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Background/Objectives: The steady increase in the global older adult population highlights critical challenges, including the development of preventive strategies to extend healthy life expectancy and support independence in activities of daily livin...

Understanding the dynamics of teamwork and communication among healthcare professionals is crucial in the face of evolving healthcare challenges. This study assessed relational coordination among healthcare professionals in the South Tyrolean healthc...

Despite an enduring interest in the effect of high-performance work practices (HPWP) on organizational outcomes, relatively little is known about how the human resources practices that engage employees in a coordinated effort foster relational coordi...

Job satisfaction and willingness to stay are critical for workforce stability in a challenging healthcare environment. This study examined how relational coordination, a key factor in teamwork and communication, influences outcomes among healthcare p...

Background: Despite its small population, Norway wins a disproportionately large number of medals in international competitions. Therefore, it has been thought that the Norwegian sports model and sports school programs are influential in developing y...

One of the main problems of the sudden digital transition to online education due to the COVID-19 pandemic is the increased isolation of students. On the other hand, one of the main goals of higher education is to develop students’ cooperative compet...

The knowledge of local culture is essential to establish competitive strategies in higher education. The objective of this research was to identify the organizational differences among three universities with different international contexts and sati...

Background: Age-related differences in neuromuscular coordination during multi-joint tasks are reported, but phase-specific evidence during maximal sprinting is limited. Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate phase-specific age differences in...

Existing qualitative direction-relation matrix models employ rigid classification schemes, limiting their ability to differentiate directional relationships between multiple targets within the same directional tile. This paper proposes two quantitati...

Coordinating ecotourism development with economic growth is central to achieving sustainability in regions where natural assets are both a comparative advantage and a binding constraint. This study assesses the ecotourism economy coupling coordinatio...

Although the exploitation of coal resources has driven regional economic growth, it has also inflicted considerable ecological damage. The sustainable development of ecological security in coal resource-exhausted villages is challenged by multiple pr...

Our spatial mental representations allow us to give refined descriptions of the environment in terms of the relative locations and distances between objects and landmarks. In this study, we investigated the effects of familiarity with the everyday en...

Nuclear power plants (NPPs) have recently undergone rapid development in China. To improve the performance of both NPPs and grids during adverse conditions, a precise understanding of the coordination between NPPs and grids is required. Therefore, a...

Processes in inter-organizational projects tend to be complex to coordinate. Within these projects, stakeholders have to make decisions together, despite a limited awareness of the other parties’ interests and views. Frequently, coordination in...

Against the backdrop of advancing rural revitalization and urban–rural integration, the deep integration of agriculture, culture, and tourism in megacity suburbs has become a critical pathway toward high-quality regional development. This study...

With the accelerating urbanization and steady economic development in China, the urban built-up area is expanding and the population in the core area is proliferating. The pressure of insufficient urban infrastructure, especially public transportatio...

Although port-city interaction and sustainability are becoming increasingly essential, prospering regional economy and facilitating international shipping trade, problems of their mismatch and incoordination have also been aroused. Thus, research on...

The research consisted of simulating the movement of a single vehicle in relation to the swarm leader on a square-shaped path, taking into account measurement errors characteristic of typical cheap navigation devices and the hydroacoustic system. The...

The educational governance discourse aims at capturing how different actors, participating in a specific political process, coordinate their actions while working together within multi-actor policy networks. In Germany, such multi-actor policy networ...

The sustainable development of regional higher education is closely related to the level of regional economic development. There is a close interdependence between higher education and economic development. Based on data from 31 provinces in China in...

The interconnections among water, energy, and food (WEF) systems are growing increasingly complex, making it essential to understand their evolutionary mechanisms and coordination barriers to enhance regional resilience and sustainability. In this st...

During recent decades, zebrafish (Danio rerio) have become one of the most important model organisms in which to study different physiological and biological phenomena. The research field of carbonic anhydrases (CAs) and carbonic anhydrase related pr...

A novel approach for a robust computation of positional relations of two-dimensional geometric features is presented which guarantees reliable results, provided that the initial data is valid. The method is based on the use of integer coordinates and...

Subsystem phases and electronic flows involving the acidic and basic sites of the donor (B) and acceptor (A) substrates of chemical reactions are revisited. The emphasis is placed upon the phase–current relations, a coherence of elementary prob...

Aircraft detection in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images is a challenging task due to the discreteness of aircraft scattering characteristics, the diversity of aircraft size, and the interference of complex backgrounds. To address these problems,...

To adapt to the new demographic trends and foster high-quality and sustainable population growth, this study analyzes the synergistic development of the pension industry and pension career based on the data of 31 provinces in China from 2016 to 2022,...

Most of the current empirical evidence regarding the relationship between health-related fitness and level of motor performance is based on children from high-income countries. Yet, children from low-resource areas may have fewer opportunities to dev...

Background: In the field of spatial cognition, the study of individual differences represents a typical research topic. Gender and age have been prominently investigated. A promising statistical technique used to identify the different responses to i...

Nature-based Solutions (NbSs) bridge ecological conservation and human well-being. As the concept gains global traction, its potential for cultural heritage preservation is drawing increasing interest. This study explores the localized application of...

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a paradigm shift in educational systems. During the lockdown, higher education became digital. This caused a change in communication within the educational ecosystem. Relational coordination (RC) is a communication an...

The symmetric function class interacts heavily with other types of functions. One of these is the convex function class, which is strongly related to symmetry theory. In this study, we define a novel class of convex mappings on planes using a fuzzy i...

In interval analysis, the fuzzy inclusion relation and the fuzzy order relation are two different concepts. Under the inclusion connection, convexity and non-convexity form a substantial link with various types of inequalities. Moreover, convex fuzzy...

In the context of agriculture, we focus in this paper on a two-echelon supply chain consisting of a supplier facing weather-related yield uncertainty and a retailer facing market-linked demand uncertainty. We mainly investigated how the randomness of...

Background: The relationship between motor coordination and physical fitness in preschool children is of significant interest due to its implications for overall health and development. This study aims to investigate the correlation between gross mot...

The study of coordination practices in health policy is a central aspect. The need for further research has been recently highlighted because of COVID-19. In this sense, dialogic practices (DP) have been identified but not validated yet. The purpose...

Aging alters muscular coordination patterns. This study aimed to investigate aging-related changes in the coordination of agonist and antagonist muscles from two aspects, the activities of individual muscles and the inter-muscular coupling. Eighteen...

The relevance of convex and non-convex functions in optimization research is well known. Due to the behavior of its definition, the idea of convexity also plays a major role in the subject of inequalities. The main concern of this paper is to establi...

Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) is one of the most prevalent neurodevelopmental disorders in childhood. DCD is classified as a motor learning deficit because it interferes with the ability to learn and automate movement skills. There is a l...

BtuCD–BtuF from Escherichia coli is a binding protein-dependent adenosine triphosphate (ATP)-binding cassette (ABC) transporter system that uses the energy of ATP hydrolysis to transmit vitamin B12 across cellular membranes. Experimental studies hav...

Background: A comprehensive rehabilitation program is recommended following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) to restore function, strength and lower limb stability. Despite advancements in surgical techniques, high reinjury rates high...

The autonomous coordination of multi-robot systems in complex, environments remains a fundamental challenge. Current Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning (MARL) methods often struggle to reason effectively about the dynamic, causal relationships betwee...

Although exclusive breastfeeding is recommended for the first 6 months of life, breastfeeding rates are low. Motor skills and ADHD-related characteristics have not yet been examined as breastfeeding barriers. The aim of this study was to explore whet...

With this research, we aim to outline and analyze China’s tourism inclusive green growth system and explore its dynamic evolution in terms of economic growth, environmental sustainability, and social inclusiveness. By establishing an evaluation...

The Henan section of the Sha Ying River Basin, as the core agricultural area of the Central Plains Urban Agglomeration (CPUA), plays a significant role in promoting regional green and sustainable development through the coordinated management of wate...

Tourism and transportation have extremely complex interactions. Tourism developments have expanded demand and stimulated transportation development, which has consequently affected the environment of cities striving towards low-carbon sustainable dev...

This study aimed to develop a tool to validate multivariety breed egg quality classification depending on quality-related internal and external traits using a discriminant canonical analysis approach. A flock of 60 Utrerana hens (Franciscan, White, B...

Homogeneous waiting group (HWG) criteria are central to the patient referral process, guiding primary care physicians and hospitalists in directing patient care to specialists. This cross-sectional observational study, conducted in South Tyrol, Italy...

The aim of the study was deepening the knowledge of livestock innovations knowledge on small-scale farms in developing countries. First, we developed a methodology focused on identifying potential appropriate livestock innovations for smallholders an...

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic not only impacted the health of school children directly through SARS-CoV-2 infections, but the associated closures of schools and sports facilities also resulted in long-term negative side effects. The aim of this study...

Face-to-face education continues to present benefits in terms of student motivation, even though in COVID-19 scenario, online education has been the model of choice. In addition to the traditional face-to-face style, the intensive face-to-face style...