A Solution Approach on Reducing Defects in Batik Tanah Liek Production Process of a Small and Medium-sized Enterprise by Agus Sutanto, Nilda Tri Putri, Tessa Alqifti, Sha'ri Mohd Yusof

“…The findings underscore the need for systematic solutions, such as creating clear work instructions, designing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for process consistency, and implementing preventive maintenance schedules for equipment. …”
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Investigating Maternal Perception of Control and Support in the Postpartum Period and Influencing Factors in Childbirth: A Multiple Linear Regression Analysis Model by Tuğba Yazici Topçu, Ruveyde Aydin, Songül Aktaş

“…Descriptive statistics, such as percentage, mean, standard deviation and multiple linear regression analysis, were employed for data evaluation. …”
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Performance Evaluation of Compressive Strength Models for SRP and SRG-Confined Concrete Columns by Ehsan Janfada, HamidReza Nasseri, Hashem Jahangir

“…The results illustrated that for the SRP-confined concrete columns with square cross-sections, the selected model from the CNR-DT200 standard with respectively R and MAPE values of 0.7671 and 7.39% outperformed other selected SRP models. …”
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From Silos to Synergy: Conceptualizing an integrated infrastructure design for climate resilience in Rotterdam by Angela Ordóñez Llancce, Yirang Lim, Theresa Audrey O. Esteban, Joep van Leeuwen, Johan Ninan

“…This, in turn, helps update standards and scale up implementation by aligning integration at the three management levels: strategic, program, and project. …”
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Patients’ satisfaction with services provided by family physicians at the Comprehensive Healthcare Centers in Northern Jordan by Hadeel B. Heilat, Muntaha K. Gharaibeh, Wanas M. Shtaiyat, Raghad S. Gharaibeh, Ayah M. Ananbeh, Manar J. Baniyaseen, Shahd M. Alsharaydeh, Aya B. Alqawaba’h, Emad A. Alzu’bi, Nour G. Amayreh, Reem R. Aldawagreh

“…Participants were requested to complete the Arabic version of the Consultation Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ). Mean and standard deviation calculated for continuous variables, and frequencies and percentages for categorical variables. …”
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Power-line Interference Elimination from ECG Signals Using Notch Filtration: A Quasi-real Time Version by Todor Stoyanov, Ivan Dotsinsky, Georgy Mihov

“…Thus, the phase shift is compensated and the zero crossings of the extracted sinusoidal BP waves are identical to that of the PLI. In this study, the standard bi-directional BP is replaced with such one working in a quasi-real time thus allowing immediate tracking and interpretation of the ECG signals. …”
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Automatic monitoring of treated water released from wastewater treatment plants using model-based clustering with density estimation by Sheik Faritha Begum, K Lokeshwaran

“…Cluster analysis using the Euclidean distance resulted in three clusters labeled under a specified category of water polluted: non-polluted, lightly polluted, highly polluted or slightly polluted. Unlike standard clustering algorithms like K-means, hierarchical that produce optimized clusters in statistical terms that deviate from naturally categorized clusters, model-based clustering with density estimation operates on the assumption that each data object originates from the mixture of underlying probability distributions. …”
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Associations between parental bonding and health-related quality of life in a clinical sample of youths aged 14–35 years in Singapore by Yoke Boon Tan, Eng Hong Tay, Shazana Shahwan, Yunjue Zhang, Rajeswari Sambasivam, Mythily Subramaniam

“…The sample consisted of 400 psychiatric outpatients: 191 patients aged 14–21 (mean ± standard deviation 18.1 ± 2.22) years and 209 patients aged 22–35 (28.0 ± 4.33) years. …”
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A Novel AI-Based Integrated Cybersecurity Risk Assessment Framework and Resilience of National Critical Infrastructure by Sardar Muhammad Ali, Abdul Razzaque, Muhammad Yousaf, Sardar Sadaqat Ali

“…We began with data preprocessing, which included cleansing the data, addressing missing values through Multiple Imputation by Chained Equations (MICE), and applying transformations such as encoding and standard scaling. To address class imbalance, we employed the Synthetic Minority Over-sampling Technique (SMOTE). …”
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Educational environment as the foundation for metasubject competences forming by Nina A. Tymoshchuk

“…An individual who has all the opportunities to achieve the required level of qualifications independently will be able to replenish knowledge and implement his educational project without information support of specially trained people for this purpose; self-education acquires a continuous character; the breadth of basic education will allow you to switch quickly to related areas of professional activity.The metaproject content of educational standards should include not only the real objects of the reality being studied, including fundamental educational objects and general cultural knowledge, including fundamental problems, but also general (meta-subjective) skills, generalized methods of activity and key (meta-subject) educational competence. …”
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Detection of Inguinal Hernia in Patients with Groin Pain on Ultrasound by Muhammad Arif Afridi, Imran Khan, Adnan Ahmed, Ibrar Ahmad, Mehmood Khan, Malik Mairaj Khalid

“…Descriptive statistics, including frequencies, percentages, mean, and standard deviations, were used to present the data. …”
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Public Understanding and Expectations of Digital Health Evidence Generation: Focus Group Study by Paulina Bondaronek, Jingfeng Li, Henry W W Potts

“…Engaging the public in evidence-generation processes and ensuring transparency in app functionality and testing can bridge the gap between public expectations and regulatory standards, fostering trust in digital health technologies.…”
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GIS-BASED ASSESSMENT OF GROUND WATER QUALITY FOR DRINKING PURPOSE BY WATER QUALITY INDEX APPROACHES IN BAHAWALPUR, PUNJAB by Ali Hassan, Haroon Rashid, Ahsan Sarfraz, Kashif Javed, Dawood Nawaz, Muhammad Faizan

“…The characteristics of the groundwater did not comply with WHO standards. These findings suggest that there is a pressing need to address water pollution in Bahawalpur. …”
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Knowledge and attitude of nosocomial infection prevention and control precautions among healthcare personnel at Kiruddu Referral Hospital in Kampala, Uganda by Newton Ekakoro, Ritah Nakayinga, Martha A. Kaddumukasa, Maria Mbatudde

“…Notably, 20.5% of participants did not change PPE between patients, and 44.9% indicated that their workload negatively impacted their ability to follow infection prevention standards. Conclusion The study highlighted gaps in healthcare personnel’s knowledge and attitudes toward infection prevention. …”
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Growing old before growing rich: a scoping review on ageing-related policy interventions from the WHO Southeast Asian Region by Nachiket Gudi, Anu Mohan, Teddy Andrews Jaihind Jothikaran, Abhijith A K, Lena Ashok

“…The notable delimitations of the given policy interventions are ambiguity regarding the monitoring of the programmes, lack of benchmark standards for evaluation of progress, inadequate attention to rural poverty and lack of decentralisation.Conclusion WHO SEARO countries can respond better to ageing by reinforcing areas such as caregiver support and allowances, public financing in older care, old age health insurance, public-private partnership in mobile and institutional caring and social security systems including old age and disability pension.…”
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Intra-rater Reliability of a Qualitative Landing Scale for the Single-Hop Test: A Pilot Study by Maxime V. Measson, Matthew P. Ithurburn, Alexandre JM. Rambaud

“…Participants performed the SHD tasks on both limbs (dominant and non-dominant) using a standardized protocol in two sessions that were one week apart (single reviewer; 2-dimensional video). …”
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Organizational and economic aspects of residential buildings renovation with decorative elements on the roof by T. E. Gordeeva, O. A. Mamaeva

“…The research is based on the materials and results of the author’s own research in relation to technical, cost and regulatory parameters of the repair of decorative elements of flat roofs of multi-apartment high-rise buildings, made according to a standard and individual project in Samara city.Results. …”
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Reducing lead requirements for wearable ECG: Chest lead reconstruction with 1D-CNN and Bi-LSTM by Kazuki Hebiguchi, Hiroyoshi Togo, Akimasa Hirata

“…Wearable ECG devices encounter significant challenges in replicating the diagnostic capabilities of standard 12-lead ECGs, primarily due to the complexity of electrode placement and the need for specialized equipment. …”
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Smallholder farmers' perceptions of climate variability and its risks across agroecological zones in the Ayehu watershed, Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia by Abebe Biresaw Bitew, Amare Sewnet Minale

“…Further, this study used the Severity Index (SI) and Standardized Climate-Related Risk Perception Index (SCRRPI) to assess farmers' perceived features of climate variability and associated risks. …”
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Exploring the path to optimal diabetes care by unravelling the contextual factors affecting access, utilisation, and quality of primary health care in West Africa: A scoping review... by Abdul-Basit Abdul-Samed, Ellen Barnie Peprah, Yasmin Jahan, Veronika Reichenberger, Dina Balabanova, Tolib Mirzoev, Henry Lawson, Eric Odei, Edward Antwi, Irene Agyepong

“…<h4>Conclusion</h4>This review protocol aims to systematically examine and assess the factors that impact the access, utilisation, and standard of primary healthcare services for diabetes in West Africa.…”
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