Surgical Site Infection (SSI) by Kinga Rogowska, Aleksandra Romanowska, Aleksandra Padkowska, Michał Borawski, Aleksandra Ciuła, Klaudia Arciszewska, Jakub Maciej Pieniążek, Mateusz Dobosz, Jakub Buczkowski, Weronika Biaduń

“… Surgical Site Infections (SSIs) are a significant complication of invasive surgical procedures, contributing to increased morbidity, mortality, and healthcare costs globally. Despite advancements in surgical techniques, hygiene practices, and the implementation of infection control protocols, SSIs remain a critical issue in postoperative care. …”
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Advanced Fabrication of 56 Gbaud Electro-Absorption Modulated Laser (EML) Chips Integrated with High-Speed Silicon Photonic Substrates by Liang Li, Yifan Xiao, Weiqi Wang, Chenggang Guan, Wengang Yao, Yuming Zhang, Xuan Chen, Qiang Wan, Chaoqiang Dong, Xinyuan Xu

“…This study proposes a high-speed EML module based on silicon integration, where resistors, capacitors, and AuSn soldering areas are integrated onto the silicon substrate, enabling the bonding of the EML chip, reducing packaging costs, and enhancing scalability. Key achievements include: the development of a 100G EML chip; the fabrication of a high-speed silicon integrated carrier; successful Chip-on-Carrier (COC) packaging and testing, with a laser output power of 10 mW, extinction ratio of 10 dB, and bandwidth greater than 40 GHz; and reliability verified through 500 h of aging tests. …”
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Defaults change choices, not minds: Practical and ethical benefits of brief educational boosts for water recycling acceptance by Braden Tanner, Edward T. Cokely, Adam Feltz

“…Results add to research on practical and ethical risks of nudging and the potential benefits of comparing the costs of nudges with other options.…”
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Machine learning‐assisted point‐of‐care diagnostics for cardiovascular healthcare by Kaidong Wang, Bing Tan, Xinfei Wang, Shicheng Qiu, Qiuping Zhang, Shaolei Wang, Ying‐Tzu Yen, Nan Jing, Changming Liu, Xuxu Chen, Shichang Liu, Yan Yu

“…The development of point‐of‐care (POC) devices that provide rapid diagnostic services near patients has garnered substantial attention, especially as traditional healthcare systems face challenges such as delayed diagnoses, inadequate care, and rising medical costs. The advancement of machine learning techniques has sparked considerable interest in medical research and engineering, offering ways to enhance diagnostic accuracy and relevance. …”
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Conditioned quantum-assisted deep generative surrogate for particle-calorimeter interactions by J. Quetzalcóatl Toledo-Marín, Sebastian Gonzalez, Hao Jia, Ian Lu, Deniz Sogutlu, Abhishek Abhishek, Colin Gay, Eric Paquet, Roger G. Melko, Geoffrey C. Fox, Maximilian Swiatlowski, Wojciech Fedorko

“…Simulating these collisions significantly influences experiment design and analysis but incurs immense computational costs, projected at millions of CPU-years annually during the high luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) phase. …”
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Dental trauma in primary dentition and possible outcomes on permanent successors by Ana-Maria Brandusan, Alexandrina Muntean, Mariana Pacurar, Ioana-Andreea Chis, Emilia Prodea, Alina Ormenisan

“…The amount of injury to a primary tooth without address it when it happens has detrimental effects on the growth and emergence of permanent teeth, requiring more prolonged and costly treatment.…”
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Evaluation of Underground Zinc Mine Investment Based on Fuzzy-Interval Grey System Theory and Geometric Brownian Motion by Zoran Gligoric, Lazar Kricak, Cedomir Beljic, Suzana Lutovac, Jelena Milojevic

“…Fuzzy-interval grey system theory is used to forecast zinc metal prices while geometric Brownian motion is used to forecast operating costs over the time frame of the project. To quantify the uncertainty in the parameters within a project, such as capital investment, ore grade, mill recovery, metal content of concentrate, and discount rate, we have applied the concept of interval numbers. …”
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EXPERIENCE IN CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC WHEEL ROADS IN BALKARIAN SOCIETIES IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE 19th CENTURY by P. A. KUZMINOV, M. Sh. ABAEVA

“…The material on the financial, material and labor costs of the entire population of Balkar societies is generalized, which gave reason to call them folk. …”
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A novel method for grading urban socio-economic development levels based on NTL data and Landsat data by Xiang Hua, Jiehai Cheng, Yuke Meng, Rongji Luo

“…Traditional methods predominantly dependent on socio-economic statistics, frequently resulted in exorbitant data collection costs, significant time lags, and incomplete spatial coverage. …”
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Machine Learning and the Conundrum of Stroke Risk Prediction by Yaacoub Chahine, Matthew J Magoon, Bahetihazi Maidu, Juan C del Álamo, Patrick M Boyle, Nazem Akoum

“…With escalating healthcare costs, early non-invasive stroke risk stratification is vital. …”
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Non‐Consumptive Effects of Cannibalism Elicit a Metabolic Response in Dragonfly Larvae by Monika Sysiak, Jakub Baczyński, Andrzej Mikulski

“…This suggests that in an environment with constant exposure to each other's cues, larvae face ongoing readiness costs, impacting their individual fitness and population dynamics.…”
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Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing for Fracture Geometry Inversion Using All Time Steps Data by Shaohua You, Geyitian Feng, Xiaojun Qian, Qinzhuo Liao, Zhengting Yan, Shuqi Sun, Xu Liu, Shirish Patil

“…By precisely fitting all time steps of fracture propagation, this method effectively overcomes the shape deviation problems often encountered in traditional methods and significantly reduces computational costs. Compared to conventional single-time-step inversion methods, our approach not only provides a more accurate representation of the spatiotemporal dynamics of fracture propagation but also avoids the risk of significant errors in fracture shape reconstruction. …”
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The potential public for the Museum of Life Fiocruz: Cultural practices and leisure habits within its zone of influence by Vanessa Fernandes Guimarães, José Sérgio Damico, Diego Vaz Bevilaqua, Sonia Mano, Ana Carolina de Souza Gonzalez

“…Their habits involve casual leisure activities that do not add costs to their budget, such as activities developed in the domestic environment. …”
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A data-to-forecast machine learning system for global weather by Xiuyu Sun, Xiaohui Zhong, Xiaoze Xu, Yuanqing Huang, Hao Li, J. David Neelin, Deliang Chen, Jie Feng, Wei Han, Libo Wu, Yuan Qi

“…However, further advances are increasingly constrained by high computational costs, the underutilization of vast observational datasets, and challenges in obtaining finer resolution. …”
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An iterative approach to statistical optimization of exopolysaccharide produced by fermentation of Aureobasidium pullulans by Venessa Dsouza, Goldee Thoidingjam, Abdelrahman Saleh, Michael Zavrel

“…Future investigations into fed-batch strategies and scale-up studies can be explored to further improve titers and reduce overall production costs.…”
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Neural Network-Driven Forward Modeling of Multipole Mode Wave Dispersion and Its Field Applications by ZHENG Kaiyin, SU Yuanda, ZHANG Hengjian, GU Xihao, LI Shengqing, ZHUANG Chunxi, TANG Xiaoming

“…Applications show that using the proposed neural network model reduces computational costs by four orders of magnitude. Theoretical simulations and field data validation confirm the stability and effectiveness of the method. …”
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Research on noise prediction methods for sound barriers based on the integration of conditional generative adversarial networks and numerical methods by Qian Hu, Ziyu Cui, Hongxue Liu, Senhao Zhong

“…Traditional BEM-based acoustic analysis requires repeated computation of frequency-dependent system matrices across multiple frequencies, leading to significant computational costs. The asymmetry and full-rank nature of the BEM coefficient matrices further increase computational demands, particularly in large-scale problems. …”
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Increasing Voltage Gain by New Structure of Inductive Switching DC-DC Converter by S. Nabati, A. Siadatan, S. B. Mozafari

“…In order to increase voltage generated by photovoltaic cells (PV),an additive DC-DC converter is required to raise the low voltage to a good level which provides theconditions for connection to DC-DC converters. Low wastes, low costs, and high efficiency are someother specifications of such converters. …”
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Designing financial instruments for land-based ecological restoration: A review and future research Agenda by John Garvey, Vasilis Grigoriadis, Darragh Flannery, Edward Knapp, Elizabeth Gold, George Hutchinson, Lynn J. Frewer, Paul Brereton, Kenneth A. Byrne

“…This has the potential to mitigate transaction costs and improve transparency issues associated with monitoring and reporting. …”
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Social Capital, Internet Use and Poverty in West Java Province by Bayu Kharisma, Sutyastie Soemitro Remi, Adhitya Wardhana, Yudha Hadian Nur

“…Since the end of the last century, information and communication technologies (ICTs), and the internet in particular, have been considered essential in providing access to markets, decreasing transaction costs, and increasing income for a significant proportion of people living in developing countries. …”
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