Designing supply chain of blood under uncertainty: A case study by Ali Namazian, Reza Babazadeh

“…Furthermore, a sensitivity analysis of the parameters is performed to determine the most influential factors affecting the objective function of the problem.…”
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Procurement Planning Improvement Strategies and Challenges in Construction Project Delivery within the Public Tertiary Education Sector by Jima Bassey Offiong, Amaka OGWUELEKA

“…The results of the path diagram indicate that implementing the procurement planning improvement strategies policy produces a perfect correlation (r = 1.00; very high) with challenges inhibiting effective procurement planning. …”
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Identification of modifier gene variants overrepresented in familial hypomagnesemia with hypercalciuria and nephrocalcinosis patients with a more aggressive renal phenotype. by Monica Vall-Palomar, Julieta Torchia, Jordi Morata, Monica Durán, Raul Tonda, Mireia Ferrer, Alex Sánchez, Gerard Cantero-Recasens, Gema Ariceta, Anna Meseguer, Cristina Martinez

“…This exploratory study provides a foundation for future investigations into the genetic factors influencing FHHNC progression and may contribute to our understanding of the disease's variable expressivity potentially enabling the implementation of more tailored therapeutic strategies.…”
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Perception of the stakeholders of the Romanian banking system on the adequacy of current accounting regulation by Denis Adrian Levanti, Aurelia Ștefănescu, Ileana Cosmina Pitulice

“…Contribution: Addresses a gap in the specialized literature by investigating the perception of stakeholders regarding the implementation of the IFRS reform in recent years in the Romanian banking sector. …”
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Simultaneous inference of phylogenetic and transmission trees in infectious disease outbreaks. by Don Klinkenberg, Jantien A Backer, Xavier Didelot, Caroline Colijn, Jacco Wallinga

“…This allows for efficient sampling of transmission trees from the posterior distribution, and robust estimation of consensus transmission trees. We implemented the proposed method in a new R package phybreak. …”
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Model for assessing the effectiveness of information security systems by Evgenii S. Mityakov, Svetlana V. Artemova, Anatoly A. Bakaev, Alexander V. Dushkin, Zhanna G. Vegera

“…The research problem lies in the absence of a comprehensive model for evaluating the effectiveness of information security systems, capable of taking into account both technical security aspects and subjective factors, such as user trust. Furthermore, current methods often either focus on isolated aspects or lack sufficient adaptability to the unique needs and risks of companies. …”
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A systematic review of mindfulness-based interventions to reduce ICU nurse burnout: global evidence and thematic synthesis by Budur Ateeq A. Alharbi, Niall McKenna

“…Evidence supports their integration into wellness initiatives within hospital settings, with attention to program structure, duration, and organizational facilitation. Implementation of MBIs may improve nurse wellbeing, resilience, and retention in high-stress care environments.…”
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A Group Motivational Interviewing intervention in schools to reduce sugar sweetened beverages intake among young people (DISS): a feasibility study by Huda Yusuf, Maria Josefina Valenzuela

“…The causes of obesity are complex and influenced by environmental and behavioural factors including diet and sedentary lifestyles. Young people consume sugar sweetened drinks (SSB) regularly, providing the largest single source of free sugars in the UK. …”
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Predictive Models of Business Value Management by Kaganovskyi Oleksandr S., Chmutova Iryna M.

“…The aim of the article is to build a model of value management, evaluation and analysis of the process of simulation of the value of enterprise, based on different approaches and methods, taking into account important factors and aspects that are directly related to the identification of the most significant advantages and disadvantages. …”
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Nomads’ Settlement: A perspective of settlers Talkhab settlement (Ilam Province) by Alireza Gholami, Eskandar Seidaie, Ahmad Taghdisi

“…Nowadays, various factors such as collapse of tribal structures and systems, deterioration of grasslands, lack of decent educational system for the children, and shortage of healthcare facilities have caused tribal living extremely challenging. …”
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Russian-Japanese fisheries relations and salmon issues in the Russian Far East by A. N. Makoedov, A. A. Makoedov

“…History of the Russian-Japanese cooperation in fisheries in the Far East dem- onstrates a dynamic interaction of economic, technological and geopolitical factors. Formerly Japan, possessing technological superiority, dominated in exploitation of pacific salmon that was noted in the St. …”
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Digitalization and Crisis Management: The Strategic Changes for the Development of a Competitive Ecosystem by Rybalko-Rak Lesіa A., Husakovska Tetiana O., Opryshko Volodymyr I.

“…The methods of scientific abstraction, logical analysis, and comparison made it possible to define the causes, factors, and consequences of the impact on the object and subject of the research. …”
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An Optimized and Energy-Efficient Ad-Hoc On-Demand Distance Vector Routing Protocol Based on Dynamic Forwarding Probability (AODVI) by Hailu Gizachew Yirga, Gizatie Desalegn Taye, Henock Mulugeta Melaku

“…We tested and assessed the results of our proposed solution using various network performance factors after implementing and integrating it into NS-2. …”
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Early Desertification Risk in Advanced Economies: Summarizing Past, Present and Future Trends in Italy by Marco Maialetti, Rares Halbac-Cotoara-Zamfir, Ioannis Vardopoulos, Luca Salvati

“…Being located in the middle of Southern Europe, and thus likely representing a particularly dynamic member of Mediterranean Europe, Italy has experienced a sudden increase in early desertification risk because of multiple factors of change. Long-term research initiatives have provided relatively well-known examples of the continuous assessment of the desertification risk carried out via multiple exercises from different academic and practitioner stakeholders, frequently using the Environmentally Sensitive Area Index (ESAI). …”
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Teachers and Learners’ Emotional Intelligence and their Corrective Feedback Practices and Preferences by Ehsan Narimani Vahedi, Mahnaz Saeidi, Nasrin Hadidi Tamjid

“…The role of corrective feedback (CF) in language learning has recently gained prominence; however, ignoring the interwoven relationship between cognitive/affective factors, along with individual differences, may not lead to efficient results. …”
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Pilot Data for a New Headphone-Based Assessment of Absolute Localization in the Assessment of Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) by Jack Hargreaves, Julia Sarant, Bryn Douglas, Harvey Dillon

“…Variations in the simulated environment (anechoic and reverberant) and signal to noise ratio (SNR) were made to assess each of these factors’ influences on localization performance. Experiment 1 assessed 30 young adults aged 21–33 years old and Experiment 2 assessed 28 young adults aged 21–29 years old. …”
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Deconstruction strategy and the search for life values in the film “Walkabout” (1971) by M. R. Torburg, S. V. Dobronravov

“…The purpose of this article is to study how the strategy of deconstruction is implemented in the film “Walkabout” (1971), created by British director and cameraman Nicholas Roeg. …”
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Does management support drive sustained agile usage? a serial mediation model and cIPMA perspective. by Uthpala Wijesinghe, Vidara Mapitiyage, Chathurya Wickramarathne, Chamoda Wickramage, Krishantha Wisenthige, Chathuni Aluthwala

“…Agile software development is immensely popular in the industry, but most teams struggle to sustain its use. Human factors like management support, agile training, agile mindset, and team resilience are often neglected, hindering long-term success. …”
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Characteristics of Older Adults Associated with Patient–Provider Communication About Health Improvement in the United States by Ingrid Wu, Susan B. Quelly, Zhuo Chen, Boon Peng Ng

“…The objective was to analyze associations between sociodemographic factors, health conditions, and how frequently providers ask Medicare beneficiaries about ideas to improve their own health. …”
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Thermal characteristics of Falkner-Skan flow of time-dependent Maxwell material with varying viscosity and thermal conductivity by S. Bilal, Muhammad Yasir, Muhammad Bilal Riaz

“…An efficient technique bvp4c in MATLAB is implemented to numerically tackle the nonlinear equations. …”
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