Comparative analysis of the main trends in the Interaction of scientifc and educational Organizations with Industrial enterprises by E.  A.  Kirillova

“…The prevailing budget sources of financing in the structure of research and development costs show a weak interest of Russian companies in the real economic sector in the research and development results. …”
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An approach to heart failure for the public-sector primary care clinician by Liezel Rossouw, Anthony S. Lachman, Klaus B. von Pressentin

“…Patients admitted to the hospital should not be discharged while experiencing persistent congestion, as this is associated with an increased risk of rehospitalisation, mortality and higher healthcare costs. Comprehensive patient education regarding medications, thorough follow-up during the six weeks post-discharge and linkage to primary healthcare are associated with decreased hospitalisation rates and improved outcomes.…”
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THE IMPACT OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ON BANK PERFORMANCE IN NIGERIA by Ibrahim Yinka Agbeyinka

“… The objective of the study was to investigate the impact of corporate social responsibility on bank’s performance in Nigeria. The ex-post-facto research design was adopted, and the study focused on selected banks. …”
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Taming the transplant troll: Exploring racial and ethnic disparities in cytomegalovirus infection among kidney transplant patients. by M Gabriela Cabanilla, Ashlee Dauenhauer, Briana St John, Deirdre Hill, Joshua Larson

“…These hypothesis-generating findings underscore the need for larger multicenter studies to validate these patterns and to inform targeted strategies that may reduce inequities in post-transplant outcomes.…”
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Balancing Innovation and Ethics by Anisa Patel

“…Many adversaries of genetic kits claim that the cost of the technology is too expensive. However, most insurance companies will cover the cost of genetic testing, and different types of reliable kits vary in price, starting as low as $59. …”
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Retrospective Analysis of Healthcare Resource Use, Treatment Patterns, and Treatment-related Events in Patients with Huntington’s Disease–associated Chorea Initiated on Tetrabenazi... by Victor W. Sung, Sanjay K. Gandhi, Victor Abler, Brian Davis, Debra E. Irwin, Karen E. Anderson, Ravi G. Iyer

“…A total of 41.8% (59/141) of HD patients who initiated tetrabenazine experienced a ≥60-day gap in tetrabenazine therapy, with a median time to discontinuation of 293.5 days. During the 6-month post-index period after HD diagnosis, HD patients incurred higher all-cause healthcare costs (\$20 204) vs the 6-month pre-index period (\$6057), driven by higher hospitalization and pharmacy costs…”
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Estimating the global burden of endemic canine rabies. by Katie Hampson, Laurent Coudeville, Tiziana Lembo, Maganga Sambo, Alexia Kieffer, Michaël Attlan, Jacques Barrat, Jesse D Blanton, Deborah J Briggs, Sarah Cleaveland, Peter Costa, Conrad M Freuling, Elly Hiby, Lea Knopf, Fernando Leanes, François-Xavier Meslin, Artem Metlin, Mary Elizabeth Miranda, Thomas Müller, Louis H Nel, Sergio Recuenco, Charles E Rupprecht, Carolin Schumacher, Louise Taylor, Marco Antonio Natal Vigilato, Jakob Zinsstag, Jonathan Dushoff, Global Alliance for Rabies Control Partners for Rabies Prevention

“…The largest component of the economic burden is due to premature death (55%), followed by direct costs of post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP, 20%) and lost income whilst seeking PEP (15.5%), with only limited costs to the veterinary sector due to dog vaccination (1.5%), and additional costs to communities from livestock losses (6%).…”
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Status of cardiovascular magnetic resonance in clinical application and scientific research: a national survey in China by Huaying Zhang, Mengdi Jiang, Wenjing Yang, Di Zhou, Yining Wang, Leyi Zhu, Qiang Zhang, Arlene Sirajuddin, Andrew E. Arai, Shihua Zhao, Xiaohu Li, Xinxiang Zhao, Hui Liu, Hongjie Hu, Min Liu, Yi He, Qi Yang, Yining Wang, Yingkun Guo, Minwen Zheng, Fuhua Yan, Minjie Lu

“…Most centers initiated CMR program post-2015. Coronary artery disease was the primary indication for CMR. …”
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Arthroscopic Refixation of the Medial Meniscal Posterior Root With an Intramedullary Titanium Screw by Nikita Vadimovich Vasilchenko, M.D., Ivan Ivanovich Radysh, M.D., Ph.D., Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Vetoshkin, M.D., Ph.D., Med.Sci., Sergey Sergeevich Gusev, M.D., Ksenia Dmitrievna Mikhaylova, M.D.

“…Meniscal posterior root tear presents challenges owing to its potential post-traumatic consequences, including functional deficiency, as well as increased risk of degenerative changes and osteoarthritis, which significantly deteriorate patients' quality of life. …”
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Machine learning prediction of extended length of stay following endoscopic decompression for lumbar spinal stenosis: A retrospective cohort study by Fuqiang Tan, Xiaobin Li, Chaoyang Qu, Xin Shu, Xu Peng

“…Gradient Boosting Machines (AUC = 0.96), XGBoost (AUC = 0.99), and Lasso Regression (AUC = 1.00) outperformed other models, identifying L4/L5 involvement, heart rate, age, osteoporosis, and hypertension as top predictors. Post-cross-validation, CNN (Accuracy = 0.75, AUC = 0.89) and XGB (Accuracy = 0.69, AUC = 0.85) demonstrated robustness. eLOS patients incurred 13% higher costs ( p  = 0.02). …”
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The effectiveness of Evodia rutaecarpa hot compress on the recovery of gastrointestinal function after laparoscopic surgery for colorectal cancer: A propensity score-matched retros... by Miaoxin Huang, Junmiao Li, Wei Huang, Yuling Zhou, Lei Cai, Ming Liu

“…Particularly, the role of ER hot compress therapy on gastrointestinal recovery post-laparoscopic surgery for colorectal cancer has not been well investigated. …”
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Minimizing the Carbon Footprint in LoRa-Based IoT Networks: A Machine Learning Perspective on Gateway Positioning by Francisco-Jose Alvarado-Alcon, Rafael Asorey-Cacheda, Antonio-Javier Garcia-Sanchez, Joan Garcia-Haro

“…The ILP method could reduce the CF by 16.6% for identical networks, although it incurs a computational cost more than 250 times higher, which has its own environmental impact. …”
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Geophagy: a survey on the practice of soil consumption in N'Djamena, Chad by Djimadoum Kimassoum, Ngum Lesley Ngum, Mahamat Bechir, Alexis Haroun, Chiara Frazzoli, Abdelsalam Tidjani

“…We conducted a cross-sectional study among inhabitants of N'Djamena to assess: (i) source, type, and form of geophagic soil at purchase; (ii) event, daily frequency, daily cost, and duration of soil eating; (iii) habits at consumption and storage; (iv) specific motivation of soil eating and habit-forming events; (v) expected health benefits and awareness of health risks; and (vi) chance for intervention…”
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Acquisition and Monitoring System for TEG Characterization by O. H. Ando, C. L. Izidoro, J. M. Gomes, J. H. Correia, J. P. Carmo, L. Schaeffer

“…The functional prototype of the implemented system had a cost under ≈430 USD, making it suitable where a good knowledge of the electrical characteristics of TEGs is of major interest, especially on cogeneration systems.…”
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Convolutional Versus Large Language Models for Software Log Classification in Edge-Deployable Cellular Network Testing by Achintha Ihalage, Sayed Taheri, Faris Muhammad, Hamed Al-Raweshidy

“…Despite being lightweight, our CNN achieves strong performance compared to LLM-based approaches in telecommunications log classification while minimizing the cost of production. Our defect triaging AI model is deployable on edge devices without dedicated hardware and is applicable across software logs in various industries.…”
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From skyscrapers to sky savers: how New York City’s Local Law 97 advances climate resilience and public health by Ethan Chervonski, Ethan Chervonski, Marisa A. Guerrero, William N. Rom, William N. Rom

“…At the same time, the potential public health benefits of LL97 are broad, including improved local air quality, decreased cost barriers to residential cooling, and if in principle applied to city buildings worldwide, reduced global GHG emissions capable of stabilizing global warming for posterity. …”
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Natural Products with Inhibitory Activity against Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 by Maria S. Serna-Arbeláez, Laura Florez-Sampedro, Lina P. Orozco, Katherin Ramírez, Elkin Galeano, Wildeman Zapata

“…Therefore, it is necessary to continue research for compounds with anti-HIV-1 activity, exhibiting a potential for the development of an alternative or complementary therapy to ART with low cost and fewer side effects. Natural products and their derivatives represent an excellent option owing to their therapeutic potential against HIV. …”
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Development of a Mechanistic Hypothesis Linking Compensatory Biomechanics and Stepping Asymmetry during Gait of Transfemoral Amputees by Abeer Mohamed, Andrew Sexton, Kirsten Simonsen, Chris A. McGibbon

“…There is a sound scientific rationale for a mechanistic hypothesis that stepping asymmetry in amputee participants is a result of a motor adaptation that is both facilitating the lower-leg trajectory enforced by the prosthesis while compensating for the lack of work done by the prosthesis, the cost of which is increased energy expenditure of the intact knee and both hips.…”
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Using Landsat 8/9 Thermal Bands to Detect Potential Submarine Groundwater Discharge (SGD) Sites in the Mediterranean in North West-Central Morocco by Youssef Bernichi, Mina Amharref, Abdes-Samed Bernoussi, Pierre-Louis Frison

“…The results highlight several potential SGD zones, confirming the cost-effectiveness of thermal remote sensing in mapping thermal anomalies and opening up new perspectives for the study of SGD in Morocco, where these phenomena remain rarely documented.…”
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Study on the Effect of EICP Combined with Nano-SiO₂ and Soil Stabilizer on Improving Loess Surface Strength by Xueyan Wang, Bo Wang, Yili Yuan, Tao Yang, Guojie Dong, Chen Shi

“…This study confirmed that using sword bean urease treated at −20 °C for 24 h in combination with 1.5% nano-SiO₂ was both cost-effective and efficient in reinforcement. The incorporation of 5% soil stabilizer further enhanced the surface strength, and the accuracy was further verified by combining the results of SEM and XRD. …”
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