The organizational challenges of municipal call centers as a health service in Norway-a multiple case study by Linda Grøndal-Eeles, Janne Dugstad, Hilde Eide, Etty Nilsen

“…When implementing technology, someone needs to monitor and answer the alarms and calls, which is often coined ‘telecare’. …”
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Increased rate of multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacterial infections in hospitalized immunocompromised pediatric patients by Sarah Khafaja, Sarah Khafaja, Yara Salameh, Celina F. Boutros, Cherine Awad, Kawthar Faour, Nadim Tfaily, Sarah Merhi, Zeinab El Zein, Zeinab El Zein, Samer Bou Karroum, Dana Oweini, Danielle Fayad, George F. Araj, George F. Araj, George F. Araj, Ramia Zakhour, Ghassan S. Dbaibo, Ghassan S. Dbaibo

“…MDR GNB infections predominated causing 72% of the episodes, with alarming MDR rates among Escherichia coli (95.7%) and Klebsiella pneumoniae (82.7%). …”
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Giant Whip Scorpion Mastigoproctus giganteus giganteus (Lucas, 1835) (Arachnida: Thelyphonida (=Uropygi): Thelyphonidae) by William H. Kern, Ralph E. Mitchell

“…To encounter a giant whip scorpion for the first time can be an alarming experience! What seems like a miniature monster from a horror movie is really a fairly benign creature. …”
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Service security monitoring mechanism for application server cluster by Hongyao JU

“…For an application system，the workloads on the application servers’ key hardware and the working state of the application software are important factors affecting the system’s safety.Based on studies of the monitoring techniques for CPU，RAM，network traffic，software directories and software files of application servers，dynamic comprehensive monitoring，safety review and application software intelligent recovery were integrated，and an intelligent monitoring system was constructed for the application systems.The mechanisms and methodology of the monitoring system were illustrated.The system realized intelligent monitoring the working state of hardware and software，achieved the goal of automatic alarming，fault locating upon abnormal working states of the hardware or software and automatic recovery upon attacks to the software.…”
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Biology of Gratiana boliviana, the First Biocontrol Agent Released to Control Tropical Soda Apple in the USA by Julio C. Medal, D. Gandolfo, James P. Cuda

“… Tropical soda apple (TSA), Solanum viarum Dunal (Solanaceae), is a perennial weed, native to South America, that has spreading throughout Florida at an alarming rate during the last decade. TSA was first reported in Glades County in 1988. …”
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IDS alert clustering algorithm based on chaotic particle swarm optimization by Xiao-bo XU, Qin-qin JIANG, Kang-feng ZHENG, Bin WU, Yi-xian YANG

“…In order to improve the quality of alerts in intrusion detection system (IDS) and reduce the large number of redundant alarms, an IDS alerts clustering algorithm based on chaotic particle swarm optimization was proposed.It made the motion of particles with characteristics of chaos,so as to make particles move between the state of chaos and stable, and gradually close to the optimal value. …”
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Dynamic Watermarking for Finite Markov Decision Processes by Jiacheng Tang, Jiguo Song, Abhishek Gupta

“…We derive a lower bound on the mean time between false alarms and an upper bound on the mean delay between the time an attack occurs and when it is detected. …”
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PROJECT MANAGEMENT ISSUES IN THE FIELD OF ECOLOGY: RATIONAL NATURE USE AND RESOURCE SAVING by Yu. G. Evdokimova, S. M. Sycheva, T. B. Shramchenko

“…The negative impact of humanity on the environment has reached an alarming level. There is a constant update, as well as the development of new technologies and techniques to prevent environmental problems in the country. …”
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Biology of Gratiana boliviana, the First Biocontrol Agent Released to Control Tropical Soda Apple in the USA by Julio C. Medal, D. Gandolfo, James P. Cuda

“… Tropical soda apple (TSA), Solanum viarum Dunal (Solanaceae), is a perennial weed, native to South America, that has spreading throughout Florida at an alarming rate during the last decade. TSA was first reported in Glades County in 1988. …”
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Barrett’s Esophagus: Is It All That Bad? by GNJ Tytgat

“…An alarmingly rapid rise in the number of adenocarcinomas at the level of the gastroesophageal junction and distal esophagus has been noted over the past two decades. …”
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Scaffolds for Pelvic Floor Prolapse: Logical Pathways by Julio Bissoli, Homero Bruschini

“…Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) has borrowed principles of treatment from hernia repair and in the last two decades we saw reinforcement materials to treat POP with good outcomes in terms of anatomy but with alarming complication rates. Polypropylene meshes to specifically treat POP have been withdrawn from market by manufactures and a blank space was left to be filled with new materials. …”
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Giant Whip Scorpion Mastigoproctus giganteus giganteus (Lucas, 1835) (Arachnida: Thelyphonida (=Uropygi): Thelyphonidae) by William H. Kern, Ralph E. Mitchell

“…To encounter a giant whip scorpion for the first time can be an alarming experience! What seems like a miniature monster from a horror movie is really a fairly benign creature. …”
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Natural Area Weeds: Old World Climbing Fern (Lygodium microphyllum) by Kenneth A. Langeland, Jeffery Hutchinson

“…Native to Africa, Asia, and Australia, Old World climbing fern (OWCF) is a newcomer to Florida that has spread at an alarming rate since its introduction. The Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council considers Old World climbing fern to be invasive. …”
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Comparative Corrosion Inhibition Effect of Imidazole Compounds and of Trichodesma indicum (Linn) R. Br. on C38 Steel in 1 M HCl Medium by S. Alarmal Mangai, Subban Ravi

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Natural Area Weeds: Old World Climbing Fern (Lygodium microphyllum) by Kenneth A. Langeland, Jeffery Hutchinson

“…Native to Africa, Asia, and Australia, Old World climbing fern (OWCF) is a newcomer to Florida that has spread at an alarming rate since its introduction. The Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council considers Old World climbing fern to be invasive. …”
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Climate change and occupational health: Escalating risks and prevention strategies by Cyril Cosme

“…Occupational hazards associated with climate change are increasingly alarming, with the most vulnerable categories of workers particularly at risk. …”
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The role of religious mentoring in countering extremism and terrorism by L.M. Ravandi-Fadai

“…A significant obstacle to stopping the alarming rise in young people taking up arms on behalf of various terrorist organizations is the lack of charismatic spiritual leaders promoting a peaceful and traditional understanding of Islam, especially in regions of unrest. …”
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Prevalence of organic central precocious puberty in males: criteria for a high index of suspicion by Maria Elisa Amodeo, Annalisa Deodati, Stefania Pedicelli, Giulia Mirra, Valentina Pampanini, Stefano Cianfarani

“…Significance statement: Differently from what has been reported in most previous studies, our study has shown a low incidence of brain tumors in male children with precocious puberty, thus making the diagnosis less alarming for parents and physicians. Some criteria for a high index of suspicion of brain tumors in boys with precocious puberty have been identified. …”
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Combating Cybercrime and Cyberterrorism in Indonesia by Cynthia Shafira Hartati, Ali Muhammad

“…Terrorism, both on the ground and digitally, has been on the rise at an alarming rate in recent years. The influence of universal access to all relevant information has several implications, including the propagation of misinformation and the growth of cybercrime networks. …”
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Research on technical scheme of SDN intelligent management and control orchestration system by Yanxia TAN, Guangquan WANG, Zelin WANG, Yanlei ZHENG, He ZHANG, Chenfang ZHANG, Sai HAN, Shikui SHEN

“…As users put forward more stringent quality of service requirements for the network, operators focus on the intelligent transformation and construction of various networks.Firstly, the current situation of software defined network (SDN) transformation and construction of various professional networks in the industry were briefly introduced, and then the problems existing in the transformation process were analyzed.Then, the scheme of SDN intelligent management and control orchestration system were proposed to meet users’ requirements for end-to-end service provisioning of cross professional services, and realize intelligent analysis of resource data at the network level to improve operation and maintenance efficiency.Finally, the service provisioning process of private line service and real-time alarming process and practice under the proposed architecture were introduced.…”
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