Cost analysis of options for management of African Animal Trypanosomiasis using interventions targeted at cattle in Tororo District; south-eastern Uganda by Dennis Muhanguzi, Walter O. Okello, John D. Kabasa, Charles Waiswa, Susan C. Welburn, Alexandra P.M. Shaw

“…To be sustainable, AAT control programs need to tailor tsetse control to the inelastic budgets of resource-poor small scale farmers. To guide the process of tsetse and AAT control toolkit selection, that now, more than ever before, needs to optimise resources, the costs of different tsetse and trypanosomiasis control options need to be determined. …”
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Does it pay to pay? A comparison of the benefits of open-access publishing across various sub-fields in biology by Amanda D. Clark, Tanner C. Myers, Todd D. Steury, Ali Krzton, Julio Yanes, Angela Barber, Jacqueline Barry, Subarna Barua, Katherine Eaton, Devadatta Gosavi, Rebecca Nance, Zahida Pervaiz, Chidozie Ugochukwu, Patricia Hartman, Laurie S. Stevison

“…For authors with limited budgets, we recommend pursuing open access alternatives that do not require paying a fee as they still yielded more citations than closed access. …”
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Tree stems are a net source of CH4 and N2O in a hemiboreal drained peatland forest during the winter period by Reti Ranniku, Thomas Schindler, Jordi Escuer-Gatius, Ülo Mander, Katerina Machacova, Kaido Soosaar

“…Therefore, CH _4 and N _2 O budgets that do not incorporate stem emissions can overestimate the sink strength or underestimate the total emissions of the ecosystem.…”
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An investigation of the global uptake of CO₂ by lime from 1930 to 2020 by L. Bing, L. Bing, L. Bing, M. Ma, M. Ma, L. Liu, J. Wang, J. Wang, J. Wang, L. Niu, L. Niu, F. Xi, F. Xi, F. Xi

“…Our results provide data to support including lime carbon uptake into global carbon budgets and scientific proof for further research of the potential of lime-containing materials in carbon capture and storage. …”
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Intercomparison of Burned Area Products and Its Implication for Carbon Emission Estimations in the Amazon by Ana Carolina M. Pessôa, Liana O. Anderson, Nathália S. Carvalho, Wesley A. Campanharo, Celso H. L. Silva Junior, Thais M. Rosan, João B. C. Reis, Francisca R. S. Pereira, Mauro Assis, Aline D. Jacon, Jean P. Ometto, Yosio E. Shimabukuro, Camila V. J. Silva, Aline Pontes-Lopes, Thiago F. Morello, Luiz E. O. C. Aragão

“…Despite their relevant contribution, forest fire-related C emissions are not directly accounted for within national-level inventories or carbon budgets. A fundamental condition for quantifying these emissions is to have a reliable estimation of the extent and location of land cover types affected by fires. …”
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Using Sentinel-2 and canopy height models to derive a landscape-level biomass map covering multiple vegetation types by Fabian Ewald Fassnacht, Javiera Poblete-Olivares, Lucas Rivero, Javier Lopatin, Andrés Ceballos-Comisso, Mauricio Galleguillos

“…For example, the validation of ecohydrological models and carbon budgeting typically requires spatially continuous biomass estimates, independent from vegetation type. …”
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Using Social Media to Engage Justice-Involved Young Adults in Digital Health Interventions for Substance Use: Pilot Feasibility Survey Study by Anna Harrison, Johanna Folk, Christopher Rodriguez, Amanda Wallace, Marina Tolou-Shams

“…ConclusionsSocial media is a feasible and cost-effective method for reaching justice-involved young adults to participate in substance use research trials. With limited budgets, researchers can reach a broad audience, many of whom could benefit from treatment but are not currently engaged in care. …”
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Effect of pre- and postpartum supplementation of a pure glycerol product to dairy cows on feeding behavior, lying behavior, and reticulorumen pH by B.J. Van Soest, M.N. Pereira, T.F. Duffield, M.A. Steele, T.J. DeVries

“…Overall, supplementation of glycerol pre- and postpartum altered cow time budgets, with cows spending more time eating pre- and postpartum, less time lying pre- and postpartum, and having fewer, larger meals prepartum when receiving glycerol prepartum, and with cows having slower feeding rates and smaller meals following parturition with postpartum glycerol supplementation.…”
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Hydrogen and hydrogen sulphide in volcanic gases: abundance, processes, and atmospheric fluxes by Aiuppa, Alessandro, Moussallam, Yves

“…Finally, by using our volcanic gas dataset in tandem with recently published global volcanic SO$_{2}$ and CO$_{2}$ budgets, we provide refined estimates for total H$_{2}$S (median, 1.4 Tg/yr; range, 0.9–8.8 Tg/yr) and H$_{2}$ (median, 0.23 Tg/yr; range, 0.06–1 Tg/yr) fluxes from global subaerial volcanism.…”
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Bolstering the Business Case for Adoption of Shared Decision-Making Systems in Primary Care: Randomized Controlled Trial by JoAnn M Sperl-Hillen, Jeffrey P Anderson, Karen L Margolis, Rebecca C Rossom, Kristen M Kopski, Beth M Averbeck, Jeanine A Rosner, Heidi L Ekstrom, Steven P Dehmer, Patrick J O’Connor

“… BackgroundLimited budgets may often constrain the ability of health care delivery systems to adopt shared decision-making (SDM) systems designed to improve clinical encounters with patients and quality of care. …”
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Social influence on the effectiveness of virtual fencing in sheep by Danila Marini, Tellisa Kearton, Jackie Ouzman, Rick Llewellyn, Sue Belson, Caroline Lee

“…During these hours, VF interactions, behavioural time budgets, and body temperature were recorded as measures of stress, and location was tracked with GPS. …”
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Submarine groundwater discharge enhances primary productivity in the Yellow Sea, China: Insight from the separation of fresh and recirculated components by Jianan Liu, Jinzhou Du, Xueqing Yu

“…Therefore, we conclude that SGD, particularly SFGD, plays an important role as a nutrient source for the Yellow Sea, and not only affects nutrient budgets and structures but also enhances the primary productivity.…”
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Influence of changes in wetland inundation extent on net fluxes of carbon dioxide and methane in northern high latitudes from 1993 to 2004 by Qianlai Zhuang, Xudong Zhu, Yujie He, Catherine Prigent, Jerry M Melillo, A David McGuire, Ronald G Prinn, David W Kicklighter

“…Our analysis further indicates that wetlands play a disproportionally important role in affecting regional greenhouse gas budgets given that they only occupy approximately 10% of the total land area in the region.…”
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Optimal Public Infrastructure: Some Guideposts to Ensure we don’t Overspend by Philip Bazel, Jack M. Mintz

“…Moreover, the lack of a clear sense of cost means governments do not know the true value that the public places on one type of infrastructure over another. Thus, government budgeting for such projects remains inefficient and skewed. …”
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An empirical MLR for estimating surface layer DIC and a comparative assessment to other gap-filling techniques for ocean carbon time series by J. M. Vance, K. Currie, J. Zeldis, P. W. Dillingham, C. S. Law, C. S. Law

“…<p>Regularized time series of ocean carbon data are necessary for assessing seasonal dynamics, annual budgets, and interannual and climatic variability. …”
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Impact of conditional and unconditional cash transfers on health outcomes and use of health services in humanitarian settings: a mixed-methods systematic review by Karl Blanchet, Isla Kuhn, Kim Robin van Daalen, Sara Dada, Henry Charles Ashworth, Parnian Khorsand, Rosemary James, Jiewon Lim, Ciaran Mooney, Yasmeen Khankan, Mohammad Yasir Essar, Helene Juillard

“…While increasing autonomy and being supportive of local economies, cash transfers are a cost-effective method in some settings to cover basic needs and extend benefits of limited humanitarian aid budgets. Yet, the extent to which cash transfers impact health in humanitarian settings remains largely unexplored. …”
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Organizational and economic aspects of triplet therapy of relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma in the Russian healthcare setting by E. A. Pyadushkina, E. V. Derkach, V. I. Ignatyeva, E. E. Yagnenkova, T. Yu. Klitochenko, T. V. Shelekhova, A. N. Levanov

“…An analysis of the RDC lists and the procurement of drugs in the studied regimens at the expense of regional budgets showed that lenalidomide, ixazomib, carfilzomib, elotuzumab and daratumumab are included in the restrictive list in regions 77, 74, 66, 63 and 47, but they are purchased only in regions 15, 24, 6, 4 and 6, respectively.Conclusion. …”
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Optimal Public Infrastructure: Some Guideposts to Ensure we don’t Overspend by Philip Bazel, Jack M. Mintz

“…Moreover, the lack of a clear sense of cost means governments do not know the true value that the public places on one type of infrastructure over another. Thus, government budgeting for such projects remains inefficient and skewed. …”
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A Two-Source Normalized Soil Thermal Inertia Model for Estimating Field-Scale Soil Moisture from MODIS and ASTER Data by Guibin Hao, Hongbo Su, Renhua Zhang, Jing Tian, Shaohui Chen

“…Soil moisture (SM) is a crucial component for understanding, modeling, and forecasting terrestrial water cycles and energy budgets. However, estimating field-scale SM based on thermal infrared remote-sensing data is still a challenging task. …”
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Application of the Policy Regime Framework to understand COVID-19 policy response in the Southeast U.S.: How RAPID research can provide lessons learned after a public health crisis by Gregory Johnson, Kasen Wally, Janna R. Willoughby, Ryan Williamson, Kathryn Corvey, Mina Becker, Thomas Moorman, Kelly Dunning

“…Quick-response research during a time of crisis is important because time-sensitive findings can inform urgent decision-making, even with limited research budgets. This research, a National Science Foundation-funded Rapid Response Research (RAPID), explores the United States (U.S.) government's messaging on science in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and how this messaging informed policy. …”
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