Computational diplomacy: how 'hackathons for good' feed a participatory future for multilateralism in the digital age.

This article explores the role of in building a community of software and hardware developers focused on addressing global sustainable development goal (SDG) challenges. We theorize this movement as computational diplomacy: a decentralized, participatory process for digital governance that leverages collective intelligence to tackle major global issues. Analysing Devpost and GitHub data reveals that 30% of hackathons since 2010 have addressed SDG topics, employing diverse technologies to create innovative solutions.

Prescriptive process monitoring: ?

Prescriptive process monitoring methods seek to optimize a business process by recommending interventions at runtime to prevent negative outcomes or address poorly performing cases. In recent years, various prescriptive process monitoring methods have been proposed. This article studies existing methods in this field via a systematic literature review (SLR).

One-off events? An empirical study of hackathon code creation and reuse.

Context: Hackathons have become popular events for teams to collaborate on projects and develop software prototypes. Most existing research focuses on activities during an event with limited attention to the evolution of the hackathon code.

Objective: We aim to understand the evolution of code used in and created during hackathon events, with a particular focus on the code blobs, specifically, how frequently hackathon teams reuse pre-existing code, how much new code they develop, if that code gets reused afterwards, and what factors affect reuse.

Influence of intramedullary nail diameter and locking mode on the stability of tibial shaft fracture fixation.

Background: Fracture healing is affected by the type and the magnitude of movements at the fracture site. Mechanical conditions will be a function of the type of fracture management, the distance between the fracture fragments, and the loading of the fracture site. The hypothesis to be tested was that the use of a larger-diameter intramedullary nail, together with compressed interlocking, would enhance the primary stiffness and reduce fracture site movements, especially those engendered by shearing forces.

Interfragmentary movement in diaphyseal tibia fractures fixed with locked intramedullary nails.

Objectives: Biomechanical study on cadaveric bones using physiological loading conditions to quantify interfragmentary movements in a tibial shaft fracture model fixed by intramedullary nailing.

Methods: Six fresh frozen human cadaveric tibiae were sequentially tested in axial, torsional, 4-point bending, and shear loading configurations. Tests were performed in intact specimens and osteotomized specimens equipped with interlocked intramedullary nails.