Current Situation Analysis and Evaluation of Appropriate Performance Indicators with Web Based Calculation Tool for Water and Sewerage Administrations by Cansu Bozkurt, Mahmut Fırat, Abdullah Ateş

“…In order to reduce and control the water loss rate and to improve the system performance, the most appropriate indicators and processes are determined by considering the current situation and targets of the administrations. …”
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Exploring factors affecting knowledge creation in under-researched healthcare topics: a case study of women’s health research by Ji Eun Park, Seung-Ah Choe, Saerom Kim, Hye Sook Min

“…Results Factors affecting KC across all three government-funded research processes were identified. Most of the identified factors were found to be barriers to KC, rather than enablers. …”
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Enhancing physics learning through feedback: insights from secondary and high school teachers by Gabriela DOMILESCU, Mihaela IORGA

“…Our paper tries to fill the gap between the existing knowledge about feedback and the actual process of teaching and learning Physics in secondary and highschool. …”
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Keratodermia by L. A. Yusupovа, Z. Sh. Garaeva, E. I. Yunusova, G. I. Mavlyutova, A. R. Galimova

“…The development of hereditary forms is based on mutations of various genes encoding proteins (for example, keratin, desmosomes, loricrin, cathepsin C, gap junction proteins), which are involved in the process of keratinization. …”
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Modeling energy consumption indexes of an industrial cement ball mill for sustainable production by Saeed Chehreh Chelgani, Rasoul Fatahi, Ali Pournazari, Hamid Nasiri

“…However, grinding in tumbling mills is a random process, and a maximum of 5% of this energy would be directly devoted to particle size reduction. …”
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Population Management: A Tool to Improve Timely Care in Pediatric and Young Adult Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Erealda Prendaj, Sharon Thomas, Gitit Tomer

“…We used the Pareto chart, key drivers, and process flow mapping and implemented changes using Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycles to improve follow-up visit rates. …”
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Modeling home property listings’ time-on-market duration and listing outcome using copula-based competing risk method by Yicong Liu, Saeed Shakib, Eric J. Miller, Khandker Nurul Habib

“…However, these are key decision elements of the housing market clearance process. To fill this research gap, this study uses real estate sale listing data to investigate the factors influencing a property listing’s time-on-market (TOM) duration, listing outcome, and correlation. …”
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Water quality assessment and trends in twin cities of Pakistan: a review by Kashaf Waseem, Abdul Saboor Akhtar, Ahsan Nawaz, Muhammad Saeed

“…Public health impact is prevalent, and outbreaks of diseases from waterborne diseases including Hepatitis E reported both in urban and peri-urban areas quite frequently. A gap is critical in applying the Advanced Oxidation Process (AOP) and other emerging technologies for degrading persistent contaminants, most notably heavy metals and microbial pollutants in the AOPs. …”
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A Fuzzy Multi-Criteria Approach for Selecting Open-Source ERP Systems in SMEs Using Fuzzy AHP and TOPSIS by Dana Marsetiya Utama, Muhammad Faisal Ibrahim, Ahmed Nedal Abid Al Kareem Jabari

“…These sub-criteria are considered the most influential in determining the suitability of a system. …”
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Explaining the Model of the Antecedents of Entrepreneurship intents: A Sociological Approach by FARAJALLAH RAHIMI, Sara Mohammadi, sepideh javadnia

“…However, in recent years, the gender gap in entrepreneurship is one of the most important discrimination that women have been facing in the labor market. …”
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Improving the Use of Lipid-lowering Drugs at Brits Hospital by C. van Deventer, C. Mokhlele, J. Hugo

“…The cost per month was R14 570,50, and most of the patients had had treatment initiated by general practitioners. …”
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Enhancing Hospital Services: Achieving High Quality Under Resource Constraints by Mohammad Ali Beheshtinia, Masood Fathi, Morteza Ghobakhloo, Muhammad Faraz Mubarak

“…By considering resource constraints and the gap between patient expectations and perceptions, this method ensures that resources are allocated to the most impactful technical requirements, leading to improved patient satisfaction and better overall hospital service quality. …”
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Cysteine proteases from plants: Utilization in foods and nutraceuticals and characterization approaches for quality management by Iván Benito-Vázquez, Manuel Garrido-Romero, Marina Díez-Municio, F. Javier Moreno

“…Plant proteases, which play a vital role in breaking down proteins and generating amino acids in all living organisms, have become prominent in this market being cysteine proteases the most used in the nutraceutical sector. Although these enzymes are widely popular, there is a significant gap in the control and analysis of commercial proteolytic products available on the market, particularly regarding their characterization and quantification. …”
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The evolution of Indonesian SAI maturity: Oversight, insight, and foresight functions of health-themed performance audits by Nico Andrianto, J Basuki, R. Luki Karunia, Nurliah Nurdin

“…It is recommended that in the future, BPK should prioritize the most recent public issues more. Furthermore, to enhance BPK’s maturity, it is essential to incorporate an insight- and foresight-driven approach with thematic performance audits. …”
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An evaluation of traceability dynamics in dairy supply chains through causal modeling in emerging economies by Shahab Bayatzadeh, Hamidreza Talaie

“…The results highlight food safety and quality, supply chain process management, data analysis and forecasting, and data integration as the most influential drivers of traceability. …”
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Relationship between extreme daily rainfall and temperature over the Brazilian Amazon by Rosane Barbosa Lopes CAVALCANTE, Paulo Rógenes Monteiro PONTES, Renata Gonçalves TEDESCHI, Edivaldo Afonso de Oliveira SERRÃO, Everaldo Barreiros de SOUZA

“…ABSTRACT Precipitation extremes will increase in most regions under warmer climates. However, the relationship between extreme rainfall intensity and atmospheric temperature is complex and depends on the physical processes responsible for generating the extreme rainfall event. …”
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The Last-Mile Delivery of Heavy, Bulky, Oversized Products: Literature Review and Research Agenda by Bahram Alidaee, Haibo Wang, Lutfu S. Sua

“…<i>Background</i>: Last-mile delivery (LMD) is a challenging and costly supply chain process that involves direct customer interaction. …”
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Low genetic diversity in wide-spread Eurasian liver fluke Opisthorchis felineus suggests special demographic history of this trematode species. by Ilja I Brusentsov, Alexey V Katokhin, Irina V Brusentsova, Sergei V Shekhovtsov, Sergei N Borovikov, Grigoriy G Goncharenko, Lyudmila A Lider, Boris V Romashov, Olga T Rusinek, Samat K Shibitov, Marat M Suleymanov, Andrey V Yevtushenko, Viatcheslav A Mordvinov

“…Despite its public health significance, this wide-spread Eurasian species is one of the most poorly studied human liver flukes and nothing is known about its population genetic structure and demographic history. …”
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Mobile eye tracking during real-world night driving: A selective review of findings and recommendations for future research by Markus Grüner, Ulrich Ansorge

“…This model could help filling an existing gap in the reviewed research: Most studies did not relate eye movements to other driving performance measurements for the evaluation of real-world night driving performance.…”
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Development of a Method to Evaluate the Dynamic Fit of Face Masks by Katarina E. Goodge, Drew E. Brown, Margaret Frey, Fatma Baytar

“…The mask shift was compared to the survey results for the model masks, with the Cup design fitting best and the Petal design rated as most comfortable. Poor fit modes identified from mask overlays were fabric buckling, compressed nose and ears, and gapping between the mask and facial features. …”
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