The validation of the Vietnamese comprehensive score for financial toxicity (COST) in people with chronic disease by Minh Huu Le, Tuyen Thi Hong Nguyen, Minh Cuong Nguyen, Yen Nhi Tran, Ngoc Duoc Lan Tran, Van Lanh Nguyen

“…Objectives: This study aimed to explore the psychometric properties of the Vietnamese comprehensive score for financial toxicity (COST) among people with chronic disease. …”
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A Novel Cost-Effective Unmanned Ground Vehicle Platform for Robotics Education by Clyde Sanmig Domin D. Corpuz, Gilroy A. Cuaycong, Raffaello Giuliano D. Diño, Raphael C. Estacio, Gregg Angelo C. Señar, Alvin Y. Chua

“…This study demonstrates a novel unmanned ground vehicle platform suitable for educational robotics that is cost-effective, modular, and utilizes 3D-printed components. …”
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WCN24-2020 KIDNEY STONES IN HOT CLIMATES: INCIDENCE AND TREATMENT COSTS by Karen Courville SNI, Maydelin Pecchio, Norman Bustamante

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Productivity costs of cardiovascular disease mortality across disease types and socioeconomic groups by Hannah Elizabeth Carter, Deborah Schofield, Rupendra Shrestha

“…The magnitude of these costs highlights the scope for investments in effective healthcare interventions to provide positive economic returns and may assist decision makers in allocating resources among competing priorities.…”
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Cost-Effective Triboelectric-Assisted Sensory Actuator Designed for Intelligent Robot and Exoskeleton by Haowen Liu, Yusong Chu, Yudong Zhao, Guanyu Zhu, Xuan Li, Minglu Zhu, Tao Chen

“…Joint actuators are the key components in the innovation and iterative optimization of the robots, with a significant impact on both the performances of robots and manufacturing costs. Conventional industrial collaborative robots often use high-precision position and torque sensors, which are not cost-effective or energy-efficient in specific applications like assistive exoskeletons, legged robots, or wheeled robots. …”
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Household cost of accessing contraceptive services among women in Urban communities in Ghana. by Caesar Kaba Kogoziga, Desmond Dzidzornu Otoo, Raphael Kwasi Gborgbortsi, Richmond Owusu, Serwaa Akoto Bawua

“…This study explored the costs incurred by women seeking contraceptive services in urban communities by estimating the direct, indirect, and intangible costs in Ghana.…”
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Low-cost, synthetic model for training and simulation of open and semi-open rhinoplasty by Arthur Antunes Coimbra Pinheiro Pacífico, Bárbara Matos de Carvalho Borges, Anna Letícia Silveira Parnaíba, Marco Antônio de Lucena Furtado, Samy Lima Carneiro, Mateus Pinheiro Fernandes Feitosa Arrais, Davi Sousa Garcia

“…Although it requires skill for its manufacture, it has characteristics such as low cost, which favor its dissemination among medical schools. …”
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Faber-Schauder Wavelet Sparse Grid Approach for Option Pricing with Transactions Cost by Shu-Li Mei

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Life cycle cost of communication towers: identification and hierarchical classification of influencing factors by Jing Zhang, Yang Wang, Qianyi Xu, Hongshuai Gao

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Safety and medical cost effectiveness of preventive treatment of children with latent tuberculosis infection by O. D. Baronova, V. A. Aksenova, N. I. Klevno, V. S. Odinets, O. V. Pilipenko

“…The objective: to assess the safety and medical cost effectiveness of different LTBI treatment regimens in children and adolescents.Subjects and methods. 205 children in the age from 6 to 17 years old with latent tuberculosis infection were included in the study: The main (prospective) group included 31 children who were treated with isoniazid and rifapentine (HRpt). …”
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Cost of Production for Fresh Market Grapefruit Grown in Indian River, 2017/18 by Ariel Singerman

“… This 4-page fact sheet written by Ariel Singerman and published by the UF/IFAS Food and Resource Economics Department presents the cost of production per acre for growing fresh grapefruit in the Indian River region during 2017/18. …”
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A Low-Cost, Self-Powered, Plantar Pressure Distribution Sensing Insole by Abdo-Rahmane Anas Laaraibi, Gurvan Jodin, Mario Costanza, Damien Hoareau, Samuel Margueron, Nicolas Bideau, Florence Razan

“…This paper presents a low-cost, low-power and self-powered wearable intelligent pressure monitoring system based on flexible piezoresistive sensors. …”
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Low Cost Safety Data Storage and Processing Framework Under Cloud Environment by Limin Zhang

“…Experimental results show that the proposed method is scalable to big matrices while requiring low client-side costs.…”
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Developing capacity in identifying cost-effective interventions to prevent and reduce obesity in China by Angela M. Jackson-Morris, Suying Chang, Christina L. Meyer, Guansheng Ma

“…Investment cases combine a review of intervention evidence, policy landscape assessment, and economic modelling to identify cost-effective interventions suited to a specific context. …”
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Saponins enhance the stability and cost-efficiency of human embryonic stem cell culture by Jingyi Shi, Mei Wu, Shi Fang, Zhuo Liu, Huihui Liu, Ying Zhao, Linlin Liu, Zhicheng Shao

“…Despite establishing of chemically defined hESC culture media over the past decade, these media's reliance on growth factors, which are costly and prone to degradation, poses a challenge for sustained and stable cell culture. …”
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Efficient Schemes for Optimizing Load Balancing and Communication Cost in Edge Computing Networks by Efthymios Oikonomou, Angelos Rouskas

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Effect of controlled availability fertilizers on increasing fertilizer efficiency and decreasing labor costs by MA Jun-wei, HE Nian-zu, CHEN Jun, XIA Chao-ming

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Cost–Benefit Framework for Selecting a Highway Project Using the SWARA Approach by Omar Shabbir Ahmed, Khalid S. Al-Gahtani, Ayman Altuwaim

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Kidney Beam-A Cost-Effective Digital Intervention to Improve Mental Health by Sharlene A. Greenwood, Juliet Briggs, Christy Walklin, Emmanuel Mangahis, Hannah M.L. Young, Ellen M. Castle, Roseanne E. Billany, Elham Asgari, Sunil Bhandari, Nicolette Bishop, Kate Bramham, James O. Burton, Jackie Campbell, Joseph Chilcot, Nicola Cooper, Vashist Deelchand, Matthew P.M. Graham-Brown, Lynda Haggis, Alexander Hamilton, Mark Jesky, Philip A. Kalra, Pelagia Koufaki, Kieran McCafferty, Andrew C. Nixon, Helen Noble, Zoe L. Saynor, Maarten W. Taal, James Tollitt, David C. Wheeler, Thomas J. Wilkinson, Hannah Worboys, Jamie Macdonald

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Low-cost and high-efficiency automated tensiometer for real-time irrigation monitoring by Arthur C. Sanches, Christopher de O. Alves, Fernanda L. F. de Jesus, Fagner L. Theodoro, Thiago A. C. da Cruz, Eder P. Gomes

“…This study aimed to develop and calibrate a low-cost automated tensiometer with high efficiency in irrigation control, based on real-time monitoring. …”
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