More than 10 years of industry 4.0 in the Netherlands: an opinion on promises, achievements, and emerging challenges by A. Martinetti, K. Nizamis, P. Chemweno, C. Goulas, L.A.M. van Dongen, I. Gibson, S. Thiede, E. Lutters, T. Vaneker, G. M. Bonnema

“…Tentative results reveal that the pervasiveness of Industry 4.0 applications is sector-specific. This work provides industrial stakeholders and academics with useful suggestions and a possible path to move towards better integration of Industry 4.0 in company reality. …”
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Application of artificial intelligence language model ChatGPT in higher education by Zvonimir Klarin, Tea Livaić

“…In the context of rapid technology development and increasing integration of artificial intelligence into everyday life, it is important to understand how these changes are reflected in the educational sector. This particularly pertains to the use of the ChatGPT artificial intelligence tool in the learning and teaching process. …”
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Informed consent for congenital hypothyroidism screening: Practices and attitudes of midwives in eastern Morocco by Wahoud Fatima, Amrani Rim

“…To achieve this, a questionnaire was sent to 64 midwives responsible for neonatal screening program in the public sector in eastern Morocco. Only 37.8% of midwives reported always informing the mothers about this process. …”
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Effects of Managerialism Reflected in Public Institutions Serving Women in Turkey by Tuğçe Uğur Güler, Derya Şaşman Kaylı

“…As a result of the analysis, it was determined that the municipalities and the Provincial Directorate of Family, Labor, and Social Services had experienced a shortage in qualified personnel as well as insufficient budgets. In addition, in the process of applying private sector management techniques such as total quality management, strategic planning, and electronic applications to public institutions, some problems arose related to finances, legislation, the way the institutions operated, and changing goals. …”
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Integration of Building Information Modeling and Geographic Information Systems for Efficient Airport Construction Management by Alessandro Di Graziano, Eliana Ragusa, Giancarlo Guarrera

“…This study analyzes the use of new technologies, such as building information modeling (BIM), to simplify process management in the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction sector. …”
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Saving as a challenge: The dynamics of changing energy practices in the post-mining city of Konin by Maciej Frąckowiak

“…I also reconstruct the multi-stage process of changing energy habits, from initiation through confusion and rule enforcement to acceptance, adaptation, and establishing a new normalcy. …”
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Agricultural Practices Appropriate for Agrivoltaics by Juan Cabrera Pirela, Alan Brent

“…This guideline will look to understand key agrivoltaic technologies and configurations as they pertain to certain crop types and agricultural practices, aligning these with the key agricultural sectors and crop types within the country, then looking to how agrivoltaics can further integrate with the sector goals. …”
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Machine Learning for Sustainable Portfolio Optimization Applied to a Water Market by María Antonia Truyols-Pont, Amelia Bilbao-Terol, Mar Arenas-Parra

“…Investing in the water market allows investors to actively support sustainable water solutions while potentially benefiting from the sector’s growth, contributing to achieving SDG 6. In addition, our modeling allows for companies’ environmental, social, and governance (ESG) scores to be considered in the portfolio construction process. …”
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Aggregate Production Planning for Cost Optimization: A Case Study of Van’z Collection, a Small-Scale Garment Manufacturer by Zahra Nur Afifah, Ayi Tejaningrum

“… This study aims to evaluate the aggregate production planning system and explore alternative aggregate strategies to improve cost efficiency in the production planning process. The primary objective of aggregate planning is to mitigate unpredictable fluctuations, such as those caused by seasonal or external factors, and to minimize total planning costs. …”
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The implementation of House of Risk and Interpretive Structural Modeling Approach To Risk Mitigation of Supply Chain Problems In The Fertilizer Industry by Muhamad Mukhtarul Haqi, Farida Pulansari, Sinta Dewi

“…Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) is a process that involves identifying, evaluating, and reducing risks that have the potential to disrupt the smooth operation of the supply chain, which includes the movement of goods and services. …”
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Innovative Food Quality Models – Developed as an Interface for Modern Consumers and Sustainable Business by Rodica Pamfilie, Magdalena Bobe, Lavinia Cristescu, Maria Alexandra Toma

“…The intensive development of global markets correlated with the modern consumer’s demands led to a new complex approach concerning the food sector and its’ main determinants. Old market theories that describe the food market mechanisms as a simple three point process: “to produce – to sell – to buy” are now growing into elaborated models based on more determinants that have one common challenge: quality. …”
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The role of small farms in Italy: between subsistence and diversification by Elisa Ascione, Roberto Henke, Francesco Vanni

“…Finally, the indicators on public support seem to confirm the complementary role of rural development policies to the first pillar of the CAP, by highlighting the need of implementing more effective policy tools aimed at preventing the exit of small farms from the sector, also by supporting the entrepreneurial skills necessary to react and reverse the marginalization process.…”
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Trends in the development of the labor market of young professionals with higher education by T. V. Tarasyeva

“…However, in recent years, the higher education sector has been characterized by the desire of universities to solve this problem by reducing the imbalance between the graduation of specialists and the needs of potential employers. …”
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GIs, a promising innovation for the development of Africa’s food systems? The decisive role of collective actions by Maminiaina Randrianandrasana, Stéphane Fournier, Mikael Linder

“…GIs are perceived as important innovations within food systems, which lead to changes in how actors coordinate within the sector and the territory. These new forms of coordination can generate positive economic impacts across various scales. …”
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Best practices for acceptability of GM crops field trials conclusions: lessons for Africa by Paul Chege, Julia Njagi, John Komen, Godfrey Ngure, John Muriuki, Margaret Karembu

“…The ability to transfer information about the performance, safety, and environmental impacts of a genetically modified (GM) crop from confined field trials (CFTs) conducted in one location to another is increasingly gaining importance in biosafety regulatory assessment and decision-making. The CFT process can be expensive, time-consuming, and logistically challenging. …”
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PVLF: point-voxel local feature fusion for 3D detection by Haowei Zhao, Zhuolei Xiao

“…To address the potential complex computational issues in the convolution process, we have designed an innovative Adaptive Sparse Convolution (ASC) module that effectively eliminates redundant information in the feature layer. …”
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The Jews of the Russian Empire in the system of education modernization: forms of incorporation and preservation of national and religious identity (on the example of Dagestan) by Olga Borisovna Khalidova

“…The education sector is one of the priority areas in the Russian modernization at the present stage of development. …”
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Effect of Green Manufacturing on Performance of Sugar Manufacturing in Western Kenya by Mercy Nafula Mwalati, Willis Otuya, Kelvin Machuki

“…It will also elucidate the primary motivations for firms in this sector to adopt a green manufacturing philosophy as a strategic approach to enhance overall performance. …”
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Mannaging medical records with blockchain by Paulo Caetano da Silva, Reginalda Santos Silva, Daniel José Diaz

“… Internet applications and the use of other information technologies in the health sector are called e-Health, which aims to improve the flow of medical information through electronic means, optimizing the provision of services and the management of health systems. …”
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Enhanced Heart Disease Diagnosis Using Machine Learning Algorithms: A Comparison of Feature Selection by Hirmayanti, Ema Utami

“…Therefore, with the increasingly rapid development of technology, especially in the health sector, it is hoped that it can help medical personnel in treating patients suffering from various diseases, especially heart disease. …”
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