Contribution of Cash Management practices on Performance of Ankole Farmers Savings and Credit Cooperative Organization Rubindi Branch-Mbarara District. by Akankwasa, Alex, Akakikunda, Teddy, Ntirandekura, Moses, Masiko, Caroline Murezi, Nyesigire, Jolly

“…The study also established that cash management practices increase the flexibility and competitive advantage of an Organization, enabling it to take cash discounts. …”
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Financial inclusion and the growth of small medium enterprises in Uganda: empirical evidence from selected districts in Lango sub-region by Eton, Marus, Fabian, Mwosi, Constant, Okello Obura, Abanis, Turyahebwa, Gilbert, Uwonda

“…The cost of capital should also be reduced to encourage borrowing while SMEs should innovatively produce goods that can be competitive at both domestic and international markets.…”
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Providing a paradigmatic model of return on investment in the training of employees in the petrochemical industry by Mehdi Farahani, Seyyed Ali Akbar Ahmadi, Mohammad Tamimi

“…Finally, it was determined that the components of return on investment to the company and gaining competitive advantage are positive consequences of return on investment in employee training, which are consistent with the results of the study of Shabahang, Hendricks, Hayek, Ryer, & Lauler (2021). …”
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State of the art of pricing policy in air transportation: network carriers vs. low-cost airlines by Christian Wehner, Jesús Manuel López-Bonilla, Luis Miguel López-Bonilla, José António C. Santos

“…The modern air transport industry is highly competitive. To survive in the market, the implementation of a successful marketing strategy is fundamental. …”
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BREEDING AND GENETIC ESTIMATION OF SPRING BREAD WHEAT POPULATIONS OF THE SIBERIAN SHUTTLE BREEDING NURSERY OF CIMMYT by V. P. Shamanin, A. I. Morgunov, J. Manes, Y. I. Zelensky, A. S. Chursin, M. A. Levshunov, I. V. Pototskaya, I. E. Likhenko, T. A. Manko, I. I. Karakoz, A. V. Tabachenko, S. L. Petukhovsky

“…We have raised the most competitive hybrid populations of spring bread wheat resistant to a wide range of races of stem and leaf rust, including a virulent race Ug99. …”
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The Influence of E-Wallet Usage on the Decision to Use the Dana Application for Transactions among State University Students in Central Java by Annisa Noviana Ramadhani, Moechammad Nasir

“…The findings of this research contribute to the DANA application development strategy to continue to improve convenience, service features, and relevance to users' lifestyles, so that they can remain competitive in the digital market. However, this study has limitations covering a limited area, and exploring other variables in future research is recommended. …”
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Hypoxia-induced circPLOD2a/b promotes the aggressiveness of glioblastoma by suppressing XIRP1 through binding to HuR by Aixin Yu, Yiqi Wang, Chao Duan, Jun Qin, Miaomiao Liao, Haiyan Zhu, Junrong Lei, Jun Liu, Zehao Yang, Li Yu, Hui Gui, Jinxin Xin, Weiwei Tao, Wendai Bao, Zhiqiang Dong

“…Mechanistically, HIF1α induces the expression of circPLOD2a and b, which competitively bind to HuR, causing a degradation of XIRP1 in vitro and in vivo. …”
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Medicine Students’ Opinions on the English Discipline. University Polyclinic "Fabio Di Celmo" by Maira Pérez Pérez, Geisi Fernández Gómez, Isabel del Rosario Bagattín Martínez, Ditza Viera Álvarez, Maicel Eugenio Monzón Pérez

“…This statement is supported by the fact that knowledge of this foreign language completes the formation of a well prepared and highly competitive graduate student. <strong>Objective</strong>: To assess the views of medicine students on the study of English as a subject in their course. …”
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Green guardians: The biocontrol potential of Pseudomonas-derived metabolites for sustainable agriculture by Ruihuan Yang, Xiangning Du, Moein Khojasteh, Syed Mashab Ali Shah, Yongzheng Peng, Zhangfei Zhu, Zhengyin Xu, Gongyou Chen

“…These bacteria are notable for producing a wide array of bioactive antimicrobial metabolites (AMs), which give them a competitive advantage by inhibiting rival microorganisms and serve as a primary mechanism for the biocontrol of plant diseases, thus supporting sustainable agriculture. …”
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Optimization of the internal structure of 3D-printed components for architectural restoration by Valentina Tomei, Ernesto Grande, Maura Imbimbo

“…The ability to precisely reproduce the shape and surface details of complex elements, combined with the availability of a wide range of printing materials, makes 3D printing technology competitive compared to traditional techniques. In this context, the internal volume structure of 3D printed elements represents an additional design parameter to consider for enhancing interventions in terms of reducing the required material, and thus, lowering costs and environmental impact. …”
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Transformer-Based Model for Monocular Visual Odometry: A Video Understanding Approach by Andre O. Francani, Marcos R. O. A. Maximo

“…Our approach achieved competitive state-of-the-art performance compared with geometry-based and deep learning-based methods on the KITTI visual odometry dataset, outperforming the DeepVO implementation highly accepted in the visual odometry community. …”
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Literature review of lean, agile, resilient, green (LARG) in automotive manufacturing industry by Purba Humiras Hardi, Aisyah Siti, Hasibuan Sawarni, Jaqin Choesnul

“…Along with the development of the Indonesian national automotive industry which continues to grow after the COVID19 Pandemic, each company needs to increase its competitiveness based on LARG with each of its indicators. …”
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Sustainability reporting and transitory environmental sustainability risks in manufacturing by Daniel Schneider, Alexander Schüler, Markus Woerle, Dominik Schneider, Niklas Eisold, Gunther Reinhart

“…By bridging these reporting gaps, companies could better align with regulatory expectations and stakeholder demands, thus safeguarding their operational viability and competitive edge in an increasingly regulated market. …”
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Atomic-scale understanding of oxide growth and dissolution kinetics of Ni-Cr alloys by Penghao Xiao, Christine A. Orme, S. Roger Qiu, Tuan Anh Pham, Seongkoo Cho, Michael Bagge-Hansen, Brandon C. Wood

“…In the absence of pitting, we identify three distinct voltage regimes, which are kinetically dominated by oxide growth, dissolution, and competitive dissolution and reprecipitation. Evolving compositional gradients and oxide thickness are revealed, including a transition between a metastable Ni-Cr mixed oxide and a thick, porous Ni-dominated oxide. …”
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Towards pen‐holding hand pose recognition: A new benchmark and a coarse‐to‐fine PHHP recognition network by Pingping Wu, Lunke Fei, Shuyi Li, Shuping Zhao, Xiaozhao Fang, Shaohua Teng

“…Experimental results show that the authors’ proposed method can achieve a very competitive PHHP recognition performance when compared with the baseline recognition models.…”
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Nucleus-translocated GCLM promotes chemoresistance in colorectal cancer through a moonlighting function by Jin-Fei Lin, Ze-Xian Liu, Dong-Liang Chen, Ren-Ze Huang, Fen Cao, Kai Yu, Ting Li, Hai-Yu Mo, Hui Sheng, Zhi-Bing Liang, Kun Liao, Yi Han, Shan-Shan Li, Zhao-Lei Zeng, Song Gao, Huai-Qiang Ju, Rui-Hua Xu

“…Mechanistically, we unveil a noncanonical mechanism through which nuclear GCLM competitively interacts with NF-kappa-B (NF-κB)-repressing factor (NKRF), to promote NF-κB activity and facilitate chemoresistance. …”
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A Review of Removal of Pollutants from Water/Wastewater Using Different Types of Nanomaterials by M. T. Amin, A. A. Alazba, U. Manzoor

“…The rapidly increasing population, depleting water resources, and climate change resulting in prolonged droughts and floods have rendered drinking water a competitive resource in many parts of the world. The development of cost-effective and stable materials and methods for providing the fresh water in adequate amounts is the need of the water industry. …”
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The Determinants of Stock Market Performance Among Registered Companies in Tanzania: A Case of Dar Es Salaam Stock Exchange by Victor Mvanda, Pastory Dickson, Albinus Majula

“…The study recommended that companies registered with the DSE should well leverage so as to benefit from the performance competitiveness of the DSE public market.…”
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Effect of Slag Content and Carbonation/Ageing on Freeze-Thaw Resistance of Concrete by Iqbal Ahsan, Ojala Teemu, Al-Neshawy Fahim, Punkki Jouni

“…The use of blast furnace slag was seen as the most competitive way to significantly reduce CO2 emissions of concrete. …”
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Scalable System to Support a Digital Twin of a Stone Factory Production Line by Diogo Francisco, Roberto Ribeiro, Nuno Rodrigues, Alexandrino Goncalves, Anabela Marto, Irene Ferreira

“…Despite developments in this area, some companies are failing to keep up, which makes them less competitive. Thus, the present work proposes a system that can support a Digital Twin of Stone Factory, a sector that has not been evolving technologically so gradually. …”
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