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

“…However, the financial performance effects on supply chain disruption orientation can be controlled through supply chain flexibility.Originality/Value: The study results can help design a strategic resilience plan for pharmaceutical companies. …”
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The causal relationship between digital literacy and students’ academic achievement: a meta-analysis by Feng Li, Liang Cheng, Xi Wang, Lingxia Shen, Yuxin Ma, A. Y. M. Atiquil Islam

“…In addition, there were significant differences in the correlation between DL and academic achievement among students of different grade levels, orientations of DL, subjects, sampling methods, and genders. …”
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Judge's Managerial Competences: a Case Study of a High-Performance Court by Livia Lúcia Oliveira Borba, Fabricio Castagna Lunardi, Tomas Aquino Guimarães

“…The competences are the following: People Management and Team Leadership, Judicial Proceedings Management, Communication, Systemic Vision, Innovative Action, Information Management, Technical Managerial Competence, and Outcomes-Oriented Management. These results and their relationship with court performance are herein discussed. …”
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Prediction of Pore Size Characteristics of Needle-Punched Nonwoven Geotextiles Subjected to Uniaxial Tensile Strains by Lin Tang, Qiang Tang, Aolai Zhong, Hanjie Li

“…The variation of the fibre orientation with tensile strains and the corresponding effect on pore sizes has been evaluated by image analysis. …”
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Developing Mobile BIM/2D Barcode-Based Automated Facility Management System by Yu-Cheng Lin, Yu-Chih Su, Yen-Pei Chen

“…Building information modeling (BIM) uses precise geometry and relevant data to support the facilities depicted in three-dimensional (3D) object-oriented computer-aided design (CAD). This paper proposes a new and practical methodology with application to FM that uses an integrated 2D barcode and the BIM approach. …”
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Advanced Piezoelectric Materials, Devices, and Systems for Orthopedic Medicine by Jingkai Zhang, Chang Liu, Jun Li, Tao Yu, Jing Ruan, Fan Yang

“…Known for its highly oriented and hierarchical structure, collagen in natural bones produces local electrical signals to stimulate osteoblasts and promote bone formation, inspiring the application of piezoelectric materials in orthopedic medicine. …”
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Characterization of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus / AIDS Epidemic in Cienfuegos. 2006- 2010 by Isis Arelis Espinosa Salas, Sara Hernández Malpica, Maitté González Vila, Mario Álvarez Gutérrez

“…The variables analyzed were: age, sex, sexual orientation, source of inquiry, source of infection and municipality of origin.…”
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Experimental investigation of pretensioned bolts under cyclic loading: Damage assessment using acoustic emission by Tieliang An, Xigui Zheng, Dengxing Zhu, Deyu Qian, Yu Guo, Juncai Cao

“…The following main conclusions were drawn: (1) With a higher loading frequency, the acoustic emission counts rate increases, while the total energy released in a given cyclic loading path decreases. (2) A fitting formula is established according to the relationship between the tension amplitude and cumulative acoustic emission counts, which can analyze the tension magnitude level of the cyclic load. (3) A damage factor for a cyclic load is proposed based on the acoustic emission counts generated during the cyclic and monotonic loading process that can analyze the degree of damage to the anchorage system caused by the cyclic load. (4) Based on the spatial distribution of the acoustic emission orientation points and the acoustic emission energy generated during the pull-out process, the acoustic emission damage evolution process of the anchorage specimens is deduced, and the mechanism of the high stability of the pretension anchorage system after cyclic loading is analyzed. …”
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Immunostimulatory Effects of Guanine-Quadruplex Topologies as Scaffolds for CpG Oligodeoxynucleotides by Soumitra Pathak, Nguyen Bui Thao Le, Taiji Oyama, Yusuke Odahara, Atsuya Momotake, Kazunori Ikebukuro, Chiho Kataoka-Hamai, Chiaki Yoshikawa, Kohsaku Kawakami, Yoshihisa Kaizuka, Tomohiko Yamazaki

“…G4 structures can form in parallel, anti-parallel, or hybrid topologies, depending on strand orientation, but the effects of these topologies on CpG ODNs have not yet been explored. …”
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Public Preferences and Willingness to Pay for Bay Ecological Restoration by LI Jingmei, HAO Yanan, SHAN Jingzhu, ZHANG Xiaofan

“…The research conclusions can provide data support for formulating policies for bay ecological restoration and governance and shaping people-oriented high-quality bay ecological restoration.…”
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Impacts and challenges of industry 4.0 in manufacturing: a systematic literature review by Tamires Fernanda Barbosa Nunes, Roselaine Ruviaro Zanini, Ariane Ferreira Porto Rosa, Lizandra Garcia Lupi Vergara

“…The digital transformation proposed by Industry 4.0 is driven by intelligent manufacturing processes, digitalization, flexibility, integration of systems, and real-time analysis of big data generating intelligent processes and services oriented to customer needs. However, despite the opportunities produced by technological innovation, the fourth industrial revolution has established an environment of uncertainty in the labor market and business models reflected throughout the social sphere. …”
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Integrating machine learning with advanced processing and characterization for polycrystalline materials: a methodology review and application to iron-based superconductors by Akiyasu Yamamoto, Akinori Yamanaka, Kazumasa Iida, Yusuke Shimada, Satoshi Hata

“…Specifically, we discuss a mechanochemical process involving high-energy milling, in situ observation of microstructural formation using 3D scanning transmission electron microscopy, phase-field modeling coupled with Bayesian data assimilation, nano-orientation analysis via scanning precession electron diffraction, semantic segmentation using neural network models, and the Bayesian-optimization-based process design using BOXVIA software. …”
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Advances in reactive air wetting and brazing of engineering ceramics by Mingfen Zhang, Shunjian Xu, Fabrizio Valenza, Xiangzhao Zhang, Guiwu Liu, Guanjun Qiao

“…In particular, the RAW and RAB processes, interfacial microstructures, reaction products, and joint reliability (including joint strength, fracture energy, gas tightness, and high-temperature aging resistance) are highlighted for understanding interfacial behavior and joint performance and developing application-oriented brazing technology. Finally, some helpful conclusions are drawn after summarizing the RAB of oxide ceramics. …”
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New Method for OC Relay Coordination by Ameer Aqeel Kamoona, Ahmed Najm alfadli, Israa Ali Alshabeeb

“…Also these relays have the ability to communicate with each other to share statuses and orders using GOOSE (generic object‐oriented substation events) messages based on communication protocols such as IEC61850. …”
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Impact Assessment of Orography on the Extreme Precipitation Event of July 2010 over Pakistan: A Numerical Study by Khan Muhammad Tahir, Yan Yin, Yong Wang, Zaheer A. Babar, Dong Yan

“…Under the set synoptic conditions, orographic orientation enhanced the moisture accumulation and deep convection, resulting in occurrence of this extreme event.…”
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Evidence of genetic determination of annual movement strategies in medium-sized raptors by Ivan Literák, Claudia Maria Kyseláková, Marek Dostál, Caka Karlsson, Jan Škrábal, Mykola Skyrpan, Ervín Hrtan, Lászlo Haraszthy, Rainer Raab

“…Abstract Most species of migrating birds use a combination of innate vector-based orientation programs and social information to facilitate accurate navigation during their life. …”
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Effect of the Reinforcement Phase on Indentation Resistance and Damage Characterization of Glass/Epoxy Laminates Using Acoustic Emission Monitoring by C. Suresh Kumar, K. Saravanakumar, P. Prathap, M. Prince, G. Bharathiraja, S. Kannan, S. Madhu, P. Kumaran

“…The presence of randomly oriented fibres prevents the delamination crack propagation during compression loading, which was attributed with the increased residual compressive strength.…”
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Investigation on enhancing strength and ductility of as-cast Mg-Gd-Y-Zn-Zr alloy by fine-tuning Zn/RE ratio by Yongfeng Li, Ang Zhang, Chuangming Li, Hecong Xie, Hengrui Hu, Bin Jiang, Yuyang Gao, Yuhong Cui, Zongliang Tan, Zhihua Dong, Fusheng Pan

“…The improvement in ductility is attributed to the {10 1‾ 2} twins facilitating the grain deviation from hard orientations and the activation of non-basal <c+a> slip. …”
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Large N limit of the Yang–Mills measure on compact surfaces II: Makeenko–Migdal equations and the planar master field by Antoine Dahlqvist, Thibaut Lemoine

“…This paper considers the large N limit of Wilson loops for the two-dimensional Euclidean Yang–Mills measure on all orientable compact surfaces of genus larger or equal to $1$ , with a structure group given by a classical compact matrix Lie group. …”
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Interaction of Bradykinin and B2 Bradykinin Receptor Antagonists with Colloidal Au Surface Explored by Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering by Dominika Skołuba, Dariusz Sobolewski, Adam Prahl, Edyta Proniewicz

“…In case of the BK specifically modified analogues mainly the Pip and Thi rings are involved in the interaction process; however, Pip and Thi adopt slightly different orientation with respect to Au for each of the analogues. …”
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