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Improving Customer Value Through The Integral Of Techniques Quality Function Deployment And Value Engineering, Zaid Mohammed A. Al-Adhami, Maha Abdul Kareem H. Alrawi Dec 2022

Improving Customer Value Through The Integral Of Techniques Quality Function Deployment And Value Engineering, Zaid Mohammed A. Al-Adhami, Maha Abdul Kareem H. Alrawi

Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences

Health service institutions suffer from challenges resulting from the great changes that our world is witnessing today. This has affected the value that these institutions add to the patient. This research aims to identify the effect of integrating each of the techniques of QFD and value engineering for the health services provided to the patient to improve the value for him and thus obtain his satisfaction, which is reflected in the reputation of the surveyed hospitals. To achieve this, the descriptive analytical method was used, and a questionnaire was designed to collect the necessary data, which represents a measure of …


Evaluation Of The Strategic Performance Of The State Board Of Antiquities And Heritage/Case Study, Rasha Fakher Abd Al-Hassan, Hanadi Seqar Maqtof Dec 2022

Evaluation Of The Strategic Performance Of The State Board Of Antiquities And Heritage/Case Study, Rasha Fakher Abd Al-Hassan, Hanadi Seqar Maqtof

Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences

This research aims to the possibility of evaluating the strategic performance of the State Board for Antiquities and Heritage (SBAH) using a balanced scorecard of four criteria (Financial, Customers, Internal Processes, and Learning and Growth). The main challenge was that the State Board use traditional evaluation in measuring employee performance, activities, and projects. Case study and field interviews methodology has been adopted in this research with a sample consisting of the Chairman of the State Board, 6 General Managers, and 7 Department Managers who are involved in evaluating the strategic performance and deciding the suitable answers on the checklists to …


Sustainability Plan For Amusement Parks – A Case Study, Vibhu Sharma Dec 2022

Sustainability Plan For Amusement Parks – A Case Study, Vibhu Sharma

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Graduate Student Publications

This report presents findings from an environmental assessment of multiple amusement parks across North America. The assessment aimed to identify opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, energy consumption, and water usage. Key findings include: two-thirds of total emissions come from off-site energy generation, significant energy savings potential during off-season periods, variation in energy intensity across locations, and a strong correlation between cooling degree days and energy consumption at one location. Recommendations include reducing electrical consumption, purchasing green energy, installing on-site renewable energy, replacing fossil fuel equipment with cleaner alternatives, and implementing water conservation measures. These insights inform decarbonization, energy conservation, …


Sga Bills & Resolutions | 2021-2022, Student Government Association, Jacksonville State University Dec 2022

Sga Bills & Resolutions | 2021-2022, Student Government Association, Jacksonville State University

Student Senate Documents

No abstract provided.


Governor's Office Of Diversity Business Enterprise (Go-Dbe) Annual Report 2022, Tennessee. Department Of General Services. Dec 2022

Governor's Office Of Diversity Business Enterprise (Go-Dbe) Annual Report 2022, Tennessee. Department Of General Services.

GO-DBE Report

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About The Journal, Copyright Information, Editorial Board, And Table Of Contents, Iajbs Ateneo De Manila University Dec 2022

About The Journal, Copyright Information, Editorial Board, And Table Of Contents, Iajbs Ateneo De Manila University

Journal of Management for Global Sustainability

No abstract provided.


Submission Guidelines And Information, Iajbs Ateneo De Manila University Dec 2022

Submission Guidelines And Information, Iajbs Ateneo De Manila University

Journal of Management for Global Sustainability

No abstract provided.


An International Review – Carrying The Torch Of Anthony D. Smith’S Goal To Map The Field Of Nationalism Studies, Et Woods, R Schertzer Dec 2022

An International Review – Carrying The Torch Of Anthony D. Smith’S Goal To Map The Field Of Nationalism Studies, Et Woods, R Schertzer

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences

We are delighted to provide readers of Studies of National Movements (SNM) a brief update on the recent work and future directions of the State of Nationalism (SoN).


Analisis Pengaruh Faktor-Faktor Gamification Dan Enjoyment Dalam Shopeegames Terhadap Online Purchase Intention Pada Aplikasi Shopee, Abigail Mutiara Eldhia, Ira Iriyanti Dec 2022

Analisis Pengaruh Faktor-Faktor Gamification Dan Enjoyment Dalam Shopeegames Terhadap Online Purchase Intention Pada Aplikasi Shopee, Abigail Mutiara Eldhia, Ira Iriyanti

Jurnal Manajemen dan Usahawan Indonesia

The growth of technology has prompted changes in consumer shopping behavior to become more practical and e-commerce has become an option both globally and in Indonesia. This makes e-commerce, especially in Indonesia, compete to provide the best services and offers for consumers by continuing to innovate. One of the innovations made is to implement gamification. With gamification, the components used for the game design process are applied in the context of the non-game, which in this case is on e-commerce. The purpose of this study was to find out how the gamification dynamics can affect consumer enjoyment and further impact …


Perbandingan Volatilitas Asimetris Saham Bertanggung Jawab Sosial Dansaham Konvensional Di Indonesia Selama Pandemi Covid-19 Periode 2020-2021, Muhammad Rizki Misbahuddin, Wardatul Adawiyah Dec 2022

Perbandingan Volatilitas Asimetris Saham Bertanggung Jawab Sosial Dansaham Konvensional Di Indonesia Selama Pandemi Covid-19 Periode 2020-2021, Muhammad Rizki Misbahuddin, Wardatul Adawiyah

Jurnal Manajemen dan Usahawan Indonesia

This study aims to examine the asymmetric volatility of socially responsible stocks and compare it with conventional stocks during the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia. The research used asymmetric volatility modelling with the GJR-GARCH model to detect the presence of a leverage effect in the sample which consisted of one index and 20 socially responsible stocks and 21 indices and 34 conventional stocks. The data used is compiled from Thomson Eikon Reuters and Tradingview with a data collection period of January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2021. The results of the study found that there was a significant leverage effect on …


Komunikasi Lingkungan Dalam Kinerja Berkelanjutan Ukm Di Indonesia (Studikasus Terhadap Ukm Tulip Craft Dan Kopi Salarea), Fahrul Ismaeni Dec 2022

Komunikasi Lingkungan Dalam Kinerja Berkelanjutan Ukm Di Indonesia (Studikasus Terhadap Ukm Tulip Craft Dan Kopi Salarea), Fahrul Ismaeni

Jurnal Manajemen dan Usahawan Indonesia

This study aims to formulate an environmental communication strategy for the sustainable performance of SMEs in Indonesia. Taking the case of Tulip Craft and Salarea Coffee, this is qualitative research with a case study approach. After conducting observations, interviews with informants with purposive sample criteria and literature studies regarding the concept of sustainable performance and environmental communication, the results of this study indicate that Tulip Craft and Salarea Coffee SMEs implement sustainable performance in their business because they consider aspects of business profits (profit), social empowerment (people) and the impact of the natural environment (planet). Tulip Craft puts it into …


Applying Data Science And Machine Learning To Understand Health Care Transition For Adolescents And Emerging Adults With Special Health Care Needs, Lisamarie Turk Dec 2022

Applying Data Science And Machine Learning To Understand Health Care Transition For Adolescents And Emerging Adults With Special Health Care Needs, Lisamarie Turk

Nursing ETDs

A problem of classification places adolescents and emerging adults with special health care needs among the most at risk for poor or life-threatening health outcomes. This preliminary proof-of-concept study was conducted to determine if phenotypes of health care transition (HCT) for this vulnerable population could be established. Such phenotypes could support development of future studies that require data classifications as input. Mining of electronic health record data and cluster analysis were implemented to identify phenotypes. Subsequently, a machine learning concept model was developed for predicting acute care and medical condition severity. Three clusters were identified and described (Cluster 1, n …


‘How The Erde Is Of A Figure Round’: Mapping Space In The Buik Of Alexander The Conqueror, Katherine H. Terrell Dec 2022

‘How The Erde Is Of A Figure Round’: Mapping Space In The Buik Of Alexander The Conqueror, Katherine H. Terrell

Studies in Scottish Literature

Discusses the image of the world, the concept of a mappamundi, and comments on particular regions and countries, in Gilbert Hay's poem The Buik of Alexader the Conquerour, to argue that Alexander’s mapping, like his military campaigns, reconfigures space as territory that is amenable to exploitation, and that Hay's poem, the only Alexander poem to mention Scotland, shows an historical process, the "translatio imperii," "that will eventually circle back around to a Britain (and a Scotland) no longer imbued with treachery, but ready to assume power."


Front Matter, Vol. 82 No. 4 Dec 2022

Front Matter, Vol. 82 No. 4

Western North American Naturalist

No abstract provided.


Taxonomic Notes On Macugonalia Semiguttata (Signoret, 1853) With First Descriptions Of The Male And Female Terminalia (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellini), Nathalia Hiluy Pecly, Victor Quintas, Gabriel Mejdalani Dec 2022

Taxonomic Notes On Macugonalia Semiguttata (Signoret, 1853) With First Descriptions Of The Male And Female Terminalia (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellini), Nathalia Hiluy Pecly, Victor Quintas, Gabriel Mejdalani

Neotropical Biodiversity

The male and female terminalia of the poorly known sharpshooter Macugonalia semiguttata are described and illustrated for the first time based on specimens from a mountainous region in Rio de Janeiro State, southeastern Brazil (Atlantic Forest). External characters of the head, thorax, and abdomen of this species are also described and illustrated. Macugonalia semiguttata is compared with other seven similar species of the diverse genus Macugonalia Young, 1977. Among the 28 known species of this genus, it is apparently closely related to Macugonalia dallasi (Signoret, 1853), Macugonalia geographica (Signoret, 1855), and Macugonalia elegantula Cavichioli, 2004. Specimens of M. semiguttata were …


Hope In The Dark: Discovery Of A Population Related To The Presumably Extinct Micro-Endemic Blunt-Headed Salamander (Ambystoma Amblycephalum), Axel Hernandez, Christophe Dufresnes, Jean Raffaëlli, Emmanuel Jelsch, Sylvain Dubey, Ana Luisa Santiago-Pérez, Verónica Carolina Rosas-Espinoza, Pablo Berea Nuñez Dec 2022

Hope In The Dark: Discovery Of A Population Related To The Presumably Extinct Micro-Endemic Blunt-Headed Salamander (Ambystoma Amblycephalum), Axel Hernandez, Christophe Dufresnes, Jean Raffaëlli, Emmanuel Jelsch, Sylvain Dubey, Ana Luisa Santiago-Pérez, Verónica Carolina Rosas-Espinoza, Pablo Berea Nuñez

Neotropical Biodiversity

We report on the discovery of a population related to the Blunt-headed Salamander (Ambystoma amblycephalum), a micro-endemic axolotl from Mexico scientifically confirmed only once since its original description in 1940, and now presumably extinct. In 2018, paedomorphic and metamorphosed adults, as well as clutches and larvae, were found in a cattle pond at Nahuatzen, Michoacán state, Mexico, ~60 km away from the type locality (Tacícuaro). Morphometric comparisons suggested high similarity with the type series of A. amblycephalum, while mitochondrial DNA barcoding (16S and control region) revealed close (but imperfect) matching to a reference sequence. We gathered data on life history …


Revisión De La Dieta De Erythrolamprus Aesculapii (Squamata: Colubridae) Y Un Nuevo Registro Desde Ecuador, Salomón M. Ramírez-Jaramillo, Gabriela González Dec 2022

Revisión De La Dieta De Erythrolamprus Aesculapii (Squamata: Colubridae) Y Un Nuevo Registro Desde Ecuador, Salomón M. Ramírez-Jaramillo, Gabriela González

Neotropical Biodiversity

To determine the diet of Erythrolamprus aesculapii we reviewed 15 literature sources and make a list of preys registered in Ecuador and South America. In addition, we reported the consumption of an additional species in the list. We identified a total of 40 prey item, 36 (90%) of them are ophidians (34 colubrids and one elapid). E. aesculapii could be considered as an ophiophagous species.


An Update Of The Geographical Distribution Of Hylodes Pipilans (Canedo & Pombal, 2007), An Endemic Torrent Frog Of The Brazilian Atlantic Forest, With Comments On Its Conservation, Luiz Fernando Carmo, Manuella Folly, Leo Ramos Malagoli Dec 2022

An Update Of The Geographical Distribution Of Hylodes Pipilans (Canedo & Pombal, 2007), An Endemic Torrent Frog Of The Brazilian Atlantic Forest, With Comments On Its Conservation, Luiz Fernando Carmo, Manuella Folly, Leo Ramos Malagoli

Neotropical Biodiversity

The Brazilian Atlantic Forest (BAF) is hotspot for conservation priorities due to the high concentration and maintenance of biodiversity, comprising more than 600 species of amphibians, of which 88% are endemic to this biome. Many of these species are under some level of threat, especially those with restricted distributions to mountainous regions. Hylodes is the most speciose genus within Hylodidae, housing 26 recognized species of the diurnal frogs related to streams of forest massifs in the BAF. Hylodes pipilans is endemic to the state of Rio de Janeiro, considered restricted to the Serra do Órgãos mountains. Here, we updated its …


Natural History Of Odonata Assemblages In Tropical Streams In Puerto Rico, Ashley Mariani-Ríos, Norman Maldonado-Benítez, Alonso Ramírez Dec 2022

Natural History Of Odonata Assemblages In Tropical Streams In Puerto Rico, Ashley Mariani-Ríos, Norman Maldonado-Benítez, Alonso Ramírez

Neotropical Biodiversity

Freshwater macroinvertebrates play an important role in maintaining stream food webs. Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) are important top predators in these communities and serve as indicators of stream health. Our understanding of odonate assemblages is limited in the Caribbean and the natural history of most odonate species in the region remains unknown. The focus of this research is to study the natural history of odonate species in headwater montane streams following major hurricane impacts in Puerto Rico. We monitored assemblages from August 2018 to July 2019 in two headwater streams within El Yunque National Forest, Puerto Rico. The study streams …


New Records Of Free-Living Microturbellarians From The Chillón River, Peru, Jhoe Reyes, Ruperto Severino, Francisco Brusa Dec 2022

New Records Of Free-Living Microturbellarians From The Chillón River, Peru, Jhoe Reyes, Ruperto Severino, Francisco Brusa

Neotropical Biodiversity

Microturbellarians are all mostly small free-living Platyhelminthes that do not belong to either the Polycladida or Tricladida order. This group includes species of the clades Catenulida and Rhabditophora. Species of microturbellarians are known to live in marine and continental waters such as rivers, where they are diverse and abundant. However, there are few records of microturbellarians in most of the rivers of the Pacific slope of Peru. Here, we report eight species of microturbellarians from the Chillón River, in the central region of Peru. Of the total species recorded, five (Gieysztoria cuspidata, G. bellis, Myostenostomum vanderlandi, Stenostomum tuberculosum and S. …


Anoftalmia Y Microftalmia Unilateral En Diplomystes Cuyanus “Bagre Otuno” En El Centro-Oeste De Argentina, Fabricio Rubén Gómez, Agustina Valenzuela, Juan Carlos Acosta Dec 2022

Anoftalmia Y Microftalmia Unilateral En Diplomystes Cuyanus “Bagre Otuno” En El Centro-Oeste De Argentina, Fabricio Rubén Gómez, Agustina Valenzuela, Juan Carlos Acosta

Neotropical Biodiversity

La microftalmia y anoftalmia es una enfermedad que afecta el desarrollo normal de los globos oculares en animales que la padecen. Genera pérdida total o parcial de los mismos y raramente se observa en peces de sistemas naturales. En este trabajo se documenta por primera vez la patología en peces nativos de la especie Diplomystes cuyanus capturados en un río de montaña de la provincia de San Juan- en el oeste árido de Argentina.


A New Neotropical And Southernmost Distributional Record Of Freshwater Sponge Dosilia Radiospiculata (Mills, 1888) (Porifera: Demospongie: Spongillidae) From Honduras, Monshie Briceño, Julio E. Mérida, Anthonie Andino-Mazariegos, Gustavo A. Cruz Dec 2022

A New Neotropical And Southernmost Distributional Record Of Freshwater Sponge Dosilia Radiospiculata (Mills, 1888) (Porifera: Demospongie: Spongillidae) From Honduras, Monshie Briceño, Julio E. Mérida, Anthonie Andino-Mazariegos, Gustavo A. Cruz

Neotropical Biodiversity

We added a new record of a freshwater sponge at the family level from Honduras. The presence of the Dosilia genus in Central America was confirmed, extending its distribution by 890 linear miles south of Mexico. This constitutes a new southern range extension of D. radiospiculata from the Nearctic to Neotropical region. The specimen was collected from the Pacific slope of Honduras. Although sponges constitute an important element of a freshwater ecosystem, environmental pressures and contamination of rivers or other aquatic environments, where they exist, have not been considered under any category of protection.


Current And Future Geographic Patterns Of Bird Diversity Dimensions Of The Yucatan Peninsula And Their Representativeness In Natural Protected Areas, Jazmín Escobar-Luján, Sandra M. Castaño-Quintero, Fabricio Villalobos, Andrés Lira-Noriega, Xavier Chiappa-Carrara, Carlos Yañez-Arenas Dec 2022

Current And Future Geographic Patterns Of Bird Diversity Dimensions Of The Yucatan Peninsula And Their Representativeness In Natural Protected Areas, Jazmín Escobar-Luján, Sandra M. Castaño-Quintero, Fabricio Villalobos, Andrés Lira-Noriega, Xavier Chiappa-Carrara, Carlos Yañez-Arenas

Neotropical Biodiversity

The deviation of expected relationships between taxonomic (TD), phylogenetic (PD), and functional (FD) diversity may inform about some processes (speciation, extinction, competition, and migration) responsible for current biodiversity patterns. We studied the relationship between different dimensions of bird diversity (TD, PD, and FD) of the Yucatan Peninsula (YP) in a context of future climate change. We used ecological niche models to predict the current and future potential distribution of 257 bird species of the YP and estimate their TD, PD, and FD. We calculated a standardized effect size of PD (SES.PD) and FD (SES.FD) to provide an estimation of phylogenetic …


Are White-Lipped Peccaries From Argentinean Yungas Looking To A Promising Future?, Juan I. Reppucci, Soledad De Bustos, Flavia Caruso, Rocio S. Fleitas Quintana, Pablo G. Perovic Dec 2022

Are White-Lipped Peccaries From Argentinean Yungas Looking To A Promising Future?, Juan I. Reppucci, Soledad De Bustos, Flavia Caruso, Rocio S. Fleitas Quintana, Pablo G. Perovic

Neotropical Biodiversity

The white-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari) is considered a key species for its role as an ecosystem engineer. Given their important ecological function, there is a great concern in the scientific community regarding the many reports of disappearances or great abundance reductions throughout its distribution (from southern Mexico to northern Argentina). Based on an extensive survey effort, we report new data of presence of WLP after a period of no detections in the Argentine Yungas. The study was conducted in the Yungas ecoregion, provinces of Jujuy and Salta, Argentina. Data was collected from camera trap, direct sightings and footprints during 2013–2021. …


Using Some Estimation Methods For Mixed-Random Panel Data Regression Models With Serially Correlated Errors With Application, Musaab Amer Rajab, Mohammed Sadiq Al-Doori Dec 2022

Using Some Estimation Methods For Mixed-Random Panel Data Regression Models With Serially Correlated Errors With Application, Musaab Amer Rajab, Mohammed Sadiq Al-Doori

Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences

This research includes the study of dual data models with mixed random parameters, which contain two types of parameters, the first is random and the other is fixed. For the random parameter, it is obtained as a result of differences in the marginal tendencies of the cross sections, and for the fixed parameter, it is obtained as a result of differences in fixed limits, and random errors for each section. Accidental bearing the characteristic of heterogeneity of variance in addition to the presence of serial correlation of the first degree, and the main objective in this research is the use …


Effects Of Beaver Dams On Stream And Riparian Conditions On Public Lands In The United States’ Inland Northwest, Brett B. Roper Dec 2022

Effects Of Beaver Dams On Stream And Riparian Conditions On Public Lands In The United States’ Inland Northwest, Brett B. Roper

Western North American Naturalist

A before-after control-impact (BACI) design was used to simultaneously evaluate how stream habitat, macroinvertebrate communities, stream temperatures, and riparian conditions responded to beavers building dams within a stream reach. Summarized conditions describing beaver-dammed and undammed stream reaches suggested that 13 of the 18 evaluated metrics differed. After accounting for beavers’ selection of lower-gradient stream reaches with less forested cover, the number of stream and riparian metrics that differed significantly dropped to 5. Beaver dams increased pool area and depth, despite failing to increase the frequency of wood >10 cm in diameter. This suggests that beavers build dams utilizing pieces of …


Laboratory Analyzes For Determining The Antioxidant Activity Of Dried Red Hawthorn Fruits, T T. Raxmanova, N A. Afanaseva, Sh A. Sultanova Dec 2022

Laboratory Analyzes For Determining The Antioxidant Activity Of Dried Red Hawthorn Fruits, T T. Raxmanova, N A. Afanaseva, Sh A. Sultanova

Technical science and innovation

This article analyzes the drying process of hawthorn fruit found in mountainous regions of our country. Since red hawthorn fruit is considered one of the main medicinal products, it is important to dry it while preserving its antioxidant properties. Blanching technology was used in a convective drying device for drying while maintaining the antioxidant properties of the object. In the process of blanching, a solution of ordinary water and citric acid was used. 1 and 1.5% solution of citric acid solution was selected. Blanching technology was used before drying the hawthorn fruit. Red hawthorn fruit was dried until 15% moisture …


Analysis Of Methods Of Construction And Application Of Modern Anti-Radar Missiles, A S. Solonar, P A. Khmarski, B M. Mukhammedov, G Sh Tuganov Dec 2022

Analysis Of Methods Of Construction And Application Of Modern Anti-Radar Missiles, A S. Solonar, P A. Khmarski, B M. Mukhammedov, G Sh Tuganov

Technical science and innovation

The analysis of methods of construction and application of modern anti-radar missiles (ARM) is carried out. The analysis allowed us to identify the most distinctive features of ARM such as: high flight speed (600-1200 m/s), limited launch range, different flight paths and it is oriented towards the attacked radar, small effective distribution surface (ESR), due to a sharp increase in the weight and size characteristics of the homing head of the homing head outside the frequency range (from 0.5 to 40 GHz), radio electronic means of the ARM are not created, the large range and high speed of tuning the …


Analysis Of Possible Causes Of Industrial Injuries And Accidents At Coal Industry Enterprises, F U. Otabekov, M Z. Naimova Dec 2022

Analysis Of Possible Causes Of Industrial Injuries And Accidents At Coal Industry Enterprises, F U. Otabekov, M Z. Naimova

Technical science and innovation

In this article, the issues that a person may face unfortunate events due to a certain reason due to the influence of various dangerous and harmful factors in the course of his life activities are resolved. Depending on the type and degree of exposure or the cause of the accident, the type and degree of injury may also vary. In most cases, injuries and damages occur suddenly and can lead to unexpected and unexpected consequences. Let's imagine that an unfortunate event happened by chance. In this situation, many people lose their senses, start to panic, hurry, become overly nervous or …


Research Of Factors Affecting The Efficiency Of Rock Breaking Equipment, J A. Tursunov, R U. Jurayev Dec 2022

Research Of Factors Affecting The Efficiency Of Rock Breaking Equipment, J A. Tursunov, R U. Jurayev

Technical science and innovation

Nowadays 35-40 % of all the drilling works, performed on mining and geological exploration enterprises, are made by air bottom hole cleaning, and the rest 60-65 % are made by flushing liquids on water base. Air drilling and bottom hole cleaning due to low heat conductivity of air generates high temperature at a borehole bottom thus negatively affecting the efficiency of rock destruction tool; while drilling with water based flushing fluids causes efficiency reduction of rock destruction tool due to formation of slurry mode at a borehole bottom. This paper presents the results of the study of the factors negatively …