Challenges and experiences in linking community level reported out-of-pocket health expenditures to health provider recorded health expenditures: Experience from the iHOPE project... by Isaiah Awintuen Agorinya, Maxwell Dalaba, Nathan Kumasenu Mensah, Samuel Tamti Chatio, Lan My Le, Yadeta Dassie Bacha, Jemima Sumboh, Gabriela Flores, Tessa Tan-Torres Edejer, Amanda Ross, Fabrizio Tediosi, James Akazili

“…This means that most low and middle-income countries will rely on user fees and co-payments to generate revenue, rationalize the use of services, contain health systems costs or improve health system efficiency and service quality. However, the accurate measurement of OOPs has been challenged by several limitations which are attributed to both sampling and non-sampling errors when OOPs are estimated from household surveys, the primary source of information in LICs and LMICs. …”
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Hierarchical Game Approach for Optimization of Regional Integrated Energy System Clusters Considering Bounded Rationality by Lei Dong, Mengting Li, Junjie Hu, Sheng Chen, Tao Zhang, Xinying Wang, Tianjiao Pu

“…Regional integrated energy system (RIES) cluster, i.e., multi-source integration and multi-region coordination, is an effective approach for increasing energy utilization efficiency. …”
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Performance Analysis of a GAX Absorption Cycle with Ionic Liquid-water Working Pairs by Zhao Xinrui, Xu Zhenyuan, Wang Ruzhu

“…Heat-driven absorption refrigeration technology is an important approach for solar-energy utilization and industrial-waste heat recovery. Among them, the generation and absorption heat exchange (GAX) absorption cycle exhibits a high efficiency whose coefficient of performance (COP) can vary with the heat-source temperature. …”
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Large Language Model-Guided SARSA Algorithm for Dynamic Task Scheduling in Cloud Computing by Bhargavi Krishnamurthy, Sajjan G. Shiva

“…This paper provides the mathematical modeling of the proposed LLM_SARSA for performance in terms of the rate of convergence, reward shaping, heuristic values, under-/overestimation on non-optimal actions, sampling efficiency, and unbiased performance. The implementation of the LLM_SARSA is carried out using the CloudSim express open-source simulator by considering the Google cloud dataset composed of eight different types of clusters. …”
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Industrial metabolism of iron and carbon with substance flow analysis in iron and steel industry. by Junwen Chen, Qing Sun

“…The results of this study showed that the resource utilization efficiency of iron is 86.77%, and that of carbon is 0.33%. …”
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Implementation of a village-wide Rainwater collection system by Nadupuru Shobha Rani, Bellary Veena, Tikhe Kshitija, Jagtap Aparna

“…The design process offers an opportunity to optimize rainwater utilization, conserve potable water sources, and promote environmental sustainability. …”
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Medium- and Long-Term Optimal Stochastic Scheduling for Inter-Basin Hydro-Wind-Photovoltaic Complementary Systems Considering Wind and Solar Output Uncertainty by Chengrui Du, Yuan Gao, Lili Wang, Xiang Li, Yichen Cui, Jian Gao

“…The results demonstrate that the proposed scheduling strategy effectively addresses the unpredictability of wind and solar power, improves the overall utilization of renewable energy sources, and facilitates more efficient water level regulation at each power station. …”
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Blockchain-Assisted Trustworthy QoE Accelerator for Adaptive Streaming Over HTTP by Jeongjin Park, Gi Seok Park

“…Further, a blockchain network is utilized to make the proposed system trustworthy. To demonstrate the potential for real-world deployment, the proposed blockchain-assisted QoE accelerator was implemented using the moving picture experts group (MPEG) DASH open-source player, Hyperledger Fabric open-source blockchain, Docker, and Kubernetes and thoroughly verified using the 802.11 network. …”
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A modified advanced encryption standard based on lora for monitoring and protecting distributed systems by Vineeth Vellora Veetil, Sophia Sudhir

“…To support decentralized generation sources and energy storage devices, it is able to measure consumer’s energy usage and subsequently relay additional information to utility providers. …”
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Management of large energy storage power plants: optimization of charging and discharging with cuckoo search algorithm by Behnam Motalebinejad, Majid Hosseina, Mojtaba Vahedi, Mahmoud Samiei Moghaddam

“…The modern architecture and technology of these facilities facilitate the efficient utilization of renewable energy sources, significantly reducing energy costs and increasing energy efficiency. …”
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Liquid Phase CO2 Hydrogenation to Synthesize Methanol: Solvent Screening, Process Design and Techno-Economic Evaluation by Dongliang Wang, Yun Du

“…With the global shift towards low carbon and environmentally friendly energy sources, converting CO2 into methanol through hydrogenation is seen as an optional solution to reduce reliance on fossil fuels and promote the efficient utilization of renewable energy. …”
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One-Point and Multiline Calibration Fiber-Optic Laser-Ablation Spark-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy for Quantitative Analysis of Elements in Aluminum Alloys by Yipeng Liao, Xiaoyong He, Xi Wu

“…The experimental system utilizes a compact fiber laser as the laser-ablation source and spark discharge to enhance the atomic emission. …”
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A Framework for Fully Programmable Frequency-Encoded Quantum Networks Harnessing Multioutput Quantum Pulse Gates by Patrick Folge, Michael Stefszky, Benjamin Brecht, Christine Silberhorn

“…Quantum input states for this network can be provided by utilizing the strong frequency entanglement of a type-0 parametric down-conversion (PDC) source. …”
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Evaluating soiling effects to optimize solar photovoltaic performance using machine learning algorithms by Muhammad Faizan Tahir, Anthony Tzes, Tarek H.M. El-Fouly, Mohamed Shawky El Moursi, Nauman Ali Larik

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Knowledge Graphs in the Digital Twin: A Systematic Literature Review About the Combination of Semantic Technologies and Simulation in Industrial Automation by Franz Georg Listl, Daniel Dittler, Gary Hildebrandt, Valentin Stegmaier, Nasser Jazdi, Michael Weyrich

“…Knowledge graphs, acting as interconnected and interrelated databases, provide a means of seamlessly integrating different data sources, facilitating the efficient integration and automated adaption of data and (simulation) models in the Digital Twin. …”
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Numerical investigation on structure optimization and heat transfer of a phase change accumulator based on changing eccentricity and fin parameters by Shi Yiting, Zhang Liting, Yang Yongwen, Zhang Tao, Li Qifen

“…In the contemporary era, the scarcity and strain of energy resources, combined with the pursuit of their efficient utilization, have posed critical challenges to the global community. …”
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Regulatory impact on the field of waste management in Ukraine: fiscal and budgetary dimensions by D. Kalinichenko, V. Holian, N. Medynska, I. Zivatkauskiene

“…These funds should be used for the development of the infrastructure for handling radioactive waste, for providing subsidies to consumers of energy from renewable sources and subsidies to subjects of industrial and economic activity, which implement projects of utilization of secondary natural raw materials for the purpose of production of various types of solid and gaseous biofuels. …”
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Budget-Constrained Runtime Allocation of Linked Data Services in Stream Processing by Jungkyu Han, Sejin Chun

“…To solve the problem, we propose an efficient method of allocating a refresh budget to view updates. …”
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Experimental Study on Bioluminescence Tomography with Multimodality Fusion by Yujie Lv, Jie Tian, Wenxiang Cong, Ge Wang

“…In the reconstruction procedure, the utilization of adaptive finite element methods (FEMs) and a priori permissible source region refines the reconstructed results and improves numerical robustness and efficiency. …”
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Decoding the Mystery: How Can LLMs Turn Text Into Cypher in Complex Knowledge Graphs? by Ioanna Mandilara, Christina Maria Androna, Eleni Fotopoulou, Anastasios Zafeiropoulos, Symeon Papavassiliou

“…The framework utilizes metrics and validators offered by an open-source software library that we developed, called CyVer. …”
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