MANAGEMENT OF COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES IN CONFECTIONERY INDUSTRY ENTERPRISES: A CASE STUDY OF SLOVAKIA AND UKRAINE by Nataliia Parkhomenko, Lucia Vilčeková, Peter Štarchoň

“…This paper is based on the hypothesis that, for effective competition, enterprises in the confectionery industry must continuously monitor the business environment and implement strategic measures in a timely manner. …”
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Assessing Self‐medication Practices Among Healthcare Providers With Migraine in Saudi Arabia by Bandar Nasser Aljafen, Jodi Mohamad Alkahwaji, Sarah Amin Alamoudi, Shaimaa Tawfik Jamous, Sara Mohammed Almesfer, Aljohrah Sultan Alanazi, Fatima Yahya Al‐Aidaros

“…Additional studies are required to identify other contributing factors or unintended complications associated with SM among healthcare professionals.…”
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Telenursing as an Effective Ally for Improving Patient Outcomes in Diabetes? An Umbrella Review by Marika Lo Monaco, Arianna Profeta, Salvatore Corrao

“…Given these findings, healthcare providers and policymakers should implement telenursing programs to enhance patient care and system efficiency. …”
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Comparison of smoking behaviors and associated factors between HIV-infected and uninfected men in Guilin, China: a case–control study by Yong Yu, Yong Yu, Fuqun Xiao, Fuqun Xiao, Mengqiu Xia, Liman Huang, Xiaohu Liu, Wenyu Tang, Xue Gong

“…Furthermore, multiple demographic, clinical, and psychosocial factors were associated with smoking, indicating the need to develop and implement comprehensive smoking cessation prevention and intervention programs.…”
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Opportunities for the Transformation and Development of Power Plants Under Water Stress Conditions: Example of Adamów Power Plant by Tomasz Kałuża, Jolanta Kanclerz, Mateusz Hämmerling, Ewelina Janicka-Kubiak, Stanisław Zaborowski

“…The analysed data made it possible to develop hydrological scenarios that take the future reduction in water stress into account by implementing plans to restore the former hydrographic system in the region. …”
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Image-based honey bee larval viral and bacterial diagnosis using machine learning by Duan C. Copeland, Brendon M. Mott, Oliver L. Kortenkamp, Robert J. Erickson, Nathan O. Allen, Kirk E. Anderson

“…Implementing AI-based diagnostic tools can reduce unnecessary antibiotic treatments and help maintain the microbiome integrity critical to colony health. …”
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Winglet Design for Class I Mini UAV—Aerodynamic and Performance Optimization by Eleftherios Nikolaou, Eleftherios Karatzas, Spyridon Kilimtzidis, Vassilis Kostopoulos

“…This study outlines an optimization procedure for implementing winglets on a Class I fixed-wing mini-UAV to maximize aerodynamic efficiency and performance. …”
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A nomogram based on peripheral blood count between 12 and 18 weeks of gestation for predicting early-onset pre-eclampsia in pregnant women: a retrospective case–control study by Shu-Hang Xu, Meng-Ni Wang, Miao-Miao Wang, Ying-Sha Yao, Meng-Yan Lin, Bao-Hua Li

“…Several studies have examined predictive factors and models to identify individuals at risk for early-onset pre-eclampsia. However, implementing these methods often requires additional tests and increases the financial burden on pregnant women. …”
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Co-developing a theory of change for a personalised multimodal cancer prehabilitation programme in South Wales by Jack Walklett, Alex Christensen, Charlotte N. B. Grey, Rachael C. Barlow, Rhiannon McDonald, Alisha R. Davies, Esther Mugweni

“…After the workshop, stakeholders had three additional opportunities to refine and validate a final working version of the ToC. …”
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EcoTaskSched: a hybrid machine learning approach for energy-efficient task scheduling in IoT-based fog-cloud environments by Asfandyar Khan, Faizan Ullah, Dilawar Shah, Muhammad Haris Khan, Shujaat Ali, Muhammad Tahir

“…A real fog-cloud environment is implemented using the COSCO framework for the simulation setup together with four physical nodes from the Azure B2s plan to test the proposed model. …”
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Failure control of large-scale exposed tunnels under the combined effects of excavation damage and dynamic disturbance at a depth of 1240 m by Mingwei Jiang, Yuntao Liang, Kaitai Xiao, Wenbin Feng, Ju Ma, Ting Ren, Enyuan Wang, Zheng Jian, Chao Peng

“…Practical applications demonstrate that implementing this strategy reduces the deformation of the surrounding rock by 42.47% to 51.07%, significantly improving the tunnel’s stability.…”
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Consequences of loneliness/isolation and visitation restrictions on the mood of long-term care residents without severe dementia pre-COVID-19 and during COVID-19: a scoping review by John P Hirdes, Carrie McAiney, George A Heckman, Reem T Mulla, Brittany Kroetsch

“…However, some studies reported no significant adverse effects or even a decrease in depression symptoms during COVID-19 restrictions, possibly due to implemented strategies to maintain social engagement.Conclusion The COVID-19 pandemic had a substantial impact on LTC homes, influencing the physical and mental well-being of residents. …”
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High-resolution simulation and prediction of urban private vehicles energy consumption system: Agent-based modelling by Chuang Tu, Jiayi Liu, Jing Wang, Jing Bai, Guangwen Hu

“…In contrast, Huairou has the lowest energy consumption and the smallest variation range. Additionally, we observed significant imbalances in peak annual growth rates across different regions. …”
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Association of pyridoxal 5′-phosphate (PLP) with lipid profiles: a population-based cohort study by Ru-yang Zhang, Yue Chen, Xin-Qi Yan, Yue Zhang, Hua Zhou, Qian Feng

“…Furthermore, to assess the variability within different demographic segments, interaction analyses were conducted. Additionally, restricted cubic spline (RCS) methodology was implemented to delve into potential nonlinear dynamics between PLP concentrations and lipid levels.ResultsA cohort of 6,459 individuals was included in this study. …”
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On influence of structural features on stress-strain state of a reinforced concrete floor slab by A. V. Selivanov, F. F. Reger, I. A. Chakurin

“…The studies on a finite element model of a reinforced concrete floor slab, implemented in LIRA software package were carried out.Results. …”
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Application of Logistic Regression to Analyze The Economic Efficiency of Vehicle Operation in Terms of the Financial Security of Enterprises by Malgorzata Grzelak, Paulina Owczarek, Ramona-Monica Stoica, Daniela Voicu, Radu Vilău

“…<i>Results</i>: Among other things, it was shown that in the case of daily vehicle mileage, the odds quotient indicates that with each additional kilometer driven, the probability of profitability of an order increases by 1%. …”
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Practices and challenges of supervision and delegation in nursing in Africa: a scoping review by Amidu Alhassan, Victoria Leighton Sencherey, Christiana Bobuafor, Gifty Osei Berchie, Susanna Aba Abraham

“…Search was conducted across five main databases, including PubMed, JSTOR, Scopus, Dimensions AI, and Web of Science, using Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) terms for PubMed and refined for other databases. Additional searches were performed in Google Scholar and university repositories. …”
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Biogenic silver nanoparticles optimization using Plackett–Burman design and its synergistic effect with cefotaxime against multidrug resistant clinical isolates by Hanzala Khan, Anum Gul, Zainab Najam, Taqdees Malik

“…For the optimization of AgNPs synthesis, Plackett–Burman experimental design (PBD) was implemented that demonstrated incubation time, temperature and extract: AgNO3 ratio as significant factors. …”
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A novel virtual synchronous generator control scheme of DFIG-based wind turbine generators based on the rotor current-induced electromotive force by Xuesong Gao, Zhihao Wang, Lei Ding, Weiyu Bao, Zhijun Wang, Quanrui Hao

“…Compared to the existing schemes, this scheme has a larger equivalent internal impedance. An additional rotor current-terminal voltage magnitude droop control is added to effectively restrain the problems brought by this larger impedance. …”
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Latent Profile Analysis of Post-Surgical Psychological Distress in Young Thyroid Cancer Patients and Its Association with Self-Management Efficacy by Zhang J, Xiong D, Li C, Li D, Wang Y, Fang Y, Yang Y

“…Statistically significant differences were observed among these groups with respect to monthly economic income, underlying diseases, treatment modalities, tumor node metastasis (TNM) staging, and cervical lymph node dissection (F = 36.308, P &lt; 0.001). Additionally, there were statistically significant variations in self-management efficacy scores across the three subgroups.Conclusion: Healthcare professionals ought to implement targeted interventions to tackle the heterogeneity of psychological distress, thereby assisting young with thyroid cancer in lowering their level of psychological distress and enhancing their ability to self-manage their disease.Keywords: young adults, thyroid cancer, psychological distress, latent profile analysis, self-management efficacy…”
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