Recent Advances in Membrane Technologies for Biogas Upgrading by Gabriella Aguilloso, Kimberly Arpia, Morzina Khan, Zachary Alijah Sapico, Edgar Clyde Repato Lopez

“…However, the biogas industry faces challenges, especially in developing countries, due to high costs and limited research and development. Overcoming these obstacles requires collaboration among various stakeholders. …”
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Crossover operators for molecular graphs with an application to virtual drug screening by Nico Domschke, Bruno J. Schmidt, Thomas Gatter, Richard Golnik, Paul Eisenhuth, Fabian Liessmann, Jens Meiler, Peter F. Stadler

“…Abstract Genetic algorithms are a powerful method to solve optimization problems with complex cost functions over vast search spaces that rely in particular on recombining parts of previous solutions. …”
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Digital bridges to social connection: A systematic review and meta-analysis of digital interventions for loneliness and social isolation by Thomas Hansen, Rune Johansen, Benedicte Kirkøen, Kim Stene-Larsen, Melanie Straiton, Ragnhild A. Tornes, Anne Reneflot

“…Digital solutions offer flexible, scalable, and cost-effective approaches, yet their effectiveness remains uncertain. …”
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The Effect of Nopal Mucilage Addition on the Corrosion Rate of Reinforcement Steel in Concrete by Enrique Martínez-Barrios, UIises Páramo-García, Edgardo Jonathan Suárez-Domínguez, Josué Francisco Pérez-Sánchez

“…The results indicate that mixtures with 5% and 10% mucilage show better corrosion protection, suggesting that this approach could be a sustainable, low-cost solution to enhance the durability of concrete structures, particularly in coastal areas with high humidity levels. …”
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Telenursing practice in the care of patients with surgical cancer: a scoping review by Carla Aparecida do Nascimento Mozer, Juliana do Carmo Gonçalves, Lorena Barros Furieri, Mirian Fioresi, Cindy Medici Toscano Rozetti, Rachel de Carvalho, Bruno Henrique Fiorin

“…Reporting on the protocols used, frequency and duration of sessions, nurse training and profiles, integration with in-person care workflows and operational cost data could strengthen the knowledge base for perioperative telenursing in oncology.…”
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Rapid, season-specific PCR testing versus traditional diagnostics for pneumonia in the emergency department by Yangxiu Yu, Qiuping Li

“…Implementation in other settings should consider local pathogen seasonality, workflow, and cost structures.…”
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Cervical precancer thermal ablation versus LLETZ excision comparative efficacy study in WLWH (TALL Study): protocol for a randomised clinical trial in South Africa by Helen Kelly, Matthys H Botha, Frederick H Van der Merwe, Robyn A Adams, Jennifer L Butt, Johanna E Zwanepoel

“…Thermal ablation is an alternative cost-effective treatment method, providing a straightforward approach to treatment, particularly advantageous in environments characterised by limited resources. …”
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Advancements in Landmine Detection: Deep Learning-Based Analysis With Thermal Drones by Daniel Heuschmid, Oliver Wacker, Yannick Zimmermann, Pascal Penava, Ricardo Buettner

“…Leveraging the MobileNetV3-Large architecture and building upon it, we propose a lightweight, yet powerful, machine learning model that can be seen as a safe, cost-efficient and fast landmine detection method. …”
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Predicting body weight in Ross 308 broiler chickens using a data mining algorithm approach by L Bila

“…Submitted 8 September 2024; Accepted 18 January 2025; Published 30 June 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Significance of research to South African science The article “Predicting body weight in Ross 308 broiler chickens using morphometric traits” by Bila (2025) contributes meaningfully to South African poultry science by offering practical and low-cost methods for estimating broiler performance. …”
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Soil methane emission suppression control using unmanned aircraft vehicle swarm application of biochar mulch - A simulation study by Di An, Derek Hollenbeck, Kai Cao, YangQuan Chen

“…In addition, we integrated emissions control, UAV control efforts, and UAV location error in our cost function. Finally, we evaluated our approach using simulation experiments with methane diffusion and multiple methane emission sources in the time and space domain, respectively. …”
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Population-level toggling of T cell immune escape at human leukocyte antigen anchor residues in SARS-CoV-2 Spike proteins, in an ethnically diverse population region. by Nobubelo K Ngandu, Burtram C Fielding, Peter van Heusden, Kuhle Mcinga, Kriheska Francis, Gordon Harkins

“…This immunoinformatic prediction of T cell immune escape at HLA anchor motifs: (i)shortlisted potentially understudied population-specific HLA and immune escape (ii)revealed a footprint of underlying toggling of short-lived immune escape mutations, and (iii)has potential to cost-effectively guide pre-clinical research questions on the inclusion of partially conserved but dominant epitopes in vaccine immunogens.…”
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Effect of intercropping on the incidence of Jassid (Amrasca biguttula biguttula Ish.) and Whitefly (Bemesia tabaci Guen.) in Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L. Moench) by Aasma Sharma, Khem Raj Neupane, Rajendra Regmi, Ram Chandra Neupane

“…Both pod length (cm) and yield (t/ha) were the highest (17.92±0.57 and 28.20±0.49 respectively) in okra + coriander and were the lowest (16.42±0.21 and 27.58±0.39 respectively) in okra + carrot. The benefit-cost ratio was in order okra + coriander > okra + carrot > okra + fennel > okra + parsley > control (okra only). …”
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Ultrasound-assisted DLLME with natural deep eutectic solvent and smartphone-based colorimetry for Pb(II) detection in water by Nayyer Azhdari, Biuck Habibi, Zahra Ayazi, Elaheh Rahimpour

“…This research presents a novel, cost-efficient and high-performance method for preconcentration and detection of lead ions [Pb(II)] using ultrasound-assisted dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction (USA-DLLME) combined with digital image colorimetry (DIC). …”
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Implementation strategies to promote linkage to care for key populations after HIV self-testing: a scoping review by Panpan Ma, Rina Shoki, Xinyi Su, Erika Ota

“…HIV self-testing (HIVST) is effective in scaling up HIV testing uptake among key populations due to its cost-effective, confidential, and convenient feature. …”
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The formation and stripping mechanism of oxide film on stainless steel surfaces by Zhenqi Shen, Guangkai Wang, Fang Bao, Tianhao Liu, Yang Fei, Zhenni Xie, Yuxin Liang, Xincheng Wang

“…Retired equipment exhibits relatively high levels of radioactivity, and chemical cleaning is a cost-effective and efficient method for decontamination. …”
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Biomass Valorization Recommender Tool Development by Vasiliki Tzelepi, Lucyna Lekawska-Andrinopoulou, Kostas Chatziioannou, Thodoris Theodoropoulos, Georgios Tsimiklis, Angelos Amditis

“…Most existing tools focus on minimizing supply chain costs and emissions, often lacking a holistic approach that integrates economic, social, and circularity principle factors. …”
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转基因作物多重重组酶聚合酶扩增结合CRISPR/Cas12a现场可视化检测方法的建立(英文)(Establishment of a field visualization detection method for multiplex recombinase polymerase amplification combined with CRISPR/Cas12... by 颜晶莹(YAN Jingying), 倪亮(NI Liang), 沈星宇(SHEN Xingyu), 吕秉韬(LÜ Bingtao), 李玉(LI Yu)

“…Compared with the traditional test strip detection method, this multi-RPA-CRISPR/Cas12a technique has the higher specificity, higher sensitivity, wider application range and lower cost. Compared with other polymerase chain reaction (PCR) techniques, it also has the advantages of low equipment requirements and visualization, making it a potentially feasible method for the field detection of GM plants.…”
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Spring bread wheat response to kernel smut pathogens (Tilletia caries and T. laevis) in the Republic of Tatarstan by D. F. Askhadullin, D. F. Askhadullin, N. Z. Vasilova, E. V. Zuev, E. Z. Bagavieva, M. R. Tazutdinova, I. I. Khusainova

“…Wheat kernel smut (KS) is a disease of the reproductive organs. With low-cost and organic farming, grain farmers can face significant losses from this disease. …”
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Revisiting the risk of introduction of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) into the United States – An updated semi-quantitative risk assessment by Andrea L. Dixon, Ana R.S. Oliveira, Lee W. Cohnstaedt, Dana Mitzel, Chad Mire, Natalia Cernicchiaro

“…The introduction of JEV into the United States (US) is a public health risk, and could also impact animal health and the food supply. To efficiently and cost-effectively manage risk, a better understanding of how and where diseases will be introduced, transmitted, and spread is required. …”
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Near Real-Time Data-Driven Adaptive RAN Slicing of VR Traffic in ORAN by Andreas Casparsen, Beatriz Soret, Jimmy Jessen Nielsen, Petar Popovski

“…Our findings reveal distinct trade-offs between the methods: our proposed solution, Latency Estimation Correction (LEC), offers superior latency control but at the cost of resource efficiency; it emphasizes estimating end-to-end latency and guides the allocation accordingly. …”
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