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Doing Well and Doing Good: Pioneer Employers Discover Profits and Deliver Opportunity for Frontline Workers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
A new study of business practices reveals powerful ways to create strategic and financial gains. Lower-wage workers, when supported by effective policies, boost productivity, quality, innovation, and revenues from new markets.
Jonathan Levine   +2 more
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Remora‐Inspired Sensing Suction Cup with Adhesion Monitoring and Force Detection

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
A suction cup with integrated liquid metal microchannel sensors enables stable multidirectional force sensing and adhesion monitoring in both air and water. The flexible resistive sensors, placed on the outer lip, transduce deformations into resistance changes under normal and shear loads.
Yuchen Liu   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Solar Training and Hiring Insights [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The research report, Solar Training and Hiring Insights 2017, aims to increase understanding of U.S. solar training, hiring practices, and market trends to help the industry make better, more informed decisions.
Colin Nackerman, Tim Olson
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Three Synchronized, Miniaturized, Wireless Inertial Measurement Unit Sensors for Automated Gait and Balance Analysis System

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
This study presents a compact, three IMU wearable system that enables accurate motion capture and robust gait‐feature extraction, thereby supporting reliable machine learning‐based balance evaluation. Accurate assessment of balance is critical for fall prevention and targeted rehabilitation, particularly in older adults and individuals with ...
Seok‐Hoon Choi   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Digital transformation of human resource management processes and practices: a study of Slovak enterprises

open access: yesEntrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues
Digital transformation is currently essential for effective human resource (HR) management within organisations. This topic is particularly relevant in the context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, which introduces new challenges and opportunities for
Vanda Čirčová   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Cost of Teacher Turnover in Alaska [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Low teacher retention - high turnover - affects student learning. Teacher recruitment and retention are challenging issues in Alaska. Rates vary considerably from district to district and year to year, but between 2004 and 2014, district-level teacher ...
Cope, Dale   +4 more
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Degeneracy Sensing Light Detection and Ranging‐Inertial Simultaneous Localization and Mapping with Dual‐Layer Resistant Odometry and Scan‐Context Loop‐Closure Detection Backend in Diverse Environments

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
This paper presents a degeneracy‐aware light detection and ranging (LiDAR)‐inertial framework that enhances LiDAR simultaneous localization and mapping performance in challenging environments. The proposed system integrates a dual‐layer robust odometry frontend with a Scan‐Context‐based loop‐closure detection backend.
Haoming Yang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Support from Superiors and Employee Turnover at a Manufacturing Company in Poland

open access: yesZeszyty Naukowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Krakowie
Objective: The aim of this paper was to analyse the impact of supervisor support, including the provision of appropriate induction training, on employees’ decisions to leave their jobs at a Polish manufacturing company.
Elżbieta Stolarska-Szeląg
doaj   +1 more source

Multimodal Locomotion of Soft Robots

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
This review comprehensively surveys recent advances in multimodal locomotion within soft robotics. Typical locomotion modes are summarized and categorized. Furthermore, the underlying mechanisms enabling multimodal locomotion are discussed and classified into three primary categories: active control‐based, reconfiguration‐based, and environment ...
Zihao Yuan   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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