Do children with uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition need antibiotics? A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Gabriel Alcoba, Marko Kerac, Serge Breysse, Cécile Salpeteur, Annick Galetto-Lacour, André Briend, Alain Gervaix

“…However, given that these antibiotics have side-effects, costs, and risks as well as benefits, their routine use needs urgent testing. …”
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Antifouling Mussel-Inspired Hydrogel with Furanone-Loaded ZIF-8 for Quorum Sensing-Mediated Marine Antifouling by Yanbin Xiong, Junnan Cui, Xiaodan Liu, Haobo Shu, Pan Cao

“…Marine biofouling, the process of marine microorganisms, algae, and invertebrates attaching to and forming biofilms on ship hulls, underwater infrastructure, and marine equipment in ocean environments, severely impacts shipping and underwater operations by increasing fuel consumption, maintenance costs, and corrosion risks, and by threatening marine ecosystem stability via invasive species transport. …”
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Awareness and barriers to accessing sexual and reproductive healthcare services among Deaf women in Krachi West District of Ghana: a qualitative study by John Kwame Agbenyeavu, Gilbert Eshun, Richard Gyan Aboagye, John Kuumuori Ganle

“…The study identified several key barriers to accessing these services, including financial constraints, high service costs, communication difficulties with healthcare providers, stigma, inappropriate attitudes from healthcare providers, and a lack of community support. …”
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Depression in older adults: prevalence and risk factors in a primary health care sample by Uschenka Padayachey, S Ramlall, J Chipps

“…Early identification and treatment of depression reduces medical costs and lessens caregiver burden. Epidemiological data and prevalence rates of geriatric depression in Africa are limited, although such data are vital to mobilise and plan government mental health initiatives aimed at screening and early intervention. …”
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The Role of Personality Factors in Predicting Resilience and Coping Styles of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Cross-sectional Study by Reza Nemati, Hakimeh Vahedparast, Yaghob Rashedi, Kamran Mirzaei, Masoud Bahreini

“…Introduction: Diabetes is a serious, progressive, and costly disease that creates many limitations for its patient. …”
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The Role of Sensor Technologies in Estrus Detection in Beef Cattle: A Review of Current Applications by Inga Merkelytė, Artūras Šiukščius, Rasa Nainienė

“…High initial investment costs and the complexity of data analysis may limit their adoption, particularly in small and medium-sized farms. …”
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Ontology-conformal recognition of materials entities using language models by Sai Teja Potu, Rachana Niranjan Murthy, Akhil Thomas, Lokesh Mishra, Natalie Prange, Ali Riza Durmaz

“…Data scarcity further motivates employing solutions such as foundation language models for extracting information which can in principle address several subtasks of the information extraction problem in a range of domains without the need of generating costly large-scale annotated datasets for each downstream task. …”
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Short-term scheduling optimization of battery electric buses in the context of sustainable energy resources under uncertainty by Muhammad Ahmad Iqbal, Ismail I. Almaraj

“…The model is enhanced through a robust counterpart formulation, incorporating a realistic case study that addresses uncertainties in critical parameters such as electricity selling prices and purchasing costs. By dynamically optimizing charging station selection and energy trading strategies, the robust model successfully maintains 90 % of the deterministic profit under independent price fluctuations (box uncertainty) and 78 % under correlated market risks (polyhedral uncertainty). …”
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The impact of environmental tax reform on industrial green development: evidence from China by Zhaoyang Lu, Diao Gou, Lanqin Yang, Ziyue Wu, Hailong Feng

“…This reform aligns fiscal instruments with environmental objectives, aiming to internalize environmental costs and incentivize greener industrial behavior. …”
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Nurses’ clinical decision-making models in the care of older adults: A cross-sectional study by Nikoo Latifi, Ghanbar Roohi, Gholam Reza Mahmoodi-Shan, Mahin Tatari

“…The advantages of correct decision-making include reducing treatment costs and lowering environmental stress and contamination with hospital infections.…”
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OSCILLATORY ROLL OF THE ROAD ROLLER WITH A DOUBLE SIDE PLATE by S. V. Saveliev, V. V. Dubkov, M. K. Shushubaeva, V. B. Permyakov

“…Such innovative technical solutions would significantly reduce costs and improve the quality of construction work.Materials and methods. …”
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Optimizing gas well deliquification: Experimental analysis of surfactant-based strategies for liquid unloading in gas wells for enhanced recovery by Najeeb Anjum Soomro, Ubedullah Ansari, Bilal Shams, Muhammad Khan Memon, Darya Khan Bhutto, Zhang Rui, Yi Pan

“…The findings also contribute to enhanced oil and gas recovery by prolonging well lifespan, reducing operational costs, and improving production efficiency. This work serves as a foundation for future studies in surfactant-based well unloading strategies, paving the way for improved reservoir management and sustained hydrocarbon production.…”
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A three stage attention enabled stacked deep CNN-BiLSTM (ASDCBNet) model for end-to-end monitoring of wastewater treatment plant by S. Ullas, B. Uma Maheswari, Seshaiah Ponnekant, T. M. Mohan Kumar

“…However, traditional WWTPs face challenges including high operational costs, manual monitoring dependencies, and inefficiencies in real-time quality control. …”
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Trends in Russia’s GDP Growth under Environmental Constraints by Z. V. Bragina, A. R. Denisov, N. N. Masyuk, N. V. Steblyanskii

“…The country is faced with the task of moving away from a nature-destroying economy, thereby saving natural capital, minimizing the costs of eliminating the negative environmental consequences of technogenic economic development in the future.…”
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VALUE-BASED APPROACH TO MANAGING CURRENT ASSETS OF CORPORATE CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES by Galyna Shapoval, Oleksandr Vashchenko

“…Applying a value-based approach to the management of current assets of corporate enterprises in the construction industry will allow reducing costs and net working capital of the enterprise by optimizing the size of inventories and receivables, which will lead to an increase in cash flow and value of enterprises.…”
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Revisits, Readmission, and Mortality From Emergency Department Admissions for Older Adults With Vague Presentations: Longitudinal Observational Study by Sebastian Alejandro Alvarez Avendano, Amy Cochran, Valerie Odeh Couvertier, Brian Patterson, Manish Shah, Gabriel Zayas-Caban

“… Abstract BackgroundOlder adults (65 years and older) often present to the emergency department (ED) with an unclear need for hospitalization, leading to potentially harmful and costly care. This underscores the importance of measuring the trade-off between admission and discharge for these patients in terms of patient outcomes. …”
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Immunogenicity assessment of Hepatitis A-VP1 and Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) fusion protein: a novel bivalent vaccine candidate by Mina Hannan, Leila Jabalameli, Mohammad Reza Aghasadeghi, Naser Harzandi, Seyed Mehdi Sadat

“…The current preventive vaccines against Hepatitis A are based on live-attenuated virus or wild-type growth in cell culture, which is a time-consuming and costly procedure. Thus, the investigation of immunogenic Hepatitis A Virus (HAV) regions seems to be a rational priority. …”
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A more rapid method for transformation of Helicobacter pylori by Caroline D. Skene, Richard L. Ferrero

“…The method circumvents the need for multiple and lengthy subcultures prior to transformation, nor does it involve costly materials, complicated procedures, or sophisticated equipment. …”
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Antimicrobial use for influenza-like illnesses in Nha Trang, Vietnam: a cross-sectional study by Philippe Beutels, Shinya Tsuzuki, Michiko Toizumi, Hien-Anh Thi Nguyen, Hien Minh Vo, Hoang Huy Le, Duc Anh Dang, Lay Myint Yoshida

“…Most inpatients were children under 5 years of age and experienced longer illness durations and higher costs, with almost all patients receiving antibiotics. …”
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Mechanization and Maize Productivity in Tanzania’s Ruvuma Region: A Python-Based Analysis on Adoption and Yield Impact by James Jackson Majebele, Minli Yang, Muhammad Mateen, Abreham Arebe Tola

“…These inequities are underscored by the barriers faced by smallholders, who constitute 70% of farmers yet encounter challenges, including high equipment costs, limited credit access, and insufficient technical knowledge. …”
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