Electrospun Fibers of Enteric Polymer for Controlled Drug Delivery by Fábia F. P. da Costa, Evando S. Araújo, Marcio L. F. Nascimento, Helinando P. de Oliveira

“…The production of electrospun fibers of enteric polymer for controlled delivery of drugs represents a simple and low cost procedure with promising advantages relative to the longer therapeutic window provided by cylindrical geometry in association with intrinsic properties of pH-dependent drug carriers. …”
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Creation of Reliable Relevance Judgments in Information Retrieval Systems Evaluation Experimentation through Crowdsourcing: A Review by Parnia Samimi, Sri Devi Ravana

“…Researchers and practitioners are still being challenged in performing reliable and low-cost evaluation of retrieval systems. Crowdsourcing as a novel method of data acquisition is broadly used in many research fields. …”
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Operational Evaluation of a Throughabout to Give Priority to Public Transport at Standard Roundabouts by Sajjad Zakeri, Abdoul-Ahad Choupani

“…A throughabout is an unconventional and low-cost design in which the central island is split to provide exclusive lanes for major traffic streams. …”
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A New Robust Method for Mobile Robot Multifloor Navigation in Distributed Life Science Laboratories by Ali A. Abdulla, Hui Liu, Norbert Stoll, Kerstin Thurow

“…This method proposes a solution for many technical issues including (a) mapping and localization with ceiling landmarks and a StarGazer module for achieving an accurate and low cost multifloor navigation system, (b) a new method for path planning to navigate across multiple floor environments called backbone method and embedded transportation management system, (c) elevator environment handler with the necessary procedures to interact with the elevator presenting a new approach for elevator entry button and internal buttons detection, and (d) communication system to get an expandable network; this method utilizes a TCP/IP network for the communication. …”
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Suitable Friction Sliding Materials for Base Isolation of Masonry Buildings by Radhikesh P. Nanda, Pankaj Agarwal, Manish Shrikhande

“…Green marble and geosynthetic are found to be better alternatives for use in friction isolation system with equal effectiveness of energy dissipation and limiting the earthquake energy transmission to super structure during strong earthquake leading to a low cost, durable solution for earthquake protection of masonry buildings.…”
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Multirotor UAV-Based Photogrammetric Mapping for Road Design by Muhammad Akmal Zulkipli, Khairul Nizam Tahar

“…In engineering survey works, the conventional survey involves huge cost, labour, and time. Low-cost UAVs are very practical in providing reliable information for many applications such as road design. …”
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Design and Construction of a Motor-Driven Conveyor Belt System. by Musiika, Justus

“…This project aims to design and develop a low-cost and more efficient motor-driven conveyor belt system using materials such as the D.C motor, motor speed controller, switch, pieces of wood, connecting wires, and improvised rollers among others. …”
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Design and Prototype of a Portable Stroboscope for Industrial Applications. by Bahora, Hassan

“…The prototype successfully demonstrated high accuracy and ease of use in various industrial settings. It is a low-cost solution to monitor machinery without the need to halt operations, thus improving efficiency and productivity. …”
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Visual Identity-Based Earthquake Ground Displacement Testing Method by Chen Su, Zhao Sicheng, Dai Zhijun, Li Xiaojun, Zhou Yue

“…A series of experiments have been carried out to suggest that the proposed method presents an innovative and low-cost solution to ground measurement in high accuracy. …”
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Algorithms for Processing Coronavirus Genomes for the Goals and Objectives of Modern Immunoinformatics, Vaccinomics, and Virology by M. V. Sprindzuk, A. S. Vladyko, L. P. Titov, Lu Zhuozhuang, V. I. Bernik

“…In silico experiments on the analysis of bioinformatic data are relatively low-cost and multi-informative, but they require highly qualified scientists with extensive experience, interdisciplinary training, and, accordingly, a wide range of knowledge and skills. …”
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Equilibrium Sorption Studies of Hg (II) Ions from Aqueous Solution using Powdered Swamp Arum (<i>Lasimorpha senegalensis</i>) Seeds by Timi Tarawou, Young Erepamowei

“…The potential of swamp arum (Lasimorpha senegalensis) seeds as a low-cost adsorbent for the removal of  Hg (II) ions from aqueous solution was investigated in this study. …”
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Recent advances in functional materials and devices for Zn-Ion hybrid supercapacitors by Weijia Fan, Faxing Wang, Xiaosong Xiong, Bingyan Song, Tao Wang, Xinbing Cheng, Zhi Zhu, Jiarui He, Yankai Liu, Yuping Wu

“…Abstract Zinc-ion hybrid supercapacitors (ZHSCs) are attracting significant attention due to their high energies/power densities, safety, and low cost. In this review, recent advances in the development of ZHSCs are summarized. …”
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FractalNet-based key generation for authentication in Voice over IP using Blockchain by Vajjala Sreenivasulu, Chinthaginjala Ravikumar

“…Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) has seen significant growth since the proliferation of the Internet, primarily due to its low-cost structure and simplicity in deployment. However, VoIP systems face critical security challenges, including threats to integrity, authenticity, and confidentiality. …”
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Mechatronic System Based on Bluetooth Communication with a Mobile Application for Automatic Irrigation in Greenhouses by Juan Tasayco, Anthony Villanueva, Ricardo Yauri

“…Non-automatic irrigation in greenhouses presents significant disadvantages, such as waste of water and loss of time, although they are highly widespread and low cost. Research highlights the importance of rationally managing and using water through information technologies to improve crop quality, recommending the use of automated irrigation systems, although challenges are faced in the proper integration of electronic devices in agricultural environments. …”
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Reversible Shaping of Microwells by Polarized Light Irradiation by Federica Pirani, Angelo Angelini, Francesca Frascella, Emiliano Descrovi

“…In the last years, stimuli-responsive polymeric materials have attracted great interest, due to their low cost and ease of structuration over large areas combined with the possibility to actively manipulate their properties. …”
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Intelligent Wireless Sensor Network Sensor Selection and Clustering for Tracking Unmanned Aerial Vehicles by Edward-Joseph Cefai, Matthew Coombes, Daniel O’Boy

“…This becomes of increased importance when considering the use of low-cost, bearing-only sensor nodes for the tracking of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). …”
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Guide to Fertilization for Pine Straw Production on Coastal Plain Sites by Anna Osiecka, Patrick J. Minogue, E. David Dickens

“…It is attractive, relatively low-cost, and easy to work with. Best of all, it performs well in all kinds of locations–including those difficult-to-mulch slopes! …”
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Hopeful News for Physicians Who Involved in the Treatment of Critical Aluminum Phosphide (Rice Pill) Poisoning Patients by Fatemeh Vafapour, Moslem Sedaghattalab

“…Rice tablets are commonly used in Iran due to their high efficacy against rodents and insects, low cost, and availability. Aluminum phosphide is a lethal poison without antidote and causes cardiocirculatory collapse and has negative inotropic cardiac effect. …”
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Inverse design of high-NA metalens for maskless lithography by Chung Haejun, Zhang Feng, Li Hao, Miller Owen D., Smith Henry I.

“…Metalens-based maskless lithography may open a new way of achieving low-cost, large-area nanofabrication.…”
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Monitoring Total Water Storage Changes with GRACE Mission and GLDAS Model and Effect of Climatic Factors on These Changes: Case Study in Konya Basin by Emel Zeray Öztürk

“…Especially with the integration of satellite gravimetry and global hydrological models, these studies can be carried out relatively quickly and at low cost. In this study, water storage changes (TWSA: Total Water Storage Anomaly) in the region of Konya basin were evaluated using the GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment) satellite mission and GLDAS (Global Land Data Assimilation System) data. …”
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