Helen Noble, Joanna Smith
Evaluating the quality of research is essential if findings are to be utilised in practice and incorporated into care delivery. In a previous article we explored 'bias' across research designs and outlined strategies to minimise bias. Concepts such as reliability, validity and generalisability typic...
Haradhan Kumar Mohajan
This literature review paper discusses the proper use of qualitative research methodology to discuss several aspects of the research for the improvement of the skill of the readers. During the last few decades, the use of qualitative research has been increased in many institutions. It can be used t...
M. Yousuf A. Mollah, Paul Morkovsky, Jewel A. Gomes, Mehmet Kesmez et al.
Electrocoagulation is an electrochemical wastewater treatment technology that is currently experiencing both increased popularity and considerable technical improvements. There has been relatively little effort to better understand the fundamental mechanisms of the processes, particularly those that...
Ming‐Lang Tseng, Md Shamimul Islam, Noorliza Karıa, Firdaus Ahmad Fauzi et al.
This study aims to review the literature in green supply chain management (GSCM) published from 1998 to 2017 and presenting insights and directions for future research. The study collects data from Scopus and ISI Web of Science databases and objectively selects 880 papers and conducts metadata analy...
Shoaib Mahmud, Luís Ferreira, Md. Shamsul Hoque, Ahmad Tavassoli
Although there have been a number of recent reviews on the use of traffic conflict techniques (TCTs), none have focused on the use of proximal surrogate indicators. This paper comprehensively reviews the development and application of proximal surrogate safety indicators to address this gap. There i...
Robert Dreibelbis, Peter J. Winch, Elli Leontsini, Kristyna R. S. Hulland et al.
BACKGROUND: Promotion and provision of low-cost technologies that enable improved water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) practices are seen as viable solutions for reducing high rates of morbidity and mortality due to enteric illnesses in low-income countries. A number of theoretical models, explanat...
Marco Meloni, Jianguo Cai, Qian Zhang, Daniel Sang‐Hoon Lee et al.
Abstract Origami‐based designs refer to the application of the ancient art of origami to solve engineering problems of different nature. Despite being implemented at dimensions that range from the nano to the meter scale, origami‐based designs are always defined by the laws that govern their geometr...
Mohammad A. Mustafa, Jamal F. Al‐Bahar
Construction projects often fail to achieve their time, budget, and quality goals. This is frequently due to the failure of the contractor to analyze and assess all risk factors. The analytic hierarchy process (AHP) is an approach that can be used to analyze and assess project risks during the biddi...
Claire Leitch, Frances Hill, Richard Harrison
Knowledge production in entrepreneurship requires inclusivity as well as diversity and pluralism in research perspectives and approaches. In this article, the authors address concerns about interpretivist research regarding validity, reliability, objectivity, generalizability, and communicability of...
Hugh Waddington, Howard White, Birte Snilstveit, Jorge García Hombrados et al.
We provide a "how to" guide to undertake systematic reviews of effects in international development, by which we mean, synthesis of literature relating to the effectiveness of particular development interventions. Our remit includes determining the review's questions and scope, literature search, cr...
Diana Mana-Ay, Akash Kashyap, Jawad Bin Forhad, Talat Darakhshan
Among the current concepts suggested for managers to deal with turbulence and multidimensionality in the business climate, organizational ambidexterity is listed. It seems to be quite enticing but difficult to incorporate the idea of incorporating both evolutionary and innovative organizational chan...
Jessica Dart, Rick Davies
The Most Significant Change (MSC) technique is a dialogical, story-based technique. Its primary purpose is to facilitate program improvement by focusing the direction of work towards explicitly valued directions and away from less valued directions. MSC can also make a contribution to summative eval...
Md. Mizanur Rahman, Mosab I. Tabash, Aidin Salamzadeh, Selajdin Abduli et al.
Abstract Collecting data using an appropriate sampling technique is a challenging task for a researcher to do. The researchers will be unable to collect data from all possible situations, which will preclude them from answering the study’s research questions in their current form. In light of the en...
Md. Mizanur Rahman, Harold Jan R. Terano, Md Nafizur Rahman, Aidin Salamzadeh et al.
In the academic world, academicians, researchers, and students have already employed Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT to complete their various academic and non-academic tasks, including essay writing, different formal and informal speech writing, summarising literature, and generating i...
Xiaolu Zhou, Masud Rana
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review the topic “urban green space” focusing on its social benefits and measure techniques in terms of monetary value and accessibility. It suggests potential research direction by using an integrated valuation and measurement framework, and concludes that ur...