ABSTRACT Background Patients with recurrent head and neck cancer (HNC) often present with severe, persistent dysphagia and xerostomia following prior chemoradiation. Although swallowing impairments and salivary dysfunction have been reported in this population, prior longitudinal studies have not examined changes in salivary composition or how these ...
Jenni Wu +8 more
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Applying Scrum and Organizational Patterns to Multi-site Software Development
This paper describes a pattern language for managing multi-site software projects which aims at minimizing the main problems present on the multi-site software development context. The practices and patterns of the proposed language were first identified
Cordeiro, Lucas +2 more
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An Approach to Integrating Soft Systems Methodology and Object Oriented Software Development
The key aim of the research discussed in this paper has been to investigate ways of integrating techniques from SSM (Soft Systems Methodology) into the requirements elicitation stage of an agile system development method based on the UML (Unified ...
Wade, Steve
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Green Human Resource Management and ISO 14001: Toward Environmental Sustainability in Organizations
ABSTRACT The current climate change scenario imposes urgent challenges to different economic sectors around the world, requiring companies to adopt new strategies to achieve sustainable development goals (SDGs) while enhancing environmental awareness.
Eduardo Ortega +2 more
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Agile Development and Testing of a Gamified Human Milk Feeding Education Mobile App for Participants of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children: Co-Design Approach. [PDF]
Melo Herrera Y +7 more
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ABSTRACT Despite the increasing application of digital technology in management practices, its implications for employee involvement and high involvement work systems (HIWSs) remain largely unexplored. Based on an in‐depth qualitative case study of Tencent—one of China's largest information technology companies—this article explores whether and in what
Wei Wei, Xiaolan Fu
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Scalable Agile Framework for Execution in AI for Medical AI Ethics Policy Design in Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises. [PDF]
Nemteanu I +5 more
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Realistic Representation, Dynamic Evolution and Determinants of Institutional Quality in China
ABSTRACT The paper delves into the role of institutional quality in bolstering China's economic resilience post‐COVID‐19, CITIC‐Entropy. It divides institutions into basic and changeable categories, establishing an index system via the CITIC‐Entropy TOPSIS model.
Susu Wang, Qidi Zhang, Jing Fang
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Co-Designing a Digital Platform to Support a Culturally Adapted Family Intervention (CaFI:Digital) for Psychosis Among People of Sub-Saharan African and Caribbean Descent: Agile Co-Design Approach. [PDF]
Whelan P +5 more
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