Investigating the Impact of Supply Chain Dynamics on Financial Performance with Supply Chain Disruption Structure Approach by Ebrahim Farbod, Alireza Hamidieh, Hootan Amininia

“…The statistical sample of the present study is 217 business managers of pharmaceutical companies according to the formula for determining the sample size of Cochran, observing the success ratio in this research and considering the error coefficient of 0.05. All extracted data are analyzed using SPSS23 and SmartPls statistical software in the inferential statistics section. …”
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Bond-Slip Models for FPR-Concrete Interfaces Subjected to Moisture Conditions by Justin Shrestha, Dawei Zhang, Tamon Ueda

“…The results showed good agreement for all the FRP systems under investigation.…”
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Aging Well and the Intersection of Flourishing, Connectedness, and Sense of Meaningfulness in a Changing World: Implications for Personal and Societal Responsibility by Aslı Gözde Akış, Nilüfer Korkmaz Yaylagül, Terence Seedsman

“…Societal aspirations for promoting aging well will require a priority focus that promotes the adoption of healthy lifestyles across all ages. To apprehend and confront the challenges surrounding aging well will require new forms of communication and partnership undertakings involving the government, policymakers, health professionals, the general public and especially people destined to live into older age. …”
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Experimental Methods to Assess the Effectiveness of Soil Conditioning with Foam in Fully Weathered Granite by Liming Tao, Zhongtian Chen, Jian Cui, Huiwu Wang, Yong Fang

“…The test results demonstrate that the foam injection ratio and pressure and type of the foaming agent all influence the performance of the conditioned soil. …”
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Fault tolerance in distributed systems using deep learning approaches. by Basem Assiri, Abdullah Sheneamer

“…For unstructured datasets, the accuracy of the models is affected by the size of the faulty data. The accuracy of all models lies between 60% when the size of the faulty data is 90%, and 96%, when the size of the faulty data is 90%. …”
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The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Providing People With Privacy: Survey by Salar Raees, Mohammed Al-Tamimi

“…The results of each algorithm are organized in detailed tables, and the [YOLO] algorithm expands on all versions. The paper also clarifies the dataset used for testing the algorithms and its relevance to achieving desired results. …”
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Concerning the character of the economic changes in Lithuania during the end of the eighteenth century to the first half of the nineteenth century by Stasys Pamerneckis

“…It involved such inventions as improved agrotechnics, many-field crop-rotation systems, an extension of cattle-breeding, country-estate industry growth, factories and enterprises of spinning, weaving, haberdashery, iron and glass work, leather-ware, etc. All these changes largely increased the incomes of the estates and gave a new life to the economy of Lithuania, although the main part of production was exported to Western countries, and not given to the internal market which was still quite weak. …”
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Effect of Enamel Caries Lesion Baseline Severity on Fluoride Dose-Response by Frank Lippert

“…Fluoride dose-response was observed in all groups. Lesions initially demineralized for 16 and 8 h showed similar overall rehardening (ΔVHN) and more than 24 and 36 h lesions, which were similar. …”
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Comparison of Psychotherapeutic Supervision Paradigms: A Literature Review by Greta Kaluževičiūtė-Moreton, Paulius Skruibis, Marija Vaštakė, Neringa Grigutytė

“…We identify features that are unique and specific to supervisory relationships in each of the paradigms, as well as features that are common to all three traditions. Considering the theoretical underpinnings of each tradition, the paper discusses epistemological assumptions that could determine the effectiveness of supervision in the context of each therapeutic paradigm. …”
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Use of Vaginal Packing in the Management of Lower Uterine Segment Atony by Ihsan Bagli, Selami Erdem

“…Of 14 lower uterine segment atony patients were occurred during the study period among 967 deliveries. All patients with lower uterine segment atony were treated by vaginal packing. …”
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Prevalence and antimicrobial resistant Campylobacter spp. in broiler chicken carcasses and hygiene practises in informal urban markets in a low-income setting. by Pius Okello, Olivia Graaf Bjöersdorff, Ingrid Hansson, Sofia Boqvist, Joseph Erume

“…Campylobacter spp. was isolated from 66% (79/120) of the carcasses; 32% were C. jejuni, 14% were C. coli and 54% comprised of a mixture of both species. All C. jejuni isolates showed resistance to tetracycline, 88% to ciprofloxacin and 28% to erythromycin. …”
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A New Sensors-Based Covert Channel on Android by Ahmed Al-Haiqi, Mahamod Ismail, Rosdiadee Nordin

“…Now is the time for Android platform to analyze its security model, in particular the two key principles: process-isolation and the permissions system. Aside from all sorts of malware, one threat proved intractable by current protection solutions, that is, collusion attacks involving two applications communicating over covert channels. …”
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Latino Alzheimer's Caregiving: Neither a Burden nor a "Carga" by Lyda Arevalo-flechas

“…Semi-structured interviews were conducted, and prolonged participant observation and artifacts provided rich data.Results:All caregivers described their experience as difficult, but not as a burden or carga. …”
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Polarization Möbius strip at the tight focus of a generalized Poincaré beam by V.V. Kotlyar, A.A. Kovalev, A.M. Telegin

“…Analytical expressions are derived for all components of the electric field strength vector in the focal plane. …”
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Unveiling inverted D genes and D-D fusions in human antibody repertoires unlocks novel antibody diversity by Ponraj Prabakaran, Abhinav Gupta, Sambasiva P. Rao, Deepak Rajpal, Maria Wendt, Yu Qiu, Partha S. Chowdhury

“…We identified 25 unique inverted D genes (InvDs) in both naive and memory B cells from antibody repertoires of 13 healthy donors. These InvDs utilize all three reading frames during translation, producing distinct amino acid profiles enriched in histidine, proline, and lysine in CDR-H3s of antibodies with potential functional diversity. …”
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Understanding Tobacco Control: Global and National Strategies by Diksha Sharma, Manjunath B.C, Bhavna Sabbarwal, Vipul Yadav, Nirav Vyas, Sonam Yadav

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Spatial Development of the Novosibirsk Region by Evgeniya Anatolievna Kolomak

“…The conclusion is that there is a high degree of concentration of business activity around the regional capital. At the same time, not all municipalities of the Novosibirsk agglomeration are leaders in terms of growth rates and business efficiency, which raises the question of exhausting the resource of the positive effects of the agglomeration economy. …”
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Ripening of Sudanese Braided (Muddaffara) Cheese Manufactured from Raw or Pasteurized Milk: Effect of Heat Treatment and Salt Concentration on the Physicochemical Properties by Mohamed O. E. Altahir, Elgasim A. Elgasim, Isam A. Mohamed Ahmed

“…Braided cheeses were manufactured from raw (BCRM) and pasteurized (BCPM) milk and ripened in SW (0%, 5%, and 10% salt) for up to 90 days. All the treatments significantly (P≤0.05) affected the physicochemical characteristics of SBC. …”
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Impaired Albumin Uptake and Processing Promote Albuminuria in OVE26 Diabetic Mice by Y. S. Long, S. Zheng, P. M. Kralik, F. W. Benz, P. N. Epstein

“…OVE26 mice have the most severe albuminuria of all diabetic mouse models but it is not known if impaired tubule uptake and processing are contributing factors. …”
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Predisposing Factors and Etiology of Deep Neck Space Infections – A Hospital-based Cross-sectional Study by Utkarsh Jain, Mahima Luthra, Sampan Singh Bist, Lovneesh Kumar, Vinish Kumar Agarwal

“…The clinico-demographic profile, microbiological profile, predisposing factors, and etiology of DNSI were recorded in all patients and analyzed. Results: The mean age was 43.46 ± 18.07 years. …”
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