Between heuristic and deliberative thinking: a multi-center qualitative study of physicians’ decision-making in infection prevention practice by Miriam Schutte, Mireille Dekker, Jonne Sikkens, Rosa van Mansfeld

“…The latter group made an autonomous assessment of the risks for infection associated with a situation and traded off the costs and benefits of IPC application. The decision was further influenced by personal beliefs about the value of IPC and a supporting physical and social environment. …”
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Femoral resection accuracy and precision in manual caliper‐verified kinematic alignment total knee arthroplasty by David Forrest Scott, Emma N. Horton

“…Technology‐assisted TKA techniques aim to improve accuracy but come with added costs, increased operative time, and varying success in clinical outcomes. …”
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ASSESSMENT OF THE AVAILABILITY OF CT AND MRI STUDIES FOR CANCER PATIENTS IN SAINT-PETERSBURG by Valeria N. Pospelova, Boris A. Minko, Svetlana M. Gelbutovskaya, Egor A. Strogonov

“…The increase in the number of studies was accompanied by the increase in tariffs and costs of the system of compulsory health insurance for their implementation.Conclusion. …”
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The Role of New Pulmonary Artery Wedge Pressure Formula to Predict Diastolic Dysfunction in Obstructive Sleep Apnea by Telly Kamelia, Lukman Hakim Makmun

“…Right heart catheterization using Swan-Ganz catheter remains the gold standard to determine pulmonary hemodynamics, but it is costly and invasive. Herein, we propose a new formula for non-invasive Pulmonary artery wedge pressure (PAWP) measurement using tissue Doppler echocardiography. …”
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Deep Forest Modeling: An Interpretable Deep Learning Method for Mineral Prospectivity Mapping by Yue‐Lin Dong, Zhen‐Jie Zhang

“…Abstract Accurate mineral prediction is crucial for reducing costs and uncertainties in mineral discovery and extraction. …”
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Optimization Scheduling of Multi-Regional Systems Considering Secondary Frequency Drop by Xiaodong Yang, Xiaotong Hua, Lun Cheng, Tao Wang, Yujing Su

“…It co-optimizes operational costs and risks under wind power uncertainty through stochastic programming. …”
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Decentralizing governance: exploring the dynamics and challenges of digital commons and DAOs by Mark Esposito, Mark Esposito, Terence Tse, Danny Goh

“…Further, it underscores the environmental costs of blockchain infrastructure and introduces DAOs like KlimaDAO and Regen Network as emerging experiments to align decentralized finance with sustainability goals. …”
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Recipe optimization using regression analysis method by V. A. Bukhovets, O. V. Kartavenko, P. O. Tyurin, G. V. Styrev, D. A. Tverdokhlebova

“…At the stage of creating new recipes, it becomes one of the effective methods that allows reducing the time and costs of development, reducing the scope of testing, guaranteeing the required quality of the finished product and increasing the competitiveness of products.   …”
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Contamination of engine oils during winter vehicle operation by S. V. Korneev, S. V. Pashukevich, V. D. Bakulina, N. G. Pevnev

“…The study can be the basis for developing recommendations for improving the maintenance of internal combustion engines for enterprises that have cars with diesel engines at their disposal in order to increase the resource of power units and reduce operating costs.…”
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Strength of the connection of kernels with an ear of the trititrigia variety ‘Pamyati Lyubimovoy’ in the dead-rape stage by V. I. Pakhomov, I. V. Chervyakov, А. А. Kolin’ko, S. I. Kambulov, Т. А. Maltseva

“…The development of new crops (for example, by hybridization) requires significant costs, both resources and time, and therefore justified reasons. …”
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Corn Silage, Managing the Manageable by Mahanna B., Zahorodnii A., Chernyuk S.

“…This paper reviews key factors in corn silage production that affect quality, yield, starch content, and fiber digestibility‒elements that directly influence feed costs and animal performance. Notably, improved management practices have the potential to enhance profits by as much as $30 per ton of silage. …”
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Rapid Simulation of Floods by Considering the Spatial and Temporal Characteristics of Inundation by Rukai Wang, Jijian Lian, Ximin Yuan, Fuchang Tian, Kuang Li, Zhanyou Liu

“…Validation in the Yongding River floodplain demonstrates that the hybrid model significantly improves flood extent and depth predictions compared to the LF model, with substantially lower computational costs than the HF model. The results indicate that the REOF-SGP model achieved probability of detection (POD) values higher than 0.8 and rate of false alarm (RFA) values lower than 0.2 within the 120-hour simulation period. …”
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Classification analysis of modern bioreactor systems (review). Part 1. Classification of bioreactors by design parameters by A. A. Dosaev, R. R. Safarov, N. V. Menshutina

“…Due to the active use of bioreactors, in order to optimize production processes and reduce operating costs, new highly efficient automated devices with a variety of functions are being developed using modern automation technologies, artificial intelligence and 3-D printing. …”
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POWER SUPPLY FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF PULSE ELECTROCHEMICAL PROCESSES by Yu. G. Aliakseyeu, A. Yu. Korolyov, V. S. Niss, A. E. Parshuto, E. V. Soroka, A. S. Budnitskiy

“…This also ensures reduction of the energy costs of the polishing and cleaning process of surfaces as compared to direct current processing and increasing the efficiency of processing when the rate of smoothing the surface microroughness referred to the total removal of the metal rises significantly. …”
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Genetic Background Modulates lncRNA-Coordinated Tissue Response to Low Dose Ionizing Radiation by Jonathan Tang, Yurong Huang, David H. Nguyen, Sylvain V. Costes, Antoine M. Snijders, Jian-Hua Mao

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Impact of sampling strategy on inference of community assembly processes in phylogenetic island biogeography by Ornela N. Dehayem, Ryan F. A. Brewer, Luis Valente, Frederic Lens, Rampal S. Etienne

“…However, collecting many samples and sequencing them for phylogenetic reconstruction is challenging and costly, and achieving high sampling fractions can be logistically impossible for species‐rich groups or regions. …”
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Fabrication of magnetic manganese ferrite-loaded sugar cane bagasse/peanut peel biochar adsorbents for the adsorptive removal of phosphorus from aqueous solution by Alyaa I. Salim, Nada A. Abdelgawad, Ehab Rozaik, Nagwan G. Mostafa

“…And finally, adsorbents were regenerated using their magnetic properties and a second successive adsorption cycle was evaluated showing promising results for MFBC adsorbents which can affect the expected costs of the adsorption process.…”
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Deep Learning‐Guided Urban Climate Risk Mitigation Through Optimal Spatial Allocation of Green and Cool Roofs by JiHyun Kim, Suyeon Choi, Mahdi Panahi, Hocheol Seo, Yeonjoo Kim

“…Two optimal roofing scenarios were identified using the Pareto method, balancing the three climate objectives and economic costs: the first with CR100 covering 95.9% of urban areas, reducing heat stress by over 50% in 34.3% of regions and wind circulation by 10% in 27.7% of regions, and the second with CR100 covering 60.2% of urban areas, achieving a similar heat stress reduction in 21.6% of regions but a stronger reduction in wind circulation. …”
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On the Effect of the Cell Size and Beam Radius on the Compressive Strength and Residual Stresses of Ti-6Al-4V BCC Lattice Sandwich Structures Manufactured by L-PBF by Gaetano Pollara, Dina Palmeri, Roberto Licari, Antonio Barcellona

“…Moreover, due to their design complexity and to avoid a costly experimental campaign, numerical simulation could be used to encourage the industrial application of these structures. …”
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Chemical and physical defense traits in two sexual forms of Opuntia robusta in Central Eastern Mexico. by Mariusz Krzysztof Janczur, Héctor Javier León Solano, Lupita Tzenyatze Solache Rámos, Citlalli Hypatia Mendoza Reyes, María del Carmen Oro Cerro, María Dolores Mariezcurrena Berasain, Irma Victoria Rivas Manzano, Javier Manjarrez, José Luis Villareal Benitez, Marcin Czarnoleski

“…Such differences enable comparison of the sex with high reproduction expenses with the sex that expends less. The more costly sex is usually also better defended against herbivores. …”
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