Flexible Work: Opportunity and Challenge (FLOC) for individual, social and economic sustainability. Protocol for a prospective cohort study of non-standard employment and flexible... by Gunnar Bergstrom, David M Hallman, Marina Heiden, Sven Svensson, SvendErik Mathiassen, Arne Fagerström, Jean Claude Mutiganda

“…Introduction Flexibility in working life, including non-standard employment (NSE) and flexible work arrangements (FWAs), offers the organisation a better ability to adapt to changing conditions while also posing considerable challenges for organisations as well as workers. …”
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A Hybrid Three-Staged, Short-Term Wind-Power Prediction Method Based on SDAE-SVR Deep Learning and BA Optimization by Ruiqin Duan, Xiaosheng Peng, Cong Li, Zimin Yang, Yan Jiang, Xiufeng Li, Shuangquan Liu

“…First, we preprocessed the original NWP data input into the SDAE-SVR-BA model to adapt to the training and prediction of the proposed model. …”
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Investigating the implementation of a new protocol and clinical tool designed to assess the audiological needs of individuals with hearing loss in clinical settings by Mathieu Hotton, Mathieu Hotton, Loonan Chauvette, Sandie Poulin, Jean-Pierre Gagné, Jean-Pierre Gagné

“…Digitalizing the clinical tool may help reduce the time required to administer the procedure, facilitate its use and allow for possibility of adapting the protocol to specific clientele and work settings.…”
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Cultivating clean skies: unveiling the tapestry of air quality in Gujarat through innovative machine learning analysis by Gaddam Advitha, Allada Nagasai Varaprasad, Koti Vennela Khushi, Pullabhotla Vijay, Sukanta Nayak

“…Furthermore, the study sheds light on the significant impact of meteorological factors, especially maximum temperature, on AQI fluctuations, necessitating adaptive strategies to counteract climate change's repercussions on air quality.…”
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The Evolving Roles of Macrophages in Organ Transplantation by Junhui Li, Cai Li, Quan Zhuang, Bo Peng, Yi Zhu, Qifa Ye, Yingzi Ming

“…In this process, macrophage-mediated mobilization of first-line defenses, particularly phagocytosis and the release of acute inflammatory mediators, is important, but macrophages also launch adaptive alloimmune reactions against grafts through antigen processing and presentation, as well as providing costimulation. …”
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Validation of <i>Monilinia fructicola</i> Putative Effector Genes in Different Host Peach (<i>Prunus persica</i>) Cultivars and Defense Response Investigation by Lucia Landi, Annamaria Lucrezia D’Ortenzio, Sarah Mojela Makau, Rita Milvia De Miccolis Angelini, Gianfranco Romanazzi

“…On plants susceptible to brown rot, the pathogen may have adapted to the host’s physiology by modulating its effectors as weapons.…”
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An Enhanced End-to-End Object Detector for Drone Aerial Imagery by Quan Yu, Qiang Tong, Lin Miao, Lin Qi, Xiulei Liu

“…Dynamic Groups Assignment employs adaptive parameters to balance the number of positive and negative samples, providing more effective supervision signals for ground-truth boxes. …”
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An Intelligent Frequency Control Scheme for Inverting Station in High Voltage Direct Current Transmission System by Saleem, Muhammad Amir Raza, Syed Waqar Umer, Muhammad Faheem, Touqeer Ahmed Jumani, Muhammad Yameen

“…A broad simulation model of the HVDC transmission system is developed using MATLAB software to evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed controllers such as Adaptive Neuro‐Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS), Artificial Neural Network (ANN), and optimization of Proportional‐Integral‐Derivative (PID) controller using Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) based control strategy for addressing the frequency instability problems. …”
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Chinese nurses’ perspectives on child-friendly healthcare practice assessment: a qualitative study by Wei Xiao Huang, Mei Chan Chong, Li Yoong Tang, Xiao Xia Liu, Mei Fang, Yun Yun Shen, Xiao Li Guo

“…The four categories were identified: services designed for children’s interests, tailoring the environment adapted for children, facilitating social interactions, and promoting childhood development. …”
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AIPerf: Automated Machine Learning as an AI-HPC Benchmark by Zhixiang Ren, Yongheng Liu, Tianhui Shi, Lei Xie, Yue Zhou, Jidong Zhai, Youhui Zhang, Yunquan Zhang, Wenguang Chen

“…To address these issues, we propose an end-to-end benchmark suite utilizing automated machine learning, which not only represents real AI scenarios, but also is auto-adaptively scalable to various scales of machines. We implement the algorithms in a highly parallel and flexible way to ensure the efficiency and optimization potential on diverse systems with customizable configurations. …”
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Halothermophilic Cas9 and dCas9 Interaction with Variety sgRNA In-silico by Kenny Lischer, Kholisoh Hayati, Muhammad Haykal Fabian, Fina Amreta Laksmi, Yudhi Nugraha, Hamdan Dwi Rizqi, Riri Fauziyya, Sarmoko, Mohd Shukuri Mohamad Ali

“…Industrial bioprocesses often require microorganisms that can adapt to specific conditions, such as halothermophilic bacteria capable of producing biosurfactants with various applications. …”
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A bi-subpopulation coevolutionary immune algorithm for multi-objective combinatorial optimization in multi-UAV task allocation by Xi Chen, Yu Wan, Jingtao Qi, Zipeng Zhao, Yirun Ruan, Jun Tang

“…The two coevolutionary mechanisms improve the lower limit of population diversity, and the evolutionary strategy pool integrating multiple strategies and the adaptive strategy selection mechanism enhance the local search ability in the late evolution. …”
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Neolithic introgression of IL23R-related protection against chronic inflammatory bowel diseases in modern EuropeansResearch in context by Ben Krause-Kyora, Nicolas Antonio da Silva, Elif Kaplan, Daniel Kolbe, Inken Wohlers, Hauke Busch, David Ellinghaus, Amke Caliebe, Efe Sezgin, Almut Nebel, Stefan Schreiber, Sabine Schade-Lindig, Joachim Wahl, Carola Berszin, Michael Francken, Irina Görner, Kerstin Schierhold, Joachim Pechtl, Gisela Grupe, Johannes Müller

“…Therefore, the protective A-allele may have increased survival by reducing intestinal inflammation and microbiome dysbiosis. The adaptively evolved function of the variant likely contributes to the high efficacy and low side-effects of modern IL-23 neutralisation therapies for chronic inflammatory diseases. …”
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Environmental Factors Affecting the Phytoplankton Composition in the Lake of Tibetan Plateau by Qinghuan Zhang, Zijian Xie, Chunhua Li, Chun Ye, Yang Wang, Zishu Ye, Weiwei Wei, Hao Wang

“…Some of these dominant species were also found in other tropical lakes, suggesting that the phytoplankton community could adapt to environmental changes. A clear understanding of the influential environmental variables affecting phytoplankton composition could help us to make proper water quality protection strategies in future climate change scenarios.…”
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HLA-G Expression on Blasts and Tolerogenic Cells in Patients Affected by Acute Myeloid Leukemia by Grazia Locafaro, Giada Amodio, Daniela Tomasoni, Cristina Tresoldi, Fabio Ciceri, Silvia Gregori

“…DC-10 are present in the peripheral blood and are essential in promoting and maintaining tolerance via the induction of adaptive T regulatory (Treg) cells. We investigated HLA-G expression on blasts and the presence of HLA-G-expressing DC-10 and CD4+ T cells in the peripheral blood of AML patients at diagnosis. …”
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Conservación neoliberal de la naturaleza en la Patagonia chilena: explorando nuevas modalidades ecoextractivistas y tensiones hidrosociales by Esteban Ortiz Robles, Robinson Torres Salinas, Alejandro Salazar-Burrows, Fabien Bourlon

“…While traditional extractivism continues to face strong opposition, capital has shifted towards “green” adaptations, manifesting as eco-extractive practices that commodify nature. …”
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Contributions to Architectural and Urban Resilience Through Vulnerability Assessment: The Case of Mozambique Island’s World Heritage by Susana Milão, Telma Ribeiro, Mariana Correia, Isabel Clara Neves, Joaquim Flores, Olga Alvarez

“…The proposed framework emphasizes the importance of balancing heritage preservation with adaptive strategies, while enhancing the island’s resilience facing climate-related threats.…”
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A Sensitive, Specific and Fast Electrochemical‐based Nanobiosensor Diagnostic for Xanthomonas albilineans, the Cause of Sugarcane Leaf Scald Disease by Moutoshi Chakraborty, Shamsul Arafin Bhuiyan, Simon Strachan, Muhammad J.A. Shiddiky, Nam‐Trung Nguyen, Narshone Soda, Rebecca Ford

“…This EC‐based assay can be a commercially viable alternative, providing a DNA isolation/purification‐free solution, and can potentially be adapted into a handheld device for on‐farm detection and quantification of the LS‐causing pathogen.…”
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Scale effects of physically based TOPKAPI model in reservoir inflow flood forecasting for ungauged basins by Yihua Sheng, Zhijia Li, Zhiyu Liu, Yalei Han, Jie Wang, Junfu Gong, Ning Xu

“…Multi-scale modeling confirms that scale impacts the performance of hydrological models, with the proposed scale extrapolation method proving highly adaptable across scales. This approach enables the transfer of model parameters from gauged to ungauged areas, providing a reliable foundation for flood forecasting in ungauged basins and supporting improved flood risk management for reservoir catchments in data-scarce regions.…”
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Differential responses of Bradyrhizobium sp. SUTN9-2 to plant extracts and implications for endophytic interactions within different host plants by Teerana Greetatorn, Pakpoom Boonchuen, Pongdet Piromyou, Pongpan Songwattana, Jenjira Wongdee, Kamonluck Teamtisong, Nantakorn Boonkerd, Shusei Sato, Neung Teaumroong, Panlada Tittabutr

“…These mechanisms facilitate efflux, degradation, and the formation of protective barriers to resist CAMPs. Such adaptations enable SUTN9-2 to persist and colonize host plants despite antimicrobial pressures, influencing its viability, cell differentiation, and nitrogen fixation during endophytic interactions with various plant hosts.…”
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