Three-dimensional (3D) organ-mimicking phantoms provide realistic imaging environments for testing various aspects of optical systems, including for evaluating new probe designs, characterizing the diagnostic potential of new technologies, and assessing novel image processing algorithms prior to validation in real tissue. We introduce and characterize the use of a new material, Dragon Skin (Smo...

Higher-order cognitive training has shown to enhance performance in older adults, but the neural mechanisms underlying performance enhancement have yet to be fully disambiguated. This randomized trial examined changes in processing speed and processing speed-related neural activity in older participants (57-71 years of age) who underwent cognitive training (CT, N = 12) compared with wait-listed...

This study further evaluates the efficacy of the Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders (UP). A diagnostically heterogeneous clinical sample of 37 patients with a principal anxiety disorder diagnosis was enrolled in a randomized controlled trial (RCT) involving up to 18 sessions of treatment and a 6-month follow-up period. Patients were randomly assigned to receiv...

Abstract Meeting customer time requirements poses a major challenge in the context of high‐variety make‐to‐order companies. Companies need to reduce lead and process urgent jobs time, while realising high delivery reliability. The key decision stages within Workload Control (WLC) are order release shop floor dispatching. To best our knowledge, recent research has mainly focused on stage inadver...

Purpose China's controversial one-child policy has been blamed for creating an ageing population, a generation of employees without siblings and 4-2-1 family structure that places eldercare responsibility, primarily on women. Current understanding how this affects contemporary employees' work–life interface is lacking. This study examined the moderating roles gender in relationships between con...

Value management (VM) and its integration in the whole life cycle (WLC) have become huge concepts for construction projects to provide additional value of an asset end user or client. However, role VM as part WLC a project remain reactive, highly impacted by nature project, this has more challenging with epidemic impact COVID-19. This research aims investigate mechanisms that delivers “re-inven...

Rainwater harvesting (RWH) is one of the essential alternative sources water that may be used. However, finding potential RWH locations on a broad scale has always been challenging, requiring further research. The effectiveness structures depends their design and selection suitable sites. This study aimed to select sites for rainwater in Garmian region Kurdistan-Iraq, using GIS Remote Sensing (...