Early Window Tailoring: A New Approach to Increase the Number of TCP Connections Served by Marcos Talau, Mauro Fonseca, Emilio C. G. Wille

“…The EWT allowed the existence of a number of flows, which is on average 49.3% better than its best competitor and 75.8% better when no AQM scheme was used.…”
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Economic consequences of the phenomenon of uberization on the example of the services of selected carriers in the transport industry by Nina Stępnicka, Grygorii Monastyrskyi, Beata Sadowska, Robert Walasek, Paulina Wiączek, Grzegorz Zimon

“…The study assumed the hypothesis that carpooling services, which are one of the important models of uberization, implemented in Poland through the BlaBlaCar app, can be a significant competitor to transportation services provided through traditional forms and models of communication, i.e., train and bus connections. …”
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Analysis of the implementation efficiency of digital signal processing systems on the technological platform SoC ZYNQ 7000 by Olexander Shkil, Oleh Filippenko, Dariia Rakhlis, Inna Filippenko, Valentyn Korniienko

“…The scientific novelty of the obtained results is summarized as follows: the competitor analysis was performed for the set of implementations of the given algorithms deployed on the ZYNQ platform using both SIMD instructions and several HLS-based topologies for the FPGA-offload execution strategy. …”
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Solvent extraction of uranium from an acidic medium for the front-end of nuclear fuel cycle: from mechanisms understanding to innovative process design by Giusti, Fabrice, Guerinoni, Elise, Lemire, David, Thimotée, Marine, Arrachart, Guilhem, Dourdain, Sandrine, Pellet-Rostaing, Stéphane

“…Despite the fact that methods for uranium extraction from an acidic medium (sulfuric, phosphoric or nitric) are relatively robust processes, the search for more efficient systems in terms of extraction efficiency and selectivity with respect to competitor ions remains relevant. To address this challenge, researchers have developed a wide range of new extracting molecular agents that allow efficient and selective liquid–liquid extraction of the target metal. …”
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Using decision analysis to develop a framework for nest protection for threatened birds by Joy. S. Tripovich, Terry Walshe, Andrew Elphinstone, Dean Ingwersen, Mick Roderick, Benjamin J. Pitcher

“…Four categories of threats were considered: avian predators, mammalian predators, extreme weather events and avian competitors. The interventions with the highest predicted probabilities of nest success under each threat category were, respectively: lethal control of avian predators, the use of tree collars to control arboreal mammalian predators, the provisioning of supplementary food and nesting resources during extreme weather events, and control of the noisy miner Manorina melanocephala, a competitor species. …”
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Impregnation of Silver Nanoparticles onto Polymers Based on Sugarcane Bagasse for the Remediation of Endocrine Disruptor–Bisphenol A from Water by Farid Mzee Mpatani, Ussi Makame Kombo, Khamis Rashid Kheir, Nahya Khamis Nassor, Daniel Joshua, Salma Saleh Mussa, Salama Abubakar Mohamed, Saide Abdulla Mbarak, Ali Shehe Hamad, Salum Ali Ahmada

“…This authenticates its reusability and consistency performances; accordingly, it can be a market competitor adsorbent for the treatment of water contaminated with BPA.…”
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Identification and ranking of disadvantages of coopetition strategy in the healthcare supply chain: the mix of the thematic analysis and ordinal priority approach by Esmaeil Mazroui Nasrabadi, Zahra Sadeqi-Arani, Abolfazl Sadeqi-Arani

“…Purpose: Coopetition strategy, which means simultaneous cooperation and competition between competitors, is one of the most efficient strategies to overcome limitations in resources and expertise. …”
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Competitive advantages of the organization as a guarantee of its high competitiveness by Оksana Koshchii

“…It is substantiated that the formation and development of the organization's competitive advantages should be carried out in accordance with the following requirements: be based on the organization's ability to be original compared to its competitors; ensure the uniqueness of the trademark compared to competitors in the long term; satisfy specific needs of consumers, etc.…”
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New Data on Breeding Strategies and Reproductive Success of the Globally Threatened Turtle Dove Co-Occurring with the “Competitive” Collared Dove and the “Predatory” Maghreb Magpie... by Wafae Squalli, Ismail Mansouri, Driss Ousaaid, Mohammed Hmidani, Hamid Achiban, Fatima Fadil, Mohamed Dakki

“…Finally, this study provides the first and only detailed data on nest-niche of the turtle dove co-occurring with competitor and predator species, in the entire Northwest Africa range. …”
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Helminth diversity of nutria (Myocastor coypus) across the Morava basin in the Czech Republic by Michal Benovics, Eva Nosková, Anna Klimešová, Lucie Škorpíková, Ema Jaššová, Jakub Drimaj, Jan Slováček, Ondřej Mikulka

“…This semiaquatic rodent became a well-established species in the Czech Republic; however, it still poses a significant threat to the native fauna, not only as a natural competitor but also as a vector of non-indigenous parasites. …”
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Fungal chemical warfare: the role of aflatoxin and fumonisin in governing the interaction between the maize pathogens, Aspergillus flavus and Fusarium verticillioides by Timothy R. Satterlee, Jaci A. Hawkins, Trevor R. Mitchell, Qijian Wei, Jessica M. Lohmar, Anthony E. Glenn, Scott E. Gold

“…We also assessed the expression of the global regulators of fungal secondary metabolism, veA and laeA, and found that their expression is altered in both A. flavus and F. verticillioides when exposed to their competitor’s mycotoxin. This work gives insight into the ecological roles of mycotoxins and why these fungi may produce them as weapons in the interspecies battle for resource acquisition.…”
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Pengaruh Word Affect Intensities Terhadap Deteksi Ulasan Palsu by Raga Saputra Heri Istanto, Fitra Abdurrachman Bachtiar, Achmad Ridok

“…With so many reviewers, it is possible that someone wrote a fake review to promote a product or demote a competitor’s product. It is very important to be able to detect fake review so that the reviews customers use as a consideration for choosing a product or service are reliable reviews. …”
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Utilization of drying beds to produce safe agricultural fertilizer from sewage sludge by Luay Qrenawi, Majd Nassar, Dina Nassar, Maram Hamada, Reem Al-Halabi

“…The treated sludge showed to be a good competitor to the commercial fertilizer that had NPK of 3.2, 1.9, 2.3 % respectively. …”
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Earth Detecting Earth: At What Distance Could Earth’s Constellation of Technosignatures Be Detected with Present-day Technology? by Sofia Z. Sheikh, Macy J. Huston, Pinchen Fan, Jason T. Wright, Thomas Beatty, Connor Martini, Ravi Kopparapu, Adam Frank

“…., planetary radar) beating out its nearest nonradio competitor by a factor of 10 ^3 in detection distance. …”
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Acinetobacter baumannii represses type VI secretion system through a manganese-dependent small RNA-mediated regulation by Somok Bhowmik, Avik Pathak, Shivam Pandey, Kuldip Devnath, Abhiroop Sett, Nishant Jyoti, Timsy Bhando, Jawed Akhter, Saurabh Chugh, Ramandeep Singh, Tarun Kumar Sharma, Ranjana Pathania

“…Acinetobacter baumannii ATCC 17978 utilizes T6SS at the expense of losing pAB3 plasmid to induce contact-dependent killing of competitor microbes, resulting in the loss of antibiotic resistance carried by pAB3. …”
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Evaluating the Cellophane Production Supply Chain Using Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Approaches by َAhmad Jafarnejad, Amir Mohammad Khani

“…The first level is wherein the market understanding, customer demand, and competitor practices are known. The fifth level involves the identification of potential risks and working out strategies to mitigate the risks. …”
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Table for two: Diet composition differences of allopatric and sympatric populations of island geckos by Catarina J. Pinho, Bárbara Santos, Vanessa A. Mata, Ricardo J. Lopes, Maria M. Romeiras, Evandro P. Lopes, Paulo C. Alves, Brent C. Emerson, Raquel Vasconcelos

“…In addition, this study reveals unexpected dietary differences within the allopatric population of T. raziana on Santa Luzia, suggesting a niche shift in response to the absence of a direct competitor that may influence the reintroduction planning of T. gigas. …”
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The intellectual paradigm and scientific mapping of brand image in International Researches by Maryam Najafi Yazdi, Seyed Hassan Hataminasab, Shahnaz Nayebzadeh

“…This is how the company's vulnerability to competitor's marketing actions is reduced (Yazdani Kachuei et al, 2022). …”
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Competitive Intelligence (CI) as a business strategy in the sustainability of delivery services in the era of the industrial revolution 4.0 by Yusup Iskandar, Nurdiana Mulyatini, Mukhtar Abdul Kader

“…The company growing among its competitors is something that needs to be maintained where the company gets the right steps to know the business development of its competitors. …”
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Mental preparation of karateka for sports competition in kata by Paweł Adam Piepiora, Julia Barbara Jurczyk, Jolita Vveinhardt

“…The above elements of mental preparation for kata competitors are universally applicable to all competitors in this field, yet they are not the sole elements that may be employed. …”
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