The mediating role of TQM interventions and benchmarking in the impact of organizational culture on organizational performance by Naseem Mohammad Twaissi, Mohammad Orsan Al Zoubi, Ra’ed Masa’deh, Jumana Ziad AL Zoubi, Jebril Ali Alhelalat

“…Implications: This study refocuses management practitioners on improving organizational efficiency, corporate culture, TQM, and standard setting, providing beneficial insights for academics, managers, and policymakers. Originality/value: It significantly contributes to the limited literature on TQM in the context of manufacturing SMEs. …”
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Enhanced Urea Oxidation Reaction Through Layered Double Hydroxides: Insights From ZIF‐67‐Derived Nanostructures by Yuri Jeon, Jury Medvedev, Yeeun Seong, Xenia Medvedeva, Cheongwon Bae, Jeongeon Kim, Anna Klinkova, Juyeong Kim

“…LDH structures with low Ni content (up to 40%) demonstrated high activity and selectivity for O2 due to their structural instability and the predominant oxygen evolution reaction (OER) originating from ZIF‐67. In contrast, LDHs with high Ni content (over 60%) supressed OER and exhibited enhanced activity for UOR. …”
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NIRS as an alternative method for table grapes Seedlessness sorting by Chaorai Kanchanomai, Parichat Theanjumpol, Phonkrit Maniwara, Sila Kittiwachana, Sujitra Funsueb, Shintaroh Ohashi, Daruni Naphrom

“…The NIRS is higher efficiency than original technique in term of accuracy, measuring time and waste reduction. • The SW-NIR spectra of 240 grape berries were recorded. …”
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Heritabilities of Facial Measurements and Their Latent Factors in Korean Families by Hyun-Jin Kim, Sun-Wha Im, Ganchimeg Jargal, Siwoo Lee, Jae-Hyuk Yi, Jeong-Yeon Park, Joohon Sung, Sung-Il Cho, Jong-Yeol Kim, Jong-Il Kim, Jeong-Sun Seo

“…The heritability values for each factor were higher than the mean heritability value of individual original measurements. We have confirmed the genetic influence on facial anthropometric traits and suggest a potential way to categorize and analyze the facial portions into different groups.…”
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Targeted screening and profiling of massive components of colistimethate sodium by two-dimensional-liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry based on self-constructed compound databa... by Xuan Li, Minwen Huang, Yue-Mei Zhao, Wenxin Liu, Nan Hu, Jie Zhou, Zi-Yi Wang, Sheng Tang, Jian-Bin Pan, Hian Kee Lee, Yao-zuo Yuan, Taijun Hang, Hai-Wei Shi, Hongyuan Chen

“…The molecular formula, group composition, and origins of a total of 99 compounds, of which the combined area percentage accounted for more than 95% of CMS components, were deduced by this 2D-LC-MS method combined with the MassHunter PCDL. …”
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Quantitative Analysis and Comparison of Flavonoids in Lotus Plumules of Four Representative Lotus Cultivars by Ting Liu, Mingzhi Zhu, Chunyun Zhang, Mingquan Guo

“…This work will be very useful for quality assurance and control for the lotus plumules from different origins in terms of qualitative and quantitative information about flavonoids. …”
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Plesiomonas: A Review on Food Safety, Fish-Borne Diseases, and Tilapia by Alejandro De Jesús Cortés-Sánchez, Luis Daniel Espinosa-Chaurand, Mayra Díaz-Ramirez, Erika Torres-Ochoa

“…Diseases derived from contamination by Plesiomonas shigelloides are included, and control and prevention actions and sanitary regulations for fishery products established in several countries around the world are discussed to promote the safety of foods of aquatic origin intended for human consumption and to protect public health.…”
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Determination of Carbon Footprint for Local Administrations: A Case Study for Ümraniye Municipality by Betül Hande GÜRSOY HAKSEVENLER, G. Nur Çelik Onat, Begüm Akpinar, Tuğba Bedel

“…The fact that global warming originates mostly from urbanization and cities imposes serious responsibilities for local governments. …”
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A new maturity recognition algorithm for Xinhui citrus based on improved YOLOv8 by Fuqin Deng, Zhenghong He, Lanhui Fu, Jianle Chen, Nannan Li, Weibiao Chen, Jialong Luo, Weilai Qiao, Jianfeng Hou, Yongkang Lu

“…Experimental results show that the precision, recall, and average precision of the improved YOLOv8 on the test set are 88.6%, 93.1%, and 93.4%, respectively. Compared to the original model, the improved YOLOv8 achieved increases of 16.5%, 20.2%, and 14.7%, respectively, and the parameter volume was reduced by 0.57%. …”
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Transmission of HIV and HCV within Former Soviet Union Countries by Lazzat Aibekova, Aizada Bexeitova, Arailym Aldabergenova, Gonzalo Hortelano, Zhangwen Ge, Feng Yi, Yiming Shao, Jack DeHovitz, Sten H. Vermund, Syed Ali

“…To examine transmission networks and the origins of infection, respectively, phylogenetic and Bayesian analyses were performed. …”
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The bronchoalveolar lavage fluid CD44 as a marker for pulmonary fibrosis in diffuse parenchymal lung diseases by Magda Suchankova, Magda Suchankova, Eszter Zsemlye, Eszter Zsemlye, Jan Urban, Peter Baráth, Lenka Kohútová, Barbara Siváková, Barbara Siváková, Martina Ganovska, Elena Tibenska, Kinga Szaboova, Eva Tedlova, Dominik Juskanic, Dominik Juskanic, Kristina Kluckova, Kristina Kluckova, Michaela Kardohelyova, Tetiana Moskalets, Anna Ohradanova-Repic, Patrik Babulic, Maria Bucova, Vladimir Leksa

“…Finally, biochemical and biophysical characterizations revealed an exosomal origin of CD44. Receiver operating characteristics curve analysis confirmed CD44 in BALF as a specific and reliable biomarker of IPF and other types of DPLD accompanied with pulmonary fibrosis.…”
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Insecticide resistant Anopheles from Ethiopia but not Burkina Faso show a microbiota composition shift upon insecticide exposure by Netsanet Worku, Antoine Sanou, Juliane Hartke, Marion Morris, Fatoumata Cissé, Salimata Ouédraogo, Madou Tapsoba, Nicola Vallon, Tewodros Debebe Akilu, Ligabaw Worku, Moussa Wamdaogo Guelbeogo, Victoria A. Ingham

“…This result is supported by data from laboratory colonies originating in Burkina Faso across two countries. In contrast, An. arabiensis from Ethiopia demonstrates clear differences in microbiota composition in those dying from and those surviving insecticide exposure. …”
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Tryptophan as a biomarker of pregnancy-related immune expression and modulation: an integrative review by Stephanie Prescott, Stephanie Prescott, Natasa Billeci, Melissa Gotcher, Sapna Patel, Addison Almon, Hailey Morgan, Danielle Abukhalaf, Maureen Groer

“…The immunomodulatory role of TRP and its metabolites through the indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) pathway is particularly relevant to pregnancy due to its potential influence on maternal and fetal immune tolerance and the mother's health.MethodsA targeted literature search was conducted via PubMed, Web of Science, and Embase, focusing on maternal serum TRP levels in pregnancy. We included original human subject research on maternal serum TRP, published in English within the last five years. …”
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PET CT Imaging with FDG in the Therapeutical Management of Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer Diagnosed in a 43-Year-Old Patient: Case Report and Review of the Literature by Ottó Molnar, Simona Mihuțiu, Oreste Mihai Straciuc, Alexandra Vesa, Liviu Lazar

“…<b>Methods:</b> In the present case study, we report a 43-year-old female patient suffering from cervical cancer belonging to urban origin, with no personal pathological history, who presented herself to the gynecology department of the Bihor County Emergency Clinical hospital with vaginal bleeding. …”
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Antimicrobial Resistance of Escherichia coli Isolated from Ground Beef in Huasca de Ocampo, Hidalgo, Mexico by A. P. Cordero-López, V. Vega-Sánchez, V. M. Martínez-Juárez, J. I. Olave-Leyva, F. R. Gómez-De Anda, N. E. Reyes-Rodríguez

“…Cattle have been reported as reservoirs of different strains of pathogenic E. coli, where the origin of animal-human transmission is usually based on the food chain. …”
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Identification of hydrochemical processes and assessment of groundwater quality: a case study of the intergranular aquifer in Dili City, Timor-Leste by Marçal Ximenes, João A. M. S. Pratas, José M. M. De Azevedo, Fernando. P. O. O. Figueiredo, Mattew Currell

“…Statistical methods (PCA and HCA) are used to determine the group of water types and trace chemical origins, while the Water Quality Index (WQI) assesses drinking suitability. …”
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A new approach of anomaly detection in wireless sensor networks using support vector data description by Zhen Feng, Jingqi Fu, Dajun Du, Fuqiang Li, Sizhou Sun

“…Second, through the analysis of the decision function, the pre-image in the original space corresponding to the center of hyper-sphere in kernel feature space can be obtained. …”
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EBR-YOLO: A Lightweight Detection Method for Non-Motorized Vehicles Based on Drone Aerial Images by Meijia Zhou, Xuefen Wan, Yi Yang, Jie Zhang, Siwen Li, Shubo Zhou, Xueqin Jiang

“…The experimental results show that the algorithm achieves an mAP of 98.9% and an FPS of 89.8 on the self-built dataset of this paper, which is only 0.2% and 0.3 lower compared to the original YOLOv8 network, respectively, and the number of parameters is 70% lower compared to the baseline, which ensures the accuracy and computational speed of the model while reducing its computational volume greatly. …”
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Validation Psychometrical analysis of Sexual Machism Scale (EMS-Sexism-12) among university students from Arequipa, Peru by Julio Cesar Huamani-Cahua, Estefany Cecilia Ojeda-Flores, Walter L Arias-Gallegos, Ferdinand Eddington Ceballos Bejarano, José Manuel Calizaya López

“…The instrument used was the Sexual Machismo Scale (EMS-Sexism-12), originally constructed and validated in Mexico. Results: The data were analysed using CFA and the WLSMV estimator along with polychoric correlation matrices in the open-source software Rstudio. …”
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Maternal Hypertension and Early Atherosclerotic Lesions in Aortas of Deceased Fetuses and Neonates by Janet María Capote-Santa Cruz Pacheco, Carmen Teresa Peraza Méndez, Marlene Ferrer Arrocha, Lisandra Álvarez de la Nuez, Belkis Ortega de la Campa, Mirian Castro Ortega

“…<strong>Foundation:</strong> atherosclerosis is a disease of multifactorial origin that is aggravated as a result of an adverse environment and unhealthy lifestyles. …”
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