Academic Articles & Research Papers

Adapting the AIS for geographic and phylogenetic research on language change dynamics.

Implementation of an antimicrobial stewardship program in a multicenter neonatal intensive care unit collaborative: a mixed-methods staff resource needs evaluation.

The Cultural Turn: Fashion or Progress in Human Geography?

The cultural turn marks a reorientation of human geography's interdisciplinary concerns toward the wide field of cultural studies. It is argued that this reorientation has been mediated by distinctive forms of commercial academic book publi...

Key Texts in Human Geography

A unique resource for students, Key Texts in Human Geography provides concise but rigorous overviews of the key texts that have formed post-war human geography. The text has been designed as a student-friendly guide that will: " explain the...

Visible yet unseen: unpacking the (in)visibilities of food-delivery riders in public space

Food-delivery riders embody a constitutive paradox of platform-mediated labour. Although visible and physically exposed in public space, their labour is obscured, their subjectivities unacknowledged, and their presence marginalised. This ar...

A SAM2 and VLM-Based Automatic Radiological Reporting System for Pneumothorax Detection

Background/Objectives: Pneumothorax, caused by air accumulation in the pleural space, can lead to lung collapse and, if diagnosis is delayed, respiratory or cardiovascular deterioration. Most deep-learning studies on pneumothorax address cl...

Towards a new software quality model for evaluation the quality of gamified systems

Due to the emergence of the Gamification concept in various domains, this article studies how to improve the quality of gamified systems with the software engineering discipline. Recent studies have shown a significant gap between design fr...

High Performance IoT Cloud Computing Framework Using Pub/Sub Techniques

The Internet of Things is attracting attention as a solution to rural sustainability crises, such as slowing income, exports, and growth rates due to the aging of industries. To develop a high-performance IoT platform, we designed and imple...

Automatic Detection of Abnormal EEG Signals Using WaveNet and LSTM

Neurological disorders have an extreme impact on global health, affecting an estimated one billion individuals worldwide. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), these neurological disorders contribute to approximately six million...

Alterations in Hip and Knee Joint Contact Force Waveforms and Orientation Induced by Gait Modifications: A Case Study

Introduction & Purpose Idiopathic torsional deformities of lower limb bones can affect a patient’s gait pattern and joint health, while their cause remains unidentified (Koller et al., 2026). Abnormal joint loadings and the progression of ...

Enhanced Deep Learning Model for Classification of Retinal Optical Coherence Tomography Images

Retinal optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging is a valuable tool for assessing the condition of the back part of the eye. The condition has a great effect on the specificity of diagnosis, the monitoring of many physiological and pathol...

Energy Internet Evaluation Index System under the Zero Carbon Goal

At present, the zero-carbon goal has become the common choice of all the world. Driven by the zero-carbon goal, energy system in China will develop to be cleaner and cleaner. In this situation, Energy Internet has become the future developm...

School-University Links for Evidence-Informed Practice

A range of studies has identified barriers to evidence-informed practice in schools, many of which recommend school-university links as a means for removing these barriers. In England, public policy also promotes school-university partnersh...

The Alberta Congenital Anomalies Surveillance System: a 40-year review with prevalence and trends for selected congenital anomalies, 1997–2019

IntroductionCurrent published long-term provincial or territorial congenital anomaly data are lacking for Canada. We report on prevalence (per 1000 total births) and trends in 1997–2019, in Alberta, Canada, for selected congenital anomalies...

Developing European policy on xenotransplantation: instructive findings from the first representative UK sample survey on attitudes and views on animal to human transplants

Recent landmark advances, particularly those related to gene-editing technology and the pioneering pig-to-human transplants currently underway in the USA and China, mean that xenotransplantation (XTx) may become a realistic option for patie...

Public Policy Analysis: An Introduction

Preface to the Third Edition CHAPTER 1: The Process of Policy Analysis * The Process of Policy Inquiry * Multidisciplinary Policy Analysis* Policy-Relevant Information* Policy-Informational Transformations* Policy-Analytic Methods* Three Ca...

Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy

360-Degree Performance Appraisal Systems. Accounting and Reporting for Private Nonprofit Organizations-Balancing Economic Efficiency with Social Mission. Acquiring Resources Through Price Negotiation: A Public Sector Approach. Administrativ...

Public Policy and Program Evaluation

Public policy and program evaluation

Evaluation is a controversial and little-understood strategy of public governance, control, and decision making. As early as classical antiquity, scholars were summoned to court to counsel kings. Public policy and program evaluation is a re...

Estimating Chinese bilateral aid for health: an analysis of AidData’s Global Chinese Official Finance Dataset Version 2.0

Background Although it is difficult to quantify, previous estimates suggested that China’s global health aid has increased sharply since the early 2000s. Unlike many donors, China has no official aid reporting obligations, nor does it volun...