Explaining and Prioritizing Supplier Evaluation Indicators with a Meta-Synthesis Approach by Sayyed Mohammad Reza Davoodi, Mehdi Papahn Shoushtari, Rasoul Bahalou Houreh, Hamid Reza Rezaei

“…The production process has changed from producing most products to outsourcing major accessories. Suppliers have a key role to play in creating a product. …”
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Prevalence of Stunting among Children Aged 6–23 Months in Kemba Woreda, Southern Ethiopia: A Community Based Cross-Sectional Study by Eskezyiaw Agedew, Tefera Chane

“…Stunting (HAZ < −2 Z-score) is a major cause of disability preventing children who survive from reaching their full developmental potential. …”
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Finite-Element Analysis of the Effect of Utilizing Various Material Assemblies in “All on Four” on the Stresses on Mandible Bone and Prosthetic Parts by Yomna H. Shash, Mohamed T. El-Wakad, Mohamed A. A. Eldosoky, Mohamed M. Dohiem

“…Recently, the new polymeric material PEEK has a major role in most areas of dentistry, and therefore, it can represent an alternative biomaterial to overcome the drawbacks of titanium. …”
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Experimental Study on Influence of Vaporous Water on Salt Expansion of Sulfate Saline Soil by Shuquan Peng, Fan Wang, Ling Fan

“…The harm of salt expansion of saline soil in arid areas has always been a major problem to be solved urgently. According to the conversion rule between sodium sulfate and sodium sulfate decahydrate, sodium sulfate decahydrate crystals can be precipitated from sodium sulfate solution by cooling. …”
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A scoping review of evidence of naturally occurring Japanese encephalitis infection in vertebrate animals other than humans, ardeid birds and pigs. by Zoë A Levesque, Michael G Walsh, Cameron E Webb, Ruth N Zadoks, Victoria J Brookes

“…Indirect evidence (antibodies) was identified in several mammalian and avian orders, as well as reported in two reptile species. However, a major limitation of the evidence of JEV infection identified in this review was diagnostic test accuracy, particularly for serological testing. …”
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INVESTIGATING RISKS IN DEPENDENCE PRODUCING DRUGS USERS AMONGSUB-POPULATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTES IN KARACHI;.A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY by Shamsul Arfin Qasmi et al

“…The aforementioned trend occurrence was largeliest larcenist noted in private colleges where male students were remained as major contributors, mostly seen among male medical student belonging to the private sectors as compared to females and public sector colleges. …”
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Pharmacotherapies for Obesity: Past, Current, and Future Therapies by Lisa L. Ioannides-Demos, Loretta Piccenna, John J. McNeil

“…Further studies are required in some populations such as younger and older people whilst the long term safety continues to be a major consideration and has led to the withdrawal of several drugs.…”
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Generalized Extension of Referred Trigeminal Pain due to Greater Occipital Nerve Entrapment by Jung-woo Hyung, Byung-chul Son

“…Anatomical basis of pain referral to the facial trigeminal area caused by chronic GON entrapment is convergence of nociceptive inflow from high cervical C1–C3 structures and trigeminal orofacial area in the dorsal horn of the cervical spinal cord from the C2 segment up to the medullary dorsal horn (MDH). The major afferent contribution among the suboccipital and high cervical structure is mediated by spinal root C2 that is peripherally represented by the GON. …”
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Automatic tool for the reconciliation of serious adverse events for pharmacovigilance: design and implementation of Reconciliaid by Sara Contu, Renaud Schiappa, Yann Chateau, Emmanuel Chamorey

“…Background: Reporting serious adverse events (SAEs) is crucial to reduce or avoid toxicities that can lead to major consequences for patient’s health due to treatments tested in clinical trials. …”
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Télémonitorage des grandes fonctions physiologiques chez les primates vigiles by Guy Germain

“…These systems should help characterizing the trends of certain physiological states (ethophysiological studies, field studies) or pathophysiologic states (pathology, pharmacology) quickly enough to alert the observers so that they can apply feedback corrective actions when necessary. Whole domains of major physiological functions such as metabolic and hormonal regulations cannot yet be explored directly by telemetry. …”
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Genetic diversity of the Algerian peanut population analyzed using morphological markers and seed storage proteins by H. Djeghim, I. Bellil, D. Khelifi

“…., especially in East African countries. The major interest of this morphologic study lies in the potential of this species to provide useful genes for the improvement of cultivated peanuts. …”
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The Effect of Aromatherapy with Lavender Oil on the Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Fibromyalgia by Gulsah Yasa Ozturk, Ibrahim Bashan

“…It was found that all the subscale scores, except for general health, were statistically significantly higher compared to the baseline scores (p < 0.05). The major volatile compounds detected in lavender oil were linalool (29.33%) and linalyl acetate (27.69%). …”
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Low Dose X-Ray Sources and High Quantum Efficiency Sensors: The Next Challenge in Dental Digital Imaging? by Arnav R. Mistry, Daniel Uzbelger Feldman, Jie Yang, Eric Ryterski

“…Objective(s). The major challenge encountered to decrease the milliamperes (mA) level in X-ray imaging systems is the quantum noise phenomena. …”
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Intrusion detection system for V2X communication in VANET networks using machine learning-based cryptographic protocols by Thiruppathy Kesavan Venkatasamy, Md. Jakir Hossen, Gopi Ramasamy, Nor Hidayati Binti Abdul Aziz

“…Eavesdropping, data manipulation, and unauthorized vehicle monitoring are major problems that need immediate attention. This paper proposes a new approach to intrusion detection in V2X communications. …”
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Validating the diagnostic accuracy of medical certification: a population-level comparison between verbal autopsy and Saudi medical records causes of death of deceased with type 2... by Faleh Alyazidi, Deler Shakely, Fawaz R. Alyazidi, Max Petzold, Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb

“…Method Death records from 2018 to 2021 were collected from a type 2 diabetes mellitus register at a major specialist hospital in Makkah. Three hundred and two VA interviews were completed with deceased patients’ relatives, and the probable COD was determined using InterVA-5 software. …”
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Women’s Perspectives on Influencers to the Utilisation of Skilled Delivery Care: An Explorative Qualitative Study in North West Ethiopia by Biruhtesfa Bekele Shiferaw, Lebitsi Maud Modiba

“…An inductive thematic analysis approach was employed to analyze the qualitative data. In this study, two major themes and a number of subthemes emerged from the focus group discussions with the study participants. …”
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European and Integration Studies by N. Yu. Kaveshnikov

“…Setting up a discipline "European Integration" was a major step in the development of domestic science school integration research. …”
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CONCEPTUAL BASES AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EU YOUTH POLICY by E. N. Grachev

“…The document determines the most challenging issues in youth policy that need to be resolved in the short and long term. The next major document - the European Youth Pact - has become a real legal act which came into force throughout the European Union. …”
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Comparison of Intercity Travel Network Structure during Daily Time and Holiday in China by Runze Qi, Jinghu Pan, Rong Zhang

“…The following are the major findings: daily and the whole year intercity travel by Chinese residents, as well as intercity travel during special holidays and the Spring Festival, all exhibit the “diamond” structure, with Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou-Shenzhen, and Chengdu-Chongqing at the core. …”
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STURM-Flood: a curated dataset for deep learning-based flood extent mapping leveraging Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 imagery by Nicla Notarangelo, Charlotte Wirion, Frankwin van Winsen

“…Flooding is a major global natural disaster exacerbated by climate change and urbanization. …”
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