Cocoa Farmers’ Preference and Willingness to Pay for Climate-Smart Extension Services (CES): A Choice Experiment Approach by Emmanuel W. Inkoom, Samuel K. N. Dadzie

“…Accordingly, understanding farmers’ preferences and willingness to pay is essential for successful implementation of any such cost-sharing extension service schemes; but empirical studies to support cost-sharing extension service schemes in the Ghanaian cocoa sector is hard to find. …”
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Current Situation of Catalysts Used in ORR Reaction in Hydrogen Fuel Cells by Xu Shengqing

“…The oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is a critical process in hydrogen fuel cells, determining their overall efficiency and performance. …”
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Poetry in Medicine: oblivious to the obvious by Sheraz Jamal Khan

“…This offers both clinicians and their patients a simple and cost-effective way to process complex emotions. By incorporating poetry into medical education and practice one can improve patient care and clinician well-being.…”
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Lean Transformation Success: The Role of Management and Employee Engagement by Ivona Jovanović, Milena Gatić, Dragana Stojanović, Dušan Gošnik

“…Contribution: This research can help in reducing the research gap on the lack of comparisons of the engagement in these stakeholder roles. …”
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Moth walls: shedding light on moth biodiversity by Joseph J. Bowden, Avalon Owens, Kayla Brown, Robert W. Harding, Marianne Graversen, Maxim Larrivée, Kent McFarland, Tyler A. Miller, Jamie Warren, Jodi O. Young

“…Here, we describe a novel and low-cost method of bridging this gap, which takes advantage of the fact that many nocturnal insects are attracted to artificial light. …”
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Multiple-to-single maximum power point tracking for empowering conventional MPPT algorithms under partial shading conditions by Njimboh Henry Alombah, Ambe Harrison, Wulfran Fendzi Mbasso, Hamid Belghiti, Hilaire Bertrand Fotsin, Pradeep Jangir, Saad F. Al-Gahtani, Z. M. S. Elbarbary

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Two-Phase Multi-Point Design Exploration of Submerged Nacelles for Marine Propulsive Pump Installation by Filippo Avanzi, Andrea Magrini, Francesco De Vanna

“…Leveraging this property, the present study bridges the gap on the design principles required to tailor ODW geometries across multiple operating conditions. …”
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High-value utilization of agricultural residues based on component characteristics: Potentiality and challenges by Rui Xu, Jingwen Chen, Nina Yan, Bingqian Xu, Zhichao Lou, Lei Xu

“…Agricultural residues (ARs) mainly consist of lignocellulose materials, such as crop straws and by-products from agricultural processing, with a global annual output exceeding 1.9 billion tons. …”
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Reliability‐based hull geometry optimisation of a point‐absorber wave energy converter with power take‐off structural reliability objectives by Anna Garcia‐Teruel, Caitlyn E. Clark

“…These findings underline the importance of considering WEC hull geometry in early design processes to optimise cost, power production, and reliability.…”
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The influence of electrochemical machining parameters on power consumption and MRR by Lara Salman, Abbas Ibrahim, Baraa Albaghdadi

“…In this context, monitoring power consumption in industrial companies makes the process more energy-efficient, cost-effective, and sustainable, lowers energy waste from machine tools, and, thus, reduces costs. …”
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IDENTIFIKASI PIGMEN KLOROFIL DAN CELAH ENERGI PADA DAUN CINCAU (CYCLEA BARBATA) SEBAGAI FOTOSENSITIZER ALAMI UNTUK APLIKASI DSSC by Ismail Saleh, Wa Ode Nirwana Sari Halidun

“…Keywords—chlorophyll, gap energy, natural photosensitizer, DSSC. …”
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A decision support system for herd health management for dairy farms by Jan Saro, Tomáš Šubrt, Helena Brožová, Robert Hlavatý, Jan Rydval, Jaromír Ducháček, Luděk Stádník

“…In other words, this DSS application processes disease and treatment data by incorporating veterinary records into advanced data analytics and neural networks, thereby predicting diseases, optimizing disease prevention and treatment strategies, and reducing costs. …”
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Precision Weed Control Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Robots: Assessing Feasibility, Bottlenecks, and Recommendations for Scaling by Shanmugam Vijayakumar, Palanisamy Shanmugapriya, Pasoubady Saravanane, Thanakkan Ramesh, Varunseelan Murugaiyan, Selvaraj Ilakkiya

“…This review revealed that AI-driven weed mapping in robots and UAVs struggles with data (quality, diversity, bias) and technical (computation, deployment, cost) barriers. Improved data (collection, processing, synthesis, bias mitigation) and efficient, affordable technology (edge/hybrid computing, lightweight algorithms, centralized computing resources, energy-efficient hardware) are required to improve AI-driven weed mapping adoption. …”
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RGB and RGNIR image dataset for machine learning in plastic waste detectionZENODO by Owen Tamin, Ervin Gubin Moung, Jamal Ahmad Dargham, Samsul Ariffin Abdul Karim, Ashraf Osman Ibrahim, Nada Adam, Hadia Abdelgader Osman

“…To address this research gap, we introduce a comprehensive dataset of plastic waste images captured onshore using both standard RGB and RGNIR (red, green, near-infrared) channels. …”
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Balancing efficiency and sustainability in waste collection fleet operations: A fleet optimization and electrification perspective in a real case study by M. Ghoreishi, F. Santori, L. Carloni, M. Cresta, A. Geri, T. Bragatto

“…This research addresses the gap in evaluating the operational cost and environmental impacts of MSW management, particularly focusing on optimizing fleet electrification and waste collection processes. …”
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An Economical Open‐Source Lagrangian Drifter Design to Measure Deep Currents in Lakes by Lewis McCaffrey, Alexander L. Koeberle

“…Oceanic drifters are robust but expensive, and this design tailored to inland lake waterbodies fills a durability and cost gap for lake environments. Water‐following characteristics were tested using theoretical drag coefficient calculations, practical drag measurements, and comparison of wind and drifter vectors while deployed on two deep inland lakes (maximum area 175 km2) in the Finger Lakes region of New York, USA. …”
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A Game-Theoretic Model of Optimal Clean Equipment Usage to Prevent Hepatitis C Among Injecting Drug Users by Kristen Scheckelhoff, Ayesha Ejaz, Igor V. Erovenko

“…While the magnitude of its impact on human populations has prompted a growing body of scientific work, the current epidemiological models of HCV transmission among injecting drug users treat risk behaviors as fixed parameters rather than as outcomes of a dynamic, decision-making process. Our study addresses this gap by constructing a game-theoretic model to investigate the implications of voluntary participation in clean needle exchange programs on the spread of HCV among this high-risk population. …”
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Real-time applications in perennial trees and vegetables – A review by Nikos Tsoulias, Dimitrios S. Paraforos

“…These tasks are individually evaluated, while identifying technological gaps and future research directions. Specifically, this study assesses real-time decision-making challenges and evaluates their impact in terms of processing time, resource efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and decision accuracy. …”
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Improving the Use of Lipid-lowering Drugs at Brits Hospital by C. van Deventer, C. Mokhlele, J. Hugo

“…The plan of action included that all the above preventive measures were noted in the files after discussions with patients, the use of the national guidelines to decide who really qualified for LLDs, and the exploration of the possibility of cerivastatin as a cheaper option to simvastatin. As a result of this process, the number of patients qualifying for simvastatin fell to less than 30, with the associated costs falling to R3 122,00. …”
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Development of an electromechanical handbike prototype attachable to conventional wheelchairs by Sergio A. Ardila Gómez, Deisy Y. Rodríguez Sarmiento, Jhon J. Quiñones, Álvaro J. Romero Herrera, Daniel A. Vargas Rivera

“…To address this gap, we developed and evaluated a low-cost electromechanical handbike prototype designed to be easily coupled to standard manual wheelchairs. …”
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