SoK: Delegated Security in the Internet of Things by Emiliia Geloczi, Felix Klement, Patrick Struck, Stefan Katzenbeisser

“…However, due to limits on performance and bandwidth, IoT devices are often not powerful enough to execute, e.g., costly cryptographic algorithms or protocols. This limitation can be solved through a delegation concept. …”
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Automated Anomaly Detection in Blast Furnace Shaft Static Pressure Using Adversarial Autoencoders and Mode Decomposition by Xiaodong Sun, Jie Zhu, Bing Tang, Zhaohui Jiang

“…Traditional rule-based methods and manual inspections suffer from high labor costs and inconsistent standards. This article proposes a new unsupervised anomaly detection framework that combines adversarial autoencoder with variational mode decomposition (VMD). …”
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Evaluating and mapping spatial drought in northeast Thailand: utilizing analytic hierarchy process and random forest algorithms by Zahid Naeem Qaisrani, Jaturong Som-ard, Savittri Ratanopad Suwanlee, Surasak Keawsomsee, Nudthawud Homtong, Sarawut Ninsawat, Asadullah, Ali Nawaz Mengal

“…Drought is a recurring and costly natural disaster that affects all climate zones, posing significant challenges to agriculture and livestock. …”
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Design and Testing of a Self-Propelled Fork-Tooth Harvester for Medicinal Plant Rhizomes by Long Wang, Wei Sun, Luhai Zhang, Ming Zhao, Petru A. Simionescu

“…To address the challenges of manually excavating deep-rooted medicinal herbs in the cold and arid regions of northwest China, such as low efficiency, high costs, and difficulties with mechanized methods, a self-propelled fork-tooth digger was developed for use in hilly and mountainous terrains. …”
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Impact of pegging the CFA franc to the euro on terms of trade and economic growth in the franc zone by Bin Joachem Meh, Jean Cedric. Kouam, Ntoubia Larissa Ngapmen, Denis A. Foretia

“…Policymakers must carefully weigh the benefits of improved terms of trade against the costs of reduced economic growth when considering whether to maintain the CFA franc's peg to the euro.…”
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Endpoints in Heart Failure Drug Development by Aliza Hussain, Arunima Misra, Biykem Bozkurt

“…The development of effective drug and/or device therapy is crucial to mitigate the significant morbidity, mortality and healthcare costs associated with HF. The choice of endpoint in clinical trials has important practical and clinical implications. …”
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Improving the wear resistance of guides: tribological analysis, surface texture and lubricants by O.V. Dykha, V.O. Dytyniuk, O.S. Kovtun, V.O. Fasolia, M.V. Hetman

“…The results obtained can be used to improve the designs of high-precision mechanical systems and reduce operating costs.…”
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Examining the Relationship between the Economy and Energy in the European Union Using Multivariate Statistical Methods by Viktória Erőss, Imre Dobos, Tamás Pálvölgyi

“…Economic growth, which is the focus of nations' central objectives, is causing significant environmental costs and damage (Chou et al., 2023). Fossil energy use contributes to economic growth but is also a major source of carbon emissions and accelerating rates of climate change, requiring governments to balance spending on economic growth with sustainable energy management (Bhuiyan et al., 2022). …”
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Commentary: benefits and challenges of cellularized scaffolds for treatment of volumetric muscle loss by Indranil Sinha, Ali Tamayol

“…Inclusion of any cell types, however, results in increased costs, potential delay treatments, and vastly increased regulatory hurdles. …”
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Prospects for the use of a membrane refrigeration unit for the production of cold as an alternative to absorption by M. V. Shamarov, E. G. Stepanova, A. V. Kolinko, A. M. Shamarov

“…The use of separation processes in membrane apparatuses for the production of cold in mixed refrigeration machines, as an alternative to absorption refrigeration machines, will ensure a more stable process for obtaining refrigerant from the mixture, reduce material costs for the production of a refrigeration unit and increase the energy efficiency of a refrigeration unit operating on mixed components.…”
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Research on Asphalt Pavement Surface Distress Detection Technology Coupling Deep Learning and Object Detection Algorithms by Hong Zhang, Yuanshuai Dong, Yun Hou, Xiangjun Cheng, Peiwen Xie, Keming Di

“…To address the challenges posed by the vast scale of highway maintenance in China and the high costs associated with traditional inspection vehicles. …”
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Lean layout design: a case study applied to the textile industry by Ana Paula Lista, Guilherme Luz Tortorella, Marina Bouzon, Sherif Mostafa, David Romero

“…Main findings Some of the expected results include costs reduction handling, organic growth elimination, unnecessary movements reduction and less arrangement adjustments. …”
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Technoeconomic and thermodynamic aspects of the edge cutting machining optimization by Anatoliy A. Ryzhkin, Juliya A. Oleynikova, Denis V. Moiseev, Evgeniy V. Fominov

“…The proposed analytical dependence allows selecting the optimum condition using calculations without costly wear resistant experiments.…”
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Solid-State Lithium Batteries: Advances, Challenges, and Future Perspectives by Subin Antony Jose, Amethyst Gallant, Pedro Lechuga Gomez, Zacary Jaggers, Evan Johansson, Zachary LaPierre, Pradeep L. Menezes

“…Cutting-edge manufacturing techniques are also being explored to improve production efficiency and reduce costs. With continued advancements, solid-state lithium-ion batteries are poised to become integral to next-generation technologies, including electric vehicles and wearable electronics.…”
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Transforming group gathering stations into green hydrogen facilities for net-zero goals: a short review by Hari Pavan Sriram Yalamati, Hema Srivastava, Ranjith Krishna Pai, Gayettri Dixit, Rohit Srivastava

“…In the present scenario, hydrogen production costs are higher due to various factors; one such factor is determining the best location for hydrogen production. …”
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Flexible robust optimization for Renewable-only VPP bidding on electricity markets with economic risk analysis by Hadi Nemati, Pedro Sánchez-Martín, Lukas Sigrist, Luis Rouco, Álvaro Ortega

“…This paper investigates the joint participation of Renewable-only Virtual Power Plants (RVPPs) in the energy and reserve markets while considering the imbalance costs in the balancing market. Existing research on robust optimization typically relies on the well-known parameter called the uncertainty budget to define the level of conservatism. …”
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Efficient Inorganic Stabilization Materials for Chromium and Arsenic Pollution in Water and Soil by Anqi Wang, Zhiwen Dang, Yibo Wang, Hui Fan, Shiding Miao

“…Conventional remediation techniques face challenges including high costs, prolonged remediation cycles, limited durability, and secondary contamination risks. …”
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Simulation of electroplating process and influence mechanism for repairing inner and outer surfaces of a gold cup based on COMSOL multiphysics by Lifeng Ding, Chukun Qiao, Linhua Zhang, Qiang Li, Peiyu Gao, Jinhao Niu, Jiahao Zhang, Hongmei Dong

“…Conventional restoration of metallic cultural relics often faces challenges due to procedural complexity and high costs. This study presents a COMSOL Multiphysics–based simulation approach to optimize the electroplating restoration of gold artifacts, establishing a digital conservation framework. …”
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Adherence to antihypertensive therapy is a way to improve cardiovascular prognosis by H. D. Kosmacheva, O. G. Kompaniets, G. G. Petrik, A. О. Agafonova

“…Recently published data have been demonstrated that the triple SPC of amlodipine/indapamide/perindopril, compared with free combinations of the same components, already after one year of therapy helps to increase adherence to therapy and reduce the risk of cardiovascular outcomes and patient costs…”
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Evaluating Housing Policies for Migrants: A System Dynamics Approach to Rental and Purchase Decisions in China by Yi Jiang, Jiahao Guo, Chen Geng, Xiuting Li, Jichang Dong

“…The results indicate that RPPs significantly improve housing quality and reduce costs for migrants by mitigating institutional disparities and market distortions. …”
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