The Conceptual Integration of Quality Function Deployment and Value Engineering for Product Development: A Case Study of Water Dispenser by Rosnani Ginting, Rinaldi Silalahi, M. Alwi Marunduri

“…The total cost savings is 0.38 USD or 26.54%.…”
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An Experimental Analysis of Hierarchical Rail Traffic and Train Control in a Stochastic Environment by Pengling Wang, Annik Jeiziner, Xiaojie Luan, Valerio De Martinis, Francesco Corman

“…A bidirectional communication between ATO and TMS is therefore beneficial for conflict-resolving and energy-saving.…”
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The association of financial resources and loneliness among older adults during a state of emergency. by Madeleine Drost, Cäzilia Loibl, Anastasia Snyder, Michael Betz

“…Emergency savings, especially enough to avoid using credit cards, was most predictive of older adult loneliness levels. …”
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Eco-driving optimal control for electric vehicles with driver preferences by Roberto Lot, James Fleming, Boli Chen, Simos Evangelou

“…For car-following scenarios, 10–15% energy savings are achievable with no decrease in average speed.…”
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Survey on Cognitive Radio Green Network with Cross-Layer Technology by Jiao Wang, Junhui Zhao, Jiajiao Du

“…Applications of the cognitive radio technology based on cross-layer in green networks with the aim of saving energy were explored. A variety of key technologies on cognitive radio based on cross-layer protocol in green network were collected and discussed. …”
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Effects of interactions between microorganisms and lipids on inferior volatile compound production during cold storage of grouper (Epinephelus coioides) by Yuanming Chu, Jinfeng Wang, Jing Xie

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Validation of a Model Estimating the Budget Impact of Video Capsule Endoscopy for Surveillance of Crohn’s Disease in an Italian Center by Rhodri Saunders, Carlo Calabrese, Dania Gelli, Jason Davis, Rafael Torrejon Torres

“…**Results:** Implementing VCE yielded an estimated €67 savings per patient per year, with savings in over 55% of patients, compared with SOC. …”
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Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Ribociclib plus Letrozole versus Palbociclib plus Letrozole in the United Kingdom by Gaurav Suri, David Chandiwana, Adam Lee, Rohit Mistry

“…The biggest driver of the cost savings were the lower acquisition costs of ribociclib.…”
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Healthcare Futures: Opportunities, Challenges and Risks in a Blockchain-Driven Environment by Robert Goldberg, Peter J. Pitts, Jennifer Hinkel

“…Additionally, tokenization of health savings enables insurers to capture the economic value of improved health outcomes, even when patients switch health plans. …”
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Micro-credit institution’s services and sustainability of micro, small and medium-scale enterprises during Covid-19 pandemic in Kigezi region south western Uganda by Moses, Agaba, Siraj, Kaaya, Lukman, Nafiu

“…This suggests that increases in Loan Provision and Saving Accounts help to increase Sustainability. …”
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SYNTHESIS OF ALUMINIUM-SILICEOUS ALLOYS BY MEANS OF SILICON DIRECT REVIVIFICATION USING OF ALUMINA-MATRIX COMPOSITION ALLOYS by A. V. Arabej, I. V. Rafalskij

“…The new resource-saving methods of synthesis of aluminium alloys with usage of alumomatrix compositions ligatures are given.…”
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Modelling the health, financial protection and equity impacts of upscaling the ACT NOW early intervention breast cancer pilot program in the Philippines: an extended cost-effective... by Blake Angell, Stephen Jan, Mark Woodward, Sanne Peters, Merel Kimman, Alexander Chye, Nirmala Bhoo Pathy, Herdee Gloriane C Luna, Soledad B Lim, Helen Monaghan, Corazon A Ngelangel

“…Outcomes included health gains (breast cancer deaths saved), financial protection (financial catastrophes saved) and incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICER) (cost per disability-adjusted life year (DALY) saved). …”
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CAE SIMULATION ANALYSIS AND RIG TEST VALIDATION RESEARCH OF AUTOMOBILE LEAFSPRING (MT) by CHEN WeiHuan, XIONG Wei, XIN JianWei, GE WenTao, Yu XianZhong, ZHOU XianSu

“…There are two methods to verify the durability characteristics of a new designed leafspring, there are physical test which takes more time and cost and CAE simulation which is time-saving and cost-saving. Aiming at coming up an effective CAE simulation of the leafspring life, the CAE simulation for stiffness and strength with rig test is validated. …”
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Insulator Defect Recognition Based on Vision Big-Model Transfer Learning and Stochastic Configuration Network by Siyuan Liu, Yihua Ma, Zedong Zheng, Xinfu Pang, Bingyou Li

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A radix‐8 modulo 2n multiplier using area and power‐optimized hard multiple generator by Naveen Kr. Kabra, Zuber M. Patel

“…The post‐synthesis result of HMG shows 20.27%–36.57%, 2.43%–18.41% saving in area and power, respectively, while the post‐layout result of HMG shows 20.01%–35.26% and 1.33%–29.44% saving in area and power, respectively. …”
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Positive-Sum Game-Based Capacity Configuration Planning Method of Solar-Wind-Battery System Designed for Black-Start by Hejun Yang, Zhibo Liu, Yinghao Ma

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Scalable Fabrication of Light-Responsive Superhydrophobic Composite Phase Change Materials via Bionic-Engineered Wood for Solar–Thermal Energy Management by Yang Meng, Jiangyu Zhang, Yuchan Li, Hui Jiang, Delong Xie

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Potential of Combined Power Flow Generation on Basis of Belarusian Heat Technologies by V. N. Romaniuk, D. B. Muslina, A. A. Bobich, N. A. Kolomytskaya, A. V. Romaniuk

“…The paper considers potential of power saving by the Belarusian industrial enterprises at transition to cogeneration power supply of heat technological processes.…”
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TOOL PATH OPTIMIZATION WITH HIGH EFFICIENCY AND LOW ENERGY CONSUMPTION IN BALL-END CUTTER MILLING BASED ON HYBRID ALGORITHM by WANG YongBing, LI Li, ZHAO JunHua, Deng XingGuo

“…In order to realize high efficiency and energy saving in surface milling,this paper takes surface milling as an example to study the optimization method milling path of ball milling cutter based on hybrid algorithm. …”
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The role of sodium-nickel chloride (Na-NiCl2) batteries in managing uncertainty and renewable sources for empowering hybrid energy systems using bi-level CONOPT-based optimization by Abdallah Aldosary

“…The results indicate that PHS achieves moderate savings, ranging from 2.12% to 4.68%. In comparison, NaS systems exhibit savings percentages between 3.93% and 4.39%. …”
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