Pre-extension demonstration of black pepper (Piper nigrum Linn.) technologies in selected districts of Ethiopia by Teka Tefera Bekele, Bethlehem Getahun, Thomas Toga

“…Economic analysis revealed a benefit-cost ratio of 4.71 for Gacheb and 4.29 for Tato, indicating profitability. …”
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Photocatalytic degradation of reactive yellow 17 dye in aqueous solution in the presence of TiO2 with cement binder by B. Neppolian, S. R. Kanel, H. C. Choi, M. V. Shankar, Banunathi Arabindoo, V. Murugesan

“…From this study, degradation of textile dye reactive yellow 17 with TiO2 photocatalyst coated on the glass plate using cement as a binder employing solar energy may emerge as a cost-effective method for textile dye wastewater of low concentration.…”
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Optimal Operating Patterns for the Energy Management of PEMFC-Based Micro-CHP Systems in European Single-Family Houses by Santiago Navarro, Juan Manuel Herrero, Xavier Blasco, Alberto Pajares

“…This new EMS would improve the cost-effectiveness of PEMFC-based micro-CHP systems, reducing their payback period and facilitating their mass market uptake.…”
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A Capacitated Vehicle Routing Model for Distribution and Repair with a Service Center by Irma-Delia Rojas-Cuevas, Elias Olivares-Benitez, Alfredo S. Ramos, Samuel Nucamendi-Guillén

“…An optimized solution to this logistics problem produces benefits in terms of costs, greenhouse gas emissions, and disposal reduction. …”
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Dibutyl sebacate as PVC ecoplasticizer—economic synthesis and functional properties by Anna Tracz, Sławomir Boncel, Ewa Pankalla, Anna Chrobok

“…Di-n-butyl sebacate (DBS), a safe, biodegradable, and cost-effective aliphatic ester, offers superior operational properties and industrial scalability compared to phthalates. …”
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Operando monitoring and prediction of temperature in commercial sodium-ion batteries via optical fiber sensors by Yuan Wang, Yuantian Guo, Shuyan Guo, Guoming Ma, Hao Zhao

“…This operando monitoring and prediction approach of temperature in batteries provides in situ observation and early warning of thermal runaways of different batteries with high accuracy and low cost.…”
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Economic profitability and efficiency of honey production from the Asian honeybee (Apis cerana) in the mid-hills of Nepal by Anup Paudel, Narayan Prasad Tiwari, Suryamani Dhungana, Logan L. Britton

“…Resource efficiency analysis indicated underutilization of labor (60 %), artificial feed (27 %), and pasture management costs (86 %), suggesting opportunities for optimization. …”
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Oversampling based on generative adversarial networks to overcome imbalance data in predicting fraud insurance claim by Ranu Agastya Nugraha, Hilman Ferdinandus Pardede, Agus Subekti

“… Fraud on health insurance has an impact not only on cost overruns, but also a decline in the quality of health services in long term. …”
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The Integrated Management of Sustainable Development: Methodological Prerequisitesand Their Practical Realization by Vladimir A. Chernov, Anna D. Tikhova

“…At the same time, connectivity and interdependence between various factors influencing the ability of the organization to create a cost for a long time are especially distinguished. …”
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A Review of Environmental Sensing Technologies for Targeted Spraying in Orchards by Yunfei Wang, Zhengji Zhang, Weidong Jia, Mingxiong Ou, Xiang Dong, Shiqun Dai

“…Finally, this paper summarizes the challenges faced by multi-source sensing and targeted spraying technologies in light of current research progress and industry needs, and explores potential future developments in low-cost sensors, real-time data processing, intelligent decision making, and unmanned agricultural machinery.…”
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Development and application of a TaqMan-MGB probe-based quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction assay for the rapid detection of Dictyocaulus filaria by Zheng-qin Gao, Jin Xing

“…The developed TaqMan-MGB probe-based qPCR assay offers several advantages, including high sensitivity, strong specificity, high throughput, speed, convenience, and cost-effectiveness. It is of great significance for safeguarding animal quality and protecting human health.…”
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Gradient Boosting-Based Simultaneous Classification and Regression Approach by Rawabi Alwanin, Ouiem Bchir, Mohamed Maher Ben Ismail

“…The optimization of this dual task is formulated using a novel joint cost function that minimizes the total error of both classification and regression tasks during the learning phase. …”
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Microcontroller-Based Platform for Lithium-Ion Battery Charging and Experimental Evaluation of Charging Strategies by Laurentiu Marius Baicu, Mihaela Andrei, Bogdan Dumitrascu

“…A key contribution of this work is the development of a low-cost, microcontroller-based platform that enables flexible implementation and testing of diverse charging strategies. …”
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Antibiotic adsorption from real pharmaceutical factory wastewater using a hole-punched flat ceramic membrane based on clay and hydroxyapatite in a fixed bed module by Zahra Hajyani, Zahrasadat Mousavi, Masoumeh Soleimanbeigi, Yong Jie Wong, Ali Aghababai Beni

“…After 142 regeneration cycles with 37 % HCl, the adsorbent retained over 90 % of its initial efficiency, highlighting its sustainability, cost-effectiveness, and high regeneration capacity for antibiotic removal.…”
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Mechanical Milling and Cold Pressing for the Fabrication of Porous SiC Ceramics via Starch Consolidation by B. F. Flores-Morales, E. Rocha-Rangel, C. A. Calles-Arriaga, W. J. Pech-Rodríguez, I. Estrada-Guel, A. Jiménez-Rosales, J. López-Hernández, J. A. Rodriguez-Garcia, J. A. Castillo-Robles

“…These findings demonstrate the potential of starch consolidation for the cost-effective production of SiC ceramics with promising mechanical properties.…”
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Integrating Logistics into Global Production: A New Approach by Pablo Coto-Millán, David Paz Saavedra, Marta de la Fuente, Xose Luis Fernandez

“…On the other hand, negative elasticities were observed for shipment timeliness and the cost competitiveness of international shipments, suggesting that inefficiencies in these areas can hinder economic growth. …”
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Assessing chikungunya's economic burden and impact on health-related quality of life: Two systematic literature reviews. by Giorgia Tiozzo, Adrianne M de Roo, Gabriel S Gurgel do Amaral, Hinko Hofstra, Gerard T Vondeling, Maarten J Postma

“…Indirect costs, mainly attributed to absenteeism, constituted a substantial portion of the total economic burden. …”
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Evaluation of the conventional and synchrotron X-ray tomography applied to heterogeneous oil reservoir rocks by Guilherme José Ramos, Paula Campos de Oliveira, Rodrigo Surmas, Leandro de Paulo Ferreira, Henning Markötter, Nikolay Kardjilov, Ingo Manke, Luciano Andrey Montoro, Augusta Isaac

“…Although SXCT offers significant advantages over XCT, the latter gains in cost of operation, accessibility and user-friendliness.…”
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Leaf Area Estimation in High-Wire Tomato Cultivation Using Plant Body Scanning by Hiroki Naito, Tokihiro Fukatsu, Kota Shimomoto, Fumiki Hosoi, Tomohiko Ota

“…Compared with prior 3D-based methods, the proposed 2D approach achieved comparable accuracy while maintaining low cost and a labor-efficient design. However, the system has not been tested in real production, and its generalizability across cultivars, environments, and growth stages remains unverified. …”
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Tactical Helicopter Transportation Planning for Offshore Personnel on the Norwegian Continental Shelf by Irina Gribkovskaia, Gaute Øiestad Slettemark

“…<i>Methods:</i> We present a developed two-step solution method sequentially generating possible flights and solving a flight-based integer programming model, and an iterative algorithm based on the decomposition of the flight-based model for the construction of cost-optimal weekly flight programs. <i>Results:</i> The developed algorithms were validated on the real instances from Equinor, the largest NCS energy operator. …”
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