Developing SMART Goals for Your Organization by Henry M. Cothran, Allen F. Wysocki

“…It begins by defining a goal and identifying reasons for setting goals. It then describes a process based on the acronym SMART for developing and implementing goals. …”
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Pulmonary Surfactant Function in Alveoli and Conducting Airways by Goran Enhorning

“…Various conditions, most importantly asthma, might be the reason for a surfactant dysfunction to develop. This in turn might cause airway resistance to increase.…”
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De intenciones y logros : fortalecimento estatal y limitaciones del nacionalismo español en el siglo xix by Isidro Sepúlveda Muñoz

“…This paper analyzes some of the reasons why the building of the nation was not as successful as that of the building of the State. …”
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ACOPIO: Cuba's State Procurement and Distribution Agency by José Alvarez

“… One of the reasons for the food scarcity in Cuba, especially that related to perishable and non-perishable agricultural product wastes, falls on Acopio, the state collection and distribution agency. …”
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The Right to Withdraw as a Mechanism for Protecting the Satisfaction of the Electronic Consumer by Mohammed Reda Azrou

“…This happens due to misleading advertising and quick contracting without sufficient thought. For this reason, the Algerian legislators and comparative legislations have recognized the consumer's right to withdraw from the electronic contract without any compensation. …”
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Retraction notice: Volume removed – Publisher’s Disclaimer

“…This proceeding volume has been retracted from the publication because we found some solid reasons to believe that it has infringed our integrity criteria and now presents a risk for our journal and scholarly science in general. …”
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Par-delà l’adéquationnisme méthodologique. Revisiter les médiations entre formation et emploi by Cédric Frétigné

“…And describes the impasses and accounts for reasons for what politicians and public managers continue to refer. …”
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Helicobacter pylori: Novel Therapies by Eric Drouin

“…Current therapies have variable cure rates; the reasons for treatment failure include bacterial resistance and poor compliance. …”
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Anesthesic treatment for an urgent cesarean in a pregnant patient suffering from morbid obesity. A case report. by Bárbara Cabezas Poblet, Rolando Espin González, Práxedes Rojas Santana

“…These risks are increased in the case of pregnant patients. For these reasons a case of a pregnant woman is presented. She is suffering from morbid obesity when was announced to be surgically treated in emergency due to a cesarean at the University Hospital Dr. …”
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Ulus Jochi in system of international trade on territory of Crimean Peninsula in XIII–XIV centuries by E. A. Koshechkina

“…The article covers the issues of the appearance of Italian colonies in the Crimea, the reasons and consequences of the formation of Italian colonies for international trade…”
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IMPROVING THE SALES PROCESS OF THE AUTO DEALER ENTERPRISE: HIDDEN POINTS OF GROWTH by E. Kuptsova, E. Kuptsova

“…The problems of telephone conversations of sellers with dealership customers and the reasons for refusing to buy a car have been revealed. …”
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Retour critique sur la mobilisation du concept de ‎résilience en lien avec l’adaptation des systèmes urbains au changement climatique by Béatrice Quenault

“…It interrogates firstly the real reasons of the actual successfulness of the concept of resilience, then it breaks off with the dominant flip-side approach of vulnerability and resilience which both are considered as the reverse polarity (negative versus positive) of the same medal and finally, it argues the idea more and more communally admitted that resilience represents a new paradigm of both risks management and urban sustainable planning in link with climate change.…”
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Éclairer les mathématiques par les exemples ? by Alain Kuzniak, Marc Rogalski, Laurent Vivier

“…Then some didactical tentative proposals are presented for developing mathematical training based on a reasoned use of examples. Interviews with researcher-teachers enable to identify different types of using examples at a universitary level in the French context. …”
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Research of Arc Segment Metal Block Contact Character of Metal Belt Continuously Variable Transmission by Zhang Wu, Guo Wei, Zhang Wugang, Xing Le, Zhou Xuegang

“…Taking the contact characteristic of the arc segment metal block with metal belt type continuously variable transmission as study object,the mathematical model and finite element model are established.The results show that the numerical solution of the stress and deformation is basically the same as that of the analytical solution,but the numerical value is higher,the reason is that the contact area of the metal block is reduced. …”
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Aluminum-Doped SnO2 Hollow Microspheres as Photoanode Materials for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells by Binghua Xu, Zeng Chen, Shengjun Li

“…The properties of the assembled DSCs were significantly improved, especially the open-circuit voltage. The reason for the enhancement was explored through the investigation of dark current curves and electrochemistry impedance spectra. …”
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Actual problems of Omsk region development in context of modern socio-economic processes in Russian Federation by M. U. Makovetsky, D. V. Rudakov, K. A. Voropaev

“…The main emphasis is made on determining the reasons for the strengthening of destructive processes in the formation and use of human resources in the Omsk region. …”
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Air-Turbine with Self-Pitch-Controlled Blades for Wave Energy Conversion (Estimation of Performances in Periodically Oscillating Flow) by T. Setoguchi, S. Raghunathan, M. Takao, K. Kaneko

“…The comparison between the analysis and experiment has shown that the quasi-steady analysis is reasonable accurate for predicting the performance. …”
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Some problems concerning conceptualization of the world by means of natural language by Aleksandr P. Zhuravlyov

“…These problems are partially caused by unclear definition of concept given in scientific works of various researchers; furthermore, different branches of cognitive sciences connected with cognitive linguistics provide different meanings of the term “concept”. Other reason is linguocultural features of people speaking different languages.…”
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The Cost of Food Safety by Annelys Hessing, Renée Goodrich Schneider, Alan Gutierrez, Rachael Silverberg, Michael S. Gutter, Keith R. Schneider

“…This 5-page fact sheet covers the history of HACCP, costs associated with the application of food safety programs, reasons to improve food safety, and the financial impact of foodborne illnesses. …”
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ANALYSIS OF THE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AS A SIGNIFICANT PART OF INTEGRATED ECONOMIC ANALYSIS IN RETAIL CHAINS by A. Dvoryankina, T. Rogulenko

“…The basic mistakes in the systems of recruitment, adaptation and training of employees are considered. The reasons for high staff turnover in retail are listed.…”
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