A Soil Monitoring Law for Europe by Panos Panagos, Arwyn Jones, Emanuele Lugato, Cristiano Ballabio

“…Here a more precise estimation of the soil degradation cost related to a set of soil degradation processes, ranging between €40.9 and 72.7 billion per year is presented. …”
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AI-enabled OSA screening using EEG data analysis and English listening comprehension insights by Zhihong Gu, Yanbing Fan

“…Traditional approaches in OSA screening often rely on polysomnography, which, despite its high accuracy, suffers from limited accessibility, cost, and patient comfort issues. Furthermore, these methods rarely incorporate insights from cognitive and auditory processing frameworks that could deepen diagnostic precision.MethodsTo address these gaps, we propose an AI-enabled screening methodology that utilizes EEG signals in conjunction with insights from English listening comprehension models. …”
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Wearable devices for patient monitoring in the intensive care unit by Alessandra Angelucci, Massimiliano Greco, Maurizio Cecconi, Andrea Aliverti

“…Take home messages Wearable devices are revolutionizing patient monitoring in ICUs and step down units by providing continuous, non-invasive, and cost-effective solutions. Validation of their accuracy and integration in the clinical decision-making process remain crucial for widespread clinical adoption.…”
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Development of a Recombinant Omicron BA.1 Subunit Vaccine Candidate in Pichia pastoris by Sibel Kalyoncu, Dogu Sayili, Ayca Zeybek Kuyucu, Hakan Soyturk, Seyda Gullu, Busra Ersayan, Ibrahim Oguzhan Tarman, Mehmet Ender Avci, Olcay Mert, Umut Haskok, Ege Tekin, Huseyin Akinturk, Ridvan Orkut, Aysegul Demirtas, Idil Tilmensagir, Ceren Ulker, Bilgi Gungor, Mehmet Inan

“…ABSTRACT Low‐cost and safe vaccines are needed to fill the vaccine inequity gap for future pandemics. …”
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Advancements and Challenges in Colloidal Quantum Dot Infrared Photodetectors: Strategies for Short-Wave Infrared, Mid-Wave Infrared, and Long-Wave Infrared Applications by Lijing Yu, Pin Tian, Kun Liang

“…Colloidal quantum dots (QDs) have emerged as promising materials for the development of infrared photodetectors owing to their tunable band gaps, cost-effective manufacturing, and ease of processing. …”
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Deep learning and satellite remote sensing for biodiversity monitoring and conservation by Nathalie Pettorelli, Jake Williams, Henrike Schulte to Bühne, Merry Crowson

“…Abstract In the context of the current nature crisis, being able to reliably and cost‐effectively track subtle changes in the biosphere across adequate spatial and temporal extents and resolutions is crucial. …”
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Functionalization strategies for sustainable plant fiber composites: A comprehensive review of techniques, performance and future directions by Hassan Tawsif Tazwar, Maisha Farzana Antora, Md Zillur Rahman

“…The review further highlights the need for regionally adaptable, low-cost, and circular functionalization techniques to meet industrial processing demands. …”
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Addressing Communication Challenges: Implementation of an Enhanced EHR System with Patient Portal at a Vancouver Hospital by Anutej Sarode, Anurag Johri, Ankit Shreshtha, Clement Vadakkan

“…The new era of information and communications technology can greatly help the healthcare community, including suppliers, patients, staff and the top-level Management to bridge the gap of communication that is very important in the healthcare process. …”
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Foamed geopolymers as low carbon materials for fire-resistant and lightweight applications in construction: A review by Amin Muhammad Nasir, Iftikhar Bawar, Khan Kaffayatullah, Othman Nashwan Adnan, Qadir Muhammad Tahir

“…Furthermore, the necessity for advanced processing techniques to enhance material characteristics and cost-effectiveness for practical applications was discussed. …”
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Investigation of the Thermal Degradation Behavior of Coal/Biomass Blends for Kinetics Analysis with Sequential Method Implication by SHOAIB Hafiz Muhammad, QURESHI Tayyab, KHAN Ihtisham, MAHMOOD Hamayoun, IQBAL Tanveer

“…These results suggest that the decrease in char degradation activation energy allows for a reduction in operational temperature, thereby facilitating a reliable co-pyrolysis process. Such a process holds the potential to design a low-cost and effective gasification process, aiding in overcoming the energy challenges.…”
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Numerical and experimental analysis of edge wave defect control during TA2 circular tube cold roll forming by Mingze Yue, Jing Zhang, Bing Xiao, Gang Chen, Qiang Fang, Xinxin Tang, Biyou Peng

“…Traditional methods like mechanical subtractive processing and extrusion, despite their prevalence, suffer from high production costs and low efficiency. …”
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Study on the spatiotemporal evolution and prediction of internal porosity in concrete specimens under sulfate attack based on machine learning models by Chun Gong, Dunwen Liu, Kunpeng Cao, Yinghua Jian

“…This study addressed this gap by conducting accelerated aging tests on concrete specimens from tunnel sites, subjected to sulfate solutions. …”
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Data Warehouse Failover Cluster for Analytical Queries in Banking by V. V. Sivov, V. A. Bogatyrev

“…The presented research is aimed at filling the gap in the existing knowledge of the data base management system (DBMS) suitable for the banking sector, as well as to suggest ways for a fault-tolerant data storage cluster. …”
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Rep-MobileViT: Texture and Color Classification of Solid Wood Floors Based on a Re-Parameterized CNN-Transformer Hybrid Model by Anning Duanmu, Sheng Xue, Zhenye Li, Yajun Zhang, Chao Ni

“…However, most current research does not address the simultaneous classification of both texture and color in solid wood floors, and there is a notable gap in studies focusing on the classification of color-difference wood floors and white-edge wood floors. …”
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Estimating the summer residual flow based on sea surface temperature within a narrow strait by Juncheng Xie, Peng Bai, Xiaowei Xu, Lingling Xie, Mingming Li, Ying Gao

“…Residual flow in straits manifests the interactions of multiple dynamic processes and serves as pivotal connectors between these processes, playing a crucial role in marine material-energy transport and ecosystem evolution. …”
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Transitional care quality indicators to assess quality of care following hospitalisation for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and heart failure: a systematic review protocol by Faith Michael, Sera Whitelaw, Harriette GC Van Spall

“…Transitional care services that bridge the gap from hospital to home can improve outcomes, but there are no widely accepted indicators to assess their quality.Methods and analysis In this systematic review, we will summarise transitional care quality indicators, and describe their associations with clinical, patient-reported and cost outcomes. …”
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Ultrafine dendritic Cu particles for extremely fast pressure-assisted sintering under air and pore-free bond lines by Sang Hoon Jung, Jong-Hyun Lee

“…To overcome the bottleneck of the die-attach process in the manufacture of power modules based utilizing band gap semiconductors, an extremely fast pressure-assisted sinter-bonding method employing a low-cost Cu paste was developed. …”
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Nanofiltration as an advanced wastewater treatment technique: a comprehensive review by Djadjiti Namla, Mohammad Oves, Majed Ahmed Alshaeri, Saleh M. Al-Maaqar, Hamdy Nasr Youssef Issa, George Mangse

“…Abstract Nanofiltration (NF) is a membrane-based filtration method that has gained prominence in modern technology because of its superior separation efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and ease of operation. With pore sizes ranging from 1 to 10 nm, and a molecular weight cut-off (MWCO) ranging from 100 to 2000 Da, NF membranes bridge the gap between reverse osmosis (RO) and ultrafiltration (UF) processes—and effectively removing a wide range of contaminants including suspended particles, oil emulsions, bacteria, cells, colloidal haze, viruses, macromolecules, proteins, sub-molecular organic groups, monovalent and divalent ions, and heavy metals. …”
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Catheter-associated urinary tract infection reduction in critical care units: a bundled care model by Stephanie Grana Van Decker, Nicholas Bosch, Jaime Murphy

“…A CAUTI taskforce convened and reviewed process maps and gap analyses. Based on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) guidelines, and delineated by the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee 2009 guidelines, all BMC ICUs sequentially implemented plan–do–study–act cycles based on which measures were most easily adaptable and believed to have the highest impact on CAUTI rates. …”
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Improving genome assemblies by sequencing PCR products with PacBio by Xiaojing Zhang, Karen W. Davenport, Wei Gu, Hajnalka E. Daligault, A. Christine Munk, Hazuki Tashima, Krista Reitenga, Lance D. Green, Cliff S. Han

“…We have developed a genome improvement pipeline with this strategy after decreasing a loading bias against larger PCR products in the PacBio process. Compared with Sanger technology, this approach is not only cost-effective but also can close gaps greater than 2.5 kb in a single round of reactions, and sequence through high GC regions as well as difficult secondary structures such as small hairpin loops.…”
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