Quality of the Development of Traumatic Brain Injury Clinical Practice Guidelines: A Systematic Review. by Anjni Patel, Mateus Mazorra Coelho Vieira, John Abraham, Nick Reid, Tu Tran, Kevin Tomecsek, João Ricardo N Vissoci, Stephanie Eucker, Charles J Gerardo, Catherine A Staton

“…Stakeholder involvement, Applicability, and Editorial independence remain weak and insufficiently described specifically with piloting, addressing potential costs and implementation barriers, and auditing for quality improvement.…”
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Where to cool off: a geospatial framework for placement of cooling centers by Bandana Kar, Paula Perez, Shannon Meade, Thomaz Carvalhaes

“…The results revealed that (i) access to cooling centers varies across cities and 32.2–50.7% of centers are within walking distance of the most vulnerable populations, (ii) vulnerable populations exposed to Urban Heat Island (UHI) effects are more likely to experience energy burden, and (iii) about 21.2–49.4% of population with high energy burden have access to these centers. …”
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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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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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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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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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Economic Efficiency of Table Grape Production in Waterberg and Sekhukhune Districts, Limpopo Province, South Africa by Naume Maponya, Isaac Oluwatayo

“…Again, economic efficiency ranges from 0.56 to 1, with a mean of 0.73, an indication that most of the farmers were economically efficient. …”
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TWO SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS: CONCRETE PAVEMENT DAMAGE AND REPAIR FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF DESIGN OPTIMIZATION (BIM MODELING) AND MODIFIED CONCRETE MATERIALS by Maria Serhiivna Barabash, Shao Meiyu

“…There are a number of ways of solving these problems, the most frequently used and effective of which is the use of computer software for computational simulation of the road construction environment, monitoring and modification of concrete materials. …”
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Wine growers’ propensity to adopt digital precision farming technologies: integrating risk attitudes to the Technology Acceptance Model by Adriano Biondo, Giuseppina Rizzo, Giuseppina Migliore, Antonino Galati

“…Additional barriers include high costs, lack of training and compatibility with traditional practices. …”
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American struggle for global leadership and the strategic options of Serbia by Lišanin Mladen

“…Such behavior, as well as the conditions of increased complexity of foreign policy determinants from the system and regional levels, have consistently incentivized Serbia to opt for the strategy of hedging, in order to compensate the costs incurred in some areas by gains in others. …”
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A Blockchain-Based E-Healthcare System With Provenance Awareness by Lianshan Sun, Diandong Liu, Yang Li, Danni Zhou

“…Doctors from various departments also struggle to access the most relevant EHRs necessary for a precise understanding of patients’ medical histories. …”
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Leveraging building permit data for large-scale embodied carbon assessment of residential building construction by Santiago Zuluaga, Shoshanna Saxe

“…However, dwellings added through the most GHG-intensive renovations exceeded the emissions of newly built units in up to 40% of cases in large multi-unit buildings. …”
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Interventions to reduce social isolation and food insecurity in older adults: a systematic review by Keya Sen, Clemens Scott Kruse, Michael Mileski, Zo Ramamonjiarivelo

“…Promising interventions included commensality programs, food service apps, and technology supported community engagement, though barriers such as limited digital literacy, high costs, and infrastructure gaps persist.ConclusionThe review underscores the need for integrated interventions as the global older adult population grows. …”
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Analysis of product range of microcontrollers for creation of elements of home automation by Oleksandr Vdovichenko, Artem Perepelitsyn

“…This reduces the required efforts and costs at the initial stages of prototyping such systems, as well as during the porting to new microcontrollers and integrated environments of an already existing project.…”
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Application of Extra-Trees Regression and Tree-Structured Parzen Estimators Optimization Algorithm to Predict Blast-Induced Mean Fragmentation Size in Open-Pit Mines by Madalitso Mame, Shuai Huang, Chuanqi Li, Jian Zhou

“…Blasting operations produce either boulders or fine fragments, both of which increase costs and pose environmental risks. As a result, predicting the mean fragmentation size (MFS) distribution of rock is critical for assessing blasting operations’ quality and mitigating risks. …”
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Predicting asphaltene precipitation during natural depletion of oil reservoirs by integrating SARA fractions with advanced intelligent models by Behnam Amiri-Ramsheh, Sara Sahebalzamani, Reza Zabihi, Abdolhossein Hemmati-Sarapardeh

“…Determining asphaltene precipitation experimentally is time-consuming and costly. Thus, it is essential to find fast and precise techniques for determining asphaltene precipitation. …”
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Developing a multivariable prediction model to support personalized selection among five major empirically-supported treatments for adult depression. Study protocol of a systematic... by Ellen Driessen, Orestis Efthimiou, Frederik J Wienicke, Jasmijn Breunese, Pim Cuijpers, Thomas P A Debray, David J Fisher, Marjolein Fokkema, Toshiaki A Furukawa, Steven D Hollon, Anuj H P Mehta, Richard D Riley, Madison R Schmidt, Jos W R Twisk, Zachary D Cohen

“…<h4>Background</h4>Various treatments are recommended as first-line options in practice guidelines for depression, but it is unclear which is most efficacious for a given person. Accurate individualized predictions of relative treatment effects are needed to optimize treatment recommendations for depression and reduce this disorder's vast personal and societal costs.…”
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ALTERNATIVE FARM PLANS FOR VAGETABLE FARMERS A HIGHER PROFIT MARGIN AND EFFICIENCY IN USING OPTIMUM RESOURCE STYLE ASSALAMEYYAH REGION AS AMODEL by Salim Al-Nua’imi, Sura Sa’il Abed Al-Ugaidi

“…The test included raising the costs of the productive requirements at a rate (10%). …”
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Practices and attitudes of dentists regarding the use and phase-out of dental amalgam fillings: compliance with EU regulations and the Minamata Convention by Vanja Usenik, Davor Kontić, David Kocman, Milena Horvat

“…Amalgam use varied the most in adult clinics, influenced by clinical needs, patient preferences, and systemic barriers related to reimbursing costs for alternative materials not covered by health insurance until recently. …”
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Distance Education: Parents' Perception by M. A. Abramova, R. V. Kamenev

“…The study is based on systematic and activity-based approaches that consider parents as one of the most important factors in improving the effectiveness of distance learning. …”
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