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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The adoption of rural livelihood technologies is often hindered by a gap between participatory design and user capacity. This study addresses this challenge with a co‐designed lemongrass distillation system in rural India that remained unused due to a lack of community capacity, despite a successful design process.
Aroun Clément Baudouin‐van Os +4 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This research explores to what extent the ideas and notions of sustainable project management (SPM) are reflected in the project management methodologies of three selected international development agencies. A conceptual framework is developed, and a deductive content analysis is performed.
Jan Christoph Albrecht +4 more
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CoRRSelf-handover, transferring an object between one's own hands, is a common but understudied bimanual action. While it facilitates seamless transitions in complex tasks, the strategies underlying its execution remain largely unexplored. Here, we introduce the first systematic taxonomy of self-handover, derived from manual annotation of over 12 hours of ...
Naoki Wake +4 more
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SmartBot, EarlyView.This article reviews the application of fiber Bragg grating (FBG) technology for precise force sensing in minimally invasive surgery. It outlines the fundamental working principles and algorithms used to interpret sensor data. The text surveys clinical applications across various medical fields, such as ophthalmology and vascular intervention (Table of
Shiyuan Dong +9 more
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The impact of patient safety culture on handover in rural health facilities
BMC Health Services Research, 2018 Background Effective handover is crucial for patient safety. Rural health care organisations have particular challenges in relation to handover of information, placing them at higher risk of adverse events.
Donella Piper +3 more
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Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.This study describes the work at an emergency and critical care center, focusing on the collaboration of multiple nurses when moving patients from the outpatient department to the ward. This study is an ethnomethodological ethnography based on fieldwork at a hospital and analysis of video data. The patient transport process is temporally organized into
Hiroki Maeda, Yumi Nishimura
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FDI and Performance: A Comparative Analysis Between Emerging and Developed Economies
Thunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates the nuanced relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI) and firm performance, addressing the heterogeneity of FDI's impact across countries with different levels of development. While FDI is widely recognized as a catalyst for economic growth, technology transfer, and enhanced competitiveness, particularly in ...
Cintya Lanchimba, Mamadou Ndione
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Veterinary Record, EarlyView.Abstract Background Veterinary practices provide exceptional patient care and client support when there is effective teamwork between veterinary nurses and veterinarians. However, the frequency of this interprofessional collaboration has not been measured. Methods A cross‐sectional online survey, using the Nurse‒Physician Collaboration Scale to measure
Samantha J. Fontaine +3 more
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Arid Zone Journal of Engineering, Technology and Environment, 2018 This paper presents an efficient technique in the reduction of frequent handover for macro-femto cells in Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks. A key design feature for handover decision algorithms is to guarantee seamless handover process between wireless
C. F. Njoku +2 more
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