Understanding user satisfaction with university parking: A grounded theory approach by Sai Sneha Channamallu, Apurva Pamidimukkala, Sharareh Kermanshachi, Jay Michael Rosenberger, Greg Hladik

“…Challenges such as limited space availability, long search times, cost-value disparities, and increasing interest in innovative solutions indicate the necessity for a more efficient, tech-driven, and adaptable parking system. …”
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Assessing the acceptability, affordability, and availability of teleoncology services among cancer patients: A cross-sectional study by Praveen Suthar, Swati Kharbanda, Nitin Kumar Joshi, Komal Parmar, Parthasarathi Ganguly

“…Patients found teleoncology cost-effective, with a mean affordability perception of 4.3 (agree to strongly agree). …”
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Optical Sensor-Based Approaches in Obesity Detection: A Literature Review of Gait Analysis, Pose Estimation, and Human Voxel Modeling by Sabrine Dhaouadi, Mohamed Moncef Ben Khelifa, Ala Balti, Pascale Duché

“…Future priorities involve standardizing validation protocols to ensure reproducibility, optimizing cost-efficacy for scalable deployment, and integrating optical systems with wearable technologies for holistic health monitoring. …”
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Kapok-Derived Super Hollow Porous Carbon Fibers and Their Greenhouse Gases Adsorption by Hun-Seung Jeong, Cheol-Ki Cho, Dong-Chul Chung, Kay-Hyeok An, Byung-Joo Kim

“…Industrialization and modernization have significantly improved the quality of life but have also led to substantial pollution. Cost-effective technologies are urgently needed to mitigate emissions from major polluting sectors, such as the automotive and transport industries. …”
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Analysis of the mechanical behaviors of nonmetallic un-bonded flexible pipe under different loads by Jin Yu, Xuegang You, Tianwei Kong, Mengying Xia, Ruhong Lv, Kezheng Zhang, Baodong Wang

“…The growing demand for lightweight, corrosion-resistant, and cost-effective solutions in offshore oil and gas operations has driven the transition from traditional metallic pipes to advanced non-metallic flexible pipes. …”
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The Use of Artificial Intelligence Technologies in Energy and Climate Security by Igbal A. Guliev, Agil Mammadov, Kanan Ibrahimli

“…The authors conclude that the truth of the hypothesis has been proven: the use of AI as a control feedback loop at a technical facility for purification and energy generation is a more cost-effective and technically optimal alternative to a “live” operator, which will eliminate the human error factor. …”
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Machine learning detection of Gaussian steering in continuous-variable systems under data imbalance by Jie Guo, Taotao Yan, Jinchuan Hou, Xiaofei Qi, Kan He

“…Numerical experiments for seven low modes scenarios reveal that the classifiers obtained by utilizing the ensemble learning method training on augmented dataset have the best overall performance, significantly improving generalization capabilities with low cost and high test accuracy, achieving detection times as fast as $$10^{-5}$$ seconds, at least 100 times faster than calculating $$\mathcal {J}$$ . …”
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Strategic Web-Based Data Dashboards as Monitoring Tools for Promoting Organizational Innovation by Siddharth Banerjee, Clare E. Fullerton, Sankalp S. Gaharwar, Edward J. Jaselskis

“…These claims contributed to an average increase in project costs of approximately 2.4% and schedule delays averaging 70 days. …”
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Perception of contractors and sub-contractors towards the factors causing delays in heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) construction projects by Aravindh Devandran, Felicita J. Davis, Michael Sammanasu Joseph

“…Construction projects are more intricate and associated with significant levels of risk owing to cost overruns. These overruns frequently lead to delays, incomplete work or other related challenges. …”
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Subcarrier Index-Power Modulated-Optical OFDM With Dual Superposition Multiplexing for Directly Modulated DFB-Based IMDD PON Systems by Lin Chen, Fadi Halabi, Roger Philip Giddings, Junjie Zhang, Jianming Tang

“…The work suggests that SIPM-OOFDM-DSPM is a promising signal transmission technique capable of providing cost-sensitive PON systems with improved transmission capacity, performance flexibility, and adaptability.…”
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Enhancing resilience of distribution system under extreme weather: Two-stage energy storage system configuration strategy based on robust optimization by Ye He, Hongyun Fu, Andrew Y. Wu, Hongbin Wu, Ming Ding

“…Finally, a two-stage robust optimization model for the ESS is established to improve DN resilience with the objective of minimizing the comprehensive economic cost of the ESS and the annual comprehensive weighted load loss, which is solved using the column-and-constraint generation algorithm (C&CG). …”
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Minimizing the Number of Spans for Terrestrial Fiber-Optic Systems Using Quasi-Single-Mode Transmission by Jian Zhao, Inwoong Kim, Olga Vassilieva, Tadashi Ikeuchi, Wei Wang, He Wen, Guifang Li

“…We show that quasi-single-mode transmission in few-mode fibers (FMFs) can reduce the number of spans for a fixed transmission distance and, consequently, the cost per bit for terrestrial transmission systems by minimizing both the Capex and Opex. …”
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Training of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Residents in Virtual Surgical Planning: A Feasibility Study Comparing Open-Source Freeware and Commercially Available Software for Mandib... by Bert Rombaut, Matthias Ureel, Benjamin Van der Smissen, Nicolas Dhooghe, Renaat Coopman

“…<i>Conclusion:</i> We believe OSF can be a cost-effective alternative compared to CAS for the training of surgical residents to gain insight in complex surgeries and to better understand CAD limitations and possibilities.…”
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Use of Biochar and Industrial Hemp for Remediation of Heavy-Metal-Contaminated Soil: Root Uptake and Translocations for Cd, Pb, and Zn by Sophie Sward, Kristofor R. Brye, David M. Miller, Dietrich V. Thurston

“…Phytoremediation has been reported as a more energy-efficient, and therefore cost-effective, method of environmental restoration compared to traditional remediation methods for heavy-metal-contaminated soils. …”
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Nature-driven blue-emissive N, S-CDs: Harnessing sequential “switch-off-on” fluorescence signals for detection of chrysin and Al³⁺ along with cellular imaging versatility by Maha Mohammad Abdel-Monem, Mohamed I. Walash, Asmaa Kamal El-Deen

“…The proposed sensing platform provides several merits, including simplicity, cost-efficiency, long-lasting stability, high selectivity, and exceptional sensitivity. …”
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Hardware-in-loop implementation of an adaptive MPPT controlled PV-assisted EV charging system with vehicle-to-grid integration by Surabhi Singh, Hari Om Bansal

“…In addition, the designed bidirectional charging system maximizes solar energy collection, minimizes the charging cost, and improves grid stability through demand balancing. …”
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Digital OFDM-PON Based on Delta&#x2013;Sigma Modulation Employing Binary IM-DD Channels by Cai Li, Rong Hu, Haibo B. Li, Ming Luo, Qi Yang, Shaohua Yu

“…Neither the analog-to-digital converter (ADC)/digital-to-analog converter (DAC) nor the linear modulator&#x002F;detector are required, which means the proposed system can be fulfilled by employing cost-effective 10- or 40-Gb&#x002F;s binary optics and electronics. …”
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Inpatient outcomes among children with Down syndrome: a Kids’ Inpatient Database study by Po-Yang Tsou, Yu-Hsun Wang, Ignacio E. Tapia

“…Secondary outcomes were non-invasive mechanical ventilation (NIMV), length of hospital stay (LOS), and inflation-adjusted cost of hospitalization (IACH). Multivariable logistic regression models were used to ascertain associations between Black race and outcomes. …”
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Estimating oxygen needs for childhood pneumonia in developing country health systems: a new model for expecting the unexpected. by Beverly D Bradley, Stephen R C Howie, Timothy C Y Chan, Yu-Ling Cheng

“…<h4>Background</h4>Planning for the reliable and cost-effective supply of a health service commodity such as medical oxygen requires an understanding of the dynamic need or 'demand' for the commodity over time. …”
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Maximizing the combustion phenomenon with reduced emission of a compression ignition engine fulled with Dunaliella salina biodiesel and hydrogen blends by V. Hariram, R. Sathishbabu, J. Godwin John, Nandagopal Kailiappan, K. Vijayakumar, E. Sangeeth Kumar, K. Kamakshi Priya

“…Additionally, the study of cost of operation on H2 induction was also investigated.…”
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