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The current research on hybrid memory systems based on DRAM and NVM is promising in the field of system architecture, especially the research on data placement in hybrid memory systems has become a research hotspot in domestic and foreign studies. This paper studied the data placement strategy in hybrid memory architecture. On the basis of introducing the common hybrid memory architectures, it comprehensively analyzed the design ideas of existing data placement strategies, mainly involving hardware/software mechanisms, memory access characteristics, static/dynamic analysis, machine intelligence, trigger modes, and granularity selection, and summarized the data placement optimization in hybrid memory in terms of performance, power consumption, and endurance. The comprehensive analysis reveals that existing data placement strategies in hybrid memory still have limitations in terms of memory architecture, data migration, computational cost, and global optimization. In the future, there is still a lot of research space and development prospects in improving architectural design and memory management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The research work of history of catalysis science can trace back to the beginning of Republic of China. The earlier work always affiliated to the history of chemistry, e.g. the chapter of catalysis in History of Chemistry. Thereafter, it can be gradually found in some monographs on catalysis, e.g. The Newest Chemical Engineering Series showing at the beginning of these books. After the foundation of the People’s Republic of China, the research work of catalysis starts to be independent, e.g. the pioneer work of Zhang Dayu, Guo Xiexian, etc. Besides, it also found in the books of chemical history, of catalysis science and of catalysis used as key technique. Recently, the monographs of history of catalysis science have been published, e.g. Documents of History of Catalysis (Cuihua Shiliao), Scientist of Catalysis in China., all edited by Xin Qin, etc. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper explores historical and recent developments in Finnish Practical Theology and Religious Education. It reconstructs the operating environment under which PT and RE exist in Finland, i. e. its political, economic, and cultural circumstances. To this end, the authors highlight developments such as the transition from a rural-centric to an urban society, the impact of political left-wing ideology, and the impact of Finland's joining the European Union. Through an analysis of dissertation research at Helsinki University, the paper provides an overview of current topics of research in Finnish PT. The authors concluds with insights into likely future developments in the 21st century. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Selective laser melting (SLM) technology has broad application prospects in the fields of metal additive manufacturing, aerospace vehicles, etc. The research progress of SLM316 stainless steel materials in terms of process, structure, properties, and applications were summarized, and the existing problems and solutions were analyzed and explored. The problems in the production process, product quality, performance stability, and post-treatment process of SLM were analyzed. The microstructure and mechanical properties of 316 stainless steel additive were further studied. influences of the process on the microstructure and properties were analyzed. By reasonably controlling the laser additive manufacturing process, it can provide support for the application of the technology in the industry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The administrative division is the spatial basis of national governance. Its reform practice reshapes the regional political and economic landscape, a critical issue of common concern for domestic and foreign practitioners and academics. This issue is worthy of mutual reference. However, the domestic academic community has paid little attention to the reform of foreign administrative divisions. Based on ordering the English literature, this article reviewed the practical process and research progress of administrative division reform in foreign countries. We find that merger and splitting are the two main foreign administrative division reform models. Three aspects, the reform motivation, the reform's influencing factors, and the reform performance, are the core issues of the existing research. Besides, accurately assessing reform performance and expanding research perspectives are the key directions of future research. The foreign administrative reform practice can also provide a possible reference for the current administrative division reform in China. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

With the progress of the times and the leap of science and technology, the application of brick materials and the research on the brick skin in modern architectural design have shown a dual-track development trend of returning to tradition and innovation. Based on the core collection database resources of Web of Science and the CiteSpace visual analysis tool, this paper constructed and analyzed the spatiotemporal map of keyword co-occurrence network, cluster structure, mutation phenomenon, time course and regional distribution map of building brick skin research. The study revealed that in recent years, the research on brick materials has spanned the study of single material properties and extensively involved in the broad world of construction, especially in the integration of green energy-saving technology, the innovation of fine construction technology of brick skin, and the frontier exploration of digital technology in brick masonry, which has shown particularly significant research vitality and development potential. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The introduction of statistical concepts into school curricula in Australia and New Zealand in the early 1990s initiated an ongoing research program into the learning and teaching of statistics and probability in both countries. This paper reviews the contribution of Australian and New Zealand researchers to building statistical literacy at school, alongside international developments. From recognising how students develop understanding of specific statistical and probabilistic concepts, through teacher knowledge and beliefs for teaching statistics, to intervention studies and targeted teaching, the field of statistics education has grown and changed. Statistics and probability are now well established as part of the mathematics curriculum. The importance of linking statistical literacy and statistical understanding across the curriculum, as well as in STEM, has also begun to receive attention as other subjects have recognised the importance of data in their fields. Following a comprehensive review of the field in Australia and New Zealand, this paper then considers emerging areas of interest, such as new approaches to data visualisation, and suggests future research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The current research on the application of artificial intelligence techniques to the field of system architecture is promising, especially the research on applying deep learning to data prefetching in multicore architectures has become a research hotspot at home and abroad. This work studied the cache prefetching task based on deep learning and defined the deep learning cache prefetch model formally. Based on the introduction of current common multi-core cache architectures and prefetching techniques, this paper comprehensively analyzed the design ideas of existing typical cache prefetchers based on deep learning. The application of deep learning neural network in the field of multicore cache prefetching mainly adopts machine learning methods such as deep neural network, recurrent neural network, long and short-term memory network and attention mechanism. A comprehensive comparative analysis of existing deep learning-based data prefetching hierarchical neural models reveals that deep learning-based multicore cache prefetching techniques still have certain computational cost, model optimization, and practicality. In the future, there is still much room for research exploration and development prospect in adaptive prefetching models and the practicality of neural network prefetching models. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Ignoring the influence of demand-side factors for a long time, the theory of evolutionary economic geography focuses on supply-side factors both theoretically and empirically. The geographical distribution of demand may be fundamentally different from the spatial characteristics of production. In many areas, demand also has a decisive influence on the innovation process. Supplementing the study of evolutionary economic geography based on the demandside perspective can clarify the local development path, increasing demand economic geographic analysis will bring a series of additional local policy tools. This paper comprehensively compares the similarities and differences of evolutionary economic geography from the perspectives of the supply and demand side, systematically reviews the existing research literature in related fields, and further establishes a preliminary supplementary research framework for evolutionary economic geography combined with the demand side perspective. Finally, we provide a preliminary framework for exploring the path to achieve an organic combination of expanding domestic demand and supply-side structural reform based on the local dimension. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

With this volume 40 the International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management can celebrate its 10 year anniversary. In this editorial we take a closer look at the journal's impact over its first 10 years of existence and highlight the articles that have made the largest impacts in the scientific community from a citation perspective. The topic of the journal - sustainable energy planning and management - has not decreased in importance over the first ten years of the journal's existence - and fortunately the results published in the journal has garnered interest and the impact of the journal has increased significantly. In terms of citations, the journal's 275 published articles, have received 1484 citations as per March 2024 and nine articles have 40 or more citations in Scopus. CiteScore ranks the journal in the top 10% out of 700+ journals within the topic of Geography, Planning and Development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction. The search for technologies to provide the harmonious development of preschoolers through the enrichment of children’s activities inherent in this age period is an urgent task for the modern education system. Recently, along with traditional forms of education, front-line work and free play, project-based learning has become widespread in kindergartens. To clarify the fundamental features of project-based learning and its developmental effects, a review of empirical studies on this topic was conducted. The purpose of the article is to present the results of the review and identify the main trends, limitations and prospects of studying the project-based learning impact on the psychological development of preschoolers. Materials and Methods. The literature review was conducted using the PRISMA. As a result of the search, 789 Russian-language publications and 687 English-language publications corresponding to the search query were found. As a result of screening and selection, 18 studies were included in further qualitative analysis. For the qualitative analysis a validated checklist of questions was used to assess the methodological level of quality of randomized and non-randomized studies (max. score 26). Results. 7 out of 18 studies satisfied less than half of the items on the checklist and scored less than 13 points, which indicates insufficient reliability of the results obtained in these works. As the result it was sufficiently reliably shown that the use of project approach in preschool age can positively affect the development of social and research skills, cognitive abilities, creative abilities and speech. Discussion and Conclusion. The review showed main trends in the field of studying the developmental effects of project-based learning, reflecting possible research directions in this area. The most promising perspectives for further research are connected with the comparison of the project approach with other forms and methods of education, which can contribute to determining the specifics of different educational methods and determining the conditions for their most effective use. The materials of the article would be useful for planning research in the field of child development, as well as for organizing project-based learning in educational institutions.

Urban blue space that residents contact or use in daily life, has been consistently linked to better health outcome. Based on Citespace, a total 972 papers from 2000 to 2020 in Scopus database were visually analyzed in the following four aspects: literature distribution characteristics, research hotspots, research trend and research contents. The search scope was concentrated in geography, sociology, environmental science, medicine and other disciplines, and searching key words were "blue space", "health", "potential mechanism", etc. The findings are as follows. Firstly, the effect of blue space on the residents' health has drawn increasingly extensive attention, and papers are mainly concentrated in America, the United Kingdom, etc. Secondly, research hotspots have been focused on five topics like blue space type, health impact of blue space, mechanism of blue space on health, health impact difference among different groups, and the policy planning relevance. Thirdly, research trend is from early exploration to the current topic diversification, and gradually to micro-refinement development. Fourth, this paper classifies the research contents into five parts including blue space exposure measurement, impact of urban blue space on residents' health, path and mechanism, group differences, and water planning design and active intervention policy. It is expected to provide scientific reference in enhancing research and practice of "healthy city" and "healthy communities". [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In order to better carry out research on education and teaching, the author consulted relevant literature on blended teaching mode from 2011 -2021 through CNKI, Web of Science and other websites, summarized and analyzed the research status of blended teaching mode, in order to lay a good foundation for studying blended teaching mode in course teaching. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

With the rapid development of social economy and the continuous improvement of stock market, stock investment has become more and more widely concerned. Stock price prediction has become an important research direction in the field of cognitive computing in engineering. Data-driven stock price forecasting aims to predict future stock price trends based on historical values and textual data, which can effectively help people reduce risks and improve returns in the process of stock investment. The article reviews the literature on stock price forecasting methods, and classifies stock price forecasting methods from two different perspectives of model and feature. According to different model angles, the existing stock price prediction methods can be divided into statistical analysis methods, traditional machine learning methods and deep learning methods. According to different characteristic angles, the existing stock price prediction methods can be divided into those based on numerical data and those based on text mixed with numerical data. Finally, we summarize the research challenges faced by stock price prediction and provide future research directions.

Smart agricultural harvesting robots' vision recognition, control decision, and mechanical hand modules all resemble the human eye, brain, and hand, respectively. To enable automatic and precise picking of target fruits and vegetables, the system makes use of cutting-edge sensor technology, machine vision algorithms, and intelligent control and decision methods. This paper provides a comprehensive review of international research advancements in the "eye–brain–hand" harvesting systems within the context of smart agriculture, encompassing aspects of mechanical hand devices, visual recognition systems, and intelligent decision systems. Then, the key technologies used in the current research are reviewed, including image processing, object detection and tracking, machine learning, deep learning, etc. In addition, this paper explores the application of the system to different crops and environmental conditions and analyzes its advantages and challenges. Finally, the challenges and prospects for the research on picking robots in the future are presented, including further optimization of the algorithm and improvement of flexibility and reliability of mechanical devices. To sum up, the "eye–brain–hand" picking system in intelligent agriculture has great potential to improve the efficiency and quality of crop picking and reduce labor pressure, and it is expected to be widely used in agricultural production. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We present an integrative mixed-methods systematic review of research on laboratory work in secondary-school science education from 1996 to 2019. The aim of the study is to identify important aspects of how to successfully make use of laboratory work as a science-teaching strategy in secondary schools. By engaging teachers, our study uses a demand-driven approach where the users of evidence participate in setting the scope. Of a sample of 11,771 studies, 39 were selected for the integrative analysis. The result is structured around three theoretical frameworks to inform our understanding of what characterises laboratory work, (1) with the aim of developing students' learning of science, (2) with the aim of developing students' learning to do science (science practices), and (3) regarding the level of inquiry that facilitates aims 1 and 2. The results are discussed in the light of previous research reviews, and recommendations for future research are suggested. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Educational leadership perspectives are missing from existing literature related to school shootings, which have been dominated instead by experts in criminal justice, law enforcement, and psychology. Purpose: In this article, we systematically review the literature base on educational leadership related to school shootings in the United States to identify gaps and develop an education-specific, leadership-specific research agenda for the United States. Methods: This exploratory-topographical review follows standards for systematic research reviews in educational leadership. Through reviews of 16 core educational leadership journals, and online scholarly search engines for research and keywords, we identify gaps in the current inter-disciplinary literature. Findings: We learned that the research base on school shootings is multidisciplinary, with scholars across seven different fields taking different approaches. Second, we found that while many scholars are addressing the problem of school shootings, the research base on school shootings from education researchers and specifically within the field of educational leadership are limited. Implications: We discuss three ways in which educational leaders and leadership scholars can inform school shooting research via emphasizing relationships, school–community partnerships, and meeting the needs of the marginalized. We propose preliminary recommendations for an education-specific, educational leadership U.S. research agenda, and suggestions for preparation programs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This paper focuses on reviewing past progress in the advancement of definitions, methods, and models for safety analysis and assessment of process industrial systems and highlighting the main research topics. Based on the analysis of the knowledge with respect to process safety, the review covers the fact that the entire system does not have the ability to produce casualties, health deterioration, and other accidents, which ultimately cause human life threats and health damage. And, according to the comparison between safety and reliability, when a system is in an unreliable state, it must be in an unsafe state. Related works show that the main organizations and regulations are developed and grouped together, and these are also outlined in the literature. The progress and current research topics of the methods and models have been summarized and discussed in the analysis and assessment of safety for process industrial systems, which mainly illustrate that the dynamic operational safety assessment under the big data challenges will become the research direction, which will change the future study situation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article provides a critical qualitative review of 26 English-language journal articles from multiple countries that focus on research and practice among pre-service teachers, and their beliefs about, and experiences of, teaching migrant learners. The findings are organised around two themes. First, the review reveals that student teachers are more likely than not to hold negative beliefs and harbour anxieties about teaching migrant learners. While the cultural diversity of the country in which the student teachers are working does not seem to be a strong determinant of such beliefs, research suggests that such beliefs are more often linked to a lack of knowledge and training. Second, the review identifies a strong emphasis on belief in the value of empathy in learning to teach migrant learners, with the caveat that having a migrant background does not necessarily lead to a more empathetic student teacher. The wider discussion problematises empathy as a goal of training and highlights the challenges inherent in encouraging the development of critical self-reflection among pre-service teachers. The review ultimately questions the extent to which pre-service teacher education equips pre-service teachers to work effectively with migrant learners and proposes increased collaborations between researchers and pre-service teachers as a step towards expanding critical research and practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Continuing progress in machine learning (ML) has led to significant advancements in agricultural tasks. Due to its strong ability to extract high-dimensional features from fruit images, deep learning (DL) is widely used in fruit detection and automatic harvesting. Convolutional neural networks (CNN) in particular have demonstrated the ability to attain accuracy and speed levels comparable to those of humans in some fruit detection and automatic harvesting fields. This paper presents a comprehensive overview and review of fruit detection and recognition based on DL for automatic harvesting from 2018 up to now. We focus on the current challenges affecting fruit detection performance for automatic harvesting: the scarcity of high-quality fruit datasets, fruit detection of small targets, fruit detection in occluded and dense scenarios, fruit detection of multiple scales and multiple species, and lightweight fruit detection models. In response to these challenges, we propose feasible solutions and prospective future development trends. Future research should prioritize addressing these current challenges and improving the accuracy, speed, robustness, and generalization of fruit vision detection systems, while reducing the overall complexity and cost. This paper hopes to provide a reference for follow-up research in the field of fruit detection and recognition based on DL for automatic harvesting. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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English language education in developing countries like Malaysia has often been cited as a valuable asset and instrumental in improving the lives of its citizens. While providing quality education in rural Malaysia has always been a challenge, little is known of the status of English language education in rural schools. The recent information provided by the United Nations Human Development Index website shows Malaysia's rural population is about 23% of the total population of 32 million. Thus, this paper examines published peer-reviewed research articles concerning English education in rural schools to determine the current status, and future needs of rural English education. This review not only highlights the dearth of research in this area but also examines how the current reform initiated for English language education in Malaysia affects rural schools. The findings also reveal that persistent issues such as lack of interest and need to use English among rural students, poor infrastructure and limited resources in schools, and lack of parental support in assisting school work at home remain as major challenges for improvement in English education. The findings also show that published school-based research was generally random studies carried out by independent researchers. Thus, none of the studies in this review reported any planned and coordinated intervention programmes by the Ministry of Education to improve rural English education. While more research is needed, supporting and encouraging critical analysis of current educational practices and policies is vital for ensuring better development and improvement for English education in rural schools. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Piper amalago (P. amalago) is a traditional medicine in Brazil for the treatment of leishmanial. Owing to its rare occurrence and potent pharmacological activities, efforts have been devoted to the identification of its diverse constituents, especially terpenoids. Researchers have found that the major constituents of P. amalago were amides, monoterpenes, norisoprenoids, sesquiterpenes, aliphatic hydrocarbons and aromatic hydrocarbons. The amides show anxiolytic, anti-inflammatory, antileishmanial and antinociceptive activity. This review summarizes the research progress of the structural diversity and pharmacological activities of P. amalago. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This project addresses the evolution of public relations research over the past decade by examining its two SSCI-indexed journals with methods that can reveal the influence of multiple categories of research clusters. Modeling the full text of all 1,293 published articles in Public Relations Review (PRR) and the Journal of Public Relations Research (JPRR) from 2010 to 2020 (7,400,685 words), we identified nine non-discrete clusters in public relations research. Using three computational methods – structural topic modeling, inter-cluster network analysis, and network simulation – we found that (1) the strategic management cluster emerged as the most central for the past decade, followed by public relations professionalism, digital media, crisis communication, internal communication, global public relations, rhetoric and philosophy, media relations, and critical studies, ranked by their proportions in the scholarship; (2) JPRR had greater emphasis on the strategic management cluster relative to PRR, which offered a more diverse representation; (3) little longitudinal change occurred throughout the decade, although internal communication gained traction and public relations professionalism and media relations lost ground as the decade progressed; and 4) the last ten years of public relations research did not see intersection among theoretical traditions from different clusters as much as expected, leaving opportunity for more inter-cluster knowledge production. Theoretical and practical implications for the public relations research community are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study summarizes the research methods, subjects, research processes, and achievements of major researchers by analyzing previous research results on Korean food history. The goal of the current study aimed to seek the methodology and direction of ‘food history research’. Literature data from 1945 to 2022 were examined. Results of excavation research on ancient food literature were divided into the following stages: the 1980s, when the foundation for ‘cataloging’ was laid, and the 2000s, when ‘digitization’ was achieved. Achievements of each period were collected, and the achievements and limitations were analyzed. Next, the research results were classified into ‘Food technology history’, ‘Recipe change history’, and ‘Food culture and dietary history’. We observed that around the 2000s, anthropology and folklore research perspectives were reflected, and the research on ‘history of diet’ reached a turning point. Our results indicate the possibility that food history can develop as a special historical area. This could be achieved by establishing an exchange system with other disciplines and creating a systematic curriculum. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract The formation of an academic field is evidenced by many factors, including the growth of relevant research articles and the increasing impact of highly cited publications. Building upon recent scoping reviews of journal publications in STEM education, this study aimed to provide a systematic review of high impact empirical studies in STEM education to gain insights into the development of STEM education research paradigms. Through a search of the Web of Science core database, we identified the top 100 most-cited empirical studies focusing on STEM education that were published in journals from 2000 to 2021 and examined them in terms of various aspects, including the journals where they were published, disciplinary content coverage, research topics and methods, and authorship’s nationality/region and profession. The results show that STEM education continues to gain more exposure and varied disciplinary content with an increasing number of high impact empirical studies published in journals in various STEM disciplines. High impact research articles were mainly authored by researchers in the West, especially the United States, and indicate possible “hot” topics within the broader field of STEM education. Our analysis also revealed the increased participation and contributions from researchers in diverse fields who are working to formulate research agendas in STEM education and the nature of STEM education scholarship.

Abstract In this study, we reviewed publications in the International Journal of STEM Education from 2014 to 2021 to gain a glimpse of STEM education research trends in terms of authorship and topics. We analyzed publication quantities and types, authors’ profession, research topics and school levels, and the top 10 most-cited publications over the years. The results provide some encouraging indications of the expanded engagement and dynamic development in publication authorship and topics in STEM education research worldwide.

This article presents a review of qualitative research on interprofessional cooperation between regular teachers and special educators published from 2005 to 2019. The aim of the review was to gain knowledge about how different forms of cooperation take shape and about factors at multiple levels that facilitate or constrain cooperation as a means of achieving inclusion. In total, 25 studies were selected. The results are discussed in relation to Thomas Skrtic's theory of bureaucracies within the school organisation in order to compare and analyse different forms of interprofessional cooperation and schools' organisations of special educational work. Cooperative teaching, special educational consultations and mixed forms of cooperation were found to entail different benefits and challenges related to communication and the cooperating actors' roles. Facilitating factors included personal chemistry, an equal distribution of power and responsibilities and support from the school management through provision of professional development and adequate planning time. In several studies, a flexible cooperation was argued to be hindered by curricular constraints and standardised testing. Education policy is therefore emphasised in this review as important for understanding the conditions under which school staff are responsible for inclusion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The accuracy, speed, and robustness of object detection and recognition are directly related to the harvesting efficiency, quality, and speed of fruit and vegetable harvesting robots. In order to explore the development status of object detection and recognition techniques for fruit and vegetable harvesting robots based on digital image processing and traditional machine learning, this article summarizes and analyzes some representative methods. This article also demonstrates the current challenges and future potential developments. This work aims to provide a reference for future research on object detection and recognition techniques for fruit and vegetable harvesting robots based on digital image processing and traditional machine learning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents the outcome of the bibliometrics analysis of research sourced from the Web of Science collection. A research evolution, hotspots of peer instruction, and potential topics using bibliometrics to visualize related research from 1971 to 2022 was conducted, using CiteSpace to analyze keywords co-occurrence, time zone, burst detection and strategic diagram. Six themes emerged: competence, technology, outcome, participation, students' ability, and others. Among them, benefits to students, such as improving students' ability, confidence, and learning performance are the hotspots. Teachers' perspectives, exploration of the implementation model, students' attitudes, motivation, demands, and cognition are potential topics for future research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Empirical research and data are necessary for policy, planning and provision of services for persons with disabilities. Research data may be available but still not used by researchers and policy makers. The aim of this study is to explore existing empirical research and sources of data on Assistive Technology (AT) in Malawi in order to facilitate the development of an AT policy and Assistive Product List (APL). A two-stage process using a scoping review methodology was adopted to identify (1) empirical research on AT in Malawi and (2) sources of existing data on AT in Malawi. Following a narrative synthesis, 12 heterogenous studies that reported on the use, availability, sources and knowledge about AT in Malawi were identified. Identified studies suggest that there is high unmet need for AT and services in Malawi. Five major sources of data on disability and AT were Identified. Only 2 out of the 12 studies had used existing sources of data. The high unmet need for AT and services in Malawi have substantial implications for persons with disabilities. Developing mechanisms that will improve the use of existing data on AT in all countries is pivotal for the efficient and effective development of AT ecosystems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Abstract Cerebral infarction, a common central nervous system complication after adult cardiac surgery, is one of the main factors leading to the poor prognosis of cardiac surgery patients besides cardiac insufficiency. However, there is currently no effective treatment for cerebral infarction. Therefore, early prevention and diagnosis of postoperative cerebral infarction are particularly important. There are many factors and mechanisms during and after cardiac surgery that play an important role in the occurrence of postoperative cerebral infarction, such as intraoperative embolism, systemic inflammatory response syndrome, atrial fibrillation, temperature regulation, blood pressure control, use of postoperative blood products, and so forth. The mechanism by which most risk factors act on the human body, leading to postoperative cerebral infarction, is not well understood, and further research is needed. Therefore, this paper aims to summarize and explain the relevant risk factors, mechanisms, clinical signs, imaging characteristics, and early diagnosis methods of cerebral infarction complications after cardiac surgery, and provides useful data for the establishment of related diagnosis and treatment standards.

Rural entrepreneurship has become an important research issue with great development potential in the face of intense socio-economic changes in rural areas. However, few significant studies cover this topic in Polish and foreign literature. In this article, the authors attempt to review and evaluate the current research on rural entrepreneurship emphasising the Polish literature and including geographical studies. The article describes and organises theoretical research achievements to date and offers a definition of rural entrepreneurship and the directions and prospects for further research.

[Introduction] The power output of China Fusion Engineering Test Reactor (CFETR) is periodic, which can not directly meet the stable and continuous input requirements of conventional power generation equipment. CFETR fusion power plant needs to integrate a specific process system between nuclear island and conventional island. [Method] By investigating the application of concentrating solar power plants and the literature research of fusion power plants, this paper presented a discussion based on the preliminary performance of CFETR about the comparison between energy storage and energy supplement, energy storage techniques, thermal storage mediums and thermal storage system schemes. [Result] For fusion reactors with water-cooled blanket and helium cooled blanket, it is proposed to integrate an indirect double-tanks sensible thermal storage system with hydrogenated triphenyl heat transfer oil and solar salt molten salt as thermal storage medium respectively, so as to ensure the stable and continuous operation of the power generation system. [Conclusion] The proposed energy storage scheme meets the conditions of large-scale commercial applications and supports the overall design of CFETR fusion power plant.

The focus of this paper is to examine the status of Value Management (VM) studies in specific construction projects by reviewing 104 relevant articles published from 2001 to 2021. The analysis indicates that the project type, project size, and research theme of VM studies conducted on various construction projects are all significantly correlated. Building projects and large-scale projects are identified as the most favoured subjects of VM studies to date. Meanwhile, researchers are keener on investigating the performance, impacts, and strategy of VM in different construction projects. Based on the status observed, some possible directions for future research are addressed. This paper not only provides evidence to demonstrate VM’s broad applicability, but also serves as a favourable reference for researchers to select research issues and topics with greater freedom to develop necessary VM studies in the construction industry.