Study of female entrepreneurship: an empirical evidence in the Municipality of León in Nicaragua by Justa Pastora Amador-Ruiz, Antonio Juan Briones-Peñalver

“…In this sense, within the context of creating new companies, it can be considered as one of the main mechanisms that contributes to achieve the desired wellbeing in society. Women's entrepreneurship reduces unemployment, increases innovation, improves competitiveness and favors economic growth significantly. …”
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Bayesian Estimation of Generalized Process Capability Indices by Sudhansu S. Maiti, Mahendra Saha

“…Maiti et al. (2010) have proposed a generalized process capability index that is the ratio of proportion of specification conformance to proportion of desired conformance. Bayesian estimation of the index has been considered under squared error loss function. …”
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SOCIOCULTURAL TRADITION AND DIGITAL SOCIETY: TWO STRATEGIC LANDMARKS OF THE CHINESE FORESIGHT TECHNOLOGY by M. Yu. Zakharov

“…The article analyses the features of the formation and strategic guidelines of the Chinese foresight technology, its potential opportunities, the limits of its use in order to build the desired digital future and determine specific steps to achieve it effectively. …”
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Flyback converter controlled by Arduino Uno by Khalid Badr Yas, Ahmed Rashid

“… This paper presented the design, simulation, and implantation a DC-DC step-up Flyback converter that regulates the output voltage to give the desired value 200 V 100 W and can be used in many application such as power supply. …”
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Bilateral Renal Hilar Nutcracker Phenomenon in a Male Cadaver by Dibakar Borthakur, Rajesh Kumar, Vidhu Dhawan, Rima Dada

“…Hence, knowledge of such anatomical variation at the renal hilum is desirable. …”
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Dinuclear Copper(I) Thiodiacetate Complex-Mediated Expeditious Synthesis of the Chlorine-Containing Cyclen-Cored 36-Glucose-Coated Glycodendrimer by Anand K. Agrahari, Sunil Kumar, Anindra Sharma, Vinod K. Tiwari

“…Both azide-alkyne partners were coupled through a modular copper azide-alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) strategy to afford a high yield of the desired 36-glucose-coated glycodendrimer. The synthesized glycodendrimer has been elucidated by NMR, gel permeation chromatography (GPC), and IR spectral analysis.…”
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Narrowband-to-Narrowband Frequency Reconfiguration with Harmonic Suppression Using Fractal Dipole Antenna by S. A. Hamzah, M. Esa, N. N. N. A. Malik, M. K. H. Ismail

“…Harmonic suppressed fractal antenna with switches named TMFDB25 is developed to select desired frequency band from 400 MHz to 3.5 GHz. The radiating element length is changed to tune the operating frequency while the stub is used to eliminate the undesired harmonic frequency. …”
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State Estimation for Time-Delay Systems with Markov Jump Parameters and Missing Measurements by Yushun Tan, Qiong Qi, Jinliang Liu

“…By employing a new Lyapunov function and using the convexity property of the matrix inequality, a sufficient condition for the existence of the desired state estimator for Markovian jump systems with missing measurements can be achieved by solving some linear matrix inequalities, which can be easily facilitated by using the standard numerical software. …”
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Wetting and Photocatalytic Properties of TiO2 Nanotube Arrays Prepared via Anodic Oxidation of E-Beam Evaporated Ti Thin Films by Soon Wook Kim, Hong Ki Kim, Jong Won Yun, Eui Jung Kim, Sung Hong Hahn

“…., high surface area), which leads to high hydrophilicity, is desirable for effective photocatalytic activity.…”
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Generalized Fuzzy Bonferroni Harmonic Mean Operators and Their Applications in Group Decision Making by Jin Han Park, Eun Jin Park

“…In this paper, we study desirable properties of these operators and extend them, by considering the correlations of any three aggregated arguments instead of any two, to develop generalized fuzzy weighted Bonferroni harmonic mean (GFWBHM) operator and generalized fuzzy ordered weighted Bonferroni harmonic mean (GFOWBHM) operator. …”
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Delay-Dependent Finite-Time H∞ Filtering for Markovian Jump Systems with Different System Modes by Yong Zeng, Jun Cheng, Shouming Zhong, Xiucheng Dong

“…Based on the derived condition, the H∞ filtering problem is solved, and an explicit expression of the desired filter is also given; the system trajectory stays within a prescribed bound during a specified time interval. …”
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“I Want That”: Human-in-the-Loop Control of a Wheelchair-Mounted Robotic Arm by Katherine M. Tsui, Dae-Jin Kim, Aman Behal, David Kontak, Holly A. Yanco

“…In this paper, we present the complete system which can autonomously retrieve a desired object from a shelf. We also present the results of a 15-week study in which 12 participants from our target population used our system, totaling 198 trials.…”
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Characterization and Comparison of Mesoporous Silica Particles for Optimized Drug Delivery by Xinyue Huang, Neil P Young, Helen E Townley

“…The eventual dissolution of the nanoparticles after cargo release is a desirable property for a drug delivery system.…”
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Towards a More Resilient Healthcare Sector in Post-COVID-19 Pandemic in Jordan by Omar Mowafi, Melina Al-Hasan, Basheer A. Khamees, Rima AL Hasan, Zu'bi M.F. Al-Zu'bi, Barween Al Kurdi

“… This study explores the desirable conditions for the Health Sector Governance in post-COVID-19 pandemic Jordan. …”
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Algorithms for a Generalized Multipolar Neutrosophic Soft Set with Information Measures to Solve Medical Diagnoses and Decision-Making Problems by Rana Muhammad Zulqarnain, Harish Garg, Imran Siddique, Rifaqat Ali, Abdelaziz Alsubie, Nawaf N. Hamadneh, Ilyas Khan

“…Later on, to extend it to solve the decision-making problems, we define some information measures such as distance, similarity, and correlation coefficient for the generalized multipolar neutrosophic soft set. Several desirable properties and their relationship between them are derived. …”
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Finite-Time Cooperative Tracking Control Algorithm for Multiple Surface Vessels by Jianfang Jiao, Mingyu Fu

“…In light of the leader-follower strategy, a virtual leader vessel is defined to provide reference point for other surface vessels to form the desired formation. Specifically, the proposed algorithm only requires the communication topology among the surface vessels to be a directed graph with a directed spanning tree. …”
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Functionally Graded Materials: An Overview of Stability, Buckling, and Free Vibration Analysis by Ning Zhang, Tahir Khan, Haomin Guo, Shaoshuai Shi, Wei Zhong, Weiwei Zhang

“…It is the advanced development of formerly used composite materials and consists of two or more materials in order to achieve the desired properties according to the application where an FGM is used. …”
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A Nonparametric Method for Automatic Denoising of Microseismic Data by Pingan Peng, Liguan Wang

“…Noise suppression or signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) enhancement is often desired for better processing results from a microseismic dataset. …”
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A Near-Infrared Optical Tomography System Based on Photomultiplier Tube by Huacheng Feng, Jing Bai, Xiaolei Song, Gang Hu, Junjie Yao

“…Experiments based on the proposed imaging system were performed, and the desired results can be obtained. The experimental results suggested that the proposed imaging instrumentation is effective.…”
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A Biomimetic Approach for the Creation of Two-Dimensional Microscale Surface Patterns: Creation of Isolated Immunological Synapses by Eric Stern, David J. Mooney, Tarek M. Fahmy

“…Such a capability is desirable for engineering substrates in sensing and cell patterning applications where at least two different protein functionalities in a specific configuration are required. …”
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