Preliminary Efficacy of a Gamified Mobile App for Promoting Self-Health Management Among Nurses in the Post-COVID Era: Single-Group Pre-Post Study by Shao Huan Hsu, Li Jung Lu, Pei Chin Chou

“…MethodsA single-arm pre-post intervention study was conducted using a user-centered design. …”
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of AI-based image quality control for perinatal ultrasound screening by Yihan Tan, Yulin Peng, Liangyu Guo, Dongmei Liu, Yingchun Luo

“…An extra 50 pregnant volunteers underwent real-time manual QC, with their screening images utilized for post-scan AI and manual QC. The time cost of real-time AI QC was zero since it only required trainees’ involvement. …”
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Where will it end? Pathways to care and catastrophic costs following negative TB evaluation in Uganda. by Thomas H A Samuels, Priya B Shete, Chris Ojok, Talemwa Nalugwa, Katherine Farr, Stavia Turyahabwe, Achilles Katamba, Adithya Cattamanchi, David A J Moore

“…We collected information on healthcare visits and implemented locally-validated costing questionnaires to assess the financial impact of their symptoms post-evaluation.…”
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Subjective financial scarcity today = objective financial scarcity in the future? The impact of subjective financial scarcity on saving for retirement by Kristjan Pulk, Thomas Post, Thomas Post

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Heart rate cost as a tool for monitoring recovery between acute training sessions by José Morais Souto Filho, Milton Rocha de Moraes, Patrício Lopes de Araújo Leite, Larissa Alves Maciel, Andréa Cândida Arruda Andrade Rezende, Thiago dos Santos Rosa, Fabiana Andrade Machado, Sergio Rodrigues Moreira, Ricardo Yukio Assano, Marcelo Magalhães Sales, Herbert Gustavo Simões

“…Results HRC increased 24 h post-training, indicating higher physiological cost, but significantly decreased after five days of recovery ( p = 0.044). …”
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Where the road ends, yaws begins? The cost-effectiveness of eradication versus more roads. by Christopher Fitzpatrick, Kingsley Asiedu, Jean Jannin

“…To evaluate yaws eradication within the context of the post-2015 development agenda, we perform a somewhat allegorical cost-effectiveness analysis of eradication, comparing it to a counterfactual in which we simply wait for more roads (the end of poverty).…”
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Use and cost comparison of clobazam to other antiepileptic drugs for treatment of Lennox-Gastaut syndrome by Clément François, John M. Stern, Augustina Ogbonnaya, Tasneem Lokhandwala, Pamela Landsman-Blumberg, Amy Duhig, Vivienne Shen, Robin Tan

“…Total all-cause (P < 0.001) and seizure-related (P = 0.029) costs increased post-clobazam initiation mainly due to the increase in outpatient pharmacy costs. …”
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Impact of DRG Reform Policies on Hospitalization Costs of Stroke Patients in Western China: Wisdom from Traditional Chinese Medicine by Wang J, Chen M, Yang J

“…The two-group ITS results revealed a significant reduction in the average monthly cost of Western medicine by 22.67 yuan post-reform (P &lt; 0.05), whereas the average monthly cost of Chinese medicine increased by 2.93 yuan, though this change was not statistically significant (P &gt; 0.05). …”
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D-stem mutation in an essential tRNA increases translation speed at the cost of fidelity. by Madison N Schrock, Krishna Parsawar, Kelly T Hughes, Fabienne F V Chevance

“…This work, taken in context with the Hirsh UGA nonsense suppressor G24A mutation in TrpT tRNA, provides genetic evidence that the post-GTP hydrolysis proofreading step by elongation factor Tu may be controlled by structural interactions in the hinge region of tRNA species. …”
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Real-time and Cost-efficient Indoor Localization and Mapping Solution for Emergency Response Applications by H. Elsayed, A. Shaker

“…This research addresses the challenges posed by the absence of GNSS signals and the need for high-performance data processing by developing a cost-effective multi-sensor system for real-time indoor mapping. …”
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Cost of type 2 diabetes mellitus management for households in Northern India – an econometric analysis by Kanika Bansal, Meena Rajput, Rajesh Rajput

“…Direct medical cost formed the biggest portion i.e., 54.65% of total cost, whereas direct non-medical cost was 6.26%, and indirect cost was 39.09%. …”
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Exploring the Relationship Between Project Characteristics and Time–Cost Deviations for Colombian Rural Roads by Jose Quintero, Alexander Murgas, Adriana Gómez-Cabrera, Omar Sánchez

“…The findings indicate that contract value, geographical region, and contractor configuration are significant determinants of cost and time performance. Additionally, project intensity and discrepancies between awarded and bid values emerged as key contributors to cost escalation. …”
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Reducing surgical trays to cut both carbon emissions and costs in total knee arthroplasty by Pim W van Egmond, Paul Lodder

“…We used the created prediction model in combination with frequency data from our implanted TKAs to tailor surgical trays accordingly. We performed a post-hoc analysis to estimate the carbon emission cut and cost reduction. …”
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Characteristics of medical costs and resource use in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with and without glucocorticoids. by Eiichi Tanaka, Eisuke Inoue, Ryoko Sakai, Katsuhiko Iwasaki, Ayako Shoji, Masayoshi Harigai

“…<h4>Results</h4>A total of 1,670 and 1,487 patients with median ages of 51.0 and 50.0 years were evaluated in the GC and non-GC groups, respectively. The costs for drugs, treatments, and materials were significantly higher in the GC group compared with the non-GC group (GC/ non-GC; drug costs for RA and AEs, 2,818 USD/ 1,882 USD; drug costs for RA only, 2,697 USD/ 1,805 USD; treatment costs, 2,365 USD/ 1,860 USD; material costs, 112 USD/ 77 USD; P < 0.05). …”
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Cost-effectiveness of edoxaban compared to warfarin for the treatment and secondary prevention of venous thromboembolism in the UK by Emilie Clay, Aurélien Jamotte, Peter Verhamme, Alexander T. Cohen, Ben. A. Van Hout, Pearl. Gumbs

“…Results: Edoxaban was found dominant vs. warfarin with 0.033 additional QALY and £55 less costs. The reduction of patient management costs, specifically monitoring costs, outweighed the higher drug costs. …”
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Estimating the cost of interventions to improve water, sanitation and hygiene in healthcare facilities across India by Katie K Tseng, Jyoti Joshi, Susmita Shrivastava, Eili Klein

“…Although WASH is a necessary component of IPC, coverage remains low in HCFs in India. Using ex-post costs, our results estimate the investment levels needed to improve WASH across the Indian public healthcare system and provide a basis for policymakers to support IPC-related National Action Plan activities for antimicrobial resistance through investments in WASH.…”
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Design of a low-cost gas accumulation chamber for general purpose environmental monitoring by Domenico Longo, Serena Guarrera, Delia Ventura, Emanuele Cerruto, Salvatore Roberto Maugeri, Gaetano Giudice

“…This study introduces a novel, cost-effective closed dynamic accumulation chamber system designed to measure CO2 fluxes from soil and water surfaces. …”
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Cost-effective procedure for Streptococcus pyogenes immobilized DNA preparation and miniPFGE subtyping by Yaumara Lopez, Viana Manrique, Esperanza Niubo, Margarita Valdés-Dapena, Julian Perez Amarillo, Israel Lopez, Berenice Parra, Gerardo Escalona Venegas, Ana M Riveron, Lilia Lopez-Canovas

“…The aim of this study was to develop a rapid and cost-effective procedure for PFGE subtyping of GAS isolates. …”
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Assessing direct medical costs of children following a new prescription of ADHD medication by Milica Paut Kusturica, Alba Sánchez-Viñas, Blanca Lumbreras, Maria Elena Huerta-Ramos, Ignacio Aznar-Lou, Maria Rubio-Valera

“…Healthcare resource utilisation and costs were analysed one year post-prescription, stratified by age (6–11, 12–14 and 15–18) and sex, for 3,507 patients. …”
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Labor contract and transaction costs in the context of the formation of a favorable institutional environment of the firm by Yu.V. Ushchapovsky, E.O. Kulak

“…It was established that the conclusion of a contract involves solving the problem of minimizing transaction costs for checking the implementation of a future contract (ex ant – costs) and monitoring the implementation of obligations undertaken (ex post – costs). …”
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