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The Critical Role of International Comparisons in Global Metrology System: An Overview

  • Patrice Salzenstein,
  • Thomas Y. Wu and
  • Ekaterina Pavlyuchenko

3 December 2025

International comparisons play a critical role in ensuring precision, accuracy, consistency, and trust in the global metrology system. The Comité International des Poids et Mesures (CIPM) established the Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA) in...

  • Commentary
  • Open Access
6 Citations
7,525 Views
15 Pages

China and the international monetary system need each other. The international monetary system is strained, with crisis just around the corner, yet reform is not on anyone’s agenda. Meanwhile China, deeply invested in the current system, faces...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,254 Views
11 Pages

18 November 2022

The quality of the international students’ cultivation system is pivotal to the high-quality promotion for higher education sustainability in China. This study aims to explore 23 international students’ opinions on their cultivation syste...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,150 Views
20 Pages

26 March 2021

A claim can be understood as a negative result of the performance of a contract, as it is necessary to fulfill the obligation and/or indemnify (freight damage claim, for example). Today’s claims management faces a variety of problems, such as ineffic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
6,840 Views
22 Pages

20 May 2022

The sound and sustainable development of the international monetary system is the cornerstone of the sound and stable development of the global economy. This paper takes digital currency in China as its research object and utilizes a regime-switching...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
18,927 Views
15 Pages

13 May 2021

This research investigated the Saudi procurement system and regulations in the context of local and international administrative contracts. Mainly, Saudi Government Tenders and Procurement Law was investigated in more detail to understand basic rules...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,239 Views
14 Pages

3 June 2024

The International System of Units (SI), the current form of the metric system and the world’s most used system of units, has been continuously updated and refined since the Metre Convention of 1875 to ensure that it remains up to date with the...

  • Review
  • Open Access
16 Citations
11,330 Views
29 Pages

15 October 2022

The implementation of an international management system (IMS) in any organization (or part thereof) creates an efficient framework regarding the sustainable development and the review of processes required to manage occupational safety and health (O...

  • Article
  • Open Access
301 Views
25 Pages

11 February 2026

How would an expansion in the use of special drawing rights (SDR) affect the currency composition of the international reserve system? This study explores this question by proposing a novel analytical framework based on the analytic hierarchy process...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
11 Citations
10,211 Views
11 Pages

30 March 2021

Serous effusion cytology is widely employed in the initial evaluation of the etiology of effusions with a high diagnostic sensitivity. To standardize practices, The International System for Reporting Serous Fluid Cytology (TIS) was developed followin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,291 Views
14 Pages

16 July 2019

Gravity waves (GWs) propagate horizontally and vertically in the atmosphere. They transport energy and momentum, and therefore GWs can affect the atmospheric circulation at different altitude layers when dissipating. Thus knowledge about the occurren...

  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
5,420 Views
12 Pages

Cytohistological Correlation in Pleural Effusions Based on the International System for Reporting Serous Fluid Cytopathology

  • Daniel Pinto,
  • Eduardo Cruz,
  • Diamantina Branco,
  • Cláudia Linares,
  • Conceição Carvalho,
  • Amélia Silva,
  • Martinha Chorão and
  • Fernando Schmitt

The International System for Reporting Serous Fluid Cytology (TIS) was recently developed. Given its novelty, most studies looking into the risk of malignancy (ROM) of serous effusion diagnostic categories were published before the development of TIS...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
5,096 Views
13 Pages

A Microbial Monitoring System Demonstrated on the International Space Station Provides a Successful Platform for Detection of Targeted Microorganisms

  • Christina L. M. Khodadad,
  • Cherie M. Oubre,
  • Victoria A. Castro,
  • Stephanie M. Flint,
  • Monsi C. Roman,
  • Charlie Mark Ott,
  • Cory J. Spern,
  • Mary E. Hummerick,
  • Gretchen J. Maldonado Vazquez and
  • Orlando Melendez
  • + 5 authors

27 May 2021

Closed environments such as the International Space Station (ISS) and spacecraft for other planned interplanetary destinations require sustainable environmental control systems for manned spaceflight and habitation. These systems require monitoring f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,920 Views
23 Pages

20 April 2021

In recent years, there has been a trend of increasing criticism towards official development assistance (ODA) and the optimization of ODA policies, in a world of growing inequality between the Global North and Global South. To contribute to efficient...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
8,424 Views
15 Pages

1 July 2022

The L2 motivation self system (L2MSS) has been extensively researched in a variety of contexts, but few studies have delved into its relationship with international posture and the sustainable development of L2 proficiency in the COVID-19 era. To add...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
9,520 Views
19 Pages

17 September 2019

The international system has changed rapidly in the last thirty years and Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) has become a new critical factor of the world order of the 21st century. The interaction between STI and international affairs has incr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,597 Views
15 Pages

Serous effusion cytology is a pivotal diagnostic and staging tool in clinical pathology, valued for its simplicity and cost-effectiveness. Staining techniques such as Giemsa and Papanicolaou are foundational, yet the search for rapid and efficient al...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
10,211 Views
19 Pages

It is generally perceived that the effective implementation of an adequate internal control system prevents and controls an entity’s risks and improves its procedures and performance. This study empirically investigates the relationship between...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,984 Views
12 Pages

19 June 2021

The evolution of software is necessary for the success of software systems. Studying the evolution of software and understanding it is a vocal topic of study in software engineering. One of the primary concepts of software evolution is that the inter...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,025 Views
32 Pages

Internal Model Control for Onboard Methanol-Reforming Hydrogen Production Systems

  • Fengxiang Chen,
  • Yuanyuan Duan,
  • Yaowang Pei and
  • Bo Zhang

21 January 2025

Methanol reforming is considered to be one of the most promising hydrogen production technologies for hydrogen fuel cells. It is expected to solve the problem of hydrogen storage and transportation because of its high hydrogen production rate, low co...

  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
7,229 Views
26 Pages

24 July 2021

The aim of this paper is to analyse and evaluate the deployment of smart platforms (operated by distribution system operators—DSOs—or by independent parties) in key jurisdictions that facilitate the trading of flexibility services—primarily by DSOs....

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,268 Views
19 Pages

9 April 2022

The gear system is one of the most widely-used transmission systems due to its accurate transmission ratio and high efficiency. However, torsional vibration may severely degrade transmission performance and shorten the gear lifespan. In view of this,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
13,666 Views
16 Pages

The Relationship between AI Adoption Intensity and Internal Control System and Accounting Information Quality

  • Albertina Monteiro,
  • Catarina Cepêda,
  • Amélia Cristina Ferreira Da Silva and
  • Joana Vale

4 November 2023

This study develops an empirical model for accounting information systems’ quality. The paper identifies the manufacturing industry, intensity of artificial intelligence (AI) adoption and internal control system quality as critical factors for...

  • Article
  • Open Access
403 Views
24 Pages

25 February 2026

The complexity of internal control in commercial banks continues to increase, and relevant reports exhibit notable lag and template issues. In response to the demand to transform unstructured disclosures into actionable insights, this study proposes...

  • Letter
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,843 Views
9 Pages

1 June 2020

Nowadays, stringent requirements for the quality of SAR data products exist. The radiometric and image quality requirements can only be fulfilled by knowing the disturbances caused by the radar hardware itself. The internal calibration is a mechanism...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,464 Views
13 Pages

3 November 2022

As hypersonic vehicles are highly integrated, a multifidelity simulation method based on a commercial solver is developed to reduce simulation time for such vehicles and their propulsion systems. This method is characterized by high-level fidelity nu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
10,138 Views
18 Pages

The Mediating Effect of the Internal Control System on the Relationship between the Accounting Information System and Employee Performance in Jordan Islamic Banks

  • Baker Akram Falah Jarah,
  • Nidal Zaqeeba,
  • Mefleh Faisal Mefleh Al-Jarrah,
  • Abdalla Mohammad Al Badarin and
  • Zeyad Almatarneh

27 February 2023

The goal of the current study is to determine how the internal control system (ICS) in Jordanian Islamic banks affects the link between the accounting information system (AIS) and employee performance (EP). The study’s target audience is actual...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,651 Views
15 Pages

6 May 2019

It is a challenge to design a satisfactory controller for a complex multivariable industrial system with minimal offsetting and a slow response. An internal model control method is proposed for rank-deficient systems with a time delay based on a damp...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,329 Views
16 Pages

20 June 2018

Traditional adaptive filtering algorithms are non-recursive systems that cannot use a time-variant reference input in real time and are not appropriate for control signals with uncertainties and unanticipated conditions. The main purpose of this rese...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,845 Views
19 Pages

An Automatic Internal Wave Recognition Algorithm Based on CNN Applicable to an Ocean Data Buoy System

  • Guozheng Yuan,
  • Chunlin Ning,
  • Lin Liu,
  • Chao Li,
  • Yanliang Liu,
  • Chalermrat Sangmanee,
  • Xuerong Cui,
  • Jinkai Zhao,
  • Jiuke Wang and
  • Weidong Yu

4 November 2023

The application of internal wave recognition to the buoy system is of great significance to enhance the understanding of the ocean internal wave phenomenon and provide more accurate data and information support. This article proposes an automatic int...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,061 Views
41 Pages

6 July 2021

Organisations attempt to contribute their share towards fighting the climate crisis by trying to reduce their emission of greenhouse gases effectively towards net zero. An instrument to guide their reduction efforts is internal carbon pricing. Next t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,298 Views
16 Pages

2 February 2023

This paper suggests an embedded battery impedance measurement based on an Inductor Capacitor (LC) resonant tank to measure the battery’s internal temperature for battery management systems (BMS). The purpose of the BMS is to provide state-of-ch...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,577 Views
19 Pages

Research on One-to-Two Internal Resonance of Sling and Beam of Suspension Sling–Beam System

  • Lixiong Gu,
  • Chunguang Dong,
  • Yi Zhang,
  • Xiaoxia Zhen,
  • Guiyuan Liu and
  • Jianyi Ji

An approach is presented to investigate the 1:2 internal resonance of the sling and beam of a suspension sling–beam system. The beam was taken as the geometrically linear Euler beam, and the sling was considered to be geometrically nonlinear. T...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
5,998 Views
14 Pages

25 August 2023

In light of the function of Internal Auditing and its significance in assessing and ensuring the validity of data, information, reports, and high lists generated by the Accounting Information System and improving its credibility and dependability, th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,893 Views
27 Pages

12 January 2024

A geographical information system (GIS) is an advanced tool for collecting, managing, and analyzing spatially-referenced data. The contribution of GIS use to process performance indicators can be improved by combining it with multi-criteria decision...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,707 Views
22 Pages

Digital transformation and “artificial intelligence (AI)”—which can more adequately be called “data-based systems (DS)”—comprise ethical opportunities and risks. Therefore, it is necessary to identify precisely eth...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,584 Views
16 Pages

15 October 2020

Generating positive long-term cash flow is vital for a firm’s sustainability. In this paper, we consider the earnings in the forecasting of future cash flow from a human resource investment of an internal control system. Using the firms listed...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,747 Views
29 Pages

29 October 2022

The aim of this work is the combustion of emulsions in two internal combustion diesel engines, instead of residual fuel oil, to reduce pollutant emissions into the atmosphere and fuel consumption for a cleaner energy transition. A methodology was des...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
5,613 Views
36 Pages

Internal Model Variability of the Regional Coupled System Model GCOAST-AHOI

  • Ha Thi Minh Ho-Hagemann,
  • Stefan Hagemann,
  • Sebastian Grayek,
  • Ronny Petrik,
  • Burkhardt Rockel,
  • Joanna Staneva,
  • Frauke Feser and
  • Corinna Schrum

26 February 2020

Simulations of a Regional Climate Model (RCM) driven by identical lateral boundary conditions but initialized at different times exhibit the phenomenon of so-called internal model variability (or in short, Internal Variability—IV), which is def...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,997 Views
20 Pages

28 August 2020

This paper investigates the preview tracking problem for discrete-time multirate systems under the scenario of the external signals with amplitude non-attenuation. Since the input and the state cannot be measured at the same time, the multirate syste...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,754 Views
17 Pages

28 March 2017

The cooling system has emerged as an effective way to alleviate the excessive heat generation during dry cutting processes. In this paper, we investigated a novel type of internal cooling system, independent of additional mechanical accessories, as a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,728 Views
22 Pages

23 December 2021

Besides the rise of sustainable technologies, successful sustainability transitions crucially depend on the phase-out of unsustainable ones. However, the detailed dynamics of declining technological innovation systems (TIS) remain vague. Thus, based...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
19,550 Views
18 Pages

27 June 2023

This study investigates the influence of internal control systems (ICS) compliance on banks’ financial performance sustainability (FPS) in the Amman Stock Market. Using a questionnaire survey of sixteen listed banks, the extent of ICS complianc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
6,544 Views
22 Pages

13 April 2023

Pollutants in exhaust gases and the high fuel consumption of internal combustion engines remain key issues in the automotive industry despite the emergence of electric vehicles. Engine overheating is a major cause of these problems. Traditionally, en...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,219 Views
16 Pages

21 October 2023

Since the variable-speed seawater pump and the three-way valve of a ship’s central cooling system are forms of feedback from the same output signal, these controllers may cause interference when they are not coordinated. Therefore, studying an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
5,425 Views
18 Pages

5 September 2021

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between the voluntary disclosure of carbon emissions and firm value. In addition, we examine whether the human resources of the internal control system affect the relationship between the volun...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,131 Views
16 Pages

27 June 2024

This study presents an effective control algorithm to improve the robustness of fast steering mirror (FSM)-based laser-beam steering systems against dynamic disturbances, such as repetitive disturbances resulting from operating conditions. A stable c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
7,894 Views
14 Pages

27 February 2020

In recent years, the quality of carbon emission disclosures has become a central area of concern for different stakeholders of companies. Specifically, stakeholders of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) want these companies to legitimize their actions re...

  • Article
  • Open Access
761 Views
20 Pages

Discrete-Time Internal Model Control with Equal-Order Fractional Butterworth Filter for Multivariable Systems

  • Kaiyue Liu,
  • Shuke Lyu,
  • Rui Wang,
  • Chenkang Gao,
  • Xiangyu Yang and
  • Yongtao Liu

7 July 2025

A novel discrete-time internal model control (IMC) method cascaded with a discrete-time equal-order fractional Butterworth (EFBW) filter is proposed for multivariable systems with time-delay and non-minimum-phase (NMP) zeros. This is the first attemp...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
8,919 Views
28 Pages

The current regulatory landscape that applies to maritime service robotics, aptly termed as robotics and autonomous systems (RAS), is quite complex. When it comes to patents, there are multifarious considerations in relation to vessel survey, inspect...

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