Synthesis O-g-C₃N₄/TiO₂ rutile composite material for photocatalytic application by M. E. Bondarenko, P. M. Silenko, Yu. M. Solonin, N. I. Gubareni, O. Yu. Khyzhun, N. Yu. Ostapovskaya

“…Scientific research towards of solving this important task showed the expediency of using photocatalytic processes with the participation of semiconductor systems. …”
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Coverage of HPV Vaccination and Influencing Factors Among Female College Students in Northern China by Li Yang, Chen Xing, Xue Yu, Yanrui Xu, Weibing Wang, Caiyun Chang, Qingbin Lu

“…Notably, increased knowledge was associated with vaccine hesitancy in the WTG group (<i>OR</i> = 0.45, <i>p</i> < 0.001), indicating that information overload may adversely affect decision-making processes. Structural barriers, such as cost (42.63%), safety concerns (46.59%), and misconceptions (e.g., 57.76% cited “no sexual activity” as a reason for refusal), significantly impeded vaccine uptake. …”
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Magnetic Pulse Welding of Dissimilar Materials: Weldability Window for AA6082-T6/HC420LA Stacks by Mario A. Renderos Cartagena, Edurne Iriondo Plaza, Amaia Torregaray Larruscain, Marie B. Touzet-Cortina, Franck A. Girot Mata

“…Magnetic pulse welding (MPW) is a promising solid-state joining process that utilizes electromagnetic forces to create high-speed, impact-like collisions between two metal components. …”
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Métodos de geração de colunas para problemas de atribuição Column generation methods for assignment problems by Edson Luiz França Senne, Luiz Antonio Nogueira Lorena, Silvely Nogueira de Almeida Salomão

“…PACS consists of determining a cell assignment pattern which minimizes cabling costs between a cell and a switch and transfer costs between cells assigned to different switches, while respecting certain constraints, especially those related to limited switch's capacity. …”
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Perceived effectiveness and recommendations from a childbirth quality assurance and improvement programme in India’s private sector: a qualitative evaluation using the RE-AIM frame... by Katherine Semrau, Meghna Desai, Lauren Spigel, Somesh Kumar, Megan Marx Delaney, Lauren Bobanski, Suranjeen Pallipamula, Natalie Henrich, Tapas Sadasivan Nair, Hema Divakar, Rajat Chabba, Shweta Jindal, Gulnoza Usmanova, Sukanya Dutta, Aarushi Gupta, Sucheta Kinjawadekar, Priti Kumar, Priyanka Kumari, Prerna Mukharya, Hrishikesh Pai, Ameya Purandare, Pompy Sridhar

“…Barriers to joining included cost, unclear value and little motivation to improve practice. …”
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Beyond genomics: artificial intelligence-powered diagnostics for indeterminate thyroid nodules—a systematic review and meta-analysis by Karishma Jassal, Karishma Jassal, Melissa Edwards, Afsaneh Koohestani, Afsaneh Koohestani, Wendy Brown, Jonathan W. Serpell, Jonathan W. Serpell, James C. Lee, James C. Lee

“…Genomic sequencing classifiers (GSC) have been utilised for this purpose; however, costs and availability preclude universal adoption creating an inequity gap. …”
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A Cooling Atlas for preserving fruit and vegetables in low- and middle-income countries by Thijs Defraeye, Jakub Vrba, Josianne Cloutier, Chris Beland, Daniel Onwude, Fatima Pereira da Silva, Leo Blyth

“…With that, we created a multifactorial evaluation for the technology spectrum for a certain country that can help stakeholders choose the right technology or a combination of technologies. Key factors here are cost, ease of installation, potential for scalability and adaptability, operation and maintenance, energy supply, energy use and storage, cooling process, cooling performance, suitability for food types, market accessibility, demand, and suitability for adoption by potential producers.The Cooling Atlas aims to provide evidence for decision-makers and program implementers to make informed investment and implementation decisions. …”
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Nurse-Led Gastrostomy Care: A Business Case by Davide Fernandes, Ana Lopes

“…This article advocates for a nurse-led model to optimize care for gastrostomy patients, addressing gaps in current practices while maintaining quality and potentially achieving greater cost-effectiveness. …”
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Modeling Customer Purchase Behavior in the Insurance Industry Using System Dynamics by Shabnam Jalalat, Kambiz Shahroodi, Mehdi Fadaei, Mahdi Homayounfar

“…In the second scenario, the effect of increasing the advertising budget was examined, which prevented the increase in this gap but the existence of a difference. The third scenario showed that a 10% improvement in the rate of word-of-mouth advertising dissemination, while compensating for the costs, will lead to the company's profitability.…”
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Socio-economic assessment of drought impacts in Lesotho: implications for early action by Relebohile Agnes Mojaki, Makoala Vitalis Marake, Evan Easton-Calabria, Joalane Rethabile Marunye, Erin Coughlan de Perez

“…While drought-related research has explored the association between rainfall and crop production, there is a gap in understanding people’s experiences of drought impacts and their opinion about what actions could be taken to avoid such impacts in the future. …”
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Progress in passive daytime radiative cooling from spectral design to real application by Zhuojing Zhao, Siming Zhao, Jiaqi Xu, Xueke Wu, Zhenyu Guo, Ya Huang, Rufan Zhang

“…However, there is still a big gap between the laboratory-reported PDRC materials and their practical applications because of their high costs, complex manufacturing processes, insufficient cooling performance, and potential nano- or micro-hazards. …”
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Experimental investigation of material extrusion additive manufacturing of copper with high powder loading rate by Jiangtao Li, Zhijie Huang, Bing He, Shuhan Li, Bing Lu, Zemin Wang, Xiangyou Li

“…Central composite face-centered (CCF) design and central composite design (CCD) are used to analyze and optimize process parameters for densification. The measured porosity at the optimized printing (printing temperature = 177 °C, air gap = −0.05 mm, layer thickness = 0.3 mm) and sintering parameters (sintering temperature = 1045 °C, holding time = 4 h) is in good agreement with the predicted values. …”
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Data extraction from polymer literature using large language models by Sonakshi Gupta, Akhlak Mahmood, Pranav Shetty, Aishat Adeboye, Rampi Ramprasad

“…We suggest methodologies to optimize costs, provide insights on effective inference via in-context few-shots learning, and illuminate gaps and opportunities for future studies utilizing LLMs for natural language processing in polymer science. …”
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Ferrite-based nanomaterials for photocatalytic CO₂ reduction: Synthesis, properties, and mechanistic insights by Khaled M. Amin, Nada A. Eldeeb, Zineb Gargar, Ibrahim M.A. Mohamed, Mohamed Elsenety, Mahmoud M. Emara, M. Abd Elkodous, Marwa M. Abouelela, Poussy A. Ibrahim, Abdelmoneim A. Ayed, Hani Nasser Abdelhamid, Hesham A. Hamad

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ASURA-FDPS-ML: Star-by-star Galaxy Simulations Accelerated by Surrogate Modeling for Supernova Feedback by Keiya Hirashima, Kana Moriwaki, Michiko S. Fujii, Yutaka Hirai, Takayuki R. Saitoh, Junichiro Makino, Ulrich P. Steinwandel, Shirley Ho

“…Our new approach achieves high-resolution fidelity while reducing computational costs, effectively bridging the physical scale gap and enabling multiscale simulations.…”
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Enhancing Value and Efficiency in Egyptian Construction Projects: A Framework for Contractor Performance Assessment Using Value Engineering by May Emam, Sherif El- Attar, Abdullah Mohammed

“…The methodology emphasizes a cost-effective and quality-driven approach for ranking contractors, ensuring a more systematic and value-focused selection process. …”
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Enhancing Cloud Detection in Polar Regions Using Combined Spectral and Textural Features for Landsat 8/9 OLI Imagery by Xinran Shen, Teng Li, Chong Liu, Shaoyin Wang, Lei Zheng, Qi Liang, Xiao Cheng, Jiaqi Yao

“…Remote sensing is a cost-effective and efficient method for studying polar regions. …”
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Economic evaluation framework for Industrial Symbiosis through network lenses: a systematic literature review by Maurizio Cisi, Roberta Napoli

“…Although the economic aspect is often considered as of paramount importance, IS costs and benefits proved to be scarcely identified and properly quantified in the existing literature. …”
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A review on agrowaste based activated carbons for pollutant removal in wastewater systems by Karinate Valentine Okiy, Joseph Nwabanne Tagbo, Walter Peter Echeng

“…However, the exorbitant cost of commercial activated carbons has resulted in the search for low-cost alternatives for the treatment of contaminated effluents. …”
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FQsun: A Configurable Wave Function-Based Quantum Emulator for Power-Efficient Quantum Simulations by Tuan Hai Vu, Vu Trung Duong Le, Hoai Luan Pham, Quoc Chuong Nguyen, Yasuhiko Nakashima

“…Quantum computers are promising powerful computers for solving complex problems, but access to real quantum hardware remains limited due to high costs. Although software simulators like Qiskit, ProjectQ, and Pennylane offer flexibility and support for many qubits, they struggle with high power consumption and limited processing speed, particularly as qubit counts increase. …”
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