Research on resource monitoring and billing mechanisms of application engine in cloud computing environment by Yi REN, Jing ZHANG, Hong CHEN, Qing-bo WU, Jin-zhu KONG, Hua-dong DAI, Gang GUAN

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What is the coverage of your health insurance plan? An audit of hospital billing by Aswin Sugunan, Rajasekharan Pillai K, Anice George

“…We examined the one-year billing information of private health insurance holders hospitalized in a multi-specialty teaching hospital. …”
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Numerical and Experimental Study on Soil Plug Resistance of Open-Ended Pipe Pile with a Restriction Plate by Yuan Guo, Shaoyang Dong, Jiale Li, Xiong (Bill) Yu

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Differences between mates at the TLR1Lb locus are associated with lower reproductive success in a long-lived seabird by Marianne Gousy-Leblanc, Thomas Merkling, Lila Colston-Nepali, Emma Lachance Linklater, Kyle H. Elliott, Vicki L. Friesen

“…We recorded breeding success of individuals and breeding pairs over 20 years to evaluate the relationships between reproductive success and both neutral genetic variation (using 7,830 single nucleotide polymorphisms) and functional variation (four toll-like receptor [TLRs] loci) with reproductive success in thick-billed murres (Uria lomvia). Individual genetic diversity (both neutral and functional) was unrelated to reproductive success, but surprisingly, successful multi-year reproductive success decreased with the genetic difference between breeding partners at TLR1Lb. …”
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Number plate recognition smart parking management system using IoT by Allah Ditta, Muhammad Maroof Ahmed, Tehseen Mazhar, Tariq Shahzad, Yazan Alahmed, Habib Hamam

“…ANPR and IoT-based sensors help users identify the available slots and pay only for the actual parking duration, which will help to minimize the fixed billing rates. The proposed ANPR system processes vehicle number plates at entry, ensuring seamless identification and eliminating manual registration. …”
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Proximal Hamstring Tendinopathy: A Systematic Review of Interventions by Anthony Michael Nasser, Bill Vicenzino, Alison Grimaldi, Jay Anderson, Adam Ivan Semciw

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Advanced IoT-integrated parking systems with automated license plate recognition and payment management by Gulmini Pradhan, Manas Ranjan Prusty, Vipul Singh Negi, Suchismita Chinara

“…Image processing algorithms, including Optical Character Recognition (OCR), enable accurate license plate recognition. Testing under real-world conditions showed 95% accuracy in daylight, 90% in low light, and 93% for plates at 45-degree angles. …”
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Smart homes energy management: Optimal multi-objective appliance scheduling model considering electrical energy storage and renewable energy resources by Moslem Dehghani, Seyyed Mohammad Bornapour

“…Time-of-use tariffs are used in the suggested scheme, and the primary goal is to minimize the daily bills and peak-to-average ratio (PAR), simultaneously. …”
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Hybrid Onboard Smartphone Sensors Measurements to Improve Heading Estimation for Indoors Positioning Solutions by Haval Darwesh Abdalkarim, Halgurd Sarhang Maghdid

“…Examples of these technologies are embedding various sensors for multi-purposes. Positioning sensors (Accelerometer, Gyroscope, and Magnetometer) are one of the significant technologies. …”
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Governance of Indigenous data in open earth systems science by Lydia Jennings, Katherine Jones, Riley Taitingfong, Andrew Martinez, Dominique David-Chavez, Rosanna ʻAnolani Alegado, Adrien Tofighi-Niaki, Julie Maldonado, Bill Thomas, Dennis Dye, Jeff Weber, Katie V. Spellman, Scott Ketchum, Ruth Duerr, Noor Johnson, Jennifer Balch, Stephanie Russo Carroll

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Research and Application of Intelligent Terminal Network Performance and Problem Location Method by Huiyu Yang, Haobin Zheng, Jinsheng Li, Hanxin Lv

“…Aiming at the effects on network performance of terminal user perception, a kind of high efficient positioning terminal performance issues called five steps was put forward, and through the real log data billed experiment, the effectiveness and efficiency of this method was verified. …”
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Performance Analysis of Microwave Photonic Spectral Filters based on Optical Microcombs by Yang Li, Yang Sun, Jiayang Wu, Guanghui Ren, Xingyuan Xu, Bill Corcoran, Sai Tak Chu, Brent E. Little, Roberto Morandotti, Arnan Mitchell, David J. Moss

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The Burden of Illness Related to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbations in Québec, Canada by Tam Dang-Tan, Shiyuan Zhang, Ruben V. Tavares, Melissa Stutz, Afisi S. Ismaila, Julie Vaillancourt, Diane Corriveau, Richard H. Stanford, Xiwu Lin, Gilbert A. Nadeau, Alexander Simidchiev, Daria Parsons, John S. Sampalis

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The World of Evaluation: Challenges Faced by Student Evaluators by Meghan Billings

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Transitioning health workers from PEPFAR contracts to the Uganda government payroll by Everd, Bikaitwoha Maniple

“…At the sub-national level, facilitators of transition in ‘high absorber’ districts were identified as the presence of transition ‘champions’, prioritizing HWs in district wage bill commitments, host facilities providing ‘bridge financing’ to transition workforce during salary delays and receiving donor technical support in district wage bill analysis—attributes that were absent in ‘low absorber’ districts. …”
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Combining AI Techniques for Recognizing Aerobics Sport Videos by Meiling Duan

“…Our method can be applied for body building, and it can provide the foundation for Game Bill.…”
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Willingness to pay for cooking with electricity among rural households: The case of Southern Ethiopia by Kassahun Trueha Dumga, Kishor Goswami

“…This study investigates the factors influencing households' willingness to pay for electricity services for cooking in rural areas of Southern Ethiopia, where access to clean and affordable energy is limited. A multi-stage cluster sampling design was used to select 571 households from six randomly chosen woredas (districts) in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples region. …”
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Exploring the Landscape of Programming Language Identification With Machine Learning Approaches by Amandeep Verma, Rahul Saha, Gulshan Kumar, Alessandro Brighente, Mauro Conti, Tai-Hoon Kim

“…The increasing complexity of modern software development necessitates tools and methodologies for code analysis, maintenance, and migration in multi-language Integrated Development Environments (IDEs). …”
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From Fitness Tracking to Augmented Shopping Experience: Perceptions and Use of Mobile Payment among Runners Using Wearable Devices by Özlem Özdinç

“…., steps), health (e.g., pulse), and well-being data (e.g., sleep cycles). …”
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Obesity is South Africa’s new HIV epidemic by Nomathemba Chandiwana, Willem Venter, Jennifer Manne-Goehler, Alisha Wade, Carel le Roux, Nzama Mbalati, Angelika Grimbeek, Petronell Kruger, Eunice Montsho, Zukiswa Zimela, Anele Yawa, Sibongile Tshabalala, Ndivhuwo Rambau, Ngqabutho Mpofu, Sasha Stevenson, Bridget McNulty, Ntobeko Ntusi, Yogan Pillay, Joel Dave, Angela Murphy, Sue Goldstein, Karen Hfman, Sameera Mahomedy, Elizabeth Thomas, Busi Mrara, Jeff Wing, Jeanne Lubbe, Zack Koto, Marli Conradie-Smit, Sean Wharton, Wayne May, Ian Marr, Hilton Kaplan, Mariam Forgan, Graham Alexander, John Turner, V R Fourie, Jocelyn Hellig, Mandy Banks, Kim Ragsdale, Marisa Noeth, Farzahna Mohamed, Landon Myer, Limakatso Lebina, Salome Maswime, Yunus Moosa, Sumy Thomas, Mzamo Mbelle, Phumla Sinxadi, Linda-Gail Bekker, Sindeep Bhana, June Fabian, Eric Decloedt, Zaheer Bayat, Reyna Daya, Bilal Bobat, Fiona Storie, Julia Goedecke, Kathleen Kahn, Stephen Tollman, Brett Mansfield, Mark Siedner, Vincent Marconi, Aaloke Mody, Ntombifikile Mtshali, Elvin Geng, Suman Srinivasa, Mohammed Ali, Samanta Lalla-Edwards, Alison Bentley, Gustaaf Wolvaardt, Andrew Hill, Jeremy Nel

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