Green human resource management and Sustainable Development Goals in non-profit organisations by Shanitha Singh, Ana Martins, Orthodox Tefera

“…The HRM function plays a significant role in contributing towards society’s progress in achieving the SDGs with its focus on people management. …”
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Enhancing Trajectory Tracking Performance of Underwater Gliders Using Finite-Time Sliding Mode Control Within a Reinforcement Learning Framework by Guohui Wang, Jianing Yu, Yanan Yang

“…Sliding mode control is used to align the dive depth and pitch angle with the desired trajectory. …”
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Bayesian and non-Bayesian estimation of some entropy measures for a Weibull distribution by Amal S. Hassan, Najwan Alsadat, Oluwafemi Samson Balogun, Baria A. Helmy

“…Furthermore, Bayesian entropy estimates using the linear exponential loss function tended to outperform those using other loss functions in the majority of scenarios. …”
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Network spreading and local biological vulnerability in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis by Asa Farahani, Justine Y. Hansen, Vincent Bazinet, Golia Shafiei, D. Louis Collins, Mahsa Dadar, Sanjay Kalra, Alain Dagher, Bratislav Misic

“…Epicenter probability maps show transcriptomic enrichment for biological processes involved in mitochondrial function as well as support cells, including endothelial cells and pericytes. …”
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Ultradense Dark Matter Halos with Poisson Noise from Stellar-mass Primordial Black Holes by Saeed Fakhry, Javad T. Firouzjaee

“…Specifically, increasing PBH mass shifts the differential mass function of UDMHs toward higher masses, while variations in the suppression parameter n modulate the efficiency of UDMH formation at small scales. …”
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Knee strengthening after orthopedics surgery: A comprehensive analysis using key performance indicators to Guide Physical Therapists [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] by Maurice Douryang, Andreas Bjerregaard, Ismail Bouzekraoui Alaoui, Georgios Kakavas, Maciej Bialy, Nicholas Miraglia, Ayrton Moiroux Sahraoui, Mathias Nielsen-Le Roux, Jean Mazeas, Florian Forelli

“…Regular monitoring and adjustments based on these indicators are recommended to optimize outcomes and ensure sustained progress in knee function and overall mobility.…”
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Cellulose/hydroxyapatite composite as an innovative sustainable material for food packaging applications by Qurratu Aini Alya Adzkia, Atiek Rostika Noviyanti, Yana Cahyana, Sergio Torres-Giner, Yaya Rukayadi

“…The extensive use of petrochemical-based plastics in food packaging poses environmental threats due to their nonbiodegradability and lack of antimicrobial function. As a sustainable alternative, this review investigates cellulose-based composites reinforced with hydroxyapatite (HA), focusing on their potential in food packaging. …”
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Shape optimization of MR damper valve for prosthetic ankles using magnetic FEM-GA approach with gait simulation integration by Sachin Kumar, Mittapally Sandeep Reddy, Sujatha Chandramohan

“…In the first step, a shape optimization of the MR damper piston is proposed using a multi-objective function coupled with MATLAB and Finite Element Method analysis in ANSYS-APDL. …”
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Enhanced mixup for improved time series analysis by Khoa Tho Anh Nguyen, Khoa Nguyen, Taehong Kim, Ngoc Hong Tran, Vinh Dinh

“…This paper addresses the gap by evaluating basic data augmentation techniques using MLP, CNN, and Transformer architectures, prioritized for their alignment with state-of-the-art trends in time series analysis rather than traditional RNN-based methods. …”
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Developing interactive printing techniques using ghostly printing by Maryam Mohammed Mutib Alamari, Razan Mohammed Al-Subaie

“…The objective is to explore how shadow-based interaction can enhance the communicative function of art through physical and emotional engagement between the artwork and the audience. …”
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Orientation dependent resistivity scaling in mesoscopic NbP crystals by Gianluca Mariani, Federico Balduini, Nathan Drucker, Lorenzo Rocchino, Vicky Hasse, Claudia Felser, Heinz Schmid, Cezar Zota, Bernd Gotsmann

“…In this work, we perform a resistivity scaling study of the anisotropic semimetal NbP as a function of crystalline orientation. We use here focused ion beam to pattern and scale down NbP crystallites to dimensions comparable to the electron scattering length at cryogenic temperatures. …”
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Occupant-centric indoor assessments and control solutions in healthcare facilities: a critical review of restorative perception by Jiake Yang, Yidan Wu, S. Thomas Ng

“…The primary function of healthcare facility environments is to support the recovery of its occupants. …”
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PDGrad: Guiding Diffusion Model for Reference-Based Blind Face Restoration with Pivot Direction Gradient Guidance by Geon Min, Tae Bok Lee, Yong Seok Heo

“…To this end, we first define the loss function based on both low-level and high-level features. …”
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Inventory woes and logistic bottlenecks: operational challenges in the SCM of the Indian defense sector by Sandeep Sharma, Ravi Chaurasiya, Rohit Mohite, Sandesh Akre

“… Supply Chain Management (SCM) in the Indian defense sector represents a strategic function that supports operational readiness and national preparedness. …”
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Residual Vision Transformer and Adaptive Fusion Autoencoders for Monocular Depth Estimation by Wei-Jong Yang, Chih-Chen Wu, Jar-Ferr Yang

“…Lastly, the model is trained using a loss function that aligns with human perception to enable it to focus on the depth values of foreground objects. …”
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On residual cumulative generalized exponential entropy and its application in human health by Hanan H. Sakr, Mohamed S. Mohamed

“…For empirical implementation, non-parametric estimation strategies are devised using data-driven approximations of residual cumulative generalized exponential entropy, with two distinct estimators of the cumulative distribution function evaluated. A practical application is showcased, using clinical diabetes data. …”
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Role of Macrophage Polarization in Chronic Rhinosinusitis Based on the Yin-Yang Theory: A Review by Wang F, Xiong Y, Zhu Y, Yang X, Liu K, Zhu Z

“…Fei Wang, Ye Xiong, Yaxian Zhu, Xiaoqian Yang, Kai Liu, Zhenhua Zhu Department of Otolaryngology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Zhenhua Zhu, Department of Otolaryngology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, No. 95, Shaoshan Middle Road, Yuhua District, Changsha, Hunan, 410125, People’s Republic of China, Email zhenhua787@163.comBackground: Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is a prevalent otolaryngologic condition that markedly impacts patients’ quality of life; however its pathogenesis is intricate and the clinical efficacy of known treatments remains limited.Methods: In recent years, there has been a growing focus on the role of immune function in the pathogenesis of CRS. Recent studies have revealed a correlation between macrophage polarization and CRS development. …”
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A customized image editing framework for diverse prohibited and restricted products in illegal online transactions by Wenjin Liu, Jingyu Zou, Shudong Zhang, Ning Luo, Haoming Liu

“…This framework integrates three novel components: (1) a PR-adapter that optimizes image prompts through image augmentation and compression representation techniques; (2) a text description generator combining the CLIP model and a multimodal large language model (MobileVLM) to generate more precise textual descriptions of images; and (3) an image generator, including a new loss function designed to fine-tune the stable diffusion model, enabling a better understanding of text semantics and generating images that more closely align with the textual descriptions. …”
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Ensemble machine learning-based pre-trained annotation approach for scRNA-seq data using gradient boosting with genetic optimizer by Osama Elnahas, Waleed M. Ead, Yushan Qiu, Jian Lu

“…The problem of single-cell RNA annotation involves assigning meaningful labels or annotations to each cell in the scRNA-seq dataset, indicating its corresponding cell type, state, or biological function. Current annotation methods are often challenged by limited source data quality, sensitivity to batch effects, and poor adaptability to uncharacterized cell types. …”
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A Dual-Perspective Self-Supervised IoT Intrusion Detection Method Based on Topology Reconstruction and Feature Perturbation by Ruisheng Li, Huimin Shen, Qilong Zhang

“…Additionally, the custom adaptive cosine loss function dynamically adjusts the loss weights of different samples and utilizes cosine similarity to align the embeddings of real and predicted graphs, thereby maximizing mutual information between local embeddings of real graphs and global summaries. …”
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