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Productivity Enhancement by Layout Redesign and Application of Lean Principles in the Apparel Industry
The growth of the textile-apparel industry has been significantly harmed by the pandemic experienced in 2019. However, this was compounded by...
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Successes and Failures of Scientific Journals and Their Determinants
Knowledge dissemination is one of the major avenues for sharing research results, improving practice, and gaining visibility in chosen areas of...
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Classical Design and Analysis of Experiments
Experiments are used in industry to improve productivity, reduce variability, enhance quality and obtain robust products and manufacturing processes....
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Different Views of Interpretability
Interpretability, in the context of machine learning, means understanding the predictions made by the machine learning algorithm, with the aim to...
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Environmental Effects on the Spatiotemporal Variability of Sardine Distribution Along the Portuguese Continental Coast
Scientific tools capable of identifying distribution patterns of species are important as they contribute to improve knowledge about biodiversity and...
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Team Science in Biostatistical Collaboration: An Opportunity to Practice Leadership, Embrace Diversity, Manage Conflict, and Share Credit
Multidisciplinary scientific teams are crucial for addressing formidable health problems. The increasing need to design, collect, analyze, and...
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Quantitative Metaphilosophy
This conclusive chapter discusses how the quantitative analysis of citations and acknowledgments can improve the discipline of philosophy. Then, it...
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Convergence of Data Analytics, Big Data, and Machine Learning: Applications, Challenges, and Future Direction
The fusion of Data Analytics, Big Data, and Machine Learning has become a powerful force in the always-changing world of data-driven decision-making....
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Final Thoughts
The conclusion wrestles with challenges and tradeoffs confronting the application of computational tools to research projects in the humanities and...
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Fuzzy Cognitive Maps and Spiritual Modeling of Management Systems: Issues and Challenges
Modeling of Management Systems has been gaining recently the attention of many researchers. Complex dynamic systems are no longer static but most of...
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Where Are the Social Sciences Going to? The Case of the EU-Funded SSH Research Projects
This article investigates how the emergence of a European research funding affects the directions and processes of scientific knowledge production....
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Introduction
Chapter one introduces an innovative, item-based approach to modeling and managing complex research data as implemented in the Online Cultural and...
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Applications of Correlation
This chapter gives a bird’s eye view of application of correlation in various fields. A large number of R packages for this purposes are given in...
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Fusing Classical Theories and Biomechanics into Forest Modelling
There is a renaissance in forest modelling due to the application of mathematics and physics. There are some classical theories including pipe model...
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Local Heterogeneities in Population Growth and Decline. A Spatial Analysis of Italian Municipalities
Spatially unequal demographic dynamics lead to a progressive fragility of a territory and its socio-economic system. In Italy, municipalities...
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The Case for a Database Approach
The management of research data in the humanities and social sciences is a genuine, non-trivial challenge from a computational perspective. In this...
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Physiological Responses to Sedentary Behaviour
Sedentary behaviours—i.e. ‘too much sitting as distinct from too little exercise’—are ubiquitous in modern societies. Accumulating epidemiological...
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Vital Statistics
Vital statistics refer to quantitative data about vital events in a population. These events include births, deaths, marriages, divorces, and...
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Publication: Where Data Comes to Life!
The architecture of the OCHRE platform and its item-based approach to knowledge representation allows digital publication to be reimagined. Data can...
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Empathy, Humor and Other Emotional Skills in Leadership
Aspects of emotional and social intelligence, such as self-awareness, self-management, empathy, and social skills, are encouraged for persons in...