Sand Improvement by Surface Percolation Method Using Urease-Containing Substance Extracted from Soybean Seed by Amirreza Pirghazani, Hooshang Katebi, Hossein Samadi Kafil, Ahmad Fahmi

“…Purchasing the extracted and purified commercially available plant-derived urease for the sand improvement is costly. The plant-derived urease-containing crude extract (enzyme substance) is cheaper than purified (commercial) urease. …”
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Real‐time estimation of olive flounder growth in indoor aquaculture using cameras combined with a grid by Hang Thi Phuong Nguyen, Myoungjae Jun, Hieyong Jeong

“…Abstract Estimating fish growth in real time has many benefits for indoor aquaculture farms, such as saving labor time and costs, reducing water pollution during feeding, improving feeding activity and determining when to harvest. …”
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Updating Categorical Soil Maps Using Limited Survey Data by Bayesian Markov Chain Cosimulation by Weidong Li, Chuanrong Zhang, Dipak K. Dey, Michael R. Willig

“…Updating categorical soil maps is necessary for providing current, higher-quality soil data to agricultural and environmental management but may not require a costly thorough field survey because latest legacy maps may only need limited corrections. …”
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Pursuing Urban Liveability with Nature-Based Solutions. A Multi-Faceted Strategy Towards Sustainability by Silvia De Nardis

“…Created to deal with the costs of climate change, ecosystem degradation and biodiversity loss, they soon became a multi-faceted strategy via which to tackle societal challenges. …”
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Enhancing diabetes risk prediction through focal active learning and machine learning models. by Wangyouchen Zhang, Zhenhua Xia, Guoqing Cai, Junhao Wang, Xutao Dong

“…This method aims to overcome common challenges, such as poor performance on minority classes and limited generalization, by enabling more efficient data utilization and reducing labeling costs. The experimental results demonstrated that our approach significantly improved the evaluation metrics for diabetes risk prediction, achieving an accuracy of 97.41% and a recall rate of 94.70%, clearly outperforming traditional models that typically achieve 95% accuracy and 92% recall. …”
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Leveraging Deep Learning and Convolutional Neural Network for Digital Waste Image Classification by Fauzan Naufal Anis, Sukmasetya Pristi, Nuryanto Nuryanto

“…Baseline sorting techniques are costly in labor, time, and resources. This paper looks at the application of CNNs for the automated sorting of wastes to enhance speed, capacity, and precision. …”
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Maggot Mass Effect on the Development and Survival of Forensically Important Blow Flies by Akomavo Fabrice Gbenonsi, Leon Higley

“…Key findings revealed density-dependent developmental patterns, with 1000 larvae representing a threshold where thermoregulatory benefits balance competition costs. Temperature gradients showed edge-to-center differentials up to 5.2 °C, yet high-density masses exhibited prolonged development despite warmer microclimates due to hypoxia and waste accumulation. …”
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Online platforms in the system of modern international digital trade by T. Sosnov, A. Pasko

“…At the present stage of the development of international trade, online platforms have a defining impact on its development, as new business models appear, on the basis of which it becomes possible to significantly reduce marginal costs and increase productivity. The relevance of the problems investigated in the article increases as the format of international trade changes, when in a recession, new tools are needed to raise the efficiency of export-import operations between countries. …”
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EXPENSE AND LOSSES OF PETROLEUM, OIL AND LUBRICANTS FOR MOBILE AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY by Z. A. Godzhaev, Yu. N. Sapyan, V. A. Kolos, M. I. Gorshkov

“…If a number of traktors in the fleet with the limit-exceeding service life is more than 60 percent, then the carrying costs for the equipment in good operating condition increases 1.8 times, the petroleum, oils and lubricants (POL) consumption rises 1.5 times. …”
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Does High-Speed Rail Promote Enterprises Productivity? Evidence from China by Xuehui Yang, Shanlang Lin, Jiaping Zhang, Minghua He

“…High-speed rail (HSR) is often claimed to bring different regions and cities closer together by shortening travel times, which can reduce the costs and increase enterprises productivity to promote a sustainable economy. …”
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Design insights from dementia caregivers and therapists for a therapeutic music app by Jennifer Rae Myers, Chelsea S. Brown, Esteban Roa

“… There are over 6.5 million Americans living with dementia, with as many as 98% experiencing costly neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) such as apathy and agitation. …”
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Research on Multi-Task BEV Perception Algorithm Based on LiDAR for Autonomous-Rail Rapid Trams by YAO Gang, LONG Teng, LI Cheng, YUAN Xiwen, LI Peijie, WANG Yuyi

“…This paper proposes a novel multi-task bird's-eye-view (BEV) perception algorithm based on LiDAR, taking into account the operational scenarios of autonomous-rail rapid trams and the implementation costs of perception solutions. This algorithm employs a deep learning approach and integrates point cloud object detection and semantic segmentation into a single multi-task network. …”
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Methodology for Assessing and Implementing Financial Technologies in Kazakhstan by Zh. S. Almabekova, G. N. Jaxybekova

“…The results indicate a significant impact of FinTech, including a 30% reduction in transaction costs, an increase in non-cash payment share from 45% to 83%, an increase of more than 200% in the number of active mobile banking users, and an increase from 52 points to 78 in satisfaction levels. …”
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A Collaborative Navigation Model Based on Multi-Sensor Fusion of Beidou and Binocular Vision for Complex Environments by Yongxiang Yang, Zhilong Yu

“…The innovative fusion approach enables unprecedented reliability for autonomous robot inspection in high-voltage environments, offering significant practical value in reducing human risk exposure, lowering maintenance costs, and improving inspection efficiency in power industry applications. …”
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Food restriction in larviculture of Colossoma macropomum (Cuvier, 1818) reared in varying salinities by Arminda Alexandre BANGO, Lucas Pedro GONÇALVES JUNIOR, Thiago Mendes de FREITAS, Iracimar Batista do CARMO, Lorena Ianka Pontes da SILVA, Ana Carolina Nogueira MOURA, Juliana Tomomi KOJIMA

“…Larviculture in low salinity environment can be used to reduce the daily rate of feeding, thus reducing costs. Food restriction can cause a decrease in fish growth, but it does not impair their capacity to grow if adequate feeding conditions are reestablished and if restriction is not held for too long. …”
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Fast, smart, and adaptive: using machine learning to optimize mental health assessment and monitor change over time by Daiana Colledani, Claudio Barbaranelli, Pasquale Anselmi

“…This approach bypasses typical item selection processes and the associated computational costs while avoiding the rigid assumptions of traditional CAT approaches. …”
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Adaptation of Banks to Sustainability Requirements and Impact on Their Financial Performance by Mariana Bunea, Camelia-Daniela Hategan, Rodica Gabriela Blidisel, Adrian Doru Bigioi

“…A high score on the impact criteria can bring benefits to the level of banks, but at the same time, the adoption of sustainability policies can increase operational costs. In this context, the objective of this research is to identify the correlation between a series of indicators that measure the performance of ESG and the financial performance of banks. …”
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The Impact of the Internal Expenditures on R&D in the Growth of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses in the Republic of Kazakhstan by R. U. Rakhmetova, A. A. Nurpeissova, R. E. Andekina

“…The aim of the article is to investigate the relationship between the number of active small and medium-sized businesses in Kazakhstan and the number of internal costs for research and development projects based on the use of economic and mathematical forecasting methods. …”
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A Field Study on the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Structure and Practices in Turkey by Hilal Türk, Samet Güner

“…Pharmacies can work with low stock quantities because of frequent shipments provided by distributors; however, this provision has a detrimental impact on the inventory costs of distributors.…”
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Cross-Industry Analysis of the Hotel and Restaurant Sector’s Contribution to Kazakhstan’s Economy by M. B. Idryshov, A. A. Apysheva, K. Zh. Sholpanbayeva

“…Methods were used to calculate coefficients of direct and total costs, output multipliers, income multipliers and value-added, as well as indices of direct and inverse intersectoral relations based on the Leontief model. …”
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