In the shadow of offshoring: an exploratory study of the expectations of providers by Mariana Almeida, Raquel Meneses

“…A purposive theoretical sampling technique was used to select 7 Portuguese offshoring providers, from different sectors, sizes and ages. …”
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Dysfunctions of NPOs and NGOs in Poland in the Global Context: Some International Comparisons by Janusz Fudaliński

“… The purpose of the article is an initial diagnosis of the level of internationalization and globalization of non-profit organization sector in Poland, as well as indication of possible differences in this respect, reflected in selected well-developed countries. …”
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Isolated Bilateral Triceps Weakness in Myasthenia Gravis by Betül Özenç, Kübra Işık, Zeki Odabaşı

“…In this case, we aimed to describe a rare form of MG consisting of selective or dominant triceps muscle weakness. Case report: We present a 45-year-old male patient whose initial complaints were diplopia and ptosis. …”
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Des terrains incomparés ? by Marie David

“…The choice of these comparisons obeys the following initial question: is the process of knowledge transmission for a given discipline and form of schooling specific? …”
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Choosing Schools, Choosing Safety: How Multiple Dimensions of Safety Shape School Choices by Chantal A. Hailey

“…School choice programs have grown substantially over the past 30 years, enabling families to make school selections unbounded by their residential locations. …”
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Dichroic mirror pulses for optimized higher-order atomic Bragg diffraction by D. Pfeiffer, M. Dietrich, P. Schach, G. Birkl, E. Giese

“…In this Letter, we present the experimental realization of dichroic mirror pulses for atom interferometry, its scalability to higher-order Bragg diffraction, and its robustness against initial momentum spread. Our approach selectively reflects resonant atom paths into the detected interferometer output, ensuring that these contribute to the signal with intent. …”
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The gut of geographically disparate Ciona intestinalis harbors a core microbiota. by Larry J Dishaw, Jaime Flores-Torres, Simon Lax, Kristina Gemayel, Brittany Leigh, Daniela Melillo, M Gail Mueller, Lenina Natale, Ivana Zucchetti, Rosaria De Santis, Maria Rosaria Pinto, Gary W Litman, Jack A Gilbert

“…Ciona larvae are first exposed internally to microbes upon the initiation of feeding in metamorphosed individuals; however, whether or not these microbes subsequently colonize the gut and whether or not Ciona forms relationships with specific bacteria in the gut remains unknown. …”
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Beech shearing/high-stumping to control understory interference by Ralph D. Nyland, Diane H. Kiernan

“…Of stumps cut below the lowest living branch and that initially sprouted, only 7% had a live sprout by the sixth year. …”
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Point'n Move: Interactive scene object manipulation on Gaussian splatting radiance fields by Jiajun Huang, Hongchuan Yu, Jianjun Zhang, Hammadi Nait‐Charif

“…Interactivity here further comes from intuitive object selection and real‐time editing. To achieve this, Gaussian Splatting Radiance Field is adopted as the scene representation and its explicit nature and speed advantage are fully leveraged. …”
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An efficient hybrid framework with knowledge transfer for solving capacitated vehicle routing problems by Yanlin Wu, Yanguang Cai, Chuncheng Fang

“…This study proposes a hybrid framework (HF) that addresses these limitations through four key components: (1) An improved Clarke–Wright savings algorithm for rapid initialization of high-quality solutions, (2) an incremental auxiliary task formulation that optimizes knowledge transfer while minimizing computational overhead, (3) a similarity prediction strategy enabling efficient offspring selection without additional evaluations, and (4) the framework integrates enhanced search strategy and diversity maintenance strategy to prevent premature convergence. …”
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The ILHWLAD-MCDM Framework for the Evaluation of Concrete Materials under an Intuitionistic Linguistic Fuzzy Environment by Junjie Chen, Chonghui Zhang, Peipei Li, Mingxiao Xu

“…In addition, in view of the significance and the ordered position of the input arguments, an intuitionistic linguistic hybrid weighted logarithmic averaging distance (ILHWLAD) operator is defined. We, then, initiate the criteria system and present the MCDM framework based on the ILHWLAD to select the finest concrete. …”
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ACUTE ADHESIVE SMALL BOWEL OBSTRUCTION: ROLE OF DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY IN PATIENT MANAGEMENT by M.K. GULOV, D.S. SALIMOV, S.G. ALI-ZADE, D.K. MUKHABBATZODA, P.K. KHOLMATOV, K.K. KOBILOV

“…Objective: To evaluate the role of Doppler ultrasonography (DUS) in selecting treatment strategies for patients with acute adhesive small bowel obstruction (ASBO). …”
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Non-Medical Switching or Discontinuation Patterns among Patients with Non-Valvular Atrial Fibrillation Treated with Direct Oral Anticoagulants in the United States: A Claims-Based... by Michael Ingham, Hela Romdhani, Aarti Patel, Veronica Ashton, Gabrielle Caron-Lapointe, Anabelle Tardif-Samson, Patrick Lefebvre, Marie-Hélène Lafeuille

“…This study assessed direct-acting oral anticoagulant (DOAC) switching/discontinuation patterns in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) in 2019, by quarter (Q1–Q4), and associated socioeconomic risk factors. Adults with NVAF initiating stable DOAC treatment (July 2018–December 2018) were selected from Symphony Health Solutions’ Patient Transactional Datasets (April 2017–January 2021). …”
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Distance Interaction in Corporate Management by T. I. Zakharova

“…The article studies innovation methods of distance interaction in the system of international corporate management. The necessity to initiate distance communications is stipulated not only by the need to extend business territory, to open regional branches, to attract employees from different countries and cities but also by the current situation with the global pandemia. …”
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Intelligent Assessment of Personal Credit Risk Based on Machine Learning by Chuansheng Wang, Hang Yu

“…Firstly, based on the forest optimization feature selection algorithm, combined with initialization based on chi-square check, adaptive global seeding, and greedy search strategies, key risk factors are accurately identified from high-dimensional data. …”
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Implementation of virtual multicultural community conferences for school-based young generation in Yogyakarta by Suharno Suharno

“…Conducted in several schools, including SMAN 1 Wates and SMKN 2 Yogyakarta, using descriptive qualitative methods and purposive selection of Pancasila and Citizenship Education teachers, it gathered data through various means like interviews and focus group discussions. …”
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Translators Under State Influence: An Analysis of the Chinese Academic Translation Project Through the Lens of Translation Policy by Yanxin Lyu, Yuanhui Zheng

“…This study examines how state-mandated translation policies shape the identities of translators in China’s Academic Translation Project (CATP), a state-sponsored initiative aimed at globalizing Chinese academic scholarship. …”
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KEY TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS FROM THE SESAR PROGRAMME TO IMPROVE AIR TRAFFIC SAFETY by Jan LASKOWSKI

“…This paper presents a selection of the SESAR programme’s key technological solutions, such as approaches based on area navigation (RNAV)/Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), and the “remote tower” concept, which have been developed to maximize the safety and efficiency of the new European ATM system.…”
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Process Optimization for Pyro-gasification of Waste Polymer Using Hierarchical Catalysts by Viktoria Zsinka, Norbert Miskolczi, Stefania Tronci

“…The growing environmental concerns and the decrement in the amount of fossil fuels have initiated a global shift towards the use of alternative feedstocks such as biomass and plastics for sustainable energy production. …”
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The Effect of Failure Criteria on Liquefaction and Pore Pressure Prediction in Non-Plastic Soils by Carmine P. Polito

“…While standardized procedures exist for conducting cyclic triaxial tests, there remains no universally accepted criterion for defining liquefaction in a laboratory test. The selection of a liquefaction criterion significantly impacts the interpretation of the test results and subsequent analyses. …”
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