A Goal Programming Approach to Multi-Objective Farm Planning Among Small-Scale Arable Crop Farmers in Kogi State, Nigeria by Okpanachi Francis Okoliko, Tanko Likita, Ibrahim Faith Debaniyu, Adewumi Adeoluwa

“…Out of the three basic farm household objectives considered, meeting family food requirements and limiting labour expenditure were overachieved, whereas the objective of maximizing farm income was underachieved. A great deal of the existing staple food plan was found consistent with the prescribed optimal plan, except in the case of existing cassava and Bambara nut production which was falling short of the optimal production prescribed. …”
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PENINGKATAN KINERJA PENGADAAN BARANG PT. API METRA PALMA DENGAN METODE THEORY OF CONSTRAINT THINKING PROCESS by Kokoh Ronald Aruan, Lusia Vreyda A

“…Indicators of low performance in the company's procurement are marked with the slow realization of the demand (more than one month) and the underachievement of Quality Objective (QO) of the Department of Procurement and General Affairs.The analysis framework employed the stages of TOC Thinking Process. …”
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Reducing rural maternal mortality and the equity gap in northern Nigeria: the public health evidence for the Community Communication Emergency Referral strategy by Aradeon SB, Doctor HV

“…Susan B Aradeon,1 Henry V Doctor2 1Freelance International Consultant (Social and Behavioral Change Communication), Aventura, FL, USA; 2Department of Information, Evidence and Research, Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, World Health Organization, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt Abstract: The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) maternal mortality target risks being underachieved like its Millennium Development Goal (MDG) predecessor. …”
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Current Perspectives on the Attainment of Lipid Modification Goals Relating to the Use of Statins and Ezetimibe for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in the United Kingdom by Reynolds TM, Pottle A, Quoraishi SH

“…Timothy Mark Reynolds,1 Alison Pottle,2 Sadat H Quoraishi3 1University Hospitals of Derby & Burton, Burton-on-Trent, UK; 2Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK; 3Daiichi Sankyo UK Ltd, Uxbridge, UKCorrespondence: Timothy Mark ReynoldsPathology Department, Queen’s Hospital, Belvedere Road, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, DE13 0RB, UKTel +4401283 511511 ext 4035Email Timothy.Reynolds2@NHS.netAbstract: Despite widespread evidence of the effectiveness of lipid modification for the reduction of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, lipid modification goals are commonly underachieved in the United Kingdom (UK). In order to understand current UK lipid management guidance and the corresponding attainment of recommended lipid lowering goals relating to treatment with statins and ezetimibe, a literature review was conducted using PubMed focusing on publications between January 2017 and February 2020 in order to capture the most up-to-date literature. …”
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How effective is fine motor training in children with ADHD? A scoping review by Miriam Lelong, Annina Zysset, Mirjam Nievergelt, Reto Luder, Ulrich Götz, Christina Schulze, Frank Wieber

“…Especially fine motor impairments can lead to academic underachievement, low self-esteem and frustration in affected children. …”
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The evaluation of a web-based tool for measuring the uncorrected visual acuity and refractive error in keratoconus eyes: A method comparison study. by Marc B Muijzer, Janneau L J Claessens, Francesco Cassano, Daniel A Godefrooij, Yves F D M Prevoo, Robert P L Wisse

“…The corrected visual acuities attained with the web-based derived prescription underachieved significantly (0.22±0.32 logMAR vs. -0.01±0.13 LogMAR, P <0.001).…”
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Science in the Learning Gardens (SciLG): a study of students’ motivation, achievement, and science identity in low-income middle schools by Dilafruz R. Williams, Heather Brule, Sybil S. Kelley, Ellen A. Skinner

“…Conclusions As concern for social justice is growing based on the underachievement of students from minority groups, resurgence of the school garden movement over the last several decades provides an opportunity to tip the scales by engaging students in authentic, real-world learning of science and cultivating their interests in science with holistic garden-based learning. …”
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The Need to Prioritize Model-Updating Processes in Clinical Artificial Intelligence (AI) Models: Protocol for a Scoping Review by Ahmed Umar Otokiti, Makuochukwu Maryann Ozoude, Karmen S Williams, Rasheedat A Sadiq-onilenla, Soji Akin Ojo, Leyla B Wasarme, Samantha Walsh, Maxwell Edomwande

“…Our findings will add to the field by determining the degree to which published models meet the criteria for clinical validity, real-life implementation, and best practices to optimize model development, and in so doing, reduce the overpromise and underachievement of the contemporary model development process. …”
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Reporting of and explanations for under-recruitment and over-recruitment in pragmatic trials: a secondary analysis of a database of primary trial reports published from 2014 to 201... by Karla Hemming, Monica Taljaard, Charles Weijer, Kelly Carroll, Stuart G Nicholls, Pascale Nevins, Yongdong Ouyang

“…Objectives To describe the extent to which pragmatic trials underachieved or overachieved their target sample sizes, examine explanations and identify characteristics associated with under-recruitment and over-recruitment.Study design and setting Secondary analysis of an existing database of primary trial reports published during 2014–2019, registered in ClinicalTrials.gov, self-labelled as pragmatic and with target and achieved sample sizes available.Results Of 372 eligible trials, the prevalence of under-recruitment (achieving &lt;90% of target sample size) was 71 (19.1%) and of over-recruitment (&gt;110% of target) was 87 (23.4%). …”
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Multidisciplinary Management of Diabetic Foot Ulcers in Primary Cares in Quebec: Can We Do Better? by Brousseau-Foley M, Blanchette V

“…Our pilot study (n = 27 hospitalized patients) included a typical DFU population with neuropathy, peripheral arterial disease and previous amputation. It highlights underachievement of best practice recommendations implementation such as multidisciplinary DFU management and offloading interventions in our establishment. …”
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Theory and structure of port competition by Ng, K, Ng, Koi Yu Adolf

“…On the other hand, Bremerhaven is currently an underachiever but possesses potential if it changes its current competitive strategies while Antwerp also possesses potential but faces different problems in its developments. …”

Analysis of clinical phenotype and genetic mutation with outcome evaluation in one family of vitamin B12-dependent methylmalonic aciduria by LI Jing, Yi-ming SUN, Li-yu OU, Yu-ling ZHU, Liang WANG, Huan LI, Cheng ZHANG

“…<strong>Results </strong> The initial presentations of the proband were underachievement and personality changes in 12-year old, and accompanied by visual hallucinations and weakness of lower limbs during the course of disease. …”
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Neural compensation in adulthood following very preterm birth demonstrated during a visual paired associates learning task by Philip J. Brittain, Sean Froudist Walsh, Kie-Woo Nam, Vincent Giampietro, Vyacheslav Karolis, Robin M. Murray, Sagnik Bhattacharyya, Anastasia Kalpakidou, Chiara Nosarti

“…Very preterm birth (VPT; < 33 weeks of gestation) is associated with an increased risk of learning disability, which contributes to more VPT-born children repeating grades and underachieving in school. Learning problems associated with VPT birth may be caused by pathophysiological alterations in neurodevelopment resulting from perinatal brain insult; however, adaptive neuroplastic processes may subsequently occur in the developing preterm brain which ameliorate, to an extent, the potential sequelae of altered neurophysiology. …”
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Association between physical activity and academic performance in Korean adolescent students by So Wi-Young

“…The results from this study are potentially relevant to the development of future education policies in Korean schools, particularly with regard to early intervention strategies designed to identify and counteract potential factors contributing to academic underachievement.</p>…”
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Goal attainment with integrated upper limb spasticity management including botulinum toxin-A (BoNT-A): Subanalysis of Australian data from the ULIS-III study by Edwin Luk, PhD, Ian J. Baguley, MD, PhD, John Olver, MD, Rachael Nunan, MD, John Estell, MD, Senen Gonzalez, MD, Dion Marinkovich, BPharm, MBA, Anne-Sophie Grandoulier, MSc, Lynne Turner-Stokes, DM

“…Active function goals were generally underachieved in the Australian subgroup (mean cumulated GAS-T-score 43.6 (41.6, 45.6) vs. 47.4 (46.5, 48.3) internationally]. …”
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Assessment of primary Chinese EFL learners’ oral and aural language skills and the relations to the national English curriculum standards targets by Lian, X

“…Therefore, the study’s overall findings indicated that the NECS targets were underachieved in the two sampled state primary schools; furthermore, these findings presented a number of implications for pedagogy, resources and support, and assessment, as well as directions for future research.…”

The achievement of Somali boys: a case-study in an inner-London comprehensive school by Gillman, P

“…</p> <p>The published literature details evidence of generalised underachievement amongst Somali boys across the UK, and notes that there are a variety of key factors behind this, such as language, culture, socio-economic factors and a lack of role models in the community. …”

Circumstances of child deaths in Mali and Uganda: a community-based confidential enquiry by Merlin L Willcox, DPhil, Elias Kumbakumba, MMed, Drissa Diallo, ProfPhD, Vincent Mubangizi, MMed, Peter Kirabira, MPH, Florence Nakaggwa, MSc, Birungi Mutahunga, MPH, Chiaka Diakité, MD, Eugene Dembélé, MD, Mamadou Traoré, ProfAFSA, Pierre Daou, MD, Drissa Bamba, MD, Amadou Traoré, PhD, Diafara Berthé, MSc, Nick Wooding, FRCGP, Kieran Dinwoodie, MRCGP, Sarah Capewell, MRCGP, Hamish Foster, MRCGP, Rowena Neville, MRCGP, Joseph Ngonzi, MMed, Jerome Kabakyenga, ProfPhD, David Mant, ProfFMedSci, Anthony Harnden, ProfFRCGP

“…Summary: Background: Interventions to reduce child deaths in Africa have often underachieved, causing the Millennium Development Goal targets to be missed. …”
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Competências escolares e sociais em crianças e adolescentes com Síndrome de Williams School and social competencies in children and adolescents with Williams Syndrome by Ana Yaemi Hayashiuchi, Miriam Segin, José Salomão Schwartzman, Luiz Renato Rodrigues Carreiro, Maria Cristina Triguero Veloz Teixeira

“…The main results showed a high number of signs of inattention and hyperactivity (90% of the group scored positively). Severe underachievement in academic skills were also observed, as opposed to positive results in socialization and sports scales. …”
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Мистецька освіта у початковій школі Євросоюзу: тенденції розвитку by Олена Ярова

“….); the content of school arts education is being enriched by the study of the media, including cinema, photography and digital arts, and encourages students and teachers to use ICT in the creative process; as a result of modern demographic changes the intercultural aspect is becoming one of the basic principles of teaching arts subjects; arts education is being practically oriented; the potential of arts education is used to create a situation of success in teaching underachieving students; schools are encouraged to organize extra-curricular arts activities and collaborate with professional artists and cultural institutions; local cultural features are more often considered. …”
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