A New Approach to Supplier Selection: Interval Ranking of DEA with Double Frontiers by Feloora Valizadeh Palang Sarae

“…Purpose: Choosing a set of suppliers is critical to the success of organizations. …”
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Challenges and Marketing Strategies for Young African Universities by George Stanley, Kinyata, Siraje, Kaaya

“…Rankings are used either as performance Indicators or as tools for choosing places of study. These rankings should take into consideration of the establishment period of Universities. …”
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INSTITUTIONAL INNOVATIONS AND FINANCIAL INCLUSION AMONG RURAL HOUSEHOLDS IN UGANDA, by moses Agaba

“…The study's findings support the statistically significant link between commercial banks' institutional innovations and rural families' access to credit. As more clients choose mobile banking, the report advises banking institutions to develop measures to improve security in the platform. …”
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Investigating Factors Affecting Iron Levels in Sorghum in Rubanda District. by Mujuni, Livingstone

“…The study concluded that soil pH and fertilizer type significantly influenced iron content in sorghum, highlighting the importance of managing soil acidity and choosing appropriate fertilizers to enhance micronutrient levels. …”
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Recruitment in Swarm-Founding Wasps: Polybia occidentalis Does not Actively Scent-Mark Carbohydrate Food Sources by Benjamin J. Taylor, Erik V. Nordheim, Teresa I. Schueller, Robert L. Jeanne

“…We conclude that foragers of this species of wasp do not use odor marks left behind by nestmates to find food, but they do exhibit the tendency, when returning to a food source that has not been depleted, to choose a resource based on its relative position, presumably by using visual cues.…”
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Investigating behavioral economics in tax evasion decision making phenomenon: a tax crime scenario approach by Najme Esmaeil Darjani, Ahmad Assadzadeh, Mohamad Mehdi Barghi Oskoei

“…Therefore, the obtained results are a good justification for choosing the theory of perspective instead of the theory of expected utility, and by adding the parameter of tax ethics, the amount of tax penalty in both theories is reduced.Originality/Value: Since a healthy economy is an economy that is mostly based on taxes and has tried to cover government expenditures through taxes. …”
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Adult Hip Flexion Contracture due to Neurological Disease: A New Treatment Protocol—Surgical Treatment of Neurological Hip Flexion Contracture by Alberto Nicodemo, Chiara Arrigoni, Andrea Bersano, Alessandro Massè

“…In this study we report our experience on surgical treatment of adult hip flexion contracture due to neurological diseases; we have tried to outline an algorithm to choose the best treatment avoiding useless or too aggressive therapies. …”
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Response-efficacy messages produce stronger passwords than self-efficacy messages … for now: A longitudinal experimental study of the efficacy of coping message types on password c... by Joelle Simon, Steven J. Watson, Iris van Sintemaartensdijk

“…Many users circumvent password requirements by choosing weak, easy-to-guess passwords. This study tests the effectiveness of coping messages (i.e., self-efficacy, response efficacy, and a combination of self-efficacy and response efficacy) to improve the strength of passwords created by users. …”
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Interactive ethics teaching for students of chemistry by Hay Alastair W.M.

“…Choosing an approach is a regular occurrence for chemists, be it for a new synthesis, a change in production, or out of financial necessity. …”
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Insight into Anticorrosion Mechanism of Ampicillin on Mild Steel in Acidic Environment: A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Approach by Tuan Dinh, Nguyen Minh Thong, Dinh Quy Huong, Trinh Le Huyen, Tran Duc Manh, Phan Tu Quy, Tran Xuan Mau, Pham Cam Nam

“…Some important chemical factors such as EHOMO (highest occupied molecular orbital energy), ELUMO (lowest unoccupied molecular orbital energy), ΔEL−H (energy gap), and Fukui functions were calculated based on the optimized configuration of AMP at the theoretical level of B3LYP/6-31+G(d,p). …”
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Brain White Matter Impairment in Patients with Spinal Cord Injury by Weimin Zheng, Qian Chen, Xin Chen, Lu Wan, Wen Qin, Zhigang Qi, Nan Chen, Kuncheng Li

“…It remains unknown whether spinal cord injury (SCI) could indirectly impair or reshape the white matter (WM) of human brain and whether these changes are correlated with injury severity, duration, or clinical performance. We choose tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS) to investigate the possible changes in whole-brain white matter integrity and their associations with clinical variables in fifteen patients with SCI. …”
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Text Categorization Approach for Secure Design Pattern Selection Using Software Requirement Specification by Ishfaq Ali, Muhammad Asif, Muhammad Shahbaz, Adnan Khalid, Mariam Rehman, Aziz Guergachi

“…There are large number of secure patterns, and it is quite difficult to choose an appropriate pattern. Moreover, selection of these patterns needs security knowledge; generally, developers are not specialized in the domain of security knowledge. …”
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Predicting Flash Point of Organosilicon Compounds Using Quantitative Structure Activity Relationship Approach by Chen-Peng Chen, Chan-Cheng Chen, Hsu-Fang Chen

“…A modified stepwise regression algorithm was applied to choose descriptors that were highly correlated with the FP of organosilicon compounds. …”
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Neurofibromatosis Type 2 Presenting with Oculomotor Ophthalmoplegia and Distal Myopathy by Jessica Mani Penny Tevaraj, Evelyn Tai Li Min, Raja Azmi Mohd Noor, Azhany Yaakub, Wan Hazabbah Wan Hitam

“…A 23-year-old Malay female presented with left eye drooping of the upper lid and limitation of upward movement for 8 years. …”
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Strategies to Identify Recognition Signals and Targets of SUMOylation by Elisa Da Silva-Ferrada, Fernando Lopitz-Otsoa, Valérie Lang, Manuel S. Rodríguez, Rune Matthiesen

“…The strategies and analysis presented here should contribute to the understanding of SUMO-controlled functions and provide rational approach to identify biomarkers or choose possible targets for intervention in processes where SUMOylation plays a critical role.…”
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Contact angle of water on iron ore fines: Measurement and analysis by Huang X.B., X.W., Song J.J., Bai C.G., Zhang R.D., Zhou M.J.

“…The relative contact angle (θRCA) for seven iron ore fines was measured by using Washburn Osmotic Pressure method under laboratory conditions. By choosing cyclohexane as the reference that can perfectly wet iron ore particles, the relative contact angles were measured and varied from 57° to 73°. …”
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Solving manufacturing problems for L-carnitine-L-tartrate to improve the likelihood of successful product scale-up by Badawi Aliaa A., Hegazy Mahmoud M., Louis Dina, Eldegwy Mohammed A.

“…The resulting formulation prepared using Avicel PH 101 and 1 % Aerosil 200 was submitted to further investigation in order to choose the most suitable compression conditions using a 33 full factorial design. …”
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Students' digital media literacy abilities in Islamic religious education lessons reviewed from learning style by Annisa’ Fitriyah Anwari, Moh. Sahlan, Indah Wahyuni

“…With a sufficient understanding of digital media literacy, it is hoped that it will help them in choosing and evaluating information wisely, thereby reducing the risk of exposure to inaccurate or dangerous information because it is seen from the rapidly increasing digital development. …”
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Packaging of organic food—the dilemma of consumers’ internal and external motives by Olena Nifatova, Olena Nifatova, Kseniia Bliumska-Danko, Kseniia Bliumska-Danko, Sandra Charreire-Petit, Yuriy Danko

“…This study provides empirical insights to clarify consumers’ motives for choosing organic food and the importance of the packaging of organic food in shaping consumers’ perceptions of food organicity. …”
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Study of Tribological Behavior of Silicon Carbide Based Aluminum Metal Matrix Composites under Dry and Lubricated Environment by Kalyan Kumar Singh, Saurabh Singh, Anil Kumar Shrivastava

“…The experiments were performed on pin on disk tribometer (Make: DUCOM). The composite was fabricated by stir casting process and has several challenges like inferior bonds and interfacial reaction products which will deteriorate the mechanical and tribological properties. …”
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