Automated MSCT Analysis for Planning Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Using Artificial Intelligence by Kilian Michiels, Eva Heffinck, Patricio Astudillo, Ivan Wong, Peter Mortier, Alessandra Maria Bavo

“…Further automation is required to save time, increase standardization, and reduce the learning curve. …”
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Social and Travel Lockdown Impact Considering Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) on Air Quality in Megacities of India: Present Benefits, Future Challenges and Way Forward by Suresh Jain, Tanya Sharma

“…All the governments’ primary focus is to save humanity from this pandemic problem, and they have lockdown almost the entire nation to stop the spread of infection. …”
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Cost and cost-effectiveness of BPaL regimen used in drug-resistant TB treatment in the Philippines by D. Evans, K. Hirasen, D.J. Casalme, M.T. Gler, A. Gupta, S. Juneja

“…The study shows that treatment of DR-TB with BPaL was cost-saving for patients and cost-effective for the health system.…”
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Learning interventions and training methods in health emergencies: A scoping review. by Heini Utunen, Giselle Balaciano, Elham Arabi, Anna Tokar, Aphaluck Bhatiasevi, Jane Noyes

“…Having a well-informed, ready, willing, and skilled workforce and an informed public can help save lives, reduce diseases and suffering, and minimize socio-economic loss in affected communities and countries. …”
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Development of BRS-Pontal beans growing with treated domestic wastewater in protected environment by Raimundo Gomes Filho, Silvaneide Silva, Clayton Carvalho, Gregorio Faccioli, Tatiana Nunes, Simone Feitosa, Leonaria Carvalho

“…The use of treated domestic wastewater may constitute an alternative to save quality water in the growing of bean.…”
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Assessing Seismic Vulnerability and Pollution Risks of Wastewater Treatment Plants by Spyridon K. Golfinopoulos, Ploutarchos N. Kerpelis, Dimitrios E. Alexakis

“…Empirical studies are valuable for assessing soil and water pollution, as they can reduce costs and save time. The present study discusses previous research results using a questionnaire to gather experts’ judgments on technical issues and potential pollution related to the vulnerability of Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTPs) in Greece. …”
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Molecular Imaging of Gliomas by A. H. Jacobs, C. Dittmar, A. Winkeler, G. Garlip, W. D. Heiss

“…Second, neuronal function and functional changes within the surrounding brain tissue have to be assessed in order to save this tissue from therapy-induced damage. Third, pathognomonic genetic changes leading to disease have to be explored on the molecular level to serve as specific targets for patient-tailored therapies. …”
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Quantum-Based Feature Selection for Multiclassification Problem in Complex Systems with Edge Computing by Wenjie Liu, Junxiu Chen, Yuxiang Wang, Peipei Gao, Zhibin Lei, Xu Ma

“…The complex systems with edge computing require a huge amount of multifeature data to extract appropriate insights for their decision making, so it is important to find a feasible feature selection method to improve the computational efficiency and save the resource consumption. In this paper, a quantum-based feature selection algorithm for the multiclassification problem, namely, QReliefF, is proposed, which can effectively reduce the complexity of algorithm and improve its computational efficiency. …”
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Evaluation of the Volume Stability and Resource Benefit of Basic Oxygen Furnace Slag and Its Asphalt Mixture Based on Field Application by Yuechao Zhao, Jiangkai Song, Jun Xie, Fusong Wang, Meizhu Chen, Shaopeng Wu

“…The resource assessment indicated that the use of steel slag for the construction of a trial section of one kilometer of single lane can save 967 tons of natural aggregates. The economic evaluation showed that the use of steel slag instead of natural aggregates for surface course construction could reduce the investment by 16.87%. …”
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Essential Factors in Predicting the Need for Angio-Embolization in the Acute Treatment of Pelvic Fracture with Hemorrhage by Seok-Won Yang, Hee-Gon Park, Sung-Hyun Kim, Sung-Hyun Yoon, Seung-Gwan Park

“…Conclusions It is important to save time to reach the angio-embolization room in treating patients with pelvic bone fractures. …”
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Preparation and Properties of Coal Ash Ceramic Membranes for Water and Heat Recovery from Flue Gas by Haiping Chen, Xiangsheng Li, Jiadi Wei, Yijun Feng, Dan Gao

“…The main material of this membrane is fly ash which can reduce the sintering temperature and save the costs. The coal ash ceramic membrane (CACM) was characterized by XRD, SEM, and mercury intrusion method. …”
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Humanitarian Aid of the Red Cross and Other Public Organizations of the Netherlands To Soviet Russia During the Famine of 1921–1923 by G. G. Tsidenkov

“…The collected data allow us to identify four main channels for the receipt of Dutch humanitarian aid in the areas affected by crop failure:1) Pro-government and public charitable organizations (the Red Cross of the Netherlands, the Dutch branch of the International Union "Save the Children"), which provided aid to the population in Volga region, Crimea and in Ukraine. …”
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Joint Task Offloading and Resource Allocation in Mobile Edge Computing-Enabled Medical Vehicular Networks by Chuangchuang Zhang, Siquan Liu, Hongyong Yang, Guanghai Cui, Fuliang Li, Xingwei Wang

“…The delay requirement is very vital for medical services to guarantee service quality and save the lives of patients. Mobile Edge Computing (MEC), as an emerging network paradigm, enables the computation extensive tasks to be offloaded to edge servers, efficiently reducing the delay and bandwidth demands. …”
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Stiffness Determination of Backfill-Rock Interface to Numerically Investigate Backfill Stress Distributions in Mine Stopes by Guangsheng Liu, Xiaocong Yang, Lijie Guo

“…The results show that the newly proposed method leads to totally the same backfill stress distributions with models applying the interface stiffness by the method in FLAC manual based on a “rule-of-thumb” but will save at least 20%–30% calculation time to improve modeling efficiency under the same simulation conditions and will carry much clear physical meanings corresponding to the interaction between backfill and rock walls in mine stopes. …”
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Chemicals That Disrupt the Endocrine System and Their Effects on Behavior by Yousaf Khan1, Abdul Sattar1, Syed Amin Ullah1, Zia-Ur-Rehman2, Hakimullah3, Madeeha Bibi4, Hina Sarfraz1, Anila Mukhtiar1

“…Still a lot is to be done and there is a huge potential of research in this area which if focused properly can prove as an agent of change in the field of Medical and Health Sciences and Human race can be saved from diverse diseases which may be linked to these disruptors and can be treated timely. …”
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Unearthing the burden of melioidosis in North India – an emerging threat in a non-endemic region by Shweta Raina, Disha Gautam, Rohit Kumar, Kavita Sisodia, Chiranjay Mukhopadhyay, Harpreet Kaur, Mohammed Ashiq, Rushika Saksena

“…As North India has not previously been considered an endemic region for melioidosis, wider awareness amongst clinicians and laboratorians is essential for early identification of symptoms, testing for B. pseudomallei in microbiology laboratories, and timely management of the disease to save lives lost to misdiagnosis. The present article describes various aspects of melioidosis in North India including diverse clinical manifestations, risk factors, and possible reasons for misdiagnosis and underreporting.…”
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Užimtumo terapijos atitikimas sergančiųjų depresija interesams by Asta Markauskienė, Lina Povilavičiūtė, Kristina Žukienė

“…Atliktas tyrimas yra aktualus, nes pacientams turintiems psichikos sutrikimų yra ypač svarbu atrasti ir užsiimti veikla, kuri teikia malonumą, skatina tobulėti, išreikšti save, pakelti rankas ir veikti. Straipsnyje atskleidžiama, kokie dažniausi asmenų sergančių depresija pomėgiai. …”
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Time pressure in surgical teams, a help or a hindrance to patient safety? by Annet van Harten, Theo J.H. Niessen, Jur J. Koksma, Hein G. Gooszen, Tineke A. Abma

“…Conflicting priorities arose from differences in safety norms, worries about time, and beliefs about what saves time. Addressing these conflicting priorities, however, was rare. …”
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Co-Optimization Operation of Distribution Network-Containing Shared Energy Storage Multi-Microgrids Based on Multi-Body Game by Hao Wu, Ge Cao, Rong Jia, Yan Liang

“…Meanwhile, a new method for calculating the shared energy storage capacity and the upper limit of charging and discharging power based on a game framework was proposed, which can save 37.23% of the power upper limit and 44.89% of the capacity upper limit, effectively saving the power upper limit and capacity upper limit.…”
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Geospatial clustering and correlates of deaths during the Ebola outbreak in Liberia: a Bayesian geoadditive semiparametric analysis of nationally representative cross-sectional sur... by Fiifi Amoako Johnson, Barbara Sakyi

“…The findings highlight the need to identify at-risk populations during epidemics and respond with the needed interventions to save lives.…”
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