Remote web-based self-assessment of visual acuity versus ETDRS in patients with macular diseases: a method comparison study by Casper van der Zee, Leon Daniel Huang Huynh, Saskia Marijke Imhof, Jeannette Ossewaarde-van Norel, Redmer van Leeuwen, Robert Pieter Leendert Wisse

“…We showed that elderly can perform this test independently at home, providing a time- and cost-saving opportunity. Developments should focus on the NVA since it can be a valuable adjunct to MD follow-up. …”
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Wavefield Networked Sensing: Principles, Algorithms, and Applications by Marco Manzoni, Dario Tagliaferri, Stefano Tebaldini, Marouan Mizmizi, Andrea Virgilio Monti-Guarnieri, Claudio Maria Prati, Umberto Spagnolini

“…Regarding radio-based sensing, it is essential to understand when and how sensing terminals should cooperate, namely the best strategy that trades between performance and cost (e.g., energy consumption, communication overhead, and complexity). …”
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Experimental study on three-dimensional electrode-electrode-Fenton coupling for emulsified oily wastewater treatment by ZHANG Hua, HU Chuanlong, WU Di, YANG Wenxin, XUE Jia, ZHANG Wenyi

“…Technical and economic analysis showed that this process had certain cost advantages and had prospects for promotion and application.…”
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Enhancing freshwater production of pyramid distiller with sun tracking, triangle additional absorber, reflectors, and Nano-enhanced PCM by Fadl A. Essa, H.Y. Gadallah, F.Sh. Abou-Taleb, Z.M. Omara

“…An economic analysis revealed competitive freshwater production costs, with the MPSS-TA+R costing $0.0156/L compared to $0.02/L for the PSS. …”
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Thick Film Transducers for High Frequency Coded Ultrasonography by Andrzej NOWICKI, Marcin LEWANDOWSKI, Janusz WÓJCIK, Ryszard TYMKIEWICZ, Rasmus LOU–MOLLER, Wanda WOLNY, Tomasz ZAWADA

“…Recently a new technology of piezoelectric transducers based on PZT thick film has been developed as a response to a call for devices working at higher frequen- cies suitable for production in large numbers at low cost. Eight PZT thick film based focused transducers with resonant frequency close to 40 MHz were fabricated and experimentally investigated. …”
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Recent Development of Optimization of Lyophilization Process by Hidenori Kawasaki, Toshinori Shimanouchi, Yukitaka Kimura

“…For the further improvement of the time and economical cost, the design space is a promising method to give the possible operation range for optimizing the lyophilization operation. …”
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On uncertainty of elastic modulus measurements via nanoindentation mechanical testing and conventional triaxial testing by Zhidi Wu, Eric Edelman, Kathleen Ritterbush, Yanbo Wang, Brian McPherson

“…Each method requires minimal sample volume, is low cost, and includes a relatively rapid measurement turnaround time. …”
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Ionic Liquid-Based Centrifuge-Less Cloud Point Extraction of a Copper(II)–4-Nitrocatechol Complex and Its Analytical Application by Denitsa Kiradzhiyska, Nikolina Milcheva, Miglena Ruzmanova, Fatma Genç, Petya Racheva, Kiril Gavazov

“…Method performance, evaluated by the Blue Applicability Grade Index (BAGI) and the Click Analytical Chemistry Index (CACI), confirmed its feasibility, practicality, simplicity, convenience, cost-effectiveness, environmental friendliness, and analytical competitiveness. …”
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Pilot-Scale Study of Real Domestic Textile Wastewater Treatment Using Cassia fistula Seed-Derived Coagulant by Minh-Trung Dao, Vo-Chau-Ngan Nguyen, Thanh-Nha Tran, Xuan-Du Nguyen, Duc-Thuong Vo, Van-Kieu Nguyen, Le-Thuy-Thuy-Trang Hoang

“…Plant-derived coagulants have exhibited a good potential in wastewater treatment due to their “green” characteristics, high coagulating-flocculating activity, cost-effectiveness, and biodegradability. Nevertheless, research studies have focused mainly on bench-scale experiments; pilot-scale and full-scale simulations are still limited. …”
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Real-Time Human Action Recognition With Dynamical Frame Processing via Modified ConvLSTM and BERT by Raden Hadapiningsyah Kusumoseniarto, Zhi-Yuan Lin, Shun-Feng Su, Pei-Jun Lee

“…This enhancement enables our network to achieve accuracies of 91.46% on the NTU60 dataset and 83.06% on NTU120, marking an improvement of 1.63% and 3.22%, respectively, with only a slight increase of 0.1 GFLOPs in computational cost. Unlike other real-time models that rely on large-scale datasets such as Kinetics for extensive pretraining, our model achieves competitive performance while being trained directly on NTU datasets. …”
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Allergen‐specific immunotherapy by recombinant Der P1 allergen‐derived peptide‐based vaccine in an allergic mouse model by Soheila Asoudeh Moghanloo, Mohsen Forouzanfar, Mojtaba Jafarinia, Mohammad R. Fazlollahi, Gholam Ali Kardar

“…Although existing treatments significantly reduce IgE or IL‐4/IL‐13, they are very costly. This study aimed to construct a recombinant protein derived from rDer p1 peptides in the form of an immunotherapy approach and to measure the response of IgE and IgG antibodies. …”
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Predicting excavation-induced lateral displacement using improved particle swarm optimization and extreme learning machine with sparse measurements by Cheng Chen, Guan-Nian Chen, Song Feng, Xiao-Zhen Fan, Liang-Tong Zhan, Yun-Min Chen

“…Traditional methods, like manual inclinometers, are accurate but costly and labor-intensive. Automated systems provide real-time data but face challenges with dense sensor placement and high costs. …”
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DEVELOPMENT AND EFFICIENCY EVALUATION OF CARGO TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY IN HIGH-CAPACITY CONTAINERS WITH LOAD LIFTING VERTICAL STAYS IN ROADRAIL NETWORK by I. M. Ryabov, V. Gorina

“…The number of such sites on the railway transport network in the Russian Federation is significantly fewer than the number of conventional cargo railway stations without such equipment, which leads to distance, time and cost of delivery increasing, the efficiency of the road transport use reducing due to a large downtime. …”
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Immobilisation and bioavailability of toxic metals in lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) cultivated in contaminated soil amended with peanut and sheanut shells biochar by Abudu Ballu Duwiejuah, Abdul-Halim Abubakari, Albert Kojo Quainoo

“…Abstract Low-cost and eco-friendly techniques are required to restore or reclaim metal contaminated land or industry areas. …”
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Neutralization of systemic toxicity of Daboia russelii venom and reprotoxin fraction by IgY antibodies by Punithkumar Naraganahalli Krishnaraj, Kiran Kumar Mudnakudu-Nagaraju, Nagalambika Prasad, Chandavi Venkatesh, Deekshith Ramesh, Druthi Venktesh, Anusha Chikkamandagere Kumar, Kumar Jajur Ramanna

“…This study explores the potential of chicken-derived IgY antibodies as a safer, cost-effective alternative. Venom was fractionated using gel filtration chromatography, yielding six protein peaks, with Peak-I (large molecular weight fraction, LMF) and Peak-II (reprotoxin) used for immunization and neutralization studies. …”
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Encouraging low-water-use crops: behavioral drivers and policy recommendations for sustainable water management by Moslem Savari, Mohammadamin Ghezi, Homa Molavi

“…Conversely, barriers such as the perceived effort, cost, and entrenched farming habits emerged as significant deterrents. …”
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Review of Cross-Leg Flaps in Reconstruction of Posttraumatic Lower Extremity Wounds in a Microsurgical Unit by Ravi K. Mahajan, Krishnan Srinivasan, Harish Ghildiyal, Mahipal Singh, Adish Jain, Taha Kapadia, Ankush Tambotra

“…The most common reason for performing cross-leg flap was poor pulsatility of the recipient artery as seen intraoperatively, followed by the economics of the procedure wherein the initial cost of free flap was found significantly higher compared with cross-leg flap. …”
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A Review of Biomass-Based Natural Coagulants for Water Pollution Remediation: Impact of Properties and Coagulation Operational Parameters by Nur Faizzah Husna Mohammad Ali, Megat Ahmad Kamal Megat Hanafiah, Sabiha Hanim Saleh, Mohd Tajudin Mohd Ali, Shariff Ibrahim

“…By optimizing these properties and conditions, natural coagulants derived from plants offer environmentally friendly and cost-effective alternatives to chemical coagulants in large-scale water treatment. …”
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MINNESOTA LEISURE TIME PHYSICAL ACTIVITY QUESTIONNAIRE AS AN ADDITIONAL TOOL IN CLINICAL ASSESSMENT OF PATIENTS WITH CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE TREATED WITH ANGIOPLASTY by Zbigniew Nowak, Agata Nowak

“…There was an increased physical capacity noted 6 months after initial PCI: increased metabolic cost (MET); maximal oxygen consumption (VO2max); maximal heart rate (HRmax) obtained during the TST and decreased resting heart rate (HRrest). …”
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Exhaustive analysis and simple model of an angular displacement optical fiber sensor by Gorka Zubia, Joseba Zubia, Josu Amorebieta, Gotzon Aldabaldetreku, Gaizka Durana

“…These findings highlight the potential for cost-effective, real-time, multi-axis tilt sensors that can address Industry 5.0 and advanced physics lab instrumentation needs. …”
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