Coordination of a Green Supply Chain with One Manufacturer and Two Competing Retailers under Different Power Structures by Wei Wang, Xiujuan Liu, Wensi Zhang, Ge Gao, Hui Zhang

“…Then, we design a two-part tariff contract which can encourage the supply chain members to promote cooperation and eventually coordinate the decentralized green supply chain under each power structure. …”
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Scaled Fenwick Trees by Matthew Cushman

“…This research was done as part of Ajna Labs in the course of developing a decentralized finance protocol. It enables an efficient on-chain encoding and processing of an order book-like data structure used to manage lending, interest, and collateral.…”
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Federated Learning Lifecycle Management for Distributed Medical Artificial Intelligence Applications: A Case Study on Post-Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Complication Predi... by Min Hyuk Jung, InSeo Song, KangYoon Lee

“…Federated learning is a paradigm that enables the training of machine learning models in a decentralized manner without transferring data to a central repository, allowing model development while preserving data privacy across medical and other industries. …”
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Role of Political Leaders in Promoting Effective Service Delivery in Central Division Kabale Municipality. by Akampurira, Allan

“…In terms of accessibility to services, the study revealed that political leaders play a crucial role by creating and enacting policies and legislation, ensuring equitable resource distribution, promoting infrastructure development, decentralizing services, advocating for laws and policies, and raising public awareness to inform citizens. …”
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A workplace organisational intervention to improve hospital nurses’ and physicians’ mental health: study protocol for the Magnet4Europe wait list cluster randomised controlled tria... by Peter Griffiths, Jonathan Drennan, Jackie Bridges, Luk Bruyneel, Jane Ball, Linda H Aiken, Douglas M Sloane, Anners Lerdal, Matthew McHugh, Herbert Smith, Anne Marie Rafferty, Reinhard Busse, Walter Sermeus, Julia Köppen, Lars E Eriksson, Kaat Siebens, Matthew D McHugh, Anne Scott, Ingeborg Strømseng Sjetne, Sydney Anstee, Peter Van Bogaert, Rikard Lindqvist, Linda Aiken, Douglas Sloane, Hans De Witte, Wilmar B Schaufeli, Hans De Witte, Simon Dello, Dorothea Kohnen, Claudia Bettina Maier, Lisa Smeds Alenius, Mary Del Guidice, Timothy Cheney, Claudia Maier, Joan Kleine, Elaine Lehane Vera McCarthy, Noeleen Brady, Monica Bukkøy Kjetland, Paul Van Aken, Danny Van Heusden

“…The process of implementation will be evaluated using qualitative data from focus group and key informant interviews.Ethics and dissemination This study was approved by the Ethics Committee Research UZ/KU Leuven, Belgium; additionally, ethics approval is obtained in all other participating countries either through a central or decentral authority. Findings will be disseminated at conferences, through peer-reviewed manuscripts and via social media.Trial registration number ISRCTN10196901.…”
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Optimizing Lightweight Recurrent Networks for Solar Forecasting in TinyML: Modified Metaheuristics and Legal Implications by Gradimirka Popovic , Zaklina Spalevic , Luka Jovanovic , Miodrag Zivkovic , Lazar Stosic , Nebojsa Bacanin 

“…The discussion provided in this manuscript also includes the legal framework for renewable energy forecasting, its integration, and the policy implications of establishing a decentralized and cost-effective forecasting system.…”
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Relationship between Physical Activity Level and Physical Literacy in Iranian Ethnic Children: A Cross-Cultural Study by Majid Mohammadi, Sheikh Mahmoud, Davood Hoomanian, Hasan Gharayagh Zandi, Mehrzad Hamidi

“…This is why it is advised that physical education programs implement decentralized planning.…”
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One Year Outcomes and Stability of a Novel Scleral Anchored Intraocular Lens by Edoardo Abed, Matteo Forlini, Edlira Bendo, Aurelio Imburgia, Alessandro Mularoni, Corrado Gizzi, Giuseppe Santino, Daniele Corazza, Giacomo Costa

“…None of the patients had decentration or dislocation of scleral-fixated IOL during the follow-up. …”
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CAD Design for Recycling and Utilization of Waste Packaging from the Perspective of Ecological Criticism by Jia Wen

“…The recycling revenue and net profit generated by channel 2 (internet of things recycling machine) are higher than those generated by channel 1 (decentralized recycling vendor responsible for recycling). …”
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Assessment and Optimization of Ecological Networks in Trans-Provincial Metropolitan Areas—A Case Study of the Xuzhou Metropolitan Area by Yijia Zhao, Peiyuan Zhang, Hao Xu, Wei Liu

“…The results show that urban expansion has caused a decentralized layout of the ecological space in the study area across the provincial metropolitan area, with an uneven distribution of ecological sources and the development of ecological corridors in an east-dense and west-sparse pattern in 30 years. …”
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Design and construction of an Arduino-based load-shedding management system for improving electricity consumption in a medium-sized creative office building by Olumuyiwa Amusan, Benjamin Olorunfemi, Ayomide Fagboyo

“… Standalone energy generation is revolutionizing electricity production and consumption by offering decentralized and sustainable options, benefiting communities, enhancing resilience, and reducing dependence on traditional power grids. …”
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A Comparative Analysis of Blockchain in Enhancing the Drug Traceability in Edible Foods Using Multiple Regression Analysis by K. Suresh Kumar, Vinay Kumar Nassa, Dipesh Uike, Ashima kalra, Ajay Kumar Sahu, Vijay Anant Athavale, V. Saravanan

“…These approaches leverage the usage of smart contracts and decentralize the storage of information in a secure manner for enhanced product traceability in the F&B industry. …”
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Explorer des oeuvres de francophonie périphérique (Belgique francophone) pour amplifier l'expérience interculturelle d'apprenants en Erasmus by Élisabeth Castadot

“…D’autre part, la découverte d’œuvres ou de références d’une communauté francophone « périphérique » (Klinkenberg, 2010) ouvre, pour ces étudiants internationaux, une voie vers la réflexivité sur l’expérience de décentrement qu’ils vivent (Anquetil, 2006 ; Meunier, 2015), ainsi que sur le développement de compétences interrelationnelles que le séjour Erasmus peut leur permettre de développer. …”
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Evaluating the dynamics of fee-free higher education in South Africa: a causal loop diagram approach  [version 3; peer review: 2 approved, 1 not approved] by Grace Kanakana-Katumba, Tlotlo Ramasu

“…Also, administrative inefficiencies within the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) result in delays and inconsistencies, reducing policy inclusivity, and decentralized implementation across institutions perpetuates disparities in quality and access. …”
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Flapless and Conjunctiva-Sparing Technique for Transscleral Fixation of Intraocular Lens to Correct Refractive Errors in Eyes without Adequate Capsular Support by Wei Lou, Ziang Chen, Yang Huang, Haiying Jin

“…The mean tilt angle and decentration were 2.90° ± 1.93° (range: 0.39° to 9.10°) and 0.23 ± 0.19 mm (range: 0.02 to 0.94 mm) vertically, and 1.75° ± 1.41° (range: 0.24° to 7.65°) and 0.18 ± 0.19 mm (range: 0.02 to 1.06 mm) horizontally, which were clinically insignificant. …”
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Unlocking the potential of micro-hydropower in water distribution networks: a comprehensive systematic review for Malaysia’s sustainable energy future by Muhammad Fazrulilahi Abdul Rahman, Norashikin Ahmad Kamal, Jazuri Abdullah, Emanuele Quaranta, Sangmin Shin

“…MHP systems are feasible for decentralized and sustainable energy production; nevertheless, problems including infrastructure constraints, substantial initial costs, and the requirement for technical proficiency persist. …”
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A Metaheuristic Approach to Detecting and Mitigating DDoS Attacks in Blockchain-Integrated Deep Learning Models for IoT Applications by Manal Alkhammash

“…To obtain this, the MHADMA-BCIDL method utilizes BC technologies to facilitate secured communication in networks of IoT, reinforcing security through decentralized and immutable data storage. For the feature selection process, the arctic tern optimization (ATO) technique is employed to decrease the data dimensionality while conserving the most relevant attributes. …”
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Scalable and Privacy-Preserving Inter-AS Routing Through Machine-Learning-Based Graph Pruning by Davide Andreoletti, Cristina Rottondi, Silvia Giordano, Andrea Bianco

“…The decentralized nature of traditional inter-domain routing protocols may lead to several issues, including convergence issues and proneness to misconfiguration. …”
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The effects of unified pooling arrangement on health inequity in China: a DID-RIF approach by Jing Wu, Yuqing Liu, Chuncheng Wang, Lianjie Liu, Jiaqian Lu

“…Abstract Background To address the health inequity caused by decentralized management, China has introduced a provincial pooling system for urban employees’ basic medical insurance. …”
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Habitat collectif « de standing » au cœur de Santiago du Chili : un modèle résidentiel vertical attractif ? by Line Henry

“…We noted a research by this affluent population of a “decentralized centrality” provided by the poly-centrality of Chile’s capital, and set, in the frame of our study, around the business district of Apoquindo avenue. …”
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