A Model for Bank Management Performance Appraisal with the Advanced Technologies Approach (Meta-Synthesis Method) by Ehsan Kiani Ghalehno, Habibollah Salarzehi, Bahareh Naseri, Abdolali Keshtegar

“…Technology-based products create opportunities to have great cost advantages, increase profitability, and facilitate lower risk in comparison with traditional banking products. …”
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Protocol for reconstructing ancestral genomes from present-day samples by applying local ancestry inference by Xiaoxi Zhang, Baonan Wang, Jia Wen, Yang Gao, Yuwen Pan, Shuhua Xu

“…Summary: The genome of the most recent common ancestor is generally not available but can greatly facilitate the inference of demographic history and the detection of local adaptations. …”
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Miti e immagini cartesiane by Siegrid Agostini

“…In this context, I have tried to draw attention to some recently published volumes, with the aim of enabling the reader to approach the study of this great philosopher with greater awareness. This can be achieved both through the author’s internal analysis of his work and the comparison with other philosophers and scholars who were his contemporaries.…”
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Selection the method of natural gas preparation for transportation through main gas pipelines by O. Yu. Manikhin, V. V. Shalay, E. V. Khodоreva

“…When designing natural gas drying equipment, the possibility of implementing an integrated approach to determine the rational technical and economic indicators of the technological devices under consideration is of great importance. This makes it possible to achieve maximum energy efficiency from the operated equipment for each specific field. …”
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Choose MyPlate: Drink Water Instead of Sugary Drinks by Jeanine Beatty, Karla Shelnutt, Gail Kauwell

“…The regular consumption of sugary drinks has greatly increased over the past few decades. Most adults consume about 400 calories per day as beverages, and regular soda is the number one drink. …”
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A Whale Optimization Algorithm-Based Data Fitting Method to Determine the Parameters of Films Measured by Spectroscopic Ellipsometry by Liyuan Ma, Xipeng Xu, Changcai Cui, Mai Gao, Tukun Li, Shan Lou, Paul J. Scott, Xiangqian Jiang, Wenhan Zeng

“…This validation confirms that it has great potential in the determination of film parameters in ellipsometry data fitting.…”
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A Review of Urea Pyrolysis to Produce NH3 Used for NOx Removal by Denghui Wang, Ning Dong, Yanqing Niu, Shien Hui

“…Little work has been done on mechanism study and development of a kinetic model with high accuracy, which are still in great need nowadays.…”
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Application of the Time Step Optimization Method in Seismic Liquefaction Analysis and Its Evaluation Method for Computational Efficiency Improvement by Qi Li, Bin Li, Shaorui Sun, Nan Yang

“…The results show that the computing efficiency is greatly improved after the seismic liquefaction numerical analysis program is optimized by the time step optimization method.…”
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Résurgences paysagères et nouvelles économies agricoles dans le périurbain francilien by Monique Poulot

“…Landscape and agricultural challenges have became so important into the space organization of a great metropolis such as Ile-de-France that new procedures, as the protected agricultural areas are now included in the planning urban actions. …”
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Wearable Sensors for Plants: Status and Prospects by Xuexin Yan, Yawen Pang, Kaiwen Niu, Bowen Hu, Zhengbo Zhu, Zuojun Tan, Hongwei Lei

“…Wearable sensors show great potential for monitoring the physiological and surrounding environmental information for plants due to their high flexibility, biocompatibility, and scalability. …”
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A Population-Based Optimization Method Using Newton Fractal by Soyeong Jeong, Pilwon Kim

“…The particles’ movements are influenced by the fractal nature of the Newton method and are greatly diversified in the approach to the temporal best optimums. …”
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Vibration Attenuation by a Combination of a Piezoelectric Stack and a Permanent Magnet by A. Nandi, S. Neogy, S. Bhaduri, H. Irretier

“…Thus in the proposed actuator the force of actuation can be applied with great precision. This actuator is also attractive for its simple constructional feature.…”
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Innovating Instrument Handover Techniques for Robotic Scrub Nurses by Scheppach Carl, Wagner Lars, Spinner Caroline, Jell Alissa, Wilhelm Dirk

“…Despite this tasks’ apparent simplicity, it requires great precision and timing, while seamless execution is essential for the surgical workflow. …”
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Fullerene nanosheets for surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy by Linchangqing Yang, Yahui Li, Wei Liu, Junhao Zhang, Qinghong Kong, Guangcheng Xi

“…Developing nonmetallic SERS substrates is of great significance for expanding the application scope of SERS substrate materials. …”
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Experimental Study on the Transition between Static and Kinetic Frictions of Steel/Shale Pairs by Qin Lian, Chunxu Yang, Jifei Cao

“…The transition from static to dynamic friction coefficient is greatly affected by the normal load, quiescent time, and sliding velocity, especially the lubricating condition. …”
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Novel Power Reduction Technique for ReRAM with Automatic Avoidance Circuit for Wasteful Overwrite by Takaya Handa, Yuhei Yoshimoto, Kazuya Nakayama, Akio Kitagawa

“…Low-power operations can be great advantageous for ReRAM devices. However, wasteful overwriting such as the SET operation to low-resistance state (LRS) device and the RESET operation to high-resistance state (HRS) device causes not only an increase in power but also the degradation of the write cycles due to repeatedly rewriting. …”
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Seismic Fragility Analysis of Buildings Based on Double-Parameter Damage Models considering Soil-Structure Interaction by Panpan Zhai, Peng Zhao, Yang Lu, Chenying Ye, Feng Xiong

“…Most conventional seismic fragility analyses of RC buildings usually ignore or greatly simplify the soil-structure interaction (SSI), and the maximum interstory drift ratio (MIDR) is often adopted to establish seismic fragility curves. …”
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A delay-differential equation model of HIV related cancer--immune system dynamics by Urszula Foryś, Jan Poleszczuk

“…In the human body, the appearance of tumor cells usually turns on the defensive immune mechanisms. It is therefore of great importance to understand links between HIV related immunosuppression and cancer prognosis. …”
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Essential oils – a review of the natural evolution of applications and some future perspectives by Stanislava Ivanova, Yana Gvozdeva, Radiana Staynova, Daniela Grekova-Kafalova, Vanya Nalbantova, Niko Benbassat, Nina Koleva, Kalin Ivanov

“…Since ancient times, essential oils (EOs) have been used, thoroughly explored, and regarded as products of great importance for humanity. Currently, EOs represent not only an important part of the contemporary pharmaceutical and cosmetic industry but are also considered as sources for novel drug candidates. …”
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FRANZ SCHUBERT AND THE MUSICAL ROMANTICISM by Boróka GYARMATHY-BENCZE

“…Although he died at a very young age, he left behind a great artistic legacy. …”
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