Effects of web‐based interventions on quality of life among patients with breast cancer: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of randomized controlled trials by Lorinda A. Coombs, Myoungsuk Kim

“…Web‐based interventions are accessible, cost‐effective, and convenient for improving their quality of life. …”
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Epidemiological features of influenza circulation in swine populations: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Eugénie Baudon, Marisa Peyre, Malik Peiris, Benjamin John Cowling

“…Targeting certain swine age groups, farming systems and swine with ILI may improve the surveillance cost-effectiveness. However, focusing on pigs with ILI may bias virus detection against strains less virulent for swine but which may be important as pandemic threats.…”
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Designing strategies to reach the maximum number of women for comprehensive knowledge of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) by Jaimini Sarkar, Chiradeep Sarkar

“…There is a need to frame cost-effective, rapid, and confidential awareness strategies that will eventually encourage people to test.…”
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Spatio-Temporal Travel Speed Estimation in Mixed Traffic Conditions: A Probe Vehicle-Based Approach With Autonomous Vehicle Sensor Integration by Hyungjoo Kim, Seongeun Na, Jongho Kim, Sangsoo Lee, Jiho Yeo

“…Traditional traffic detection methods, relying on fixed-point sensors, face inherent limitations, including high installation costs, limited spatial coverage, and accuracy degradation in congested conditions. …”
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“A multi-method approach to groundwater potential assessment: Integrating remote sensing, GIS, and AHP in North Shoa zone, Ethiopia” by Eyosias Birhanu Alemu, Abebaw Belayneh Zelalem

“…This study provides a cost-effective, scalable, and reliable method for groundwater assessment, offering actionable insights to improve irrigation and potable water supply in North Shewa Zone.…”
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Validation study of a novel, rapid, open platform real-time LAMP assay for early diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis by Swathy S. Nair, Ria Elza Varghese, Anjana Saji, Anoopkumar Thekkuveettil

“…Abstract Current nucleic acid amplification techniques for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) lack the simplicity and affordability of achieving the goals envisioned in the WHO END-TB strategy, particularly for low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Here we report a cost-effective real-time LAMP (rt-LAMP) assay with high sensitivity for the early diagnosis of pulmonary TB. …”
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Ten-year impacts of China’s rural health scheme: lessons for universal health coverage by Shenglan Tang, Yaoguang Zhang, Wenhui Mao, Di Dong, Ling Xu, Zhiwen Miao, Frank Sloan

“…Its benefit packages and cost-sharing mechanism have changed significantly over time. …”
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Hybrid evolutionary algorithm for maximizing medical equipment supply during pandemic✰ by C. D James, Sandeep Mondal

“…In this paper, we make use of a simulation-based model to demonstrate solution to this problem because experimental setups involve high cost and delivery risks.Firstly, we identified thirty-one factors that affect hi-tech machine efficiency. …”
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Metamodel-Based Optimization Method for Traffic Network Signal Design under Stochastic Demand by Wei Huang, Xuanyu Zhang, Haofan Cheng, Jiemin Xie

“…Numerical results show that the gradient-based metamodel method can effectively improve the computation efficiency while slightly reducing the solution optimality (with an increase of 0.09% in the expected total travel cost).…”
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Ultrasonication and Thermal Treatment Impact on Quality Attributes of Lemon Functional Drink: A Comparative Study by Ali Hasan, Rabia Firdous

“…Sonication emerged as a cost-effective and efficient alternative to thermal treatment for producing high-quality fruit beverages. …”
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From NeurODEs to AutoencODEs: A mean-field control framework for width-varying neural networks by Cristina Cipriani, Massimo Fornasier, Alessandro Scagliotti

“…In this setting, we tackle the case of low Tikhonov regularisation, resulting in potentially non-convex cost landscapes. While the global results obtained for high Tikhonov regularisation may not hold globally, we show that many of them can be recovered in regions where the loss function is locally convex. …”
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Effects of Agricultural Applications on CO2 Emission and Ways to Reduce by Caner Yerli, Üstün Şahin, Talip Çakmakcı, Şefik Tüfenkçi

“…CO2 emission, which is the main cause of drought, needs to be reduced with low cost, easy and practical applications. At the beginning of these applications, can be listed reduced tillage, deficit irrigation, reduction of fertilizer usage, reuse of agricultural wastes and agricultural management of wastewater. …”
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Physician perceptions and understanding of pet ownership in healthcare compliance and patient well-being: a one health investigation by Faith Kipnis, Emily McCobb, Megan K. Mueller, Meera Gatlin, Catharina A. Armstrong

“…Most participants (63%) agreed that a low or no-cost boarding facility could be an effective solution to address pet-related concerns among their patients. …”
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Influence of Force and Torque Feedback on Operator Performance in a VR-Based Suturing Task by L. Santos-Carreras, R. Beira, A. Sengül, R. Gassert, H. Bleuler

“…In view of the increased complexity and cost, the benefit of haptic feedback is open to dispute. …”
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Capturing High-Frequency Harmonic Signatures for NILM: Building a Dataset for Load Disaggregation by Farid Dinar, Sébastien Paris, Éric Busvelle

“…This paper presents the development of a cost-effective energy monitoring system scalable for multiple entries while producing detailed measurements. …”
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Techniques for the surgical correction of lagophthalmos secondary to leprosy: A systematic review. by Matthew Willis, Heynes Brown, Dan McGrath, Essam Eltoukhy, Anil Fastenau

“…Therefore, operations which are more cost effective, show a reduced complication rate and yield better long-term results without complicated follow-up are more likely to be adopted in lower resource settings.…”
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Towards High-Resolution Population Mapping: Leveraging Open Data, Remote Sensing, and AI for Geospatial Analysis in Developing Country Cities—A Case Study of Bangkok by Kittisak Maneepong, Ryota Yamanotera, Yuki Akiyama, Hiroyuki Miyazaki, Satoshi Miyazawa, Chiaki Mizutani Akiyama

“…By addressing critical gaps in geospatial data acquisition and processing, this study provides scalable, cost-effective solutions in the integration of multi-source remote sensing data and machine learning that contribute to sustainable urban development, disaster resilience, and resource planning. …”
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Decoupling Technique Using Ferrite-Film Loading for 5G MIMO Applications by Di Wu, Yang Qiu, Guoliang Yu, Rongdi Guo, Guohua Wu, Jiawei Wang, Yi Zhang, Mingmin Zhu, Hao-Miao Zhou

“…This technique of ferrite loading on MIMO antennas can effectively decouple the mutual coupling at a low cost and with low design complexity, indicating its potential applicability for use in MIMO antennas in mobile handsets.…”
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Which design is better? A lifecycle approach to the sustainable management of artificial habitat‐structures by Dan Parker, Stanislav Roudavski, Chiara Bettega, Luigi Marchesi, Paolo Pedrini, Mattia Brambilla, Kylie Soanes

“…The analysis showed that mycelium offered the most environmentally sustainable option according to our criteria, while plastic remained the most cost‐effective over time. Replacing plastic with mycelium could reduce carbon emissions by 75%, energy consumption by 78%, and waste generation by 81%, but would increase monetary costs by 15.5%. …”
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Spectroscopic and Imaging Technologies Combined with Machine Learning for Intelligent Perception of Pesticide Residues in Fruits and Vegetables by Haiyan He, Zhoutao Li, Qian Qin, Yue Yu, Yuanxin Guo, Sheng Cai, Zhanming Li

“…Traditional detection methods have defects such as complex operation, high cost, and long detection time. Therefore, it is of great significance to develop rapid, non-destructive, and efficient detection technologies and equipment. …”
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