Designing an Intuitionistic Fuzzy Network Data Envelopment Analysis Model for Efficiency Evaluation of Decision-Making Units with Two-Stage Structures by Nafiseh Javaherian, Ali Hamzehee, Hossein Sayyadi Tooranloo

“…In the end, the proposed method is used to solve an illustrative numerical example.…”
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A Spotlight on Chemical Constituents and Pharmacological Activities of Nigella glandulifera Freyn et Sint Seeds by Besma Boubertakh, Xin-Guang Liu, Xiao-Lan Cheng, Ping Li

“…We put also a spotlight on the recently studied therapeutic potentials of such amazing herb seeds as antidiabetes, melanogenesis inhibition, anticancer, anti-inflammatory, antithrombosis, and antiplatelet aggregation effects. Herein, we illustrate certain properties and potentials via selected examples, and thus we suggest more studies to confirm the therapeutic hypotheses, find out new compounds, and eventually to discover novel properties.…”
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Fuzzy Programming Approach to Solve Multi-Objective Fully Fuzzy Transportation Problem by Admasu Tadesse, Sirkumar Acharya, Berhanu Belay

“…Finally fuzzy decision is made after solving the resultant mathematical programming problem using LINGO(Schrage and LINDO Systems (1997)) software. Illustrative numerical example is presented in support of the proposed methodology. …”
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Pulmonary Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis Presenting as a Solitary Pulmonary Nodule on a Lung Cancer Screening CT by Hassan Baig, Sushilkumar Sonavane, Ian Makey, Jorge Mallea, Andras Khoor

“…Lobectomy was performed based on frozen section; however, on formal pathology review, the nodule was ultimately found to be PLCH. This case illustrates an atypical presentation of PLCH as a solitary nodule. …”
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A Case of Primary Uterina Lymphoma Presenting with Bleeding, Pelvic Pain, and Dysmenorrhea by Lilian Yukari Miura, Miriam Anyury Daquin Maure, Monica Tessmann Zomer, Reitan Ribeiro, Teresa Cristina Santos Cavalcanti, William Kondo

“…The histologic evaluation of the specimen showed a follicular lymphoma with diffuse pattern in the endometrium. This report illustrates the difficulty in the diagnosis of primary lymphomas of the female genital tract.…”
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Performance evaluation of underwater vision systems by V.Y. Kolyuchkin, N.M. Kostylev, Y.S. Gulina

“…The results of numerical experiments presented in the paper illustrate the possibility of using the proposed technique to optimize the underwater object image registration system parameters in order to achieve the required values of detection or recognition probabilities at the given ranges.…”
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Switched Exponential State Estimation and Robust Stability for Interval Neural Networks with Discrete and Distributed Time Delays by Hongwen Xu, Huaiqin Wu, Ning Li

“…Finally, two numerical examples are provided to illustrate the validity of the theoretical results.…”
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Autonomous Orbit Determination for Lagrangian Navigation Satellite Based on Neural Network Based State Observer by Youtao Gao, Tanran Zhao, Bingyu Jin, Junkang Chen, Bo Xu

“…Simulation results illustrate that the stable error of autonomous orbit determination is about 10 m. …”
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Play Turned Painful: A Teenager’s Tibial Pilon Fracture from A Simple Jump by Victoria M Koniuk, Brody M Fogleman, Lindsay Tjiattas-Saleski

“…They typically result from high-energy trauma and often involve the fibula. This case illustrates a low-energy mechanism resulting in a pilon fracture without fibular involvement in a young patient without typical risk factors. …”
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Interdisciplinary Management of Maxillary Canine Buccal Ectopia Associated with Peg Shaped Lateral Incisor by Karuna Singh Sawhny, Asheesh Sawhny

“…The purpose of this report is to illustrate an interdisciplinary approach involving both orthodontic management and conservative tooth restoration. …”
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Life History of Aricoris propitia (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae)—A Myrmecophilous Butterfly Obligately Associated with Fire Ants by Lucas A. Kaminski, Fernando S. Carvalho-Filho

“…The immature stages of Aricoris propitia (Stichel) are described and illustrated for the first time, using both light and scanning electron microscopy. …”
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Wireless Machine to Machine Based Mobile Substation Monitoring for District Heating System by Cheng Bo, Cheng Xin, Zhang Chengwen, Liu Ying, Chen Junliang

“…In particular, focusing on the design and implementation for GPRS-based multiserial data transmission terminals to collect the PLC/OPC data in the substation, machine to machine communication network is used to handle the transmission monitoring data from boiler room to master station via GPRS devices and data center that uses different smart mobile devices in a global network, and we also illustrated the mobile substation monitoring scenarios for district heating system. …”
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Rough Atanassov’s Intuitionistic Fuzzy Sets Model over Two Universes and Its Applications by Shuqun Luo, Weihua Xu

“…We study some important properties of approximation operators and investigate the rough degree in the novel model. Furthermore, an illustrated example is employed to demonstrate the conceptual arguments of the model. …”
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A Case-Based Reasoning Method for Remanufacturing Process Planning by Fan Zhou, Zhigang Jiang, Hua Zhang, Yan Wang

“…To assess the usefulness and practicality of the proposed method, an illustrative example is given and the results are discussed.…”
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Rapid Separation of All Four Tocopherol Homologues in Selected Fruit Seeds via Supercritical Fluid Chromatography Using a Solid-Core C18 Column by Elise Urvaka, Inga Mišina, Arianne Soliven, Paweł Górnaś

“…The developed SFC-DAD method was precise, accurate, and most importantly more environmentally friendlier compared to the RP-LC method due to the 125-fold decrease in methanol consumption. The present study illustrated the selectivity differences between LC and SFC and how the C18 column can be used for tocopherol characterization. …”
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Peroneal Arteriovenous Fistula and Pseudoaneurysm: An Unusual Presentation by Kevin C. Ching, Kevin M. McCluskey, Abhay Srinivasan

“…Pathology revealed papillary endothelial hyperplasia consistent with an aneurysm and later genetic testing was consistent with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome Type IV. This case illustrates an unusual cause of acute atraumatic musculoskeletal pain and uncommon presentation of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.…”
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Improved DEA Cross Efficiency Evaluation Method Based on Ideal and Anti-Ideal Points by Qiang Hou, Meiou Wang, Xue Zhou

“…Numerical examples are provided to illustrate the new constructed model and certify the rationality of the constructed model through relevant analysis with the traditional DEA model.…”
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A STEDable BF₂-Azadipyrromethene Fluorophore for Nuclear Membrane and Associated Endoplasmic Reticulum Imaging by Anaïs C. Bourgès, Massimiliano Garre, Dan Wu, Donal F. O’Shea

“…The imaging versatility of NM-ER was illustrated through its compatible use with other fluorophores for co-imaging with DNA, nuclear pores and lamina allowing cellular abnormalities to be identified. …”
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Bi-Level Game Strategy for Virtual Power Plants Based on an Improved Reinforcement Learning Algorithm by Zhu Liu, Guowei Guo, Dehuang Gong, Lingfeng Xuan, Feiwu He, Xinglin Wan, Dongguo Zhou

“…Finally, case analyses illustrate that the proposed method effectively accomplishes multi-objective optimization for various decision-making stakeholders, including VPP and system operators, while significantly reducing curtailment costs associated with the extensive integration of distributed renewable energy. …”
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A Multicriteria Decision Making Approach Based on Fuzzy Theory and Credibility Mechanism for Logistics Center Location Selection by Bowen Wang, Haitao Xiong, Chengrui Jiang

“…Finally, a practical example is analyzed to illustrate how to use the model. The result shows that the fuzzy multicriteria decision making model based on credibility mechanism can improve the reliability and suitability of site selection for the logistics center.…”
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