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    A Framework on the Use of Agile Methods in Logistics Startups af Malena Zielske, Tobias Held, Athanasios Kourouklis

    Udgivet 2022-02-01

    <i>Background:</i> The logistics industry has seen the emergence of many startups in recent years. Many of these logistics startups use new technologies to develop disruptive products, services or platforms that are based on software. This paper presents the results of a Delphi study and...

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    Personality and Smartphone Addiction in Romania’s Digital Age: The Mediating Role of Professional Status and the Moderating Effect of Adaptive Coping af Daniela-Elena Lițan

    Udgivet 2025-07-01

    In this research, we aimed to evaluate the relationship between the main dimensions of personality (Extraversion, Maturity, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, and Self-actualization) and mobile phone addiction, both directly and mediated by the professional context (professional status), and moderate...

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    Control and Management of Multi-Agent Systems Using Fuzzy Logic for Microgrids af Zineb Cabrane, Mohammed Ouassaid, Donghee Choi, Soo Hyoung Lee

    Udgivet 2025-07-01

    The existing standalone microgrids (MGs) require good energy management systems (EMSs) to respond to energy needs. The EMS presented in this paper is used for an MG based on PV and wind energy sources. The energy storage system is implemented using three packs of batteries. Power smoothing is carrie...

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    Recent Progress in the Vaccine Development Against Epstein–Barr Virus af Yihao Dai, Botian Zhang, Luming Yang, Shuo Tao, Yijing Yu, Conglei Li

    Udgivet 2025-06-01

    The Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) is the first human herpesvirus identified as an oncogenic agent, with approximately 95% of adults worldwide being latently infected. EBV infection is associated with multiple diseases, including nasopharyngeal carcinoma, Hodgkin’s lymphoma, infectious mononucleosis, and...

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    The Principal-Agent Theoretical Ramifications on Digital Transformation of Ports in Emerging Economies af Benjamin Mosses Sakita, Berit Irene Helgheim, Svein Bråthen

    Udgivet 2024-05-01

    <i>Background</i>: Scholarly literature indicates a slow pace at which maritime ports fully embrace digital transformation (DT). The reasons to this are largely anecdotal and lack solid empirical grounding. This inhibits an overall understanding of DT’s tenets and the development of evid...

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    Highly Aggressive Intraparenchymal Solitary Fibrous Tumor of the Lung with Distant Metastasis: A Case Report and Review of CT and PET/CT Findings af Jeong Joo Woo, Jin Kyung An

    Udgivet 2025-05-01

    <b>Background and Clinical Significance:</b> Solitary fibrous tumors (SFTs) arising from the lung parenchyma without any relation to the pleura are rare. <b>Case Presentation:</b> We report a case of highly aggressive intraparenchymal SFT of the lung in a 52-year-old woman wi...

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    Living Regeneratively: Housing Design That Enables Resident Agency in Ecological Restoration af Cristina Hernandez-Santin, Dominique Hes

    Udgivet 2025-07-01

    In 2022, the United Nations Global Biodiversity Framework set forth an ambitious target for “biodiversity-inclusive cities”, recognising the imperative to address biodiversity decline across all sectors, including the built environment. However, the application of this emerging concept remains limit...

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    An Experimental Study on the Interface Characteristics of Geogrid-Reinforced Construction and Demolition (C&D) Waste Recycled Aggregate Based on Pullout Tests af Da Zhang, Haixiang Gao, Haifeng Wang, Guangqing Yang

    Udgivet 2025-07-01

    China generates substantial construction and demolition (C&D) waste, owing to rapid urbanization. However, the resource utilization rate of C&D waste remains low. This work is devoted to promoting the application of C&D waste in reinforced soil structures. In this research, the physical...

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    Effects of Forest Age and Invasive Shrubs on Mycophilous Coleoptera Communities in a Temperate Deciduous Woodland af Jeffrey M. Brown, John O. Stireman

    Udgivet 2025-07-01

    Forests in the Eastern and Midwestern U.S. have been profoundly affected by human use over the last 150 years, with few old growth forests remaining. Such mature forests may harbor distinct communities and high biodiversity, particularly detritivores and their associated food webs. These communities...

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    Leveraging a Systems Approach for Immigrant Integration: Fostering Agile, Resilient, and Sustainable Organizational Governance af Pablo Farías

    Udgivet 2025-06-01

    Effectively managing immigrant workforces presents a significant contemporary challenge for organizations operating in a globalized world. Current management practices often fall short, failing to adequately address the complex interplay of social issues, cultural and linguistic distances, and the v...

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    Precision Solar Spectrum Filtering in Aerogel Windows via Synergistic ITO-Ag Nanoparticle Doping for Hot-Climate Energy Efficiency af Huilin Yang, Maoquan Huang, Mingyang Yang, Xuankai Zhang, Mu Du

    Udgivet 2025-07-01

    Windows are a major contributor to energy loss in buildings, particularly in hot climates where solar radiation heat gain significantly increases cooling demand. An ideal energy-efficient window must maintain high visible light transmittance while effectively blocking ultraviolet and near-infrared r...

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  12. 232

    Multi-Criteria Methods Applied in the Studies of Barriers Identified in the Implementation of Reverse Logistics of E-Waste: A Research Agenda af Barbara Oliveira Vieira, Patricia Guarnieri, Rose Nofal, Bayram Nofal

    Udgivet 2020-05-01

    Reverse logistics (RL) has emerged as a form of disposal and a conscious way to use products at the end of their use through the refurbishment, reuse, and recycling processes. Mainly in developing countries, there are still several barriers during the process of implementing reverse logistics, so de...

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  13. 233

    PD-like Consensus Tracking Algorithm for Discrete Multi-Agent Systems with Time-Varying Reference State Under Binary-Valued Communication af Yuqi Wu, Xu Sun, Ting Wang, Jie Wang

    Udgivet 2025-05-01

    In this paper, a new consensus tracking control algorithm is proposed for discrete multi-agent systems under binary communication with noise and a time-varying reference state. Unlike previous studies, the leader’s reference state is time-varying and convergent. Each agent estimates its neighbors’ s...

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    The Complexity of Oxidative Stress in Human Age-Related Diseases—A Review af Alicja Płóciniczak, Ewelina Bukowska-Olech, Ewa Wysocka

    Udgivet 2025-07-01

    The aging process is a complex and dynamic phenomenon influenced by genetic, environmental, and biochemical factors. One of the key contributors to aging and age-related diseases is oxidative stress, resulting from an imbalance between the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and the efficien...

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    MCRS-YOLO: Multi-Aggregation Cross-Scale Feature Fusion Object Detector for Remote Sensing Images af Lu Liu, Jun Li

    Udgivet 2025-06-01

    With the rapid development of deep learning, object detection in remote sensing images has attracted extensive attention. However, remote sensing images typically exhibit the following characteristics: significant variations in object scales, dense small targets, and complex backgrounds. To address...

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    Deep Reinforcement Learning-Based Two-Phase Hybrid Optimization for Scheduling Agile Earth Observation Satellites af Guanghui Zhou, Zhicheng Jin, Dongning Liu

    Udgivet 2025-06-01

    The multi-agile Earth observation satellite scheduling problem is challenging because of its large solution space and substantial task volume. This study generates observation schemes for static tasks over an execution period. To balance solution quality and computational efficiency, a deep reinforc...

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    Use of Recycled Aggregates in Lime Mortars for Conservation of Historical Buildings af Menard Kilumile, Marilda Barra, Fatma Mohamed, Diego Aponte

    Udgivet 2025-04-01

    The use of recycled burnt clay brick sand (RBS) and recycled concrete sand (RCS) in historical lime-based repair mortars can reduce the environmental impact caused by construction and demolition waste disposal. This study examined the use of fine recycled concrete and recycled brick aggregates for t...

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    Research on Optimum Design of Waste Recycling Network for Agricultural Production af Huabin Wu, Jing Zhang, Yanshu Ji, Yuelong Su, Shumiao Shu

    Udgivet 2025-07-01

    Agricultural production waste (APW) is characterized by pollution, increasing volume, spatial dispersion, and temporal and spatial variability in its generation. The improper handling of APW poses a growing risk to the environment and public health. This paper focuses on the planning of APW recyclin...

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    Potential of Boronic Acid Derivatization and Activity in Agrochemical Discovery af Liangshuo Ji, Jianxin Wu, Yachen Zuo, Wenqiang Gao, Jiyao Feng, Zhenhua Zhang

    Udgivet 2025-07-01

    Since the approval of Bortezomib (Velcade<sup>®</sup>) by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2003, boron-containing drugs have successfully entered the global market, spanning therapeutic areas such as anticancer, antibacterial, and antifungal agents. Meanwhile, boron is an e...

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    Modeling and Simulation of Urban Laser Countermeasures Against Low-Slow-Small UAVs af Zixun Ye, Jiang You, Jingliang Gu, Hangning Kou, Guohao Li

    Udgivet 2025-06-01

    This study addresses the modeling and simulation challenges of urban laser countermeasure systems against Low-Slow-Small (LSS) UAVs by proposing a physics simulation framework integrating Geographic Information System (GIS)-based dynamic 3D real-world scenes and constructing a hybrid Anti-UAV datase...

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