Determinants of Dropout From a Virtual Agent–Based App for Insomnia Management in a Self-Selected Sample of Users With Insomnia Symptoms: Longitudinal Study by María Montserrat Sanchez Ortuño, Florian Pecune, Julien Coelho, Jean Arthur Micoulaud-Franchi, Nathalie Salles, Marc Auriacombe, Fuschia Serre, Yannick Levavasseur, Etienne De Sevin, Patricia Sagaspe, Pierre Philip

“…An important aspect is that they are accessible at a low cost, thereby increasing their potential public impact and reducing disparities. …”
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In situ polymerized quasi-solid polymer electrolytes enabling void-free interfaces for room-temperature sodium–sulfur batteries by Jiafang Huang, Zhengguang Song, Junxiong Wu, Yuhui Miao, Manxian Li, Danjing Lin, Kai Zhu, Xiaochuan Chen, Xiaoyan Li, Yuming Chen

“…Rechargeable room-temperature (RT) sodium–sulfur (Na–S) batteries hold great potential for large-scale energy storage owing to their high energy density and low cost. However, their practical application is hindered by challenges such as polysulfide shuttling and Na dendrite formation. …”
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Protocol for an intervention development and pilot implementation evaluation study of an e-health solution to improve newborn care quality and survival in two low-resource settings... by Hassan Haghparast-Bidgoli, Michelle Heys, Caroline Crehan, Erin Kesler, Monica Lakhanpaul, Emma Wilson, Fabiana Lorencatto, Felicity Fitzgerald, Mario Cortina Borja, Msandeni Chiume, Hannah Gannon, Simbarashe Chimhuya, Gwendoline Chimhini, Tim Hull-Bailey, Tarisai Chiyaka, Yali Sassoon, Deliwe Nkhoma, Nushrat Khan, Alexander G. Stevenson, Kristina Curtis

“…Since 2014, we have worked in Bangladesh, Malawi, Zimbabwe and the UK to develop and pilot Neotree: an android app with accompanying data visualisation, linkage and export. Its low-cost hardware and state-of-the-art software are used to improve bedside postnatal care and to provide insights into population health trends, to impact wider policy and practice.Methods and analysis This is a mixed methods (1) intervention codevelopment and optimisation and (2) pilot implementation evaluation (including economic evaluation) study. …”
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Modified COST-235 Empirical Pathloss Model for Agricultural WSN Using Particle Swarm Optimization by Syahfrizal Tahcfulloh, Etty Wahyuni, Dwi Santoso, Rizkyandi Juliannanda

“…Unlike conventional farming, this technology is believed to provide many advantages, including low cost, high efficiency, optimized land use, and high productivity results. …”
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Simulation Analysis of Inverting Marine Vertical Deflection Using Spaceborne GNSS-R Interferometric Altimetry by Lichang Duan, Junming Xia, Weihua Bai, Zhenhe Zhai, Feixiong Huang, Cong Yin, Yueqiang Sun, Qifei Du, Dongwei Wang, Xianyi Wang, Yixuan Sun, Shengyu Kang, Guanyi Wang, Xiaofeng Meng, Yunlong Du

“…Spaceborne global navigation satellite system reflectometry (GNSS-R) interferometric altimetry, with its advantages of low-cost, rapid global coverage, and revisiting capability, shows promise as new data for compensating the radar altimeters. …”
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Estimating stomatal conductance of citrus orchard based on UAV multi-modal information in Southwest China by Quanshan Liu, Zongjun Wu, Ningbo Cui, Shunsheng Zheng, Shouzheng Jiang, Zhihui Wang, Daozhi Gong, Yaosheng Wang, Lu Zhao, Renjuan Wei

“…This study showed that combining multimodal information from low-cost UAV with the optimized machine learning algorithm can provide relatively accurate and robust estimates of citrus Gs. …”
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Unravelling hybridization in Phytophthora using phylogenomics and genome size estimation by Kris Van Poucke, Annelies Haegeman, Thomas Goedefroit, Fran Focquet, Leen Leus, Marília Horta Jung, Corina Nave, Miguel Angel Redondo, Claude Husson, Kaloyan Kostov, Aneta Lyubenova, Petya Christova, Anne Chandelier, Slavcho Slavov, Arthur de Cock, Peter Bonants, Sabine Werres, Jonàs Oliva Palau, Benoit Marçais, Thomas Jung, Jan Stenlid, Tom Ruttink, Kurt Heungens

“…In this study we demonstrate the application of two validated techniques (GBS and flow cytometry) for relatively low cost but high resolution identification of hybrids and their phylogenetic relations.…”
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Inorganic constituents in cassava derivatives: Total concentration, dietary intake and bioaccessibility by Leilane R. Santos, Filipe B. Santana, Hilária F.A. Silveira, Wellington C. de Carvalho, Laís A. Souza, Rennan Geovanny O. Araujo, Maria Graças A. Korn, Daniele Cristina M.B. Santos

“…Conclusion: This study makes a significant contribution by proposing a simple and low-cost procedure for evaluating the mineral composition of cassava samples, as well as bioaccessibility estimation of Mn and Mg, providing new nutritional information of interest to public health.…”
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Suspected Mpox Symptoms and Testing in Men Who Have Sex With Men in the United States: Cross-Sectional Study by Kaitlyn Atkins, Thomas Carpino, Amrita Rao, Travis Sanchez, O Winslow Edwards, Marissa Hannah, Patrick S Sullivan, Yasmin P Ogale, Winston E Abara, Kevin P Delaney, Stefan D Baral

“…Among those with high testing self-efficacy (58/105, 55.2%), the most common facilitators to testing were knowing where to test (52/58, 89.7%), convenient site hours (40/58, 69%), and low-cost testing (38/58, 65.5%). ConclusionsWhile all GBMSM who reported testing for mpox were linked to HIV treatment or PrEP, those with symptoms but no mpox testing reported fewer such links. …”
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Structural safety assessment procedure of plastic single-span greenhouses considering semi-rigid clamp joints by Byung-Hun Seo, Sangik Lee, Do-Kyung Kim, Jong-Hyuk Lee, Dong-Su Kim, Dong-Woo Kim, Yerim Jo, Won Choi

“…This result highlights the potential structural vulnerability of low-cost greenhouses constructed exclusively with SW joints. …”
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Development and validation of a prognostic nomogram incorporating neutrophil-to-albumin ratio for predicting overall survival in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma undergoing c... by Xin Hua, Meng-Di Wang, Wei-Qiong Ni, Zhi-Qing Long, Si-Fen Wang, Fang-Fang Duan, Chao Zhang, Xin Huang, Fei Xu, Wen Xia, Jia-Yi Chen, Yun-Sheng Gao

“…Conclusions: The NAR, an emergent biomarker combining nutritional and inflammatory status, offers a practical, low-cost, and non-invasive prognostic measure for NPC patients treated with CCRT. …”
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Unconventional hexagonal open Prussian blue analog structures by Jinwen Yin, Jing Wang, Mingzi Sun, Yajie Yang, Jia Lyu, Lei Wang, Xinglong Dong, Chenliang Ye, Haibo Bao, Jun Guo, Bo Chen, Xichen Zhou, Li Zhai, Zijian Li, Zhen He, Qinxin Luo, Xiang Meng, Yangbo Ma, Jingwen Zhou, Pengyi Lu, Yunhao Wang, Wenxin Niu, Zijian Zheng, Yu Han, Daliang Zhang, Shibo Xi, Ye Yuan, Bolong Huang, Peng Guo, Zhanxi Fan

“…Abstract Prussian blue analogs (PBAs), as a classical kind of microporous materials, have attracted substantial interests considering their well-defined framework structures, unique physicochemical properties and low cost. However, PBAs typically adopt cubic structure that features small pore size and low specific surface area, which greatly limits their practical applications in various fields ranging from gas adsorption/separation to energy conversion/storage and biomedical treatments. …”
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Detection Method of Effective Tillering of Rice in Field Based on Lightweight Ghost-YOLOv8 and Smart Phone by CUI Jiale, ZENG Xiangfeng, REN Zhengwei, SUN Jian, TANG Chen, YANG Wanneng, SONG Peng

“…Combined with the deep learning model, a high-throughput and low-cost mobile phone App for effective tiller detection in rice was developed to solve the practical problems of effective tiller investigation in rice under field conditions.…”
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A key technology for synergistic backfilling of coal-based solid waste and high-salinity wastewater by Shuning DONG, Shujiang YU, Xingling DONG, Buqin ZHANG, Xiaoming GUO, Xiaodong WANG, Kai WANG, Shibin ZHU, Boqiang WU, Lei LIU

“…This technology enables the recyclable, low-cost, and full quantitative utilization of coal-based solid waste and high-salinity water, enjoying significant economic and ecological benefits. …”
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Experimental analysis of micro-cavity influence on the effective solar absorptance of white sand curtain on porous obstructions of particle heating receivers by Rageh Saeed, Shaker Alaqel, Eldwin Djajadiwinata, Nader S. Saleh, Abdulelah Alswaiyd, Hany Al-Ansary, Syed Noman Danish, Abdelrahman El-Leathy, Zeyad Al-Suhaibani, Sheldon Jeter, Redhwan Almuzaiqer, Zeyad Almutairi

“…Achieving high solar absorptance offers substantial economic benefits by enabling the storage of thermal energy in low-cost, naturally abundant solid particles, such as silica sand, despite their inherently poor optical properties. …”
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Dense Nursery Stock Detecting and Counting Based on UAV Aerial Images and Improved LSC-CNN by PENG Xiaodan, CHEN Fengjun, ZHU Xueyan, CAI Jiawei, GU Mengmeng

“…Traditional approach of conducting nursery stock inventories through on-site individual plant surveys is labor-intensive and time-consuming. Low-cost and convenient unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for on-site collection of nursery stock data are beginning to be utilized, and the statistical analysis of nursery stock information through technical means such as image processing achieved. …”
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A Model for Implementing New FinTechs in the Banking Industry (Peer-to-Peer Lending) by Hosein Mohammadi, Narges Mohammadalipour, Noroz Norollahzadeh, Ghanbar Abbaspour asfadan, Mahnaz Rabie

“…These conditions are possible through the following ways: improving financial participation, providing simple products with low cost and helping people who do not have easy access to banking services, and improving the customer experience, increasing transparency and improving security, and accommodating retail customers and small and moderate companies to fraudity and cyber-attacks (Wonglimpiyarat, 2017). …”
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Identifying factors affecting the creation of brand identity in Iran's banking industry by Seyed Mahdi Saatchi, farzad asayesh, Sedighe Tootian Esfahani, Seyed Mahmood Hashemi

“…Strategies such as cost management and the growth of Rial and foreign currency incomes, attracting low-cost bank deposits, facilitating the provision of services to customers are among the important things in creating a professional brand identity for the bank. …”
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Silage Preparation, Processing and Efficient Utilization by Siran Wang

“…Ensiling is a technique for the long-term preservation of feed which is both effective and widespread, and it is characterized by low costs and ease of operation [...]…”
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Design and realization of a multisamples rotating high cycle fatigue machine by Domenico Gentile, Massimo Martorelli

“…The machine has been designed to produce in short time a several numbers of data of materials fatigue strength at low costs. The machine is in assembling step at the Laboratory of Industrial Design of the University of Cassino.…”
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