Cash Management and Financial Performance of Business Firms in Northern Uganda a Case of Lira District by Eton, Marus, Gilbert, Uwonda, Fabian, Mwosi, Benard, Patrick Ogwel, Dennis, Obote

“…The study recommended that Business associations like Uganda Chamber of Commerce, Uganda Manufacturers Association, in addition to Ministry of Trade and Commerce should consider providing trainings on cash management to existing and upcoming entrepreneurs to support them in developing cash management and other necessary business skills. …”
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Decision-making for supplier selection of supplement packaging by Yuliarty Popy, Manulang Dea Amelia, Dwiasnati Saruni, Hidayat Rahmat Rian

“…This research was conducted on manufacturers of various pharmaceutical products in Indonesia, especially multivitamins and over-the-counter medicines, and focused on packaging, which also plays a significant role. …”
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Ultramodern natural and synthetic polymer hydrogel scaffolds for articular cartilage repair and regeneration by Chun-Sheng Li, Yan Xu, Juan Li, Shu-Hao Qin, Shao-Wen Huang, Xue-Mei Chen, Yi Luo, Cheng-Tao Gao, Jian-Hui Xiao

“…This article outlines the recent progress in the field of hydrogel scaffolds manufactured from various biomaterials for repairing damaged articular cartilage, discusses their advantages and disadvantages, and proposes directions for their future development.…”
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Characteristics of Emissions from Reclamation of Solid-recovered Fuel (SRF) in a Cogeneration Plant by Yi-Ming Kuo, Shih-Wei Huang, Wang Yu Kuan

“…The raw waste lubricants collected from a factory that manufactures tinplate cans were pretreated, mixed with wood dust, bentonite, and coal ash, and then remolded into pellet SRF. …”
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Magnetic field based finite element method for magneto-static problems with discontinuous electric potential distributions by Bénard, Sabrina, Cappanera, Loic, Herreman, Wietze, Nore, Caroline

“…We validate them using various manufactured test cases, and discuss their applications for simulating the current distribution during the discharge phase in a liquid metal battery.…”
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Research on failure mechanism of final drive gears of a passenger car based on multi-condition varying-speed accelerated test by Haibo Yu, Hongyu Hu, Yuzhuo Men, Mingda Li, Bingkui Ji, Xueping Yao

“…With this test criteria, a real-vehicle test is conducted to evaluate a trial-manufacture car equipped with a newly developed transmission. …”
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Nexuses of critical minerals recovery from e-waste by Abdel Mohsen O. Mohamed

“…These nexuses are as follows: (i) the technical dimension that addresses the limitations of the current technologies used for e-waste recycling and recovering; (ii) the energy dimension addressing the level of consumed energy in the recycling and recovery processes; (iii) the economic dimension that addresses the economy of scale; (iv) the consumer dimension in view of consumer and manufacturer attitudes toward recycling; (v) the circularity dimension that deals with the circular design principles aiming to promote the recyclability and sustainability; (vi) the technical innovation dimension, particularly through the integration of digital technologies; and (vii) the research and development effort dimension aiming at advancing recycling technologies and recovery processes. …”
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Evaluation of some properties of elastomeric dental impression materials after disinfection by Jawad Mohammed Mikaeel, Mustafa Kamil Namuq

“…Conclusion: Within the limitations of this in vitro study, it was concluded that dental impression materials can be disinfected without causing dimensional changes that affect the manufacture of dental prosthesis. …”
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Innovative Transformations of Science-Intensive Industries in the National Economy of Azerbaijan: from Engineering to a Developed ICT Sector by Samira Abasova

“…If until 1990 the science-intensive industries of Azerbaijan were oil engineering, machine tool building, shipbuilding, instrument making, electrical engineering, then since 2013 Azerbaijan has become a space power and science-intensive and high-tech industries have become telecommunications and the ICT sector. If the share of manufactured machine-building equipment in the world's imports and exports is now 0.1%, then the share of the turnover of ICT services in the world is equal to 14%. …”
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Automated Gain Measurement System for Wide-Band Antenna Based on Instruments Remote Access Techniques: Direct SCPI Commands by Ali Ameen Mohammad, Bashar Alwannos, Alaa Salman

“…A discussion of the challenges and complexities involved in measuring the specifications of manufactured antennas is made. We are particularly focusing on wide-band antenna gain measurement. …”
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A Assessing Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Related to Thalassemia: A Cross-Sectional Study Among University Students in Swat, Pakistan by Sumaia Saif, Mena Ibrahim, Murad Ali Rahat, Akhtar Rasool, Muhammad Israr

“… Background & objectives: The most common and potentially fatal single-gene hereditary disorder affecting the manufacture of hemoglobin is thalassemia, which results from one or more globin chains fail to synthesize properly, either completely or partially. …”
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Covert marketing in films and series by Dimitrijević Ljiljana, Gojković Marija, Kolar Janez

“…The main purpose of covert advertising is for the manufacturer to put their products and services in the real life context. …”
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Design and analysis of magnetic circuit for mass transfer 6-DOF magnetic levitation platform by Shinan Cao, Pingjuan Niu, Wei Wang, Sha Sheng, Peilai Peng, Wei Song

“…Finally, a novel Halbach permanent magnet array is manufactured and the MFD experiment is done. The result shows that MFD obtained by the three methods are essentially same.…”
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Prevalence and Associated Factors Related to Tobacco Consumption Among University Students in Malaysia by Chui Yi Chow, Md Zobaer Hasan, Anton Abdulbasah Kamil

“…The prevalence of tobacco consumption in this study was 8.6% and the main tobacco product used was manufactured cigarettes. In Pearson's chi square test and Fisher's exact test, current use of tobacco was significantly associated with nationality, ethnicity, religion, school, current level of education and parents, siblings and friends use of tobacco (*p*\<0.05). …”
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Empirical model for estimating the surface roughness of machined components under various cutting speed by JO Osarenmwinda

“… The increasing importance of turning operations is gaining new dimensions in the present industrial age, in which the growing competition calls for all the efforts to be directed towards the economical manufacture of machined parts as well as surface finish is one of the most critical quality measure in mechanical products. …”
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In vitro cytotoxicity (irritant potency) of toothpaste ingredients. by Shaira R Kasi, Sanne Roffel, Mutlu Özcan, Susan Gibbs, Albert J Feilzer

“…<h4>Clinical significance</h4>Manufacturers are encouraged to comply with higher standards of quality and safety for toothpaste.…”
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Evaluation of the Efficacy of Novel Self Disinfectant Solution in Irreversible Hydrocolloid Impression Material - An Experimental Study by Sunantha Selvaraj, Alarmelu, Dorairaj Jayachandran, Shanmuga Priya

“…Conclusion: The self disinfection method using a pioneer solution of hypochlorous HOCl (100 ppm) to mix the alginate impression material rather than the water with the same powder-liquid ratio prescribed by the manufacturer had the same dimensional stability with improved antimicrobial action.…”
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Optimizing fly ash and rice husk ash as cement replacements on the mechani-cal characteristics of pervious concrete by Navaratnarajah Sathiparan, Daniel Niruban Subramaniam

“…The findings demonstrate that FA and RHA can be effectively combined to manufacture pervious concrete that enhances performance, reduces costs, and minimizes environmental pollu-tants.…”

A lack of meaningful human control for automated vehicles: pressing issues for deployment and regulation by Simeon C. Calvert, Arkady Zgonnikov

“…The paper advocates for meaningful human control through continuous driver and vehicle assessment, dynamic safety certifications, and stronger communication between regulators and manufacturers to ensure safe and responsible design, regulation and deployment of automated vehicles. …”
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