Impact of plant practices on operational performance : a statistical analysis of data from a Canadian manufacturing survey. by Huang, Yun Bo.

“…The results also indicate that while usage of many practices can significantly distinguish MS groups from LS groups, there is a difference as to how every practice factor and individual practices contribute to plant performance improvement on the five dimensions. It was found that the quality-related practices are the most important ones for improving quality performance, manufacturing technologies are the most effective practices for improving cost & productivity performance. …”
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Can we please have some honesty about drugs by Saad ul Hassan Hashmi

“…Finally, in section four, I will discuss contemporary research on drugs. In section five, I consider more objections to the arguments I have made and draw a final conclusion: that policy should be framed based on evidence.…”
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UAV navigation using vision sensor only by Mai, Ky Phong

“…It goes into detail on five different categories of path planning and two popular path planning algorithms that are widely used. …”
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The neoliberal convergence of European industrial relations: economic inevitability or result of European political choices? by Jefferys, Steve

“…The central argument of Lucio Baccaro and Chris Howell’s analysis of European industrial relations over the past four decades (with a statistical analysis of fifteen countries and detailed chapters on five) is that ‘employer discretion’ has increased everywhere, although this is evidenced more in some countries than in others. …”

Zola's Une page d'amour: the novelist as Japanese artist by Yee, J

“…Japanese art also influences description in Une page d’amour, and most of all the five great cityscapes that show Paris seen from Hélène’s apartment at different times of day. …”

An assessment of India’s energy landscape: 2008–13 by Deb, K

“…As the global economy spiralled into the worst financial crisis since the great Depression in 2008 (according to Nouriel Roubini, Kenneth Rogoff, and Nariman Behravesh, in a press release reported in Reuters, 27 February 2009), India seemed to be bucking the trend. A five-year average GDP growth rate of 8.6 per cent per annum (p.a.) over 2003–8, more than twice that of the world average of 3.8 per cent p.a., and a full percentage point higher than the rest of the non-OECD countries (7.6 per cent p.a.), had arguably set India up for what was expected to be a period of high growth, rivalling that of China. …”

Political strategies to overcome climate policy obstructionism by Srivastav, S, Rafaty, R

“…From this we deduce a set of strategies for how the climate movement competes against entrenched hydrocarbon interests. Five strategies for overcoming obstructionism emerge: (1) appeasement, which involves compensating the losers; (2) co-optation, which seeks to instigate change by working with incumbents; (3) institutionalism, which involves changes to public institutions to support decarbonization; (4) antagonism, which creates reputational or litigation costs to inaction; and (5) countervailance, which makes low-carbon alternatives more competitive. …”

Pose search: retrieving people using their pose by Ferrari, V, Marin-Jimenez, M, Zisserman, A

“…Performance is assessed on five episodes of the TV series 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer', and pose retrieval is demonstrated also on three Hollywood movies.…”

Visual bordering: how refugee-serving organizations represent refugees on Instagram by Jhoti, A, Allen, WL

“…Using a discourse-centered online ethnographic approach, we collected 191 posts made in early 2021 by five UK-based organizations. Then, we applied quantitative content and qualitative semiotic analysis to these posts, complemented by two semi-structured interviews with communications staff members. …”

Motivated knowledge acquisition: implicit self-theories and the preference for knowledge breadth or depth by Crolic, C, Clarkson, JJ, Otto, AS, Murphy, MC

“…Specifically, we propose that incremental theorists prefer knowledge that expands their understanding of diverse experiences within a category (i.e., knowledge breadth), whereas entity theorists prefer knowledge that refines their understanding of a preferred experience within a category (i.e., knowledge depth). Five studies show the effect of implicit self-theories on individuals’ preferences for knowledge breadth and depth and the role of learning and performance goals in motivating these knowledge preferences. …”

Nucleotide sequence of the haemagglutinin-neuraminidase (HN) gene of a Malaysian heat resistant viscerotropic-velogenic Newcastle disease virus (NDV) strain AF2240 by Tan, W. S., Lau, C. H., Ng, B. K., Ibrahim, A. L., Yusoff, K.

“…The predicted sequence contains five asparagine giycosylation sites. Comparison of the AF2240 HN protein sequence with 13 other previously published sequences showed 88% homology. …”

Effectiveness of integrative structural family therapy and double ABCX model on marital adjustment and parenting stress among parents of children with autism: randomized controlled... by AlHorany, Ahmed Kamel, Hassan, Siti Aishah, Juhari, Rumaya, Aljaberi, Musheer A.

“…A randomized controlled trial conducted on 60 parents of children with ASD showed that integrative SFT and double ABCX therapy, conducted over ten sessions of multiple family therapy in group counseling for five weeks and a one-month follow-up at special needs children’s centers in Jordan, resulted in a 48% increase in marital adjustment and a 34% reduction in parenting stress. …”

HF1302E - Islamic Philosophy [Falsafah Islam] January 2019 by PPIK, Pusat Pengajian Ilmu Kemanusiaan

“…Instructions : This exam paper has FIVE (5) questions. Answer THREE (3) questions. [Arahan : Kertas peperiksaan ini menganduingi LIMA (5) soalan. …”
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Offline eLearning for undergraduates in health professions : a systematic review of the impact on knowledge, skills, attitudes and satisfaction by Wark, Petra A., Rasmussen, Kristine, Belisario, José Marcano, Molina, Joseph Antonio, Loong, Stewart Lee, Cotic, Ziva, Papachristou, Nikos, Riboli–Sasco, Eva, Car, Lorainne Tudor, Musulanov, Eve Marie, Zhang, Yanfeng, Kunz, Holger, George, Pradeep Paul, Heng, Bee Hoon, Wheeler, Erica Lynette, Al Shorbaji, Najeeb, Svab, Igor, Atun, Rifat, Majeed, Azeem, Car, Josip

“…Two reviewers independently extracted data from the included studies. We synthesized the findings using a thematic summary approach. Findings: Forty–nine studies, including 4955 students enrolled in undergraduate medical, dentistry, nursing, psychology, or physical therapy studies, met the inclusion criteria. …”
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Persistent elevation of intrathecal pro-inflammatory cytokines leads to multiple sclerosis-like cortical demyelination and neurodegeneration by James, Rachel E., Schalks, Renee, Browne, Eleanor, Eleftheriadou, Ioanna, Munoz, Carmen Picon, Mazarakis, Nicholas D., Reynolds, Richard

“…A significant decrease in neuronal numbers was seen at 28 and 56 days in cortical layers II-V that was independent of MOG immunisation. RNA analysis at 28 dpi showed an increase in expression of necroptotic pathway genes, including RIP3, MLKL, cIAP2 and Nox2. …”
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Multiplexed model predictive control by Wu, Bing Fang

“…This results in demanding on-line optimization, hence computing resource can become an issue when applying MPC to complex systems with many inputs or with fast response times. …”
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Sinda tutorials for enhanced performance an evaluation of a self-help group's programme by Kannan Kalidasan, Ponmudi Guruswamy, Shanthi Sivaperumal

“…In all, the STEP programme is seen to be progressing in the right direction, in line with its aims.…”
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Design, modeling and performance optimization of active air terminal system by Ke, Ji

“…More importantly, the experimental findings provide a guideline for the operation and optimization of ATB systems. 3. …”
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Nurses lived experiences on the nurse-patient relationship by Koo, Alvina Min En

“…Future directions and policy implications are also discussed in light of the new findings.…”
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Additive manufacturing: DED process parameters optimization via experiments (E) by Tong, Gao Rui

“…The study explores the impact of five DED process parameters: Laser Power, Scanning Speed, Powder Mass Flow Rate, XY-Incremental Ratio, and Z-Incremental Ratio. …”
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