An unequivocal superbug: PDR Klebsiella pneumoniae with an arsenal of resistance and virulence factor genes by Ahmad Sleiman, Bassel Awada, Michele Mocadie, Nour Sherri, Louis-Patrick Haraoui, Vincent Baby, George F Araj, Souha S Kanj, Nesrine Rizk, Ghassan M Matar, Antoine G Abou Fayad

“…Methodology: Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was done for the 2 K. pneumoniae isolates, followed by carbapenem/β-lactamase inhibitor combination assay, and fitness cost against cefepime and meropenem. Then, whole-genome sequence analysis was performed to decipher the molecular mechanisms behind the high level of resistance recorded in both isolates. …”
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CAR-T cell therapy in china: innovations, challenges, and strategic pathways by Lihui Yan, Boshi Duan, Peng Sun, Tianzuo Wang, Tianyou Wang, Shuang Jiang, Yue Wang

“…Concurrently, China is reshaping accessibility through policy innovations such as the “1 + 3 + N” multi-tiered payment system and regional insurance pilots, which reduce patient costs by 50%. Strategic investments in automated manufacturing and global regulatory harmonization further position China as a leader in cost-effective CAR-T development. …”
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Soil Quality Assessment in the Mashhad Plain, Northeast Iran (A Minimum Data Set and Spatial Analysis Approach) by Amin Mousavi, Alireza Karimi, Seyed Kazem Alavipanah, Ashraf Malekian, Tayebeh Safari

“…Soil quality assessment is crucial for sustainable land management. Given the high cost and time required to measure all soil quality indicators, minimum data set (MDS) selection offers an efficient approach for accurate evaluation. …”
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Recent Advances in Membrane Technologies for Biogas Upgrading by Gabriella Aguilloso, Kimberly Arpia, Morzina Khan, Zachary Alijah Sapico, Edgar Clyde Repato Lopez

“…However, the biogas industry faces challenges, especially in developing countries, due to high costs and limited research and development. Overcoming these obstacles requires collaboration among various stakeholders. …”
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Crossover operators for molecular graphs with an application to virtual drug screening by Nico Domschke, Bruno J. Schmidt, Thomas Gatter, Richard Golnik, Paul Eisenhuth, Fabian Liessmann, Jens Meiler, Peter F. Stadler

“…Abstract Genetic algorithms are a powerful method to solve optimization problems with complex cost functions over vast search spaces that rely in particular on recombining parts of previous solutions. …”
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The Effect of Nopal Mucilage Addition on the Corrosion Rate of Reinforcement Steel in Concrete by Enrique Martínez-Barrios, UIises Páramo-García, Edgardo Jonathan Suárez-Domínguez, Josué Francisco Pérez-Sánchez

“…The results indicate that mixtures with 5% and 10% mucilage show better corrosion protection, suggesting that this approach could be a sustainable, low-cost solution to enhance the durability of concrete structures, particularly in coastal areas with high humidity levels. …”
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Telenursing practice in the care of patients with surgical cancer: a scoping review by Carla Aparecida do Nascimento Mozer, Juliana do Carmo Gonçalves, Lorena Barros Furieri, Mirian Fioresi, Cindy Medici Toscano Rozetti, Rachel de Carvalho, Bruno Henrique Fiorin

“…Reporting on the protocols used, frequency and duration of sessions, nurse training and profiles, integration with in-person care workflows and operational cost data could strengthen the knowledge base for perioperative telenursing in oncology.…”
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Rapid, season-specific PCR testing versus traditional diagnostics for pneumonia in the emergency department by Yangxiu Yu, Qiuping Li

“…Implementation in other settings should consider local pathogen seasonality, workflow, and cost structures.…”
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Advancements in Landmine Detection: Deep Learning-Based Analysis With Thermal Drones by Daniel Heuschmid, Oliver Wacker, Yannick Zimmermann, Pascal Penava, Ricardo Buettner

“…Leveraging the MobileNetV3-Large architecture and building upon it, we propose a lightweight, yet powerful, machine learning model that can be seen as a safe, cost-efficient and fast landmine detection method. …”
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Soil methane emission suppression control using unmanned aircraft vehicle swarm application of biochar mulch - A simulation study by Di An, Derek Hollenbeck, Kai Cao, YangQuan Chen

“…In addition, we integrated emissions control, UAV control efforts, and UAV location error in our cost function. Finally, we evaluated our approach using simulation experiments with methane diffusion and multiple methane emission sources in the time and space domain, respectively. …”
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Population-level toggling of T cell immune escape at human leukocyte antigen anchor residues in SARS-CoV-2 Spike proteins, in an ethnically diverse population region. by Nobubelo K Ngandu, Burtram C Fielding, Peter van Heusden, Kuhle Mcinga, Kriheska Francis, Gordon Harkins

“…This immunoinformatic prediction of T cell immune escape at HLA anchor motifs: (i)shortlisted potentially understudied population-specific HLA and immune escape (ii)revealed a footprint of underlying toggling of short-lived immune escape mutations, and (iii)has potential to cost-effectively guide pre-clinical research questions on the inclusion of partially conserved but dominant epitopes in vaccine immunogens.…”
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Ultrasound-assisted DLLME with natural deep eutectic solvent and smartphone-based colorimetry for Pb(II) detection in water by Nayyer Azhdari, Biuck Habibi, Zahra Ayazi, Elaheh Rahimpour

“…This research presents a novel, cost-efficient and high-performance method for preconcentration and detection of lead ions [Pb(II)] using ultrasound-assisted dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction (USA-DLLME) combined with digital image colorimetry (DIC). …”
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Implementation strategies to promote linkage to care for key populations after HIV self-testing: a scoping review by Panpan Ma, Rina Shoki, Xinyi Su, Erika Ota

“…HIV self-testing (HIVST) is effective in scaling up HIV testing uptake among key populations due to its cost-effective, confidential, and convenient feature. …”
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The formation and stripping mechanism of oxide film on stainless steel surfaces by Zhenqi Shen, Guangkai Wang, Fang Bao, Tianhao Liu, Yang Fei, Zhenni Xie, Yuxin Liang, Xincheng Wang

“…Retired equipment exhibits relatively high levels of radioactivity, and chemical cleaning is a cost-effective and efficient method for decontamination. …”
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转基因作物多重重组酶聚合酶扩增结合CRISPR/Cas12a现场可视化检测方法的建立(英文)(Establishment of a field visualization detection method for multiplex recombinase polymerase amplification combined with CRISPR/Cas12... by 颜晶莹(YAN Jingying), 倪亮(NI Liang), 沈星宇(SHEN Xingyu), 吕秉韬(LÜ Bingtao), 李玉(LI Yu)

“…Compared with the traditional test strip detection method, this multi-RPA-CRISPR/Cas12a technique has the higher specificity, higher sensitivity, wider application range and lower cost. Compared with other polymerase chain reaction (PCR) techniques, it also has the advantages of low equipment requirements and visualization, making it a potentially feasible method for the field detection of GM plants.…”
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Near Real-Time Data-Driven Adaptive RAN Slicing of VR Traffic in ORAN by Andreas Casparsen, Beatriz Soret, Jimmy Jessen Nielsen, Petar Popovski

“…Our findings reveal distinct trade-offs between the methods: our proposed solution, Latency Estimation Correction (LEC), offers superior latency control but at the cost of resource efficiency; it emphasizes estimating end-to-end latency and guides the allocation accordingly. …”
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Optimization of Gene Design, PCR Assembly and Site-Directed Mutagenesis for the Synthesis of Beauveria Bassiana Protease Gene by Muhammad Azharuddin Azali, Salmah Mohamed, Azian Harun, Shaharum Shamsuddin, Muhammad Farid Johan

“…These criteria were set up to optimize the cost and to accommodate the oligos assembly. A total of 44 overlapping oligos were designed and synthesized 0.5 µM of oligos mixture was used in assembly PCR together with high fidelity DNA polymerase to produce 1.1 kbp fragment. …”
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Pseudospectrum in Rectangular Mini/Micro Channel Fluidics Linear Transition to Turbulence by Bahri Uzunoglu

“…The symmetries are exploited to reduce the high computational cost of the eigenvalue problem. The boundary satisfying bases are exploited for this cause. …”
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Purified bentonite from Nador, Morocco: A sustainable adsorbent for caffeine removal from aqueous solutions by Lamghari Chayma, Baroudi Laila, Nor Mohammed, Ahari Mhamed, Salhi Amine, Mourabit Fouad, El Yousfi Abdellah, El Miz Mohamed, Amhamdi Hassan

“…These findings highlight bentonite's potential as a cost-effective and environmentally sustainable sorbent, offering a viable solution to address the growing concern of caffeine contamination in water sources and contributing to the preservation of aquatic ecosystems.…”
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Nondestructive freshness recognition of chicken breast meat based on deep learning by Rui Jian, Guangbo Li, Xie Jun, Guolong Shi

“…Traditional methods for chicken breast freshness recognition suffer from issues such as high cost, difficulty in recognition, and low efficiency. …”
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