Dynamic cobble berm revetments: the state of the practice and a proposed design process by Hailey G. Bond, Meagan E. Wengrove, Chris E. Blenkinsopp, Paul M. Bayle, George M. Kaminsky, Jonathan C. Allan, David R. Michalsen, Kayla S. Ostrow, Hans Rod Moritz

“…While dynamic cobble berm revetment projects have been constructed over the past two decades, there remains a lack of engineering guidance for many aspects of their design. …”
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Improving measures of context in process evaluations: development and use of the Context Tracker tool by Joanna Busza, Fortunate Machingura, Cedomir Vuckovic

“…Methods We present a method to help structure measures of context in process evaluations and describe its use in two very different settings. …”
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Routine outcomes to investigate differences between ethnic minorities and White British people presenting to emergency services for injury: the stakeholder consultation by Fadi Baghdadi, Bridie Angela Evans, Ann John, Adam Lloyd, Ronan A Lyons, Gargi Naha, Alison Porter, Aloysius Niroshan Siriwardena, Helen Snooks, Alan Watkins, Julia Williams, Ashrafunnesa Khanom

“…Introduction Research has found differences in processes and outcomes of care between people in ethnic minorities and White British populations in some clinical conditions, although findings have been mixed. …”
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From gaps to guidelines: a process for providing guidance to bridge evidence gaps by Olga Yaroslavtseva, Judith Gargaro, Eleni M. Patsakos, Aishwarya Nair, Robert Teasell, Mark T. Bayley

“…Conclusions The use of robust, transparent, and replicable evidence reviews and expert consensus building process produces clinical guidelines that are relevant and applicable even when empirical data are lacking or absent. …”
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Occupational health and safety regulations in China: development process, enforcement challenges, and solutions by Xinyu Xu, Xinyu Xu, Xinyu Xu, Peihua Ren, Peihua Ren, Wenyan Shi, Wenyan Shi, Feidan Deng, Feidan Deng, Qingfeng Wang, Qingfeng Wang, Shaoteng Shi, Shaoteng Shi, Jingchun Shen, Jingchun Shen, Guoqiang Dong, Jing Han, Jing Han, Jing Han, Jing Han

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Tracing the Impact of Proposals from Participatory Processes: Methodological Challenges and Substantive Lessons by Graham Smith, joan font, Sara Pasadas del Amo

“…The paper not only describes and discusses the methodological challenges faced by the project, but also presents preliminary findings and a review of the substantive lessons learned through the design and fieldwork process.…”
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A decision support process for the selection of sustainable public ICT project investments by Muhammed Rasit Ozdas, Ozel Sebetci, Tamer Eren, Hadi Gokcen

“…This paper aims to fill this gap by presenting a process methodology and a set of criteria for evaluating and prioritizing public sector ICT projects. …”
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Impact of compaction process on the carbon epoxy composite under varied environmental conditions by Maryam Al Kuwaiti, Amir Hussain Idrisi, Asima Zahoor, Mostafa S. A. ElSayed, Dinu Thomas Thekkuden, Abdel-Hamid I. Mourad

“…The compacted group involves in-process compactions during composite lay-up and the use of bleeders/breathers around the laminate, whereas the non-compacted group lacks these procedures. …”
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PRACTICE GUIDELINES FOR THE USE OF STANDARDS FOR DESIGN OF INTERACTIVE SYSTEMS IN TERMAL IMAGING PROCESSING TASKS by A. Y. Tsunikov

“…According to the results of theoretical analysis of the current state of the problem of data processing automation of noisy and distorted IR images revealed that the image processing procedure is an indispensable component of the total signal processing procedure in the chain of data transformations from its registration photodetectors to the presentation to the operator, so the lack of standardized quantitative criterion imaging quality to solve practical problems of modern optoelectronic instrument makes it especially urgent to develop treatment algorithms thermal images with ergonomic requirements for computer systems. …”
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Organizational and Informational Support for the Treatment of Patients With COVID-19 in a Multidisciplinary Emergency Hospital by S. S. Petrikov, I. A. Tyrov, A. Y. Perminov, N. S. Fomenko

“…The recency of COVID-19 and the lack of clinical practice for the treatment of these patients have predetermined the need to develop comprehensive standards of clinical processes and their automation. …”
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Solid pseudopapillary tumor of the uncinate process of the pancreas in a 9-year-old child by Dmitriy A. Pyhteev, Yuriy Yu. Sokolov, Leonid M. Elin, Yuriy N. Filyushkin, Marina O. Elina, Roman A. Akhmatov

“…According to the histological examination, there was identified the solid-pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas. Conclusion The presented clinical case of tumor enucleation of a rare uncinate process tumor in a child is an alternative to radical surgical resections of the pancreas.…”
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Consensus process to agree upon surgical quality assurance processes within a pragmatic, multicentre randomised clinical trial comparing targeted axillary dissection and axillary n... by Stuart A McIntosh, Kirsty Roberts, Lucy Culliford, Natalie S Blencowe, Kerry Avery, Jessica Harris, Shelley Potter, Sophie Rees, Yazan Masannat, Peter Barry, David Dodwell, Elsa Marques, James R Harvey, Jocelyn Lippey, Margaret Perkins, Adrienne Morgan, Katherine Fairhurst, Petra Baji, Ramsey Cutress, G Bruce Mann, Jessica Frost, Ruth Mullan, Henry Cain, Edward St John, Indrani Bhattacharya, Hannah Markham

“…Here we describe the first phase of the TADPOLE SQA, a consensus process with the breast surgical community to agree upon how (1) surgery should be performed and standardised; (2) procedure fidelity will be monitored and (3) requirements for surgeon credentialling within the trial.Methods and analysis The consensus process will have three phases:Generation of a long list of possible components of TAD from a scoping review and expert opinion. …”
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Impact analysis of critical success factors on the benefits from statistical process control implementation by Fabiano Rodrigues Soriano, Pedro Carlos Oprime, Fabiane Letícia Lizarelli

“…Abstract The Statistical Process Control - SPC is a set of statistical techniques focused on process control, monitoring and analyzing variation causes in the quality characteristics and/or in the parameters used to control and process improvements. …”
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Falling through the cracks: critical review of the deinstitutionalisation process in a post-socialist state by Kārlis Lakševics, Artūrs Pokšāns, Kristians Zalāns

Evaluative Judgment: A Validation Process to Measure Teachers’ Professional Competencies in Learning Assessments by José Miguel Olave Astorga, Félix González-Carrasco

“…In this context, we present the validation process of such an instrument, called Classroom Evaluative Judgment, which is designed to assess teachers’ competencies in evaluating their students’ school work. …”
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Online platform to access and process NASA POWER climate data for use in pavement design by Cléber Faccin, Luciano Pivoto Specht, Gabriella Gaube Guex

“…The tool accesses the NASA POWER reanalysis data, processes it, makes the file available for download in Excel format, and can be used anywhere in the world. …”
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OPTIMIZATION OF THE PROCESS OF FORMING A REGIONAL EQUIPMENT FLEET OFGROUND TRANSPORT AND TECHNOLOGICAL MACHINES by S. Mongush

“…Due to the development of building and transport construction in the Republic of Tuva, a lack of capacity of an equipment fleet of ground transportation and technological machines is predicted. …”
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Decision-making in case of an unintended pregnancy: an overview of what is known about this complex process by Eline W. Dalmijn, Merel A. Visse, Inge van Nistelrooij

“…The aim of this study is to learn more about the decision-making process, as there is a lack of insights into how people with an unintended pregnancy reach a decision. …”
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A fully automated hybrid approach for processing high-frequency surface settlement data by Changyu Wang, Zude Ding, Annan Zhou, Zekun Zhu

“…However, the lack of standardised data processing procedures results in divergence and inefficiency of the model. …”
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Evaluation of Chopped Sugarcane Storage in Different Periods of the Season and Their Influence on the Sugar and Ethanol Process by Leonardo Lucas Madaleno, Camila Carla Guimarães, Elaine Hartmann Ferri, Rodrigo Vezzani Franzé

“…The present work evaluated the effects of chopped sugarcane storage during the beginning, middle, and final harvest seasons on the quality of intermediate sugar and ethanol processing and products during two seasons. …”
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