Dynamic Capabilities and Digital Transformation in the COVID-19 Era: Implications from Driving Schools by Fotis Kitsios, Evangelia Nousopoulou, Maria Kamariotou

“…<i>Results:</i> The quantitative findings demonstrate that digitalization has made it possible for driving schools to efficiently and successfully respond to the public dilemma by utilizing their resilient functionality. …”
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Awareness and Barriers to Building Information Modeling (BIM) Adoption in the Construction Industry of Balochistan: A Case Study of Public Sector Projects by Shahid Ali

“…Using qualitative and quantitative methodologies, data were collected from AEC professionals. …”
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Research of the Method of Chamfering Tooth Crest for Spiral Bevel Gear Using Spherical Cutter by Wei Wei, Zhang Lianhong

“…In order to realize chamfering tooth crest for spiral bevel gear efficiently,the feasibility of chamfering method with spherical cutter and machining center is researched. …”
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Enteric-coated microencapsulation improves the therapeutic effect of cinnamon oil on artificially infected chicken with Escherichia coli by Huanling Xing, Fang Zhou, Jianhao Lin, Junfeng Ban, Junyi Huang, Xinghai Li, Hanjun He, Yanqun Li, Mei Bai, Xiangxiu Liang, Hong Wu

“…These findings suggest enteric microcapsule system for CEO significantly enhances CEO's therapeutic potential, offering a promising strategy for developing more efficient and cost-effective natural antibacterial treatments for colibacillosis.…”
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Mannan-Modified PLGA Nanoparticles for Targeted Gene Delivery by Fansheng Kong, Linfu Ge, Ximin Liu, Ning Huang, Fang Zhou

“…Following the coupling of the mannan-based PE-grafted ligands (MAN-PE) with the DNA-NPs, the MAN-DNA-NPs were delivered intravenously to rats. The transfection efficiency was determined from the isolated KCs and flow cytometry was applied for the quantitation of gene expression after 48 h post transfection. …”
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Optimization Analysis of Isolation Pile Parameters for Rail Transit Foundation Pits near High-speed Railway Pile-slab Subgrade by HE Shuqi, WANG Binglong, XIANG Ruicong

“…An orthogonal experimental design method is employed to construct 18 working condition combinations. The control efficiency of isolation piles on the horizontal displacement and settlement of high-speed railway pile-slab subgrade bearing slabs, as well as the horizontal displacement of pile top, and the amplification efficiency of the maximum horizontal displacement of the above pile-slab subgrade piles are used as evaluation indicators. …”
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Permanganate Oxidation of Microcystin-LA: Kinetics, Quantification, and Implications for Effective Drinking Water Treatment by David C. Szlag, Brian Spies, Regina G. Szlag, Judy A. Westrick

“…Frequently, Adda specific enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and protein phosphatase inhibition assay (PPIA) are used to quantitate total MCs to evaluate treatment efficiency and exposure. …”
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Biochar effects on durum wheat (Triticum durum) under ambient and elevated atmospheric CO2 by Lorenzo Brilli, Franz-Werner Badeck, Lorenzo Genesio, Silvia Baronti, Fulvia Rizza, Clara Fares, Luigi Cattivelli, Franco Miglietta, Anita Maienza, Alessandro Zaldei, Federica Camin, Rosella Motzo, Piero Toscano

“…Biochar treatments also increased flag leaf chlorophyll and decreased flavonoids, and enhanced intrinsic water use efficiency due to increases in photosynthesis and decreases in stomatal conductance. …”
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Automated evaluation and normalization of immunohistochemistry on tissue microarrays with a DNA microarray scanner by Wolfgang Haedicke, Helmut H. Popper, Charles R. Buck, Kurt Zatloukal

“…Therefore, DNA microarray scanners and associated image analysis software provide general and efficient analysis of tissue microarray immunostaining, including estimation of specific protein expression levels.…”
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The Social Side of Internet of Things: Introducing Trust-Augmented Social Strengths for IoT Service Composition by Jooik Jung, Ihnsik Weon

“…Therefore, this proposed work focuses on quantitatively computing social strength and trust among smart objects in IoT for the purpose of aiding efficient service composition with reasonable accuracy. …”
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Characterization of microscopic distribution of fluids during gas displacing water and water displacing gas by WANG Zhouhua, ZHANG Hongyu, ZHANG Juan, LIAO Haoqi, HUANG Shilin

“…For fractured and porous cores， the displacement efficiencies in micron-scale pores of fractured cores are relatively low， while the displacement efficiencies in submicron-scale and nanoscale pores are relatively high. …”
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Analysis of Mechanical Performance of Soil Solidification and Examination of Compatibility as Semi-Permanent House Material for Forcibly Displaced People by Dayoung Oh, Takafumi Noguchi, Ryoma Kitagaki

“…This study aims to investigate the suitability of earthen housing for refugees and establish a more efficient system for selecting and adjusting materials by quantitatively analyzing the influence of various factors affecting the mechanical performance of earthen housing. …”
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Perception of Medical and Nursing Students Plus Clinical Instructors Towards Objective Structured Clinical Examination: A Case Study of Five Health Training Institutions in Sub-Sah... by Kibuuka R, Mpasa F, Kanyike AM, Ndikom CM, Kaminga AC, Owusu-Sekyere S, Ogah A, Kusi Amponsah A, Kiyimba K, Obakiro SB, Munthali G, Msowoya WK, Kibuule D, Phiri EC, Baluwa M, Phiri T, Katuramu R

“…The study confirms that OSCE is the most efficient way to evaluate nursing and medical students, however the study also highlights that a mixed method evaluation would be the best option for evaluation of clinical competence.Keywords: OSCE, health care professions education, Sub-Saharan Africa, medical assessment…”
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Sustainability Measurement of Farming System in Isfahan Agricultural Sector (Smallholders-Rural Production Cooperatives- Farm Corporation) by Saedali Nekooei Naenii, Yosef Ghanbari, Hamid Barghi

“…This research has been conducted as a combined study (quantitative and qualitative), applied research, descriptive (non-experimental) and the cross-sectional surveys. …”
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P19 | LOQANT: IMAGEJ SCRIPT FOR ANALYSING NUCLEO-CYTOPLASMIC PROTEIN TRANSLOCATION

“…Despite its importance, there is currently a lack of standardised, user-friendly tools that can quantitatively assess nucleocytoplasmic translocation efficiently and reproducibly. …”
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Special Issue on Contemporary Research Studies in Operations Research, Business Analytics, and Business Intelligence by Viswanath Kumar Ganesan, S. Vinodh, Malolan Sundararaman, M. Vimala Rani, M. Mathirajan

“…Optimization Algorithms: Developing efficient algorithms to solve linear fractional transshipment problem with multi-objective linear fractional functions. 4. …”
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Quality-on-Demand Compression of EEG Signals for Telemedicine Applications Using Neural Network Predictors by N. Sriraam

“…In either the urgent treatment or ordinary healthcare, it is necessary to compress these signals for the efficient use of bandwidth. This paper discusses a quality on demand compression of EEG signals using neural network predictors for telemedicine applications. …”
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GREEN FINANCE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: A BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS by Adem Özbek

“…The bibliometric review was conducted to quantitatively examine 495 publications verified by Web of Science. …”
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Study on the mechanism of direct wet mineralization of fly ash for CO2 storage and optimization of key influencing factors by Shengtao WANG, Jiaxu TANG, Ning YANG, Qingxiang WANG, Shilin WANG, Xuqiang CAO, Xinquan ZHANG, Xiaolin SONG, Chicheng MA

“…In order to enhance the CO2 sequestration efficiency of fly ash and promote its resource utilization in CO2 mineralization sequestration and fire prevention and extinguishing projects, an optimization study was conducted on the reaction conditions and additive ratios of the fly ash mineralization process. …”
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The Model of Rational Education and Training Based on Islamic Teachings In Line With the Productivity of Human Resources in Prison Using the Meta-Synthetic Method by Mikael Jamalpour, Karim Esgandari, Shadi Orafaye Jamshidi

“…Initially, various texts, sources and researches related to the research subject were studied, and the themes related to the model of rational education and training in line with the efficiency of human resources based on Islamic teachings were identified. …”
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