Performance measurement using overall equipment and resource effectiveness - A concrete block manufacturing case study by Huthaifa Alkhazraji, Sohaib Khlil, Zina Alabacy

“… Companies are required to integrate a set of critical dimensions in order to measure and evaluate their performance to compete in globally competitive markets. Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) is a quantitative metric, in the context of the total productive maintenance (TPM), attempts to measure and improve the effectiveness of manufacturing operations in three dimensions namely: availability, performance rate and quality rate. …”
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The Safety and Efficacy of Dietary Epigallocatechin Gallate Supplementation for the Management of Obesity and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Recent Updates by Ruike Yan, Yanli Cao

“…Current increases in obesity and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) rates represent a persistent and burdensome threat to global public health. While many clinical studies have demonstrated that EGCG is associated with positive effects on various health parameters, including metabolic biomarkers, waist circumference, and body weight when consumed by individuals affected by obesity and NAFLD, there are also some reports suggesting that it may entail some degree of hepatotoxicity. …”
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National Research and Federal Universities Contribution to the Project 5-100 by A. V. Berestov, A. I. Guseva, V. M. Kalashnik, V. I. Kaminsky, S. V. Kireev, S. M. Sadchikov

“…This article presents research results of national research universities (NRU) and federal universities (FU) contribution to the Project of competitiveness enhancement of the leading Russian universities among global research and education centers (Project 5-100). …”
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Theoretical Model for the Performance of Liquid Ring Pump Based on the Actual Operating Cycle by Si Huang, Jing He, Xueqian Wang, Guangqi Qiu

“…With the major geometric parameters and operating conditions of a liquid ring pump, the performance parameters such as the actual capacity for suction and discharge, shaft power, and global efficiency can be conveniently predicted by the proposed theoretical model, without the limitation of empiric range, performance data, or the detailed 3D geometry of pumps. …”
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Current Ethanol Production Requirements for the Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae by Flávia da Silva Fernandes, Érica Simplício de Souza, Lívia Melo Carneiro, João Paulo Alves Silva, João Vicente Braga de Souza, Jacqueline da Silva Batista

“…An increase in global energy demand has caused oil prices to reach record levels in recent times. …”
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Oxazolidinones as an Alternative in the Treatment of Multiresistant Staphylococcus Aureus by Maira Quiros Enríquez, Diana Rosa Fernández Ruíz, Belkis Barrios Romero, Pedro Miguel Milián Vázquez, Yacelys Cisneros Napóles, Lucía Noa Justafé

“…La resistencia bacteriana es un problema global que disminuye las opciones terapéuticas en infecciones intra y extrahospitalarias y aumenta las posibilidades de fracaso y los costos de los tratamientos. …”
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La dimensión sociocultural de la globalización en relatos sobre una experiencia de movilidad internacional universitaria by Félix Aguirre, María Angélica Cruz, María Ignacia Banda

“…Los hallazgos contribuyen a la discusión sobre la dimensión sociocultural y política de la globalización, en particular la articulación entre los valores de una ciudadanía global y las diferentes formas de comprender y vivir la alteridad.…”
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A Brief Review of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by James C Hogg

“…A recent study, based on a combination of multidetector computed tomography scanning of an intact specimen with microcomputed tomography and histological analysis of lung tissue samples, reported that the number of terminal bronchioles were reduced from approximately 44,500/lung pair in control (donor) lungs to approximately 4800/lung pair in lungs donated by individuals with very severe (Global initiative for chronic Obstructive Lung Disease stage 4) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) treated by lung transplantation. …”
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Resources within Spiritual and Mystical Christian Traditions for the Care of Earth – our Common Home by Ryszard F. Sadowski

“…Research on the ecological crisis has revealed its global and total character, which implies that any attempts at overcoming it must take into account a wide variety of perspectives. …”
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Stationary Distribution and Periodic Solution of Stochastic Toxin-Producing Phytoplankton–Zooplankton Systems by Chunjin Wei, Yingjie Fu

“…For the autonomous system, we establish the sufficient conditions for the existence of the globally positive solution as well as the solution of population extinction and persistence in the mean. …”
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Dynamic Analysis of a Stochastic SEQIR Model and Application in the COVID-19 Pandemic by Shijie Liu, Maoxing Liu

“…Using the Lyapunov function method, the existence and uniqueness of a global positive solution are considered. Then, the extinction conditions of the epidemic and its asymptotic property around the endemic equilibrium are obtained. …”
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Towards Human Capture Movement: Estimation of Anatomical Movements of the Shoulder by B. B. Salmerón-Quiroz, C. F. Mendez-Barrios, J. F. Guerrero-Castellanos, S. A. Rodriguez-Paredes, G. Villegas-Medina

“…The originality of this paper is to apply the discrete optimization to track the desired trajectory of a nonlinear system such as the Human Movement in the presence of uncertainties. The global asymptotic convergence of the nonlinear observer is guaranteed. …”
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Cooperative evolution with reward-based heterogeneous tax in spatial public goods games by Li Yue, Huizhen Zhang, Yueyu Sun, Tianbo An, Jingrui Wang

“…It is because when rewarding cooperators face unfavorable situations, global tax becomes a key factor in maintaining their survival. …”
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What Else Can Surface Water Buffer Systems Do?—Exploring Multiple Ecosystem Services by Lei Wu, Rafael R. Muñoz-Carpena, Yuncong Li

“… As society confronts the consequences of global warming, deteriorating water quality, and impoverished biodiversity, there is a growing urgency to develop and expand water buffers' multifunctional ecosystem services. …”
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Religions as a source of (dis)order by J. Urbaniak

“…This paper seeks to explore those and similar questions by means of elaborating on religions as potential contributors to a global ecumenism. Building upon insights of Charles Taylor and Hans Küng, I show in what sense the world religions can be considered the source of order as well as disorder and how the plurality of religiouslybased “orders” can be accepted and embraced with trust rather than suspicion. …”
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Patients perception related to pulmonary tuberculosis and adherence medication by Manurung Nixson, Harahap R. Hamdani, Siregar Fazidah A., Andayani Lita Sri

“…Pulmonary tuberculosis is a global health problem that could impact on productivity and quality of life. …”
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Analysis of intention to purchase travel on the Web by German Gemar, Ismael P. Soler, Laura Melendez

“…The Internet’s role in global market development merits more extensive research, which is especially true for Spain’s tourism industry because of its contribution to the national economy. …”
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Potencial ilustrativo y funciones epistémicas de la imagen en investigaciones multidisciplinarias sobre el hábitat contemporáneo de la pobreza by Peter Krieger

“…Este estudio analiza las funciones epistémicas de la imagen en discursos geográficos y sociológicos sobre el hábitat de la pobreza en las megalópolis del sur global, tomando como ejemplo la ciudad de México. …”
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Autonomous Navigation of Robots Based on the Improved Informed-RRT∗ Algorithm and DWA by Jun Dai, Dongfang Li, Junwei Zhao, Yanqin Li

“…The simulation results show that compared with the original algorithm, the length of the global path is reduced by 5.15%, and the time of planning path and autonomous navigation is shortened by 78.34% and 21.67%, respectively.…”
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Psammotourism: Desert sand as a specific resource and touristic experience by Laurent Gagnol, Pierre-Antoine Landel

“…Merzouga, located in the pre-Saharan desert of southeast Morocco, has become a global hotspot for desert tourism. The touristic immersion in the sand here is twofold. …”
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