Public Transportation Hub Location with Stochastic Demand: An Improved Approach Based on Multiple Attribute Group Decision-Making by Sen Liu, Zhilan Song, Shuqi Zhong

“…In this paper, an improved multiple attribute group decision-making (MAGDM) method based on TOPSIS (Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution) and deviation is proposed to convert the qualitative factors of each hub into quantitative evaluation values. …”
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Organizational Adaptability Influenced by Practice Strategy, Environmental Dynamism, and Absorptive Capacity by Yunhao Gong, Yun Le, Xinyue Zhang, Xiaoyan Chen, Hui Zeng

“…The results of the research show that (1) the stable environment prefers organizations with a practice strategy of high exploitation and low exploration; (2) environmental dynamism inhibits the impact of both exploitative and exploratory practices on organizational adaptability; and (3) organizational absorptive capacity significantly reinforces the link between the intensity of exploitative practice, as well as exploratory practice, and organizational adaptability. …”
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Topique et focus discursifs locaux chez les enfants et les adultes hongrois by Gabriella Fekete

“…Our results show that in narrative texts, Hungarian speakers prefer to put the topic-focus association in the initial position. …”
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Macroscopic Hematuria and a Bladder Mass: Eosinophilic Cystitis in a 7-Year-Old Boy by Stine Bjerrum Runge, Søren Høyer, Louise Winding

“…When staging is considered before biopsy, MRI should be preferred to CT. There are no specific radiological signs of eosinophilic cystitis. …”
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Fostering Inclusion in Digital Marketplace: Vistas into the Online Shopping Experiences of Consumers with Visual Impairment in India by Greeshma Benny Thadikaran, Sandeep Kumar Singh

“…The findings indicate a growing preference for online shopping among the CWV. The results explore the accessibility-related issues encountered by CWV and strategies employed to overcome them. …”
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Design and Performance Investigation of a Robot-Assisted Flexible Ureteroscopy System by Jianchang Zhao, Jianmin Li, Liang Cui, Chaoyang Shi, Guowu Wei

“…Flexible ureteroscopy (FURS) has been developed and has become a preferred routine procedure for both diagnosis and treatment of kidney stones and other renal diseases inside the urinary tract. …”
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Using Stacks for Image Segmentation Based on Region Growing by V. Yu. Tsviatkou

“…A comparative assessment of the stack sizes required for image segmentation showed that using the FIFO stack is preferable to the LIFO stack and leads to significant memory savings.…”
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Normative decision theory and reindividuation of the outcomes by Filipović Nenad

“…Reindividu­ation seeks to preserve these requirements by refining the objects of preference in more detailed terms. However, John Broome has pointed out that this strategy can lead to the issue of making the requirements vacuous. …”
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Using Inquiry-Based Strategies for Enhancing Students’ STEM Education Learning by Ching-San Lai

“…The findings of this study includes: (1) students were highly satisfied on the STEM education learning program used in this study; (2) students’ learning feedback also showed that they approved inquiry-based learning; and (3) instructors’ teaching feedback showed that they preferred inquiry-based instruction as a teaching method. …”
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Pharmacological Management of Esophageal Food Bolus Impaction by Yasir Mohammed Khayyat

“…No evidence was found to suggest preference or effectiveness of use of a certain pharmacological agent compared to others. …”
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Quality Evaluation of the Ready-to-Eat Avocado cv. Hass by Nicole Roberta Giuggioli, Gabriele Chiaberto, Thais Mendes da Silva

“…Nutritional and quality attributes affect the choice of these fruits, whose characteristics must also be maintained in the postharvest period. The preference regarding the feasibility of eating ripe fruits can assure and improve the success of the emerging marketing of avocados. …”
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Effects of Annealing on the Structural and Optical Properties of Silver Thin Films by O. Osanyinlusi, A.B. Alabi, K.A. Yusuf, M.M. Orosun

“…XRD results revealed that silver films present a cubic phase with (111) preferred orientation. The XRD result and analysis also revealed that the intensity of the peaks and the crystallite size increase with increase in annealing temperature. …”
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RANKING OF TOURIST DESTINATIONS WITH MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING METHODS IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA by Ali Göksu, Seniye Erdinç Kaya

“…The interview data were analyzed with Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (FAHP) and Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS), which are methods of multi-criteria decision making (MCDM). …”
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The Impact of Perception toward the Built Environment in Airport Access Mode Choice Using Hybrid Choice Modeling by Mahdi Yazdanpanah, Mansour Hadji Hosseinlou

“…To identify the role of perception toward BE, we used a stated preference (SP) survey conducted in January–February 2015 at the Imam Khomeini International Airport (IKIA), Tehran, Iran. …”
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The Recognition of Our National Parks Among Young Adults by Éva Tóth

“…Young adults like hiking and going on outings in nature but they do not prefer taking part in the programs organized by the national park directorates.…”
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What the Seasons Tell Us. The Monthly Movement of Marriages, Economic Modernization, and Secularization in the Netherlands, 1810-1940 by Theo Engelen

“…We ask whether the prevalence of May as the preferred marriage month was dimin­ishing when industrialization changed the course of workload over the year. …”
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Transposition from Freud to Freud: The Adaptation of Psychoanalytic Theory into a Netflix Series by Yasemin Özkent

“…In adaptation, a text can remain faithful during its conversion intoa visual narrative such as a series or a film, or it can be approached through an intertextual perspective.Since Freud was faithfully adapted following psychoanalytical theory, this study preferred essentialistapproaches in engaging the subject. …”
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Mobilizing the Rights of Homeless EU Citizens in the Netherlands by Dion Kramer

“…The case demonstrates, however, how strategic litigation is not considered the most effective or preferred strategy when other avenues for legal mobilization open up.…”
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Applying Adaptive Neural Fuzzy Inference System to Improve Concrete Strength Estimation in Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity Tests by Loan T. Q. Ngo, Yu-Ren Wang, Yi-Ming Chen

“…When inspecting the property of material, nondestructive testing methods are more preferable than destructive testing since they do not damage the test sample. …”
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Mobile Localization Based on Received Signal Strength and Pearson's Correlation Coefficient by Huiyu Liu, Yunzhou Zhang, Xiaolin Su, Xintong Li, Ning Xu

“…Since received signal strength indication (RSSI) information is available in all mobile phones, RSSI-based techniques have become the preferred method for GSM localization. Although the GSM standard allows for a mobile phone to receive signal strength information from up to seven base stations (BSs), most of mobile phones only use the information of the associated cell as its estimated position. …”
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