Cost Analysis in Shoulder Arthroplasty Surgery by Matthew J. Teusink, Nazeem A. Virani, John A. Polikandriotis, Mark A. Frankle

“…Cost in shoulder surgery has taken on a new focus with passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. As part of this law, there is a provision for Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) and the bundled payment initiative. …”
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Experimental Research on Internal Behaviors of Caved Rocks under the Uniaxial Confined Compression by Yu-jiang Zhang, Guo-rui Feng, Ting-ye Qi

“…Boundary effect and changes of voids and contact pressure among caved rocks lead to different movement law in different position in sample’s interior. …”
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Analysis of Antideformation and Antivibration Effect of Different Track Beds under Subway Train Vibration by Jin Zhang, Chuanhao Xi, Yanhua Sun, Guangsheng Li, Junwei Liu, Mengxue Wang

“…According to the analysis, influenced by the formation of Qingdao Metro Line 3, the time-history curve of the displacement excitation of the trackbed presents the distribution law of “large in the middle and small at both ends.” …”
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Ecuador's Cantonal (Municipal) Planning System: The Need for Reform by Manuel Benabent-Fernández de Córdoba, Lorena Vivanco-Cruz

“…Local planning in Ecuador has undergone major changes as a result of the approval of the “Ley Orgánica de Ordenamiento Territorial, Uso y Gestión de Suelo” (Local Territorial Planning and Land Management Organic Law) and by the development of new planning instruments such as the “Land Use and Management Plan” and the “Territorial Development and Management Plan”. …”
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The role of the educational psychologist in organisation in identifying and correcting destructive social deviance among adolescents in the context of digitalisation by V. V. Popov, A. V. Erokhina, S. V. Cherkasova

“…A comprehensive analysis of adolescent deviations and various aspects of dealing with students’ destructive behavior and with their parents using knowledge from different subject areas – law, sociology, psychology, medicine, pedagogy, has been conducted. …”
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Institutes for the new model of economic growth regional management development (territories of advanced development, territories of advanced social and economic development) by N. S. Stepanov

“…In the field of territories of advanced development, there is a separate regulation that changes the generally applicable rules of law concerning the beginning and implementation of economic activity. …”
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Public utility fees as own revenues of local self-government units in the territory of Autonomous Province of Vojvodina by Cvetković-Ivetić Cvjetana, Baturan Luka

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Capturing the Signature of Topological Evolution from the Snapshots of Road Networks by Gi Ung Jang, Jin Chul Joo, Jeryang Park

“…By using average node degree as an indicator of the level of self-organization, we present that multiple topological variables including power-law exponent gradually shift as a network grows. …”
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Biology-Inspired Robust Dive Plane Control of Non-Linear AUV Using Pectoral-Like Fins by Subramanian Ramasamy, Sahjendra N. Singh

“…A robust servo regulator for the control of the depth of the vehicle, based on the non-linear internal model principle, is derived. For the control law derivation, an exosystem of third order is introduced, and the non-linear time-varying biorobotic autonomous underwater vehicle model, including the fin forces, is represented as a non-linear autonomous system in an extended state space. …”
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Artificial intelligence (AI) or augmented intelligence? How big data and AI are transforming healthcare: Challenges and opportunities by K Moodley

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The Organizational Structure and Operational Logic of an Urban Smart Governance Information Platform: Discussion on the Background of Urban Governance Transformation in China by Junfang Kang, Xianjun Wang

“…This paper contributes to promoting the modernization of China’s urban governance capacity, which can enhance social equity and social order, promote social democracy and rule of law, and enhance the efficiency of urban governance.…”
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Optimal Tag-Based Cooperation Control for the “Prisoner’s Dilemma” by Rui Dong, Xinghong Jia, Xianjia Wang, Yonggang Chen

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Novel Fuzzy Neural Nonsingular Terminal Sliding Mode Control of MEMS Gyroscope by Zhe Wang, Juntao Fei

“…Moreover, an exponential approach law is used to accelerate the convergence rate of the system to the sliding surface. …”
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Genetic Mechanism of Lower-Order Faults in Shale Formations in Rift Basins by Haimeng Yang, Xuepeng Wu, Jingshou Liu, Caifu Hu

“…Therefore, it is necessary to predict the development law of faults in combination with the paleostress field during the fault formation period to improve the accuracy of fault seismic interpretation. …”
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Performance Analysis and Optimization of Built-In Permanent Magnet and Salient-Pole Electromagnetic Hybrid Excitation Generators for Vehicles by Huihui Geng, Xue-Yi Zhang, Yanhong Gao, Shilong Yan, Yufeng Zhang, Yutong Han, Lei Wang, Sizhan Hua

“…The paper deduced the analytical expressions of the main magnetic field and armature reaction magnetic field of the HEG and analyzed the armature reaction magnetic circuit, the main influencing parameters, and the influence law of each parameter on the generator output performance to complete the parameter matching of the whole machine. …”
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Reasons, consequences, and prevention possibilities of financial crises by K. E. Volkov

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Nonisothermal Kinetic Analysis and AC Conductivity for Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)/Zinc Oxide (ZnO) Nanocomposite by Huda AlFannakh

“…Both S and A coefficients were predicted using the Jonscher power law and OriginLab software. The trends of S and A coefficients were discussed based on the glass transition of the host polymer.…”
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THE PRINCIPLE OF THE ADVANTAGE OF SUBSTANCE OVER FORM IN THE TRANSACTION OF SUBMITTING A TRADEMARK by Edyta Piątek

“…The article assesses the transaction of contributing a trademark created during business activity to a newly established company in the context of the principle of the advantage of substance over form and applicable tax law provisions. In order to build the value and structure of their assets in the balance sheet and act against the principle of substance over form, enterprises separate and contribute economic resources that do not meet the definition of assets to newly established companies. …”
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Integrated 6-DOF Orbit-Attitude Dynamical Modeling and Control Using Geometric Mechanics by Ling Jiang, Yue Wang, Shijie Xu

“…For a demonstration purpose, a simple asymptotic tracking control law with almost global convergence is designed. …”
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Do majority shareholder control deviation results in financial constraints? by Igor Bernardi Sonza, Alberto Granzotto

“…Theoretical/methodological/practical contributions: the main implication of the research is to reveal idiosyncratic sources of credit in Brazil, since the majority shareholder control deviation (MSCD) reflects the weak legal protection for minority shareholders and creditors (civil law). This research helps capital market investors in countries with weak legal protections to choose companies that are concerned about governance issues, as well as companies to understand that such deviations can be harmful to corporate debt. …”
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