A Rationale for Going Back to the Future: Use of Disposable Spacers for Pressurised Metered Dose Inhalers by Mark Sanders, Ronald Bruin

“…Unsurprisingly, improvised, low-cost alternatives (plastic drink bottles, paper cups, and paper towel rolls) have been pressed into seemingly effective service. …”
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A Small Tamper-Resistant Anti-Recycling IC Sensor With a Reused I/O Interface and DC Signalling by Alexandros Dimopoulos, Mihai Sima, Stephen W. Neville

“…Combining this sensor with a random sample-based testing strategy allows for low-cost and time efficient detection of fraudulently recycled batches of ICs. …”
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An Intelligent FPGA Based Anti-Sweating System for Bed Sore Prevention in a Clinical Environment by K. S. Jaichandar, Sampath Kumar, Chew kweeTiang, Siew Fong, Stewart Tai

“…This paper introduces an intelligent low cost FPGA based anti-sweating system for bed sores prevention in a clinical environment. …”
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Impacts of wastewater irrigation on Mediterranean soil and food: A three-year case study in Italy by N. Surdyk, A. Battilani, L. Cary, L. Sandei, M. Pettenati, W. Kloppmann

“…This study demonstrates that irrigation with wastewater is achievable with a low-cost treatment device that can be used elsewhere to decrease pressure on water resources.…”
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AUTOMATION OF INVENTORY PROCESS OF PERSONAL COMPUTERS by A. I. Zaharenko, A. V. Vashetin

“…An example of creation of such system which is simple for implementation and has low cost of possession is considered in this article.…”
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The Dietary Use of Pigeon Pea for Human and Animal Diets by Belete Kuraz Abebe

“…In general, PP products such as dried grain, fresh (aerial portion), and green pods are used as a low-cost (low-cost) source of high-quality and quantity of protein food and feed for tropical and subtropical populations’ livelihoods.…”
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Machine learning based prediction of specific heat capacity for half-Heusler compounds by Laxman Chaudhary, Keshab Chaudhary, Ambika Shahi, Kedar Nath Jaiswal, Dipendra Prasad Kalauni, Se-Hun Kim, Madhav Prasad Ghimire

“…This research highlights the stacked model’s efficacy in material property prediction, offering valuable insights for materials science research and development at a very low cost.…”
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Hydrogen sulfide removal from biogas using chemical absorption technique in packed column reactors by M.B. Kulkarni, P.M. Ghanegaonkar

“…The present experimental study aims to propagate hydrogen sulfide removal techniques amongst the end users by using a low-cost chemical absorption technique and packed column reactors. …”
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A Community Based Weight Loss Intervention Program in Malay Women-A Proof of Concept by Li Whye Cindy Ng, E Shyong Tai, Kwang Wei Tham

“…Objective:This study aimed towards assessing the feasibility of a low-cost community-based weight management program among Malay women in Singapore.Methods:Design & setting: A cohort of Malay women who wanted to lose weight was recruited from a local women's organization. …”
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Advances in electrochemical sensors for naproxen detection: Mechanisms, performance factors, and emerging challenges by Seyed Saman Nemati, Gholamreza Dehghan, Jafar Soleymani, Abolghasem Jouyban

“…Electrochemical methods have attracted more attention due to their low cost, easy sample preparation, availability, sensitivity, and acceptable results. …”
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Amino-Functionalized Wood Aerogel for Efficient Removal of Copper Ions from Water by Junwang Meng, Hao Guan, Xinjian Dai, Xiaoqing Wang

“…Developing bio-based adsorbents for efficient removal of heavy metal ions from water has attracted increasing attention due to their abundance, low cost, and sustainability. However, most of these adsorbents are in powdered or granular forms, suffering from difficult regeneration and poor recyclability. …”
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A Big Data Based Analytical Model for Telecom Operator's Energy Usage Optimization by Ai Fang, Duo Jin, Xiong Xu, Bing Liang

“…An analytical model was discussed on energy usage analysis and optimization, dedicated to fast implementing at low cost for the telecom operator based on its current facilities, which may also improve power usage monitoring and data supported managing.…”
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Probe‐Based Mechanical Data Storage on Polymers Made by Inverse Vulcanization by Abigail K. Mann, Samuel J. Tonkin, Pankaj Sharma, Christopher T. Gibson, Justin M. Chalker

“…While polymers are promising storage media, they face challenges with synthesis, erasing temperatures, and stability. Here, a low‐cost and robust polymer system is reported that allows repeated writing, reading and erasing. …”
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Electrooxidation and Development of a Highly Sensitive Electrochemical Probe for Trace Determination of the Steroid 11-Desoxycorticosterone Drug Residues in Water by Wejdan T. Alsaggaf, Mohammad S. El-Shahawi

“…Thus, extraordinary demands for developing low cost, precise, rapid, and facile protocols for detection and/or determination of AAS have arisen. …”
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Online Structural Health Monitoring and Parameter Estimation for Vibrating Active Cantilever Beams Using Low-Priced Microcontrollers by Gergely Takács, Ján Vachálek, Boris Rohal’-Ilkiv

“…This paper presents a structural health monitoring and parameter estimation system for vibrating active cantilever beams using low-cost embedded computing hardware. The actuator input and the measured position are used in an augmented nonlinear model to observe the dynamic states and parameters of the beam by the continuous-discrete extended Kalman filter (EKF). …”
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Calibration and compensation of 5-axis 3D-printers for printed electronics by Daniel Ahlers, Tom Schmolzi, German Junca, Jianwei Zhang, Florens Wasserfall

“…This paper presents an approach for an automatically self-calibrating low-cost 5-axis printing system using a built-in 3D touch probe. …”
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Molten Sn solvent expands liquid metal catalysis by Junma Tang, Nastaran Meftahi, Andrew J. Christofferson, Jing Sun, Ruohan Yu, Md. Arifur Rahim, Jianbo Tang, Guangzhao Mao, Torben Daeneke, Richard B. Kaner, Salvy P. Russo, Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh

“…Expanding the selection of metallic solvents, especially those with unique properties and low cost, enables access to distinctive fluidic atomic structures on the surface of liquid alloys and offers economic feasibility. …”
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Single Standard Substance for the Simultaneous Determination of Eleven Components in the Extract of Paeoniae Radix Alba (Root of Paeonia lactiflora Pall.) by Menglan Shen, Qiaoyan Zhang, Luping Qin, Binjun Yan

“…The established method provided a comprehensive, efficient, and low-cost tool for the routine quality evaluation of PRA extracts.…”
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Design and fabrication of an engineered multi-mode worker toolkit for construction and agriculture industries by Imran Khan, Hazrat Ali, Maaz Ahmed, Muhammad Abas, Muhammad Zeeshan Zahir, Muhammad Asif, Fatima Hira, Abdullah Khalil

“…This study aims to design and fabricate a low-cost toolkit that is lighter and easily accessible to all workers. …”
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Doppler Effect Estimation and Compensation for Satellite Systems in Geolocation Problems by Marcello Asciolla, Angela Cratere, Francesco Dell'Olio

“…The target application is relevant to satellite missions with resource-constrained systems based on low-cost hardware platforms and the innovation of the paper is on the error compensation strategy and on the proposal of an approximate polynomial model. …”
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