MANAGEMENT CONTROL SYSTEM AND PERFORMANCE OF SMALL AND MEDIUM MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES IN LAGOS, NIGERIA by Abdulrasaq Mustapha, Mubaraq Sanni

“…However, little or no attention has been given to design and use of this very important function of management. …”
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Quality Improvement of Polycarbonate Medical Device by Moldex3D and Taguchi DOE by Upoma Saha, Wael Mokhtar

“…Incorporating a new design combined with a thermoplastic material without having a prior process database may cause numerous defects in the molded part. …”
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Fit for purpose? Evaluating multiple-choice question quality in E-learning for emergency primary healthcare by Kate-Torunn Aas Vold, Monika Kvernenes, Une Elisabeth Stømer, Erik Zakariassen

“…This study explores the quality of multiple choice questions (MCQs) used in a mandatory cross-disciplinary Norwegian CPD e-learning course in emergency medicine primary care.Design Cross-sectional study design.Setting We extracted MCQ assessment data from the e-learning platform ‘Oppvakt’ at National Centre for Emergency Primary Health Care (NKLM).Subjects Physicians and nurses working in the Out-of-Hour service in Norway.Main outcome measures Results from the MCQ exam and information about the participants’ professional role was extracted. …”
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Field Static Load Tests of Post-Grouted Piles under Various Failure Conditions by Jialin Zhou, Jianwei Zhang, Yuzhuo Wang, Erwin Oh

“…In practice, inappropriate test set-up and design will result in pile eccentricity, reducing pile bearing capacity. …”
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Temperature Adaptability of Asphalt Pavement to High Temperatures and Significant Temperature Differences by Xueying Zhao, Aiqin Shen, Baofu Ma

“…Temperature adaptability of asphalt pavements is very important, due to their potential influence on pavement structure design, particularly in areas that experience significant temperature differences. …”
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Influence of Urban Commercial Street Interface Morphology on Surrounding Wind Environment and Thermal Comfort by Yijie Zhang, Bin Huang

“…In recent climate-adaptive design strategies, there has been a growing interest in creating healthy and comfortable urban microclimates. …”
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A Covert α-Stable Noise-Based Extended Random Communication by Incorporating Multiple Inverse Systems by Areeb Ahmed, Zoran Bosnic

“…This study introduces a strategy for ensuring covert communication by incorporating inverse systems to design an Extended Random Communication System (ERCS), where the carrier conveying the information is skewed alpha-stable random noise. …”
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Digital Media Hotspot Mining Algorithm Implementation with Complex Systems in the Mobile Internet Environment by Yufeng Jia, Sang-Bing Tsai

“…In this paper, we address the above problems and research hot event topic sentence generation techniques in the field of hot event mining and design a hybrid event candidate set construction algorithm based on topic core word mapping and event triad selection. …”
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Interventions to improve primary healthcare in rural settings: A scoping review. by Kris Aubrey-Basler, Krystal Bursey, Andrea Pike, Carla Penney, Bradley Furlong, Mark Howells, Harith Al-Obaid, James Rourke, Shabnam Asghari, Amanda Hall

“…The most common study design was an uncontrolled before-and-after comparison (32%) and only 24% of studies used randomized designs. …”
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The nexus between social media advertising and customers’ purchase intention with the mediating role of customers’ brand consciousness: evidence from three South Asian countries... by Md Sajjad Hosain, Abdullah Mohammad Ahshanul Mamun

“…Furthermore, the authors incorporated a single mediator: customers' brand consciousness (CBC) to test the mediating effects on the direct relationships. Design/methodology/approach – The authors purposively selected 1937 fashion-conscious individuals based on a cross-sectional survey design. …”
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Reflective Metasurface for Multi-Band Polarization Conversion for Satellite Applications in 6G Networks by Humayun Zubair Khan, Abdul Jabbar, Jalil Ur Rehman Kazim, Jamal Zafar, Masood Ur-Rehman, Muhammad Ali Imran, Qammer H. Abbasi

“…This study introduces a reflective polarization converter based on metasurface, designed to offer both Linear-to-Linear polarization (LLP) and Linear-to-Circular polarization (LCP). …”
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Structural Optimization of the Aircraft NACA Inlet Based on BP Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms by Zhimao Li, Changdong Chen, Houju Pei, Benben Kong

“…The BP neural networks and genetic algorithms are studied to optimize the design of the ram air inlet system. It is proven to be a novel approach, and the efficiency can be highly improved.…”
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Psychological Support in the Midst of VUCA Situations for Generation Z in the Finnish Education System by Eva Latipah

“… Purpose – This study aims to identify the forms of psychological support provided by the Finnish education system to Generation Z in facing VUCA situations and analyze the strategies applied within the Finnish education system to strengthen the psychological resilience and adaptability of Generation Z in the VUCA era. Design/method/approach – The research uses a descriptive qualitative design to thoroughly describe the forms of psychological support and strategies applied within the Finnish education system. …”
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Impact of Grinding and Sorting Particle Size on Phytochemical Yield in Dipterocarpus alatus Leaf Extract by Kritsadang Senawong, Somporn Katekaew, Suchat Juntahum, Kittipong Laloon

“…The main objective of this study was to investigate the impact of grinding (pretreatment) with a pin mill on the crude extract yields of Dipterocarpus alatus (Yang-Na) leaves. A factorial design in a completely randomized design was conducted to study the combinational effects of sieve sizes (1.0, 1.5, and 3.0 mm) and feed rates (1.0, 1.5, and 3.0 kg min−1), examining the interaction of parameters for grinding oven-dried Yang-Na leaves. …”
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Integrating nutrition and physical activity promotion: A scoping review. by Laura Casu, Stuart Gillespie, Nicholas Nisbett

“…Expanding on previous research on single component actions, we assessed the state of the literature to map integrated interventions across the life course to analyse potential double duty effects, and identify knowledge gaps and needs for future design, implementation, evaluation and research for effective double duty action.…”
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Curcumin-Based Nanoparticles: Advancements and Challenges in Tumor Therapy by Hicham Wahnou, Riad El Kebbaj, Bertrand Liagre, Vincent Sol, Youness Limami, Raphaël Emmanuel Duval

“…Finally, the review addresses the current challenges and future perspectives in the clinical translation of CNPs, emphasizing the need for further research to optimize their design for targeted delivery and to enhance their therapeutic outcomes. …”
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Measuring pro-environmental behavioural determinants using closed-answer surveys by Hunter Doughty, Laura Thomas-Walters

“…However, despite published criticism of poor survey design, there is little practical guidance on how to capture these determinants accurately in closed-answer surveys (those with predefined answer options). …”
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Transparent Graphene-Based RIS for 6G Communications in the THz Spectrum by I. Marasco, C. Cantore, G. V. Bianco, G. Bruno, A. D'Orazio, G. Magno

“…This paper presents a numerical investigation and the optimized design of a transparent graphene-based RIS operating in the THz spectrum. …”
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Saline Water Impact on Water Use Efficiency of Bitter Melon (Momordica charantia L) Using Drip Irrigation by Kamran Baksh Soomro, M. M. Shaikh, Sanyogita Andriyas, Muhammad Rizwan Shahid

“…The purpose was to estimate the effects of two different qualities of irrigation water including fresh quality water (IT1 0.56 dS m−1) and saline groundwater (IT2 2.89 dS m−1) on WUE using drip irrigation technology in 2018–19. The experimental design was complete randomized block design (RCBD) with two treatments of irrigation: (1) freshwater (IT1) with 0.56 dS m−1 electrical conductivity and (2) saline water (IT2) with 2.89 dS m−1 electrical conductivity. …”
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Influence of Health Education Through Audiovisual on Knowledge and Self Management of Hypertension Elderly in Tondo Kelurahan Mantikulore District by Nuranisa

“…This research  aims to determine the effect of health education through audiovisual on knowledge and self-management of elderly hypertension in the Tondo sub-district, Mantikulore sub-district.This type of research is a quantitative research with a pre-experimental design with the type of one group pre-test post-test design. …”
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