Formation of Managers’ Competencies in The Field of Project Portfolio Management of The Enterprise by H. H. Kuchmezov, S. I. Neizvestny

“…The substantiation and main reasons for the need to form the competencies of specialists in project portfolio management from the point of view of the effectiveness of project activities and business of the enterprise are discussed.In modern conditions, the functioning of any company is determined by a number of global trends - a change in business formats under the influence of digitalization, networkization of the economy, and changes in the structure of transaction costs, optimization of project portfolio management. …”
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Young Adult Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence–Based Medication Counseling in China: Discrete Choice Experiment by Jia Zhang, Jing Wang, JingBo Zhang, XiaoQian Xia, ZiYun Zhou, XiaoMing Zhou, YiBo Wu

“…MethodsA discrete choice experiment (DCE) approach was the main analysis method applied in this study, involving 6 attributes: granularity, linguistic comprehensibility, symptom-specific results, access platforms, content model, and costs. The participants in this study were screened and recruited through web-based registration and investigator visits, and the questionnaire was filled out online, with the questionnaire platform provided by Questionnaire Star. …”
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Barriers and facilitators to maternal healthcare in East Africa: a systematic review and qualitative synthesis of perspectives from women, their families, healthcare providers, and... by Manaye Yihune Teshale, Agegnehu Bante, Abebe Gedefaw Belete, Rik Crutzen, Mark Spigt, Sarah E. Stutterheim

“…This review identified barriers at various levels: individual barriers included a lack of awareness and knowledge, fear of being treated poorly, and financial constraints; interpersonal barriers comprised limited family support, communication challenges, and a lack of decision-making autonomy; health facility barriers included poor quality of healthcare, poor infrastructure, limited medical supplies, provider shortages, abusive behaviors from healthcare providers, lack of transportation, and high service costs; community-level barriers involved socio-cultural norms, societal stigma, and gender-based disparities; and policy-level barriers included poor focus on maternal health, a lack of male accompaniment policies, and conflicts. …”
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COMPLEXITY OF SELLING PRODUCTS AND SERVICES FOR CRYPTOCURRENCIES by Tetiana Yarotska, Oleksandr Yakushenko

“…Cryptocurrencies offer certain advantages over traditional money, such as reducing transaction costs. However, transactions involving cryptocurrencies also carry inherent risks. …”
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Direct Transport Calculation of Three-dimensional C5G7 Benchmark Based on the Random Ray Method by SONG Peitao1, 2, 3, , QIN Shuai4, ZHANG Qian4

“…However, its direct application to three-dimensional (3D) core transport calculations faces challenges such as excessive memory requirements and computational costs. While the widely adopted 2D/1D coupling method resolves these issues by decomposing the problem into radial 2D MOC and axial 1D calculations, it suffers from reduced geometric flexibility, numerical instabilities in axially heterogeneous systems, and axial mesh mismatches during control rod movements. …”

Is a voluntary healthy food policy effective? evaluating effects on foods and drinks for sale in hospitals and resulting policy changes by Cliona Ni Mhurchu, Magda Rosin, Stephanie Shen, Bruce Kidd, Elaine Umali, Yannan Jiang, Sarah Gerritsen, Sally Mackay, Lisa Te Morenga

“…Green items were also significantly more costly on average (NZ$6.00) than either red (NZ$4.00) or amber (NZ$4.70) items (p < 0.0001). …”
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“Take-home” functional electrical stimulation for depression: protocol for a prototype development and proof of concept randomized controlled trial by Fatemeh Gholamali Nezhad, Vanessa K. Tassone, Ilya Demchenko, Jia Xi Mary Chen, Stephanie N. Iwasa, Josh Martin, Naaz Desai, Hani E. Naguib, Milos R. Popovic, Venkat Bhat

“…More effective neurostimulation treatments are difficult to access and are associated with high hospital delivery costs. Patients would benefit from more efficacious and well-tolerated home-based neurostimulation treatments, which could be self-administered at a frequency required to treat MDD, maintain response, and reduce relapse. …”
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Analysis of treatment patterns and persistence on branded and generic medications in major depressive disorder using retrospective claims data by Solem CT, Shelbaya A, Wan Y, Deshpande CG, Alvir J, Pappadopulos E

“…., Global Health Outcomes, New York, NY, 3Epidemiology Department of Mailman&amp;rsquo;s School of Public Health, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY, USA Background: In major depressive disorder (MDD), treatment persistence is critical to optimize symptom remission, functional recovery, and health care costs. Desvenlafaxine tends to have fewer drug interactions and better tolerability than other MDD drugs; however, its use has not been assessed in the real world.Objective: The aim of the present study is to compare medication persistence and concomitant MDD drug use with branded desvenlafaxine (Pristiq&amp;reg;) compared with antidepressant drug groups classified as 1) branded selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs; ie, escitalopram [Lexapro&amp;trade;]) and selective serotonin&amp;ndash;norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs; ie, venlafaxine [Effexor&amp;reg;], duloxetine [Cymbalta&amp;reg;]) and 2) generic SSRIs/SNRIs (ie, escitalopram, citalopram, venlafaxine, fluvoxamine, fluoxetine, sertraline, paroxetine, and duloxetine).Patients and methods: MDD patients (ICD-9-CM codes 296.2, 296.3), with &amp;ge;2 prescription fills for study drugs and 12-month preindex continuous enrollment from the MarketScan Commercial Claims and Encounters Database (2009&amp;ndash;2013), were included. …”
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Kinerja Metode Rank Sum, Rank Reciprocal dan Rank Order Centroid Menggunakan Referensi Poin Moora (Studi Kasus: Bantuan Kuota Data Internet untuk Mahasiswa) by Ummul Hairah, Edy Budiman

“…The decision-making criteria for internet data quota assistance are based on the needs of online learning and the ability of the student's economic costs. The weight ranking method uses the Rank Sum (RS) weighting technique, the Reciprocal Rank (RR) and the Rank Order Centroid (RoC), with the decision analysis method uses the reference point Moora. …”
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The usage of imidazolinone-tolerant maize in maize-soybean strip intercropping greatly facilitates weed control by Yue Zhao, Atta Mohi Ud Din, Muhammad Ali Raza, Wenyu Yang, Jialin Yu, Xing Wang Deng, Lingyang Feng

“…Moreover, NSW increased weeding speed by fivefold, reduced herbicide and spraying costs by $37.05 USD ha-1, and enhanced net benefits by 58%, reaching $3414.12 USD ha-1. …”
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Smart diabetes management: remote monitoring and predictive health insights by K.S. Smelyakov, I.A. Lurin, K.V. Misiura, A.S. Chupryna, T.V. Tyzhnenko, O.D. Dolhanenko, V.M. Repikhov

“…The article also addresses the challenges in Ukraine’s healthcare system, especially for diabetes patients in economically disadvantaged or rural areas, where access to CGMs and insulin pumps is limited due to high costs. Despite these challenges, progress is being made through public health initiatives, mobile health apps, and government support programs aimed at increasing awareness and access to care. …”
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Nurses’ Knowledge on the Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP) among Critically Ill Patients by Maha Sanat Alreshidi, Fareda Ali AlRashidi, Cyruz P. Tuppal, Nojoud Al Rashidi, Denise Angelo M. Prudencio, Rico William A. Villagracia, Hazel N. Villagracia

“…However, there exists a notable gap in the research regarding nurses’ knowledge of preventing VAP to improve patient outcomes and reduce healthcare costs. Purpose: This study aimed to assess nurses’ knowledge of preventing VAP among critically ill patients using the ventilator bundle checklist. …”
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Nanomedicine-Based Ophthalmic Drug Delivery Systems for the Treatment of Ocular Diseases by Lin X, Zhou Y, Lv K, Wu W, Chen C

“…Despite these advantages, challenges such as manufacturing costs, potential toxicity, and limited clinical translation persist. …”
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Knowledge of telemedicine and its associated factors among health professional in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Adamu Ambachew Shibabaw, Alex Ayenew Chereka, Agmasie Damtew Walle, Addisalem Workie Demsash, Geleta Nenko Dube, Abiy Tasew Dubale, Sisay Yitayh Kassie, Gemeda Wakgari Kitil, Mesafint Zewold Jember, Chernet Desalegn Gebeyehu, Aster Temesgen Ariger, Eshetie Andargie Dires

“…<h4>Introduction</h4>Telemedicine is a useful tool for decreasing hospital stress, patient suffering, ambulance needs, hospital anxiety, and costs while improving the standard of care. Nonetheless, the lack of awareness regarding telemedicine poses a barrier to its application, presenting several difficulties in underdeveloped nations like Ethiopia. …”
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A new approach to laparoscopic skill assessment: Motion smoothness and bimanual coordination by Farzad Aghazadeh, Bin Zheng

“…These findings underscore the utility of motion metrics for objective surgical skill assessment, potentially reducing the subjectivity, bias, and associated costs of conventional assessment approaches.…”
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CytoBead ANA 2 assay - a novel method for the detection of antinuclear antibodies by Tulchinsky Roei, Gilburd Boris, Shovman Yehuda, Tocut Milena, Zeruya Eleanor, Binyaminov Ariel, Davidson Tima, Thomas Büttner, Abdullah Nasser, Juliane Michel, Stefan Rödiger, Peter Schierack, Amital Howard, Dirk Roggenbuck, Shoenfeld Yehuda, Shovman Ora

“…This novel one-step assay enables simultaneous ANA screening and confirmation and represents a promising alternative approach to the time-consuming and costly two-tier ANA analysis.…”
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The emergence of resistance to the antiparasitic selamectin in Mycobacterium smegmatis is improbable and contingent on cell wall integrity by José Manuel Ezquerra-Aznárez, Henrich Gašparovič, Álvaro Chiner-Oms, Ainhoa Lucía, Jesús Blázquez, Iñaki Comas, Jana Korduláková, José A. Aínsa, Santiago Ramón-García

“…However, developing new drugs is costly and lengthy. Drug repurposing is an alternative to the traditional drug discovery process. …”
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Inter and intrasentential code switching among late bilinguals by Barzan Jaafar Ali

“…Evangelia Adamou and Rachel Shen (2019) There are no language switching costs when code switching is frequent. International Journal of Bilingualism, SAGE Publications. …”
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A GIS Approach to Modeling the Ecological Niche of an Ecotype of <i>Bouteloua curtipendula</i> (Michx.) Torr. in Mexican Grasslands by Alma Delia Baez-Gonzalez, Jose Miguel Prieto-Rivero, Alan Alvarez-Holguin, Alicia Melgoza-Castillo, Mario Humberto Royo-Marquez, Jesus Manuel Ochoa-Rivero

“…The reliance on imported seeds for grassland rehabilitation in Mexico has led to increased costs and other difficulties in implementing grassland rehabilitation programs. …”
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Flexible Screen-Printed Gold Electrode Array on Polyimide/PET for Nickel(II) Electrochemistry and Sensing by Norica Godja, Saied Assadollahi, Melanie Hütter, Pooyan Mehrabi, Narges Khajehmeymandi, Thomas Schalkhammer, Florentina-Daniela Munteanu

“…Wastewater analysis typically relies on sensitive but costly techniques such as ICP-MS, AAS, and ICP-AES, which require complex equipment and are unsuitable for on-site testing. …”
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