Regeneration Analysis of Bone Char Used in Water Defluoridation: Chemical Desorption Route, Surface Chemistry Analysis and Modeling by Herson Antonio González-Ponce, Didilia Ileana Mendoza-Castillo, Adrián Bonilla-Petriciolet, Hilda Elizabeth Reynel-Ávila, Karla Iveth Camacho-Aguilar

“…This study contributes to the optimization of the recycling and reuse of bone char for fluoride removal from water to reduce the operating defluoridation costs, thus enhancing the application of this technology in low-income areas where fluorinated water represents a threat to public health.…”
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Behavioural and physiological responses of chacma baboons (Papio ursinus) to human‐induced mortality in anthropogenically modified habitat by Md Mokhlesur Rahman, Russell A. Hill, Ann M. MacLarnon

“…Collectively, these results highlight the significant costs on surviving animals associated with persecution events in human‐modified habitats, even in a context where most interactions are non‐conflictual, and most feeding is commensal, emphasizing the challenges for wildlife in balancing the benefits and risks of living alongside humans in anthropogenic environments. …”
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Strain Monitoring of Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Tower Using Fiber Bragg Gratings by Bastien Van Esbeen, Valentin Manto, Damien Kinet, Corentin Guyot, Christophe Caucheteur

“…Structural health monitoring (SHM) is an essential need in the industry to reduce costs and maintenance time, and to prevent machine failures. …”
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'I don`t need an eye check-up'. A qualitative study using a behavioural model to understand treatment-seeking behaviour of patients with sight threatening diabetic retinopathy (STD... by Shuba Kumar, Rani Mohanraj, Rajiv Raman, Geetha Kumar, Sanjay Luvies, Shivani Sunil Machhi, Subhratanu Chakrabarty, Janani Surya, Radha Ramakrishnan, Dolores Conroy, Sobha Sivaprasad

“…Findings revealed poor understanding of the effects of diabetes on the eye contributing to low risk perception. Prohibitive costs of treatment, difficulties in accessing care services and poor social support were major barriers to seeking care. …”
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Contract farming for vegetable producers: challenges and the way forward in the Central Rift Valley Ethiopia by Abdisa Abe Neme, Tesfaye Lemma Tefera, Bedru Beshir Abdi, Chaneyalew Siyoum Aweke

“…Contract farming is an institutional arrangement that evolved in agriculture to minimize risks and market imperfection, transaction costs and maximize profit. However, due to the different factors, contract farming in vegetable production has not been as successful as expected. …”
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The Burden of Undiagnosed Diabetes Mellitus in Adult African Population: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Daniel Asmelash, Yemane Asmelash

“…Type two diabetes may remain undetected for many years, leading to severe complications and healthcare costs. This underlines the importance of understanding the magnitude of undiagnosed diabetes in different populations of Africa. …”
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Integrated Time Series Analysis, Clustering, and Forecasting for Energy Efficiency Optimization and Tariff Management by Anderson Jhones Passos Nascimento, Menaouar Berrehil El Kattel, Jose Antonio Fernandes de Macedo, Fernando Luiz Marcelo Antunes

“…The research demonstrated that energy costs for the analyzed public units could be reduced by approximately 2.7 million reais. …”
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The Effects of Pipe Material and Age on the Formation of Disinfection by – Products (DBP) In Nablus Water Network - Survey Study of the Occurrence of Trihalomethanes in Nablus Drin... by Shehdeh Jodeh, Nabeel Omar, Marwan Haddad, Laurie McNeill

“…Consequently water supply authorities in some countries are forced to resort to costly corrective measures in order to reduce their levels below the maximum concentration limits (MCL) set by the environmental protection and health authorities. …”
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Escherichia coli and Salmonella spp. in meat in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia by Archana Iyer, Taha Kumosani, Soonham Yaghmoor, Elie Barbour, Esam Azhar, Steve Harakeh

“…In developed countries, food-borne pathogens are responsible for millions of cases of infectious gastrointestinal diseases each year, costing billions of dollars. The objective of this study was to screen for two major food-borne pathogens, Escherichia coli and Salmonella spp., from meat samples obtained from different strata of the consumer market in Jeddah. …”
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Risk factors for repetition of self-harm: a systematic review of prospective hospital-based studies. by Celine Larkin, Zelda Di Blasi, Ella Arensman

“…<h4>Background</h4>Self-harm entails high costs to individuals and society in terms of suicide risk, morbidity and healthcare expenditure. …”
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PSO-optimized dual-channel BP neural network for bathymetric prediction using multisource marine geodetic data: A case study of the gulf of Mexico by Jiajia Yuan, Haoran Liu, Jianli Chen, Chen Yang

“…Traditional bathymetric surveying methods are constrained by limited spatial coverage and high operational costs, particularly in deep-sea environments. To overcome these challenges, we developed a Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO)-optimized dual-channel BP neural network (PSO_BP), integrating shipborne bathymetric data with satellite altimetry-derived gravity anomalies. …”
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PHARMACODYNAMICS OF ORAL ANTICOAGULANTS IN PATIENTS WITH ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IN THE ACUTE PERIOD OF ISCHEMIC STROKE by V. I. Petrov, A. S. Gerasimenko, V. S. Gorbatenko, O. V. Shatalova

“…The difficulties are caused by the delivery of TLT in the patients who have been taking DOACs, first of all, due to the impossibility of an accurate assessment of the hemostasis state because of the unavailability of routine specific tests; and second, as a result of the lack of registered antidotes for most drugs, and their high costs. Besides, there are no RCTs dedicated to the study of the optimal time for the resumption or initiation of anticoagulant therapy in the acute period of an IS, and the optimal drugs for this group of patients. …”
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Engineering and research of rotary tillage combine for potato growing by A. F. Zhuk, Ya. P. Lobachevskiy, V. P. Elizarov, N. Yu. Nikolaenko, S. V. Semichev, S. A. Shishimorov

“…Use of the offered tiller provides high-quality performance of methods of soil cultivation and potato growing and by 2-3 times reduces a range of necessary machines and costs of acquisition of them.…”
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Data augmentation of time-series data in human movement biomechanics: A scoping review. by Christina Halmich, Lucas Höschler, Christoph Schranz, Christian Borgelt

“…However, the field faces challenges such as limited large-scale data sets, high data acquisition costs, and restricted participant access that hinder the development of robust algorithms. …”
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BiLSTM-Based Parallel CNN Models With Attention and Ensemble Mechanism for Twitter Sentiment Analysis by Anas W. Abulfaraj

“…However, the current approaches to analyzing word-of-mouth on social media face significant challenges like lack of feature integration, low sentiment analysis efficiency, low topic identification efficiency, issues with data scarcity, and the high costs of annotations. These problems limit the ability to offer detailed and comprehensive analyses of user sentiment. …”
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Tsaregradskaya Yu.K. Financial control as a factor of effective public procurement management by V. V. Kikavets, Yu. K. Tsaregradskaya

“…The authors emphasize the priority method: financial controlling of public procurement allows using the risk-based approach to minimize the role of the "human factor" in public procurement and reduce the costs of organizing controls and maintaining a large staff of financial control bodies.…”
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Development of a behaviour change intervention to increase care home staff influenza vaccination uptake by Amrish Patel, Sion Scott, Alys Wyn Griffiths, David Wright

“…Results: The prioritised barriers were: lack of time to get vaccinated; insufficient vaccine supplies; vaccination costs; a lack of peers getting vaccinated and beliefs that staff do not need vaccination and that it is ineffective. …”
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Advanced AI-driven detection of cinnamon powder adulteration using near-infrared spectroscopy and deep learning image recognition technique by Hao-Hsiang Ku, Ya-Chuan Liao, Ching-Ho Chi

“…Due to the complexity of its origin, production, and processing, particularly for Cinnamomum verum, it commands a relatively high market price. To reduce costs, some manufacturers may adulterate cinnamon powder with nut-based powders. …”
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Bridging the gap: whole blood and plasma in prehospital hemorrhagic shock resuscitation by John B Holcomb, Donald H Jenkins, Matthew J Levy, Frances X Guyette

“…While liquid plasma has a limited shelf life, dried plasma offers extended storage capability at room temperature for up to 2 years, presenting a logistically favorable option for emergency medical service (EMS) systems. Costs vary significantly between formulations, ranging from US$40 to US$100 for liquid plasma to US$700 to US$1500 for dried plasma. …”
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Advancements in artificial intelligence and machine learning for poultry farming: Applications, challenges, and future prospects by Muhammad Halim Natsir, Wayan Firdaus Mahmudy, Mochamad Tono, Yuli Frita Nuningtyas

“…Challenges such as limited infrastructure, high initial costs, and digital illiteracy among smallholders hinder broader adoption. …”
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