Appraisal of the Effect of TQM and Entrepreneurship on Organizational Performance of Rangsazi Company of Iran by Mehdi Ajalli, Mohammad Mahdi Mozaffari, Mina Akbari Ghalee Jough

“…Finally, the results show the impact of total quality management on organizational performance with the role of entrepreneurial mediator.Originality/Value:  In total quality management and entrepreneurship, organizations that care about these variables perform better in achieving high levels of growth and development.…”
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Occurring of In Vitro Functional Vasculogenic Pericytes from Human Circulating Early Endothelial Precursor Cell Culture by Silvia Cantoni, Francesca Bianchi, Margherita Galletti, Elena Olivi, Francesco Alviano, Nazzareno Galiè, Carlo Ventura

“…Several studies address this issue by attempting to isolate pericyte/mesenchymal-like cells from peripheral blood; however the origin of these cells and their culture conditions are still debated. …”
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Upper-Bound Finite Element Adaptive Analysis of Plane Strain Heading in Soil with a Soft Upper Layer and Hard Lower Layer by Jian Zhang, Li Ding, Yu Liang, Jingyao Zong, Zhenya Li

“…The failure mechanism primarily involves a wedge-shaped zone around the tunnel face and two slip lines originating from the top and bottom of the tunnel face, and it is mainly influenced by three factors, i.e., the position of the soil interface, the soil properties, and the tunnel depth. …”
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Molecular and Biochemical Characterization of the Greek Pepper ( Capsicum annuum ) Cultivars ‘Florinis’ and ‘Karatzova’ by Niki Mougiou, Foteini Trikka, Sofia Michailidou, Mariana Pantoura, Anagnostis Argiriou

“…The molecular protocol established during this study may successfully discriminate the original ‘Florinis’ cultivar from the ‘Florinis’-type peppers. …”
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Modeling of short-term financial transmission rights in a secondary auction market using game theory by Mohammad Tabrizian, Hosein Seifi, Mohamad Kazem Sheikh-al-Eslami, Hamidreza Shahmirzad

“…Purpose: Finding the best situation for the expected profit by each of the participants (players) in the secondary auction market of financial congestion transmission rights.Methodology: From the point of view of game theory, finding at least one Nash equilibrium point for this competition takes into account the various constraints of the secondary auction market.Findings: This paper study the issue of financial transmission congestion contracts then uses the game theory to analyze the short-term (weekly) secondary FTR markets, in which the players manage the transmission risk through optimal biddings.Originality/Value: Congestion risk management is one of the most important topics of transmission network management in restructured power systems and electricity markets in the world, especially markets based on regional or local pricing, whose main tool is transmission financial contracts. …”
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The Computation of Flow and Heat Transfer through an Orthogonally Rotating Square-Ended U-Bend Using Low-Reynolds-Number Models by Konstantinos-Stephen P. Nikas, Hector Iacovides

“…Moreover, two length-scale correction terms to the dissipation rate of turbulence are used with the low-Re models, the original Yap term, and a differential form that does not require the wall distance (NYap). …”
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Giant gate modulation of antiferromagnetic spin reversal by the magnetoelectric effect by Kakeru Ujimoto, Hiroki Sameshima, Kentaro Toyoki, Takahiro Moriyama, Kohji Nakamura, Yoshinori Kotani, Motohiro Suzuki, Ion Iino, Naomi Kawamura, Ryoichi Nakatani, Yu Shiratsuchi

“…From the temperature dependence of the modulation efficiency, X-ray magnetic circular dichroism measurements and first-principles calculations, we showed that the origin of the giant modulation efficiency relied on the electric field modulation of the net magnetization due to the magnetoelectric effect. …”
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Interaction Prediction Optimization in Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Problems by Debiao Meng, Xiaoling Zhang, Hong-Zhong Huang, Zhonglai Wang, Huanwei Xu

“…IPM is utilized for controlling subsystems and coordinating the produce process in large-scale systems originally. We combine the strategy of IPM with CO and propose the Interaction Prediction Optimization (IPO) method to solve MDO problems. …”
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Chemical evolution characteristics and influencing factors of groundwater in the saline and fresh water funnel area in Hengshui City, North China by Yanbo Yu, Baizhong Yan, Yapeng Tuo, Xinkai Zhan, Xiandong Xie

“…The results showed that: With the exception of the deep freshwater funnel area in the western region, which exhibits a trend of water quality deterioration (Cl− accounted for more than 25%), groundwater quality in the other funnel areas demonstrates an improving trend (HCO $$_{3}^{-}$$ accounted for more than 25%). The origins of hydrochemical components in the groundwater of the two types of funnel areas are influenced by rock weathering. …”
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An Interactive Database of Cocaine-Responsive Gene Expression by Willard M. Freeman, Kathryn E. Dougherty, Sally E. Vacca, Kent E. Vrana

“…Accompanying each gene is a description of the gene, links to the original publications, and a link to the appropriate OMIM (Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man) entry. …”
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Living with Hepatitis C Virus: A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis of Qualitative Literature by Laura E. Dowsett, Stephanie Coward, Diane L. Lorenzetti, Gail MacKean, Fiona Clement

“…Studies were included if they focused on adults diagnosed with HCV; reported experience living with HCV; and described original research. Results. 46 studies were included. …”
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Renal Sinus Lipomatosis in Transplanted Kidneys: An Unusual Clinical Case by Luca Apicella, Gianfranco Vallone, Sossio Vitale, Gianluca Garofalo, Luigi Russo, Riccardo Gallo, Stefano Federico, Massimo Sabbatini

“…Renal sinus lipomatosis (RSL) represents an abnormal proliferation of the adipose tissue surrounding the renal pelvis of uncertain origin, associated with aging, obesity, steroid excess, infections, and calculosis. …”
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Revisiting pangenome openness with k-mers by Parmigiani, Luca, Wittler, Roland, Stoye, Jens

“…Pangenomics is the study of related genomes collectively, usually from the same species or closely related taxa. Originally, pangenomes were defined for bacterial species. …”
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Cerebrovascular Accident Secondary to Paradoxical Embolism Following Arteriovenous Graft Thrombectomy by Jolina Pamela Santos, Zaher Hamadeh, Naheed Ansari

“…These findings suggest that the stroke occurred as a result of an embolus originating from the AVG. Paradoxical cerebral embolism is uncommon but can occur after thrombectomy of clotted vascular access in ESRD patients. …”
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Study on the Generalized Displacement Boundary and Its Analytical Prediction for Ground Movements Induced by Shield Tunneling by Qianlong Tang, Fudong Chen, Mingfeng Lei, Binbin Zhu, Limin Peng

“…Then, a universal pattern of displacement boundary condition around the tunnel cavity is originally introduced, which is solved as the combination of three fundamental deformation modes, namely, uniform convergence, vertical translation, and ovalization. …”
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Good living and family farming in the Totonacapan of Puebla, Mexico by Mauricio Torres-Solís, Benito Ramírez-Valverde, José Pedro Juárez-Sánchez, Mario Aliphat Fernández, Gustavo Ramírez Valverde

“…The search for an answer to the contemporary civilizational crisis, makes it necessary to examine recent proposals originated in Native American ideas about Good Living and forms of social responsibility based on an adequate relationship between human societies and nature. …”
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New Steroid–Alkaloid Bioconjugates as Potential Bioactive Compounds: Synthesis, Spectroscopic and In Silico Study by Hanna Koenig, Karolina Babijczuk, Kamil Ostrowski, Damian Nowak, Tomasz Pospieszny, Beata Jasiewicz

“…The focus on compounds of natural origin is gaining prominence, with steroids and alkaloids representing notable examples. …”
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A Pilot Study on Dietary Approaches in Multiethnicity: Two Methods Compared by Romina Valentini, Maria Grazia Dalfrà, Michela Masin, Antonella Barison, Marcon Marialisa, Eva Pegoraro, Annunziata Lapolla

“…We compared maternal and fetal outcomes between two multiethnic groups of pregnant women, one adopting a food plan that included dishes typical of the foreign women's original countries (the “ethnic meal plan” group), while the other group adopted a standard meal plan. …”
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Novel Multiple Criteria Group Decision-Making Method Based on Hesitant Fuzzy Clustering Algorithm by Hongya Bian, Deqing Li, Yuang Liu, Rong Ma, Wenyi Zeng, Zeshui Xu

“…The results illustrate that the proposed method can provide more reasonable and credible rankings comparing with existing methods owing to keeping original data during computation.…”
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Diagnostic Features of Common Oral Ulcerative Lesions: An Updated Decision Tree by Hamed Mortazavi, Yaser Safi, Maryam Baharvand, Somayeh Rahmani

“…Thereafter, English-language articles published since 1983 to 2015 in both medical and dental journals including reviews, meta-analyses, original papers, and case reports were appraised. Upon compilation of the relevant data, oral ulcerative lesions were categorized into three major groups: acute, chronic, and recurrent ulcers and into five subgroups: solitary acute, multiple acute, solitary chronic, multiple chronic, and solitary/multiple recurrent, based on the number and duration of lesions. …”
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