Performance Changes Around Banks Mergers and Acquisitions: Evidence from Poland by Katarzyna Budny, Joanna Krasodomska, Katarzyna Świetla

“…We follow Pilloff's [1996] approach to determine the average performance changes measured with ROAA and ROAE. …”
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Effect of Heat Input on Distortions and Residual Stresses Induced by Gas Tungsten Arc Welding in SS 316L to INCONEL625 Multipass Dissimilar Welded Joints by Harinadh Vemanaboina, B Sridhar Babu, Edison Gundabattini, Paolo Ferro, Kaushik Kumar

“…This dissimilar joint is essential in power generating nuclear and thermal plants operating at elevated temperatures. The distortion and residual stress measurements were taken using the Vernier height gauge and XRD method. …”
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SINGULAR VALUE VERSUS EIGENVALUE DECOMPOSITION EFFICIENCY IN COMPUTING PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS FOR DIMENSIONALITY REDUCTION OF LARGE DATASETS by Vadim Romanuke

“…Apart from cases of shallower datasets consisting of just a few hundred double-precision observations, the EVD speeds up computing principal components by at least 4.5%, whereas the average speedup in 45% widely varies from 12% to 92%. …”
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Single incision laparoscopic surgery cholecystectomy in children – preliminary experience by Andrzej Gołębiewski, Piotr Czauderna, Marcin Łosin

“…There were no postoperative complications. Average operating time was 70 min. Hospital stay varied from2 to 4 days.Conclusion: Our early experience with SILS cholecystectomy in children suggests that it is safe and effective, but furtherstudies and greater numbers will be required to investigate the potential benefits of this approach.…”
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An Efficient Constant Train Regulation Method Based on Train Group Distribution by LI Denggen, LIANG Ye, XIAO Xiyu, LI Juanjuan

“…In the event of an emergency in urban rail transit, train will not be able to run according to the existing operating chart, and the adjustment of the train at equal intervals can simply and effectively restore the operational order. …”
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Cost and Profitability Estimates for Producing Lychee (Litchi chinensis) in South and Central Florida by Trent Blare, Fredy H. Ballen, Nicholas Haley, Victor Contreras, Jonathan H. Crane, Daniel Carrillo

“…This publication estimates the costs and returns associated with operating a lychee grove in south and central Florida. …”
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Video tracking-based mandibular movement kinematic analysis in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma by Chen Yang, Zhenhai Wei, Fei Zhao, Yangshiyu Zhou, Linfei Wu, Xiaomei Wei

“…Linear regression analysis showed that Average Chewing Speed negatively affects masticatory efficiency. …”
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Development of Residual Dense U-Net (RDU-Net)-Based Metal Artefacts Reduction Technique Using Spectral Photon Counting CT by Osama Khan, Briya Tariq, Nadine Francis, Nabil Maalej, Abderaouf Behouch, Amer Kashif, Asim Waris, Aamir Raja

“…The average RMSE decreased from 0.016 to 0.001, and the average SSIM increased by 34.9%. …”
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Defected ground structure antenna array with metasurface inspired interlinked CSRR for 5G millimeter wave applications by Esraa Mousa Ali, Mohammad Alibakhshikenari, Nouf Abd Elmunim, Bal S. Virdee, Nasr Rashid, Dion Mariyanayagam, Muhammad Akmal Chaudhary, Nisar Ahmad Abbasi, Patrizia Livreri, Takfarinas Saber

“…Introducing oblique slots further elevated the average gain to 9.15 dBi and efficiency to 79.5%. …”
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Integration of Sensor Data and Mathematical Modeling of Underwater Robot Behavior Using a Digital Twin by M. D. Gladyshev, A. V. Rybakov

“…The average error in angle Z — 1.8°. The response time was less than 10 ms. …”
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Assessment of preparedness for emergency cesarean section by utilizing a checklist before and after an educational intervention: A quality improvement study by Shahana Sherin, Aswini Kuberan, Avantika Gupta, Mukilan Balasubramanian, Priya Rudingwa

“…The mean percentage of each checklist action in all 65 assessments was computed. The average of these values was the overall percentage of completed actions in 65 assessments, which was 78.80%. …”
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The Energy Complex of Wind and Thermal Power Plants: Development in Iraq by Aldraisawi Osamah, Oleg Yu. Sigitov

“…The selected locations were used to plot the graph of the regional distribution of average wind speed in Iraq. Four regions were identified according to the level of wind energy potential. …”
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Characteristics of National Competency Standards of Hospital Nursing Departments: An Analytic Hierarchy Process and Multidimensional Scale Analysis by Seon‐Nyeo Kim, Sue‐Kyung Sohn

“…Results The competency indicators of the wards were similar to the overall average. Regarding operating rooms, the competency indicators related to self‐management and the ability to understand documents were high. …”
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Generalized Grey Target Decision Method for Mixed Attributes Based on Connection Number by Jinshan Ma, Changsheng Ji

“…Case study demonstrated that this approach can not only unify different types of numbers, and simplify the calculation but also reduce the information distortion in operating fuzzy numbers.…”
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COMPETITIVENESS AND DEVELOPMENT PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY OF KAZAKHSTAN by M. U. Spanov, P. Zh. Orynbet

“…A detailed analysis of the development of the pharmaceutical industry was carried out, as well as the degree of influence of factors such as: GDP of the Republic of Kazakhstan, per capita GDP, population, wage, average monthly nominal wage of one employee, investment in fixed assets, investment in fixed assets, farm, was estimated. industries, commodity turnover in foreign currency (export), commodity circulation in foreign currency (import), industry in general, manufacturing industry in general, indices of industrial production pharm. industry and the number of operating enterprises and pharmaceutical production. products. …”
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Nonlinear Recurrent Neural Network Predictive Control for Energy Distribution of a Fuel Cell Powered Robot by Qihong Chen, Rong Long, Shuhai Quan, Liyan Zhang

“…We model the nonlinear power system by employing time variant auto-regressive moving average with exogenous (ARMAX), and using recurrent neural network to represent the complicated coefficients of the ARMAX model. …”
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A comparison of vibration behavior of linear and nonlinear bus driver seat suspension system using the 5DOF model by Pham Ngoc Dai

“…At an average speed of 48 (km/h), the a w values of body parts in the linear case are larger than in the nonlinear case, precisely 32%, 40%, 33,5%, and 35,5% in the head, pelvis, upper torso, and lower torso, respectively. …”
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A Method for Searching for Defective Solar Panels in Telemetry Data of a Power Plant Based on the Results of a Digital Twin by K. S. Dzik

“…The methodology is based on studies of deviations in power values at the point of maximum efficient operation of the solar panel, calculated by the digital twin, from the average statistical values for the power plant. …”
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Optimization of a Semiflexible Demand-Responsive Feeder System in Suburban Areas Using a Memetic Algorithm by Fabio Sartori Vieira, Kenneth Sorensen, Pieter Vansteenwegen

“…For a network with 25 bus stops served hourly by three lines and with an average demand of 20 requests per hour, the memetic algorithm is demonstrated to reduce the passenger waiting time with almost 50% in comparison with a traditional system operating in the same network with fixed routes and timetable.…”
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A Low-Complexity MIMO-OFDM Transmission Scheme for Optical Wireless Communications by Wei-Wen Hu

“…In LC-MIMO-OFDM, the modulated symbols first undergo a phase rotation operation, followed by separate extraction of their real and imaginary components. …”
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