Investigating Tree Family Machine Learning Techniques for a Predictive System to Unveil Software Defects by Rashid Naseem, Bilal Khan, Arshad Ahmad, Ahmad Almogren, Saima Jabeen, Bashir Hayat, Muhammad Arif Shah

“…These techniques include Credal Decision Tree (CDT), Cost-Sensitive Decision Forest (CS-Forest), Decision Stump (DS), Forest by Penalizing Attributes (Forest-PA), Hoeffding Tree (HT), Decision Tree (J48), Logistic Model Tree (LMT), Random Forest (RF), Random Tree (RT), and REP-Tree (REP-T). …”
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Caracterización de resistencia de las cuchillas centrales para molinos azucareros. // Resistance characterization of sugar mills central knives. by J. Hernández de la Torre, A. García Domínguez, E. Nápoles Padrón

“…It has the objective<br />of creating the basis for future optimization of design and also finding the proper material, according to the manufacturing<br />and working demands with a minimum manufacture cost. This is accomplished by means of advanced techniques in order<br />to analyze such elements through numerical methods, these programs give possibility to obtain results in tables and charts,<br />which visualizes the tensile distribution in all regions and make easy to detect dangerous zones. …”
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Fermentation of Sugar Beet Pulp by <i>E. coli</i> for Enhanced Biohydrogen and Biomass Production by Gayane Mikoyan, Liana Vanyan, Akerke Toleugazykyzy, Roza Bekbayeva, Kamila Baichiyeva, Kairat Bekbayev, Karen Trchounian

“…This study investigates the potential of sugar beet pulp (SBP), a lignocellulosic by-product of sugar production, as a low-cost substrate for biohydrogen and biomass generation using <i>Escherichia coli</i> under dark fermentation conditions. …”
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Acoustic signatures of bulbar ALS: Predictive modeling with sustained vowels and LightGBM by Zahra Farrokhi, Seyed Amirali Zakavi, Arian Sarafraz, Maryam Valifard, Salar Yousefzadeh, Zahra Mashhadi Tafreshi, Omid Anbiyaee, Navid Rostami, Mahsa Asadi Anar, Niloofar Deravi

“…The proposed method provides an affordable, low-cost, and non-invasive way for ALS diagnosis with potential for application in telemedicine and clinical settings. …”
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Closed-Loop Spinal Cord Stimulation in Chronic Pain Management: Mechanisms, Clinical Evidence, and Emerging Perspectives by Nicholas Mangano, Andrew Torpey, Catherine Devitt, George A. Wen, Christopher Doh, Abhishek Gupta

“…Emerging studies suggest its potential for conditions beyond back pain, such as neuropathic pain, cancer-related pain, and Raynaud’s phenomenon. Furthermore, cost-effectiveness analyses indicate that closed-loop spinal cord stimulation is a more economically viable treatment option compared to conventional medical management and open-loop systems. …”
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Multi-environmental evaluation of barley core collection against spot blotch for genetic variability and identification of promising genotypes exhibiting resistance by Shiv Shankar Patel, Shyam Saran Vaish, Sherry Rachel Jacob, Gyanendra Pratap Singh, Vikender Kaur

“…Host resistance presents a sustainable, cost-effective, and eco-friendly method for disease management. …”
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Multiplex one-step RT–qPCR assays for simultaneous detection of BRV, BCoV, Escherichia coli K99+ and Cryptosporidium parvum by Xinru Zhao, Min Li, Yingying Yang, Yidan Wang, Xiaoru Zheng, Dehua Yin, Haihui Gao, Huatao Li, Kaiqiang Fu, Zhi Cao

“…This method has the advantages of strong specificity, reproducibility, low cost, and no cross-reaction with other bovine pathogens. …”
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Workbench for a Parabolic Trough Solar Collector with a Tracking System by Luciano A. Fiamonzini, Gustavo A. R. Rivas, Oswaldo H. Ando Junior

“…Thus, the present work describes the development of a low-cost PTSC for academic and research purposes. The PTSC was built with an edge angle of 120°, an opening area of 2.2 m2, and a copper absorber tube of 42 mm in outer diameter without a glass envelope. …”
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Willingness to Pay for the COVID-19 Vaccine and Its Correlates in Bangladesh: Cross-Sectional Study by Mohammad Bellal Hossain, Md Zakiul Alam, Md Syful Islam, Shafayat Sultan, Md Mahir Faysal, Sharmin Rima, Md Anwer Hossain, Abdullah Al Mamun, Abdullah-Al- Mamun

“… Abstract BackgroundThe Government of Bangladesh offers COVID-19 vaccines at no cost; however, sustaining this free vaccination program for a large population poses significant challenges. …”
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Online46: Online cognitive assessments in elderly cohorts—The British 1946 birth cohort case study by Ziyuan Cai, Valentina Giunchiglia, Rebecca Street, Martina Del Giovane, Kirsty Lu, Maria Popham, Andrew Wong, Heidi Murray‐Smith, Marcus Richards, Sebastian Crutch, Peter J. Hellyer, Jonathan M. Schott, Adam Hampshire

“…Abstract INTRODUCTION Online assessments are scalable and cost effective for detecting cognitive changes, especially in elderly cohorts with limited mobility and higher vulnerability to neurological conditions. …”
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Machine learning algorithms for maize yield prediction with multispectral imagery: Assessing robustness across varied growing environments by Bala Ram Sapkota, Gurjinder S. Baath, K. Colton Flynn, Kabindra Adhikari, Chad Hajda, Douglas R. Smith

“…Multispectral imagery acquired via Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) can provide an on-demand and cost-effective approach to crop yield estimation. …”
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Contract Management and Health Service Delivery in Uganda: A Case Study of Kabale Regional Referral Hospital, Kabale Municipality. by Atwesigire, Banard

“…In a bid to reduce the rising cost of public administration and to remove any discrepancies or overlaps between hospitals and LGs, the study recommended that the Ministry of Health fully administratively decentralizes contract supervision activities to trusted administrators as a matter of policy. …”
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Contract Management and Health Service Delivery in Uganda: A Case Study of Kabale Regional Referral Hospital, Kabale Municipality. by Atwesigire, Banard

“…In a bid to reduce the rising cost of public administration and to remove any discrepancies or overlaps between hospitals and LGs, the study recommended that the Ministry of Health fully administratively decentralizes contract supervision activities to trusted administrators as a matter of policy. …”
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Study of Acid-Base Indicator Property of the Selected Natural Food Colour Source Juice Beetroot (Beta Vulgaris), Tomato (Solanum Lycopersicon) And Carrot (Dacus Carota). by Akorabirungi, Hillary

“…Artificial indicators are the choice of acid - base titrimetric analysis, but due to environmental pollution, availability, and ease of preparation and cost effectiveness, the search for natural compounds as acid- base indicator started. …”
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Factors Responsible For School Dropout At Different Levels of Education in Selected Academic Institutions in Kisoro Municipality Southern Division Kisoro District. by Kamahoro, Phionah

“…The impact of school dropout among students in Kisoro municipality included social problems 47(21 %), an increased unit of cost of education 24(11 %), unemployment 31 (14%), high levels of crime 39(18%), low academic performance 69(31 %) and increased illiterate population 12(05%). …”
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Joint Education Provision: A Relief or Challenge to Quality Education Services in Uganda. “A Study in Buganda Region”. by Sempungu, Godfrey

“…Even in the previously entirely public-owned schools, the government has introduced cost sharing as it cultivates the culture of having the parents too, share in the task of shouldering some operational costs like lunch & scholastic materials for their children among others. …”
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Land Use and is Impact on Agricultural Productivity in Mutara Sub-County Mitooma District. by Tusingwire, Pamellah

“…The findings revealed that the cost of inputs such as fertilizers, pesticides, seeds, labor, and machinery significantly influences farmers' decisions about which crops to grow and how to manage their land hence this is represented by 57% who strongly agreed, 49% who agreed and 4% disagreed. …”
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Closing-the-loop: a novel care coordination tool to reduce maternal healthcare utilization postpartum and collaboratively build interventions to address community needs by Amanda Terry, Chelsea Arnold, Zackery White, Mary O’Connor, Gillian Feldmeth, Halima Ahmadi-Montecalvo

“…The platform was used to electronically refer patients delivering at Sarasota Memorial who screened positive for these needs to a local network of community-based organizations. Methods A pre-post intervention study with a quasi-experimental, 1:1 matched design was used to measure the impact of implementing a technology-enabled care coordination platform on postpartum health care utilization. …”
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Perioperative and short-term outcomes of laparoscopic radical prostatectomy in elderly patients by Qi Zhang, Guobin Weng, Xuping Yao, Gang Wang, Jianjun Huang

“…No significant disparity in urinary control was detected between these two groups at the 3-month follow-up post-catheter removal (P > 0.05). Conclusion For elderly individuals suffering from localized prostate cancer, laparoscopic radical prostatectomy has demonstrated favorable safety and efficacy in the perioperative and short-term postoperative periods, and is deemed a feasible surgical option for patients with favorable overall physical health.…”
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Assessing the impact of an innovate behavioral health clinic: a retrospective cohort study by Shaina Schwartz, Jakub Michel, Emma Brown, Mallory Bullard, Chak Yui Martin Chan, Joshua Doolittle, Kathryn Harrison, Alex Pashayan, Julie Nguyen, Archana Kumar

“…This can cause incontinuity in care, increased costs, and may worsen clinical outcomes compared to treatment in the outpatient setting. …”
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