Enhancing operational efficiency: implementing business process improvement by integrating the command center in the Indonesian toll road operator company by Lea Pungky Rahayu, Ratih Dyah Kusumastuti

“…The as-is and to-be processes are measured using a technique of improvement design called the ESIA approach, consisting of four steps: eliminate, simplify, integrate, and automate. …”
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The impact of emotional dysregulation on food addiction: Examining the intervention role of gender by Jun Li, Lingjie Wang, Feng Xia, Ling Pan, Jia-Fu Liu

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Shaking Table Test of a New Type Insulation Decorative Block Wall under Out-of-Plane Loading by Jian Wu, Yuan Yuan Lv, Shuai Shuai Yin, Qi Wang

“…The structural calculation of IDB walls was carried out to determine the number of anchor bolts at different heights, and design suggestions were given to improve the performance of IDB walls. …”
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Asymmetric connectedness among BSE SENSEX, INR–USD exchange rate, gold price and crude oil price: fresh evidence from nonlinear ARDL by Animesh Bhattacharjee

“…Purpose – This paper investigates the asymmetric connectedness among the Indian stock market, crude oil price, gold price and the USD–INR exchange rate. Design/methodology/approach – We construct a nonlinear autoregressive distributed lag model that contains the four aforementioned variables. …”
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Effect of Moisture Content on the Shear Behaviour of a Completely Decomposed Granite: An Experimental Study by Pan Liu, Jinhong Lin, Yang Wang, Xueqiang Yang

“…The estimated strength parameters could be used for safety evaluation and/or engineering design of CDG cutting slope. The rate of reduction of the cohesion was much higher than that of the tangent value of frictional angle. …”
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An Efficient Algorithm of Constructing Virtual Backbone Scheduling for Maximizing the Lifetime of Dual-Radio Wireless Sensor Networks by Bing-Hong Liu, Van-Trung Pham, Ngoc-Tu Nguyen

“…Because the sensors are expected to work on batteries for a long time without charging their batteries, the major challenge in the design of wireless sensor networks is to enhance the network lifetime. …”
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The role of midwifery students in contraceptive counseling role play: evaluation of the tpack approach by Endang Khoirunnisa

“…This research uses a qualitative approach with a case study research design. Data was collected through in-depth interviews with 15 students as research participants. …”
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Simulation of clinical trials of oral treprostinil in pulmonary arterial hypertension using a virtual population by Andrew E. Stine, Jignesh Parmar, Amy K. Smith, Zachary Cummins, Narasimha Rao Pillalamarri, R. Joseph Bender

“…The virtual population captured the effect of changes in trial design and patient subpopulation on clinical response. …”
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Growth Analysis of Three Soybean Varieties on Ultisol by Nugraha Ramadhan, Winda Purnama Sari, Dara Savitri, Eka Oktela Palja

“…The soybean varieties used in this study were Dena 1, Devon 1, and Demas 1. This research was designed using a Randomized Group Design with 1 factor, namely the type of variety with 3 groups of replications. …”
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A Pseudo-Parallel Genetic Algorithm Integrating Simulated Annealing for Stochastic Location-Inventory-Routing Problem with Consideration of Returns in E-Commerce by Bailing Liu, Hui Chen, Yanhui Li, Xiang Liu

“…Facility location, inventory control, and vehicle routes scheduling are three key issues to be settled in the design of logistics system for e-commerce. Due to the online shopping features of e-commerce, customer returns are becoming much more than traditional commerce. …”
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Seismic Vulnerability Analysis of Prefabricated Concrete Frame with a Cam-Type Response Amplifying Device of Viscous Damper by Luyao Wei, Huijiao Nie

“…Through the analysis of the vulnerability curve, it could provide the basis for the design method based on the behavior of the prefabricated concrete structures.…”
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A Pilot Study for Developing Water Literacy of Preschool Children by Fatma Betul Senol, Nusret Koca

“…In the study, action research design, one of the qualitative research methods, was used. …”
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Sustainability training at Spanish public faculties of education: a virtual ethnography by Antonio Nadal Masegosa, Lucía Rodríguez-Olay

“…Through an investigation developed thanks to the methodology and design of virtual ethnography, the web pages of all the Spanish public faculties of education were analyzed, managing to find few training options during the initial period of the 2020/2021 academic year, specifically during the months of September and October, in a reality that reflects deficiencies that should be corrected immediately. …”
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Generation Method of Multipiecewise Linear Chaotic Systems Based on the Heteroclinic Shil’nikov Theorem and Switching Control by Chunyan Han, Fang Yuan, Xiaoyuan Wang

“…Meanwhile, computer simulation and circuit design are used for the proposed chaotic systems, and they are demonstrated to be effective for the method of chaos anticontrol.…”
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Low-Profile Folded-Coupling Planar Inverted-F Antenna for 2.4/5 GHz WLAN Communications by Hung-Yu Li, Chun-Cheng Lin, Tsai-Ku Lin, Chih-Yu Huang

“…Moreover, the antenna shows a low profile of 5 mm and a small length of 20.5 mm in radiating area, making it easy to be installed in the casing of wireless handheld devices and laptops. Details of the design procedures and experimental results are discussed.…”
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Pengembangan buku panduan bimbingan kelompok dengan teknik problem solving untuk perencanaan karir siswa di sekolah menengah kejuruan by Aulia Nofarissa, Dewi Arum Widhayanti Metra Putri, Luh Putu Sri Lestari

“…The development procedure used in this study uses the 4D model, namely: define, design, development, and dissemination. This study implemented the subject of 3 guidance counseling experts from Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha guidance counselors and 3 guidance counseling experts from counseling teachers at schools. …”
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A Broadband Left-Handed Metamaterial Microstrip Antenna with Double-Fractal Layers by Roman Kubacki, Salim Lamari, Mirosław Czyżewski, Dariusz Laskowski

“…This combination significantly improved antenna performance; our design could support an ultrawide bandwidth ranging from 4.1 to 19.4 GHz, demonstrating higher gain with an average value of 6 dBi over the frequency range and a peak of 10.9 dBi and a radiation capability directed in the horizontal plane of the antenna.…”
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Energy Yield of Tracking PV Systems in Jordan by A. Al Tarabsheh, I. Etier, A. Nimrat

“…The performance evaluation of the proposed design of the tracking systems is carried via simulating the global radiation averages using METEONORM software and depicting the simulation results in figures using MATLAB software. …”
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Exploring the path to pathos “Lived experiences of parents of children with autism spectrum disorder”: An interpretative phenomenological analysis by Rajeev Ranjan, Meha Jain, Pankaj Kumar, Gabby Sethi, Jai Singh

“…Methods: This interpretative phenomenological analysis research design was carried out on 15 parents of children with ASD coming to the tertiary care referral hospital of eastern zone of India. …”
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Effects of High-Pretension Support System on Soft Rock Large Deformation of Perpendicularly Crossing Tunnels by Li Gan, Ma Weibin, Tian Siming, Zhou Wenhao

“…Through the analysis of the measured results, it shows that the pretension support design scheme can effectively control the large deformation of the surrounding rock.…”
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