Prevention and Control of Blood Stream Infection Using the Balanced Scorecard Approach by Rinawati Rohsiswatmo, Sarah Rafika, Putri M.T Marsubrin

“…Significant reduction was also found in neonatal mortality rate weighing 1000-1499 g at birth, length of stay, hospitalization costs, and improved customer satisfaction. Conclusion: effective and efficient infection prevention and control using BSC approach could significantly reduce the rate of BSI. …”
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Optimization of psychosocial rehabilitation of patients with schizoaffective disorder according to a typology of pathopersonological transformations by M. Ye. Khomitskyi

“…Currently, there is a significant increase in the prevalence of schizoaffective disorder (SAD) inUkraineand in the world, an increase in the direct and indirect economic costs of this disease, and rise in the risk of socially dangerous acts. …”
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Multi-View Cluster Structure Guided One-Class BLS-Autoencoder for Intrusion Detection by Qifan Yang, Yu-Ang Chen, Yifan Shi

“…Network traffic data originate from diverse terminal sources, exhibiting multi-view feature spaces, while the collection of unknown intrusion data is costly. Current one-class classification (OCC) approaches are mainly designed for single-view data. …”
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The Role of Records Management and Good Governance at Sheema District Local Government Headquarters. by Asasiira, Priscah

“…Findings further indicated that records controls the creation and growth of records, reduces operating costs, improves efficiency and productivity, helps to assimilate new records management technologies and take advantage of their many benefits, safeguards vital information, supports better decision making, preserves the corporate memory, minimizes litigation risks, fosters professionalism in running business and ensures regulatory compliance. …”
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Utilization of Electronic Medical Records and Service Delivery at Medicus Health Care Kabale Municipality. by Kukunda, Tash

“…The study found out the challenges faced while utilizing electronic medical records and service delivery like; as inadequate electricity power supply and power outages causing delays in the health workers' performance of their tasks, poor internet connectivity causing failure to access the system, high costs in maintain the system for they have to pay for it monthly and power shedding. …”
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Archiving of Records in Kanungu Local Government Registry. by Atuhaire, Catherine

“…The challenges faced by records officers in archiving records included; lack of enough data capture tools, inadequate training skills for record staff, integration of records systems, risk of fire, water, and rats, uncoordinated officers working in a similar co-operation, short retention periods for archiving records, costs associated with maintaining records, limited storage space of the achi val repository. …”
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An Examination of Records Retention and Disposition Policy at Kabale University. by Nayakiira, Promise

“…Therefore according to the study, an effective records retention and disposition policy at Kabale University is the control quality of information, improves the filing system, Regulates and oversee actions and decisions, improves information handling and allows quick retrieval, Reduces operating costs, fosters professionalism, and avoids records redundancy. …”
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Fuel Price Fluctuation and SME Financial Performance: A Case Study of the Agricultural Sector in Kagadi Town Council. by Bitaka, Raymond

“…The findings indicate a significant negative correlation between fuel price fluctuations and SME financial performance, suggesting that rising fuel prices lead to higher operational costs and reduced profitability for agricultural SMEs. …”
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E- Library Resources Utilization and Students’ Academic Performance in Universities in Uganda: A Case Study of Uganda Martyrs University. by Arineitwe, Oliva

“…E-library resources were found to have influenced research skills, information literacy, critical thinking Amidist the several challenges like connectivity, digital illiteracy, subscription costs among others. The researcher has recommended improving connectivity, investigating the effectiveness of institutional support structures.…”
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Effect of Parental Care and Teenage Pregnancy in Kirima Sub-County Kanungu District. by Ariho, Syliver

“…These challenges include poverty, which affects the ability of parents to afford school-related costs like uniforms and other supplies, poor sanitation and hygiene at schools, and negative attitudes from teachers and school administrators towards girls' education. …”
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Design of a Sugar Cane Juice Extracting Machine. by Mubangizi, Elias

“…The sugar cane juice extracting machine is constructed to assist these farmers and juice vendors in extracting juice after harvesting following challenges they face negatively impact sugarcane juice vendors, profitability, poor quality juice, increased labor costs, and slow production rates. Use of hands and manual machines to extract juice. …”
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Partial Replacement of Soyabean Meal with Defatted Black Soldier Fly (<i>Hermetia illucens</i> L.) Larvae Meal Influences Blood Biochemistry and Modulate Oxidative Stress, but Not... by Gergana Yordanova, Radka Dimitrova Nedeva, Apostol Petrov Apostolov, Stephen Charles Mansbridge, Isobel Margaret Whiting, Alexander Mackay Mackenzie, Galina Dimitrova Nikolova, Yanka Dimitrova Karamalakova, Vasil Radoslavov Pirgozliev

“…., deforestation, water waste, and transportation costs), and reducing its inclusion in pig diets by using alternative protein sources, such as insect meal, is an important challenge for nutritionists. …”
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Enhancing venous thromboembolism prophylaxis compliance: a quality initiative for standardised risk assessment in a hospital setting by Anwar I Joudeh, Emad Naji Isaid, Nijab Shereef, El Hareth Sirjuddin, Naseera Aboubaker, Eiman Abdelfattah-Arafa, Rehab Mohammad, Hemalatha Charles, Joseph Macalimbon, Wissam Ghadban

“…Venous thromboembolism (VTE), encompassing deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, poses a significant threat to hospitalised patients, affecting morbidity, mortality and healthcare costs. Despite the availability of effective prophylaxis, adherence rates remain inconsistent. …”
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Epidemiological analysis of radiation therapy utilization and its implications for cancer care in India-insights from National Cancer Registry Programme by Jayasankar Sankarapillai, Thilagavathi Ramamoorthy, Gokul Sarveswaran, Gopika Venugopal, Prashant Mathur

“…Abstract Aim Radiotherapy is a cornerstone of cancer treatment in India, yet its expansion is hindered by high investment costs. Effective planning and target estimation based on cancer burden are crucial to meet the radiotherapy demands of patients with cancer. …”
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Predictive modelling of graphene-enhanced greases using classical feedback control and quantum kernel regression by Ethan Stefan-Henningsen, Amirkianoosh Kiani

“…They highlight opportunities to optimize graphene content while minimizing costly trial and error testing.…”
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A novel energy management system based on two-level hierarchical economic model predictive control for use in microgrid control by F.J. Vivas, A. Pajares, X. Blasco, J.M. Herrero, F. Segura, J.M. Andújar

“…MPC-based EMS are economically efficient and beneficial, although the real-time implementation often requires hierarchical structures due to high computational costs. The high level defines a long-term economic optimisation, with a longer sampling period and prediction horizon. …”
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Relationship between weapon size and six key behavioural and physiological traits in males of the European earwig by Blackwell, Samantha E M, Pasquier, Laura, Dupont, Simon, devers, Severine, Lecureuil, Charlotte, Meunier, Joël

“…It is generally assumed that growing and carrying large weapons is costly, thus only males in the best condition can afford it. …”
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Public versus Private Drug Insurance and Outcomes of Patients Requiring Biologic Therapies for Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Amir Rumman, Roberto Candia, Justina J. Sam, Kenneth Croitoru, Mark S. Silverberg, A. Hillary Steinhart, Geoffrey C. Nguyen

“…Antitumor necrosis factor (anti-TNF) therapy is a highly effective but costly treatment for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). …”
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Organic fertilization of Christmas tree (Abies balsamea (L.) Mill.) plantations with poultry manure in northwestern New Brunswick, Canada by Manuel Lamontagne, Hector Guy Adégbidi, Abbé Jonas Assamoi

“…Considering fertilizers and operations costs, the application of poultry manure at the rate of 40 g N tree-1 /2 yrs seemed the one to be recommended to growers.…”
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Consistent individual positions within roosts in Spix’s disc-winged bats by Giacomini, Giada, Chaves-Ramírez, Silvia, Hernández-Pinsón, H. Andrés, Barrantes, José Pablo, Chaverri, Gloriana

“…Each position may be associated with various costs, such as greater exposure to predators, and benefits, such as preferential access to food. …”
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