Modeling Spatial Distribution of Snow Water Equivalent Using Transfer Learning Across Mountainous Basins by Lama El Halabi, Utkarsh Mital, Dipankar Dwivedi

“…Abstract Accurately estimating snow water equivalent (SWE) is crucial for understanding the impacts of climate change, urbanization, and population growth on water resources. High operational costs of lidar observations limit the frequency and coverage of SWE estimates at high spatial resolutions, leading to significant data gaps. …”
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A Lightweight Algorithm for Detection and Grading of Olive Ripeness Based on Improved YOLOv11n by Fengwu Zhu, Suyu Wang, Min Liu, Weijie Wang, Weizhi Feng

“…Olives are a crucial woody oil crop, the harvesting of which predominantly relies on manual labor, which is characterized by high costs, low efficiency, and challenges in ensuring optimal harvesting timing. …”
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Dynamic atrous attention and dual branch context fusion for cross scale Building segmentation in high resolution remote sensing imagery by Yaohui Liu, Shuzhe Zhang, Xinkai Wang, Rui Zhai, Hu Jiang, Lingjia Kong

“…Abstract Building segmentation of high-resolution remote sensing images using deep learning effectively reduces labor costs, but still faces the key challenges of effectively modeling cross-scale contextual relationships and preserving fine spatial details. …”
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Concept of Electronic Evidence in Criminal Legal Procedure by A. A. Dmitrieva, P. S. Pastukhov

“…The scientific approach within the concept consists in minimizing the costs of collecting evidentiary information in criminal cases in electronic form and by electronic means, as well as storing the criminal case materials in electronic form.Methods: dialectic method occupies the leading position among the research methods, the issues of electronic documentation being considered in the interaction and interdependence with information-technological development of the society. …”
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Trayectorias educativas de las mujeres universitarias: efectos de los roles de género en el retorno al sistema educativo by Maribel Moreno Sosa

“…Los resultados sugieren que persiste la brecha de género relacionada a la crianza de los hijos, la cual refuerza la mayor participación femenina en estas actividades, asumiendo los costes del conflicto de roles en el hogar, lo cual afecta las decisiones de retorno educativo.…”
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Patient navigators for people with chronic disease: A systematic review. by Kerry A McBrien, Noah Ivers, Lianne Barnieh, Jacob J Bailey, Diane L Lorenzetti, David Nicholas, Marcello Tonelli, Brenda Hemmelgarn, Richard Lewanczuk, Alun Edwards, Ted Braun, Braden Manns

“…<h4>Conclusion</h4>Our findings indicate that patient navigator programs improve processes of care, although few studies assessed patient experience, clinical outcomes or costs. The inability to definitively outline successful components remains a key uncertainty in the use of patient navigator programs across chronic diseases. …”
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Third-Party Payment Regulation: Analysis of Risks and Legal Mechanisms in China by L. Jingrong, Sh. Jigeer

“…A comparative-legal analysis of existing regulations and international experience in regulating financial technologies was performed.Results: it was found that third-party payments have become an integral part of e-commerce, effectively solving the problems of high transaction costs and shortage of credit resources in Chinese e-commerce. …”
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Developing an evidence brief for policy on implementing deprescribing practices across different levels of healthcare: a protocol by Luciane Cruz Lopes, Izabela Fulone, Lauren Giustti Mazzei, Jardel Corrêa de Oliveira, Luis Phillipe Nagem Lopes, Mariana Del Grossi Moura, Danielle Maria de Souza Serio dos Santos, Lais Neiva

“…The synthesis will encompass evidence from systematic reviews and meta-analysis on deprescribing strategies across healthcare levels, focusing on effectiveness, harms, costs, perceptions, barriers, facilitators and equity. …”
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Concept of Efficient Utilization of Railway Station Technical–Hygienic Maintenance Centers—A Case Study from Slovakia by Zdenka Bulková, Juraj Čamaj, Jozef Gašparík

“…The implementation of optimization measures can lead to increased capacity and efficiency of maintenance, reduced time required for individual procedures, and lower operational costs. The study’s results provide practical recommendations for improving the quality of technical–hygienic maintenance at railway junction stations, contributing to greater railway transport reliability and an overall improvement in passenger comfort. …”
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Examining the Impact of Certificate of Need Laws on the Utilization and Reimbursement of Cataract Surgeries Among Medicare Beneficiaries by Alvina Liang, Jennifer L. Lindsey

“…Certificate of need (CON) laws aim to regulate healthcare facility expansion and equipment acquisition to curtail costs, enhance quality, and ensure equitable access to care. …”
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Development of accounting and analysis of innovations in biofuel production in the conditions of circular economy by O.V. Oliinyk, S.F. Lehenchuk, A.O. Solovey

“…This creates a need to develop adapted methods that would allow: to record innovative costs and benefits; to assess the effectiveness and profitability of implemented solutions; to take into account environmental benefits (for example, reducing CO₂ emissions); to integrate accounting for waste, secondary raw materials, energy flows, etc. …”
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Building Envelope Thermal Anomaly Detection Using an Integrated Vision-Based Technique and Semantic Segmentation by Shayan Mirzabeigi, Ryan Razkenari, Paul Crovella

“…Detecting these anomalies is essential to improve the thermal performance of energy-inefficient buildings through energy retrofit design and correspondingly reduce operational energy costs and environmental impacts. A thermal bridge is an unwanted conductive heat transfer. …”
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Modelling of Regional Economy Growth Strategy by I. S. Mezhov, E. V. Kletskova

“…This approach allows us to take into account the production process of the GRP in the industry as much as possible, based on the inclusion in its production function of such characteristics as: basic production assets, capital productivity, profitability of costs, sensitivity to investment, consumption-output relationships. …”
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COMPARISON OF PATIENT SATISFACTION AND TREATMENT OUTCOMES BETWEEN CLEAR ALIGNERS AND TRADITIONAL BRACES IN ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT by Y.S. Korotkova

“…In the future, it is essential to explore other aspects, such as treatment costs, duration of the process, and care requirements for orthodontic appliances, which may also influence patients' choices regarding the treatment method. …”
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Assessing the influence of health systems on Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus awareness, treatment, adherence, and control: A systematic review. by Suan Ee Ong, Joel Jun Kai Koh, Sue-Anne Ee Shiow Toh, Kee Seng Chia, Dina Balabanova, Martin McKee, Pablo Perel, Helena Legido-Quigley

“…<h4>Conclusions</h4>This review points to the importance of reducing, or possibly eliminating, out-of-pocket costs for diabetes medication and self-monitoring supplies. …”
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Structural Relationship Analysis of Substance Use Tendencies in Adolescents: The Role of Childhood Maltreatment, Parenting Styles, and the Mediating Role of Impulsivity by Ali Beheshti Motlagh, Sajjad Basharpoor

“…Introduction and purpose: The tendency to use drugs in adolescents has become an important issue at the individual-social level, and an addicted person imposes enormous costs on the family, as well as the education and health systems. …”
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Shifting Landscapes, Escalating Risks: How Land Use Conversion Shapes Long-Term Road Crash Outcomes in Melbourne by Ali Soltani, Mohsen RoohaniQadikolaei, Amir Sobhani

“…Road crashes impose significant societal costs, and while links between static land use and safety are established, the long-term impacts of dynamic land use conversions remain under-explored. …”
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End-stage kidney diseases in areas of conflict: patients’ perspective and patient access to hemodialysis services in Northwest Syria by Ismail Alkhatib, Sami Alasfar, Gilbert Burnham, Nimetcan Mehmet Orhun

“…Because of the decentralized distribution of facilities, half of patients could reach their dialysis facility in 30 min or less, and at minimal costs. Two-thirds (67.3%) reported the presence of comorbidities, with hypertension and diabetes being the most common. …”
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LI-YOLOv8: Lightweight small target detection algorithm for remote sensing images that combines GSConv and PConv. by Pingping Yan, Xiangming Qi, Liang Jiang

“…Furthermore, Parameters and GFLOPs were reduced by 10.0% and 23.2%, respectively, indicating a significant enhancement in detection accuracy along with a substantial decrease in both parameters and computational costs. Generalization experiments were conducted on the TinyPerson, LEVIR-ship, brain-tumor, and smoke_fire_1 datasets. …”
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The influence of Micephyt preparation on seed productivity and on qualtity of hybrid seeds of Cucurbita pepo var. giramontia Duch by V. F. Khlebnikov, N. V. Smurova, N. V. Smurova, I. T. Balashova

“…The profitability of additional costs associated with the use of the preparation Micephit for the treatment of the maternal line 166/5 squash was 343%. …”
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