WHY DO VIETNAMESE FIRMS HOLD CASH? by Nguyễn Thanh Hồng Ân, Hoàng Mai Phương

“…These characteristics support the trade-off theory of cash holding, meaning that Vietnamese firms hold cash mainly for transactional and precautionary purposes. …”
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2D Fast Vessel Visualization Using a Vessel Wall Mask Guiding Fine Vessel Detection by Sotirios Raptis, Dimitris Koutsouris

“…Major benefits are limiting the range of parameters, reducing the search-space for post-convolution to only masked regions, representing almost 2% of the 2D volume, good speed versus accuracy/time trade-off. Results show the potentials of our approach in terms of time for detection ROC analysis and accuracy of vessel pixel (VP) detection.…”
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HDNLS: Hybrid Deep-Learning and Non-Linear Least Squares-Based Method for Fast Multi-Component T1ρ Mapping in the Knee Joint by Dilbag Singh, Ravinder R. Regatte, Marcelo V. W. Zibetti

“…Among these, HDNLS emerges as the optimal trade-off between performance and fitting time. Extensive experiments on synthetic data demonstrate that HDNLS achieves comparable performance to NLS and regularized-NLS (RNLS) with a minimum of a 13-fold improvement in speed. …”
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Rooftop Photovoltaic for Residential Electricity Self-Sufficiency: Assessing Potential Benefits in Major Japanese Cities by Samuel Matthew G. Dumlao, Chuyue Yan, Seiichi Ogata

“…However, estimating the self-sufficiency potential of each city is challenging due to the trade-off between target accuracy and data availability, which limits the scalability of existing methods. …”
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Enhanced STag Marker System: Materials and Methods for Flexible Robot Localisation by James R. Heselden, Dimitris Paparas, Robert L. Stevenson, Gautham P. Das

“…This often results in a “trade-off” between visual customisation, library size, and occlusion resilience. …”
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A Massively Parallel SMC Sampler for Decision Trees by Efthyvoulos Drousiotis, Alessandro Varsi, Alexander M. Phillips, Simon Maskell, Paul G. Spirakis

“…Sequential Monte Carlo (SMC) samplers are a parallel alternative to MCMC, which do not trade off accuracy for parallelism. However, the performance of SMC samplers in the context of DTs is underexplored, and the parallelization is complicated by the challenges in parallelizing its bottleneck, namely redistribution, especially on variable-size data types such as DTs. …”
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How to Coordinate Urban Ecological Networks and Street Green Space Construction? Insights from a Multi-Scale Perspective by Shujun Hou, Ying Yu, Taeyeol Jung, Xin Han

“…This study examines the area within Chengdu’s Third Ring Road, employing the following methodologies: (1) constructing the regional ecological network using Morphological Spatial Pattern Analysis (MSPA), the Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Trade-offs (InVEST) model, and circuit theory; (2) analyzing the street green view index (GVI) through machine learning semantic segmentation techniques; and (3) identifying key areas for the coordinated development of urban ecological networks and street green spaces using bivariate spatial correlation analysis. …”
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Analyzing arguments on tobacco tax increases. Focus on French parliamentary questions and responses, 2000–2020 by François Topart, Emmanuelle Béguinot, Karine Gallopel-Morvan

“…The anti-tax arguments were similar to those identified in the international literature that singled out negative economic and social consequences (illicit trade, penalizing tobacconists). Other arguments that were more specific to the French context, highlighted the key economic and social role played by tobacconists in France. …”
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Estimating the Health-Related Quality of Life Benefit of Prophylactic Treatment for COVID-19 in Immunocompromised People: A Multimethod Valuation Study by Katy Gallop, Rebekah Hall, Michael Watt, Daniel Squirrell, Neil Branscombe, Sofie Arnetop, Andrew Lloyd

“…Vignettes were valued by a general population sample (N = 100) using a visual analog scale (VAS), time trade-off (TTO), and EQ-5D-5L. A sample of individuals with IC conditions (n = 48) valued their current HRQoL and a post-PrEP vignette using VAS and EQ-5D-5L. …”
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Financial Inclusion and Refugees’ Self-Reliance: An Assessment for Women’s Economic Empowerment at Nakivale Refugee Settlement, Southwestern Uganda. by Mugisha, Abbas, Kaaya, Siraje

“…The study recommends that creating credit facilities to enterprising women refugees will encourage trade within and outside the settlement and this could reduce vulnerability while improving the economy of the refugees and host community. …”
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Dissecting the role of single nucleotide polymorphism of lymphotoxin beta gene during pig domestication using bioinformatic and experimental approaches by R. B. Aitnazarov, E. V. Ignatieva, N. E. Bazarova, V. G. Levitsky, S. P. Knyazev, Y. Gon, N. S. Yudin

“…Studies of wild and laboratory animals have revealed a trade-off between reproductive success and immunity. …”
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Current Status, Challenges, and Perspectives in the Conservation of Native Honeybees and Beekeeping in Cambodia by Eric Guerin, Chhouk Chheang, Chainarong Sinpoo, Korrawat Attasopa, Nuttapol Noirungsee, Huoqing Zheng, Tial C. Ling, Patcharin Phokasem, Terd Disayathanoowat

“…This paper provides an overview of the status and distribution of honeybee species, along with the production, value chain, and trade of bee products in Cambodia. It examines the challenges of conserving native honeybees and developing the beekeeping sector while proposing strategies to strengthen bee conservation and support the growth of beekeeping in the country. …”
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Climate response to stratospheric aerosol injection during the Harmattan season in West Africa by Francis Nkrumah, Gandome Mayeul Leger Davy Quenum, Kwesi A Quagraine, Simone Tilmes, Nana Ama Browne Klutse, Atanas Dommo, Hubert A Koffi, Patrick Essien, Rebecca Bediako

“…These findings also highlight the potential for SAI to improve air quality in certain areas but also underscore the need for careful consideration of implementation strategies and possible trade-offs. The changes from SAI observed are specific to the ARISE simulation and may differ from other SAI simulations.…”
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Quantification of Mineral Oil Aromatic Hydrocarbons (MOAH) in Anhydrous Cosmetics Using 1H NMR by Sandra Weber, Tamina Schmidt, Paul Schumacher, Thomas Kuballa, Gerd Mildau, Stephan G. Walch, Andrea Hartwig, Dirk W. Lachenmeier

“…The SPE cleanup was validated, and the robustness of the method was tested on 57 samples from the retail trade. The 1H qNMR method is a good complement to the LC-GC-FID method, which is predominantly used for the determination of MOSH and MOAH. …”
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Expert projections on the development and application of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage technologies by Tobias Heimann, Lara-Sophie Wähling, Tomke Honkomp, Ruth Delzeit, Alessandra Pirrone, Franziska Schier, Holger Weimar

“…However, due to very few current alternative estimates, the results are an important step for modelling the production sector of BECCS in interdisciplinary models that analyse cross-dimensional trade-offs and long-term sustainability.…”
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A novel approach for target deconvolution from phenotype-based screening using knowledge graph by Xiaohong Wang, Meifang Zhang, Jianliang Xu, Xin Li, Jing Xiong, Haowei Cao, Fangkun Dou, Xue Zhai, Hua Sun

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Accelerating the design and discovery of tribocorrosion-resistant metals by interfacing multiphysics modeling with machine learning and genetic algorithms by Yucong Gu, Kaiwen Wang, Zhengyu Zhang, Yi Yao, Ziming Xin, Wenjun Cai, Lin Li

“…The pursuit of simultaneous optimization across multiple material properties to enhance the overall tribocorrosion resistance is hampered by the inherent trade-offs between wear and corrosion resistance. …”
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Estimating health state utilities for aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase deficiency (AADCd) in the United States by Berrin Monteleone, Katie Forster, Gin Nie Chua, Rongrong Zhang, Andrew Lloyd, Paul Castellano, Ioannis Tomazos

“…Accurate characterization of AADCd burden is important when evaluating the benefits of treatment, especially the improvements observed with the recently approved disease-modifying therapy eladocagene exuparvovec. Time-trade-off (TTO) vignette methods may be used to elicit HSUs in AADCd for assessing the value of new treatments. …”
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Culex quinquefasciatus: status as a threat to island avifauna and options for genetic control by Tim Harvey-Samuel, Thomas Ant, Jolene Sutton, Chris N. Niebuhr, Samoa Asigau, Patricia Parker, Steven Sinkins, Luke Alphey

“…With Cx. quinquefasciatus now present in many insular communities and global trade and tourism increasing links between these areas, both to each other and to mainlands, there is growing concern that patterns of avian decline in Hawai‘i may be played out in other insular ecosystems. …”
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Status of fish health management and biosecurity measures in fish farms, cages and hatcheries in Western Kenya by Domitila Kyule-Muendo, Elick Otachi, Fonda Awour, Erick Ogello, Kevin Obiero, Jacob Abwao, Cecilia Muthoni, Jonathan Munguti

“…Conclusions This study concludes that there is a paucity of knowledge on fish health management systems and biosecurity measures which presents a serious threat to aquaculture production in the studied counties and poses a great risk to trans-boundary live fish trade between Kenya and her neighbouring countries. …”
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