpatients (RABBIT): a multicentre randomised controlled trial protocol by Toshi A Furukawa, Kenta Matsumura, Masatsugu Sakata, Makie Nagai, Hiroku Noma, Hitomi Oi, Jun Shigematsu, Shun Nakajima

“…Introduction Insomnia is a significant global health issue associated with substantial economic costs. International guidelines recommend cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) as the first-line treatment for chronic insomnia; however, pharmacotherapy remains more common in clinical practice. …”
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Exploring Isochrysis galbana Biomass Formats: Effects on Live Prey Oxidative Status and Lipid Profiles for Their Potential Use in Aquaculture Larval Nutrition by Ana Galindo, José A. Pérez, Annia Mora, Diana B. Reis, Eduardo Almansa, Ignacio A. Jiménez, Maria Carmo Barreto, Marianna Venuleo, Nieves G. Acosta, Covadonga Rodríguez

“…However, in-house microalgal cultures are costly, prone to contamination, and require complex harvesting. …”
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Simplifying Two-Stage Object Detectors for On-Board Remote Sensing by Jaemin Kang, Hoeseok Yang, Hyungshin Kim

“…Experiments conducted on state-of-the-art two-stage detectors, such as Oriented-RCNN and LSKNet, demonstrate that our method reduced computation costs up to 58.1% while achieving a 1.6%p increase in average accuracy on the DOTAv2.0 dataset. …”
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Diabetes knowledge, risk and severity perceptions, lifestyle behaviours and management barriers among Sub-Saharan African immigrants living in the UK: an ethnographic study by Love Onuorah, Julie Santy-Tomlinson, Peter Draper

“…Difficulty navigating the healthcare system, time and costs prevented use of healthcare services. Conclusion Culturally structured and targeted interventions to raise diabetes knowledge, risks and severity perceptions and the benefits of effective management of type 2 diabetes will decrease perceived barriers to achieve desired outcomes. …”
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Statistical analysis of individual participant data meta-analyses: a comparison of methods and recommendations for practice. by Gavin B Stewart, Douglas G Altman, Lisa M Askie, Lelia Duley, Mark C Simmonds, Lesley A Stewart

“…Although one-stage models offer a flexible environment for exploring model structure and are useful where across study patterns relating to types of participant, intervention and outcome mask similar relationships within trials, the additional insights provided by their usage may not outweigh the costs of statistical support for routine application in syntheses of randomised controlled trials. …”
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A review on Linear Fresnel Reflector (LFR) as a solar line concentrator in polygeneration for low-medium temperature applications among the rural livelihoods by Sanju John Thomas, Sudhansu S. Sahoo, Sheffy Thomas, Ajith Kumar G, Mohamed M. Awad

“…Rural electrification is exhaustive, costly, and lacks paybacks while renewable energy interventions are policy-influenced usually taking a top-down approach. …”
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Global carbon emission governance and green trade: the moderating role of political stability and trade diversity by Mengyao Guo, Yiniu Cui, Zizhuo Li, Jingjing Wang, Shuo Qiao

“…In contrast to traditional trade, green trade fully considers the social costs of production, investment, and export following economic activities, building upon environmental governance and protection. …”
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Aplicação da modularidade na indústria automobilística: análise a partir de um levantamento tipo survey Survey research on the application of modularity in the automotive industry... by José Antonio Carnevalli, Paulo Augusto Cauchick Miguel, Mario Sergio Salerno

“…Regarding automotive assemblers, the main benefit of adopting modularity is linked to the outsourcing of some activities to suppliers, transferring fixed costs to them. Concerning suppliers, the main benefit is the partnership increase with customers, such as exclusive supply and the development of new organizational competencies.…”
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Customer active power consumption prediction for the next day based on historical profile by Ahmad A. Goudah, Mohamed El-Habrouk, Dieter Schramm, Yasser G. Dessouky

“…<p>Energy consumption prediction application is one of the most important fields<br />that is artificially controlled with Artificial Intelligence technologies to maintain<br />accuracy for electricity market costs reduction. This work presents a way to build<br />and apply a model to each costumer in residential buildings. …”
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An econometric model for crop water footprint assessment by V. Niccolucci, M. Meffo Kemda, M. Marchi, G. Cai, C. Montefrancesco, S. Parri, A. Di Noi, E. Alberti

“…Accurately estimating evapotranspiration is complex and costly, yet it is essential for determining crop water needs. …”
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Medicare Under Age 65 and Medicaid Patients Have Poorer Bowel Preparations: Implications for Recommendations for an Early Repeat Colonoscopy. by Bryan B Brimhall, Sam C Hankins, Vineel Kankanala, Gregory L Austin

“…<h4>Conclusions</h4>Understanding the reasons for the higher rate of a suboptimal bowel preparation in Medicare < 65y and Medicaid/CICP patients and reducing this rate is critical to improving colonoscopy outcomes and reducing healthcare costs in these populations.…”
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DEPENDENCE OF DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION OF COMMERCIAL DAMAGES DUE TO POSSIBLE EARTHQUAKES ON THE CLASS OF SEISMIC RESISTANCE OF A BUILDING by Hanzada R. Zajnulabidova, Alexander M. Uzdin, Tatiana M. Chirkst

“…The task of optimising the reinforcement costs is solved by using the density distribution function for seismic effects of varying intensity, taking into account the degree of building responsibility. …”
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Clinical Predictors of Hospital-acquired Pneumonia Associated with Acute Ischemic by Alexis Suárez Quesada, Ezequiel López Espinosa, Noelsis García Verdecia, Miguel Ángel Serra Valdés

“…<strong>Background:</strong> hospital-acquired pneumonia is a constant challenge given the current microbiological spectrum, antimicrobial resistance together with its high mortality, morbidity and hospital costs. <br /><strong>Objective:</strong> to identify the clinical predictors of pneumonia associated with acute ischemic stroke. …”
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Development and Validation of a Method for Determining Deferasirox in Human Blood Plasma by HPLC-UV by P. A. Karpova, T. N. Komarov, O. A. Archakova, D. S. Shchelgacheva, A. V. Suvorova, N. S. Bagaeva, P. K. Karnakova, I. E. Shohin

“…In this connection, there is a need to develop a method that allows quantifying deferasirox in human blood plasma with minimal time and resource costs as part of a pharmacokinetic study.Aim. The aim of this study is to develop a method for quantitative determination of deferasirox in human blood plasma by high performance liquid chromatography coupled with ultraviolet detection (HPLC-UV) for further bioequivalence studies.Materials and methods. …”
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Hypodermoclysis in Palliative Care by Alen Breček, Romana Bastalić, Andreja Oković, Marta Čivljak

“…Its advantages include ease of application, lower costs, and the potential for use in home settings, allowing patients to remain in a familiar environment. …”
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Advancing Spike Sorting Through Gradient‐Based Preprocessing and Nonlinear Reduction With Agglomerative Clustering by Mohammad Amin Lotfi, Fatemeh Zareayan Jahromy, Mohammad Reza Daliri

“…Method Unsupervised mathematical methods in spike sorting possess an advantage over supervised machine learning and deep learning models as they require no training and involve lower computational costs. The spike‐sorting methodology comprises two key steps: data preprocessing and spike classification. …”
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SMART DELAY PREDICTION: SUPERVISED MACHINE LEARNING SOLUTIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS by Pramodini Sahu, Dillip Kumar Bera, Pravat Kumar Parhi, Meenakshi Kandpal

“…The findings show that ensemble-based delay prediction models have the potential to reduce the uncertainties related to projects, control delays, schedule resources efficiently, and ultimately improve the infrastructure project efficiency in costing and timely project completion.…”
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Revisiting the Role of Intravitreal Triamcinolone in Diabetic Macular Edema: 12-Month Outcomes after Bevacizumab Failure by Sukhum Silpa-archa, Variya Nganthavee, Peranut Chotcomwongse, Pawas Lalitwongsa, Paisan Ruamviboonsuk

“…Abstract Introduction Refractory diabetic macular edema (DME) is challenging in resource-limited settings, where costly alternatives such as non-bevacizumab anti-vascular endothelial growth factors (VEGFs) and corticosteroid implants are inaccessible. …”
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