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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RGB Indices Can Be Used to Estimate NDVI, PRI, and Fv/Fm in Wheat and Pea Plants Under Soil Drought and Salinization by Yuriy Zolin, Alyona Popova, Lyubov Yudina, Kseniya Grebneva, Karina Abasheva, Vladimir Sukhov, Ekaterina Sukhova

“…It means that RGB indices measured by simple and low-cost color cameras can be used to estimate plant parameters (NDVI, PRI, and Fv/Fm) requiring sophisticated equipment to measure.…”
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Design of a parallel Helmholtz resonator structure as a hazardous greenhouse gases sensor using the transfer matrix method by Ilyas Antraoui, Ahlem Guesmi, Mohamed El Malki, Naoufel Ben Hamadi, Wesam Abd El-Fattah, Ali Khettabi, Zaky A. Zaky

“…The core objective is to enhance gas detection sensitivity through an efficient, low-cost design. Analytical modeling using the transfer matrix method and Sylvester’s theorem reveals that altering the geometry of an air-filled unit cell enables precise control over low-frequency acoustic wave filtering. …”
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Study on Flow and Heat Transfer Characteristics of Battery Thermal Management System with Supercritical CO₂ for Energy Storage Stations by Ya Wang, Fengbin Li, Feng Cao, Shaozhong Liang, Jian Fu

“…Supercritical carbon dioxide (SCO₂) is considered a promising coolant because of its favorable properties, including non-flammability, high dielectric strength and low cost for the BTMS. The heat of a battery can be absorbed to a great extent if there is a small temperature rise because as the fluid temperature approaches a pseudo-critical temperature, the specific heat capacity of SCO₂ reaches its peak. …”
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Black soldier fly compost enhances productivity and postharvest quality of tomato in Ghana by Paul Alhassan Zaato, William Amponsah, Nicholas Kyei-Baffour, Ato Bart-Plange, Lukas Pawera, Ramasamy Srinivasan, Malick Niango Ba

“…While mineral fertilizers are essential, their use is hindered by rising costs, limited availability, and distribution challenges. …”
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Sequential treatment strategy for biliary atresia: Kasai hepatoportoenterostomy-liver transplantation: a single-center retrospective comparative cohort study by Zhenyu Xie, Yang Chen, Yun Peng, Chengkun Luo, Bo Xiang, Jiayin Yang, Jiulin Song, Shuguang Jin

“…The Kasai-LT group had shorter operative time, shorter PICU stay, shorter hospital stay with lower hospitalization cost. The incidence of hepatic artery complications and thoracoabdominal infections after LT was significantly higher in the pLT group compared to the Kasai-LT group. …”
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Predicting compressive strength of concrete at elevated temperatures and optimizing its mixture proportions by Jinjun Xu, Han Wang, Wenjun Wu, Lang Lin, Yong Yu

“…(iv) The integrated mix design, which achieves a reduction of up to 40 % in carbon emissions and 30 % in costs, while preserving mechanical strength, comes highly recommended.…”
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Productivity of pigs grown on the feed additive “Kormocid” by H. Ogorodnichuk, Y. Zagamula

“…The use of the feed additive acidifier “Kormocid” during the growing-up period of pigs allows for the reduction of the cost of feed per unit of growth and increases the payment of feed per increment.…”
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Features of intellectual property protection mechanisms on the example of orphan drugs circulation by D. S. Yurochkin, К. V. Nasonova, Z. М. Golant, I. А. Narkevich, V. P. Trukhin

“…Along with outstanding cost of new therapies it causes enormous budget burden for the healthcare system and prevents the introduction of objective criteria in the appointment and use of medicines. …”
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Embedded Hardware-Efficient FPGA Architecture for SVM Learning and Inference by B. B. Shabarinath, Muralidhar Pullakandam

“…Edge computing allows to do AI processing on devices with limited resources, but the challenge remains high computational costs followed by the energy limitations of such devices making on-device machine learning inefficient, especially for Support Vector Machine (SVM) classifiers. …”
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3D Printing of Customized Carbon Microneedle Arrays by Ya Ren, Li Zhang, Angxi Zhou, Donglin Ma, Haofan Liu, Run Tian, Siyi Wang, Chunli Yang, Maling Gou

“…To address these challenges, this study presents a precise, efficient, and cost‐effective manufacturing strategy that integrates 3D printing with pyrolysis. …”
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Comprehensive Review on the Control of Heat Pumps for Energy Flexibility in Distribution Networks by Gustavo L. Aschidamini, Mina Pavlovic, Bradley A. Reinholz, Malcolm S. Metcalfe, Taco Niet, Mariana Resener

“…Incorporating these advanced control strategies could help identify key limitations, including the impact of varying user participation levels and the cost-benefit trade-offs associated with their implementation.…”
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Research on the Diaphragm Movement Characteristics and Cavity Profile Optimization of a Dual-Stage Diaphragm Compressor for Hydrogen Refueling Applications by Chongzhou Sun, Zhilong He, Dantong Li, Xiaoqian Chen, Jie Tang, Manguo Yan, Xiangjie Kang

“…The large-scale utilization of hydrogen energy is currently hindered by challenges in low-cost production, storage, and transportation. This study focused on investigating the impact of the diaphragm cavity profile on the movement behavior and stress distribution of a dual-stage diaphragm compressor. …”
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