Benefits, challenges, and best practices of collaborative partnerships among health supply chain stakeholders in Rwanda: a cross-sectional study by Anitha Tuyishime, Innocent Hahirwa, Kato Jonas Njunwa, John Nyiligira

“…Methods This quantitative cross-sectional study, collected data from 11th April to 18th May 2024. It involved 103 respondents from 54 institutions engaged in the management of the health commodities supply chain in Rwanda. …”
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Examining the Role Played by Remand Homes Towards Curbing the Rate of Juvenile Delinquency in Kabale Municipality. by Ampurire, Evarine

“…The study concluded that parents need better understanding in dealing with their children and Teachers, Police and education also play a major role in preventing crimes and there is a need to improve the community and institutions so as to help in curbing the rise of crimes in the society. From the findings, it was concluded that correctional institutions should carefully follow up illegal recreational places that initiate children’s involvement in delinquency and should not only be punitive but also a center for education, training, and rehabilitation this must be seriously taken so as to prevent offenders from being future potential criminals. …”
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Effect of Mechanism Error on Input Torque of Scroll Compressor by Man Zhao, Shurong Yu, Chao Li, Yang Yu

“…Based on the fundamental principle of plane four-bar mechanism, the force on the equivalent parallel four-bar mechanism was analyzed for scroll compressor with mini-crank antirotation, and the formula of input torque was proposed. …”
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Modelling and Simulation on Penetration into Stone Concrete by He Huang, Duo Zhang, Lirong Cheng

“…However, complete theories have not been formed yet. This paper develops a differential facet resistance model for penetration into stone concrete target. …”
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Affecting Factors Smoking Cessation Intention among Adolescent E-Cigarette Smokers by Ananda Khoirunnisa Dewanti Pitaloka, Fenny Etrawati, Sakinah Hadirama

“…Adolescent e-cigarette smokers in Palembang City have a reasonably firm intention to quit smoking e-cigarettes. Quitting e-cigarette smoking is a stage that starts with forming self-intention so that one can maintain new habits. …”
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JOHN RAWLS’ THEORY OF DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE AND CHIEFTAINCY TUSSLES IN TAKUM LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF TARABA STATE 1996-2023 by BAKO KEFAS, SAMUILA TIBWA ABWAGE, BONIFACE TIIVH STEPHEN

“…The paper recommends that the government should immediately take actions that will facilitate the occupation of the vacant stool and the good people of Takum must be ready to embrace the sharing formula that will capture the interest of both kuteb, Jukun , Chamba other ethnic nationalities that sojourned in Takum for the sake of peace and distributive Justice. …”
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Study on Fatigue Test and Life Prediction of Polyurethane Cement Composite (PUC) under High or Low Temperature Conditions by Hongshuai Gao, Quansheng Sun

“…In order to find out the temperature effect on fatigue properties of PUC, the four-point bending fatigue test was carried out at different temperatures. …”
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Modeling the construction of an efficient customer club for the quantitative and qualitative development of increasing customers in the banking system by Ali Taher khani kojariha, Younos Vakil Alroaia

“…The statistical population in the qualitative section includes 11 specialists and experts, managers, and vice-presidents of the bank, and experts in the field of management model and customer club, selected through purposeful sampling and snowball; and the statistical population in the quantitative section includes 385 people from all members of the Saderat Bank's customer club, selected using Cochran's formula as a sample and by simple random sampling. …”
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Solving the Linear Integral Equations Based on Radial Basis Function Interpolation by Huaiqing Zhang, Yu Chen, Xin Nie

“…In implementation, two types of integration schemes as the Gauss quadrature formula and regional split technique were put forward. …”
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Application of Radial Basis Function Method for Solving Nonlinear Integral Equations by Huaiqing Zhang, Yu Chen, Chunxian Guo, Zhihong Fu

“…The unknown function was firstly interpolated by MQ functions and then by forming the nonlinear algebraic equations by the collocation method. …”
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Nonlinear Vibration Analysis of Rotor considering Cogging and Harmonic Effects by Shanle Li, Feng Liu, Hongyan Wang, Haijun Song, Kuilong Yu

“…Firstly, relative permeance with eccentric was established and then corrected by correction factor caused by the cogging effect. Based on the new formula of relative permeance, the expression of unbalanced magnetic force was obtained, and the coefficient of cogging effect was defined. …”
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In-Plane Dynamic Cushioning Performance of Concave Hexagonal Honeycomb Cores by Miao Liu, Yan Cao, De-Qiang Sun, Chao-Rui Nie, Zhi-Jie Wang

“…In order to further study the cushioning performance of concave hexagonal cores (CHCs) and expand their application range, the in-plane finite element model of CHCs is established in this paper. …”
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Mechanical Characteristics of Steel Shear Keyed Joints in the Construction and Finished States by Yu Zou, Dong Xu

“…When the load-displacement curve entered the horizontal stage, it can still bore large relative deformation, and the bearing capacity did not decrease. …”
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Research of methods for evaluating the effectiveness of public relations activities by A. A. Sazonov

“…The study gives an algorithm for finding an effective commercial offer in the B2B segment. …”
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HPRNA: Predicting synergistic drug combinations for angina pectoris based on human pathway relationship network algorithm. by Mengyao Zhou, Mengfan Xu, Xiangling Zhang, Xiaochun Xing, Yang Li, Guanghui Wang, Guiying Yan

“…We first reconstruct a novel angina pectoris drug dataset, which include drug name, drug metabolism, chemical formula, targets and pathways, then construct a comprehensive human pathway network based on the genetic similarity of the pathways which contain information about the targets. …”
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Development and Performance Analysis of Pneumatic Soft-Bodied Bionic Actuator by Wenchuan Zhao, Yu Zhang, Ning Wang

“…The design of a pneumatic soft-bodied bionic actuator derives from the structural characteristics and motion mechanism of biological muscles, combined with the nonlinear hyperelasticity of silica gel, which can improve the mobility and environmental adaptability of soft-bodied bionic robots. …”
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Analyzing the effects of Khorramabad - Zal bridge highway construction on rural development Eastern Miankoh villages by Mehrshad tolabinejad, Hossein farahani

“…Transportation networks‚ particularly roads as a linking elements between settlements has a significant role in the exchange of flows between urban and rural areas and also rural development .The aim of this paper is to study the effect of highways construction and expanding transportation on rural stable development in the rural district of eastern Miankouh which by using survey method (questionnaire) have been turned to the studying of highways construction on development quality of adjacent villages in this rural district. …”
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Experimental Study of the Debris Flow Slurry Impact and Distribution by Haixin Zhao, Lingkan Yao, Yong You, Baoliang Wang, Cong Zhang

“…We systematically analyze the influence factors for the calculation of the maximum impact force in the middle point and give the quantitative law of decay from the middle to the sides. …”
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External particle mixing influences hygroscopicity in a sub-urban area by S. Deshmukh, L. Poulain, B. Wehner, S. Henning, J.-E. Petit, P. Fombelle, P. Fombelle, O. Favez, H. Herrmann, M. Pöhlker, M. Pöhlker

“…The prevalence of the hygroscopic mode increased with particle size, with mean hygroscopicity (<span class="inline-formula"><i>κ</i></span>) values of 0.23 and 0.38 for 100 and 200 nm particles, respectively. …”
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Development of an Impact Energy Absorption Structure by an Arc Shape Stroke Origami Type Hydraulic Damper by Jingchao Guan, Yuan Yao, Wei Zhao, Ichiro Hagiwara, Xilu Zhao

“…By examining the damping effect of the origami hydraulic damper, the damping force was found to be proportional to the square of the motion velocity. …”
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