EVOLUTION OF ALGERIAN PUBLIC PROCUREMENT LEGISLATION: FROM FRAGMENTATION TO CONSTITUTIONALIZATION by KOLESNIKOV PAVEL

“…The problem of adequately reflecting such an identity in the field of public procurement, led to the transformation of the economic goals pursued by the country's leadership in different periods of time. …”
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Should We Reconsider RNNs for Time-Series Forecasting? by Vahid Naghashi, Mounir Boukadoum, Abdoulaye Banire Diallo

“…While Transformers demonstrate superior performance, their high computational cost limits their practical application in resource-constrained settings. (2) Methods: In this paper, we reconsider RNNs—specifically the GRU architecture—as an efficient alternative to time-series forecasting by leveraging this architecture’s sequential representation capability to capture cross-channel dependencies effectively. …”
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Inlay-Retained Fixed Dental Prosthesis: A Clinical Option Using Monolithic Zirconia by Davide Augusti, Gabriele Augusti, Andrea Borgonovo, Massimo Amato, Dino Re

“…Different indirect restorations to replace a single missing tooth in the posterior region are available in dentistry: traditional full-coverage fixed dental prostheses (FDPs), implant-supported crowns (ISC), and inlay-retained FDPs (IRFDP). …”
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Finding the Optimal Convolutional Kernel Size for Semantic Segmentation of Pole-like Objects in Lidar Point Clouds by Z. Zhang, D. Shojaei, K. Khoshelham

“…Furthermore, qualitative tests on an independent, unlabelled point cloud dataset from a different urban area demonstrate that our method consistently achieves accurate segmentation.…”
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Emerging Nanoparticle-Based Diagnostics and Therapeutics for Cancer: Innovations and Challenges by Rachitha Puttasiddaiah, Nagaraj Basavegowda, Nityashree Kyathegowdanadoddi Lakshmanagowda, Vinay Basavegowda Raghavendra, Niju Sagar, Kandi Sridhar, Praveen Kumar Dikkala, Maharshi Bhaswant, Kwang-Hyun Baek, Minaxi Sharma

“…On the other hand, nanomaterials have transformed the identification, diagnosis, and management of cancer. …”
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A stacked learning framework for accurate classification of polycystic ovary syndrome with advanced data balancing and feature selection techniques by Heba M. Emara, Walid El-Shafai, Naglaa F. Soliman, Abeer D. Algarni, Reem Alkanhel, Fathi E. Abd El-Samie

“…Critical to this contribution is the rigorous comparative analysis against existing methodologies, affirming the superior accuracy and performance attributes of the proposed framework.DiscussionThis substantiates its potential as a transformative tool in medical classification. Moreover, beyond immediate applications, this paper explores the generalization of the proposed framework, demonstrating its adaptability and efficacy across different medical classifications. …”
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Explaining the international opportunity recognition with the qualitative comparative analysis: The role of dynamic capabilities self-efficacy and global mindset by Omar Heredia-Portillo, Enrique Armas-Arévalos

“…Research Design & Methods: This was a quantitative study that uses a fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) to analyse how different combinations of sensing capability, seizing capability, transforming capability, networking capability, cognition, knowledge and behaviour are related to the international opportunity recognition (IOR). …”
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Women’s experiences of homelessness and violence during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada’s largest city: an integrated qualitative analysis of clients of violence against women orga... by Alexa R. Yakubovich, Lisa Boucher, Zoë Dodd, Alyssa Gerhardt, Priya Shastri

“…We applied a reflexive thematic analysis within a feminist poststructuralist framework to explore participants’ experiences of violence and homelessness and interrogate the structural factors that dictate which and how different participants ‘end up’ in different sectors and their outcomes. …”
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Laser Cutting of Titanium Alloy Plates: A Review of Processing, Microstructure, and Mechanical Properties by Ya Zhang, Chunyu Wang, Wentao Xu, Xianfeng Zhang, Kerong Ren, Shuai Wang, Qing Hua

“…The growing use of titanium alloys has led to the gradual replacement of traditional processing methods by laser cutting technology, making it the preferred method for processing titanium alloy plates due to its high efficiency, precision, and adaptability. …”
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Syncretism of digital risk and information security management by A.O. Natorina

“…It is substantiated that the digital business complementarily considers the use of heterogeneous methods of implementing innovative technologies, which determine the different directions of IT flows. …”
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Review of thirty patients with bone chondroblastoma by Slavković Slobodan, Tomić Slavko, Slavković Nemanja, Apostolović Milan

“…To analyse the results of the treatment of the patients with the diagnosis of chondroblastoma, to confirm the possible malignancy and to recommend the best and the safest method of the treatment. Methods. We reviewed the cases of 30 patients with chondroblastoma who were treated between 1975 and 2004. …”
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Sequentially Modified Gravitational Search Algorithm for Image Enhancement by Ferzan Katırcıoğlu, Uğur Güvenç

“…The success of this method has been increased by optimizing the parameters of the transformation function used. …”
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Recombining Features of Frequency Domain and Location for Machine Recognition of Sign Language by Sirous Tannaz

“…In this algorithm, the ratio of the number of white pixels to the total number of pixels is calculated in each of the areas. In Radon transformation, in addition to obtaining the general information of the image in each of the modes, we have increased the accuracy of the detection by using the proposed method and discarding additional information. …”
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Large Unit Teaching Design of Chinese: dispute analysis, Integration and Evaluation Strategy by REN Mingman, WEN Yihan

“…Transforming major concepts into common problems as the core of designing advanced learning tasks can achieve the consistency from the outside to the inside of large unit teaching. …”
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The Typology of Urban Polycentricity: A Comparative Study of Firm Distribution in 35 Chinese Cities by Zhihui Wu, Yanyan Peng, Bo Qin

“…By analyzing the spatial distribution of firms in 35 large Chinese cities, this study examines the quantity, centralization degree, and primacy ratio of urban centers to compare spatial structure of the cities and explores the different types of urban polycentricity by employing nonparametric regression methods. …”
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Intelligent Manufacturing - a New Understanding of Systems Integration by Claudio Geisert, Eckart Uhlmann, Julian Polte

“…Traditional production methods are being transformed into data-driven, intelligent systems that are able to optimise themselves and react to changes such as disruptions in the production process. …”
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Research of fracture mechanism of steel grade P91 on impact bending after preheat treatment before welding by F. I. Panteleenko, V. A. Zelenin, A. L. Minkov

“…The fractures were investigated by optical microscopy methods. It is shown that standard pre‑welding heat treatment (HT) of P91 steel – double normalization significantly reduces impact toughness, transforming the fracture into a quasi‑brittle state. …”
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Applying Fiscal Tools for Economic Development and Localization of CO VID‑ 19 Impacts on a Case Study of South America by E. Yu. Sidorova

“…The tax system of any country as a tool to fill the budget is never static, constantly subject to development and improvement, so it is relevant to study and apply its progressive elements used by different states. The subject of the study is the current tax transformation in Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, and its task is to study and apply its results, since the pandemic particularly affected the economies of developing countries. …”
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Thermal Reaction Process and Thermokinetic Characteristics of Coking Coal Oxidation by Ruoyu Bao, Changkui Lei, Chengbo Wang, Fubao Zhou

“…Furthermore, the KAS method was employed to calculate the apparent activation energy, and the Málek method was utilized to infer the most probable mechanism functions and determine the compensation effects at different stages of the coal oxidation process. …”
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Eye-gesture control of computer systems via artificial intelligence [version 3; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] by Nachaat Mohamed

“…Background Artificial Intelligence (AI) offers transformative potential for human-computer interaction, particularly through eye-gesture recognition, enabling intuitive control for users and accessibility for individuals with physical impairments. …”
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