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Caring for the institution: An ethnography of quality assurance policy in U.S. rural primary care

Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Based on mixed‐methods, ethnographic research in a geographically isolated rural medical center in the upper midwestern United States, this paper explores the social implications of healthcare quality assurance policies highly reliant on managerial logics, including measurement and monitoring programs.
Chloe L. Warpinski
wiley   +1 more source

Real time dynamic adhesion coefficient estimation and BP neural network optimized lateral stability control for distributed drive electric vehicles. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Zhou Z, Yang R, Xu F, Shen W.
europepmc   +1 more source

Chopin's Craft of Musical Form: Making Romantic Music with Classical Theme Types and Galant Schemata

Music Analysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Frédéric Chopin adhered to traditional practices in musical form to a far greater extent than hitherto acknowledged. He took certain standard formal paths with remarkable consistency throughout his compositional career and across almost all his favoured genres.
Matthew Riley
wiley   +1 more source

Adaptive model predictive control for robust lateral motion tracking of semi-autonomous vehicles with dynamic parameter variation. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Yeneneh K, Yoseph B, Sufe G.
europepmc   +1 more source

Remembering Independence, Debating the Nation: Ghana's National Days

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In Ghana, Independence Day is the most important national day and has been annually observed since the attainment of independence in 1957. Additional national days that various military governments introduced to commemorate their ascension to power have been rather short‐lived. Other holidays like Republic Day or Founder's Day have been longer
Carola Lentz
wiley   +1 more source

Soft sensor for omnidirectional posture perception in humanoid dexterous hands. [PDF]

Microsyst Nanoeng
Zhong L, Tian X, Wang J, Song X, Li J, Peng Y.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Dental Arch Expansion With In‐House Clear Aligners: An Exploratory Prospective Clinical Study on Torque, Vertical Control and Attachment Configuration

Orthodontics &Craniofacial Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate the short‐term efficacy of transverse dental arch expansion with in‐house aligners (IHA) by comparing planned and achieved buccolingual movements, and secondarily to explore torque expression, vertical control and the influence of attachment design/position using a contralateral within‐subject approach.
Gabriel Maia Azevedo, Raiane Machado Maia, Arthur Siqueira Calaes de Oliveira, Julia Franzot Castilho, Carlo Bosoni, Lorenzo Franchi, Bernardo Quiroga Souki   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fixed-time formation behavior control for unmanned ground vehicle-manipulators. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Xue W, Lu W, Zhang X, Wang H.
europepmc   +1 more source

War, Gender, and Family Dynamics: A Couple Analysis

Population and Development Review, EarlyView.
Abstract A growing demographic literature outlines how war exposure has long‐lasting and far‐reaching impacts on individuals. Yet the nascent literature leaves questions of whether and how the war exposures of key relatives, such as spouses, affect individuals.
Yingyi Lin, Emily Smith‐Greenaway
wiley   +1 more source

Targetless LiDAR-camera extrinsic calibration via semantic distribution alignment. [PDF]

Front Robot AI
Chen X, Sun B.
europepmc   +1 more source