Prediction of Poor Outcome Using the Urea to Albumin Ratio in Thoracic Empyema by Evgeni Dimitrov, Daniel Valchev, Georgi Minkov, Emil Enchev, Yovcho Yovtchev

“…Conclusion: In patients with thoracic empyema urea-to-albumin ratio showed significant prognostic performance and a potential for clinical application as a low cost and widely available predictor of death. …”
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Don’t Cache, Speculate!: Speculative Address Translation for Flash-Based Storage Systems by Hyungjin Kim, Seongwook Kim, Junhyeok Park, Gwangeun Byeon, Seokin Hong

“…The performance overhead of the address translation is more severe in low-cost flash-based storage systems (e.g., DRAM-less SSD) because they do not employ the DRAM for caching the mapping table, and thus, every I/O request involves an additional read request to the flash to load an address mapping information. …”
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Extending the Shelf Life of Apples After Harvest Using Edible Coatings as Active Packaging—A Review by Magdalena Mikus, Sabina Galus

“…The requirements for protective coatings for apples should be focused on low-cost materials, including waste-based resources, good miscibility, and compatibility of components. …”
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The Geobattery Concept: A Geothermal Circular Heat Network for the Sustainable Development of Near Surface Low Enthalpy Geothermal Energy to Decarbonise Heating by Andrew Fraser-Harris, Christopher Ian McDermott, Mylène Receveur, Julien Mouli-Castillo, Fiona Todd, Alexis Cartwright-Taylor, Andrew Gunning, Mark Parsons

“…If successfully implemented the concept has the potential to provide low carbon, resilient, low-cost heating that is sustainable both in terms of heat pump performance and the shallow geothermal resource. …”
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Soil Microarthropods as Tools for Monitoring Soil Quality: The QBS-ar Index in Three European Agroecosystems by Filippo Gallese, Laura Gismero-Rodriguez, Anton Govednik, Laura Giagnoni, Erica Lumini, Marjetka Suhadolc, Francesco Primo Vaccari, Anita Maienza

“…The QBS-ar, based on the study of microarthropod community structure, is well known as a quick and low-cost indicator to monitor soil biological quality at the farm scale. …”
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Research progress of powder metallurgical nano-particulate reinforced titanium matrix composites by LI Shaopeng, SUI Xiaodong, WANG Meiqi, XIAO Shan, HAN Yuanfei, WANG Xiangming

“…The development directions of future research focus on:（1）interface reaction control and thermal stability design；（2）batch production and low-cost preparation technology；（3）research on special thermal deformation and heat treatment process；（4）tissue configuration design and toughness mechanism and （5）other key mechanical properties research of nano-particulate reinforced TMCs.…”
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Factors affecting women's access to primary care in the United States since the Affordable Care Act: A mixed-methods systematic review. by Allison Gilchrist, Gunasekara Vidana Mestrige Chamath Fernando, Paula Holland, Faraz Ahmed

“…Limited qualitative evidence suggests that insurance coverage, low-cost care, positive patient-provider relationships, social support, and translation services enhance access for immigrants and refugees. …”
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Nanostructured Dielectric Layer for Ultrathin Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells by Yusi Chen, Yangsen Kang, Jieyang Jia, Yijie Huo, Muyu Xue, Zheng Lyu, Dong Liang, Li Zhao, James S. Harris

“…Our results suggest that nanostructured dielectric layer has the potential to significantly improve solar cell performance and avoid typical problems of defects and surface recombination for nanostructured solar cells, thus providing a new pathway towards realizing high-efficiency and low-cost c-Si solar cells.…”
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Research on SiC Speed Controller for High-Voltage Distributed Electric Propulsion System by Labin Wang, Yunhan He, Yun Xu, Li Fan, Junhua Xiang

“…Therefore, this paper emphasizes the significance of designing a low-cost, high-performance speed controller for all-electric aircraft. …”
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Empirical Mode Decomposition and Neural Networks on FPGA for Fault Diagnosis in Induction Motors by David Camarena-Martinez, Martin Valtierra-Rodriguez, Arturo Garcia-Perez, Roque Alfredo Osornio-Rios, Rene de Jesus Romero-Troncoso

“…The detection and classification results show the effectiveness of the proposed fused techniques; besides, the high precision and minimum resource usage of the developed digital structures make them a suitable and low-cost solution for this and many other industrial applications.…”
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Laser-Induced Graphene-Based Gas Sensor with PEDOT:PSS/Gold–Platinum Nanocomposites for Highly Sensitive Detection of Methane by Jiaying Sun, Zhuoru Huang, Xiaojing Zhang, Hangming Xiong, Weijie Yu, Shimeng Mou, Wenwu Zhu, Hao Wan

“…The sensor is easy to manufacture, is low-cost, operates at room temperature, has high sensitivity, has a low detection limit, and is expected to be used for methane breath detection in the future.…”
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Smart estimation of protective antioxidant enzymes’ activity in savory (Satureja rechingeri L.) under drought stress and soil amendments by Amin Taheri-Garavand, Mojgan Beiranvandi, Abdolreza Ahmadi, Nikolaos Nikoloudakis

“…The current study shows the potential of the ANN model in predicting the content of enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidants in savory plants under drought stress as a non-invasive, low-cost experimental alternative.…”
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A Method to Evaluate Orientation-Dependent Errors in the Center of Contrast Targets Used with Terrestrial Laser Scanners by Bala Muralikrishnan, Xinsu Lu, Mary Gregg, Meghan Shilling, Braden Czapla

“…In this paper, we discuss a low-cost method to characterize such errors and present results obtained from a short-range TLS and a long-range TLS. …”
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Potential for Ammonia Recapture by Farm Woodlands: Design and Application of a New Experimental Facility by Mark R. Theobald, Mark C. Milford, Mark K.J. Hargreaves, Mark L.J. Sheppard, Mark E. Nemitz, Mark Y.S. Tang, Mark V. R. Phillips, Mark R. Sneath, Mark L. McCartney, Mark F. J. Harvey, Mark I. D. Leith, Mark J. N. Cape, Mark D. Fowler, Mark M. A. Sutton

“…The planting of trees around farmland and buildings has been identified as a potentially effective and low-cost measure to enhance ammonia recapture at a farm level and reduce long-range atmospheric transport. …”
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Assessment Of Awareness Level and Perception In Usage Of Plastic Bags And Its Hazards Among Secondary School Students by Mohi Ud Din, Zain Arif, Hafiz Usama Naveed, Maryam Tauseef, Nouman Yaseen, Talha Mahboob

“…Different factors that were responsible for the higher usage of plastic bags included a lack of alternatives to plastic bags, easy availability, low cost and lightweight. Keywords: Awareness, plastic bags, legislation, hazards. …”
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From contamination to detection: The growing threat of heavy metals by Basma Hossam Abdelmonem, Lereen T. Kamal, Rana M. Elbaz, Mohamed R. Khalifa, Anwar Abdelnaser

“…The atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) offers low cost, simplicity, and portability but lacks sensitivity for certain metals. …”
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Age Matters: Objective Gait Assessment in Early Parkinson’s Disease Using an RGB-D Camera by Beatriz Muñoz Ospina, Jaime Andrés Valderrama Chaparro, Juan David Arango Paredes, Yor Jaggy Castaño Pino, Andrés Navarro, Jorge Luis Orozco

“…The purpose of this study was to assess differences in gait dynamics between PD patients and healthy subjects and to investigate the effects of aging on these differences using a low-cost RGB-D depth-sensing camera. Methods. 30 PD patients and 30 age-matched controls were recruited. …”
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Drug Repositioning for Gynecologic Tumors: A New Therapeutic Strategy for Cancer by Kouji Banno, Miho Iida, Megumi Yanokura, Haruko Irie, Kenta Masuda, Yusuke Kobayashi, Eiichiro Tominaga, Daisuke Aoki

“…Such drug discovery can be performed at low cost and in the short term based on the results of previous clinical trials. …”
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Evaluation of Platelet Distribution Width as an Early Predictor of Acute Kidney Injury in Extensive Burn Patients by Ming Jiang, Qingrong Zhang, Chuwei Zhang, Zihan Li, Qiqi Li, Xun Qu, Yi Zhang, Kesu Hu

“…When PDW >17.7%, burn patients are not only at a higher risk for AKI but may also have higher AKI severity. Due to low cost and wide availability, PDW has the potential to be the tool that can predict AKI in extensive burn patients.…”
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Performance enhancement of full inorganic Sb2S3 solar cells with MnS hole transport layers by Minghong Rui, Hangyu Li, Yuan Li, Wenqi Li, Sumei Wang

“…However, the issue of high cost, poor environmental stability and toxic benzene-based solvents for preparation represent significant challenges for the efficient organic HTLs. In contrast, low-cost and environmentally friendly inorganic hole transport materials have garnered considerable attention due to their excellent carrier mobility and environmental stability. …”
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