An MBS-Assisted Femtocell Transmit Power Control Scheme with Mobile User QoS Guarantee in 2-Tier Heterogeneous Femtocell Networks by Jenhui Chen, Chih-Cheng Yang, Shiann-Tsong Sheu

“…A common baseline of deploying the FBS to increase the indoor access bandwidth requires that the FBS operation will not affect outdoor MUs operation with their quality-of-service (QoS) requirements. …”
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Dance Evaluation Based on Movement and Neural Network by Yan Lei, Xin Li, Yi Jiao Chen

“…The new dance moves and other related issues cannot be generated by the traditional model. In order to address these issues, we design a dance generation algorithm based on movements and neural networks that will extract the mapping between voice and movement features. …”
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Letter from the Editor

“…This letter introduces the articles of the issue, contextualizing the work in the wake of the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) and arguing for a similar approach to addressing climate change in first aid as the previous issue (Vol. 4, No. 1) made to addressing COVID-19, raising the question, "So how can we raise our voice on the role of first aid education as a public health solution, which is apolitical and evidence-based?"…”
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Seeing the Sound: Multilingual Lip Sync for Real-Time Face-to-Face Translation by Amirkia Rafiei Oskooei, Mehmet S. Aktaş, Mustafa Keleş

“…This paper addresses the lack of robust solutions for real-time face-to-face translation, particularly for low-resource languages, by introducing a comprehensive framework that not only translates language but also replicates voice nuances and synchronized facial expressions. …”
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Asking an AI for salary negotiation advice is a matter of concern: Controlled experimental perturbation of ChatGPT for protected and non-protected group discrimination on a context... by R Stuart Geiger, Flynn O'Sullivan, Elsie Wang, Jonathan Lo

“…The most substantial gaps were different model versions and between the employee- vs employer-voiced prompts. We also observed substantial gaps when varying university and major, but many of the biases were not consistent across model versions. …”
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The Moderating Influence of Project Scope on Leadership Skills, Stakeholder Management, and Execution of Fibre Optic Infrastructure by James Konya Akhwaba

“…Telecommunication and Internet service enterprise has drastically evolved in the last 10 years across the globe. With demand for huge amounts of data and increased voice traffic, optical fibre is globally preferred technology to transmit high-speed broadband. …”
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The politics of gating (A response to Private Security and Public Space by Manzi and Smith-Bowers) by Rowland Atkinson

“… Gated residential developments, neighbourhoods to which public access is restricted, continue to generate academic, policymaker and public curiosity. …”
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Identifying Opportunities for Exploiting Cross-Layer Interactions in Adaptive Wireless Systems by Troy Weingart, Douglas C. Sicker, Dirk Grunwald

“…The goal of this analysis is to identify opportunities where system designers might exploit cross-layer interactions to improve the performance of Voice over IP (VoIP), instant messaging (IM), and file transfer applications.…”
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The politics of gating (A response to Private Security and Public Space by Manzi and Smith-Bowers) by Rowland Atkinson

“… Gated residential developments, neighbourhoods to which public access is restricted, continue to generate academic, policymaker and public curiosity. …”
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Acoustic Echo Cancellation Embedded in Smart Transcoding Algorithm between 3GPP AMR-NB Modes by Emmanuel Rossignol Thepie Fapi, Dominique Pastor, Christophe Beaugeant, Hervé Taddei

“…The proposed system addresses simultaneously problems due to network interoperability and network voice quality enhancement. …”
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Be Your Sister’s Keeper: Personal Experience of Travelling a Lonely Journey in Academia by Duduzile Mzindle

“…Black woman marginalisation takes variegated forms, and it has its roots in patriarchy and identity confusion. Whilst access is created by the system, there is very little support to enable black women to survive and succeed as they climb the bureaucratic ladder in neoliberal universities. …”
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The politics of gating (A response to Private Security and Public Space by Manzi and Smith-Bowers) by Rowland Atkinson

“… Gated residential developments, neighbourhoods to which public access is restricted, continue to generate academic, policymaker and public curiosity. …”
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Paradigm shift in head and neck oncology patient management by Chiquit van Linden van den Heuvell, Florence van Zuuren, Mary Wells, Geert van der Laan, Harry Reintsema

“…Many disciplines are involved in their treatment, so their voice is only one amongst many others in the decision making process. …”
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Caring for Form: Ali Smith and Contemporary Refugee Life-Writing by Miriam Nandi

“…Refugee life writing draws attention to the actual stories behind the statistics (100 million refugees worldwide, more than 3,000 people drowned while attempting to cross the Mediterranean in 2023 alone) and calls for solidarity across national and ethnic divides. A particularly poignant, but also provocative example of such an act of solidarity is the Refugee Tales project, in which established literary authors collaborate with refugees to relate stories of war, flight, loss, and the brutality of asylum systems in the West. …”
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THE ROLE OF (ECONOMIC) INSTITUTIONS IN ATTRACTING FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA by Amra Babajić, Mirnesa Baraković-Nurikić

“…FDI can be a very important channel for technology transfer between countries or simply a way to promote international trade through greater access to foreign markets, while from the aspect of international economic integration it can create stable and long-term connections between countries. …”
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THE ROLE OF (ECONOMIC) INSTITUTIONS IN ATTRACTING FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA by Amra Babajić, Mirnesa Baraković-Nurikić

“…FDI can be a very important channel for technology transfer between countries or simply a way to promote international trade through greater access to foreign markets, while from the aspect of international economic integration it can create stable and long-term connections between countries. …”
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Les bonobos se rappellent-ils la voix de leurs anciens partenaires ? by Florence Levréro, Sumir Keenan, Nicolas Mathevon, Jeroen MG Stevens, Jean Pascal Guéry, Klaus Zuberbühler

“…For non-human primates who live in dense forest environments, visual access to one another is often limited, and recognition of social partners over distances largely depends on vocal communication. …”
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IDAS: Intelligent Driving Assistance System Using RAG by Hernandez-Salinas Bernardo, Juan Terven, E. A. Chavez-Urbiola, Diana-Margarita Cordova-Esparza, Julio-Alejandro Romero-Gonzalez, Amadeo Arguelles, Ilse Cervantes

“…This article presents the Intelligent Driving Assistance System (IDAS), an artificial intelligence system that enables the driver to use voice commands to access various features of a car. …”
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In-office laryngeal procedures (IOLP) in Canada: current safety practices and procedural care by Yael Bensoussan, Jennifer Anderson

“…Significant variation was found in procedural processes including intra procedural monitoring, anticoagulation screening, access to emergency equipment and documentation. Conclusion Our survey demonstrates that the delivery of IOLP in Canada varies considerably. …”
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Strengthening public health education and humanitarian response through academic volunteerism by Faiza Rab, Mekdes Assefa, Salim Sohani, Ilja Ormel, Farwa Arshad, Ahmad Firas Khalid

“…They provide critical support for scaling up programs, especially during emergency situations, offering innovative solutions to address human resource shortages driven by funding constraints.…”
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