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The Cervical Vertebral Bone Quality Score Is a Novel Reliable Index Reflecting the Condition of Paraspinal Muscles and Predicting Loss of Cervical Lordosis After Open‐Door Laminoplasty

Orthopaedic Surgery, Volume 17, Issue 5, Page 1406-1417, May 2025.
There is a close correlation between C‐VBQ scores and the cervical deep extensors, deep flexors, and overall paraspinal muscles relative cross‐sectional area (RCSA) and degree of fat infiltration (DFF). The C‐VBQ score is a comprehensive parameter reflecting the quality of cervical bone and paraspinal muscles.
Junhu Li, Xingxia Long, Linnan Wang, Qiujiang Li, Lei Wang, Yueming Song   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Socio‐Structural Drivers of Strategic Improvisation in Emergency Services: An Exploratory Study of the Royal Malaysia Police

Public Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Strategic improvisation often occurs in fast‐paced decision‐making environments. Yet, improvisation has received little scholarly attention in public administration and management. This knowledge gap leads to the study's research question: what drives strategic improvisation in the emergency services of a developing country?
Ian R. Hodgkinson, Paul Hughes, Darwina Arshad, Swapan Ghosh, Mohd Sharizal Ainul   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Marketization in Public Purchasing as a Route to Business Corporations' Institutional Power: The Case of Outsourcing Social Services in Israel

Policy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT What are the conditions under which business corporations expand their institutional power? This paper argues that institutional power is affected by the architecture of the “acquisition regime”—the set of formal (and informal) rules that govern how states purchase public services.
Reut Marciano, Shir Gal
wiley   +1 more source

Ecological restoration hierarchy as a lens to reveal the foundational economic and legal structures impeding restoration

Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction Biodiversity loss is accelerating due to habitat destruction, economic expansion, and insufficient conservation efforts. Traditional mitigation strategies, which focus on minimizing harm rather than reversing damage, are inadequate for achieving net biodiversity gain. Objectives This article introduces the restoration hierarchy, a
Niko Soininen, Suvi‐Tuuli Puharinen, Antti Iho, Saija Koljonen, Janne Artell, Kimmo Tolonen, Antti Belinskij   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Is That a Threat? How Types of Stakeholder and Reputational Threat Matter for Gaining Influence in Regulatory Rulemaking

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper assesses what type of comments are most useful to what type of stakeholder in gaining influence during public consultations. Theoretically, the paper approaches stakeholders' consultation comments as reputational threats from key audiences that the agency needs to respond to.
Rik Joosen
wiley   +1 more source

Dynamic coupling effects of geometric eccentricity on multi-stage gear transmission via stiffness modulation and error excitation. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Lu W, Liang G, Du Z, Huang W, Zhao X.
europepmc   +1 more source

Law and Infrastructure: Reliability, Automation Transition, and Irregularities of “U‐Space”

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The European Union (EU) is making regulatory efforts to allow for the safe integration of drones into civilian airspace through automated means. Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/664 concerning unmanned traffic management (a system referred to as “U‐Space”) furthers that commitment. Accordingly, drone operators must avail themselves
Samar Abbas Nawaz
wiley   +1 more source

Decentralization, Europeanization, State Restructuring, and the Politics of Instruments Accumulation: The Case of the French Housing Sector

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper advances research on policy accumulation by analyzing its political consequences in the French housing sector. It argues that, in the context of decentralization reforms, the accumulation of policy instruments has undermined national steering capacities and intensified territorial inequalities.
Francesco Findeisen, Patrick Le Galès
wiley   +1 more source

Design and Evaluation of a Trunk-Limb Robotic Exoskeleton for Gait Rehabilitation in Cerebral Palsy. [PDF]

Biomimetics (Basel)
Li H, Li M, Kang Z, Yu H.
europepmc   +1 more source

Regulating via Conditionality: The Instruments of the New Industrial Policy

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Conditionality was a central concern in the development literature of the 1990s. With the significant expansion of targeted public support to private firms since the Great Financial Crisis, the issue of conditionality has once again become a focal point in industrial policy debates.
Fabio Bulfone, Timur Ergen, Erez Maggor
wiley   +1 more source