Volumetric choice experiment to estimate the impact of e-cigarette and heated tobacco product characteristics on substitution and complementary use among adults who smoke cigarette... by Jidong Huang, Ce Shang, Scott R Weaver, Towhidul Islam, Terry F Pechacek, Vuong V Do

“…Policies to increase the cost of combusted cigarettes as well as communicate lower relative harm and low absolute harm of e-cigarettes may facilitate switching behaviour.…”
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YOLOv8-MFD: An Enhanced Detection Model for Pine Wilt Diseased Trees Using UAV Imagery by Hua Shi, Yonghang Wang, Xiaozhou Feng, Yufen Xie, Zhenhui Zhu, Hui Guo, Guofeng Jin

“…Compared to baseline models such as YOLOv8 and YOLOv10, our method achieves higher accuracy while maintaining acceptable computational cost (11.8 GFLOPs) and a compact model size (10.2 MB). …”
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Choice of Anesthesia for Orthopedic Surgery in Elderly and Senile Patients (Review) by I. A. Lisichenko, V. G. Gusarov

“…However, its use is limited due to relatively high cost. Therefore, the search for optimal (lower than recommended) inhalation concentrations may lead to expanding use of xenon in elderly and senile patients. …”
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CHALLENGES TO TEA PRODUCTION AND TEA MARKETING IN TARABA STATE OF NIGERIA by Yetunde Olasimbo Mary OLADOKUN, Kayode Akanni OLUYOLE

“…The problems faced by tea marketers in Taraba State are low market demand, low price, lack of access to market and high cost of transportation. Seventy five percent of tea marketers faced the problem of low market demand. …”
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Synergistic Semantic Segmentation and Height Estimation for Monocular Remote Sensing Images via Cross-Task Interaction by Xuanang Peng, Shixin Wang, Futao Wang, Jinfeng Zhu, Suju Li, Longfei Liu, Zhenqing Wang

“…Recent studies have shown that multi-task learning methods can enhance the complementarity of task-related features, thus maximizing the prediction accuracy of multiple tasks at a low computational cost. However, due to factors such as complex semantic categories and the inconsistent spatial scales of remotely sensed images, existing multi-task learning methods often fail to achieve better results on these two tasks. …”
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LIoTning: A Peer-Supervised Payment Channel Approach for Secure Micropayments in IoT Ecosystem by Erfan Bahrami, Amir M. Aghapour, Morteza Amini

“…The rapid proliferation of the Internet of Things has heightened the demand for efficient, low-cost micropayments to support seamless service provisioning—a requirement fundamentally at odds with the inherent scalability issues of blockchain technology. …”
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‘I would have killed myself had it not been for this service’: qualitative experiences of NHS and third sector crisis care in the UK by Laura Sambrook, Anna Balmer, Jackie Tait, Peter Ashley-Mudie, Jason C. McIntyre, Amrith Shetty, Rajan Nathan, Pooja Saini

“…While crisis cafés are currently provided at a low cost and appear to result in satisfaction, policymakers must ensure they receive adequate funding and do not become overburdened. …”
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Covering water containers is a strong preventive measure for the reduction of asymptomatic malaria towards the end of the rainy season [version 1; peer review: 3 approved, 1 approv... by Linda Onyeka Anagu, Ifeoma Umeh, Chibuike Okpala

“…The odds (odds ratio (OR): 0.29/0.27, 95% (CI): 0.07/0.06 – 1.24) of having asymptomatic malaria were lower in those that agree that ‘the cost of malaria prevention tools, such as Insecticide-treated nets (ITNs), insecticides and mosquito repellents, is reasonable’ compared to those that did not. …”
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Application of Machine Learning Algorithms in Nitrous Oxide (N₂O) Emission Estimation in Data-Sparse Agricultural Landscapes by Uttam Ghimire, Waqar Ashiq, Asim Biswas, Wanhong Yang, Prasad Daggupati

“…Based on the computational cost, ease in finetuning, capture of peak emissions and stable model performance, RFR and ANN are recommended to estimate N₂O emissions in the study area and similar agricultural landscapes in future studies.…”
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The association between lifestyle risk score and mental health in Iranian overweight and obese women: a cross-sectional study by Sara Ebrahimi, Farideh Shiraseb, Maryam Ladaninezhad, Negin Navaei, Azimeh Izadi, Khadijeh Mirzaei

“…BackgroundSince evidence on the relationship between a combination of lifestyle factors and mental health in the Iranian population is limited, this study employed a cross-sectional design which is a quick and low-cost method to provide more information on the potential association between lifestyle and mental health. …”
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From waste to functionality: Gastrointestinal stability and bioactivity of phenolic compounds in apple peel biofortified by wounding and UVA radiation by Esteban Villamil-Galindo, Edwin E. Reza-Zaldivar, Marilena Antunes-Ricardo, Andrea Marcela Piagentini, Daniel A. Jacobo-Velázquez

“…These findings demonstrate the feasibility of using combined abiotic stresses as a sustainable and cost-effective strategy to valorise apple by-products, providing bioactive-rich ingredients with potential applications in functional foods and nutraceuticals.…”
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CrossGraphNet: a cross-spatiotemporal graph-based method for traffic speed reconstruction using remote sensing vehicle detection by Yan Zhang, Mei-Po Kwan, Jiannan Cai, Jianying Wang, Peifeng Ma

“…It can even be used in scenarios lacking sufficient ground stations and with discontinuous remote sensing data, and enables low-cost, large-scale, and multi-temporal traffic flow speed reconstruction.…”
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Effect of application method on dichlobenil efficacy of hair fescue (Festuca filiformis) in lowbush blueberry by Craig B. MacEachern, Travis J. Esau, Scott N. White, Qamar U. Zaman, Aitazaz A. Farooque

“…Given the high product cost of dichlobenil at Can$1,873 ha−1, hair fescue’s non-uniform distribution in lowbush blueberry fields and the lowbush blueberry industry’s overreliance on pronamide, targeted application of dichlobenil has significant potential. …”
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Acceptability of telemedicine for early surgical site infection diagnosis after cesarean delivery in rural Rwanda: a qualitative study by Laban Bikorimana, Eve Hiyori Estrada, Anne Niyigena, Robert Riviello, Fredrick Kateera, Bethany Hedt-Gauthier, Vincent K. Cubaka

“…Women and CHWs reported perceived faster healing associated with the intervention, enhanced access to postoperative care from home, and cost savings as notable benefits of the telemedicine program. …”
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A Novel Approach for Rapid Detection of Forest Degradation and Diseases Through Anomaly Analysis of Sentinel-2 Spectral Data by Sofiia Drozd, Nataliia Kussul, Hanna Yailymova

“…The theoretical relevance of this study lies in the development of a cost-effective and straightforward method for forest monitoring, while the practical relevance is evident in its potential for large-scale forest management and conservation. …”
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PREDICTION OF LIVE WEIGHT THROUGH MORPHOMETRIC VARIABLES IN GOATS FROM BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR, MEXICO by Raul Avalos Castro, Jose Denis Osuna Amador, Noe Medina Cordova, Carlos Cabada Tavares, Jose C. Segura Correa

“…Regression models based on different morphometric measurements have been used as a practical, minimal cost and highly reliable method to predict live weight (LW) in goats; however, for the northwest region of Mexico there is no information available on the genetic and phenotypic variability of local goat populations, therefore, it is necessary to generate experiences on the efficiency of morphometric measurements to estimate LW in this area. …”
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Effect of substitution and processing on the morphology and dielectric properties of Pr2/3Cu3Ti4O12 (PCTO) ceramic by Bradley Arnold, Ching Hua Su, Fow‐Sen Choa, Brian Cullum, Tagide deCarvalho, Narsimha S. Prasad, Lauren N. Gower, Anna C. Darden, Krishna S. Machuga, Narsingh Bahadur Singh

“…Abstract Low‐cost, large dielectric constant, and resistivity materials have wide range of applications for radio frequency systems, flash memory devices to ferroelectric switches, and energy storage applications. …”
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Nature-based solutions for flood mitigation in Canadian urban centers: A review of the state of research and practice by Ali Zoghi, Émilie Bilodeau, Muhammad Naveed Khaliq, Yeowon Kim, Jean-Luc Martel, Jennifer Drake

“…The review also identifies the importance of developing cost-effective strategies and improved modeling tools to support the broader implementation of NBS. …”
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Tunable Energy-Efficient Approximate Circuits for Self-Powered AI and Autonomous Edge Computing Systems by Shubham Garg, Kanika Monga, Nitin Chaturvedi, S. Gurunarayanan

“…However, the accuracy in computations came with an additional cost of increased computational resources and power consumption in traditional computing units. …”
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A novel signal peptide toolbox for optimized heterologous expression of yeast pheromones in Bacillus subtilis by Tomislav Vološen, Henri Max Deda, Anica Walther, Philipp F. Popp, Thorsten Mascher, Diana Wolf

“…Optimising downstream processes and achieving high product yields are essential for cost-effective and scalable bioproduction, with efficient protein secretion being a critical factor in industrial applications. …”
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