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Designing a data-driven leagile sustainable closed-loop supply chain network
Nowadays, there is a great deal of interest in applying sustainability concepts for logistics and supply chain management. This paper proposes a new multi objective model in the... -
Allocating outreach resources for disease control in a dynamic population wit...
Infected individuals must be aware of disease symptoms to seek care, so outreach and education programs are critical to disease control. However, public health organizations... -
Learning democracy digitally? The internet and knowledge of democracy in nond...
The study of public opinion in nondemocratic states has found that people often say they support democracy, yet they show little demand for democratization or regime change.... -
A public-private partnership for the express development of antiviral leads: ...
The COVID-19 pandemic raises the question of strategic readiness for emergent pathogens. The current case illustrates that the cost of inaction can be higher in the future. The... -
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We show how a factor analysis model can be fitted to nominal data using the computer program Mplus. The model is akin to multinomial logistic regression with unobserved... -
Detecting asthma exacerbations using daily home monitoring and machine learning
Objective: Acute exacerbations contribute significantly to the morbidity of asthma. Recent studies have shown that early detection and treatment of asthma exacerbations leads to... -
Web-based system for visualisation of water quality index
Data visualisation is an essential tool for effective communication and interpretation of information. Visualisation of information using images is easier compared to numerical... -
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Typically, cardiac substructures are neither delineated nor analyzed during radiation treatment planning. Therefore, we developed a novel machine learning model to evaluate the... -
Textual analysis and corporate bankruptcy: A financial dictionary-based senti...
Current works in textual analysis for the financial reports are trying to quantify textual data as meaningful predictors for the future financial performance or stock returns.... -
A hierarchical algorithm for multicentric matched cohort study designs
Lack of structural equality is a major issue to be addressed in observational studies. Their major disadvantage of these studies compared to randomized controlled trials is the... -
Monitoring the effects of vehicle components’ size on optimum structural cras...
To determine the effects of vehicle components’ size on the optimum structural crashworthiness of a vehicle, sufficient data on the expected crash behaviour are required.... -
Inter- and intra-city networks: how networks are shaping China’s film industry
While existing studies have mapped out various networks with some visualization techniques, we move one step forward by examining if city/firm performance is dependent not only... -
Leverage, Asymmetry, and Heavy Tails in the High-Dimensional Factor Stochasti...
We develop a flexible modeling and estimation framework for a high-dimensional factor stochastic volatility (SV) model. Our specification allows for leverage effects, asymmetry... -
Scalable module detection for attributed networks with applications to breast...
The objective of network module detection is to identify groups of nodes within a network structure that are tightly connected. Nodes in a network often have attributes (aka... -
Review and perspective of tissue engineering therapy for the treatment of cor...
Tissue engineering therapy for the treatment of corneal endothelial decompensation was proposed in the 1970s. In 2013, a clinical trial of the injection of cultured human... -
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Many engineering design problems are associated with computationally expensive and time-consuming simulations for design evaluation. In such problems, each candidate design... -
Use of technology by orientation and mobility professionals in Australia and ...
Orientation and Mobility (O&M) professionals teach people with low vision or blindness to use specialist assistive technologies to support confident travel, but many O&M... -
Effects of assistive technology-based occupational therapy on community-dwell...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of assistive technology-based occupational therapy on occupational performance, satisfaction, and psychosocial impacts of... -
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Freight trains between Europe and China (China Railway Express) are a central component of the Belt and Road Initiative. In recent years, the service has experienced significant... -
Community participation in affordable housing provision in developing cities:...
Studies showed that rapid urbanization creates encumbrance for affordable housing in many developing world cities. Community participation has been proved as a successful...
