A framework for evaluating EV battery mineral sourcing challenges by Nurcan Kilinc-Ata, Mahelet G. Fikru

“…These strategies could reduce transaction costs and mineral intensities while supporting the scaling of EV adoption.…”
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Barrier Analysis of Flexibilization of Cooling Supply Systems by Dana Laureen Laband, Martin Stöckl, Annedore Mittreiter, Uwe Holzhammer

“…In particular, high investment costs, complex technical implementation, a lack of information, and a complicated legal framework were identified as significant impediments. …”
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Recent advances in nano-targeting drug delivery systems for rheumatoid arthritis treatment by Hanmei Li, Rui Gou, Jiaying Liao, Yao Wang, Rui Qu, Qi Tang, Jingyao Gan, Liang Zou, Sanjun Shi

“…Consequently, these agents must be used at high doses and delivered frequently, thereby increasing costs and the risk of adverse effects. Drug delivery systems, such as nanoparticles, liposomes and micelles, can significantly prolong drug half-life in the body and enable targeted delivery into the joints. …”
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Envisager l’improbable, contourner l’inconcevable : histoires (de fin) de vie en hémato-oncologie pédiatrique montréalais by Sylvie Fortin, Sabrina Lessard, Josiane Le Gall

“…We question shared decision-making (patient/family/physician) and the moral role of clinicians in a context where “spontaneous deaths” rarely occur and where the option of prolonging life at all costs competes with palliative medicine.…”
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On neutron generator applications in Brazil: current panorama and perspectives by José Alípio dos Santos Filho, E. S. Fonseca, C. M. Dias, C. Salata, E. S. Santini, Marco Aurélio de Sousa Lacerda

“…An overview of the utilization of these techniques in Brazil is presented, along with studies on acquisition and start-up costs of neutron-generating equipment and perspectives for future utilization in various areas.…”
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Culturomics: Bringing culture back to the forefront for effective gastrointestinal bacterial capture by Lingxi Chen, Yujie An, Kailang Huang, Junhong Wang, Yuanyuan Zhang, Jiakun Wang

“…However, these methods remain labor-intensive, time-consuming, and costly, similar to traditional culture methods. This review provides an overview of the contributions of culturomics, summarizes procedures for optimizing sample and culture processes, and offers guidance on utilizing metagenomic data to enhance culturomics workflows. …”
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TRENDS OF INNOVATIVE SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE RUSSIAN INDUSTRY by Violetta V. Rokotyanskaya, Alexey N. Gerasimov, Galina V. Sarkisyants

“…In this context tendencies ofindexes of costs of production and sale of production, laborproductivity, capital productivity and indexes of production by the processing and hi-tech types of economic activityare analyzed. …”
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Relationship between radon and oxygen diffusion coefficients in OPC concretes by P. Linares-Alemparte, M. Souto-Allaoui, C. Andrade-Perdrix

“… One of the solutions used to limit radon in buildings is to install membrane-type barriers, a costly solution for large surfaces. As concrete often forms the building envelope with the ground, it is interesting to investigate its performance as a barrier, i.e. its radon exhalation, which depends on the radon diffusion coefficient and thickness. …”
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Selection of Coal Transportation Company Based on Fuzzy SWARA-COPRAS Approach by Ziquan Xiang, Muhammad Hamza Naseem, Jiaqi Yang

“…<i>Background</i>: Coal production and marketing enterprises can significantly reduce transportation costs and improve their competitiveness by choosing appropriate road transportation companies. …”
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Democratization of Crop Irrigation: A Socio-Technical Optimization Approach Using Particle Swarm Optimization by Hasna Elalaoui Elabdallaoui, Youssef Mourdi, Abdelaziz ElFazziki, Mohamed Sadgal

“…It examines how this equitable irrigation approach can contribute to the social economy by improving irrigation efficiency and reducing costs for farmers. This work highlights the socio-economic benefits of this approach and highlights its potential to promote democratic water management particularly for small-scale farmers. …”
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USE OF ELECTRONIC CASE HISTORIES IN OPERATION OF MEDICAL UNITS by I. B. Boltenkova, T. I. Petrenko, N. N. Kurunova, E. S. Zubareva

“…Use of electronic case histories contributes to reduction of labor costs of workers in medical units, provides fast access of medical personnel to information, formalizes data, provides preservation, invariance and reliability of the information entered into electronic case history during the whole period of storage, regulates the access rights and confidentiality, personifies data and allows unifying health data of all Russian population into one pool.…”
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Features of financing of mass sports in Europe at the beginning of ХХI century by Y.P. Michuda, V.N. Zhuliaiev

“…The comparative analysis of models of financing of mass sports in the different countries of Europe on the basis of application of criteria is carried out: 1) level of involvement of the population to sports activities (taking into account membership dues); 2) level of public financing counting on one person; 3) contribution of direct family costs; 4) contribution of volunteer sector.…”
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Performance of Bearings Combining Ceramic and Steel Rolling Elements by Alexander R. Gabelli

“…A balanced ceramic hybrid bearing incorporates an optimal mix of ceramic and steel rolling elements, balancing performance with manufacturing costs, which is crucial for many industrial products. …”
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Development of a comprehensive model for the design of photovoltaic solar public lighting systems in rural and urban areas by Ovidio Rabaza, Francisco Pérez-Ocón, Fernando Aznar-Dols, Daniel Gómez-Lorente

“…While applicable worldwide, a study conducted in Oman validated its effectiveness, revealing that reducing luminaire power does not always lead to lower overall energy consumption or costs. Its key innovation lies in integrating lighting and renewable energy into a single calculation process—unlike traditional methods, which first design the lighting installation and then calculate the battery and PV module requirements separately.…”
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Effect of Eccentric Loading on Shear Load Capacity of Footings. by Mukisa, Fred

“…The findings will contribute to improved design practices, enhanced structural safety, and reduced construction costs.…”
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Activated Lignin for Biodiesel Formation by Amanda Tanner, Melanie Beazley, Michael Hampton

“…Current biodiesel production is costly, in part due to the catalysts added during transesterification and later washed out. …”
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Transformation of Social and Labour Relations in Russia in Digitalization Times by G. L. Podvoysky

“…On the one hand, digitalization fosters a growth in organization efficiency at the expense of cutting transaction costs and optimization of labour processes. At the same time it can lead to serious risks in the sphere of eroding worker’s social capital by reducing intensity of interaction with colleagues, drop in work team cohesion and violations of work-rest balance. …”
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Optimizing Resource-Constrained Project Scheduling Problem considering the Reliability Function by Saeideh Naderi, Mohsen Vaez-Ghasemi, Farzad Movahedi Sobhani

“…Using the provided mathematical model, this research leads to decreasing time and lags, decreasing costs, and increasing reliability in multimode activities.…”
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The Role of Public Institutions for Innovation Support in Brazil by Cláudia Brito Silva Cirani, Carlos Mamori Kono, André Moraes dos Santos, Adalberto Ramos Cassia

“…T he results showed that the investigated companies are interested in using the instruments; however, they face diffic ulties for their adoption, due to excessive bureaucracy, high costs of innovation, and legal i nsecurity.…”
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Interest Rate Liberalization and Firm Leverage in China: Effects and Channels by Caiyun Chen, Xuefei Peng, Liufang Yu

“…Mechanism analysis shows that firms with high information asymmetry enjoy more decline in leverage relative to firms with low information asymmetry, and further, liberalization policy enables the reduction in credit transaction costs, which indicates that the behavior of banks actively collecting corporate information is an important channel that interest rate liberalization impacts firm leverage. …”
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