Modelling Consumers’ Preferences for Time-Slot Based Home Delivery of Goods Bought Online: An Empirical Study in Christchurch by Ashu Kedia, Dana Abudayyeh, Diana Kusumastuti, Alan Nicholson

“…<i>Conclusion</i>: It appeared that the off-peak delivery option is less likely to draw the desired consumer patronage and is thus less likely to assist in lowering the number of unsuccessful home deliveries, the transportation costs incurred by service providers, traffic congestion, and pollution in urban areas.…”
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Validation of Ecological Momentary Assessment With Reference to Accelerometer Data: Repeated-Measures Panel Study With Multilevel Modeling by Jung Min Noh, SongHyun Im, JooYong Park, Jae Myung Kim, Miyoung Lee, Ji-Yeob Choi

“…However, sensor-based measures often pose challenges for large-scale studies due to their associated costs, inability to capture contextual information, and restricted user populations. …”
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Business intelligence for decision-making in royalties project management by Juan Sebastián Sánchez Gómez, Edwin Andres Arevalo Herrera, Cristian Camilo Torres Puentes

“…These Microsoft tools are available to most national public servants and contractors, so generating the solution does not imply additional costs. The experience is well documented in the present work and provides a replicable model that can adapt to multiple contexts, promoting greater efficacy and efficiency in public administration. …”
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Right-of-way licensing ordinances: renewing city authority over energy utilities to facilitate climate policy by Christy Anderson Brekken, Roman Patchell, Julia Mycek

“…We compared city staffs' experiences and perceptions of each governance structure across three dimensions of institutional theory: legal relations, transaction costs, and social norms. We found that city staff overwhelmingly prefer licensing ordinances as a right-of-way governance structure and adoption seems to be growing. …”
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Speech-dependent data augmentation for own voice reconstruction with hearable microphones in noisy environments by Mattes Ohlenbusch, Christian Rollwage, Simon Doclo

“…Such training data can be collected by recording many utterances from different talkers wearing the hearable, which is costly, or generated by augmenting existing clean speech datasets. …”
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Multi-stage process optimization and efficiency improvement for magnetorheological polishing of glass-ceramics by Yakun Yang, Mingming Lu, Jieqiong Lin, Yongsheng Du, Hui Ma

“…Multi-stage polishing improved efficiency by 26.7 % and reduced costs compared to single-stage polishing. It provides a new technical support for the development of MRP glass-ceramics.…”
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USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNOLOGIES FOR AUTOMATING THE CONDUCTING AND CHECKING OF DICTATIONS by Olena Piatykop, Yevhen Harin, Olha Pronina

“…The availability of web-oriented educational systems allows institutions to serve a large number of students simultaneously, expanding their audience without significant additional costs. This is also relevant for distance learning in cases of unexpected disruptions. …”
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AI-assisted evidence screening method for systematic reviews in environmental research: integrating ChatGPT with domain knowledge by Chen Zuo, Xiaohao Yang, Josh Errickson, Jiayang Li, Yi Hong, Runzi Wang

“…The findings provide a structured framework for applying eligibility criteria consistently, improving evidence screening efficiency, reducing labor and costs, and informing large language models (LLMs) integration in environmental SRs. …”
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Individual Antipredator Responses Are Positively Correlated Across Cue Types in Free‐Living Black‐Capped Chickadees (Poecile atricapillus) by Emma L. C. Reid, Megan LaRocque, Josue David Arteaga‐Torres, Kimberley J. Mathot

“…On the other hand, social information, such as alarm calls, tends to be less costly to obtain but may also be less reliable if congeners assess risk differently from one another, or if the information quickly becomes outdated. …”
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The effect of Centrifuged Hot-Dip Galvanisation (CHDG) Process on the Corrosion on Nuts by Kader Coskun, Beyza Aşıkoğlu, Yusuf Güner, Muhammed Maraşlı, Mesut Yıldız, Hüsnü Gerengi

“…Bolted fasteners offer advantages such as versatility, reliability, minimal maintenance and inspection costs, easy and fast assembly, and good strength under variable loads. …”
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AI-Based Solar Panel Detection and Monitoring Using High-Resolution Drone Imagery by Raheleh Parsaeifar, Mojtaba Valinejadshoubi, Anthony Le Guen, Fernando Valdivieso

“…The developed model improves efficiency and accuracy in solar panel monitoring, reduces operational costs, and adapts to various geographic and environmental conditions. …”
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Determination of Russian innovative activity tendencies by Marina A. Motova

“…For this purpose, on the basis of the data, contained in the statistical report, characterizing the level of innovative activity (number of the innovation-active organizations, costs for technological innovations, amount of the shipped innovative products, etc.) the indicators, characterizing intensity and efficiency of innovative activities were calculated. …”
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The impact of globalisation on industrial development in South Africa: the mediating role of institutional quality by Jacques de Jongh, Jabulile Makhalima, Precious Mncayi-Makhanya, Boingotlo Wesi, Phindile Mdluli-Maziya, Khwazi Magubane

“…Moreover, they should improve the business environment and infrastructure by means of reducing the costs of doing business, enhance the rule of law, ensure a stable financial system to attract foreign investment and foster sound regional partnerships.…”
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CXCR4+ mammary gland macrophageal niche promotes tumor initiating cell activity and immune suppression during tumorigenesis by Eunmi Lee, Jason J. Hong, Gabriel Samcam Vargas, Natalie Sauerwald, Yong Wei, Xiang Hang, Chandra L. Theesfeld, Jean Arly A. Volmar, Jennifer M. Miller, Wei Wang, Sha Wang, Gary Laevsky, Christina J. DeCoste, Yibin Kang

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Fungal Δ9-fatty acid desaturase: a unique enzyme at the core of lipid metabolism in Aspergillus fumigatus and a promising target for the search for antifungal strategies by Jonatas Erick Maimoni Campanella, Leonardo Talachia Rosa, Iran Malavazi

“…ABSTRACT Aspergillus fumigatus, Candida albicans, and Cryptococcus neoformans are the leading fungal pathogens that cause life-threatening deep mycosis, posing significant challenges to immunocompromised patients and increasing healthcare costs worldwide. Lipid metabolism is crucial for the growth and development of all organisms. …”
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Investigation of the rational use of teicoplanin in inpatient wards of teaching hospitals in Birjand, Iran, from 2022 to 2023 by Motahareh Mahi-Birjand, Effat Alemzadeh, Saeed Jalalian, Soudabe Es'haghi

“…Nowadays, irrational antibiotic use is a major contributor to increased illness, death, and healthcare costs. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the pattern of Teicoplanin use in hospitalized patients at teaching hospitals in Birjand, Iran, from 2022 to 2023. …”
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Alcoholic vs. aqueous chlorhexidine for abdominal surgery skin preparation: a randomized controlled trial by Pakkapol Sukvibul, Amarit Tansawet, Metasist Kultanaruangnonth, Lalita Chatrung, Suphakarn Techapongsatorn

“…Abstract Surgical site infections (SSIs) significantly affect patient outcomes and healthcare costs. Alcohol-based chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) is widely used for preoperative skin preparation; however, aqueous CHG is being considered as a safer alternative in certain settings. …”
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Design Optimization and Performance Evaluation of an Automated Pelleted Feed Trough for Sheep Feeding Management by Xinyu Gao, Chuanzhong Xuan, Jianxin Zhao, Yanhua Ma, Tao Zhang, Suhui Liu

“…The automatic feeding device is crucial in grassland livestock farming, enhancing feeding efficiency, ensuring regular and accurate feed delivery, minimizing waste, and reducing costs. The shape and size of pellet feed render it particularly suitable for the delivery mechanism of automated feeding troughs. …”
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Monetising misfortune: the financial consequences of injuries in professional football teams by Micha Pietzonka, Sören Dallmeyer, Henry Steinfeldt, Timo Hübers, Christoph Breuer

“…Objectives To evaluate the financial impact of player injuries on team performance in German football’s first and second divisions, focusing on the indirect costs related to reduced performance and lost revenue.Method This retrospective, longitudinal study analysed data from seven seasons (2014/2015 to 2020/2021) of the Bundesliga. …”
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Virtual electromagnetic environment modeling based data augmentation for drone signal identification by Hanshuo Zhang, Tao Li, Yongzhao Li, Zhijin Wen

“…In reality, signal acquisition and labeling that meet the above requirements are too costly to implement. Therefore, we propose a virtual electromagnetic environment modeling based data augmentation (DA) method to improve the diversity of drone signal data. …”
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