TÜRKİYE'DE HAYAT DIŞI VE HAYAT / EMEKLİLİK SİGORTA SEKTÖRÜNÜN FİNANSAL PERFORMANS ANALİZ VE DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ by Yılmaz AKYÜZ, Zübeyde KAYA

“…Bu çalışmanın amacı Türkiye'de hayat dışı sigorta şirketlerinin ve hayat\emeklilik şirketlerinin sektörel bazda 2007-2011 yıllarındaki finansal performansı çok kriterli karar verme yöntemi olan TOPSIS (Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solutions) yöntemiyle değerlendirmektir. …”
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EVALUATION METHODS FOR FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION by Hakan Kırbaş, Neringa Slavınskaıte, Teodora G. Dinova

“…Multicriteria evaluation may be aimed at determiningthe preference order of the considered phenomena or at quantitative evaluation of the state of a particular phenomenon (or object). …”
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Effect of Social Media on Patient’s Perception of Dental Aesthetics in Saudi Arabia by Khadijah M. Baik, Ghazal Anbar, Abeer Alshaikh, Arwa Banjar

“…A lot of patients did not like their teeth appearance (38.5%). Moreover, patients preferred to have “bleaching” as an aesthetic treatment to improve their smiles (63.8%). …”
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Gammarus-Microbial Interactions: A Review by Daniel Nelson

“…Several studies have shown that Gammarus spp. show preference for conditioned leaves over nonconditioned leaves and certain fungal species to others. …”
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Die ondersteuning van okkulte-gerehabiliteerdes: 'n pastoraal-teologiese model vir die toerusting van fasiliteerders by B. M. J. de Beer, J. A. van den Berg

“…An eclectic model is also preferred when handling the occult-possessed and in the subsequent facilitating process. …”
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Research on the Effect of DPSO in Team Selection Optimization under the Background of Big Data by Qian Zhao, Lian-ying Zhang

“…By comparing the iterative results of genetic algorithm, ordinary particle swarm algorithm, and discrete particle swarm algorithm, it is found that the DPSO algorithm is effective and preferred in the study of team selection with the background of big data.…”
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Intergenerational Transfers of Infant Mortality in 19th-Century Northern Sweden by Göran Broström, Sören Edvinsson, Elisabeth Engberg

“…Since it is easy to feel confident in the models with the weakest assumptions, we argue that such models are preferred for this type of analysis. …”
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Delayed Presentation of Suture Erosion following Burch Colposuspension by Robert Shapiro, Ali Hajiran, Stanley Zaslau

“…This has led to more surgeons and patients preferring Burch colposuspension to treat SUI. Case. …”
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Laparoscopic Techniques: What is the Role in Inflammatory Bowel Disease? by Tracy L Hull

“…Laparoscopic cholecystectomy has quickly become the preferred technique for removing the gallbladder. Real advantages in the area of laparoscopic gallbladder removal have spurred interest towards other areas of laparoscopic surgery. …”
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Brain and Smartphone Addiction: A Systematic Review by C. Anbumalar, D. Binu Sahayam

“…The systematic review was done in four stages as follows: (1) identifying the techniques/instruments used in the literature (database search), (2) identifying relevant literature, (3) identifying criteria for inclusion and exclusion, and (4) acquiring full-text papers. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines were used to conduct the systematic review. …”
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Intergenerational Transfers of Infant Mortality in 19th-Century Northern Sweden by Göran Broström, Sören Edvinsson, Elisabeth Engberg

“…Since it is easy to feel confident in the models with the weakest assumptions, we argue that such models are preferred for this type of analysis.…”
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Airborne Transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta Variant and the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant by Byung Uk Lee

“…The viral load in respiratory fluids, rather than the preference of the virus toward small particles in deep respiratory tracts, was essential in viral aerosol generation. …”
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Intergenerational Transfers of Infant Mortality in 19th-Century Northern Sweden by Göran Broström, Sören Edvinsson, Elisabeth Engberg

“…Since it is easy to feel confident in the models with the weakest assumptions, we argue that such models are preferred for this type of analysis.…”
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The utility of practical theology: mapping the domain, goals, strategies and criteria of practical theological research by C. Hermans, W. J. Schoeman

“…If practical theology wants to construct knowledge about the improvement of practice, some strategies are preferable compared to other strategies. The question of utility refers to the methodological criteria of empirical research regarding (a) the object of research or the problem to be solved, (b) the needs of the stakeholders as to the research and its results and, (c) the type of knowledge to be produced. …”
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Induced Interval-Valued Intuitionistic Fuzzy Hybrid Aggregation Operators with TOPSIS Order-Inducing Variables by Jun-Ling Zhang, Xiao-Wen Qi

“…The merit of two aggregation operators is that they can consider additional preference information of decision maker’s attitudinal characteristics besides argument-dependent information and argument-independent information. …”
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Ka-Band Lightweight High-Efficiency Wideband 3D Printed Reflector Antenna by Yu Zhai, Ding Xu, Yan Zhang

“…A 10 λ reflector is printed with polylactic acid- (PLA-) based material that is a biodegradable type of plastic, preferred in 3D printing. The reflecting surface is made up of multiple stacked layers of copper tape, thick enough to function as a reflecting surface (which is found 4 mm). …”
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Design and Fabrication of a Novel T-Shaped Piezoelectric ZnO Cantilever Sensor by Kai Yang, Zhigang Li, Dapeng Chen

“…The cantilever sensor is actuated by a layer of high-quality ZnO film with preferred (002) orientation, which is evaluated by SEM and XRD. …”
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Exploring English newspaper reading of Chinese college English majors in mobile-assisted language learning by Peng Weinan

“…This research found that (1) apps incorporating multimedia technology mainly provide vocabulary instruction. Most English majors prefer English newspaper reading apps with explanations; (2) Learners tend to use WeChat as the main reading platform instead of utilising apps in combination; and (3) The most frequently used strategies by English majors are affective strategies, while the least frequently used strategies are social strategies, although most English newspaper reading apps support collaborative learning. …”
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Synonymous Codon Usage Controls Various Molecular Aspects by Eu-Hyun Im, Sun Shim Choi

“…One of the most prominent observations on the non-neutrality of synonymous codons is the correlation between SCUB and levels of gene expression, such that highly expressed genes tend to have a higher preference toward so-called optimal codons than lowly expressed genes. …”
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La mirada de los jóvenes sobre el castigo penal en la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina (2015) by Mariana Cecilia Fernández

“…Algunos resultados del estudio nos permiten afirmar que los jóvenes perciben a las medidas alternativas como un castigo preferible a la privación de libertad no solo por su ineficacia resocializadora sino por los efectos altamente estigmatizantes que supone el encierro penal.…”
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