Addressing barriers to big data implementation in sustainable smart cities: Improved zero-sum grey game and grey best-worst method by Behnam Razavian, S.Masoud Hamed, S, Maryam Fayyaz, Peiman Ghasemi, Seckin Ozkul, Erfan Babaee Tirkolaee

“…Big data plays a critical role in achieving these goals by enabling the collection, analysis, and utilization of vast amounts of information to make informed decisions. However, implementing big data in smart cities faces significant barriers, including data-sharing challenges, technical limitations, and organizational non-cooperation. …”
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Using normalisation process theory (NPT) to explore implementation of the maternal perinatal death surveillance and response (MPDSR) policy in Uganda: a reflection by David Roger Walugembe, Katrina Plamondon, Frank Kaharuza, Peter Waiswa, Lloy Wylie, Nadine Wathen, Anita Kothari

“…Results and conclusion NPT served useful for process evaluation, particularly in identifying factors that contribute to variations in policy implementation. …”
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Health Systems Barriers to the Implementation of Preventing Mother-to-Child Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in Primary Health Care Facilities in Ghana by Beatrice Sarpomaa Osei, Peter Agyei-Baffour, Kofi Akohene Mensah, Peter Twum

“…Background. Ghana has implemented the prevention of mother-to-child transmission strategy (PMTCT) to control HIV infection transmission to babies. …”
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Evaluating Intervention Fidelity and Adaptation Within Context: A Mixed-Methods Study of Implementation Practice Within Public Early Intervention Systems by Katherine Pickard, Nailah Islam, Aubyn Stahmer, Radley Christopher Sheldrick, Scott Gillespie, Jennifer Singh, Lawrence Scahill

“…Fidelity outcomes in this study were consistent with other EI implementation trials and raise questions about fidelity benchmarks and normative delivery within community settings. …”
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Barriers and enablers to implementing on-farm sustainable land management (SLM) practices among smallholder farmers in Mphanama, Limpopo Province, South Africa by Ephias Mugari, Emogine Mamabolo, Norman Mathebula, Tlou E. Mogale, Makgabo Johanna Mashala, Kabisheng Mabitsela, Kwabena K. Ayisi

“…This study examines the socio-economic, agronomic, and institutional factors influencing farmers' choices and the intensity of implementing land degradation mitigation practices in the Mphanama area located within Fetakgomo-Tubatse Local Municipality in Limpopo Province. …”
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The precise implementation of the ecological water transfer project effectively promotes the enhancement of desert riparian ecosystem service value in the mainstream of Tarim River by Ziwei Kang, Hongbo Ling, Yanming Gong, Junjie Yan, Feifei Han, Qianjuan Shan, Guangpeng Zhang

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The Influence Of Internal And External Factors On Members' Decisions In Taking Murabaha Financing by Denisa Hadiani, Suharti Suharti, Nur’aeda Nur’aeda

“…Murabaha financing is the most common type at BMT Ash-Shaff Pringgarata because it is prioritized over other financings. Two factors can influence members' decisions in taking Murabaha financing: internal factors, including perception, motivation, and personality, and external factors, including culture and social class. …”
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Contemporary understanding of the risk factors for chronic kidney disease in cold area by Wei Xinrui, Wang Yongchen

“…An important way to reduce the burden of CKD is to achieve early identification of and implement timely intervention on the relevant risk factors. …”
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Determinant Factors Of Financial Distress In Construction Companies: Moderation By Company Size by Moh. Afrizal Miradji, Irsyad Kamal, Dewi Sartika, Cuk Jaka Purwanggono, Iwan Setiawan

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Qualitative system dynamics model for composing industrial estate readiness factors by Siti Afiani Musyarofah, Alva Edy Tontowi, Nur Aini Masruroh, Budhi Sholeh Wibowo

“… Goal: This paper analyzes the factors composing industrial estate (IE) readiness through Qualitative System Dynamics (SD) to provide an overview of the phenomena occurring in IE in Indonesia. …”
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Factors Determining the Development of Product Eco-Innovations. The Evidence from Poland by Magdalena Marczewska

“…The aim of this paper is to analyse and discuss the actions undertaken by Polish enterprises operating in the field of environmentally sound technologies to create and implement innovative, environmentally friendly products (i.e. environmental innovations, eco-innovations). …”
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GRA12 is a common virulence factor across Toxoplasma gondii strains and mouse subspecies by Francesca Torelli, Simon Butterworth, Eloise Lockyer, Ana N. Matias, Franziska Hildebrandt, Ok-Ryul Song, Jennifer Pearson-Farr, Moritz Treeck

“…To identify virulence factors that function across different parasite isolates and mouse strains that differ in susceptibility to infection, we performed systematic pooled in vivo CRISPR-Cas9 screens targeting the Toxoplasma secretome. …”
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Survival prognostic factors and molecular aspects in extremity soft tissue sarcoma by Bogdan Serban, Eugen Radu, Adrian Cursaru, Bogdan Stefan Cretu, Sergiu Andrei Iordache, Madalina Cîrnu, Cosmin Florentin Niculae, Cătălin Florin Cîrstoiu

“…The results of the study support and complement the literature data, thus improving the understanding of the prognosis of soft tissue sarcomas. …”
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Factors That Influence the Use of the Online Channel for the Purchase of Food Products in Spain by Alberto Luján-Salamanca, Alfonso Infante-Moro, Juan C. Infante-Moro, Julia Gallardo-Pérez

“…This identification of factors can be of great value in improving the sales of companies or businesses in the food sector that already use the online channel for the sale of their products or intend to use it for this purpose in the future; furthermore, it will help these companies or businesses to implement sales strategies that will truly satisfy the needs of potential consumers in Spain.…”
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Factors Supporting Independence of Children during Transition to School. Theoretical Overview by Anastasiya K. Nisskaya, Arina S. Chuvilina

“…It requires cognitive initiative, the ability to independently plan, predict and implement learning activities, to control and evaluate them. …”
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Assessment of factors affecting safety culture in Yazd steel industry workers by Gh Halvani, M Ebrahimzadeh, M Dehghan, H Fallah, M Mortazavi

“…The purpose of this study was to evaluate factors affecting safety culture in Yazd steel industry workers. …”
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Sistem Pakar Diagnosa Error Sistem Pada “PT. Danaco Global Solusi – OXY System†Menggunakan Metode Certainty Factor Berbasis Web by Ni Luh Wiwik Sri Rahayu Ginantra, Victor Ari Sandi

“…The results of the implementation is 2 diagnosis with the highest level of confidence and the step to handling. …”
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A Modified Grey Wolf Algorithm with Applications to Engineering by Vahid Mahboub

“…The mechanism is free of derivation, simple in execution and implementation, and only needs target function as input of the problem, among other things that make the gray wolf algorithm popular and of interest. …”
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Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy: the key factors for a sustainable future by Wolfgang Streicher

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Association of abdominal obesity to hypertension history in Panamanian college students by Luis Gabriel Rangel Caballero, Lourdes Luz Irribaren Llorente, Natalie Patricia Vásquez Mendoza, Isabel Anayansi Ardines Bailey, Alba Liliana Murillo López

“…Introduction: Abdominal obesity is the excess of deposits of fat in the abdominal region and it is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Hypertension is a metabolic risk factor for non-communicable diseases, and it is the leading cause of premature death in the world. …”
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