Implementation Practices of Public Procurement Plans and Policies by Jufri Jacob

“…The multiple statistical regression equation is used to process data from 47 respondents from regional apparatus task forces (SKPD) and the results show that the influence of independent variables (X) on dependent variable (Y) is 87.3 percent (R2), while 12.7 percent is influenced by other factors. …”
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The effect of the menstrual cycle on dichotic listening. by Richard J Morris, Erin M Ingvalson, Michael P Kaschak, Alissa N Smith

“…They completed nine listening sessions comprised of three dichotic listening tasks: forced-left, forced-right, and open. The data were analyzed using a mixed effects models. …”
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A Constructivist Institutionalism Perspective of Disaster and Crisis Countermeasure in Indonesia by Ari Darmastuti

“…The mega-crisis due to the Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in the establishment of long-term national, provincial, local, and lower level task forces all over Indonesia.  This kind of institutional arrangement has never previously been developed in the country, not even after the 2006 mega-tsunami which hit various provinces and led to a huge death toll of over 100,000. …”
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La noción de "grupo de tareas" y su pertinencia en el estudio de la represión clandestina en Argentina (1975-1983), a partir de una revisión de la literatura sobre paramilitarismo... by Mario Ranalletti

“…Based on this information (mixed composition and ad hoc creation or designation to carry out clandestine repression), this article proposes a generic and different terminology to name the units that the literature on the Argentine case designates as "task forces", "paramilitary groups" or "death squads": "special joint units". …”
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Elektroenergetyczna infrastruktura krytyczna w województwie zachodniopomorskim – 10 lat po blackoucie by Ewelina Kochanek

“…It is then necessary to use external aid and undertake a crisis management operation (i.a. to set up a crisis team, secure humanitarian aid, establish emergency restoration task forces, and develop logistic facilities, including the reserve power supply lines). …”
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Frontiers: Authority, Precarity and Insurgency at the Edge of the State by Michael J Watts

“…There are striking commonalities in the social composition of the armed groups and their internal dynamics; each is deposited at the nexus of the failure of local government, customary institutions, and the security forces (the police and the military task forces in particular). Each, nevertheless, is site specific; a cultural articulation of dispossession politics rooted in regional traditions of warfare, in particular systems of religiosity, and very different sorts of social structure and identity, and very different ecologies (the semi arid savannas of the north, and the creeks and forest of the Niger delta). …”
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Administrative Empowerment Impact on Enhancing the Leadership Skills for Modern Environment of Judiciary by Ahmed Abo Eisheh, Moza Al-Ghaithi, Faris M. AL-Oqla

“…Analysis of variances (ANOVA) method was utilized to investigate the effect of several related factors, including delegation of authority, task forces, effective communication, and training. …”
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Pro-Productivity Institutions: Learning from National Experience by Sean Dougherty, Andrea Renda

“…The selected bodies include government advisory councils, standing inquiry bodies, and ad hoc task forces. We find that well-designed pro-productivity institutions can generally improve the quality of the policy process and political debate, and can make a significant contribution to evidence-based policy-making. …”
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Assessment of shoulder and low back muscle activity of male kitchen workers using surface electromyography by Shankar Subramaniam, Shanmugam Murugesan, Srinivasan Jayaraman

“…Conclusions Both phases of the study conclude that, even though the dynamic postural adjustment may reduce fatigue during the work schedule; the combination of risk factors like the repetitive task, forceful exertion and prolonged standing during working results in a high risk of developing muscle fatigue. …”
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Give the planet a chance if we want our patients to have a future by Franco Bergesio, Marco Di Girolamo, Giuseppe Curciarello, Anna Lucia Caldini, Santi Nigrelli, Anna Maria Ciciani, Marco Lombardi, Enrico Eugenio Minetti, Paola Parronchi, Calogero Cirami, Giacomo Laffi, Riccardo Ciuti, Chiara Cresci, Roberto Salerno

“…We propose that medical scientific institutions quickly promote the birth of task forces dedicated to addressing this problem. (GCND_planet)…”
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Reproducibility of extracellular vesicle research by Rienk Nieuwland, Pia R.-M. Siljander, Juan M. Falcón-Pérez, Kenneth W. Witwer

“…This infrastructure comprises expert task forces of the International Society of Extracellular Vesicles (ISEV) developing guidelines and recommendations, instrument calibration, standardized and transparent reporting, and education. …”
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Joint Official Positions of the International Society for Clinical Densitometry and International Osteoporosis Foundation on FRAX(®). Executive Summary of the 2010 Position Develop... by Hans, D, Kanis, J, Baim, S, Bilezikian, J, Binkley, N, Cauley, J, Compston, J, Cooper, C, Dawson-Hughes, B, El-Hajj Fuleihan, G, Leslie, W, Lewiecki, E, Luckey, M, McCloskey, E, Papapoulos, SE, Poiana, C, Rizzoli, R

“…These three days of critical discussion and debate, led by a panel of international experts from the ISCD, IOF and dedicated task forces, have clarified a number of important issues pertaining to the interpretation and implementation of FRAX(®) in clinical practice. …”

The impact of Covid-19 on election campaign in selected States of Nigeria by Dauda, Muritala

“…Political parties in the two States have been directly or indirectly affected with the measures put in place by the Presidential Tasks Force (PTF) on Covid-19 in Nigeria which include social and physical distancing, avoid handshake and large gathering among others. …”
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Understanding what shapes varying perceptions of the procedural fairness of transboundary environmental decision-making processes by Matthew Hamilton

“…The study draws upon data from a survey of policy actors participating in task forces, steering committees, and other forums that guide climate change adaptation decision-making in the Lake Victoria basin in East Africa. …”
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Norms, legitimacy and institutional independence: the active role of the European Court of Auditors in setting international standards by Paul J Stephenson

“…It is member of International Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI) (1953), a forum that brings together professional and technical experts worldwide through working groups and task forces. Drawing on Oliver Buntrock’s notion of ‘micro-institutionalisation’, this article examines how and why the ECA formally engages in standard-setting at the international level. …”
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Norms, legitimacy and institutional independence: the active role of the European Court of Auditors in setting international standards by Paul J Stephenson

“…It is member of International Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI) (1953), a forum that brings together professional and technical experts worldwide through working groups and task forces. Drawing on Oliver Buntrock’s notion of ‘micro-institutionalisation’, this article examines how and why the ECA formally engages in standard-setting at the international level. …”
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Perception toward Biosimilars and Nonmedical Switching: A Cross-sectional Survey among Arab Rheumatologists by Mohammed A. Omair, Humaid Al Wahshi, Jamal Al Saleh, Farida Al Balushi, Mostafa Zayed, Maha A. Omair, Eduardo Mysler

“…Future educational activities task forces should target these topics.…”
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Enscaling the mission statement as a procedure for organisational diagnosis by Louis Kamfer

“…Lastly, working sessions were held with each divisional director and his executive team, whereafter various divisional task forces were established to follow through on the findings of the survey. …”
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Neural correlate of filtering of irrelevant information from visual working memory. by Shahin Nasr, Ali Moeeny, Hossein Esteky

“…Here, we examined the neural basis of irrelevant information filtering from WM by recording human ERP during a visual change detection task in which the stimulus irrelevancy was revealed in a later stage of the task forcing the subjects to keep all of the information in WM until test object set was presented. …”
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UV-Technologies for Disinfection of Water, Air and Surfaces: Principles and Possibilities by S. V. Kostuchenko, A. A. Tkachev, T. N. Frolikova

“…The task of disinfecting natural and waste waters was the driver of the development of UV technologies in the last 30 years. The scale of this task forced the world's leading institutions and lighting companies to raise the development and production of UV radiation sources (UV lamps) to a new level. …”
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