ANALISIS EFEKTIVITAS BIAYA PENGGUNAAN TERAPI INSULIN DAN INSULIN KOMBINASI PADA PASIEN DIABETES MELLITUS TIPE II RAWAT JALAN DI RSUP SANGLAH by I Made Agus Sunadi Putra, Ni Nyoman Wahyu Udayani, Herleeyana Meriyani

“…Metode ACER digunakan untuk menganalisa jenis terapi insulin yang paling cost-effective. Berdasarkan data yang didapatkan dari rekam medis RSUP Sanglah Denpasar, jumlah pasien DM tipe 2 lebih banyak diderita oleh laki-laki yaitu 47 orang dengan presentase 67,14%, umur >45 tahun yaitu 63 orang dengan presentase 90,00%. …”
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Effects of interventional public health laws and regulations intended to reduce gambling-related harms: a realist review study protocol by Paul Montgomery, Joht Singh Chandan, G J Melendez-Torres, Sonia Mavi, Michelle Fisher, Theodore Piper, Jaya Nambiar, Priyanka Kumar Sharma, Joelle Kirby, Graham Fewell, Kate Bedford

“…The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities conservatively estimated that gambling harm is associated with an annual cost of £1.05–£1.77 billion in England alone. Marionneau et al have categorised gambling harms into seven themes: (1) financial, (2) relationship/conflict, (3) emotional and psychological (mental health), (4) health decrements (physical health), (5) employment/education, (6) cultural and (7) criminal activity. …”
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Enhancing the potency of in vivo lentiviral vector mediated gene therapy to hepatocytes by Cesare Canepari, Michela Milani, Chiara Simoni, Francesco Starinieri, Monica Volpin, Anna Fabiano, Mauro Biffi, Fabio Russo, Rossana Norata, Martina Rocchi, Chiara Brombin, Federica Cugnata, Eugenio Montini, Francesca Sanvito, Markus Grompe, Alessio Cantore

“…Overall, our work highlights the potential of minimally invasive, cost-effective treatments capable of improving the potency of in vivo LV gene therapy to hepatocytes, in order to expand its applicability and ease clinical translation.…”
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Enhancing Farmer Resilience Through Agricultural Insurance: Evidence from Jiangsu, China by Xinru Chen, Yuan Jiang, Tianwei Wang, Kexuan Zhou, Jiayi Liu, Huirong Ben, Weidong Wang

“…At the individual level, risk perception promotes purchase intention by activating protection motivation, while cost–benefit assessment enables farmers to make rational evaluations. …”
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Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Oral Dydrogesterone to Micronized Vaginal Progesterone for Endometrial Preparation in Frozen-Thawed Embryo Transfer Cycle by Luma Caroline Gomes Mattos de Macedo, Mario Cavagna Neto, Artur Dzik, Andressa do Rosário Rocha, Sônia Maria Rolim Rosa Lima

“…The use of oral dydrogesterone is a reasonable option, may be more accepted by patients in terms of ease of use and lower cost. Clinical Trial Registration: U1111-1247-1845.…”
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Variation in dementia screening outcomes: the influence of primary care providers’ occupations and knowledge, attitudes, skills by Yanglin Qiu, Xinyu Fan, Yanjuan Wu, Shibin Wang, Wenyan Tan, Jing Liao

“…Primary care screening is proposed as a timely and cost-effective way to identify potential cases, while its implementation relies on primary care providers’ (PCPs’) knowledge, attitudes, and skills. …”
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MFFCI–YOLOv8: A Lightweight Remote Sensing Object Detection Network Based on Multiscale Features Fusion and Context Information by Sheng Xu, Lin Song, Junru Yin, Qiqiang Chen, Tianming Zhan, Wei Huang

“…The experimental results demonstrate that our model offers a low computational cost and high detection accuracy compared to other RSOD models and other YOLO models.…”
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Enhanced solar desalination performance via integrated interfacial heating and PV-assisted water circulation in a modified single-slope solar still by Dolfie P. Pandara, Ardiansyah Ardiansyah, Guntur Pasau, Verna A. Suoth, Gerald H. Tamuntuan, Marco A. Laoh, Rafly A. Abudu, Hanny F. Sangian, Dahlang Tahir

“…Freshwater scarcity remains a critical global challenge, particularly in remote and coastal regions where access to clean water is limited and conventional desalination methods are energy-intensive and costly. Addressing this issue requires sustainable, decentralized, and cost-effective water-purification technologies. …”
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Effectively eliminating lead and cadmium from industrial wastewater using a biowaste-based sorbent by Aly Reda, Abdel-Ghafar El-Demerdash, Wagih Sadik, Essam El-Rafey, Tamer Shoeib

“…Comparative analysis revealed that the untreated biosorbent was more efficient than typical biosorbents, and an economic cost evaluation revealed that processing the biosorbent costs 1.05 USD/kg, highlighting its potential as a sustainable and economically viable option for industrial effluent treatment and supporting broader environmental goals.…”
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Factors influencing parents’ food-purchasing decisions in the Pacific: a qualitative study in Tonga by Sela Ki Folau Fusi, Alessandro Crocetti, Adrian J. Cameron, Megan Ferguson, Kathryn Backholer, Jennifer Browne

“…At the meso level, we found that food availability in local retail outlets was important, while at the macro level, the cost of healthy food relative to unhealthy food was a key factor driving purchasing decisions. …”
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Transforming Manufacturing Quality Management with Cognitive Twins: A Data-Driven, Predictive Approach to Real-Time Optimization of Quality by Asif Ullah, Muhammad Younas, Mohd Shahneel Saharudin

“…Traditional quality management systems (QMS), through these reactive measures, are often inefficient because of their higher operational cost and delayed defect detection and mitigation. …”
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The untapped potential of camera traps for farmland biodiversity monitoring: current practice and outstanding agroecological questions by Stephanie Roilo, Tim R. Hofmeester, Magali Frauendorf, Anna Widén, Anna F. Cord

“…Moreover, the engagement of farmers in CT‐based biodiversity monitoring programmes and advances in computer vision for image classification provide opportunities for low‐cost, broad‐scale and automated monitoring schemes. …”
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Modelling geographical accessibility to urban centres in Kenya in 2019. by Peter M Macharia, Eda Mumo, Emelda A Okiro

“…<h4>Methods</h4>Urban centres were mapped from the 2019 Kenya population census and combined with spatial databases of road networks, elevation, land use and travel barriers within a cost-friction algorithm to compute travel time. Seven travel scenarios were considered: i) walking only (least optimistic), ii) bicycle only, iii) motorcycle only, iv) vehicle only (most optimistic), v) walking followed by motorcycle transport, vi) walking followed by vehicle transport, and vii) walking followed by motorcycle and then vehicle transport (most pragmatic). …”
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Measurement of greenhouse gas fluxes in agricultural soils with a flexible, open-design automated system by S. Franco-Luesma, M. Alonso-Ayuso, M. Alonso-Ayuso, B. Wolf, B. Latorre, J. Álvaro-Fuentes

“…For this reason, automated chamber systems present an opportunity to improve soil gas flux determination, but their distribution is still scarce due to the cost and challenging technical implementation. The objective of this study was to develop an automated chamber system for agricultural systems and to compare it with a manual chamber system. …”
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Calculation of efficiency in a centrifugal pump using the thermodynamic method through an adapted voltage acquisition module by Erick O. Castañeda Magadán, Laura L. Castro Gomez, José A. Marbán Salgado, Miguel A. Basurto Pensado, Víctor M. Zezatti Flores, Oscar Sotelo Mazón

“…This study presents the calculation of hydraulic efficiency in a variable-speed centrifugal pump using the Thermodynamic Method, employing a cost-effective, adapted data acquisition system to obtain key variables. …”
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Practices for New Research University's Collaborative Collection Development of Print and Electronic Books: A Case Study of SUSTech Library by Feiyan HUANG

“…A collaborative acquisition strategy should be based on four factors: collection assurance, patron needs, library space, and cost effectiveness. Collaborative management should redesign the business process from the aspects of funding plan, book selection, acquisition implementation, metadata management, and statistics. …”
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[18F]FDG PET/CT to reduce the need for sentinel lymph node biopsy in early-stage oral cancer: PETN0-study protocol. by Roosmarijn S Tellman, Dominique N V Donders, Anne I J Arens, Koos Boeve, Adrienne H Brouwers, Simone E J Eerenstein, Sylvia L van Egmond, Thomas J W Klein Nulent, W Martin C Klop, Martin Lacko, Jochem A J van der Pol, Daphne D D Rietbergen, Robert P Takes, Joris Tim, Wouter V Vogel, Gerben J C Zwezerijnen, Bart de Keizer, Remco de Bree

“…Patients (n = 159) with cT1-3N0 OSCC (8th TNM edition; only when T3 is assessed based on tumor dimensions of >2 and ≤4 cm, with DOI > 10 mm), candidate for transoral excision and SLNB, are included in the study. [18F]FDG PET/CT will be conducted within a maximum of three weeks before SLNB. A cost-effectiveness analysis will also be performed, together with quality of life assessment using questionnaires.…”
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Microwave-assisted synthesis of ZSM-5 from blast furnace slag by Nhlanhla Nyembe, Yusuf M. Isa

“…This study highlighted the potential of BFS as a low-cost, sustainable feedstock for zeolite synthesis and the effectiveness of microwave-assisted methods in improving process efficiency. …”
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Satisfaction and preference for home delivery pharmaceutical services among patients attending primary care settings in Qatar during COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study by Ahmed Al Nuaimi, Muhammad Tanveer Alam, Shajitha Thekke Veettil, Jeyaram Illiayaraja Krishnan, Reena Ghazi Alsalmi, Jinsy Jacob, Aly Tamer Mousa, Samah Auni Mesbah Sakallah, Shafqat Mahmood

“…Furthermore, 58.9% were willing to recommend the service to others, while only 30.9% considered the delivery cost to be reasonable. Among the factors associated with satisfaction was nationality, where Qatari nationals had a significantly higher mean satisfaction score (89%) compared with expatriates (79.5%).Outcome The satisfaction score exhibited a significant positive trend with age and educational level. …”
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Investigating performance and variability of NIF ICF experiments with deep learning by M. Pokornik, S.F. Khan, J.A. Gaffney, B. MacGowan, A. Maris, K. Humbird, S. Haan

“…The parameter space involved in designing an inertial confinement fusion shot at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) is massively multi-dimensional and the cost of a single shot makes a comprehensive set of sensitivity studies in the laboratory impractical. …”
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