Reconceptualizing the balanced scorecard as a communication mechanism in healthcare by Feng Guo, Ying Sophie Huang, Moeki Nemoto, Moeki Nemoto

“…Our framework consists of four interconnected layers: healthcare values foundation, BSC perspectives, healthcare communication processes (clinical strategic, interprofessional coordination, and healthcare stakeholder communication), and constitutive processes. …”
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Participatory Visual Methods and the Mobilization of Community Knowledge: Working Towards Community-Derived Disaster Risk Management in the Context of Advancing Climate Change by Gillian F. Black, Leif Petersen, Tsitsi J. Mpofu-Mketwa, Liezl Dick, Anna Wilson, Sikhululekile Ncube, Amber Abrams, Kirsty Carden, Jen Dickie, Niall Hamilton-Smith, Laurence Piper, Guy Lamb

“…We use the ‘Water and Fire’ project as an example of a research process undertaken to mobilize community knowledge on environmental disaster risk management. …”
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Permafrost Cloud Feedback May Amplify Climate Change by Philipp deVrese, Tobias Stacke, Veronika Gayler, Victor Brovkin

“…Abstract Rising temperatures entail important changes in the soil hydrologic processes of the northern permafrost zone. Using the ICON‐Earth System Model, we show that a large‐scale thaw of essentially impervious frozen soil layers may cause a positive feedback by which permafrost degradation amplifies the causative warming. …”
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Direct observation of V-trimers in the crystal structure of LiVO2 by S. Yun, C.-F. Chang, S.-H. Chen, C.-Y. Kuo, L. H. Tjeng, A. C. Komarek

“…This motivated us to attribute the streak-like superstructure reflection intensities in LiVO2 to an overlap of reflections due to a unit cell doubling along the c-axis, which contrasts with the previous interpretation of randomly stacked V trimer layers. The availability of the crystal structure data forms a starting point for the quantitative modeling of the trimerization phenomenon in this complex Mott insulator.…”
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Effects of different irrigation methods on micro-environments and root distribution in winter wheat fields by Guo-hua LÜ, Ji-qing SONG, Wen-bo BAI, Yong-feng WU, Yuan LIU, Yao-hu KANG

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Automated classification of midpalatal suture maturation stages from CBCTs using an end-to-end deep learning framework by Omid Halimi Milani, Lauren Mills, Amanda Nikho, Marouane Tliba, Veerasathpurush Allareddy, Rashid Ansari, Ahmet Enis Cetin, Mohammed H. Elnagar

“…The feature extraction integrates Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) architectures, such as EfficientNet and ResNet18, alongside our novel Multi-Filter Convolutional Residual Attention Network (MFCRAN) enhanced with Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) layers. Moreover, to better capture the inherent order within the data classes, we augment the supervised training process with a ranking loss by attending to the relationship within the label domain. …”
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Research on Stability of an Open-Pit Mine Dump with Fiber Optic Monitoring by Tao Zhigang, Zhu Chun, Wang Yong, Wang Jiamin, He Manchao, Zhang Bo

“…The governing principles of deformation in the shallow dump layers in terms of different heaped loads and rainfall were then determined using fiber optic sensing to conduct an experimental study on the monitoring of the dump stability with an indoor physical model. …”
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Experimental Investigation of Soil Settlement Mechanisms Induced by Staged Dewatering and Excavation in Alternating Multi-Aquifer–Aquitard Systems by Cheng Zhao, Yimei Cheng, Guohong Zeng, Guoyun Lu, Yuwen Ju

“…To systematically investigate their combined influence, this study conducted a scaled physical model test under staged excavation and dewatering conditions within a layered multi-aquifer–aquitard system. …”
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Numerical Simulation on an Ultra-Large Seven-Ring Internal Support System Considering the Effects of Soil–Structure Interaction and Temperature by Hexiang Hu, Yu Tian, Neimeng Zheng, Xiuli Du, Haishan Guo, Zhonghua Xu

“…The Hardening Soil model with small strain stiffness is used to simulate and analyze the whole excavation process of the foundation pit. …”
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DFL: Dynamic Federated Split Learning in Heterogeneous IoT by Eric Samikwa, Antonio Di Maio, Torsten Braun

“…Secondly, the heterogeneous computing and communication resources in IoT devices often result in unstable training processes that slow down the training of a global model and affect energy consumption. …”
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Bond-Slip Behavior between Plastic Bellow and Concrete by Eryu Zhu, Teng Li, Haoran Liu, Chunqi Zhu, Lei Liu, Yuanyuan Tian, Yujie Li, Wei Yang

“…Based on the test data, a bond-slip constitutive relationship model was established, which accurately reflects the bond-slip process. …”
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STRUCTURE OF SUPER QUARTZITE AT THE BURAL-SARDYK DEPOSIT, EAST SAYAN MOUNTAINS by А. М. Mazukabzov, А. М. Fedorov, A. I. Nepomnyashchikh

“…An alternative is detachment taking place concordantly to layering. The only interlayer is composed of limestones that underwent intense plastic deformation reflected in multi-folding. …”
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Observations of ionospheric disturbances via U-shaped traces on ionograms by O. A. Laryunin

“…Of particular interest is investigating dynamic processes from the series of ionograms taken once each minute. …”
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Machine Learning Potential for Serpentines by Hongjin Wang, Chenxing Luo, Renata M. Wentzcovitch

“…Abstract Serpentines are layered hydrous magnesium silicates (MgO⋅SiO2⋅H2O) formed through serpentinization, a geochemical process that significantly alters the physical property of the mantle. …”
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Reinforcement of Slope Failure on Ponorogo – Pacitan KM 226 Road to Mitigate Landslides by Ailia Rizky Akbarrina, Yulvi Zaika, Arief Rachmansyah

“…The collected field data was then processed and modeled to obtain an overview of the subsurface rock lithology arrangement. …”
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A Reference Architecture for Smart Car Parking Management Systems by Mert Ozkaya, Alper Turunc

“…Our RA design offers a feature model that consists of the common and varying features for SPMSs. …”
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Study on the extension law of fractures in shale reservoirs under impact loads. by Wei Li, Zhuolun Li, Ying Li, Huan Zhao, Shuangyang Wang, Xingsheng Xu, Jiahao Kong

“…The results indicate that the original crack zone of layered reservoirs is more prone to induce stress, which is beneficial for reservoir transformation in the near wellbore area, while explosive fracturing. …”
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A decision support tool for predicting water yield in North Florida forests by Katie Glodzik, Matthew J. Cohen

“…Our tool assembles geographic data layers on forest structure, hydrogeology, and hydroclimate, the inputs for an established empirical model to predict stand-level water yield. …”
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Maladaptive neuropathological syndrome of blood vessel aging by A. A. Artemenkov

“…Based on this principle, a model of vascular aging is further constructed, which is based on the maladaptive damage to all layers of the vascular wall (intima, media and adventitia). …”
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Tensile strength and elongation prediction for pulsed current gas tungsten arc welded AISI 4135 steel by auto-associative memory network by Efezino McCarthy Elutabe, Sunday Ayoola Oke, John Rajan, Swaminathan Jose

“…The results demonstrated that a simple auto-associative memory network of two layers can store and recall PCGTAW process data. The mean absolute error and root mean square error between the predicted and actual tensile strength were 37.13 and 46.83 MPa, respectively, and for elongation percentage, they were 0.64 and 0.91%, respectively. …”
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