Improving health-promoting workplaces through interdisciplinary approaches. The example of WISEWORK-C, a cluster of five work and health projects within Horizon-Europe by Deborah De Moortel, Michelle C Turner, Ella Arensman, Alex Binh Vinh Duc Nguyen, Víctor Gonzalez

“…While such developments offer important opportunities to improve sustainability, flexibility, and efficiency, they also present challenges for ensuring healthy and equitable working conditions—especially if workplace policies and practices do not keep pace with these transformations (1). …”
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Designing a Business Model in the Tourism Industry of Iran by Amirhossein Samadian, Saeid Ehdaie, kamyar Raissifar

“…In fact, the design of the efficient business model is not taken seriously. The solution of any problem depends on correct diagnosis. …”
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Consequences, costs and cost-effectiveness of workforce configurations in English acute hospitals by Peter Griffiths, Christina Saville, Jane Ball, David Culliford, Jeremy Jones, Francesca Lambert, Paul Meredith, Bruna Rubbo, Lesley Turner, Chiara Dall’Ora

“…Both qualitative and quantitative research would be of value. There remains uncertainty about the interaction between RN and assistant staffing levels which should be addressed through both qualitative and quantitative research. …”
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Quantifying Shape and Texture Biases for Enhancing Transfer Learning in Convolutional Neural Networks by Akinori Iwata, Masahiro Okuda

“…Aligning the model’s bias with the dataset’s bias can significantly enhance performance in transfer learning, leading to more efficient learning. This study aims to quantitatively demonstrate that increasing shape bias within the network by varying kernel sizes and dilation rates improves accuracy on shape-dominant data and enables efficient learning with less data. …”
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Analysis of Mechanical Performance of Soil Solidification and Examination of Compatibility as Semi-Permanent House Material for Forcibly Displaced People by Dayoung Oh, Takafumi Noguchi, Ryoma Kitagaki

“…This study aims to investigate the suitability of earthen housing for refugees and establish a more efficient system for selecting and adjusting materials by quantitatively analyzing the influence of various factors affecting the mechanical performance of earthen housing. …”
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Analysis of Nonstationary Change of Annual Maximum Level Records in the Yangtze River Estuary by Guofang Li, Xinyi Xiang, Caixiu Guo

“…In this study, the efficiencies of trend test methods such as Spearman rank correlation test and Mann-Kendall test, as well as the efficiencies of change-point test methods such as moving T test, moving rank sum test, Pettitt test, and sequential Mann-Kendall test were analyzed quantitatively through Monte Carlo simulation. …”
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Anomalous entropy-driven kinetics of dislocation nucleation by Soumendu Bagchi, Danny Perez

“…These unusual kinetics are quantitatively rationalized using a variational transition state theory approach coupled with an efficient numerical scheme for the estimation of vibrational entropy changes. …”
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Mechanochemical Halogenations and Rearrangement of Sydnones: Insight into Reaction Conditions and Mechanism by Dr. Florian Luttringer, Dr. Nicolas Pétry, Dr. Eric Clot, Prof. Dr. Xavier Bantreil, Dr. Frédéric Lamaty

“…Abstract New mechanochemical methods for sydnone halogenation and insights into an efficient ring rearrangement yielding 1,3,4‐oxadiazolin‐2‐ones by heated ball‐milling are reported herein. …”
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Ultrasound-based Eigenfrequency Analysis to Determine Material Parameters of Tissue Mimicking Phantoms by Heim Christian, Huber Christian M., Ullmann Ingrid, Lyer Stefan, Rupitsch Stefan J.

“…However, the spatial distribution of SPIONs cannot be quantitatively determined applying basic MMUS algorithms. …”
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New indicators of health among adolescent drug users and evaluation of drug policies comparing countries by Elena Ventura, Harrison Wagner, Carla Rossi

“…</p><p>We conclude that it is the correct balance between a drug policy aimed at prevention, rehabilitation, and a less restrictive legislation, that, on the basis of what we have analyzed and measured, has a positive effect on drug consumption and that indicators are efficient and should be applied regularly to compare quantitatively country policies to identify best practices.…”
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Spectrum decomposition in Gaussian scale space for uneven illumination image binarization. by JianWu Long, ZeRan Yan, HongFa Chen, XinLei Song

“…Although most images in industrial applications have fewer targets and simple image backgrounds, binarization is still a challenging task, and the corresponding results are usually unsatisfactory because of uneven illumination interference. In order to efficiently threshold images with nonuniform illumination, this paper proposes an efficient global binarization algorithm that estimates the inhomogeneous background surface of the original image constructed from the first k leading principal components in the Gaussian scale space (GSS). …”
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Ergonomic Framework to Enhance Sustainable Cost-Effective Process in A Fashion and Designed Industry by Kenneth Ugo Udeze, Gracious Amarachukwu Nwafor

“…The research employs established tools like RULA and REBA and diverse methods, including observations, interviews, and questionnaires, to quantitatively and qualitatively assess ergonomic risks. …”
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Application of the similarity theory to analysis of photocatalytic hydrogen production and photocurrent generation by Dina V. Markovskaya, Ekaterina A. Kozlova

“…In this research some methods of the similarity theory were quantitatively applied to the description of the relationship between the efficiencies of the photocatalytic hydrogen production and photocurrent generation for the first time. …”
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Game-Based Trust in Complex Networks: Past, Present, and Future by Li Yi, Weidong Fang, Wuxiong Zhang, Weiwei Gao, Baoqing Li

“…As an efficient approach, the trust policy is implemented to defend against insider attacks in complex networks. …”
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Equity analysis of bus network balance from the perspective of spatial morphology and service capability by Hui Li, Chao Chen, Ying Yuan, Xiaohui Xia, Qianye Huang, Lianhong Ye, Zongcai Huang

“…Abstract A balanced and equitable bus network layout plays a crucial role in the efficient operation of cities. The layout of urban bus networks is influenced by various factors, including urban planning, population size, industrial distribution, and road network layout. …”
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Experimental investigation on the damage mechanical proper-ties of red sandstone under freeze-thaw cycles by Peng Zeng, Peng Zeng, Yonglin Ren, Kui Zhao, Kui Zhao, Xianda Yang, Zhen Huang, Zhen Huang, Yanda Li, Liangfeng Xiong, Liangfeng Xiong, Cong Gong, Cong Gong

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An Introduction to Explaining and Interpreting Laws in Measurement Fuzzy Logic by Amir Ahmadi

“…Fuzzy thinking in the interpretation and explanation of laws, both quantitatively and qualitatively, represents a special framework in the purposeful examination of ambiguities and uncertainties. …”
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Utility Optimization of Federated Learning with Differential Privacy by Jianzhe Zhao, Keming Mao, Chenxi Huang, Yuyang Zeng

“…First, the impact of data heterogeneity of participants on global model accuracy is analyzed quantitatively based on 1-Wasserstein distance. Then, we design a multilevel and multiparticipant dynamic allocation method of privacy budget to reduce the injected noise, and the utility can be improved efficiently. …”
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Streamlined gram-scale natural N-glycan production using reversible tagging after oxidative release of natural glycans by Qing Zhang, Yi Lasanajak, Menxin Yan, Golden Chen, Xuezheng Song

“…Treatment with Oxone quantitatively cleaves the tag, regenerating the free reducing N-glycans in high yield. …”
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Sand Production Prediction Model for Tight Sandstone Oil Reservoirs by Zhan-dong Li, Hong Pang, Zhong Li, Hai-xiang Zhang, Dian-ju Wang, Ji Li

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