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An Integrated Decision-Making Framework for Enhancing Blockchain Scalability and Efficiency: Layer-2, Off-Chain Storage, and Smart Contracts

open access: yesIEEE Access
Blockchain technology has advanced trust and transparency across various sectors, yet persistent limitations remain in scalability, data storage, and smart contract efficiency.
Khoa Tan Vo   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

In search of coherence and consistency in European contract law: a way forward

open access: yes, 2010
In 2001 the European Commission began a far reaching consultation to ascertain whether obstacles arise for the proper functioning of the internal market and for crossborder trade from the existing divergent and fragmentary state of European contract law ...
McKeown, Sarah
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Contract management process maturity: empirical analysis of organizational assessments [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This research builds upon the emerging body of knowledge on organizational assessments of contract management processes. Since the development of the Contract Management Maturity Model in 2003, several DoD, Air Force, Navy, Army, and defense contractor ...
Rendon, Rene G.
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High Health Care Utilization Preceding Diagnosis With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Although early diagnosis improves long‐term outcomes, patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) often experience prolonged, circuitous paths to diagnosis. To inform diagnostic improvement, we sought to characterize health care utilization in the year preceding diagnosis. Methods We identified 10,021 patients with an incident diagnosis
Anna Costello   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

War-risk resilience in Jordanian construction projects: expert evaluation of a trigger–operations–contract framework and a contract-operationalization toolkit in urban contexts

open access: yesFrontiers in Sustainable Cities
Armed conflicts and geopolitical crises increasingly disrupt construction supply chains, financing, and project governance. In politically exposed regions, even indirect escalation of war can trigger security restrictions, corridor closures, import ...
Mohammed A. K. A. Al-Btoush   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Legal Nature of the Contract of Surrogate Mother [PDF]

open access: yesFaṣlnāmah-i Pizhūhish-i Huqūq-i Khuṣūṣī, 2014
The contract of surrogate mother is a contract in which a woman accepts to carry an embryo made of sperm and ovule of intended couple in her womb and delivers child after the birth.
seyyed mohammad sadegh tabatabaei
doaj  

Discordance Between Patient and Physician Global Assessments in Early Systemic Sclerosis

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective This study aims to identify factors associated with patient global assessment (PtGA) and physician global assessment (PhGA) and discordance between them in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Methods Data from adults with early SSc (<5 years) from the Collaborative National Quality and Efficacy Registry were included.
Ellen Romich   +35 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Optional European Contract Law Code: Advantages and Disadvantages [PDF]

open access: yes
Should the EU introduce an Optional European Contract Law Code and what should it look like? By applying economic theories of federalism and regulatory competition (legal federalism), it is shown why an Optional Code would be a very suitable legal ...
Wolfgang Kerber
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Immunosuppressive Drug Use in Limited Systemic Sclerosis: An International Survey

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Current guidelines recommend immunosuppressive treatment for diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis but are less clear on their use in limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis (lcSSc) in the absence of internal organ complications. We conducted an international survey to understand current immunosuppressive drug prescribing patterns in lcSSc ...
Sabrina Hoa   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Acquisition War-Gaming Technique for Acquiring Future Complex Systems: Modeling and Simulation Results for Cost Plus Incentive Fee Contract

open access: yesMathematics, 2018
This paper provides a high-level discussion and propositions of frameworks and models for acquisition strategy of complex systems. In particular, it presents an innovative system engineering approach to model the Department of Defense (DoD) acquisition ...
Tien M. Nguyen   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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