Diving in at the ‘Bottom End’: The Risk Awareness and Risk Management Practices of Sub £65K Landlords by Andrew Watson

“…The findings suggest that some landlords have relatively low levels of risk awareness, fail to adequately consider risk prior to investing in the PRS, have mixed success in selecting and implementing risk management and mitigation strategies, and incur significant risk-borne costs, which can limit returns.…”
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Mitigating hunger and poverty to enhance food security through investment in cocoyam production by Henry Inegbedion

“…The results reveal that, cocoyam farming will be attractive owing to minimal investment costs and relatively high financial returns. Sustained cocoyam production can significantly reduce hunger, poverty, and food insecurity. …”
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A coherent approach to quantum-classical optimization by Andrés N. Cáliz, Jordi Riu, Josep Bosch, Pau Torrente, Jose Miralles, Arnau Riera

“…In the particular case of large optimization problems, commonly found in real-world use cases, this strategy is almost mandatory to reduce the otherwise unfathomable execution costs and improve the quality of the results. We identify the coherence entropy as a crucial metric in determining the suitability of quantum states as effective initialization candidates. …”
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Design of a Regulated DC Power Supply. by Twinomugisha Jackline

“…The project is guided by the following objectives which are to design a regulated dc power supply that can be used to charge phones, power radio and decoders,To simulate the circuit using multism-, to reduce the costs incurred in having unregulated power flow and to test the circuit. …”
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Stochastic Modeling of Internet Service for Profit Optimization in Uganda by Christopher, Senfuka, Paul, Kizito Mubiru, Maureen, N. Ssempijja

“…Considering customer demand, price and operating costs of internet service, we formulate a finite state Markov decision process model where states of a Markov chain represent possible states of demand for internet service. …”
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Pemanfaatan Internet Of Things (Iot) Dalam Proses Pengeringan Rimpang Dengan Menggunakan Platform Node-Red by Gaguk Suprianto

“…It is hoped that this research will become a reference for the herbal industry that wants to improve product quality with minimum production costs. …”
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A population-based study on the burden of hospitalized pediatric pneumococcal disease in Taiwan before and after the introduction of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine into t... by Ting-An Yen, Jhong-Lin Wu, Chi-Chuan Wang, Ling-Ya Huang, See-Hwee Yeo, Dony Patel, Cindy Thiow Koon Lim, Hung-Wei Lin, Eriko Yamada, Isaya Sukarom

“…Annual hospitalized incidence rate, case fatality rate, and healthcare resource utilization and costs were estimated. Incidence time trends were assessed with interrupted time series analyses. …”
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Comparing robot-assisted vs. laparoscopic proctectomy for rectal cancer surgical and oncological outcomes by Wenpeng Wang, Jia Liu, Jiefu Wang, Jinghao Huang, Junfeng Wang

“…Recurrence rates were lower with RAP (10% vs. 19.4%), though survival outcomes remained similar between RAP and LP (p = 0.253)ConclusionWhile RAP incurs longer operative times and higher costs, it demonstrates superior precision in anatomically complex cases, evidenced by improved CRM status and mesorectal preservation. …”
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Safety and efficacy of robot-assisted percutaneous kyphoplasty under local anesthesia in a day-surgery setting for osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures by Yaming Wu, Yang Yuan, Yi Yin, Yaqin Gong, Yaowei Ye, Li Wu, Lizhen Qian

“…Patients were discharged within 34 ± 4.3 h postoperatively, with mean hospitalization costs of 37,100 ± 4,200 RMB. No 30-day readmissions occurred.ConclusionRobot-assisted PKP under local anesthesia in day surgery demonstrates excellent safety and efficacy for OVCF management. …”
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Ligation of the Pancreatic Stump With Quantified Force During Distal Pancreatectomy for Postoperative Pancreatic Fistula: Protocol for a Single-Center Nonrandomized Controlled Clin... by Lufeng Chang, Jiongxin Xiong, Ming Yang, Yuxin Yang, Tao Peng, Tao Yin, Heshui Wu, Shanmiao Gou

“…Postoperative pancreatic fistula can be a major cause of perioperative morbidity, resulting in prolonged hospital stays and increased health care costs. The management of the pancreatic stump is one of the key factors influencing the occurrence of postoperative pancreatic fistula after distal pancreatectomy, but the optimal management approach remains debatable. …”
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Real-Life Experiences with Telaprevir in the Treatment of Chronic Genotype 1 Hepatitis C — The TEPS Study by T. Berg, P. Buggisch, D. Hueppe, S. Mauss, H. Wedemeyer, G. Teuber, T. Lutz, K. Stein, S. Wegner, H. Hinrichsen

“…Stopping rule application but not shortened treatment reduced therapy costs.Conclusion. The TVR-based therapy represented a breakthrough at that time. …”
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Analysis of the application effect of paraffin oil in mixed hemorrhoids surgery by Gao Piyao, Ma Hui, Zhang Cheng, Gong Zhixin, Qin Weifu, Wei Jianbao

“…It not only hastens the first postoperative bowel movement, reduces hospital costs, and lessens the need for additional analgesics but also mitigates defecation pain (especially with Milligan-Morgan procedure) and bleeding (especially with TST) without inducing electrolyte disturbances in patients.…”
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Economic consequences of noncompliant behavior of patients with chronic renal failure and ways of its correction by Yu. S. Lysenko, O. Yu. Mikita, A. V. Pinchuk, M. Sh. Khubutiya

“…The amount of economic costs for the treatment of patients with chronic renal failure depends on the results of transplantation: the calculation for 1 patient with a favorable outcome is 1,665,110.19 rubles, with an unfavorable outcome – 2,932,078.07 rubles. …”
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Transmission Network Expansion Planning Considering Phase-Shifter Transformers by Celso T. Miasaki, Edgar M. C. Franco, Ruben A. Romero

“…In this way, PS are added in order to redistribute active power flows in the system and, consequently, to diminish the total investment costs due to new transmission lines. Proposed mathematical model presents the structure of a mixed-integer nonlinear programming (MINLP) problem and is based on the standard DC model. …”
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Protocol for interpretable and context-specific single-cell-informed deconvolution of bulk RNA-seq data by Daniele Malpetti, Francesca Mangili, Marco Bolis, Anna Rinaldi, David Legouis, Lorenzo Ruinelli, Pietro Cippà, Laura Azzimonti

“…Summary: Single-cell sequencing provides rich information; however, its clinical use is limited due to high costs and complex data output. Here, we present a protocol for extracting single-cell-related information from bulk RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) data using the pathway-level information extractor (PLIER) algorithm. …”
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Aligning policy for success in developing countries: evidence from the poultry sector of Ghana by Omid Zamani, Craig Chibanda, Mavis Boimah, Collins Asante-Addo

“…Our coherence analysis identifies lowering production costs and enhancing productivity as crucial policy objectives that could positively affect food security and rural development. …”
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A novel ant colony inspection scheme for satellite integrated smart grid by Meng Li, Ting Lyu, Chao Guo, Fuhong Lin

“…The integration of drones with smart grids for transmission line inspections facilitates early detection and mitigation of faults and potential risks, thereby enhancing network resilience while reducing problem-solving costs. To address the inefficiencies, complexities, and high expenses associated with traditional manual inspections, a pre-clustering traveling salesman problem model is developed alongside an unmanned aerial vehicle inspection strategy based on an enhanced ant colony algorithm. …”
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Impact of a Lower Conservation Budget on Road Safety Indices by M. Rojo, H. Gonzalo-Orden, A. Linares, L. dell’Olio

“…In addition, a final economic assessment demonstrates that this reduction in investment had no real economic benefits, especially as the costs of the accidents exceeded the savings in the conservation plans.…”
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Transforming Quality Management with Industry 4.0 Technologies: A Meta-Analytic Review of AI, Blockchain, IoT, and Big Data by SOUAD LAHMINE, FATIMA BENNOUNA

“…Results show that machine learning-based predictive analytics significantly reduce defect rates and production costs, while Blockchain enhances visibility into the supply chain. …”
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Accelerating structure relaxation in chemically disordered materials with a chemistry-driven model by Liying An, Huan Ma, Jinjia Liu, Wenping Guo, Xiaodong Wen

“…It can completely bypass the need for relaxation with ab initio calculations in rigid systems and reduce computational costs by 30% in flexible systems. Leveraging its exceptional structural relaxation capabilities, we have also developed a generalized workflow for screening low-energy structures in disordered materials, aimed at expediting the screening process and accelerating new material discovery.…”
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