Differences in pharmacological migraine treatment across different levels of clinical headache care – a cross-sectional study by Mira Pauline Fitzek, Lucas Hendrik Overeem, Marlene Ulrich, Ja Bin Hong, Carolin Luisa Hoehne, Kristin Sophie Lange, Yones Salim, Uwe Reuter, Bianca Raffaelli

“…The severity of migraine correlates with its impact on quality of life and healthcare costs, emphasizing the need for adequate management. …”
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Explainable Artificial Intelligence Driven Segmentation for Cervical Cancer Screening by Niruthikka Sritharan, Nishaanthini Gnanavel, Prathushan Inparaj, Dulani Meedeniya, Pratheepan Yogarajah

“…Unlike traditional segmentation methods that rely on pixel-level annotations of medical images, which are costly, laborious, and require expertise in medical imaging, our approach leverages classification-driven insights to segment the nucleus, cytoplasm, and background regions. …”
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Measurement, determinants and outcomes of maternal care satisfaction in Nigeria: a systematic review by Jane E Hirst, Robyn Norton, Margaret Peden, Edward Mullins, Beatrice Wuraola Ope, Tavleen Wasan

“…Key factors influencing MCS in Nigeria are positive client-provider relationships, a favourable hospital environment with easy accessibility and affordable care costs. While our study demonstrated a correlation between MCS and socioeconomic and demographic factors, there is no complete consensus within the literature about this correlation. …”
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Investigating the feasibility of an 8-week mindful breathing programme on breathlessness and self-efficacy in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: an open-label study by Shirley Harris, Jennifer Jordan, Amanda Wilkinson, Philippa Seaton

“…Provision of self-delivered in-home mindfulness-based interventions for people with COPD may not only contribute to improved health, but potentially a reduction in resources, costs, and the time required for travel to group treatments), reducing barriers to treatment for people with COPD. …”
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Muscle growth and anabolism in intensive care survivors (GAINS 2.0): Protocol for a multi-centre randomised; placebo controlled clinical trial of nandrolone in deconditioned adults... by Matthew Anstey, Ed Litton, Maryam Habibi, Lisa Van der Lee, Robert Palmer, Natalie Tran, Bianca Mammana, Stacey Scheepers, Annamaria Palermo, Xavier Fiorilla, Bhaumik Mevavala, Adrian Regli, Angela Jacques, Bradley Wibrow

“…This trial may have significant implications on lowering hospital costs and daily adjusted life years.<h4>Trial registry</h4>anzctr.org.au; No.: ACTRN12623000729628 URL: anzctr.org.au.…”
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Processability and Material Behavior of NiTi Shape Memory Alloys Using Wire Laser-Directed Energy Deposition (WL-DED) by Hediyeh Dabbaghi, Nasrin Taheri Andani, Mohammad Pourshams, Mahyar Sojoodi, Behrang Poorganji, Mohammad Elahinia

“…Compared to methods relying on powder feedstocks, wire-based additive manufacturing processes provide a viable alternative, addressing challenges such as chemical composition instability, material availability, higher feedstock costs, and limitations on part size while simplifying process development. …”
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Feasibility analysis and study on immune effects of combined immunization with mixed inactivated vaccines in chickens by Linguo Wang, Lingyan Jiang, Tao Zhu, Feng Wang, Guangjin Lin

“…Summary: Combination immunization offers several benefits, such as reducing vaccination frequency, minimizing stress responses, and lowering labor costs. This study aimed to develop a combined immunization strategy using mixed vaccines, and to analyze the feasibility of incorporating inactivated vaccines into this regimen. …”
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Fuel prices and commuting frequencies: Exploring revealed and anticipated changes among university students by Muhammad Abdullah, Nazam Ali, Muhammad Ashraf Javid, Muhammad Aamir Basheer

“…The recent surge in fuel prices has disrupted daily life globally, with transportation costs posing a significant barrier to educational access and student retention. …”
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Preoperative celecoxib use does not increase risk of myocardial infarction and may be protective against thromboembolic complications following total joint arthroplasty by Matthew L. Magruder, Shabnam Parsa, Ariel N. Rodriguez, Mitchell Ng, Che Hang Jason Wong

“…Welch's t-tests assessed differences in stay lengths, costs (p < 0.001 threshold). Results: Celecoxib-treated patients showed comparable postoperative MI rates after TKA (0.16 % vs 0.23 %; OR 0.72; p = 0.018) and THA (0.25 % vs 0.22 %; OR 1.14; p = 0.359) versus controls. …”
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Predicting cardiotoxicity in drug development: A deep learning approach by Kaifeng Liu, Huizi Cui, Xiangyu Yu, Wannan Li, Weiwei Han

“…Using computational methods, this study facilitates a more efficient drug development process, reduces costs, and improves the safety of new drug candidates, ultimately benefiting medical and public health.…”
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Progressive Bounded Error Piecewise Linear Approximation with Resolution Reduction for Time Series Data Compression by Jeng-Wei Lin, Shih-wei Liao, Yu-Hung Tsai, Ching-Che Huang

“…Today, huge amounts of time series data are sensed continuously by AIoT devices, transmitted to edge nodes, and to data centers. It costs a lot of energy to transmit these data, store them, and process them. …”
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Conversational Systems for Social Care in Older Adults: Protocol for a Scoping Review by Rosiered Brownson-Smith, Ananya Ananthakrishnan, Oksana Hagen, Cen Cong, Amir Aly, Ray B Jones, Edward Meinert

“…This necessitates exploring innovative technological solutions to enhance service delivery without substantially increasing costs. Conversational interfaces, including interactive voice response, chatbots, and voice assistants, have gained traction as a means to improve accessibility and efficiency in social care. …”
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Dynamic and Steady Model Development of Two-Chamber Batch Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) by Ardiyan Harimawan

“…Various factors affect the performance, but performing all will be costly and time-consuming. Through a combination of dynamic and steady-state mathematical model modified from past research, effect of microbe types towards dynamic biofilm formation and stead-state OCV can be observed, followed by steady-state simulation to determine maximum power density and its’ corresponding voltage. …”
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Breed-specific responses to coccidiosis in chickens: identification of intestinal bacteria linked to disease resistance by Chace Broadwater, Jiaqing Guo, Jing Liu, Isabel Tobin, Melanie A. Whitmore, Michael G. Kaiser, Susan J. Lamont, Guolong Zhang

“…This disease imposes a substantial economic burden, costing the global poultry industry up to $13 billion annually. …”
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Metamodels of Educational and Methodological Activity in the University by S. M. Shcherbakov, K. K. Kalugyan, I. I. Miroshnichenko

“…This is reflected in the labor costs of the formation of documents, as well as the time that must be spent by teachers and staff on studying the language of description of educational and methodological documents. …”
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Ganz Salzburg bewegen [All of Salzburg Moving]: a large-scale public involvement project with underserved groups, for the co-design of local and contextualized physical activity pr... by Stefan Tino Kulnik, Sybille Salbrechter, Stefanie Radwanovsky, Ulrike Garstenauer, Michael Ebner, Till Fuhrmeister, Andreas Stainer-Hochgatterer, Daniela Wurhofer, Melanie Roth

“…Abstract Background Physical inactivity is a globally growing public health problem, contributing to significant disease burden (cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancers, depression) and associated healthcare and societal costs. In Austria, several underserved groups (UGs) display lower than average physical activity (PA) levels, including people aged 30–45 and 60 + years, and those without employment, with minimal education level, or with migration background. …”
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Computer Architecture for Industrial Training Evaluation by Luz E. Gutiérrez, Carlos A. Guerrero, Mark M. Betts, Daladier Jabba, Wilson Nieto, Héctor A. López-Ospina

“…Companies have tried to innovate in their training processes to increase their productivity indicators, reduce equipment maintenance costs, and improve the work environment. The use of Augmented Reality (AR) has been one of the implemented strategies to upgrade training processes, since it optimizes, through User Interface (UI) Design, experiences designed for users (UX) that are focused on education and training contexts. …”
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Design and Research of Control Rod Scheme for 10 MW Multifunctional Pool-type Research Reactor by HAN Peng, CHEN Xiaoliang, ZHANG Zhenyang, ZHU Jiachen, JIN Xiao

“…Among them, Class Ⅱ research reactors have low operating costs and can carry out various low-temperature irradiation tests. …”
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A protocol for a discrete choice experiment: understanding patient medicine preferences for managing chronic non-cancer pain by Marian Shanahan, Suzanne Nielsen, Briony Larance, Milton Cohen, Maria Schaffer, Gabrielle Campbell

“…Following a review by study investigators including pain and addiction specialists, pharmacists and epidemiologists, the final list of attributes was selected (number of medications, risk of addiction, side effects, pain interference, activity goals, source of information on pain, provider of pain care and out-of-pocket costs). Specialised software was used to construct an experimental design for the survey. …”
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Carbon footprint associated with a small-scale emissions reduction initiative for sustainable event management by V. de cadenet, P. Parinyakulset, W. Komkum, P. Boondaeng, P. Raksa

“…Simple energy-saving measures can not only reduce utility costs but also contribute to a healthier and more sustainable planet. …”
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