The Use of Comics to Promote a Community-based Peer-support Intervention among Young Refugees in a Camp in Greece by Chrysovalantis Papathanasiou, Aikaterini Kougioumtzi, Kanella Georgiou, Filippos Barbaresos

“…In order to culturally adapt the comic’s content, three mini focus groups were conducted; one for each of the languages spoken by the communities for which the comic was intended. …”
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Navigating the AI landscape in SMEs: Overcoming internal challenges and external obstacles for effective integration. by Roziah Mohd Rasdi, Nordahlia Umar Baki

“…This article analyses these hurdles and underlines the need of an adaptation framework designed particularly for SMEs. …”
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Les changements climatiques et les critères et indicateurs d’aménagement durable des forêts : plaidoyer pour une vision élargie des relations communauté-forêt au Canada by Annie Montpetit, Solange Nadeau, Guy Chiasson, Frédérik Doyon

“…This article highlights the need to revise the criteria and indicators of sustainable forest management from the perspective of climate change adaptation. The approach is driven by a dual objective: to ensure better monitoring of communities and to identify synergies between sustainable forest management and climate change adaptation.…”
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Design urban climate-resilience with Nature-Based Solutions and Green Infrastructures. Challenges, issues, and best practices for neighborhood-scale regeneration by Alessandro Raffa

“…While Climate Action (13th Sustainable Development Goal) still tends to focus on economic shifts and technological fixes, urban design and planning can play a crucial role in climate adaptation processes, enhancing socio-ecological resilience, while improving inclusivity, livability, wellbeing for all, opening to sustainable development scenarios. …”
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Research on Technical Improvement of HX_D2 Eight-axle Freight Electric Locomotive by Suming YAO, Wen WANG, Minghui HUANG

“…Relying on the latest technical achievements in locomotive standard system and simplification in recent years, general technical improvements were made on the locomotive in terms of heavy load adaptability, simplification and interconnection, reliability, technical upgrade and adaptability to the reform of repair schedule and repair system, so as to further optimized the performance of HX_D2 eight-axle freight electric locomotive. …”
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COMPETENCY-BASED APPROACH TO PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT AS THE KEY TO EFFECTIVE ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE CONDITIONS OF MODERN CHALLENGES by Ольга Майстренко, Вадим Васюк

“…The importance of the conscious implementation of the approach in HR practices is emphasized, as well as its role in increasing the adaptability of organizations and creating competitive advantages. …”
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Effects of noise and metabolic cost on cortical task representations by Jake Patrick Stroud, Michal Wojcik, Kristopher Torp Jensen, Makoto Kusunoki, Mikiko Kadohisa, Mark J Buckley, John Duncan, Mark G Stokes, Mate Lengyel

“…Our results provide a normative explanation as to why PFC implements an adaptive, minimal representational strategy.…”
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Core competencies for international mobility for teachers and students in higher education by Evridiki Patelarou, Alexandra Trivli, Vladimir Đorđević, Stelios E. Papadakis, Giorgos M. Papadourakis, Alkinoos- Ioannis Zourmpakis, Maria Ampartzaki, Michaela Menšíková, Nada B. Ljubišić, Michail Kalogiannakis, Athina Patelarou

“…We aimed to establish a set of core IM competencies essential for effective internationalization and mobility, and make suggestions for their implementation among higher education institutions in European countries. …”
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Engaging Students in the Digital Age: A Communicative-Pragmatic and AI-Driven Analysis of Online Prospectuses by Stepan Davydovych, Maryna Davydovych, Kateryna Parnus, Iryna Haidai, Liudmyla Suvorova

“…This study examines how universities implement various linguistic strategies to structure digital prospectuses, ensuring they remain informative, persuasive, and accessible. …”
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Proteomic profiling of neonatal herpes simplex virus infection on dried blood spots by Kia Hee Schultz Dungu, Christian Munch Hagen, Marie Bækvad-Hansen, Victor Yakimov, Alfonso Buil Demur, Emma Malchau Carlsen, Nadja Hawwa Vissing, Tine Brink Henriksen, Trine Hyrup Mogensen, David Michael Hougaard, Ulrikka Nygaard, Jonas Bybjerg-Grauholm

“…These proteins are associated with innate and adaptive immune responses and cytokine activation. …”
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Enhancing dexterity: Soft pneumatic actuation utilizing granular jamming for a human finger flexo-extension by X. Yamile Sandoval-Castro, J. German Cortes-Gonzalez, Maximiano F. Ruiz-Torres, Eduardo Castillo-Castaneda, Med Amine Laribi

“…Granular jamming, both passive and active, was implemented within the inextensible layer using chia and quinoa grains to enhance stiffness modulation. …”
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Scaling up structured lifestyle interventions to improve the management of cardiometabolic diseases in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review of strategies, me... by Kavumpurathu R Thankappan, Biraj Karmacharya, Jeemon Panniyammakal, Brian Oldenburg, Abha Shrestha, Lu Yang, Getu Debalkie Demissie, Rolina Dhital, Tilahun Haregu, Ganeshkumar Parasuraman, Sabrina Gupta

“…Therefore, we undertook a systematic review to identify the strategies, methods and outcomes used in scaling up SLI programmes to improve cardiometabolic outcomes in LMICs.Methods We searched studies implementing scale-up strategies (delivery approaches enhancing an intervention’s adoption, implementation and sustainability), methods (theories, models and frameworks) and present outcomes (feasibility, fidelity, etc) following the Proctor E framework. …”
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An integrated data pipeline for semantic data representation of the flame spray pyrolysis process [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] by Lutz Mädler, Norbert Riefler, Henk Birkholz, Jannis Grundmann, Keno Krieger, Manuel Vollbrecht

“…The development of an application ontology (AO) was elaborated for flame spray pyrolysis (FSP) processes with the implementation of a data pipeline. The proposed FSP application ontology emerges from experimental in-house best-practice procedures and is adapted to the mid-level Project Material Digital core ontology (PMDco) to allow interoperability within the MSE domain. …”
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A Novel Digital Twin-Based Framework and Methodology for Enhancing the Contribution of Loads to Frequency Control by Jesus Arauz, Antoine Labonne, Yvon Besanger, Frederic Wurtz, Simon Waczowicz, Veit Hagenmeyer

“…Complementarily, an online inertia estimation technique is integrated to enable fully adaptive strategies, further improving frequency control. …”
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A Novel Multi-Scale Joint Approach for Estimating Lithium-ion Battery Model Parameters and SOC Considering Hysteresis Effect and Temperature by Xinhui Zhang, Wenyuan Bai, Shuyu Xie, Jiatong Wang, Danny Sutanto, Kashem M. Muttaqi

“…Finally, an extended Kalman filter (EKF) is implemented for SOC estimation based on the real-time updated model parameters. …”
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Collaborative Heterogeneous Mini-Robotic 3D Printer for Manufacturing Complex Food Structures with Multiple Inks and Curved Deposition Surfaces by Karen Jazmin Mendoza-Bautista, Mariana S. Flores-Jimenez, Laisha Daniela Vázquez Tejeda Serrano, Grissel Trujillo de Santiago, Mario Moises Alvarez, Arturo Molina, Mariel Alfaro-Ponce, Isaac Chairez

“…The developed food printer followed a formal mechatronic design strategy with fully functional instrumentation and automation systems. An adaptive controller was developed and implemented to regulate the coordinated operation of booth robotic devices, which are enforced by the G-code corresponding to the target food structure, leading to the necessary resolution. …”
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Time in and for nature-based solutions. No quick fix solutions for complex ecological and social processes by Ina Lehmann, Julia Grosinger, Steffen Bauer, Jean Carlo Rodríguez de Francisco, Katarzyna Negacz, Jonas Hein

“…We also identify practical recommendations from the literature review for incorporating time into NbS design, for instance through adaptive monitoring, and we conclude with an urgent call for a more long-term perspective for NbS policies and practice.…”
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A dynamic information technology capability model for fostering innovation in digital transformation by Adilson Carlos Yoshikuni, Rajeev Dwivedi, Muhammad Mustafa Kamal, Duanning Zhou, Pradeep Dwivedi, Sérgio Apolinário

“…This article argues that Dynamic Information Technological Capabilities (DITC) allows companies to develop flexible and adaptive skills to foster innovation. The results from 684 Brazilian businesses showed that implementing DITC improved their ability to come up with both new ideas and ways to use existing ones. …”
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DeepMethyGene: a deep-learning model to predict gene expression using DNA methylations by Yuyao Yan, Xinyi Chai, Jiajun Liu, Sijia Wang, Wenran Li, Tao Huang

“…Here we propose DeepMethyGene, an adaptive recursive convolutional neural network model based on ResNet that predicts gene expression using DNA methylation information. …”
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Comparative Analysis of 5-ALA and Fluorescent Techniques in High-Grade Glioma Treatment by José E. Valerio, Guillermo de Jesús Aguirre Vera, Jorge Zumaeta, Noe Santiago Rea, Maria P. Fernandez Gomez, Penelope Mantilla-Farfan, Laurel Valente, Andrés M. Alvarez-Pinzon

“…Nonetheless, its clinical implementation is restricted by factors such as accessibility, cost, and technical limitations. …”
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