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THE PRACTICE OF BENCHMARKING IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH IN FMCG SECTOR PRODUCTIONS
Authors: Portnov Aleksandr V. 
Published: October 2023

Increasing labor productivity has been on the agenda of science for many years. The search continues for optimal ways to improve with a parallel search for measurement methods both at the country level in the form of national projects, and at the enterprise level in the form of initiatives to optimize the production process, including the introduction of integrated work systems.
As part of the application of the diagnostic approach, a synthesis of two functions is assumed: management and analytics. The basis of this approach is the idea of continuous monitoring of the state of production systems to diagnose and make preventive management decisions to prevent a decrease in production efficiency, including labor productivity. One of the advantages of the diagnostic approach is the applicability of methods and tools in almost any field.
The article discusses benchmarking as one of the possible tools for a diagnostic approach to the analysis and management of labor productivity. The possibility of adapting this tool is revealed. The practical applicability of benchmarking to an application is demonstrated using the example of mass production. An example of benchmarking between two production lines within the same production unit is given. The main goal of adaptation and application is to identify best practices for the effective management of production equipment to increase labor productivity.
Purpose is to formalize benchmarking as a tool for analyzing labor productivity.
Methodology: the article used the methods of analysis and synthesis of quantitative and qualitative data using benchmarking.
Results: approbation of benchmarking as a tool for measuring labor productivity based on real data from production lines.
Practical implications: application of the method in the framework of assessing the efficiency of production equipment at industrial enterprises of the in-line type.
ASSESSMENT OF THE COMPETITIVENESS OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION IN THE REGIONS OF THE VOLGA FEDERAL DISTRICT
Authors: Kozin Igor N. , Chuvashlova Marina V. 
Published: October 2023

The competitiveness of industry is one of the most important conditions for economic development and the success of international trade. The state is carrying out a set of measures within the framework of the program “Industrial Development and Increasing its Competitiveness”. The goals set in the national program reflect the development of general trends in industries and do not allow assessing the achieved level of competitiveness. An assessment of the results in terms of changes in the competitiveness of the industry would make it possible to evaluate the effectiveness of state support measures and the use of budgetary funds.
Purpose. Development of a methodology for assessing the level of competitiveness of industrial production in the regions, based on the calculation of indicators of own production, growth rates of production volumes, the number of organizations, return on assets and profitability of products.
Methodology the article used statistical methods of analysis, calculation of single, group and integral indices.
Results. Based on the calculation of integral indices, a rating of the regions of the Volga Federal District was formed in terms of the level of development of industrial production.
Practical implications. The obtained results can serve as a basis for assessing industrial development at the regional level, which can be used to determine the financing of priority areas and directions of the economic policy of the region.
Data-Driven Order Fulfillment Consolidation for Online Grocery Retailing
Authors: Wang Yang , Wang Tong , Wang Xiaoqing , Deng Yuming , Cao Lei 
Published: October 2023

Improving fulfillment efficiency is critical for long-term sustainability of online grocery retailing. In this paper, we study reducing order fulfillment cost by order consolidation. Motivated by the observation that a significant percentage of buyers place multiple orders within a short time interval, we propose a scheme that attempts to consolidate such “multiorders” to reduce the number of parcels and hence, the shipping cost. At the same time, it cannot significantly disturb the existing order fulfillment process or undermine the customer service level. Successful execution of the scheme requires a prediction of multiorder probabilities and a control policy that selectively prioritizes order processing. For the prediction task, we formulate a binary classification problem and use machine-learning algorithms to predict in real time the probability of a multiorder. For the control task, our proposal is to hold arriving orders in a temporary order pool for potential consolidation and to determine the release timing by a dynamic program. The proposed solution is estimated to capture 92.8% of all the multiorders at the cost of holding the orders for about 20.3 minutes on average. This translates to more than 10 million U.S. dollars of order fulfillment cost saving annually. History: This paper was refereed.
Re-endodontic Treatment. Part 2: How?
Authors: Edwards David , Dowling Nisha , Gemmell A , Bonsor Stephen J 
Published: October 2023

Where primary root canal treatment has failed, case selection is critical. If the reason for failure can be identified and overcome, then this is the main aim of re-treatment. The second of this two-part series discusses ways in which failed cases can be predictably re-treated, using a series of cases to illustrate key points. CPD/Clinical Relevance: Root canal re-treatment can offer a predictable treatment option with awareness of common pitfalls..
Last mile access-based FSO and VLC systems
Authors: Sabri Atheer A. , Hameed Samir M. , Hadi Wael A. H. 
Published: October 2023

Free-space optics (FSO) and visible light communication (VLC) are interesting solutions for last mile access due to their benefits over conventional wired and wireless communication systems, including easy installation, low latency, high bandwidth, and low cost. This study aims to present last mile access using hybrid FSO/VLC, addressing the shortcomings of each technology. A hybrid system might, for instance, use VLC to give last meter connectivity to specific buildings and FSO to provide high-bandwidth outdoor connectivity across vast distances. In this paper, three proposed scenarios are designed using Optisystem and Matlab software, employing pulse amplitude modulation with four levels (PAM-4). The first scenario involves designing the last mile of the FSO-VLC system. In contrast, the second uses wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) technology to increase the data transmission capacity by enabling multiple optical signals at various wavelengths. The last scenario entails using VLC systems and the non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) approach to accommodate several users simultaneously. The simulation results show that the proposed system can fulfill outdoor link distances of more than 10 km and indoor coverage of about 2 m with a bit-error rate (BER) of 1.5×10−32 for a 10 Gbps data rate. However, the proposed systems can achieve the same data rate with a reduced FSO distance under different turbulence and weather conditions.
Mycobacterium ulcerans not detected by PCR on human skin in Buruli ulcer endemic areas of south eastern Australia
Authors: Velink Anita , Porter Jessica L. , Stinear Timothy P. , Johnson Paul D. R. 
Published: October 2023

Introduction
Mycobacterium ulcerans (MU) causes Buruli ulcer (Buruli), a geographically restricted infection that can result in skin loss, contracture and permanent scarring. Lesion-location maps compiled from more than 640 cases in south eastern Australia suggest biting insects are likely involved in transmission, but it is unclear whether MU is brought by insects to humans or if MU is already on the skin and inoculation is an opportunistic event that need not be insect dependent.

Methods
We validated a PCR swab detection assay and defined its dynamic range using laboratory cultured M. ulcerans and fresh pigskin. We invited volunteers in Buruli-endemic and non-endemic areas to sample their skin surfaces with self-collected skin swabs tested by IS2404 quantitative PCR.

Results
Pigskin validation experiments established a limit-of-detection of 0.06 CFU/cm2 at a qPCR cycle threshold (Ct) of 35. Fifty-seven volunteers returned their self-collected kits of 4 swabs (bilateral ankles, calves, wrists, forearms), 10 from control areas and 47 from endemic areas. Collection was timed to coincide with the known peak-transmission period of Buruli. All swabs from human volunteers tested negative (Ct ≥35).

Conclusions
M. ulcerans was not detected on the skin of humans from highly Buruli endemic areas.
Reduction in maternal mortality ratio varies by district in Sidama National Regional State, southern Ethiopia: Estimates by cross-sectional studies using the sisterhood method and a household survey of pregnancy and birth outcomes
Authors: Kea Aschenaki Zerihun , Lindtjorn Bernt , Tekle Achamyelesh Gebretsadik , Hinderaker Sven Gudmund 
Published: October 2023

Background
Few studies assess the magnitude, variations, and reduction of maternal mortality at a lower administrative level. This study was conducted to estimate the life time risk (LTR) of maternal death and the maternal mortality ratio (MMR) and assess the reduction in MMR.

Methods
This is a population-based cross-sectional study conducted in six districts of Sidama National Regional State, southern Ethiopia, from July 2019 to May 2020. The study was conducted with men and women aged 15–49 years. By creating a retrospective cohort of women of reproductive age, we calculated the LTR of maternal mortality and approximated the MMR using the total fertility of the rural Ethiopian population. Variations in maternal mortality was assessed based on characteristics of the respondents, like age, sex, and the districts where they lived. Reduction in MMR was examined using the estimates of the sisterhood method and the 5-year recall of pregnancy and birth outcome household survey.

Results
We analysed 17374 (99.6%) respondents: 8884 (51.1%) men and 8490 (48.9%) women. The 17,374 respondents reported 64,387 maternal sisters. 2,402 (3.7%) sisters had died; 776 (32.3%) were pregnancy-related deaths. The LTR of maternal death was 3.2%, and the MMR was 623 (95% CI: 573–658) per 100,000 live births (LB). The remote district (Aroresa) had a MMR of 1210 (95% CI: 1027–1318) per 100,000 LB. The estimates from male and female respondents were not different. A significant reduction in MMR was observed in districts located near the regional centre. However, no reduction was observed in districts located far from the regional centre.

Conclusions
The high MMR with district-level variations and the lack of mortality reduction in districts located far from the centre highlight the need for instituting interventions tailored to the local context to save mothers and accelerate reductions in MMR.
Predictors of time to death among preterm neonates admitted to neonatal intensive care units at public hospitals in southern Ethiopia: A cohort study
Authors: Huka Alo Edin , Oljira Lemessa , Weldesenbet Adisu Birhanu , Bushra Abdulmalik Abdela , Ahmed Ibsa Abdusemed , Tura Abera Kenay , Tuluka Angefa Ayele 
Published: October 2023

Background
Although the survival of preterm neonates has improved, thanks to advanced and specialized neonatal intensive care, it remains the main reason for neonatal admission, death, and risk of lifelong complication. In this study, we assessed time to death and its predictors among preterm neonates admitted to neonatal intensive care units (NICU) at public hospitals in southern Ethiopia.

Methods
A hospital based retrospective cohort was conducted among preterm neonates admitted to NICU at public hospitals in west Guji and Borena zones, Oromia National Regional State, southern Ethiopia. Simple random sampling technique was used to select records of preterm neonates admitted to both major hospitals in the study area. Data on neonatal condition, obstetric information, and status at discharge were collected from admission to discharge by trained research assistant through review of their medical records. Kaplan Meir curve and Log rank test were used to estimate the survival time and compare survival curves between variables. Cox-Proportional Hazards model was used to identify significant predictors of time to death at p<0.05.

Result
Of 510 neonates enrolled, 130(25.5%; 95% CI: 22–29) neonates died at discharge or 28days. The median survival time was 18 days with an interquartile range of (IQR = 6, 24). The overall incidence of neonatal mortality was 47.7 (95% CI: 40.2–56.7) per 1000 neonatal days. In the multivariable cox-proportional hazard analysis, lack of antenatal care (AHR: 7.1; 95%CI: 4–12.65), primipara (AHR: 2.3; 95% CI: 1.16–4.43), pregnancy complications (AHR: 3.4; 95% CI: 1.94–6.0), resuscitation at birth (AHR: 2.1, 95% CI: 0.28–0.77) and not receiving Kangaroo mother care (AHR: 9.3, 95% CI: 4.36–19.9) were predictors of preterm neonatal death.

Conclusion
Despite admission to NICU for advanced care and follow up, mortality of preterm neonates was found to be high in the study settings. Addressing major intrapartum complications is required to improve survival of neonates admitted to NICU.
Evaluating antibiotic regimens for streptococcal toxic shock syndrome in children
Authors: Zhang Haixia , Dong Jie , Huang Jiaotian , Zhang Keyuan , Lu Xiulan , Zhao Xin , Xiao Changqiong 
Published: October 2023

Introduction
Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS) is a severe consequence of infections from Streptococcus pyogenes. The early identification and timely intervention with appropriate anti-infective agents are pivotal for managing pediatric STSS. This study evaluates the effectiveness of various treatment regimens for STSS in children.

Methods
Clinical data of children with STSS resulting from β-hemolytic streptococcal infections in two hospitals were retrospectively analyzed from January 2009 to April 2023. Additionally, literature from the China National Knowledge Infrastructure on pediatric STSS was examined. Antimicrobial treatments were categorized into four groups based on their compositions, with an additional categorization for adjunct therapeutic drugs.

Results
Of 32 confirmed STSS cases, all displayed sensitivity to ampicillin, β-lactam antibiotics, and vancomycin, but resistance to clindamycin, erythromycin, and tetracycline. From the literature, 23 studies with 50 cases were extracted, leading to a total of 82 patients for evaluation. The efficacy rates varied significantly among the four treatment groups. Notably, the standard penicillin-containing group exhibited the highest efficacy (86.4%), while the group with macrolides/unused antibiotics registered a 0% efficacy rate. The other two groups demonstrated efficacy rates of 32.1% and 42.3%.

Conclusion
For pediatric STSS, Streptococcus pyogenes shows notable sensitivity to ampicillin. Implementing timely β-lactam antibiotics, specifically penicillin, in conjunction with clindamycin and intravenous immunoglobulins enhances the treatment success rate.
La diversidad terminológica dentro del mismo ordenamiento jurídico como problema de traducción: el subdominio jurídico de las parejas de hecho en España
Authors: Tabares Plasencia Encarnación , Sinner Carsten 
Published: October 2023

Abstract
In multi-legislative states, there is no uniformity, but rather a possible diversity of legal responses to the same subject matter. This diversity can occur in all sectors of law if the political and legal autonomy of the communities that make up the State is very broad or only in one or some of the sectors, with uniform legislation in the remaining sectors. This situation is in fact applicable to Spain and has given rise to an important terminological diversity in the treatment of various sectors where both the Spanish State and the Autonomous Communities have legislative powers. We have studied this question in the framework of civil partnerships a frequent phenomenon in modern Western societies due to the marked social changes that have taken place in the field of family relations in the preceding decades. Using a corpus of regulations on this subject enacted by regional legislators, we have been able to observe a considerable terminological variation, both formal and conceptual, which is due to different linguistic and extra-linguistic factors. We also analysed the repercussions and problems that this variation can have on the translation of legal documentation in this field.
Family language policies during a global pandemic: challenges and opportunities for language maintenance in Arabic-English multilingual families in the USA
Authors: Albadawi Einas Bashir , Yazan Bedrettin 
Published: October 2023

Abstract
In this study, we analyze interview data from 17 mothers of Arabic-English multilingual families to examine their experiences of maintaining their children’s Arabic language development during the COVID-19 pandemic. We were interested in exploring the challenges they faced during the pandemic and their responses to those challenges with the resources available. Following a constant comparative method, our data analysis demonstrated that four main factors have impacted Arabic-English multilingual Muslim families’ language policies during the pandemic, i.e. (1) inner-family dynamics, (2) school closures, (3) children’s agency, and (4) family safety and wellbeing. Responding to those factors, participants’ family language policies were guided by their commitment to Arabic as the language of Islam (i.e. performing religious practices and maintaining connection with the written Islamic heritage) and as an indispensable component of their children’s ethno-religious identities. During the lockdown, when their children could not attend Arabic tutoring, mothers developed new strategies to support their children’s language socialization (e.g., Halaka, more frequent family visit, online tutoring). When schools switched to online learning, their children had more time to spend at home, which most mothers used as an opportunity to have their children practice Arabic more and, in some cases, conduct daily Arabic literacy tutoring at home. All those mothers’ creative responses to COVID-19 challenges were complexified by children’s agency and concerns about family safety and wellbeing.
The effect of dust streaming on arbitrary amplitude solitary waves in superthermal polarized space dusty plasma
Authors: Naeem Syeda Neelam , Qamar Anisa , Rahman Ata-ur , Albalawi Wedad 
Published: October 2023

Abstract
The impact of dust streaming and polarization force on dust acoustic solitary waves (DASWs) is examined in a non-magnetized dusty plasma made up of negatively charged dust, superthermal ions, and Maxwellian electrons. In the linear limit, the dispersion relation is derived and numerically analyzed. In order to explore the characteristics of arbitrary amplitude DASWs, a Sagdeev potential technique is used. It is explored how the existence domain and characteristics of the DASWs are affected by the polarization force connected to the superthermality index of ions and dust streaming. The relevance of the present study to space dusty plasma, in particular to Saturn’s F-ring, is highlighted.
Numerical simulation of a non-classical moving boundary problem with control function and generalized latent heat as a function of moving interface
Authors: Jitendra  , Chaurasiya Vikas , Rai Kabindra Nath , Singh Jitendra 
Published: October 2023

Abstract
In this paper, the work is concerned with the study of moving boundary based on non-classical heat equation that includes a time dependent heat flux and convection. The latent heat is represented as a function of the moving interface. Mathematical model accounts for a control function varying with heat flux. We have obtained the explicit solution of the given mathematical model in the presence of convection and a control function. The Legendre wavelet Galerkin approach (LWGA) is used to solve the mathematical problem. In a particular case, our numerical results were compared with previous results and found to be in excellent agreement. Moreover, the current numerical technique is more efficient and accurate in comparison to the previous available method. An extensive analysis of the problem parameters is presented. It is found that the control function offers a significant contribution during the melting or freezing of a PCM. A greater value of the heat flux accelerates the rate of propagation of interface. Convection heat transfer increases the speed of the interface. Results obtained from the current study are expected to improve the fundamental understanding of heat transfer and aid in sublimation and desorption like physical phenomena.
Ruptured Rhetoric
Authors: Wang Weida 
Published: October 2023

Under the pressure of the political environment, Chinese immigrant communities of a new sort have had to form in the UK. From 2020 to 2022, strict COVID-19 policies enforced by the Chinese government left a large number of Chinese nationals stranded overseas. Concurrently, the political conflicts in Hong Kong since 2019 and shifting geopolitical dynamics in China prompted a significant influx of Hong Kong citizens emigrating to the UK. Within this context, soundwork has emerged as a powerful implement for shaping ideology, aesthetics, identity, and subjectivity in these immigrant and diaspora communities.
Amid these challenges, ethnic Chinese sound artists based in the UK actively contribute to the construction of Sinophone communities, incorporating the local culture while challenging the homogenized concept of “Chineseness” in terms of a new, critical epistemology. These Sinophone communities take place in venues such as performance spaces, art galleries, and public areas. Artistic activism plays a pivotal role, with sound art serving as a potent medium of expression. Artists such as Chris Zhongtian Yuan, Bo Choy, Yarli Allison, and On Yee Lo employ various forms of artistic expression, including video arts, installations, films, and performances, to capture the political circumstances and psychological states of these communities. By drawing on theoretical frameworks from Sinophone theory and sound studies, this paper analyzes the soundworks of four artists of the Chinese ethnic or Hong Kong diaspora based in London, focusing particularly on the protest, storytelling, ritual, resistance, nostalgia, and mythological elements in their works’ sonic effects.