Improving the robustness of retail workforce management with a labor flexibility strategy and consideration of demand uncertainty by Andrés Felipe Porto, Amaia Lusa, Sebastián A. Herazo, César Augusto Henao

“…Finally, this research offers strategic insights for managers in retail and service industries aiming to optimize workforce planning and adaptability while maintaining cost efficiency in the face of fluctuating and uncertain demand.…”
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Notch3 Targeting: A Novel Weapon against Ovarian Cancer Stem Cells by Simona Ceccarelli, Francesca Megiorni, Diana Bellavia, Cinzia Marchese, Isabella Screpanti, Saula Checquolo

“…Although it is still unclear how chemoresistance arises, different lines of evidence support a critical role of cancer stem cells (CSCs), suggesting that CSC targeting by innovative therapeutic approaches might represent a promising tool to efficiently reduce OC recurrence. …”
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Thermal-statistical approach for diagnosis of bus bar degradation in MCFC power plant by Byungjun Kim, Young Duk Lee, Tatiana Morosuk

“…To optimize the diagnostic process, the study compared three different models: logistic regression, SVM, and KNN. …”
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Application of Six Sigma methodology and RFID technology in human resource management of construction projects by Alireza Hashemian, Samaneh Jadali, Amirhossein Hajibabaei

“…After applying changes to reduce time in this workshop, we can see the results obtained in relation to optimization and time reduction. In this regard, by combining two different branches of six sigma, which is an optimization method, and six sigma technology, a practical method was presented to reduce wasted times and manage them, so that one of the issues and problems in construction workshops was optimized and In fact, time management should be addressed in human resources. …”
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Sleep and biorhythm among intercontinental pilots: the effect of exempting flight crews from mandatory layover and flight times during COVID-19 by Yanru Zhou, Jingqiang Li, Huanxi Zhang, Xining Zhang

“…Eighty pilots flying from China to five countries wore a body movement recorder, which has been validated for estimating total sleep time, sleep efficiency, and interdaily stability. The results of the K-means clustering analysis showed differences in sleep and biorhythm on flying days between departures during the day and at night, west–east and north–south flights, and exempt and non-exempt flights. …”
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An image dataset for analyzing tea picking behavior in tea plantations by Ru Han, Ru Han, Ye Zheng, Renjie Tian, Lei Shu, Lei Shu, Lei Shu, Xiaoyuan Jing, Fan Yang

“…By leveraging its unique advantages, this dataset becomes a powerful resource for tea garden management, promoting increased efficiency, accuracy, and productivity in tea production.…”
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The effect of artificial solar spectrum on growth of cucumber and lettuce under controlled environment by Jie ZOU, Cheng-bo ZHOU, Hong XU, Rui-feng CHENG, Qi-chang YANG, Tao LI

“…Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) have been widely applied in the controlled environment agriculture, which are characterized by relatively narrow-band spectra and energetical efficiency. …”
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Harmonizing the past: EEG-based brain network unveil modality-specific mechanisms of nostalgia by Hu Shuxiang, Hu Shuxiang, Liu Ying, Liu Ying, Yue Qizong, Yue Qizong, Zhao Huan, Zhao Huan, Zheng Maoping, Zheng Maoping

“…Participants' emotions were elicited using nostalgic and non-nostalgic stimuli presented through three different sensory channels: auditory (sound only), visual (e.g., still images or synchronized lyrics related to music), and audiovisual (a combination of sound and visual elements, such as music videos).ResultsThe results demonstrated that nostalgic stimuli elicited significantly higher levels of emotional arousal, pleasure, nostalgia, and dominance compared to non-nostalgic stimuli. …”
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The Chemical Interplay between Nitric Oxide and Mitochondrial Cytochrome c Oxidase: Reactions, Effectors and Pathophysiology by Paolo Sarti, Elena Forte, Alessandro Giuffrè, Daniela Mastronicola, Maria Chiara Magnifico, Marzia Arese

“…Two alternative reaction pathways (PWs) have been described whereby NO reacts with CcOX, producing either a relatively labile nitrite-bound derivative (CcOX-NO2 −, PW1) or a more stable nitrosyl-derivative (CcOX-NO, PW2). …”
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The MiBlend Randomized Trial: Investigating Genetic Polymorphisms in Personalized Responses to Fruit and Vegetable Interventions for Chronic Disease Prevention by Julia N. DeBenedictis, Na Xu, Theo M. de Kok, Simone G. van Breda

“…Background: The MiBlend Study investigated the effect of consuming different combinations of fruits and vegetables (F&Vs) blends on markers of chronic disease risk and gene expression changes in healthy human subjects. …”
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Exploring the future of privacy-preserving heart disease prediction: a fully homomorphic encryption-driven logistic regression approach by Vankamamidi S. Naresh, Sivaranjani Reddi

“…The major findings revealed that the HELR model achieved high accuracy, within 1% to 3% of its non-HE counterpart, while maintaining competitive computational efficiency. Furthermore, the HELR framework demonstrated robust security against various privacy attacks, including poisoning, evasion, member inference, model inversion, and model extraction, at different ML stages. …”
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A Novel Illuminance Control Strategy for Roadway Lighting Based on Greenshields Macroscopic Traffic Model by Neveen Shlayan, Kiran Challapali, Dave Cavalcanti, Talmai Oliveira, Yong Yang

“…The International Commission on Illumination (CIE) has proposed a class-based lighting control model based on a number of roadway parameters, some of which are traffic related. However, the adaptation of the available traffic data to the existing model is not obvious. …”
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The major factors of influence on the socio-psychological climate in the team of health care workers. by T. A. Vezhnovets

“…Moreover, these two institutions differed significantly by experience of joint work of health workers (р<0.05) and length of service of the headphysicians. …”
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Comparison of tunnel and VISTA techniques for multiple gingival recession treatment: A systematic literature review by Ksenija Matvijenko, Rokas Borusevičius

“…Methods. A literature search related to the efficiency of non-advanced tunnel and m-VISTA techniques was conducted in MEDLINE (PubMed), EMBASE (ScienceDirect), Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (Cochrane Library), Springer Link, and Google Scholar. …”
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Gladiolus cut flower postharvest performance to direct breeding efforts by Neil O. Anderson

“…Genotypes were significantly different for nearly all traits examined whereas treatments or their interactions were less so, providing selection potential for future crop improvements. …”
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Emerging trends in lifecycle assessment of building construction for greenhouse gas control: implications for capacity building by Ruoxing Cao, Yu Hao, Yuanzhe Li, Wenrui Liao

“…We introduce and contextualize life cycle assessment (LCA) methods, focusing particularly on Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions across different life cycle stages of buildings—from design through demolition. …”
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Exploring the impact of student developed marketing communication tools and resources on SMEs performance and satisfaction by Dylan Cromhout, Rodney Duffett

“…Further inquiry could replicate the study via various marketing-related service learning programmes in different countries that have divergent cultures, economics and contexts.…”
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Evaluation of the influence on the environment of argentum iodide applicable in anti-hail protection by Mikhail Rubenovich Vatiashvili

“…The average physical efficiency of anti-hail protection was estimated at 95,7%. …”
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Aerodynamic Analysis of Rotor Spacing and Attitude Transition in Tilt-Powered Coaxial Rotor UAV by Wei Wu, Xinyu Tan, Xing Liu, Angang Luo, Lanjie Niu

“…The load distribution and aerodynamic characteristics of the aircraft are analyzed at different initial tilt angles during attitude transitions. …”
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Measurement Grid Optimization for OTA Testing of 5G Smart Watches by Xudong An, Fei Liu, Meijun Qu, Siyang Sun

“…The objective of this work is to optimize measurement grids for OTA testing of 5G smart watches, which balance accuracy with efficiency. In this research, passive patterns from a typical 5G commercial smart watch are measured at different bands as reference patterns, which represent general radiation properties of 5G commercial smart watches. …”
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