Exploring a role for performance management in residential child care by Russell Sutherland

“…Finally, it will suggest that unit managers should be skilled in management models and theories to enable them to achieve better integration between organisational objectives and delivery of services at unit level.…”

Use of Intuitionistic Fuzzy Numbers in Survey Sampling Analysis with Application in Electronic Data Interchange by Farah Rasheed, Sajida Kousar, Javid Shabbir, Nasreen Kausar, Dragan Pamucar, Yaé Ulrich Gaba

“…Real-life example of the use of electronic data interchange (EDI) in Pakistan’s different fields, such as business, commerce, transport, airlines, warehousing, and logistic and delivery industry, is used to support the proposed methodology. …”
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Genital Ulcer of Behçet Disease Localized in the Vagina May Lack Pain, Making It Difficult to Assess by Soichiro Obata, Koji Kobayashi, Misaki Toda, Etsuko Miyagi, Shigeru Aoki

“…No recurrence of the vaginal ulcer and other symptoms of Behçet disease were seen on subsequent follow-up examination at 1 month after delivery. Although genital ulcers of Behçet disease are common in the vulva and are generally painful, if they are located in the vagina, they can be painless. …”
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Inferior Vena Cava Filter Placement during Pregnancy: An Adjuvant Option When Medical Therapy Fails by Sara Valadares, Fátima Serrano, Rita Torres, Augusta Borges

“…There were no complications and a vaginal delivery was accomplished at 37 weeks of gestation. …”
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Using a Fuzzy NSBM Model with Shared Resources and Undesirable Variables for the Assessment of Universal Banking System by Homa Ghasemi, Esmaeil Najafi, Farhad Hosseinzadeh Lotfi, farzad movahedi

“…Due to the uncertainty and desirability of some indicators as well as the existence of shared resources in the real environment of modelling, this paper aims to design a network fuzzy data envelopment analysis (DAE) model, with the simultaneous consideration of undesirable variables and shared resources, and its practical use to measure the effectiveness of service delivery process in universal banking. The results indicate how the branches performed in each of the processes of universal banking. …”
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TOURIST PERCEPTIONS ABOUT FOOD SERVICE CHARACTERISTICS IN ACCOMMODATION ENTERPRISES: AN IMPORTANTANCE-PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS by Zeki Akıncı, Gülseren Yurcu, Caner Küçüker

“…The characteristic that need to be maintained included hygiene and general cleanliness, courtesy and friendliness of service staff, well-groomed and clean service staff, accommodation enterprises facilities, dining atmosphere and speed of service delivery. The characteristics that need to be concentrated on comprised music and image portrayed, service equipment, menu diversity and menu presentation while the characteristics with low priority consisted of staff service skills and knowledge, food service style, food price and value for money, and product serving. …”
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Digital Health Innovations to Catalyze the Transition to Value-Based Health Care by Lan Zhang, Christopher Bullen, Jinsong Chen

“…The article delves into the concept of transformation in health care by emphasizing its potential to reform care delivery through data communication, patient engagement, and operational efficiency. …”
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Microscopic Analysis of Severe Structural Rearrangements of the Plant Endoplasmic Reticulum and Golgi Caused by Overexpression of Poa semilatent virus Movement Protein by Andrey G. Solovyev, Joachim Schiemann, Sergey Y. Morozov

“…TGBp1 binds viral genomic RNAs to form ribonucleoprotein complexes representing the transport form of viral genome, while TGBp2 and TGBp3 are necessary for intracellular delivery of such complexes to plasmodesmata. Recently, it was revealed that overexpression of Potato virus X TGBp3 triggers the unfolded protein response mitigating the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress leading to cell death if this protein reaches high levels in the ER. …”
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Bacterial Spinal Epidural and Psoas Abscess in Pregnancy Associated with Intravenous Drug Use by Tirtza N. Spiegel Strauss, Sarah L. Pachtman, Burton Rochelson

“…Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed an SEA, and cesarean delivery was performed secondary to increasing weakness, followed by laminectomy (T9-12) and decompression of epidural abscess. …”
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Combined Use of Mathematical Optimization and Design of Experiments for the Maximization of Profit in a Four-Echelon Supply Chain by Daniel Arturo Olivares Vera, Elias Olivares-Benitez, Eleazar Puente Rivera, Mónica López-Campos, Pablo A. Miranda

“…A fractional-factorial design of experiments is performed to analyze the effects of capacity, quality, delivery time, and interest rate on profit and system performance. …”
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Modeling and Optimization of Multiaction Dynamic Dispatching Problem for Shared Autonomous Electric Vehicles by Ning Wang, Jiahui Guo

“…The fusion of electricity, automation, and sharing is forming a new Autonomous Mobility-on-Demand (AMoD) system in current urban transportation, in which the Shared Autonomous Electric Vehicles (SAEVs) are a fleet to execute delivery, parking, recharging, and repositioning tasks automatically. …”
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Crystal structure and anti-inflammatory activity of (E)-7-fluoro-2-((5-methoxypyridin-3-yl)methylene)-3,4-dihydronaphthalen-1(2H)-one, C17H14FNO2 by Sun Jia-Jia, Zhang Xiao-Fan, Meng Qing-Guo, Li Hong-Juan, Wang Chun-Hua

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Acute Ischemic Stroke Secondary to Iron Deficiency Anemia: A Case Report by Preema J. Mehta, Sherita Chapman, Annapurni Jayam-Trouth, Mohankumar Kurukumbi

“…Iron deficiency decreases the amount of hemoglobin, which consequently decreases the amount of oxygen in the blood resulting in low-oxygen delivery to the brain. This causes hypoxic conditions in the brain, leading to death of brain tissue. …”
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Need for national guidance regarding proactive care of infants born at 22–23 weeks' gestation by Ga Won Jeon

“…In Korea, where there is an extreme shortage of neonatologists, maternal transfer before delivery at 22–23 weeks' gestation to high-activity regions with appropriate neonatal intensive care unit resources, such as adequate personnel and facilities similar to the centralized care model seen in Sweden, is crucial for improving the survival rates of infants born at 22–23 weeks' gestation. …”
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Exploring the mechanisms that underpin an effective community first aid response: a rapid realist review  by Claire Maynard, Laura Sims, Matthew Booker

“…Understanding the underlying mechanisms of effective CFA interventions can help optimise their design, delivery and evaluation.  Methods We conducted a rapid realist review to explore how CFA interventions work, for whom, and in what settings. …”
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Optimization of Joint Economic Lot Size Model for Vendor-Buyer with Exponential Quality Degradation and Transportation by Chimp Optimization Algorithm by Dana Marsetiya Utama, Shanty Kusuma Dewi, Sri Kurnia Dwi Budi Maulana

“…To reduce costs, companies must take advantage of the use of large vehicles. It caused fewer deliveries, but inventory costs and degradation quality are high. …”
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Iron oxide nanoparticles coated with bioactive materials: a viable theragnostic strategy to improve osteosarcoma treatment by Amy Sarah Benjamin, Sunita Nayak

“…Iron oxide nanoparticles stand out in both therapeutic and diagnostic applications, offering a versatile platform for targeted drug delivery, hyperthermia, magneto-thermal therapy, and combinational therapy using modulation of ferroptosis pathways. …”
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A Game-Theoretic Response Strategy for Coordinator Attack in Wireless Sensor Networks by Jianhua Liu, Guangxue Yue, Shigen Shen, Huiliang Shang, Hongjie Li

“…Coordinator selection is a technique that can considerably defend against attack and reduce the data delivery delay, and increase network performance of cooperative communications. …”
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Myasthenia gravis complicated by pure red cell aplasia with clonal large granular lymphocytosis in the absence of thymoma: a rare case report and literature review by Lijun Du, Yiping Liu, Qiaolin Zhou, Fang Xu

“…The patient’s subsequent successful delivery in June 2023 adds another dimension to the multifaceted clinical course, warranting attention and exploration into potential connections between these conditions.…”
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Towards a Stunting-Free Gunungsitoli City: Policy Evaluation and Challenges of the Economic Approach by Eldad Chalis Natha Nias Ndruru, Asep Sumaryana, Heru Nurasa

“…Based on the results of the research using evaluation indicators that believe in effectiveness, efficiency, adequacy, leveling, responsiveness, and accuracy, the implementation has not been optimal or running well based on several criteria, namely the budget from the APBD for policies and programs to accelerate stunting reduction is still limited, access to stunting sufferers is still constrained considering the demographic conditions of the region spread across various regions, the existence of complex socialization So that the delivery of information is not effective and the implementation time of policies and programs is not too much so that the implementation of policies does not run well and the short implementation time makes programs and policies not optimal in terms of their implementation and economic challenges in handling stunting are met with poverty and limited access to nutrition, dependence on external resources, and economic impacts do not last long This stunting results in a decrease in productivity labor force, the burden of regional health increased, and poverty arose. …”
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