Plant-related quality attributes affecting FcγRIIIa binding: affinity chromatography analysis of rituximab glycovariants from Nicotiana benthamiana by Sara Tengattini, Aurora Tini, Carla Marusic, Francesca Rinaldi, Isabella Senini, Enrica Calleri, Virginia Perez, Claudio Pisano, Marcello Donini, Caterina Temporini

“…Monoclonal antibodies (mAb) produced in plants, known as plantibodies, represent a cost-effective alternative to conventional mammalian cell cultures. …”
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Growth Rate Prediction, Performance, and Biochemical Enhancement of Black Soldier Fly (<i>Hermetia illucens</i>) Fed with Marine By-Products and Co-Products: A Potential Value-Adde... by Daniela P. Rodrigues, Ricardo Calado, Marisa Pinho, M. do Rosário Domingues, José Antonio Vázquez, Olga M. C. C. Ameixa

“…Aquafeed production is a fast-growing industry, seeking novel, cost-efficient raw materials to diversify traditional ingredients like fish meal and oil. …”
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"Em todos os lares, o conforto moral da ciência e da arte": a Revista Nacional de Educação e a divulgação científica no Brasil (1932-34) "In all homes, the moral comfort of science... by Regina Horta Duarte

“…Every issue was published at a low cost, with a significant number of copies. The journal was touted as the initiative of a renewed Republic, part of a broader strategy of inaugurating new relations between government and a population to be educated. …”
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Recent Advances in Resistive Gas Sensors: Fundamentals, Material and Device Design, and Intelligent Applications by Peiqingfeng Wang, Shusheng Xu, Xuerong Shi, Jiaqing Zhu, Haichao Xiong, Huimin Wen

“…Resistive gas sensors have attracted significant attention due to their simple architecture, low cost, and ease of integration, with widespread applications in environmental monitoring, industrial safety, and healthcare diagnostics. …”
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Design and Synthesis of Arylboronic Acid Chemosensors for the Fluorescent-Thin Layer Chromatography (f-TLC) Detection of Mycolactone by Gideon Atinga Akolgo, Benjamin M. Partridge, Timothy D. Craggs, Kingsley Bampoe Asiedu, Richard Kwamla Amewu

“…Fluorescent chemosensors are increasingly becoming relevant in recognition chemistry due to their sensitivity, selectivity, fast response time, real-time detection capability, and low cost. Boronic acids have been reported for the recognition of mycolactone, the cytotoxin responsible for tissue damage in Buruli ulcer disease. …”
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The effect of microstructure engineering on the pseudoelastic and elastocaloric enhancement of a Ni-rich Ti–Ni alloy by Simin Kheirabadi, Maryam Mohri, Mahmoud Nili-Ahmadabadi

“…The elastocaloric effect, which utilizes pseudoelastic NiTi alloys, has recently gained significant attention due to its substantial energy-saving potential, negligible environmental impact, and cost-effectiveness. Notably, significant elastocaloric effects (eCE) arising from the stress-induced B2↔B19’ transition under axial load have been demonstrated in NiTi shape memory alloys. …”
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Lipogems Product Treatment Increases the Proliferation Rate of Human Tendon Stem Cells without Affecting Their Stemness and Differentiation Capability by Pietro Randelli, Alessandra Menon, Vincenza Ragone, Pasquale Creo, Sonia Bergante, Filippo Randelli, Laura De Girolamo, Umberto Alfieri Montrasio, Giuseppe Banfi, Paolo Cabitza, Guido Tettamanti, Luigi Anastasia

“…In fact, obtaining a lipoaspirate is easier, safer, and more cost-effective than harvesting cells from tendon or bone marrow biopsies, expanding them in GMP facility and then reinjecting them in the patient.…”
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Amoxicillin-clavulanic Acid and Trimethoprim/Sulphamethoxazole Combination Therapy for Actinomycetoma in an Elderly Farmer: A Case Report by Sandra Arora, Jahanvi Goyal, Sanjeev B Gupta, Aayush Gupta

“…This led to a complete resolution of the condition within three weeks, demonstrating the efficacy of this treatment as a safe and cost-effective option. This case highlights the importance of early diagnosis and appropriate treatment for Actinomycetoma, emphasising the value of affordable therapeutic interventions.…”
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Additive manufacturing of thermoset elastomers: A review of emerging technologies by Csenge Tóth, Ábris Dávid Virág, István Halász-Kutasi, Norbert Krisztián Kovács, Tamás Bárány

“…Two-phase systems enable tunable properties but suffer from rheological and bonding issues, while material extrusion is more cost-effective yet less precise. Overall, current research primarily concentrates on technology and formulation development. …”
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Inpatient psychiatric bed capacity within CMS-certified U.S hospitals, 2011-2023: A cross-sectional study. by Zoe Lindenfeld, Jonathan H Cantor, Colleen M McCullough, Jemar R Bather, Ryan K McBain

“…<h4>Methods and findings</h4>This study used nationally-representative data drawn from the 2011-2023 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Healthcare Cost Report Information System (HCRIS). From 2011-2023, while the total number of IPBs-in both psychiatric hospitals (PHs) and short-term acute care hospitals (STACHs)-did not change, the number IPBs within STACHs fell from 11.3 in 2011 to 9.06 in 2023. …”
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All-Fiber LITES Sensor Based on Hollow-Core Anti-Resonant Fiber and Self-Designed Low-Frequency Quartz Tuning Fork by Xiaorong Sun, Weipeng Chen, Ying He, Haiyue Sun, Shunda Qiao, Yufei Ma

“…This design eliminated the need for lens combinations, thereby enhancing system stability and reducing cost and size. Additionally, a self-designed rectangular-tip QTF with a low resonant frequency of 8.69 kHz was employed to improve the sensor’s detection performance. …”
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Effect of Stocking Densities on Growth and Production Performance of Bheda (Nandus nandus) in Pond Aquaculture by Md. Rezoanul Haque, David Rintu Das, Md. Roman Sarkar, Nasima Begum, Debasish Pandit, Asma Jaman

“…Net profit and benefit-cost ratio were significantly higher in T1 than T2 and T3 . …”
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Funding South Africa’s food and nutrition policy: Estimates for the 2018–2022 funding cycle by Peter T. Jacobs, Vandudzai Mbanda, Sisonke Mtyapi

“… Securing enough funds to roll out South Africa’s National Food and Nutrition Security Plan (NFNSP) has gained renewed momentum since 2017 when projections of cost to deliver on its outcomes were determined. …”
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CMCD: A Consistency Model-Based Change Detection Method for Remote Sensing Images by Xiongjie Li, Weiying Xie, Jiaqing Zhang, Yunsong Li

“…Furthermore, these methods utilize diffusion networks to extract key features from dual-temporal remote images and generate change maps, yet they often overlook the model&#x0027;s parameter size and the time cost associated with iterative sampling. To address these challenges, we propose a novel consistency model-based change detection method (CMCD), which directly generates high-quality change detection maps in one or a few steps. …”
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Development and validation of an ethical monopoly board game to teach bioethics to undergraduate medical students by Abeera Fatima, Usman Mahboob, Rehan Ahmed Khan, Saima Rafique

“…One such approach is game-based learning, with board games emerging as a cost-effective and accessible tool for bioethics education. …”
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Robotics in the Construction Industry: A Bibliometric Review of Recent Trends and Technological Evolution by Lu Xu, Yulin Zhang, Mengjiao Liu, Yanhong Li, Yihang Li, Yaqing Yu, Qi Tang, Shaobin Weng, Kun Sang, Guiye Lin

“…The current adoption of robotics technologies is driven by both the maturity of robotics technology and the potential for cost reduction compared with manual labor. This review synthesizes recent advancements and trends in construction robotics through a bibliometric analysis of 212 publications indexed in Web of Science from 2002 to 2024. …”
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Green synthesis and toxicological evaluation of zinc oxide nanoparticles utilizing Punica granatum fruit Peel extract: an eco-friendly approach by Ali Mohammadi, Negin Hashemi, Mohaddeseh Ghassabzadeh, Ali Sharafi, Alireza Yazdinezhad, Hossein Danafar

“…Notably, it avoids the use of hazardous chemicals and acts as a cost-effective and eco-friendly process. This study focuses on the green synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO- NPs) using the Punica granatum fruit peel extract. …”
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Multispectral Extended Depth-of-Field Imaging via Stochastic Wavefront Optimization by Exequiel Oliva, Nelson Diaz, Samuel Pinilla, Esteban Vera

“…Both qualitative and quantitative results demonstrate that the proposed DOE significantly improves depth invariance and spectral fidelity of the reconstructed datacubes compared to conventional and state-of-the-art DOE designs, making it a cost-effective solution for real-world multispectral EDoF applications.…”
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Design and Research of a Propulsion-Enabled Station-Keeping Anchoring System Compatible with Shallow-Sea Profiling Floats by Chenyang Gao, Fuwu Ji, Qunhui Yang, Zhinan Mi, Fang Wang

“…According to the results of the simulation experiment of the PESKAS, the system successfully achieves its design objectives of full penetration into and ascending from sediments. PESKAS is a cost-effective solution for the positional drift and grounding of profiling floats, which enables stable long-term profile observations in shallow-sea environments and has broad application prospects.…”
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Volumetric choice experiment to estimate the impact of e-cigarette and heated tobacco product characteristics on substitution and complementary use among adults who smoke cigarette... by Jidong Huang, Ce Shang, Scott R Weaver, Towhidul Islam, Terry F Pechacek, Vuong V Do

“…Policies to increase the cost of combusted cigarettes as well as communicate lower relative harm and low absolute harm of e-cigarettes may facilitate switching behaviour.…”
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