Adoption of a biologically-enhanced agricultural management (BEAM) approach in agroecosystems for regenerating soil fertility, improving farm profitability and achieving productive... by David C. Johnson, Hui-Chun Su Johnson

“…BEAM protocols also promoted: (a) farm input reductions of: 100% for herbicide, 56% for insecticide, 61% for diesel fuel, 85% for synthetic nitrogen fertilizer, and 100% for phosphorus fertilizer applications, reducing farm input costs ~$470 ha−1yr−1. Adoption of a BEAM regenerative agricultural management system, increased: (a) SOC (~6.59 t C ha−1yr−1); (b) C in the annual growth of cover-crop biomass (~4.12 t of C ha−1yr−1); (c) carbon in residual surface cover-crop plant residues from previous annual cover crops (~0.82 t C ha−1yr−1); and (d) C exported in cotton lint (~0.77 t C ha−1yr−1). …”
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STATE BUDGET IN THE CONTEXT OF A WARTIME ECONOMY AND POST-WAR TRIGGERS FOR ITS RECOVERY by Serhii Petrukha, Dmytro Konovalenko, Nina Petrukha

“…It is determined that the key barriers are the lack of domestic financial resources, high level of external debt and significant debt service costs. The impact of international financial assistance on ensuring macroeconomic stability and prospects for improving the efficiency of its use for resource support for economic recovery are also investigated. …”
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A New Smartphone-Based Cognitive Screening Battery for Multiple Sclerosis (icognition): Validation Study by Stijn Denissen, Delphine Van Laethem, Johan Baijot, Lars Costers, Annabel Descamps, Ann Van Remoortel, Annick Van Merhaegen-Wieleman, Marie D’hooghe, Miguel D'Haeseleer, Dirk Smeets, Diana M Sima, Jeroen Van Schependom, Guy Nagels

“…Currently, cognitive status is measured in clinical practice using paper-and-pencil tests, which are both time-consuming and costly. Remote monitoring of cognitive status could offer a solution because previous studies on telemedicine tools have proved its feasibility and acceptance among people with MS. …”
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Modulation of dopaminergic transmission and brain activity by frontotemporal tDCS: A multimodal PET-MR imaging study by Clara Fonteneau, Inés Merida, Jérome Redoute, Frédéric Haesebaert, Sophie Lancelot, Nicolas Costes, Marine Mondino, Jerome Brunelin

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Examining Competitive and Collaborative Intercity Relations amidst the Regional Integration of the Yangtze River Delta: A Case of Pinghu Science and Technology Park by Wang Yingying, Ma Huiling, Zhou Zihang, Cao Xiuting

“…Employing semi-structured interviews and case study methods, this study investigated the competitive and cooperative dynamics among multiple stakeholders in the context of enclave industrial parks, as exemplified by the Zhangjiang-Pinghu Science and Technology Park, revealing that regional cooperation fosters intercity linkages, reducing production costs and public service expenditures, while promoting balanced regional development. …”
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Multimodal Web-Based Telerehabilitation for Patients With Post–COVID-19 Condition: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial by Aleksandar Tomaskovic, Vincent Weber, David T Ochmann, Elmo Wanja Neuberger, Ella Lachtermann, Alexandra Brahmer, Nils Haller, Barlo Hillen, Kira Enders, Viktoria Eggert, Peter Zeier, Klaus Lieb, Perikles Simon

“…There is emerging evidence suggesting that exercise and respiratory therapy–based telerehabilitation is safe and could potentially improve physical capacity while reducing health care costs. ObjectiveThis study aims to evaluate the superiority of a multimodal, symptom-titrated telerehabilitation program over standard care in patients with PCC who are severely affected, using the highest oxygen uptake rate (VO2peak [mL/min/kg]) achieved during the cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET) and minute ventilation/carbon dioxide production slope (VE/VCO2 [full slope]) as primary outcomes. …”
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The role of airway management group in tracheotomy decannulation in patients with severe acquired brain injury (气道管理小组在重度获得性脑损伤患者拔除气切套管中的作用)... by LIU Yuewei (刘月伟), WANG Yuan (王远), ZHANG Jimin (张继敏), SONG Lu (宋璐)

“…Results Patients in the study group had shorter average length of hospital stay, shorter period of indwelling tracheal tube and lower total hospital costs compared with those in the control group (P<0. 05). …”
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Influencing patterns of low-temperature nitrogen on the pore structure and oxidation characteristics of lignite by Shuliang XIE, Gang WANG, Qingdong QU, Hao LIU, Lulu SUN

“…Meanwhile, the preparation of liquid nitrogen is complicated and costly. Therefore, in the Wudong Coal Mine in Xinjiang, low-temperature gaseous nitrogen of −40 ℃ was prepared using nitrogen cooling devices and then injected into goaves to prevent the spontaneous combustion of residual coals. …”
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Effects of Edible Grass (<i>Rumex patientia</i> L. × <i>Rumex tianschanicus</i> A. LOS) Leaf Powder on Growth Performance, Antioxidant Properties, Cecal Short-Chain Fatty Acids, an... by Xinyao Li, Hao Ling, Zengyang He, Zihui Yang, Tao Jiang, Peng Huang, Jianguo Zeng

“…By incorporating non-traditional feed sources, such as edible grass leaf powder (EGLP), into broiler production, costs could be reduced. The experimental subjects of this study were Arbor Acres (AA) broilers. …”
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Домашній фізичний експеримент і можливості його проведення в сучасних умовах by Микола Моклюк, Анатолій Сільвейстр, Ольга Моклюк

“…The main attention is paid to the availability of materials and equipment, as well as the use of modern digital technologies for their organization and implementation.The types of experiments that can be performed at home with minimal costs and without the need for specialized laboratory equipment are analyzed. …”
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Application of Artificial Neural Network for Predicting Shaft and Tip Resistances of Concrete Piles by Ehsan Momeni, Ramli Nazir, Danial Jahed Armaghani, Harnedi Maizir

“…However, conducting SLT is costly and time-consuming. High strain dynamic pile testing (HSDPT) which is provided by pile driving analyzer (PDA) is a more recent approach for predicting the ABC of piles. …”
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Application of fine nursing management for patients undergoing simultaneous bilateral lobectomy (精细化护理干预在同期双侧肺叶切除术患者中的应用) by BAI Xue (白雪), ZHAO Ying (赵莹), ZHENG Yue (郑悦), LIU Dongying (刘东颖), LI Huiyan (李惠艳)

“…The indwelling time of catheter, length of postoperative hospital stay, hospitalization costs and postoperative complications were recorded. …”
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Impact of dietary forage proportion and crossbreeding on feed efficiency and methane emissions in lactating dairy cows by Sabrina Ormston, Tianhai Yan, Xianjiang Chen, Alan W. Gordon, Katerina Theodoridou, Sharon Huws, Sokratis Stergiadis

“…Increasing forage proportion (FP) in the diets of dairy cows would reduce competition for human edible foods and reduce feed costs, particularly in low-input systems. However, increasing FP reduces productivity and may increases methane (CH4) emission parameters. …”
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Establishing a radiomics model using contrast-enhanced ultrasound for preoperative prediction of neoplastic gallbladder polyps exceeding 10 mm by Dong Jiang, Yi Qian, Yijun Gu, Ru Wang, Hua Yu, Zhenmeng Wang, Hui Dong, Dongyu Chen, Yan Chen, Haozheng Jiang, Yiran Li

“…The model not only improves diagnostic accuracy and reduces healthcare costs but also optimizes patient management through personalized treatment plans, enhancing clinical outcomes and ensuring resources are more precisely allocated to patients who need surgery.…”
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The potential health impact of restricting less-healthy food and beverage advertising on UK television between 05.30 and 21.00 hours: A modelling study. by Oliver T Mytton, Emma Boyland, Jean Adams, Brendan Collins, Martin O'Connell, Simon J Russell, Kate Smith, Rebekah Stroud, Russell M Viner, Linda J Cobiac

“…We used the following data to parameterise the model: children's exposure to HFSS advertising from AC Nielsen and Broadcasters' Audience Research Board (2015); effect of less-healthy food advertising on acute caloric intake in children from a published meta-analysis; population numbers and all-cause mortality rates from the Human Mortality Database for the UK (2015); body mass index distribution from the Health Survey for England (2016); disability weights for estimating disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) from the Global Burden of Disease Study; and healthcare costs from NHS England programme budgeting data. …”
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Optimising compensatory growth in pastoral beef production systems: insights into feed efficiency, body composition, carcass characteristics and meat quality attributes by J.M. Clariget, G. Banchero, A. Saravia, S. Luzardo, G. de Souza, D.A. Kenny, K. Keogh, A.K. Kelly

“…Exploitation of compensatory growth (CG) is a widely practised management strategy in beef production, especially under pastoral conditions due to its potential to reduce feed costs. The aim of this experiment was to evaluate the effect of nutritional restriction during backgrounding in Angus steers slaughtered at either similar age and/or similar BW on feed efficiency, body composition, carcass characteristics and meat quality attributes under either a forage or feedlot-based finishing diet. …”
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Teachers’ and students’ attitudes towards feedback: Contradictions and development trends by A. A. Azbel, L. S. Ilyushin, E. I. Kazakova, P. A. Morozova

“…Other external circumstances hindering the development of qualitative feedback practices include, in the opinion of teachers, the dominance of the point system of assessment in school; organisational and bureaucratic costs that limit the teacher’s search in the field of feedback methods; parents’ attitude towards formal (marking) results; the inability of students to objectively perceive feedback other than formal assessment.The results of the study demonstrate that teachers, on the whole, give a low rating to the readiness of school children to work with detailed feedback and to request it, linking this with the lack of formation of emotional, cognitive and communication skills in their students that they need to request, perceive and interpret full feedback.Scientific novelty. …”
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Characterization of Chlorine Fixation in Alkaline Metal-Modified Cu-Based Oxygen Carriers for Biomass Chemical Looping Combustion by Dezhe WANG, Yingjie MI, Haodong HUANG, Andong FU, Jinchen MA, Haibo ZHAO

“…Both Ca- and Ba-based oxygen carriers maintained 100% chlorine fixation efficiency, suggesting that lower oxygen-fuel ratios could be utilized in biomass dechlorination processes, thereby reducing carbon capture operating costs. Moreover, doping with Ca and Ba increased the specific surface area and pore volume of the oxygen carriers, increasing the contact area with biomass and thereby stabilizing their performance in CLC. …”
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The Impact of Managerial Overconfidence on Expenses Classification Shifting: The Moderating Role of Comparability of Financial Statements by Farshid Riahi Dorcheh, Iraj Torabi

“…Classification shifting differs from accruals and real earnings management in that it is a less costly earnings management tool that inflates the core performance of the firm and misleads investors about the firm’s sustainable core profitability. …”
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High acceptability, feasibility and sustainability of a direct‐to‐pharmacy differentiated PrEP delivery model in public health HIV clinics in Kenya: perspectives of PrEP clients an... by Emmah Owidi, Kenneth Ngure, Vallery Ogello, Njeri Wairimu, Lydia Etyang’, Winnie Waituika, Margaret Mwangi, Dominic Mwangi, Simon Maina, Elizabeth Irungu, Catherine Kiptinness, Nelly Mugo, Kenneth Mugwanya, for the Efficiency Study Team

“…Abstract Introduction High client opportunity costs and a burdened healthcare system limit oral pre‐exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) delivery in Kenyan public HIV clinics. …”
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