Qualidade total do produto Products total quality by Henrique Silveira de Almeida, José Carlos de Toledo

“…Product quality for consumers includes at least the following dimensions: the product quality per se; the performance of product quality over time; the quality of services related to the use of the product; and the product lifecycle costs. This study seeks to specify and to discuss each of these quality dimensions related to consumer's satisfaction.…”
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Academic Researcher Work and the Confusion of Public Authorities. A Bleak Outlook for the Consequences of the Higher Education Reform in Poland – Comparative Approach by M. Świstak, P. Smoleń

“…They lead to a reduction of the tax burden (by applying 50% tax deductible costs) by exactly half. While the very idea adopted on the grounds of Polish legal solutions deserves a high assessment and may constitute an interesting model to be copied in the BRICS countries (as far-reaching benefits for university researchers), the manner of its introduction deserves criticism. …”
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Dispersant for Reducing Mud Cakes of Slurry Shield Tunnel Boring Machine in Sticky Ground by Shisen Zhao, Shuchen Li, Zeen Wan, Manling Wang

“…The mud cakes caused several negative issues, such as high torque demand, advancement rate reduction, and additional costs. Existing studies have largely focused on Earth pressure balance TBMs; research on formation and mitigation measures of mud cakes in slurry shield TBMs is limited. …”
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EFFECTS OF INTEREST RATE ON PROFITABILITY OF LISTED DEPOSITE MONEY BANKS IN NIGERIA by Joseph Olorunfemi Akande

“…While some banks benefit from higher interest rates through improved margins, others experience increased funding costs, reduced loan disbursement, and higher default risks. …”
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Citrus Diseases Exotic to Florida: Citrus Tristeza Virus– Stem Pitting (CTV-SP) by Kuang Ren Chung, Ronald H. Brlansky

“…Any exotic diseases, if introduced, will increase production costs and decrease profitability for Florida growers. …”
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Environmental Accounting and Reporting of Agricultural Enterprises by A. V. Chepulyanis, R. R. Sadykov

“…The authors proposed mechanisms for improving the accounting of environmental obligations, real and conditional costs for nature management and ecology. The methodological basis of the study comprised systematic and dialectical approaches, as well as a set of general scientific and special methods of cognition: observation, systematization and generalization, methods of classification and grouping. …”
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Capacity of Social Institutions: Towards Participation in Community-Centered Management Programs by Abtin Heidarzadeh, Mehrdad Farrokhi, Jafar Bazyar, Negar Pourvakhshoori

“…The community-based social organizations will still face budgetary challenges and costs in their capacity-building efforts. As such, advanced management techniques such as teamwork, collaboration and coordination between departments, innovative thinking, brainstorming, or even the use of program evaluation and analytical actions can help reduce possible challenges. …”
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Research and application of digital measure management and control technology for characteristic low-efficiency gas wells in Gas Field A. by Hao-Yang Li, Wen-Hai Ma, Jun-Liang Li, Cheng-Gang Jiang, Pin-Gang Ma, De-Song Yao, Ming-Xi Feng, Shao-Xing Gu

“…The large workload and high costs of maintenance make it difficult to ensure the timing and frequency of interventions, affecting the gas recovery efficiency. …”
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Assessment of the level of ICT development in the regions of Kazakhstan in the transition to Industry 4.0 by A. A. Kireyeva, M. T. Urdabayev, D. D. Yermekbayeva

“…In this scientific study, the authors proposed a methodological approaches (determining the scale and level of ICT development), which performed according to an algorithm consisting of three stages: assessment of the level of Internet use (the share of Internet users); assessment of the level of costs for the production of ICT; assessment of the level of digital literacy of the population (readiness of the population to widespread use of ICTs). …”
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The Role of «Soft» State Support in Developing Large Business by A. A. Blokhin, E. S. Krivova

“…We have shown that such procedures for the state were rather institutional than financial and costly since support was transferred to large state-owned banks that carried out it while maintaining the principles of self-sufficiency of investments. …”
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Development of a SoC for Digital Television Set-Top Box: Architecture and System Integration Issues by André Borin Soares, Alexsandro Cristóvão Bonatto, Altamiro Amadeu Susin

“…A single off-chip memory is generally shared between the processing units to reduce power and save costs. The external memory access is one bottleneck when decoding high-definition video sequences in real time. …”
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An inverse method for structural modification of a subsystem using constrained eigenstructure assignment method to allocate single resonant frequency of whole structure by Kengo MURAKAMI, Yuichi MATSUMURA, Masashi INABA

“…This leads to extensive redevelopment, resulting in longer development times and higher development costs. Therefore, it is necessary to be able to design the NV performance of a whole structure from the supplier's viewpoint at the upstream product development stage. …”
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Study of occupational noise - induced hearing loss in a tractor manufacturing plant by R Golmohammadi, H Amjad Sardrudi, A Dormohammadi, S Musavi

“…Conclusion: Based on the results, it is suggested to control noise exposure for studied workers and apply noise control mechanisms for reducing hearing loss, increase work efficiency and reduce cure costs. Suggested regression model can be used for prediction of NIHL in that workplace for care of hearing loss of studied workers.…”
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Protocol for the development of the WHO package of ear and hearing care interventions by Shelly Chadha, Carolina Der, Pallavi Mishra, Lauren K Dillard

“…The PEHCI aims to provide countries and other end-users with information related to evidence-based ear and hearing care (EHC), which can be used to prioritise interventions and plan for the resource requirements and costs to facilitate the implementation of the interventions into national health services packages and policies. …”
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Efficient Oxidative Polymerization of Hydroxytyrosol Using Horseradish Peroxidase Immobilized on a Magnetic Silica‐Coated Nanocatalyst by Fatih Sevim, Gülşah Aktaş, Hakan Kiziltaş, Fatih Demir, Taner Tekin

“…However, the inability to recover enzymes after the reaction significantly increases operational costs. In this study, a reusable nanocatalyst Fe3O4@SiO2@APTES@GA@HRP is synthesized and applied in the oxidative polymerization of hydroxytyrosol. …”
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Energy efficient strategy for placement of virtual machines selected from underloaded servers in compute Cloud by Nimisha Patel, Hiren Patel

“…We compare our proposed mechanism with existing one and with empirical analysis; it is shown that our proposal results into shutting off more number of hosts without compromising user’s workload requirement which leads to an energy-efficient workload consolidation with minimal migration costs and efficient utilization of active hosts.…”
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The value of scenario discovery in land-use modeling: An automated vehicle test case by Daniel Engelberg

“…In terms of AV policy, this research establishes that forward-thinking, transit-oriented-development strategies can mitigate spatial dispersion while also reducing overall housing costs. In addition, I find that AVs may blunt the impacts of some current policy tools if they extend the distance individuals are willing to travel to work. …”
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HEALTH ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUGS IN PATIENTS WITH REUMATHOID ARTHRITIS PROGRESSED AFTER METOTREXATE by A. S. Kolbin, A. A. Kurylev, M. A. Proskurin, Yu. E. Balykina

“…Markov modelling and CEA accounting for direct medical costs were used. The effectiveness criteria of RA treatment were: patient-years in remission and patient-years in low disease activity. …”
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Influence of Net Working Capital on Trade Profitability in Serbia by Radojko LUKIĆ

“…The factors that influenced it were: favourable economic climate, foreign retail chains, application of new business models, new concepts of management of costs, income, profit, customers, product categories, application of the concept of sustainable development and digitization of the entire business.…”
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Digital Control Scheme for Class-D Power Amplifier Driving ICP Load Without Matching Network by Fuchao Lu, Zhengquan Zhang

“…Compared to traditional methods that use a VI probe to detect output power, the proposed method in this paper only requires measuring the resonant current in the loop to control the output power, thereby reducing costs and ensuring that the Class-D power amplifier achieves zero-voltage switching (ZVS) throughout the adjustment process. …”
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