Estimating Productivity Loss Cost according to Severity of Vehicle Crash Injury by Rong-Chang Jou, Tzu-Ying Chen

“…In addition, a Double-Hurdle model was used to deal with the large number of zero WTP responses. …”
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Adoption of full-culm bamboo as a mainstream structural material by Kent A. Harries

“…This paper provides one perspective to overcoming these hurdles through a proposed approach of materials informatics used to inform context-appropriate building material and design standards.…”
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A study on awareness regarding cigarettes and other tobacco products act (COTPA Act) among hospital staff of medical college, Kanpur: A mixed method study by Aradhana Yadav, Sonam, Samarjeet Kaur, Santosh K. Barman, Seema Barman

“…The aim of the study is to evaluate hospital staff’s knowledge of the COTPA Act and their enablers and hurdles using qualitative analysis. Settings and Design: This study was conducted in GSVM Medical College, and this was a convergent parallel mixed-methods study, with a quantitative component (cross-sectional survey) complemented by a qualitative component (descriptive study). …”
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Suitability of paediatric legislation beyond the USA and Europe: a qualitative study on access to paediatric medicines by Albrecht Jahn, Rosa Jahn, Anna Volodina

“…The COVID-19 pandemic was said to have reduced regulatory hurdles while further heightening global access inequalities.Views regarding paediatric legislation were mixed. …”
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Conservation et matérialité des œuvres numériques by Alexandre Michaan

“…The idea of a lack of materiality in the field of born-digital artworks can be a major hurdle within a conservation approach. It often easily hides a specific form of materiality on which it is in fact possible for preservation professionals to act. …”
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Computational and Bioinformatics Frameworks for Next-Generation Whole Exome and Genome Sequencing by Marisa P. Dolled-Filhart, Michael Lee, Chih-wen Ou-yang, Rajini Rani Haraksingh, Jimmy Cheng-Ho Lin

“…It has become increasingly apparent that one of the major hurdles in the genomic age will be the bioinformatics challenges of next-generation sequencing. …”
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Modern challenges facing electric vehicle adoption: a review of barriers to adoption, supply chain challenges, and equity by Hala Alshahapy, Joe F Bozeman III, Sanya Carley, Destenie Nock, Daniel Matisoff

“…The automotive industry’s shift to electric vehicles (EVs) faces persistent barriers in pricing, financing, and charging infrastructure, particularly affecting low-income and disadvantaged individuals. These hurdles pose challenges to achieving US decarbonization goals and hinder the development of a sustainable and electrified transportation sector. …”
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ON THE FORM OF KNOWLEDGE IN EDUCATION: REIFICATION AND SYMBOLIC VIOLENCE by D. KLUS-STANSKA

“…As a result, education becomes a hurdle on the way to cultural and social development. …”
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A mixed-method investigation of the root causes of construction project delays in Afghanistan by Mohammad Basheer Ahmadzai, Kunhui Ye

“…The research findings highlight the significant impact of security challenges, corruption, and logistical hurdles on construction project delays in Afghanistan. …”
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Traffic incident and disaster management in the Netherlands by John Steenbruggen, Peter Nijkamp, Jan M. Smits, Ghaitrie Mohabir

“…Information, communication and coordination tasks, and especially problems in information quality, are identified as the main hurdles. This paper addresses, from a broad perspective, the relation and challenges between the two related fields.…”
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Item-level and Composite-level Interrater Reliability of Functional Movement Screen™ Scores Following Condensed Training in Novice Raters by Brent A Harper, Stephen M Glass

“…Reliability (kappa) was fair for Inline Lunge (0.24 Day 1, 0.39 Day 2), and poor for Hurdle Step (Day 1 -0.01, Day 2 no result) and Rotary Stability (Day 1 -0.03, Day 2 -0.01). …”
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Genome sequence of Vibrio sp. OULL4 isolated from shellfish by Vengadesh Letchumanan, Wen-Si Tan, Wai-Fong Yin, Kok-Gan Chan

“…The control of these vibrios has been a hurdle due to the rising numbers of antibiotic resistant strains in the environments. …”
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Improving CD3 bispecific antibody therapy in solid tumors using combination strategies by Katy Lloyd, Jim Middelburg, Vitalijs Ovcinnikovs, Nora Pencheva, Kristel Kemper, Thorbald van Hall

“…Despite these recent advances, the success of CD3 bsAbs in solid cancer has been hampered by hurdles like limited intratumoral T cell numbers, immunosuppressive tumor microenvironments (TME), and poor memory T-cell induction. …”
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Public Accountability and its Diverse Context: a Tale from Different Disciplinary Parameters. by Basheka, Benon

“…One of the greatest hurdles of sound administrative and governance contexts in Africa remains that of accountability. …”
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Insights into Viral Zoonotic Diseases: COVID-19 and Monkeypox by Alysha Kaur Sachdev, Vengadesh Letchumanan

“…The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2019 and the sporadic occurrences of monkeypox virus infections have presented substantial hurdles to global healthcare. The appearance of these viruses underscores the persistent menace of infectious diseases. …”
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Artificial intelligence techniques applications in the wastewater: A comprehensive review by Zakur Yahya, Márquez Fausto, Al-Taie Ali, Alsaidi Saif, Alsadoon Abeer, Mirashrafi Seyed Bagher, Flaih Laith, Zakoor Yousif

“…There are some challenges are firms the wastewater treatment, numerous hurdles concerning the enhancement of the energy efficiency, compliance with the increasingly stringent water quality regulations, and the maximizing resource recovery opportunities. …”
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Prospect of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Genetic Repair to Cure Genetic Diseases by Jeanne Adiwinata Pawitan

“…In addition, the challenges in using the iPSC and the strategies to manage the hurdles are addressed.…”
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Distinct Functions of Specialized Dendritic Cell Subsets in Atherosclerosis and the Road Ahead by Alma Zernecke

“…Furthermore, an outlook on future challenges faced when studying DCs in this detrimental disease are provided, and hurdles that will need to be overcome in order to enable a better understanding of the contribution of DCs to atherogenesis are discussed, a prerequisite for their therapeutic targeting in atherosclerosis.…”
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Storing Digital Information in Long-Read DNA by TaeJin Ahn, Hamin Ban, Hyunsoo Park

“…Previous studies tackled technical hurdles due to errors from DNA synthesis and sequencing. …”
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Improving the reproducibility in geoscientific papers: lessons learned from a Hackathon in climate science by Alejandro Coca-Castro, Anne Fouilloux, Ricardo Barros Lourenço, Andrew McDonald, Yuhan Rao, J. Scott Hosking

“…The competition aimed at (1) identifying common hurdles to reproduce computational climate science; and (2) creating interactive reproducible publications for selected papers of the Environmental Data Science journal. …”
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