Online Scheduling on a Single Machine with Grouped Processing Times by Qijia Liu, Long Wan, Lijun Wei

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The Bittersweet Truth: Corporate Social Responsibility in Online Communication Between a Coffee Company and its Customers by Ana Paula Kieling, Maria José Barbosa de Souza, Franciane Reinert Lyra, Ricardo Boeing

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Adaptations to the welsh national exercise referral scheme during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study exploring the experiences of service users and providers and supplement... by Katie Newby, Neil Howlett, Adam P. Wagner, Nigel Lloyd, Imogen Freethy, Charis Bontoft, Olujoke Fakoya, Shelley Jackson, Carla Jackson, Wendy Wills, Mary-Ann McKibben, Annie Petherick, Katherine E. Brown

“…As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, NERS was initially suspended and then transitioned from standard face-to-face delivery to alternative remote methods, including virtual delivery. …”
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Development of Microneedle Patch Loaded with Bacopa monnieri Solid Lipid Nanoparticles for the Effective Management of Parkinson’s Disease by Delna Joy, Jobin Jose, Shabana Bibi, Akshay Bandiwadekar, Gopika Gopan, Clara Mariana Gonçalves Lima, Talha Bin Emran, Fahad A. Alhumaydhi, Harsha Ashtekar, Sandeep D. S, Carlos Adam Conte-Junior

“…The demand for drug delivery systems (DDS) to treat Parkinson’s disease (PD) is still high, and microneedle (MN) assisted transdermal DDS offers enormous potential. …”
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MRI-guided focused ultrasound for treating Parkinson’s disease with human mesenchymal stem cells by Sheng-Kai Wu, Chia-Lin Tsai, Aisha Mir, Kullervo Hynynen

“…In this study, we investigated the effects of MR-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) for the delivery of human mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) on the 6-hydroxydopamine (6-HODA)-induced PD rat model. …”
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An Evolutionary Video Assignment Optimization Technique for VOD System in Heterogeneous Environment by King-Man Ho, Wing-Fai Poon, Kwok-Tung Lo

“…The objective of our work is to determine the appropriate coding strategy as well as the suitable delivery mechanism for a specific quality level of a video such that the overall system blocking probability is minimized. …”
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Nonhematopoietic Variants of Erythropoietin in Ischemic Stroke: Need for Step-Wise Proof-of-Concept Studies by Dirk M. Hermann

“…As such, alternate routes of delivery are required. In their paper that now appears in TheScientificWorldJOURNAL, Rodríguez Cruz and colleagues provide evidence that Neuro-EPO promotes neurological recovery in the ischemic gerbil brain in a way that is similarly potent, if not superior, to systemically administered EPO. …”
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Striking a balance between aesthetics and safety: a comparative study on the maternal and neonatal outcomes of mini-incision cesarean section by ChunLan Yuan, ShiMei He, WenQian Jian, MeiRong He, HuiFang Huang, JianChun Huang, MeiPing He, KaiSun Zhao

“…Furthermore, the rate of forceps-assisted delivery was significantly higher in the mini-incision group (P < 0.05 for both comparisons). …”
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Faktor-Faktor yang Berhubungan dengan Perilaku Bidan dalam Pencegahan Risiko Penularan HIV/AIDS pada Pertolongan Persalinan Normal di Kota Tanjungpinang Tahun 2014 by Rahmadona ., Joserizal Serudji, Erwani .

“…Midwives are at high risk of HIV/AIDS tramsmission while assisting delivery. Prevention risk of HIV/AIDS transmission in normal delivery assistance reflected from their behaviour by implementing standard precaution. …”
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Causes and Prevention of Emitter Plugging In Microirrigation Systems by D. Z. Haman

“…When managed effectively, microirrigation offers several advantages, including comparable water application uniformity, improved water use efficiency, minimized deep percolation and runoff with proper scheduling, efficient delivery of fertilizers and chemicals through fertigation and chemigation, and the ability to irrigate land too steep for other irrigation methods. …”
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Training medical students in participatory rural appraisal methods using ADDIE framework by Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Gandes Retno Rahayu, Titi Savitri Prihatiningsih

“…To conclude, participatory rural appraisal methods carry immense significance in the delivery of contextual medical education and in improving the health standards of the local population. …”
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Performance Analysis of a Relift Luo Converter-Derived Dual-Output DC to DC Converter for Microgrid Applications by R. Banupriya, R. Nagarajan

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LearningSpace: problems and experiences by Regina Kulvietienė, Irma Šileikienė

“…In Virtual University, much emphasis has been given to the pedagogical concepts of student centered learning and student motivation, resulting in the design and delivery of high quality cour­ses in higher education as well as more generally in resource based education. …”
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Causes and Prevention of Emitter Plugging In Microirrigation Systems by D. Z. Haman

“…When managed effectively, microirrigation offers several advantages, including comparable water application uniformity, improved water use efficiency, minimized deep percolation and runoff with proper scheduling, efficient delivery of fertilizers and chemicals through fertigation and chemigation, and the ability to irrigate land too steep for other irrigation methods. …”
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Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy Leading to Severe Vitamin K Deficiency and Coagulopathy by Maria Maldonado, Ali Alhousseini, Michael Awadalla, Jay Idler, Robert Welch, Karoline Puder, Manasi Patwardhan, Bernard Gonik

“…The newborn received 0.5 mg of intramuscular vitamin K shortly after delivery but went on to develop bilateral grade III intraventricular hemorrhages by day 5. …”
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Caesarean sections and private insurance: systematic review and meta-analysis by Ilir Hoxha, Medina Braha, Lamprini Syrogiannouli, David C Goodman, Peter Jüni, Bruno R da Costa

“…In a meta-analysis of 13 studies, the adjusted odds of delivery by caesarean section was 1.13 higher among privately insured women as compared with women with public insurance coverage (95% CI 1.07 to 1.18) with no relevant heterogeneity between studies (τ2=0.006). …”
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Models of provider care in long-term care: A rapid scoping review. by Candyce Hamel, Chantelle Garritty, Mona Hersi, Claire Butler, Leila Esmaeilisaraji, Danielle Rice, Sharon Straus, Becky Skidmore, Brian Hutton

“…Studies were classified according to two main categories: healthcare service delivery (n = 92) and implementation strategies (n = 274). …”
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Determination of Factors Affecting “Level of Dependency on Social Aid” of Household Living in Rural Area: Iğdır Province Rural Area Example, Türkiye by Osman Doğan Bulut, Cengiz Sayın

“…In this context, social policy programmes and particularly the implementation and delivery of social aid programs are one of key policy tools widely used in many countries to alleviate poverty and reduce hunger. …”
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Use of a Sendai virus-based vector for effcient transduction of pinniped fbroblasts by V. R. Beklemisheva, A. G. Menzorov

“…There are several ways to deliver reprogramming transcription factors: RNA, proteins, plasmids, viral vectors etc. The most effective delivery systems for mouse and human cells are based on viral vectors. …”
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Multi-Resolution Multimedia QoE Models for IPTV Applications by Prasad Calyam, Prashanth Chandrasekaran, Gregg Trueb, Nathan Howes, Rajiv Ramnath, Delei Yu, Ying Liu, Lixia Xiong, Daoyan Yang

“…Internet television (IPTV) is rapidly gaining popularity and is being widely deployed in content delivery networks on the Internet. In order to proactively deliver optimum user quality of experience (QoE) for IPTV, service providers need to identify network bottlenecks in real time. …”
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