Regional Heatwave Prediction Using Graph Neural Network and Weather Station Data by Peiyuan Li, Yin Yu, Daning Huang, Zhi‐Hua Wang, Ashish Sharma

“…This new GNN framework can provide real time warnings of the sudden occurrence of regional heatwaves with high accuracy at lower costs of computation and data collection. In addition, its interpretable structure unravels the spatiotemporal patterns of regional heatwaves and helps to enrich our understanding of the general climate dynamics and the causal influences between locations. …”
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A Decade of Value Engineering in Construction Projects by Wei Tong Chen, Hew Cameron Merrett, Shu-Shun Liu, Nida Fauzia, Ferdinan Nikson Liem

“…Over the past half-century, value engineering (VE) has emerged as an effective tool to manage time, costs, and quality with an aim to maximize value. …”
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CHANGING IN REVENUE MODELS IN VUCA ENVIRONMENT by R. Radev, Y. Deyanov

“…Depending on product variety, used distribution channels, pricing policy, and the speed of conversion of resources and costs into income (receipt), different revenue models are determined. …”
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Aspetti geografici dell’ampliamento del Canale di Panama by Lorenzo Bruni, Riccardo Mazzanti

“…After describing the steps that led to the construction of the Panama Canal, the costs of its construction were highlighted – in environmental, economic and political terms, with the formation of the Panamanian State and its troubled historical events – and the benefits that the work has brought to the international maritime traffic and the economy of the Central American country: the recent expansion of the waterway, completed in 2016 and necessary for the constant and rapid dimensional growth of the ships at world scale, has re-proposed a series of problems that are not easy to solve with regard to the environmental impact caused by excavation works and by the transit of large tonnage vessels (among other things contributing to the long-standing debate on human-environmental relations that has characterized the history of contemporary geography). …”
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Efficiency of Modern Wind Turbines in Real Conditions by Kostiantyn Pokrovskyi, Olgerd Mavrin, Andriy Muzychak

“…As a result, the estimation of costs for wind turbines and their installation and operation, profit margins and payback period were estimated. …”
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Machine Learning in Aircraft Design: A Comprehensive Review of Optimization, Aerodynamics, and Structural Applications by Shima Mohaghegh, Ali Mohaghegh

“…The review highlights how ML can reduce computational costs while improving the precision of simulations, ultimately accelerating the design cycle and enhancing aircraft performance. …”
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Re-examining fare-free public transport for greater inclusivity by Daniel Štraub, Daniel Baldwin Hess

“…Fare-free public transport (FFPT) schemes – in which public transport costs are paid through means other than individual ride fare – are gaining traction in improving public transport efficiency and accessibility. …”
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An Integrated Fuzzy Model for Selecting Resilient Suppliers in Electronics Industry of Iran by Hamzeh Aghababayi, Mohsen Shafiei Nikabadi

“…Making an effective decision on this issue can decrease external risks and disruptions, purchase costs, and delay times and also guarantees business continuity in the event of disruptions and, consequently, increases company competitiveness and customer satisfaction. …”
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The RICO dataset: A multivariate HVAC indoors and outdoors time-series datasetZenodo by Zachari Thiry, Massimiliano Ruocco, Alessandro Nocente, Odne Andreas Oksavik

“…Additionally, such a dataset acquisition incurs high costs from repeated heating and cooling buildings in ranges of temperatures that go beyond normal operation thresholds. …”
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DESARROLLO DE UN PLAN DE LOGÍSTICA INTERNA PARA LA DISTRIBUCIÓN Y ALMACENAMIENTO DE MERCANCÍA EN LA BODEGA DE TECHNOLOGY WORLD GROUP S.A.S by María Ruíz Martínez, Sergio Veloza Huertas, Ever Fuentes Rojas

“…A good logistics plan generates within companies an adequate development of their activities without having anyinconvenience, which implies improving the quality of the company and its growth in the industrial and commercial world.The proposed project will generate a favorable performance and structuring in order to allow managers to direct andmake decisions with greater efficiency in relation to the operation of the company and its logistics planning, orienting theprocesses to a better execution of the warehouses and the management of the distribution and storage of equipment,minimizing bottlenecks, reprocessing and actions that increase costs and waste the organization’s resources.On the other hand, the proposed methodology is based on the union of the different procedures carried out in theoperational area and the interrelation with processes of the commercial and administrative area, to improve the executionof the procedures for the reception and dispatch of orders requested by distributors and stores, reducing the percentagelevel of errors made by mismanagement and control of the main Technology World Group warehouse. …”
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Vitamin space greenhouse as an element of advanced biological and technical support for space crews by Yu. A. Berkovich, A. M. Belyak, A. A. Buryak, Yu. I. Smirnov, A. A. Ivanova

“…The average daily yield of cabbage leaves in the space greenhouse was 84 g, and the labor costs for the maintenance of the space experiment during ground tests did not exceed 5.5 minutes per day. …”
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Fault Diagnostics of Synchronous Motor Based on Artificial Intelligence by Samir Abood, Annamalai Annamalai, Mohamed Chouikha, Turk Nejress

“…Unexpected motor failures can cause major disruptions, risk human lives, and cause costly downtime. This research aims to improve the efficiency and performance of three-phase synchronous machines using Artificial Intelligence (AI) strategies. …”
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A dynamical systems approach to studying midlatitude weather extremes by Gabriele Messori, Rodrigo Caballero, Davide Faranda

“…Abstract Extreme weather occurrences carry enormous social and economic costs and routinely garner widespread scientific and media coverage. …”
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Pastures and Forage Crops for Horses by Marcelo Osorio Wallau, Edward L. Johnson, João Mauricio Buen Vendramini, Carissa Wickens, Caitlin Bainum

“…Independent of the size of the operation and number of horses, good forage planning can help reduce feeding costs, environmental impacts, and nutritional disorders caused by high-concentrate feeding. …”
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Characterization of large area flexible plastic solar cells based on conjugated polymer/fullerene composites by Desta Gebeyehu, F. Padinger, C. J. Brabec, T. Fromherz, J. C. Hummelen, N. S. Sariciftci

“…Organic solar cells must fulfill the criteria of stability, efficiency and reduction of production costs to find new applications. Specially, the bulk donor-acceptor heterojunctions between conjugated polymers and fullerenes have been successfully utilized for photovoltaic devices with high carrier collection efficiency compared to the devices made from single components. …”
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The role of ultrasound methods in the assessment of biometric characteristics of the optic nerve by T. N. Kiseleva, A. V. Baeva, E. K. Eliseeva, V. V. Makukhina

“…The potentials of these techniques are often limited, and the costs high. Ultrasound examination  is noninvasive, informative and relatively inexpensive. …”
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An overview of performance-based seismic design methodology for bridges by Nguyen Hoang Vinh, Doan Cong Chanh, Phan Hoang Nam, Hoang Phuong Hoa, Gianluca Quinci

“…Unlike traditional design codes, PBSD aims to predict and control the damage to structures based on defined earthquake levels, minimizing damage and repair costs after an earthquake. The PBSD process includes defining performance objectives, selecting appropriate analysis models, conducting nonlinear analyses, and evaluating damage levels. …”
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DEVELOPING THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING SYSTEM FOR THE RUSSIAN INNOVATIVE ECONOMY by Natalya M. Zolotaryova

“…The system in question can be used for finding the flexible learning routes and optimizing the time resources and training costs.In conclusion, the author outlines a complex of procedures which allow different categories of people to achieve and approve necessary qualifications; the main emphasis is given to the specialized vocational qualifications centers, operating with the transparent and relevant criteria of learning outcomes and training quality assessment.…”
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Computer Vision-Based Approach for Quantifying Occupational Therapists’ Qualitative Evaluations of Postural Control by Hiromichi Hagihara, Naoto Ienaga, Daiki Enomoto, Shuhei Takahata, Hiroyuki Ishihara, Haruka Noda, Koji Tsuda, Kei Terayama

“…Furthermore, compared to the conventional quantitative index, the CV-based indices provided more detailed quantitative information with lower costs. CV-based evaluations enable therapists to quantify details of motor performance that are currently observed qualitatively. …”
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Bush Snapbean Production in Miami-Dade County, Florida by Shouan Zhang, Dakshina Seal, Monica Ozores-Hampton, Mary Lamberts, Yuncong Li, Waldemar Klassen, Teresa Olczyk

“… Miami-Dade County is the primary production region for fresh-market bush snapbeans with 57% or 18,696 acres of the Florida bean acreage. Production costs vary from $16.53 to $21.87 per 30 lb. bushel or $4,046 to $4,711 per acre. …”
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