Preparing for opening night: temporal boundary objects in textually-mediated professional practice by Elisabeth Davies, Pamela J. McKenzie

“…Preliminary thematic analysis pertaining to time and information was conducted on interview transcripts and the relevant documents. …”
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Examining the impact of factors on sustainable tourism practices: an empirical study in the Indian context by Swati Naik, Ruby S. Chanda

“…The model included environmental awareness, environmental concern, and perception of negative impacts of tourism as independent variables. SEM analysis was conducted to test the conceptual model. A total of 265 responses were collected from the tourists. …”
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Aggregatable Subvector Commitment with Efficient Updates by Qing Xu, Chenyang Gao, Yunling Wang

“…Finally, we implement the proposed scheme and conduct a detailed comparison with aSVC. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed scheme achieves a 48× speedup when adding an element to a 16-length vector, as well as 2.13× and 1.73× speedups for aggregating eight proofs and performing verification, respectively.…”
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The Impact of Organizational Citizenship Behavior, Employee Engagement, and Managerial Decision-Making on the Microfinance Institutions Performance by Donni Junipriansa, Ganjar Mohamad Disastra

“…Data were collected from 100 key microfinance institutions employees in Greater Bandung, with interviews of 10 experienced staff (>5 years) conducted to refine the questionnaire and ensure alignment with microfinance institutions work conditions. …”
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Communication network analysis by Gideon de Wet

“…A case study with the emphasis on an intact system of farmers in the Border-Kelarsalis presented. The study was conducted in Komkhulu with. 46 local farmers taking part in the research. …”
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RANDOM FORCE MODELING AND VIBRATION ANALYSIS OF FIXED ABRASIVE WIRE SAW by JI LeiLei, TANG AoFei, GUO XiaoLing, CUI FangYuan

“…The normal random force model, which has an important influence on the lateral vibration of the wire saw,was further established and an analysis of linear vibration of the wire saw in the small offset state was conducted. Based on the cutting experiment of WXD170 reciprocating diamond wire sawing machine, the validity of the normal random force model is verified. …”
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Low Mismatch Key Agreement Based on Wavelet-Transform Trend and Fuzzy Vault in Body Area Network by Yang Wu, Yongmei Sun, Lei Zhan, Yuefeng Ji

“…By exploiting the high correlation of received signal strength index (RSSI) between peer-to-peer communications, our scheme can provide a shared symmetric cryptographic key under the presence of an eavesdropper. We conduct experiments on the real Telosb nodes, and the results demonstrate that our proposed methods have a good performance on security.…”
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Développement d’un modèle statistique de prédiction de la durée de vie du rachis lombaire, dépendant de la contrainte appliquée, de l’âge et de la densité osseuse by Houcine Ayari, Marc Thomas, Sylvie Doré

“…By comparing the values predicted by this model with the results of the fatigue tests conducted by Hansson (1987), a certain consistency can be noticed in the results. …”
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The influence of transformational leadership, organizational culture, and employee engagement on turnover intention by Rhian Indradewa, Santiajie Santiajie

“…For further research, it is suggested to examine other hospital that face the same problem which may produce different findings; conduct research on relatively similar objects, such as leasing which also faces the same problem, and add the concept of transformational leadership, organizational culture, and employee engagement, turnover intention, job satisfaction and others for further research.…”
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Effect of Different Pediatric Medications on RMGIC: A Comparative Study by Ahtesham A. Qurishi, Mohammed S. Al Dira, Amal H. Sholan, Shahad E. Abzoah, Mahdi A. Hakami, Emad Malhan, Shahad M. Moafa

“…Statistical analysis was conducted using one-way ANOVA and post-hoc Tukey’s test. …”
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Interorganizational Knowledge Division Decision Model Based on Cooperative Innovation of Supply Chain System by Wei Zhang, Qingpu Zhang, Guangdong Wu

“…From the perspective of maximizing project value-adding and the relationship of effort cost between knowledge input and innovation stage in consideration, we established the knowledge collaborative incentive model for interorganizational cooperative innovation of construction supply chain system and proposed the first-order and second-order approaches. Then we conducted the digital simulation and example analysis, its results showed that if the owner has the capability to achieve project value-adding in knowledge cooperation, he would adopt a part commissioned way. …”
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Brand contact integration in the Ethiopian beer market by Samson Mekonnen, George Angelopulo

“… This paper assesses Integrated Marketing Communication (IMC) and brand contact integration in three areas that have received insufficient research attention. The study was conducted in a region that has received little research coverage (Ethiopia), a low involvement product sector (brewing) and from the theoretical perspective of the Nordic School. …”
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Model Passengers’ Travel Time for Conventional Bus Stop by Guangzhao Xin, Wei Wang

“…By analyzing the results, conclusion was conducted that short headway can reduce passengers’ waiting time at bus stop. …”
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Vehicle Routing and Scheduling of Flex-Route Transit under a Dynamic Operating Environment by Yue Zheng, Liangpeng Gao, Wenquan Li

“…Finally, simulation experiments based on a real-life flex-route transit service are conducted to assess the influence of different dynamic events. …”
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HISTORY AND MORALITY XXI SHISHKIN READINGS REVUE by S. M. Medvedeva

“…23d December 2016 the Department of Philosophy of MGIMO-University conducted annual XXI Shishkin Readings in memory of famous Russian philosopher A. …”
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Short-Term Outcomes of Totally Extraperitoneal and Extended Totally Extraperitoneal Repair of Ventral Hernia by Santosh D. Thorat, Rajeev P. Bilaskar

“…A prospective observational study was conducted among 60 patients with non-complicated ventral hernia who were randomised into two groups, equally, who were further subjected to either TEP or e-TEP laparoscopic ventral hernia repair. …”
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Control point locating scheme of street light network in urban environment by Yue-Shan Chang, Ruey-Kai Sheu, Guang-Ting Wu

“…Some experiments have been conducted to evaluate the performance and the feasibility of the proposed scheme. …”
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Pedagogical situations: interpretation difference by Victoria V. Dobrova

“…Thus the pedagogical situation analysis in Russian language pedagogical discourse is centred on the formulation of a pedagogical task, and in the English-speaking pedagogical tradition it is based on the triangle diagram that includes a teacher, a student and content. In the conducted cross-cultural and partly interdisciplinary study, a pedagogical situation is conventionally understood as a process of interaction of subjects of pedagogical activity (educational process) with a certain task in a certain place and time.…”
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Fortifying Biosafety in Nigeria: Insights and Transformative Practices from the SNL-NIBSA Bio-risk Management Course by Ishaku Leo Elisha, Ahmed Waleed Joyan

“…It stresses responsible research conduct and risk mitigation. Biorisk management systematically identifies, assesses, and mitigates biohazard risks, ensuring safety for personnel and the environment. …”
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An Investigation of the Levels and Distribution of Selected Heavy Metals in Sediments and Plant Species within the Vicinity of Ex-Iron Mine in Bukit Besi by Ahmad A. Kutty, Sarah A. Al-Mahaqeri

“…An assessment of the abandoned mine impacts on the concentrations and distribution of heavy metals in surface sediments and plant species within the vicinity of an ex-iron mine in Malaysia was conducted. The sequential extraction method was used to extract anthropogenic metals in sediments. …”
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