Achieving operational excellence through the lens of Lean and Six Sigma during the Covid-19 pandemic by Muhammad, Noor, Upadhyay, Arvind, Kumar, Anil, Gilani, Hasan

“…Design/methodology/approach: A quantitative methodology was used and data were collected from a sample of top-level managers from 28 SME manufacturing firms located in the five industrial zones in Pakistan. A total of 62 questionnaires were included in the study. …”
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Protecting children: a critical contribution to policy and practice development by Davies, Liz

“…The originality of the author's approach lies in the presentation of six themes, five of which have to be combined at the forefront of policy and practice. …”
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A comparative study of London and Paris in the works of Henry James and Emile Zola: with special reference to "the Princess Casamassima" and "L'Assommoir" by Davies, David J.

“…Chapter Four deals with the social themes that are implicit and explicit in James's and Zola's studies, including Zola's use of source material, James' s debt to Zola's methodology, actual instances of social problems such as alcoholism, poverty, etc. Chapter Five then considers some of. the literary connections and references between actual events, e.g. the increase in anarchist support in the 1880s, and their representation by James and/or Zola. …”
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Exploring the application of Industry 4.0 technologies in the agricultural food supply chain: a systematic literature review by Yadav, Vinay Surendra, Singh, A. R., Raut, Rakesh D., Mangla, Sachin, Luthra, Sunil, Kumar, Anil

“…The applications of reviewed technology in AFSC are analysed under five research dimensions, namely traceability and food safety, information system management, food waste, control and monitoring, decision making and agribusiness, and other miscellaneous-based applications. …”
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Implication of a de novo Variant in ciliary rootlet coiledcoil (CROCC) with assimilation of atlas (AOA) by Tong, Huaiyu, Guo, Chongye, Liang, Liang, Mi, Hua, Li, Meng, Yin, Yiheng, Shang, Lijun, Mi, Shuangli, Yu, Xinguang

“…We identified a novel variant in ciliary rootlet coiled-coil gene (NM_014675.5 (CROCC): c.4702C>T (r.4702c>u, p.(Arg1568Cys)). …”
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A pilot study on peptidylarginine deiminases and protein deimination in animal cancers across vertebrate species by Inal, Jameel, Hristova, Mariya, Lange, Sigrun

“…PAD isozyme diversity differs throughout phylogeny in chordates, with five PAD isozymes in mammals, three in birds, and one in fish. …”
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Multimodal user interaction with in-car equipment in real conditions based on touch and speech modes in the Persian language by Nazari, Fateme, Tabibian, Shima, Homayounvala, Elaheh

“…This paper focuses on presenting a multimodal user interface design based on touch and speech modes, for controlling five in-car devices (radio, CD player or music player, fan, heater, and driver-side window). …”
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A systematic assessment of multi‐dimensional risk factors for sustainable development in food grain supply chains: a business strategic prospective analysis by Das, Sumanta, Yadav Myla, Abhiram, Barve, Akhilesh, Kumar, Anil, Sahu, Naresh Chandra, Muduli, Kamalakanta, Luthra, Sunil

“…Further, the identified risk factors are classified into five-dimensional sustainability criteria (environmental, economic, institutional, technical, and social) by using exploratory factor analysis (EFA). …”
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‘Really putting a different slant on my use of a glass of wine’: patient perspectives on integrating alcohol into structured medication reviews in general practice by Madden, Mary, Stewart, Duncan, McCambridge, Jim

“…Method: Semi-structured interviews with a sample of 10 patients who drank alcohol twice or more each week, recruited to the study by five clinical pharmacists during routine SMR delivery. …”
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Sign language detection and translation using Smart Glove by Maharjan, Sunila, Shrestha, Subeksha, Fernando, Sandra

“…The project's goals include designing and creating a smart glove prototype that has an MPU-6050 and five flex sensors. Intricate finger and hand movements, which are essential to sign language, are precisely captured by these sensors. …”
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Cross-reaction mediated by distinct key amino acid combinations in the complementary-determining region (CDR) of a monoclonal antibody by Guo, Chunyan, Feng, Qing, Xie, Xin, Li, Yan, Hu, Hanyu, Hu, Jun, Fang, Senbiao, Shang, Lijun

“…Our findings indicate that the complementarity-determining region (CDR) of H1-74 mAb comprised five antigen-binding sites, containing eight key amino acid residues from the light chain variable region and 16 from the heavy chain variable region. …”
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The impact of lean six sigma practices based on industrial revolution 4.0 towards balanced scorecard indicators in Malaysia manufacturing sector by Zamri, Shafeeka Fadlikh

“…Institutional, system and contingency theories were applied in this research. Five main hypotheses were proposed to develop conceptual framework based on structural equation modelling (SEM). …”
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Effects of high carbon dioxide concentration on oil palm growth and development by Shahabuddin, Nur Amanina

“…This positive growth can be attributed to higher photosynthetic rate of 23.51 ± 0.57 μmolm-2 s -1 and affecting the water use efficiency of 5.33 ± 0.10 μmolmol-1 CO2. Control palms showed the highest bunch weight (kg), meanwhile absolute control palms showed the highest fruit to bunch ratio (%) over five-year period. …”
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A comparative analysis of web-based GIS applications using usability metrics by Abdulmonim, Dhafer Abdulameer

“…Therefore, the primary purpose of this study is to compare five common usability models (Shackel, Nielsen, ISO 9241 P-11, ISO 9126-1 and QUIM) to identify usability metrics that have most frequently used in the previous models. …”
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Standard operating procedure for rescue operation in human-made disaster management in Nigeria by Gabarin Umar, Abubakar

“…The literature was informed by issue of managing victims of terrorism where five theories emerged: the theory of rescue operation, theory of stakeholders, theory of organization, theory of emergency management and local NGOs performance was compared with other emergency management frameworks around the world for the purpose of accomplishing the objective of this study. …”
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Development of a building information modelling (BIM) migration path model for construction professionals by Brahim, Juliana

“…The identification of five (5) activities (BIM Awareness, Develop BIM Strategy, Implement BIM, Monitor BIM and Expand BIM Implementation) with the three (3) enablers (BIM work contract, BIM work process and BIM technology) in the model is expected to be able to assist construction professionals to implement BIM with the right BIM concept and later, the benefit could be obtained for improving construction project. …”
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Survey on Kuala Lumpur to Singapore High-Speed Rail (KL-SG HSR) Project among Pagoh Residents by Nasir, Nur Afifah, Mohd Asrah, Norhaidah

“…The total length of the KL-SG HSR project is 350 kilometers, it covers 335 kilometers in Malaysia and 15 kilometers in Singapore which can shorten the traveling time between Malaysia and Singapore within 90 minutes compared to four or five hours taken currently by road, seven hours by classic rail service or three hours by air transport. …”
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Behavioural intention to use ICT in teaching science among lecturers in Nigerian Polytechnic by Bundot, Yohanna Garba

“…Qualitative data were obtained using semi-structured interview protocol to facilitate interviews with five participants who were purposefully selected for this phase of the study. …”
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Enhancement of strain sensor sensitivity by combination of polarization maintaining fiber and single mode fiber in sagnac loop by Abdulrahman, Anas Malik

“…The methodology of work, analysis, and the results are presented in chapter three and chapter four, and the conclusion of this project in chapter five. This project investigates the fiber optic sensor. technologies that focus on the development. of fiber strain sensing element based on a combination of polarization maintaining fiber (PMF) and single mode fiber (SMF) in a Sagnac loop. …”
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Acoustical characteristic of empty fruit bunch (EFB) fibre with influence of sodium hydroxide treatment time and decay lifespan by Mat Wan, Lauren

“…The EFB has undergone a chemical modification process known as alkali treatment using sodium hydroxide (NaOH). Five parameters were chosen for the alkali treatment process which is the fiber immersion time (at 1 hour until 5 hours) with fixed alkali treatment concentration of 6% NaOH. …”
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