Fixed-Route vs. Demand-Responsive Transport Feeder Services: An Exploratory Study Using an Agent-Based Model by Giovanni Calabrò, Michela Le Pira, Nadia Giuffrida, Giuseppe Inturri, Matteo Ignaccolo, Gonçalo H. de A. Correia

“…Besides, automated vehicles could play a role in reducing the operator cost if the service is performed with many small vehicles rather than higher-capacity vehicles, even if this would not imply a major benefit gain for the users.…”
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The factors affecting accessibility to credit capital of small and medium enterprises in Vietnam by Phung The Dong, Nguyen Thi Hong Nham

“…Low accessibility to capital forces SMEs to spend both official and unofficial costs in order to obtain loans, and/or to access the unofficial market at higher interest rates, thereby increasing cost of production of enterprises. …”
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Optimization of power output in plateau photovoltaic power stations using a hybrid Kepler and Gaussian quantum particle swarm algorithm by Shuang Gan, Heng Hu, Shaoshuai Li, Qian Peng, Taidong Yan, Huasheng Gong, Yuancheng Zhang

“…The objective function is designed to balance power output maximization and cost minimization, while accounting for environmental impacts, such as snow accumulation and temperature fluctuations, over a yearly operational horizon. …”
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Development of a point of care (POC) test as an immunobiosensor for okadaic acid detection in mussels by E. Daniso, P. Melpignano, M. Cocchi, S. Susmel, F. Tulli

“…In addition to the analysis performed with liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS), reference method in EU, semiquantitative rapid tests for preliminary screening and rapid monitoring plan are applied.Different kits for the detection of DTX family toxins are available on the market, but they require specialised labs and the cost of the analysis per sample is quite high. Based on the current situation, developing an easy-to-use and cheap test for measuring okadaic acid, as the main responsible for DSP poisoning, for the implementation of point-of-care (POC) systems is desirable. …”
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Multi-Time-Scale Layered Energy Management Strategy for Integrated Production, Storage, and Supply Hydrogen Refueling Stations Based on Flexible Hydrogen Load Characteristics of Po... by Zhuoyu Jiang, Rujie Liu, Weiwei Guan, Lei Xiong, Changli Shi, Jingyuan Yin

“…The upper layer uses the hourly time scale to optimize the operating power of HFS equipment with the goal of minimizing the typical daily operating cost, and proposes a parameter adaptive particle swarm optimization (PSA-PSO) solution algorithm that introduces Gaussian disturbance and adaptively adjusts the learning factor, inertia weight, and disturbance step size of the algorithm. …”
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Automated Class Imbalance Learning via Few-Shot Multi-Objective Bayesian Optimization With Deep Kernel Gaussian Processes by Zhaoyang Wang, Shuo Wang, Damien Ernst, Chenguang Xiao

“…However, real-world applications often involve multiple, conflicting objectives—such as predictive performance and computational cost—that must be jointly optimized. Ignoring such trade-offs limits the adaptability and practicality of current methods. …”
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Recent Developments in Individual Difference Research to Inform the Adoption of AI Technology by Luke Symasek, Taylor Yeazitzis, Kristin Weger, Bryan Mesmer

“…Due to its incredible pattern recognition, it can help humans complete work much faster than before with little to no monetary cost. Despite the widespread impact that AI technologies have on various fields, acceptance and adoption of AI lag behind because of a wide range of factors among users. …”
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Spinal needles versus conventional needles for fine-needle aspiration biopsy of thyroid nodules-A multicenter randomized controlled trial. by Kasper Daugaard Larsen, Gitte Bjørn Hvilsom, Tobias Vennervald Andersen, Preben Homøe, Finn Noe Bennedbæk, Jens Pedersen, Lena Bjergved Sigurd, Jens Jessen Warm, Katalin Kiss, Giedrius Lelkaitis, Luise Andersen, Marie Røsland Rosenørn, Laszlo Hegedüs, Annette Kjær Ersbøll, Anne Fog Lomholt, Mikkel Kaltoft, Christoffer Holst Hahn, Tobias Todsen

“…Given the significantly higher cost of spinal needles and comparable diagnostic outcomes, their routine use for thyroid FNAB is not recommended.…”
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From Molecules to Medicines: The Role of AI-Driven Drug Discovery Against Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Neurological Disorders by Mashael A. Alghamdi

“…Our findings conclude that AI-based tools are not only cost-effective, but the success rate is extremely high compared to traditional drug discovery methods in identifying new therapeutic targets and in the screening of the majority of molecules for clinical trial purposes.…”
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Beyond the microscope: integrating inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility principles in immunology education through the IDE-A rubric by Claudette P. Davis, Erika Lorenzana Del Villar, Sumali Pandey, Ekaterini Papadopoulou, Zemirah Ngow, Cynthia A. Wenner

“…Equity and accessibility were assessed by evaluating availability of textbooks and ancillary materials at no cost or reduced price, availability of multiple textbook formats, and publisher’s provision of accessible versions. …”
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Experimental evaluation of mechanical strength of silica fume-cemented sand reinforced with 3D-printed fibers by Mohammad Hematibahar, Nikolai Vatin, Jana Petrů, Muhammad Nasir Bashir, Ali Hasanzadeh, Tesfaldet Gebre, Amir Ali Milani, Amir Bakhtiyari

“…3D printing has revolutionized building design and construction with rapid, cost-effective production of complex designs approaches. …”
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Rapid Synthesis of Graphene Oxide Derived from Biomass with Atmospheric Plasma Technology by Airine Hijrah Handayani, Arbi Dimyati, Abdul Waris, Raden Ibrahim Purawiardi, Muflikhah Muflikhah, Elita Vegy Noviantana, Firda Amalia, Rohmad Salam

“…In this study, we explored a low-cost, green, and renewable approach utilizing biomass resources, i.e., coconut fronds, palm fronds, and rambutan stems, to rapidly synthesize graphene oxide via atmospheric plasma techniques. …”
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Influence of non-ferrous metals on the structural quality of the high-alloy mild steel 20X2H4A billets received by centrifugal electroslag remelting by P. I. Papkovskiy, A. I. Valko, S. G. Sandomirskii

“…Hot cracks – one of the most common and the most detrimental defects of steel castings, leading to a significant increase in the cost of products. The formation of hot cracks in steel castings depends on many factors, including the chemical composition of steel, the presence of non-metallic inclusions and gases, conditions of deoxidation and solidification of steel, etc. …”
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Determinants of improved seed adoption and intensity in lentil farming: evidence from Terai region of Nepal by Damodar Gautam, Shiva Chandra Dhakal, Rishi Ram Kattel, Narayan Prasad Khanal

“…The empirical results showed that owned land (p ≤ .047), number of economically active household members (p ≤ .018), improved seed knowledge (p ≤ .001), training (p ≤ .045), technical assistance (p ≤ .005), demonstration visits (p ≤ .001) and subsidies (p ≤ .035) had a significantly positive effect on the adoption of improved lentil seed, while waterlogging low land (p ≤ .049) and seed cost (p ≤ .032) had a significantly negative effect. …”
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Simulating the Effects of Aerosol‐Radiation Interactions on Subseasonal Prediction Using the Coupled Unified Forecast System and CCPP‐Chem: Interactive Aerosol Module Versus Prescr... by S. Sun, G. A. Grell, L. Zhang, J. K. Henderson, S. Wang, D. Heinzeller, H. Li, J. Meixner, P. S. Bhattacharjee

“…These results suggest that given the current capacities of aerosol modeling, adopting a climatology of aerosol concentrations as a cost‐effective alternative to a complex aerosol module may be a practical approach for subseasonal applications.…”
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Digital technologies for economic sustainable development at Chinese enterprises by A.M., Zheng yang

“…., this huge information, if according to the traditional method, will undoubtedly need to consume more human, material, and financial resources, and low efficiency, increase the cost of work. If computer technology is used to process enterprise information, it will be faster and better to digitize information, facilitate information integration and improve work efficiency, and this information will be very easy to be invoked later, avoiding wasting time to search, and greatly saving human resources. …”
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A Dynamic Just-in-Time Component Delivery Framework for Off-Site Construction by Tongguang Si, Hong Xian Li, Zhen Lei, Hexu Liu, SangHyeok Han

“…General contractors can obtain an optimal component delivery date to reduce the additional cost when they have changed the assembly schedule. …”
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Time-Optimal Model Predictive Control for Linear Time-Variant Systems Based on Configuration-Constrained Backward Reachability by Michael Fink, Annalena Daniels, Dirk Wollherr, Marion Leibold

“…The central innovation lies in the use of configuration-constrained polytopes to construct backward reachable tubes offline with fixed complexity, which permits propagation over long time horizons without growing computational cost. Notably, our method introduces a containment check that dynamically identifies the set in the tube that contains the current system state and lies closer to the terminal set, thereby providing an updated time index for the controller. …”
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The effect of body-conforming passive wearable device with knee flexion taping on dynamic knee stability by Sung-Jin Park, Seongok Chae, Hyung-Soon Park

“…Knee joint angle, muscle activation, metabolic cost, and blood flow were measured across FTPW, passive wearable devices without flexion taping (PW), and control shorts (Ctrl). …”
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Prenatal treatment for serious neurological sequelae of congenital toxoplasmosis: an observational prospective cohort study. by Mario Cortina-Borja, Hooi Kuan Tan, Martine Wallon, Malgorzata Paul, Andrea Prusa, Wilma Buffolano, Gunilla Malm, Alison Salt, Katherine Freeman, Eskild Petersen, Ruth E Gilbert, European Multicentre Study on Congenital Toxoplasmosis (EMSCOT)

“…As these are observational data, policy decisions about screening require further evidence from a randomized trial of prenatal screening and from cost-effectiveness analyses that take into account the incidence and prevalence of maternal infection. …”
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