A Mathematical Programming Approach to Supply Chain Network Design considering Shareholder Value Creation by Abbas Biglar, Nima Hamta, Mona Ahmadi Rad

“…The developed model with a new financial approach is able to improve the total created shareholder value as much as 0.7% larger than the SVA obtained without financial aspects and 0.93% larger than the value created by the basic model. The main reason for an increase in value creation is due to new operational and financial aspects, which mainly show the possibility of closing facilities and bank debt repayments. …”
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Confluent and Reticulated Papillomatosis Successfully Treated with Topical Vitamin A Derivative by Manal Alsulami, Bader Alharbi, Yaser Alotaibi, Fadi Alghamdi, Adel Alsantali

“…Initiating treatment with topical tretinoin when no limitations for its use would be reasonable as it can provide a safer alternative to systemic therapy.…”
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Finding p-Hub Median Locations: An Empirical Study on Problems and Solution Techniques by Xiaoqian Sun, Weibin Dai, Yu Zhang, Sebastian Wandelt

“…Genetic algorithms perform well for solving three types of single allocation problems, since the problem formulations can be neatly encoded with chromosomes of reasonable size. Lagrangian relaxation is the only technique that solves reliable multiple allocation problems in large networks. …”
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3D WSN clustering routing algorithm based on IHBA optimized fuzzy C-means by Jing YANG, Biyang XU, Weizheng LI, Wei LI, Zhaoqiang ZHU, Tao QIN

“…Aiming at the problem that clustering routing algorithm in a three-dimensional (3D) scene has high energy consumption and short network lifetime, a clustering routing algorithm IFCRA for 3D wireless sensor networks based on improved honey badger algorithm optimized fuzzy C-means was proposed.The network clustering, cluster head election, and data transmission stages were optimized respectively.Firstly, the improved honey badger algorithm was used to optimize the fuzzy C-means algorithm, solving the problem of fuzzy C-means easily falling into local optima, and the topological structure was divided based on the distance and energy characteristics of nodes.Secondly, the optimal cluster head function was constructed by combining the energy and relative distance of nodes within the cluster to balance the cluster head load.Finally, an adaptive transmission mechanism was used to search for relay nodes, and the optimal transmission path function was constructed by combining node distance and energy.The improved honey badger algorithm was used to optimize the data transmission energy consumption.Simulation results show that IFCRA has reasonable clustering, balanced energy consumption, and long lifespan in a 3D heterogeneous scene.…”
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Innovation and Brands: The Managers’ Perspective in a Multiple Case Study in a Brazilian Region by Rogerio Bevilacqua, Verica Freitas, Veronica Angélica Freitas de Paula

“…The interviews with these managers were processed with content analysis, being established sixteen categories which include: definition of innovation; innovative brand features; reasons for innovation; relationship between brands and innovation; area responsible for innovation; dissemination of innovation; organizational culture of new ideas; types of innovation; reduction of time, costs and risks to innovation; relationship between the company and the market; brand strategies; brand personality; integration of the end consumer into innovation; rewards for the consumer; and brand heritage. …”
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Notes from Field Work on the Ijemo in Abeokuta by Damilola Osunlakin, Toyin Falola

“…It is elementary that the composition of the postcolonial Nigerian state is a fusion of multiple nationalities, people of different cultural and historical backgrounds. For various reasons related to political contestation and reproduction of historical traditions, these entities preserved their animated past from the historical abyss. …”
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Dynamic spectrum resource allocations in wireless senor networks for improving packet transmission by Mohammed Wasim Bhatt, Evans Asenso

“…In a variety of applications, this improves network performance, dependability, and quality of service. This is the reason we apply the dynamic source allocation to the sensor nodes in the network visualization for the packet transmission performance study in the 5G spectrum region. …”
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Corneal scarring after epithelium-off collagen cross-linking by Radhika Natarajan, Divya Giridhar

“…We have tried to explain the numerous reasons of scarring following epithelium-off CXL by conducting a thorough Medline search and reviewing our clinical images. …”
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THE POLITICS OF HUNGARIAN SOVEREIGHTY by L. A. Yurasova

“…The Hungarian leadership had to find out balanced and reasonable approach to tackle the world economic crisis. …”
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The Self-Restrained Positive Legislator: Assessing the Constitutional Review of Legislative Omissions in Lithuania by Pūraitė-Andrikienė Dovilė, Valuta Andrius

“…To reach this, the following tasks are undertaken and dealt with: 1) to shed light on the concept and typology of legislative omissions in comparative constitutional law, as well as the trends of their investigation (including statistical data) in European countries; 2) to analyse the official constitutional doctrine formulated by the Lithuanian Constitutional Court on the concept of legislative omissions and the scope of the Court’s power to examine legislative omissions; 3) to analyse the approach of the Lithuanian Constitutional Court to legislative omissions from a quantitative point of view, i.e. to examine the statistics of this Court in dealing with legislative omissions and the reasons for its changes.…”
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Awareness Regarding the Health Benefits of Millet and Its Consumption among the Population by Meenal Kulkarni, Purva Patil, Ajeet Saoji

“…Results: Only 23% of the participants had consumed any kind of millets. The most common reason for nonconsumption was the nonavailability of the millets followed by the family custom of not eating. …”
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Immediate management of maxillo-mandibular trauma. Case presentation by Alain Soto Ugalde

“…Facial fractures are rare in children, for that reason the case of a 10-year-old girl is presented. …”
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Structure Characteristics of the International Stock Market Complex Network in the Perspective of Whole and Part by Guangxi Cao, Yingying Shi, Qingchen Li

“…For the analysis on the whole network, we firstly determine the reasonable threshold as the basic of the following study. …”
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What do Teachers Say about Inclusion of Epidemic Diseases in the Science Curriculum? by Aynur Cevik, Sibel Saracoglu, Hasan Kaya

“…As a result of the study, inclusion of epidemic diseases, which has become a current topic all around the world, into the science curriculum; reasons, advantages and disadvantages, class level, achievements that can be included in the program were evaluated according to the views of science teachers in terms of teaching methods-techniques and materials also it was emphasized that the subject of epidemic diseases should be included in the science course curriculum. …”
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SCIENCE DIPLOMACY: FRENCH EXPERIENCE by A. V. Shestopal, N. V. Litvak

“…The article deals with the formulation in France in the early twenty-first century of a new kind of diplomacy - science diplomacy. It studies the reasons for this process and its problems. On the one hand, the French foreign policy doctrine presupposes an ability to exercise certain influence on its international partners. …”
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Human Pose Recognition Based on Depth Image Multifeature Fusion by Haikuan Wang, Feixiang Zhou, Wenju Zhou, Ling Chen

“…Finally, the gravity center of each part is calculated and a reasonable point is selected as the joint to extract human skeleton. …”
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Efficient resource allocation with context-awareness for parked car road side unit-based Internet of vehicles by Peng QIN, Haoting HE, Xiongwen ZHAO, Yang FU, Yu ZHANG, Miao WANG, Shuo WANG, Xue WU

“…In order to reduce the number of road side unit (RSU) and meet the needs of mobile vehicle users for processing latency-sensitive and computation-intensive tasks, a context-aware resource allocation algorithm was proposed based on parked cars.Road side parked vehicles were selected to serve the vehicle users instead of RSU using parking time as a factor for determining whether a parked vehicle could become a parked car roadside unit (PCRSU).In order to further reduce the system response time, a mechanism was designed considering content caching and distribution.In respect to user content caching, PCRSU made personalized content recommendation for vehicle users with awareness by using two elements of user historical search data and point of interest (PoI) area type.In respect to content distribution, PCRSU allocated bandwidth efficiently by sensing the data transmission needs of vehicle users.Extensive experiments show that compared with the existing benchmark methods, the proposed algorithm can select PCRSU more reasonably, effectively reduce the demand response delay, improve the stability of the network while ensuring network coverage, and provide more accurate service content for vehicle users.…”
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INDIGENOUS PEOPLE KAMPUNG KUTA KABUPATEN CIAMIS: KAJIAN ETNOBOTANI PEMANFAATAN KELAPA (Cocos nucifera L.) by Fira Regina Ryandita, Diana Hernawati, Rinaldi Rizal Putra

“…The indigenous people of Kampung Kuta are still upholding the traditions of life to maintain the balance of nature and the local socio-cultural order, but it is very unfortunate that the use of Cocos nucifera L. by the indigenous people of Kampung Kuta has not been documented in writing, so they are afraid of community traditions and local wisdom values. existing ones can be lost. For this reason, this study aims to describe the ethnobotany of the use of Cocos nucifera by the indigenous people of Kampung Kuta. …”
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COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF TEMPERATURE EFFECTS ON FOUR KINDS OF FLEXURE HINGES by HU JunFeng, HAO YaZhou, XU GuiYang

“…In order to reduce the temperature effects on compliant mechanisms,the comparative analysis of temperature effects on four kinds of typical flexure hinge with straight-beam,circular,elliptic and parabolic section is carried out,so that we can choose reasonablely the flexure hinge used to design compliant mechanisms. …”
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APPLICATION OF NORMS ON THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF PUBLIC CIVIL SERVANTS AS A BASIS FOR PUBLIC EXPENSES by Victoria V. Volkova

“…The problem of encouragement of public civil servants will always be relevant for the reason that it is designed to ensure the most effective use of personnel. …”
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