Understanding the Neck's Significance: Exploring Neck Circumference as a Marker for Obesity and Hypertension in Perambalur District’s 40–70 Age Group by Abinaya Ravi, Maniprabhu Selvaraju, Tamilarasan Muniyapillai, Rukumani Subbhaiyaa Muthu Raaj Kumar, Nithish Immanuel Rejee

“…Conclusion: NC emerges as a promising anthropometric marker for assessing obesity and hypertension risks, with significant gender-specific variations. This simple, cost-effective screening tool shows utility for cardiovascular and metabolic health risk assessment in adults. …”
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When math legitimizes knowledge: a step by step approach to Bayes’ rule in diagnostic reasoning by Yung Bruno de Mello Gonzaga, André Demambre Bacchi, Vitor Borin Pardo de Souza

“…This misunderstanding leads to overestimating disease probability, diagnosing diseases in healthy individuals, ordering invasive diagnostic tests, and prescribing unnecessary treatments, resulting in unjustified adverse effect, psychological stress, and increased cost. Probabilistic reasoning is an essential skill to mitigate this confusion, and Bayes theorem is an important tool to accomplish this goal. …”
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Quantifying edge relevance for epidemic spreading via the semi-metric topology of complex networks by David Soriano-Paños, Felipe Xavier Costa, Luis M Rocha

“…Sparsification aims at extracting a reduced core of associations that best preserves both the dynamics and topology of networks while reducing the computational cost of simulations. We show that the semi-metric topology of complex networks yields a natural and algebraically-principled sparsification that outperforms existing methods on those goals. …”
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Muscle activity of the lower extremities during exergames with varying movement demands in older adults (Registered Report – Stage I) by Thomas C. Kosiolek, Dirk Möller, Eleftheria Giannouli

“…Findings may improve training strategies for balance enhancement and fall prevention in older adults, with potential benefits for healthcare cost reduction and quality of life.…”
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Review of Australian seaweed aquaculture: Limitations and opportunities with a focus on two candidate species Asparagopsis taxiformis (Delile) Trevisan (1845) and Chaetomorpha linu... by Joel Wynhorst, Benjamin Camer-Pesci, Ravi Fotedar, Janet Howieson

“…Factors such as off-shore winds, low population density, strict legal regulations regarding marine conservation, and high initial investment costs may impact proposed large-scale ocean-based farms. …”
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A Comprehensive Survey on Resource Management for IoT Applications in Edge-Fog-Cloud Environments by Nour El Houda Boubaker, Karim Zarour, Nawal Guermouche, Djamel Benmerzoug

“…Resource management in Edge-Fog-Cloud environments has emerged as a fundamental challenge in modern distributed computing systems, primarily due to the heterogeneous nature of underlying infrastructure, highly dynamic workloads, and the need to optimize multiple, often conflicting, Quality of Service (QoS) metrics such as latency, energy consumption, cost, and security. These environments are characterized by their layered architecture and real-time decision-making demands, which require efficient coordination among distributed resources to meet the expectations of both users and applications. …”
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Effect of Different Organic and Inorganic Fertilizers on Spring Rice Var. (Hardinath 1) Production in Rural Gorkha, Nepal by Sandesh Adhikari, Sudip Tiwari, Binaya Baral, Sandeep Gouli, Shiva Chandra Dhakal, Manisha Shrestha

“…Total net return was found highest on T2: 287330 Nepalese Rupees(NPR) incurring the cost of fertilizer Rs NPR 18940 per hectare returning the gross return of NPR 268390 per hectare. …”
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Photocatalytic removal of eosin yellow dye in wastewater using silver-nickel oxide modified zinc oxide (Ag-NiO/ZnO) nanocomposite by Eseoghene H. Umukoro, Temiloluwa A. Akintunde, Samson O. Jeje, Mxolisi B. Shongwe, Oluwadamilola R. Afolabi, Abolanle S. Adekunle, Oluwatobi S. Oluwafemi

“…These findings position Ag–NiO/ZnO as a cost-effective and scalable material for visible-light-assisted photocatalytic wastewater treatment.…”
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A Fast Convergence Scheme Using Chebyshev Iteration Based on SOR and Applied to Uplink M-MIMO B5G Systems for Multi-User Detection by Yung-Ping Tu, Guan-Hong Liu

“…The proposed CHSOR scheme includes two stages: the first consists of successive over-relaxation (SOR) and modified successive over-relaxation (MSOR), combining the advantages of low complexity of both and generating a better initial transmission symbol, iteration matrix, and parameters for the next stage; sequentially, the second stage adopts the low-cost iterative Chebyshev acceleration method for performance refinement to obtain a lower bit error rate (BER). …”
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A decarbonization strategy for lattice girders in primary support: A case study in Wanrong tunnel on Meng-Hua railway by Feng Lu, Zhenyu Chen, Xianshun Zhou, Yingda Zhang, Wenge Qiu, Xinqiang Gao, Kai Liu

“…Compared to the traditional scheme, the optimized solution has reduced the total project cost by 36.76 %. The decarbonization strategy proposed in this study provides a possible solution for future tunnel constructions.…”
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Recommended cucumber hybrids for growing in greenhouses under conditions artificial lighting by V. G. Korol

“…The use of artificial lighting in greenhouses has a huge impact on the yield, cost and timing of the receipt of vegetable products. …”
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Antiparasitic and Antifungal Activities of Cetyl-Maritima, a New <i>N</i>-Cetyl-Modified Maritima Derivative by Ibrahim S. Al Nasr, Jingyi Ma, Tariq A. Khan, Waleed S. Koko, Imen Ben Abdelmalek, Rainer Schobert, Wendy van de Sande, Bernhard Biersack

“…<b>Conclusions</b>: The considerable antileishmanial activity of Cetyl-Maritima might lead to the development of a new potent and cost-effective drug candidate for the therapy of leishmaniasis and other infectious diseases caused by kinetoplastid parasites.…”
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Key Issues and Prospects for Low-Carbon Operation and Scheduling of the New Power System from an Electricity-Carbon Coupling Perspective by ZHAO Junhua, BAI Yan, WANG Zhidong

“…Moreover， market simulation methods faced a contradiction between insufficient interpretability and overly stringent assumptions， and the integration of renewable energy units （characterized by near-zero short-term marginal costs） undermined traditional pricing models and complicated multi-period cost allocation.…”
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Analysis and Assessment of BDS-3 Five Single-Frequency Civilian Signals Single Point Positioning Considering Time Group Delay and Intersignal Correction by Xingli Sun

“…Single-frequency single point positioning (SPP) receivers have significant advantages such as low hardware cost and easy implementation, making them widely used in engineering practice. …”
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Methods and technologies of disposal of poly-chloride biphenyls in transformer oils by V. M. Bel’Kov

“…Even a brief review of methods for decontamination of wastes containing PCB shows that reliable, environmentally friendly and cost-effective process does not exist and, apparently, it is not possible to create a completely ecologically safe process with 100 % conversion. …”
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Performance, emissions, and combustion analysis of catalytic hydrothermal liquefaction derived fuel from Arthrospira platensis in IC engines: A predictive approach using least squa... by Mozas Santhose Kumar J, Prakash Ramakrishnan, Padmanathan Panneerselvam

“…Additionally, a laboratory-scale cost assessment demonstrated the economic feasibility of catalytic HTL bio-oil production.…”
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Synthesis of novel MgO-ZnO nanocomposite using Pluchea indica leaf extract and study of their biological activities by Samy Selim, Mohammed S. Almuhayawi, Amna A. Saddiq, Mohammed H. Alruhaili, Ebrahim Saied, Mohamed H. Sharaf, Muyassar K. Tarabulsi, Soad K. Al Jaouni

“…Abstract The biosynthesis of bimetallic nanoparticles using plant extracts has garnered significant attention due to their eco-friendly and cost-effective nature. This study aimed to biosynthesize magnesium oxide-zinc oxide nanocomposite (MgO-ZnO nanocomposite) using Pluchea indica leaf extract for the first time, with a focus on characterizing its physicochemical properties and evaluating its biological activities. …”
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Hybrid Transformer–Convolutional Neural Network Approach for Non-Intrusive Load Analysis in Industrial Processes by Gengsheng He, Yu Huang, Ying Zhang, Yuanzhe Zhu, Yuan Leng, Nan Shang, Jincan Zeng, Zengxin Pu

“…Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring (NILM) technology presents a cost-effective solution for industrial energy management by decomposing aggregate power data into individual device-level information without extensive hardware requirements. …”
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The knowledge and perceptions regarding antibiotic stewardship of the interns rotating at the Bloemfontein Academic Complex by Anke Archer, Marna Blom, Renette de Lange, Esther Jansen van Vuuren, Theunis E. Kellerman, Samantha Potgieter, Gina Joubert

“…Antibiotic stewardship aims to optimise antibiotic treatment to enable cost-effective therapy and improve patients’ outcome whilst limiting ABR. …”
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Are Artificial Intelligence Models Listening Like Cardiologists? Bridging the Gap Between Artificial Intelligence and Clinical Reasoning in Heart-Sound Classification Using Explain... by Sami Alrabie, Ahmed Barnawi

“…Although this approach is fast, non-invasive, and cost-effective, its diagnostic accuracy still mainly depends on the clinician’s expertise, making it particularly challenging to detect rare or complex conditions. …”
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