Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behavior Disorder Screening Questionnaire in Persian: A Report on the Translation Process by Mehrdad Sadri, Alia Shakiba, Hamed Amiri Fard, Reza Bidaki, Vajiheh Aghamollaii

“…However, a screening questionnaire for RBD (RBDSQ) has been developed, translated, and validated in various languages, and could be used as a low-cost alternative to VPSG. In this study, we followed a standard multi-step process to translate the RBDSQ into Persian. …”
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Bilevel Optimization Framework for Multiregional Integrated Energy Systems Considering 6G Network Slicing and Battery Energy Storage Capacity Sharing by Kun Cui, Ming Chi, Yong Zhao, Zhi-Wei Liu

“…The results also highlight the sensitivity of social welfare to communication costs, underscoring the importance of careful cost calibration.…”
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Climate change and plant protection: challenges and innovations in disease forecasting systems in developing countries by Agatha Amnaay Aloyce

“…The findings reveal that climate change significantly affects forecasting systems and plant protection strategies, emphasizing the need for reliable, and cost-effective forecasting models adaptable to diverse and evolving climate conditions, especially in resource-constrained settings. …”
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SDN Elastic Optical Network-based Intelligent Service Orchestration for Power Communication Network by KANG Zhongmiao, WU Zanhong, ZHANG Peiming, HUANG Donghai, BAO Yuben, LU Wenbing, ZHANG Sunxuan

“…Secondly, an adaptive service priority-aware learning-based service orchestration algorithm for power communication network is proposed, which adaptively adjusts the exploration factor according to different service priorities and balances the exploration and exploitation of different priority service arm selections, thereby ensuring the high transmission of high-priority service and reducing the network cost. Finally, the performance advantages of the proposed algorithm in terms of energy efficiency and delay are verified by numerical analysis. …”
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An IGDT‐stochastic model for low‐carbon economic dispatch of integrated electricity‐natural gas systems considering grid‐enhancing technologies by Amir Talebi, Masoud Agabalaye‐Rahvar, Behnam Mohammadi‐Ivatloo, Kazem Zare, Amjad Anvari‐Moghaddam

“…Numerical simulation results show that the proposed model leads to reducing the total cost, carbon emissions, and wind curtailment by 29%, 16.4%, and 100%, respectively. …”
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Predicting tilling and seeding operation times in grain production: A comparison of machine learning and mechanistic models by Luca Scheurer, Tobias Zimpel, Joerg Leukel

“…The study results highlight the potential of our approach to predict tilling and seeding operation times in grain production without increasing the effort for data collection, offering an accessible and cost-effective solution for resource-constrained grain farming systems that experience data shortages.…”
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Okra mucilage as an encapsulating agent for magnesium hydroxide nano-capsules in oral drug delivery by Masoud Safari Yazd, Amirreza Shafieeha, Fatemeh Eslami, Leila Zargarzadeh

“…Okra mucilage is known for its biodegradability, non-toxicity, and cost-effectiveness, making it a suitable candidate for encapsulation processes. …”
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Integrated Photonic Biosensors: Enabling Next-Generation Lab-on-a-Chip Platforms by Muhammad A. Butt, B. Imran Akca, Xavier Mateos

“…These technologies are poised to deliver powerful, accessible, and cost-effective diagnostic tools for practical deployment across diverse settings.…”
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Multimodal Approach (MRI and Ultrasonography) to the Diagnosis of Fetal Congenital Heart Diseases by A. V. Pomortsev, M. N. Karakhalis, N. V. Krivonosova, K. F. Goloseev

“…Introduction: As the rate of congenital heart diseases (CHD) remains high, medical imaging specialists face a task of early diagnosis of CHD with minimal cost and burden to pregnant women and fetuses and need to verify the prenatal diagnosis in order to develop a strategy for managing pregnant women carrying a fetus with CHD.Objective: To optimize diagnostic measures in fetuses with CHD by comparing fetal echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).Materials and methods: We retrospectively evaluated findings from 35 fetal standard ultrasonography reports, 29 echocardiography reports, and 35 fetal autopsy reports (termination for medical reasons). …”
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Potential application of the bulk RNA sequencing in routine MPN clinics by Shenglong Li, Sanyun Wu, Mingli Xu, Xuedong Li, Xuelan Zuo, Yingying Wang

“…In contrast, bulk RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) offers a cost-effective complementary approach for evaluating genetic mutations and immune profiles. …”
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Perceived barriers to timely diagnosis among Iranian women diagnosed with advanced breast cancer: a qualitative study by Reza Negarandeh, Marziyeh Lashkari, Rebecca Lehto, Maryam Janatolmakan

“…Key factors contributing to perceived delays included poorly managed appointments and medical care, care not meeting patient expectations, deceptive marketing practices, cost of diagnostic procedures, lack of knowledge, fears, transcendent beliefs, competing priorities, insufficient support and diagnostic errors.Conclusions Understanding perceived barriers to timely diagnosis in women with advanced breast cancer is key to creating effective strategies that reduce preventable negative outcomes. …”
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Organic Transistor‐Based Biosensors for Viral RNA Detection and Variant Monitoring: From SARS‐CoV‐2 to Effective Management of Future Pandemics by Stefano Lai, Roberto Cusano, Alessandra Scano, Giorgio Fotia, Annalisa Bonfiglio

“…The results pave the way for novel strategies to enhance cost‐effectiveness, easiness‐of‐use in combination with selectivity and sensitivity in virus detection during severe pandemic conditions, and a more effective variant tracking by optimizing the access to sequencing resources even during the acute phases of pandemic.…”
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A comparison of Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists on weight change, side effects, and quality of life in Kuwait by Saleh Alali, Wed Al-Otaibi, Karen Ashodian, Nour Achour, Aishah Almulla, Hessa Mutlaq

“…Despite their benefits, GLP-1 RAs face challenges in long-term adherence due to side effects and cost.…”
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Microalgae for Bioenergy: Key Technology Nodes by Ywetta Maleterova, Frantisek Kastanek, Milena Rouskova, Martina Matejkova, Petr Kastanek, Olga Solcova

“…The wet way processing of harvested microalgae was suggested and evaluated with respect to the possible environmental impacts and production costs. This study is focused on the three key steps of the suggested process: flocculation, water recycling, and extraction of lipids. …”
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An Improved YOLOv8 and OC-SORT Framework for Fish Counting by Yan Li, Zhenpeng Wu, Ying Yu, Chichi Liu

“…Byte-OCSORT extends OC-SORT by integrating ByteTrack’s two-stage matching and a Class-Aware Cost Matrix (CCM), reducing ID switches and improving multi-species tracking stability. …”
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Study of dense granule proteins in Eimeria spp. identifies a limited repertoire with potential as vaccine candidates by Gonzalo Sanchez-Arsuaga, Damer P. Blake, Fiona M. Tomley, Virginia Marugan-Hernandez

“…Control of coccidiosis is challenging, requiring good husbandry and effective drug or live vaccine prophylaxis, and there is demand for more scalable and cost-effective vaccines. Proteins secreted from dense granules (GRAs) play crucial roles in intracellular survival in many apicomplexans, but knowledge of these organelles and their secreted proteins in Eimeria is extremely limited. …”
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Leveraging artificial intelligence to strengthen surgical systems in sub-Saharan Africa by Osedebamen Ralph-Okhiria, Ikhide Alonge

“…However, the review highlighted several crucial challenges and concerns, including data availability and quality, infrastructure gaps, ethical implications (such as data protection and algorithmic bias), costs and affordability, and the need for robust regulatory frameworks. …”
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A Soft-Fault Diagnosis Method for Coastal Lightning Location Networks Based on Observer Pattern by Yiming Zhang, Ping Guo

“…Therefore, the OPE algorithm is also a low-cost and efficient method for improving the accuracy of existing lightning location networks, and it is suitable for the actual deployment and upgrading of current lightning locators. …”
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A Hybrid Reliable Heuristic Mapping Method Based on Survivable Virtual Networks for Network Virtualization by Qiang Zhu, Hui-Qiang Wang, Guang-Sheng Feng, Hong-Wu Lv, Zhen-Dong Wang, Xiu-Xiu Wen, Wei Jiang

“…In order to reduce the cost of the substrate network, a hybrid reliable heuristic mapping method based on survivable virtual networks (Hybrid-RHM-SVN) is proposed. …”
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The potential of EV battery-swapping in developing countries: China’s use case as a baseline for sub-saharan Africa by Daniel Simwaba, Abubaker Qutieshat

“…This technology offers tangible solutions to critical adoption barriers, such as extended charging durations and the substantial upfront cost of EVs. Furthermore, battery-swapping presents a significant opportunity to augment the overall usability and operational efficiency of electric vehicles. …”
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