Essays on blood supply management by Senga, Juan Ramon Liboro

“…The essay considers both backlogging and lost-sales with an initial assumption that no donors drop-off from the donor pool. …”
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Modeling of NF/RO membrane fouling and flux decline using real-time observations by Park, Jongkwan, Jeong, Kwanho, Baek, Sangsoo, Park, Sanghun, Ligaray, Mayzonee, Chong, Tzyy Haur, Cho, Kyung Hwa

“…However, the simulated fouling layer thicknesses have not been validated by in-situ observations on membrane surfaces because the membrane system is operated under a sealed and pressurized condition. In this study, humic acid fouling layers on nanofiltration and reverse osmosis membranes were monitored in-situ and in real-time using optical coherence tomography (OCT). …”
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Scheduling and route planning of unmanned aerial vehicle for multi-parcel postal delivery in Singapore by Voo, Amber E Ning

“…Electronic commerce, or eCommerce, has been gaining popularity in recent years, and studies have shown that the COVID-19 pandemic has caused the market share of online sales to grow much faster than before. However, the fulfilment of online orders has been met with logistic problems such as manpower and vehicle shortages. …”
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Housing price prediction using convolutional transformer by Ma, Weilun

“…Subsequently, the study examines future housing prices under the ”SalePrice” item. The final 20% of the validation set data, covering the period from 2009 to 2010, is employed for verification and the computation of house price prediction errors. …”
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A study of the existence of systematic discrimination against Chinese firms listed on SGX. by Yeo, Josephine Rui Ting., Lim, Zuan Ling., Ong, Cherilyn Li Jing.

“…Through existing literature reviews, a regression model is employed to examine the relationship between these financial ratios – Total Asset Turnover, Return on Assets, Price-to-Sales ratio, Dividend Growth Rate, Net Cash Per Share, Long-Term Debt/Equity ratio and the annualized stock returns over a 8-year period (2002 to 2009). …”
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Unfolding the role of metaverse in agri‐food supply chain security: current scenario and future perspectives by El Jaouhari, Asmae, Arif, Jabir, Jawab, Fouad, Samadhiya, Ashutosh, Kumar, Anil

“…Retailers and prominent companies use this technology to achieve particular goals, such as ensuring traceability or boosting sales and reputation. Concurrently, there is an opportunity for the metaverse to affect food chain performance more broadly. …”
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Views and factors influencing Primary Care Practitioner (pcp) interactions with the pharmaceutical industrys representatives in Malaysia: a multi-sectors qualitative study by Salim, Hani, Ping, Yein Lee, Siew, Mooi Ching, Mawardi, Maliza, Wan Idris, Wan Noor Azlin, Harrun, Noor Harzana

“…Introduction: Pharmaceutical companies invested billions in direct marketing to medical practitioners as it increased sales of prescription drugs. Medical professionals believed that their decision-makings was not influenced by such interactions, but studies have shown that engaging with the industry and accepting gifts might lead to impulses to reciprocate, such as prescribing marketed drugs. …”
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Evaluating Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Practice Among Malaysian Public Listed Construction Companies Using FTSE Russell Rating Model by Sulaiman, Nurul Nabila, Omar, Abdul Jalil, Pakir, Faizal, Mohamad, Marlina

“…A company without ESG strategies will have problem on loss of intellectual capital, loss of customers, sales and decline in reputation. Failed to disclose ESG information perceived as having poor investments in high-risk sectors. …”
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A joint inventory and sourcing strategy to balance efficiency versus risk by Huang, Wan-Yu, M.Eng. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Liu, Jierui

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Feature selection for demand forecasting incorporating external covariates by Mantri, Raghav

“…In this paper, we forecast the demand for medical products using historical in-market-sales data for a multinational medical company. We utilise machine learning methods for this purpose and perform feature selection to use only relevant features. …”
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Cruise ship industry in Singapore – after COVID and beyond impulsive buying behaviour and influential factors in the cruise package industry by Lee, Min Young

“…The promotional strategies identified includes advertisement and sales promotion. Factor analysis was applied to identify seven constructs – Self-confidence, Connection, Pricing, Advertisement, Impulsive buying tendencies, Negative outcome and Positive Outcome. …”
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A study of crowd-shipping as a last-mile delivery option in Singapore: business-to-consumer perspective by Lim, Sean Jun Hao

“…These identified factors include consumer behavior within the industry, the volume of a business's sales, and the scale at which the business operates. …”
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Surviving the economic crisis in distribution and warehousing business by Chai, Guan Sheng

“…In order to minimize losses from sales drop, manufacturers have to decrease productions following the significant fall in demand from consumer, the demand for storage and distributions decreased as the result of the impact. …”
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An experimental investigation of ultrasonic anti-fouling technology by Goh, Jun Xian

“…Recent research has pointed to the effectiveness of ultrasound in reducing the attachment rate of various microorganisms, leading to the development and sale of ultrasonic anti-fouling solutions for small vessels such as yachts. …”
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Stock selection via FA and TA in the semiconductor industry SGX by Ho, Andrea

“…The stock exchange SGX offers many different industry stocks that are for sale to the public. The main issue is how do we decide what kind and which stocks will rake in the highest returns for the investors. …”
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An Analysis of the Effect of Price and Quality on Customer Buying Patterns: An Empirical Study of iPhone Buyers by Hamizan, Maisarah, Abu, Noor Hidayah, Mansor, Mohd Fitri, Zaidi, Mohd Azian

“…Apple is the most valuable firm in the world, the fourth-largest vendor of personal computers by unit sales, and the second-largest producer of mobile phones as of May 2022. …”
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Strategic adaptabilty and firm performance : an empirical study of the miles and show typology by Boey, Stephanie Lai Fong, Leong, Ngai Fong, Tan, Bee Bee

“…Further analyses show that most organisations emphasise profitability as a key performance measure with Prospector, Analysers and Reactors ranking net profit to sales as the most important performance indicator. …”
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Survey on the salt usage among fish cracker (keropok lekor) manufacturers in several districts of Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia by Qurratul Aeina Faizi Faizul, Suzana Shahar, Zaliha Harun, Mohd Noor Hidayat Adenan, Hasnah Haron

“…However, the effort was met with several challenges, such as customer acceptance and negative perception of the taste, decreased sales, and increased material costs. The enabling factors include maintaining the original flavor of keropok lekor, customer requests, marketing opportunities, and the availability of salt substitutes. …”
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Enhanced Approach of Decision Making in Determining Contemporary Critical Preferential Factors and Location Decisions for Residential Project using MCDM Technique (S/O 13903) by Lamsali, Hendrik, Mad Lazim, Halim, Abdul Rahim, Mohd Kamarul Irwan, Osman, Wan Nadzri, Salleh, Mohamed Najib

“…Analysis on overall sub-criterion ranks safety as the highest priority/preference followed by property's sales price, physical structure of the property (size and type), and warranty offered by the developer. …”
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Diploastrea heliopora Sr/Ca and δ18O records from northeast Luzon, Philippines: An assessment of interspecies coral proxy calibrations and climate controls of sea surface temperat... by Goodkin, Nathalie F., Siringan, Fernando P., Hughen, K. A., Ramos, Riovie Dela Pena

“…The multiproxy, multispecies approach of this study further strengthens the evidence for Diploastrea as an alternate climate archive in the Indo-Pacific region and seals its potential in helping resolve less understood global-scale climate phenomena.…”
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