Evaluation of commercial point-of-care glucometers for detection and monitoring of neonatal hypoglycemia in resource-constrained settings by Meaghan Bond, Elizabeth Asma, Joseph Peterson, Lauren Oparah, Millicent Alooh, Danica Kumara, Z. Maria Oden, Chinyere Ezeaka, Elizabeth Molyneux, Rebecca Richards-Kortum

“…Existing point-of-care (POC) adult glucometers, intended for home management of adults or children with diabetes, are widely available and less costly than machines designed and validated for neonates, but they must be validated at the lower glucose levels relevant for neonates and at appropriate hematocrit levels before being used for neonates. …”
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Evaluation of a Simplified Upper Arm Device for Vacuum-Assisted Collection of Capillary Blood Specimens by Ulrich Y. Schaff, Bradley B. Collier, Gabriella Iacovetti, Mitchell Peevler, Jason Ragar, Nicolas Tokunaga, Whitney C. Brandon, Matthew R. Chappell, Russell P. Grant, Greg J. Sommer

“…However, these devices are often costly relative to the reimbursement rate for common laboratory testing panels. …”
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An efficient IoT-based crop damage prediction framework in smart agricultural systems by Nermeen Gamal Rezk, Abdel-Fattah Attia, Mohamed A. El-Rashidy, Ayman El-Sayed, Ezz El-Din Hemdan

“…The key contributions of this innovative work include the design of a low-cost, power-efficient, and scalable crop damage prediction system, the integration of real-time IoT data with optimized ensemble learning, and a comprehensive evaluation of imputation techniques to enhance model robustness. …”
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Research Results for a New Onion Seed Drill by A. A. Ibragimov, A. К. Karakhanov, A. A. Abdurakhmanov, A. Е. Eshdavlatov, P. A. Uteniyazov, A. A. Khadzhiev

“…The authors note that foreign samples are complex in design, not adapted to local soil and climatic conditions, cannot provide even seed placement on ridges, and the cost of the seeders themselves and service are very high.…”
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Bi-Objective Optimization of Techno-Economic and Environmental Performance for Membrane-Based CO₂ Capture via Single-Stage Membrane Separation by Nobuo Hara, Satoshi Taniguchi, Takehiro Yamaki, Thuy T. H. Nguyen, Sho Kataoka

“…The set of Pareto solutions revealed opposite directions for optimization: either (1) increase the membrane area to reduce CO₂ emissions but increase costs or (2) increase power consumption and reduce costs but increase CO₂ emissions. …”
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Exploring Long-Term Clean Energy Transition Pathways in Ghana Using an Open-Source Optimization Approach by Romain Akpahou, Jesse Essuman Johnson, Erica Aboagye, Fernando Plazas-Niño, Mark Howells, Jairo Quirós-Tortós

“…Alternative pathways based on clean energy production may provide cost savings of around USD 11–14 billion compared to a Business as Usual case. …”
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Sucrose-Formulated Recombinant Factor VIII Dosing Flexibility in Prophylaxis Regimens: Experience from Postmarketing Surveillance Studies by Thomas J. Humphries, Stephan Rauchensteiner, Claudia Tückmantel, Alexander Pieper, Monika Maas Enriquez, Prasad Mathew

“…Prophylaxis regimens for severe hemophilia A allowing more flexible dosing while maintaining efficacy may improve adherence and decrease the cost of prophylaxis. Here, we compared the clinical effectiveness of once- or twice-weekly versus ≥3-times-weekly prophylaxis with sucrose-formulated recombinant factor VIII (rFVIII-FS) in a “real-world” practice setting. …”
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SBAS-InSAR Analysis of tectonic derived ground deformation and subsidence susceptibility mapping via machine learning in Quetta City, Pakistan by Sajid Hussain, Bin Pan, Zeeshan Afzal, Meer Muhammad Sajjad, Najeebullah Kakar, Nisar Ahmed, Wajid Hussain, Muhammad Ali

“…This study utilized Time-Series Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry (TSInSAR) to provide accurate and cost-effective monitoring of ground displacement in Quetta City, Pakistan – a seismically active and rapidly urbanizing region. …”
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Nanomedicine for Diagnosis and Treatment of Cardiac Fibrosis by Montano-Peguero Y, Verdejo HE, Riquelme JA, Kogan MJ, Lavandero S

“…Moreover, its availability is limited by the high cost of the equipment. For this reason, nanotechnology offers a promising approach for developing nanosystems directed at molecular targets of cardiac damage, to provide both affordable and readily available diagnostics and the possibility of targeted therapy. …”
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SGLT2 inhibitors across various patient populations in the era of precision medicine: the multidisciplinary team approach by Patrick McLean, Josiah Bennett, Edward “Trey” Woods, Sanjay Chandrasekhar, Noah Newman, Yusuf Mohammad, Muzamil Khawaja, Affan Rizwan, Riyan Siddiqui, Yochai Birnbaum, Carl J. Lavie, Salim Virani, Karim El Hachem, W. H. Wilson Tang, Tania Ahuja, Scott Isaacs, Chayakrit Krittanawong

“…Despite this, the adoption of the drug class into clinical practice remains suboptimal, hindered by cost and clinician familiarity. This review explores the therapeutic indications for sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors, examining their mechanisms of action, classic and prospective clinical effects, safety profile, and impact on decision-making, while highlighting emerging evidence for additional applications such as weight loss, anti-hypertensive, and anti-steatotic effects.…”
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Correlates of symptom burden in renal dialysis patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Yifan Lu, Shuqi Zhai, Qinqin Liu, Congcong Dai, Shejuan Liu, Yanqing Shang, Chaoran Chen

“…Results showed that the symptom burden of renal dialysis patients was positively correlated with age, gender, working status, medical cost, dialysis age, quality of sleep, nutritional status, comorbidities, depression, anxiety, disease uncertain, avoidance coping and resignation coping, and negatively correlated with marital status, income, serum sodium, quality of life, social support, subjective well-being, and self-management ability.Conclusions Our findings reveal that many factors, including demographic, disease-related, and psychosocial variables, affect symptom burden. …”
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Integrated data-driven topology reconstruction and risk-aware reconfiguration for resilient power distribution systems under incomplete observability by Sipei Sun, Ning Li, Liang Zhang, Dongpo Zhao, Di Lun, Liang Feng

“…To mitigate this risk, a bilevel reconfiguration optimization model is developed, in which the upper level minimizes cumulative risk and switching cost while maximizing load restoration, and the lower level enforces electrical feasibility under contingency-aware constraints. …”
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Culture-free genome-wide locus sequence typing (GLST) provides new perspectives on Trypanosoma cruzi dispersal and infection complexity. by Philipp Schwabl, Jalil Maiguashca Sánchez, Jaime A Costales, Sofía Ocaña-Mayorga, Maikell Segovia, Hernán J Carrasco, Carolina Hernández, Juan David Ramírez, Michael D Lewis, Mario J Grijalva, Martin S Llewellyn

“…This study proposes a simple, cost-effective 'genome-wide locus sequence typing' (GLST) tool based on massive parallel amplification of information hotspots throughout the target pathogen genome. …”
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Development of generating heat energy from empty oil palm bunch powder in cylinder bio-stove with pyrolysis and gasification technology by Paul David Rey, Mujiyono, Didik Nurhadiyanto, Helmi Kusuma Perdana, Eddy Rusly

“…Additionally, it offers a more cost-effective alternative compared to LPG for producing heat energy with prices of IDR 220,000 for EFB stove and IDR 1,260,000 for LPG stove [2] and the pyrolysis and gasification process occurred throughout the entire area of the fine powder of EFB with a moisture content of 9 %, 11 %, and 14 % for 4.5 h with a temperature maximum of 700°C, 836°C and 826°C respectively and thermal conductivity K = 3 W.m/C, K = 0.2 W.m/C and K = 0.8 W.m/C respectively. …”
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Effect of basalt fiber content on the dynamic tensile properties of rock-filled concrete: Insights from split-hopkinson tensile bar and split-hopkinson pressure bar Brazilian testi... by Muhammad Ibrar Ihteshaam, Yixuan Jin, Feng Jin

“…Rock-Filled Concrete (RFC) is gaining popularity in civil engineering due to its cost-effectiveness and sustainability. While RFC offers numerous advantages, there is limited knowledge available regarding its tensile strength and behavior under dynamic loading conditions, such as impact or seismic events. …”
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Energy conservation-based on-line tuning of an analytical model for accurate estimation of multi-joint stiffness with joint modular soft actuators by Fuko Matsunaga, Taichi Kurayama, Ming-Ta Ke, Ya-Hsin Hsueh, Shao Ying Huang, Jose Gomez-Tames, Wenwei Yu

“…While joint modular soft actuators have enabled cost-effective and personalized stiffness estimation, existing approaches face limitations. …”
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A staged deep learning approach to spatial refinement in 3D temporal atmospheric transport by M. Giselle Fernández-Godino, Wai Tong Chung, Akshay A. Gowardhan, Matthias Ihme, Qingkai Kong, Donald D. Lucas, Stephen C. Myers

“…However, their high computational cost makes them impractical for applications requiring rapid responses or iterative processes, such as optimization, uncertainty quantification, or inverse modeling. …”
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EmotionNet-X: An Optimized CNN Architecture for Robust Facial Emotion Analysis by Syed Muhammad Aqleem Abbas, Qaisar Abbas, Syed Muhammad Naqi

“…The proposed EmotionNet-X bridges accuracy and deployability, enabling cost-effective FER in IoT systems, such as access control, authentication, monitoring health status in real-time, security systems, live assistance, etc. …”
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Comparative assessment of the Sikun 2000 sequencing platform for whole genome sequencing by Keya Cai, Sibin Li, Meng Pan, Hui Lu, Liang Wang, Shengquan Fang, Lingzhi Gou, Jiang Tang, Yan Kong, Li Zhao, Yongyong Ren

“…In October 2023, Sikun introduced the Sikun 2000, a desktop NGS platform designed for rapid, cost-effective sequencing with up to 200 Gb of data per run. …”
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Remote web-based self-assessment of visual acuity versus ETDRS in patients with macular diseases: a method comparison study by Casper van der Zee, Leon Daniel Huang Huynh, Saskia Marijke Imhof, Jeannette Ossewaarde-van Norel, Redmer van Leeuwen, Robert Pieter Leendert Wisse

“…We showed that elderly can perform this test independently at home, providing a time- and cost-saving opportunity. Developments should focus on the NVA since it can be a valuable adjunct to MD follow-up. …”
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