Parents’ Spending on Teens by Donna Davis

“…“In a recent study from Teenage Research Unlimited, researchers reported that teens spent $159 billion in 2005. My own experience raising three teens led me to believe that many of them spent their parents’ money in 2005.” …”
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Economic loss attributable to premature deaths and morbidity among adolescents in India and its states by G Anil Kumar, Anamika Pandey, Rakhi Dandona

“…Results The lost output from premature deaths and morbidity attributable to adolescents was USD 9.87 (95% CI 9.04–10.71) and USD 28.13 (95% CI 20.53–37.71) billion respectively, in India in 2021. The total economic loss of USD 38.01 billion (95% CI 29.57–48.41) was 1.30% (1.01–1.65) of India’s GDP. …”
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T-LLaMA: a Tibetan large language model based on LLaMA2 by Hui Lv, Chi Pu, La Duo, Yan Li, Qingguo Zhou, Jun Shen

“…To address the lack of corpus, we constructed a Tibetan dataset comprising 2.2 billion characters. Furthermore, we augmented the vocabulary of LLaMA2 from META AI by expanding the Tibetan vocabulary using SentencePiece. …”
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Budget Impact Analysis of Treatment Flow Optimization in Epilepsy Patients: Estimating Potential Impacts with Increased Referral Rate to Specialized Care by Masaki Iwasaki, Takashi Saito, Akiko Tsubota, Tatsunori Murata, Yuta Fukuoka, Kazutaka Jin

“…Hence cost-saving of JPY9.5 billion (-5% of the current treatment flow) in total national expenditures would be expected. …”
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Organization of live animal transportation process in the Russian Federation by M. A. Shibayev, I. M. Klinovitskaya, A. V. Belchikhina, A. K. Karaulov

“…According to the analysis results 4.49 billion animals, including 4.41 billion poultry, 79.8 million large and small ruminants, pigs, horses, fur animals and bees were moved within the country in 2021. …”
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The global health and economic burden of chikungunya from 2011 to 2020: a model-driven analysis on the impact of an emerging vector-borne disease by Adrianne Marije de Roo, Gerard Timmy Vondeling, Martijn Boer, Kristy Murray, Maarten Jacobus Postma

“…The total economic burden caused by chikungunya over these 10 years was estimated at $2.8 billion in direct costs and $47.1 billion in indirect costs worldwide. …”
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Framework to analyze and exploit the smart home IoT firmware by Keshav Kaushik, Akashdeep Bhardwaj, Susheela Dahiya

“…Currently, there are around 8 billion devices online, and by the beginning of 2025, there will likely be 25 to 35 billion IoT devices globally. …”
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Potential health and economic impact of achieving Kenya’s overweight and obesity reduction target: a modelling study by J Lennert Veerman, Leopold Ndemnge Aminde, Mary Njeri Wanjau

“…Over the lifetime, ~US$3 billion healthcare costs could be saved (US$62 per capita). …”
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Digitalization of business increases the costs of information security by O M. Makhalina, V. N. Makhalin

“…The most common types of cyber attacks in the world has been considered in the article, the mechanism of their implementation, their source and the scale of damage they cause, have been described.In connection with the transition to a digital economy, the number of cyber threats is constantly growing. In 2018, 4.3 billion computer impacts on critical infrastructure were identified in Russia (2.4 billion in 2017). …”
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Challenges and Opportunities for Maximizing the Utilization of the New Development Bank in Brazil by Bruno De Conti, Cyro Faccin

“…Initiating its operations in 2016, the New Development Bank (NDB) disbursed close to US$ 14.6 billion by the conclusion of 2021. However, Brazil received only US$ 1.86 billion (12.8%) of this sum, marking it as the recipient of the least funding from the Bank thus far. …”
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Assessment of soil and water resources in the Gando Protected Area by jalil Badamfirooz, leyla sharifi

“…The real economic value of water production and soil conservation is estimated to be 20.18%, 67.54 and 2729.65 billion rials in 2019, respectively, with inflation correction. …”
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Baiser la littérature by RER Q collectif d’autriX

“…In this selection of writing, an archive of a performance given at the feminist festival Comme Nous Brûlons, food touches science fiction, dildos and membranes proliferate, hearts break and every fictional hero is a dyke.…”
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Parents’ Spending on Teens by Donna Davis

“…“In a recent study from Teenage Research Unlimited, researchers reported that teens spent $159 billion in 2005. My own experience raising three teens led me to believe that many of them spent their parents’ money in 2005.” …”
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Florida Nursery Crops and Landscaping Industry Economic Impacts, Situation, and Outlook by Hayk Khachatryan, Alan W. Hodges

“…In 2010, total industry sales were estimated at $12.33 billion. This 10-page report summarizes the current situation, economic impacts, and outlook for the environmental horticulture industry in Florida. …”
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Florida Nursery Crops and Landscaping Industry Economic Impacts, Situation, and Outlook by Hayk Khachatryan, Alan W. Hodges

“…In 2010, total industry sales were estimated at $12.33 billion. This 10-page report summarizes the current situation, economic impacts, and outlook for the environmental horticulture industry in Florida. …”
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Loans From the European Stability Mechanism to Combat the Corona Crisis are Not Enough by Hans-Bernd Schäfer

“…The ESM loans are estimated at 200 billion euros. However, this figure is misleading. …”
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Soil Conservation Benefits of Ecological Programs Promote Sustainable Restoration by Renjie Zong, Nufang Fang, Yi Zeng, Xixi Lu, Zhen Wang, Wei Dai, Zhihua Shi

“…Our analysis reveals that these restoration programs, with a total investment of $133 billion, have prevented 7.29 ± 1.01 Pg of soil erosion, valued at $243.0 ± 25.9 billion from 2000 to 2019. …”
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The Economic Impact of Weight Regain by Caroline E. Sheppard, Erica L. W. Lester, Anderson W. Chuck, Daniel W. Birch, Shahzeer Karmali, Christopher J. de Gara

“…The quoted cost of obesity in Canada was $2.0 billion–$6.7 billion in 2013 CAD. The median percentage of bariatric procedures that fail due to weight gain or insufficient weight loss is 20% (average: 21.1%±10.1%, range: 5.2–39, n=10). …”
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Actinomycete-Derived Pigments: A Path Toward Sustainable Industrial Colorants by Blanca Hey Díez, Cristiana A. V. Torres, Susana P. Gaudêncio

“…With the global pigment market valued at approximately USD 24.28 billion in 2023, which is projected to reach USD 36.58 billion by 2030, the economic potential for actinomycete pigments is extensive. …”
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Case Report: The first Korean familial case of BCAP31-related deafness, dystonia, and cerebral hypomyelination by Yoong-A Suh, Jisun Hwang, Go Hun Seo, Rin Khang, Jang Hoon Lee, Moon Sung Park, Young Bae Sohn

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