BUDGET USE AND PERFORMANCE OF MANUFACTURING SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SMEs) IN LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA by Mubaraq Sanni, Oladipo Oluwafolakemi Fasesin

“…The population of the study was 46,652 managers (Managing Director, Account Manager, Human Resources Manager and Production/operation Manager) of manufacturing SMEs operating in Lagos State out of which 397 were randomly selected. …”
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A Proactive Robust Scheduling Method for Aircraft Carrier Flight Deck Operations with Stochastic Durations by Xichao Su, Wei Han, Yu Wu, Yong Zhang, Jie Liu

“…The operations on the aircraft carrier flight deck are carried out in a time-critical and resource-constrained environment with uncertainty, and it is of great significance to optimize the makespan and obtain a robust schedule and resource allocation plan for a greater sortie generation capacity and better operational management of an aircraft carrier. In this paper, a proactive robust optimization method for flight deck scheduling with stochastic operation durations is proposed. …”
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Liquid biopsy in organ damage: introduction of an innovative tool for assessing the complexity of blunt splenic injury by Aliona Wöhler, Bingduo Wang, Robert Schwab, Veronika Lukacs-Kornek, Arnulf G. Willms, Miroslaw T. Kornek

“…These EVs were found to be significantly elevated in patients with complex spleen injuries (AAST I–IV with hemodynamic instability and need for operative management) in an incremental manner; these patients were typically classified as AAST grade II or higher, which frequently included accompanying solid organ injuries. …”
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ADOPTERs of Innovation in a Crisis: The History of Vera Gedroits, Kanehiro Takaki and the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905 by Pratik Raichurkar, BMed, Devesh Kaushal, MBBS, MS, FRACS, Robert Beaumont Wilson, MBBS (Hons 1), BSc, FRACS, FACS

“…However, Allied forces took 10 years to adopt operative management of penetrating abdominal wounds over conservative management. …”
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Achilles Tendon Rupture In Recreational Athletes - Hobby-Ending Incident or Easily Treatable Injury? Current Insight Into Risk Factors, Treatment Options and Recovery Strategies by Jakub Kędzia, Joanna Duda, Kinga Racisz, Paweł Racisz, Alicja Obcowska, Aleksandra Walendzik, Łukasz Sencerek

“…Treatment options include both non-operative and operative management, with minimally invasive techniques showing the best outcomes, however each method can be employed in specific indications. …”
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Exploring Caregivers’ Perceptions on the Impact of Nyaope and Alcohol Use on Tuberculosis Treatment Adherence in Limpopo Province, South Africa: A Qualitative Investigation by Hulisani Matakanye, Takalani Grace Tshitangano

“…The nonprobability purposive sampling method was used to select eight TB focal nurse and eight facility operational managers from eight selected community health centers in Limpopo Province. …”
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Dynamic Nonrecurrent Congestion Event Detection and Tracking Method With DBSCAN on Speed Watersheds by Jing Jin, Yizhou Wang, Anjiang Chen, Branislav Dimitrijevic, Joyoung Lee

“…Furthermore, a detailed spatial–temporal map analysis is provided to show the capability of the proposed method in distinguishing NRC and RC and identifying nonaccidental NRC events, providing its potential for traffic operation management systems to assist traffic operators to be alerted about NRC events.…”
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Deep learning-enabled exploration of global spectral features for photosynthetic capacity estimation by Xianzhi Deng, Xiaolong Hu, Liangsheng Shi, Chenye Su, Jinmin Li, Shuai Du, Shenji Li

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Factors Influencing Postoperative Inpatient Rehabilitation Requirement After Surgical Intervention for Isolated Hip Fracture: A Multicenter Study by Daniel J. Lynch, Andrew Romero, James P. McFadden, Peter Zeblisky, Huazhi Liu, Darwin Ang

“…Methods Patients undergoing operative management of hip fractures (n = 71,849) from 2017 to 2019 at institutions that submitted data to a nationwide database were analyzed retrospectively. …”
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Influencing Factors of Snow Melting and Deicing on Carbon Fiber Embedded in Bridge Decks by Yan Tan, Shuang Zheng, Henglin Xiao, JiaMing Xing

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Spatial-temporal Evolution Rule Analysis of Runoff of Hanjiang River under Changing Environment by ZHONG Huayu, HUANG Qiang, YANG Yuanyuan, LIU Dengfeng, MING Bo, REN Kang

“…Runoff series is the basic data for the planning, design and operation management inhydraulic engineering. As the largest tributary of the Yangtze River, the Hanjiang River is thewater source area of middle route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project and Hanjiang-to-Weihe River Water Diversion Project in Shaanxi province. …”
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The Complex Neural Network Model for Mass Appraisal and Scenario Forecasting of the Urban Real Estate Market Value That Adapts Itself to Space and Time by Leonid N. Yasnitsky, Vitaly L. Yasnitsky, Aleksander O. Alekseev

“…The model proved to be suitable for solving the following tasks: industrial economic analysis, company strategic and operational management, analytical and consulting support of investment, and construction activities of professional market participants. …”
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Conceptual model of reverse logistics management of health resorts by Serhii Voitovych, Liubov Lipych

“…The proposed conceptual model of reverse logistics management of health resorts contains factors, information and resources that form the entrance to the operating system; blocks of implementation, evaluation and transformation for reverse logistics management, which fill the operating management system; a list of effects of the implementation of reverse logistics management, which form the exit from the operating system. …”
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Research on Noise Reduction Method of Pressure Pulsation Signal of Draft Tube of Hydropower Unit Based on ALIF-SVD by Yan Ren, Pan Liu, Leiming Hu, Jin Huang, Ruoyu Qiao, Hongping Chen, Xiaokai Li, Shaojie Huang

“…And it provides some technical support for the safe and stable operation of hydropower units and the promotion of condition-based maintenance strategy and improves the intelligent level of hydropower station operation management.…”
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Evaluation of Cold Chain Management Performance for Temperature-Sensitive Pharmaceuticals at Public Health Facilities Supplied by the Jimma Pharmaceuticals Supply Agency Hub, South... by Diriba Feyisa, Awol Jemal, Temesgen Aferu, Fikadu Ejeta, Alem Endeshaw

“…Some cold chain management challenges demand the attention of the top management, while the rest can be addressed by operational management at the facilities through provision of appropriate training and supervision of the cold chain pharmaceutical handlers.…”
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DETERMINANTS OF GREEN FINANCING IMPLEMENTATION by Galih Suprapto

“…There are a number of factors that fall under this category, including banking products that support sustainability, green operational management, the preferences of customers who are becoming increasingly environmentally conscious, and the policies and regulations that are implemented by banks. …”
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Safety and Efficacy of Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) Cages and Cadaveric Allografts in Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion (TLIF) for Treating Lumbar Pyogenic Spondylodiscitis by Huo-Liang Zheng, Bo Li, Shao-Kuan Song, Peng-Bo Chen, Xin-Feng Zheng, Lei-Sheng Jiang, Sheng-Dan Jiang

“…There have been many studies in the operative management of pyogenic spondylodiscitis with foreign materials. …”
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Delayed Postoperative Ambulation Results in a Significant Increase in 90-Day Mortality in Surgically Treated Hip Fractures by Robert S. Wood DO, Maddie Vergun BS, Elizabeth Herrera MPH, Jacqueline Krumrey MD

“…Methods This retrospective matched case-control study analyzed patients who underwent operative management for hip fractures between August 1, 2021, and August 1, 2023, at a single Level II trauma center. …”
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Budgeting Practices and Performance of Town Councils in Uganda: A Case Study of Muhanga Town Council. by Kembabazi, Primah

“…The study findings on the effect of zero-based budgeting on performance were; Zero-based budgeting is budgeting from scratch which affects performance, Zero-based budgeting is more helpful to operational managers in their activities, and Zero-based budget in starts with lower-level managers which helps them to perform. …”
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“It's a good idea, but…”: a qualitative evaluation of the GoldiCare intervention in Norwegian home care services by Heike Fischer, Fredrik Klæboe Lohne, Fredrik Klæboe Lohne, Marius Steiro Fimland, Skender Elez Redzovic

“…The objective of this qualitative process evaluation study was to gain insights into how the implementation outcomes of acceptability, appropriateness, feasibility, adoption and fidelity, respectively, impacted the implementation of the GoldiCare intervention.MethodsWe conducted ten individual interviews with operations managers and five focus group interviews with home care workers from the intervention units. …”
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