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Prediction of crater morphology and its application for enhancing dimensional accuracy in micro-EDM
As a non-conventional machining technique, the micro electrical discharge machining (micro-EDM) process primarily involves the removal of material from the workpiece through high-frequency discharges. The mach...
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Overlooked effect of negative data on efficiency analysis
Financial data may contain nonpositive values, which can be addressed using logarithm transformation or the addition of constant. However, production scale is important when employing data envelopment analysis...
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Retraction Note: Evaluating and forecasting the risks of small to medium-sized enterprises in the supply chain finance market using blockchain technology and deep learning model
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A goal-oriented reinforcement learning for optimal drug dosage control
The dosage control of therapeutic drugs is a concern for clinicians. Whether the clinician’s dosing decision is correct and efficient determines patient’s life. In intensive care units (ICU), medication decisi...
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Retraction Note: Digital finance, corporate financialization and enterprise operating performance: an empirical research based on Chinese A-share non-financial enterprises
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Open AccessInvoice level forecasting with discrete survival methods for effective forecasting of account receivables in supply chain
The objective of this study is to obtain accurate and timely Account Receivables forecasts that can feed into the Cash Flow Forecasting (CFF) for a generic wholesales scenario in a supply chain company. The ma...
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A fast spatio-temporal temperature predictor for vacuum assisted resin infusion molding process based on deep machine learning modeling
The manufacture of large wind turbine blades requires well-controlled processing conditions to prevent defect formation and thus produce high-quality composite blades. While the physics-based models provide ac...
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A novel deep learning approach to enhance creditworthiness evaluation and ethical lending practices in the economy
Evaluating a borrower's creditworthiness and enabling ethical lending practices are two of the most essential functions of credit scoring, making it an integral part of the economy. Credit risk management is a...
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Union channel pruning-based U2Net for online surface defect segmentation of aluminum strips in production processes
The automated defect inspection (ADI) of aluminum strip surfaces encounters several issues in the practical production process, such as the challenge of achieving precise defect boundary identification and the...
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Open AccessDiplomatic relationship-building in the age of generative AI: the European Union and China
This paper examines the impact of generative AI on international diplomacy through the lens of EU–China diplomatic relationship-building. The first section introduces the broader context of AI’s geopolitical i...
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Entrepreneurship, sustainability, and urban development
In recent years, sustainable entrepreneurship, urban entrepreneurship, and sustainable cities have separately gained lots of attention from scholars in different fields. In this article, we emphasize the impor...
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Process innovation for green product in a closed loop supply chain with remanufacturing
The rapid development of green products, such as electric vehicle (EV) batteries, has brought about challenges in recycling and remanufacturing. To help tackle these challenges, in this research, we investigat...
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A multilevel model of expatriate staffing and subsidiary financial performance: An expanded fit perspective
We apply the fit theory to develop a multilevel framework of expatriate staffing effectiveness and argue that the advantages of utilizing expatriate managers are more salient in subsidiaries with market-seekin...
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Educational level of researchers in spin-out R&D units and external technology acquisition: The higher, the more?
Spin-out R&D units play an important role in supporting the innovation strategies of firms. This study aims to address the question of whether and how the educational level of researchers in spin-out R&D units...
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A knowledge distillation-based multi-scale relation-prototypical network for cross-domain few-shot defect classification
Surface defect classification plays a very important role in industrial production and mechanical manufacturing. However, there are currently some challenges hindering its use. The first is the similarity of d...
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The impact of investor reaction to crisis events on corporate philanthropy: evidence from Chinese firms
This study examines the impact of investor reaction to crisis events on corporate philanthropy in China. Building on impression management theory, we propose that after suffering negative reactions from invest...
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Correction to: How do peace dividends bring about human development and productivity?
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A study on the role of information cues in E-commerce live streaming: evidence from self-reported and fNIRS data
Unlike general e-commerce, live streaming commerce innovatively allows live streamers to use instant social functions to communicate with viewers and present products in a more vivid way. However, little resea...
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Learning consumer preferences through textual and visual data: a multi-modal approach
This paper proposes a novel multi-modal probabilistic topic model (LSTIT) to infer consumer preferences by jointly leveraging textual and visual data. Specifically, we use the title and image of the items purc...
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Correction to: Do Real-Time Reviews Matter? Examining how Bullet Screen Influences Consumers’ Purchase Intention in Live Streaming Commerce