Anchored Team Formation Games by Jacob Schlueter, Christian Addington, Judy Goldsmith

“…We propose Anchored Team Formation Games (ATFGs), a new class of hedonic game inspired by tabletop role playing games.We establish the NP-hardness of determining whether Nash stable coalition structures exist, and provide results for three heuristics for this problem. We highlight costs and benefits of each heuristic and provide evidence that all three are capable of finding Nash stable coalition structures, when they exist, much more quickly than a deterministic algorithm.…”
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Small R&D Performers in Canada by Antoine Rose, Fred Gault

“… The small performers, whose costs for R&D are less than 100 thousand dollars per year, consist more than half of total organisations involved in R&D in Canada. …”
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Men's perspectives of prostate cancer screening: A systematic review of qualitative studies. by Laura J James, Germaine Wong, Jonathan C Craig, Camilla S Hanson, Angela Ju, Kirsten Howard, Tim Usherwood, Howard Lau, Allison Tong

“…However, to do so they needed to mentally overcome fears of losing their masculinity and accept the intrusiveness of screening, the ambiguities about the necessity and the potential for substantial costs. Addressing the concerns and priorities of men may facilitate informed decisions about prostate cancer screening and improve patient satisfaction and outcomes.…”
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Worse commute, better life? The journey to work, job characteristics, and well-being by Eric A. Morris, Fariba Siddiq, Evelyn Blumenberg

“…One reason for the popularity of WFH is a desire to minimize the commute and its associated costs in time, money, discomfort, and danger. In fact, workers with longer commutes should theoretically receive “compensating differentials” of benefits from their employers that offset their high commute costs. …”
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The role of critical mineral prices and geopolitical risk in shaping renewable energy poverty by Wen Hui Lee, Dzul Hadzwan Husaini, Hooi Hooi Lean, Ghee-Thean Lim

“…The combined effects of surging critical mineral costs and growing geopolitical risks hinder a fair and sustainable energy transition in the BRICS+ countries. …”
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Investigating the Hydraulic Efficiency of the Labyrinth Weir Using the Flow3D Numerical Method by R. Daneshfaraz, M. Majedi Asl, T. OmidPour Alavian

“…Weirs play a crucial role in flood management and dam safety, accounting for a significant portion of the construction costs of dams. The selection of floods with long return periods for flood design is of utmost importance. …”
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Concept of digital nomad: fundamental risks of digital economy development by E. L. Iakovleva, N. S. Seliverstova, O. V. Grigoryeva

“…It was determined that the informatization of economy, on the one hand, leads to faster business processes, reduced transaction costs, saving of variable costs due to robotization of production, and on the other hand, it leads to the transformation of competition, growth of tension in society in connection with the job cuts. …”
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Solar Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of Modified Alkaline Catalysts for Biodiesel Production by Neshwign Chandrasehgaran, Ayoub Muhammad, Siti Aminah Mohd Johari

“…Traditional methods are often costly and environmentally harmful. This study aims to develop high-efficiency, waste-based, modified alkaline catalysts using solar microwave-assisted synthesis. …”
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The Concept “Improvement” (“βελτίωσις” – “βελτίωμα”) of Byzantine Documents: The Preliminary Survey by Yury Vin

“…The concept of “improvement” has become the main criterion in calculating the costs actually incurred by both parties and payments made, as well as the fulfillment of obligations assumed by tenants. …”
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Thalassemia in Bangladesh: progress, challenges, and a strategic blueprint for prevention by Mohammad Sorowar Hossain, Farhin Islam, Selina Akhter, Abdullah Al Mossabbir

“…These gaps are compounded by socio-economic barriers, with most patients bearing 74% of treatment costs out-of-pocket, leaving many deprived of adequate care. …”
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A systematic review of case-series studies on the effectiveness of interventions to reduce polypharmacy and its adverse consequences in the elderly. by Maria Benedetta Michelazzo, Sonja Milovanovic, Stefania Boccia

“…Interventions aimed at reviewing patients’ therapy are effective in optimizing the use of drugs, and could be considered also  in improving quality of life, healthcare costs, services’ utilization, and health-related outcomes.…”
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Optimal distribution of investments in a group of interconnected enterprises of the coal industry by O.M. Asheulova, Yu.I. Demchenko, O.I. Prykhorchyk, O.R. Mamaikin

“…Using a dynamic approach to choosing the parameters of the mine transformation to break-even mode can reduce the costs of the enterprise and ensure its sustainable development by the timely implementation of new investment projects taking into account the optimal effective life of the mine.…”
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THE CURRENT STATE OF THE TRANSNATIONALIZATION OF THE ECONOMY AND ASPECTS OF THE TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATION’S GROWTH by Anastasiia Shapoval

“…The expenses of corporations are necessary for the development and expansion of activities. Marketing costs, migration force, R & D costs, geographic diversification management make it possible to use the potential of companies more widely while simultaneously using different methods. …”
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Analytical Models for the Time Response of a Microstrip Line with Two Additional Symmetrical Conductors on Top under Different Boundary Conditions at Their Ends by A. Sekenova, Z. M. Kenzhegulova, I. Y. Sagiyeva, T. R. Gazizov

“…However, even for simple configurations, this approach is associated with high computational costs. Yet simple analytical time-response models are acceptable in some cases. …”
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Impact of EU Decarbonization Policy on Polish International Road Freight Competitiveness by Maciej Matczak, Andrzej S. Grzelakowski

“…Shifting towards electric trucks, with significantly higher upfront costs, will redefine the market structure, eliminating the small carriers and activating horizontal integration. …”
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A framework and implementation of the Customer-to-Manufacturer (C2M) paradigm by Yanglang Yuan, Jingke Wang, Guyue Zhou, Yiming Rong, Yongsheng Ma

“…Moreover, it aims to provide manufacturers with systematic approaches for producing customized products more efficiently, resulting in shorter delivery times, lower inventory costs, and higher customer satisfaction and loyalty. …”
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Optimization of delivery routes for takeout under time-varying road networks by Jiaci Wang, Liang Huang, Yuanqiao Wen, Yamin Huang, Man Zhu

“…Additionally, the research aims to provide practical recommendations and solutions to reduce delivery operation costs and improve customer satisfaction.…”
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Optimization model of economic and environmental benefits for green development of continental shale oil reservoirs based on CCUS-EOR by CHEN Shang, DU Jialin, DU Yuanhe, LIU Yeye

“…The economic benefit accounting uses the cash flow method to evaluate operational costs. Local sensitivity analysis identifies key factors for targeted optimization schemes. …”
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Real-Time Electrical Energy Optimization in E-Commerce Systems Based on IoT and Mobile Agents by Mohamed Shili, Sajid Anwar

“…The evaluation of the system was completed through simulations, as well as through real-world scenarios, achieving a decrease of approximately 27.8% in total energy consumption and savings of over 30% on operational costs. Moreover, the proposed architecture achieved a reduction of up to 38.9% for response times for resource management, under load, while also demonstrating a 50% reduction in response time for real-time event handling. …”
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Outcome of Atrial Septal Closures, Catheterizations vs Surgery by Aso F. Salih, Lana Hasan, Lezen Abdullah, Hevar Mohammed

“…Surgery was mainly performed in public hospitals, offering lower costs but potentially longer wait times. Conclusion: Surgical ASD closure was associated with higher costs and more complications than transcatheter closure. …”
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