Design an intelligent model for suppliers productivity evaluation in sustainable supply chain by Majid Yarahmadi, Saeedeh Sakiniya

“…Finally, an intelligent DEA model for ranking the supplier companies via optimal  value is designed.Findings: This paper presents a new fuzzy DEA model based on a Genetic Algorithm for evaluating the productivity of suppliers in a sustainable supply chain.Originality/Value: In the proposed method, since the -cut obtained from the Genetic Algorithm is optimal, there is no longer a need to calculate the efficiency for different α-cuts through trial and error. …”
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Airglow Measurements of Gravity Wave Propagation and Damping over Kolhapur (16.5°N, 74.2°E) by R. N. Ghodpage, A. Taori, P. T. Patil, S. Gurubaran, A. K. Sharma, S. Nikte, D. Nade

“…The damping factors calculated for the observed waves show large variations and that most of these waves were damped while traveling from the OH emission layer to the O (1S) emission layer. …”
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Ultimate Pullout Capacity of a Square Plate Anchor in Clay with an Interbedded Stiff Layer by Tugen Feng, Jingyao Zong, Wei Jiang, Jian Zhang, Jian Song

“…The rationality of the finite element numerical calculation results and the empirical formula is verified by comparing the results from this study with results previously reported in the literature.…”
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Navigation-Assisted Total Knee Arthroplasty for Osteoarthritis with Extra-Articular Femoral Deformity and/or Retained Hardware by Daisuke Hamada, Hiroshi Egawa, Tomohiro Goto, Tomoya Takasago, Michihiro Takai, Tetsuya Hirano, Yoshiteru Kawasaki, Natsuo Yasui

“…Recently, navigation-assisted TKA has been reported to increase the accuracy of prosthetic positioning and limb alignment. This system can calculate mechanical axis regardless of extra-articular deformity, canal sclerosis, or retained hardware. …”
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Visualization of Multivariate Time-Series Characteristics of Ground Loss Caused by Shield Tunneling by Zhu Wen, Xiaoli Rong, Fei Gao, Zhen Wang, Dong An

“…The validity of the proposed ground-loss model is verified via calculation and comparison with 13 EPB shield construction projects carried out in typical urban areas featuring soft soil. …”
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Adaptive Bayesian Iterative Transmission Reconstruction for Attenuation Correction in Myocardial Perfusion Imaging with SPECT/Slow-Rotation Low-Output CT Systems by Ji Chen, Ernest V. Garcia, Russell D. Folks, Aharon Peretz, James R. Galt

“…In each iteration, ABITR calculated a three-dimensional prior containing the pixels with attenuation coefficients similar to water, then used it to encourage these pixels to the water value. …”
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Subsurface Geobody Imaging Using CMY Color Blending with Seismic Attributes by Jianhua Cao, Xiankun Zhang, Yan Wang, Qi Zhao

“…The first step is to calculate three types of seismic attributes based on the Hilbert transform algorithm, including envelop, instantaneous phase, and instantaneous frequency. …”
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Ultrafast emergence of ferromagnetism in antiferromagnetic FeRh in high magnetic fields by I. A. Dolgikh, T. G. H. Blank, A. G. Buzdakov, G. Li, K. H. Prabhakara, S. K. K. Patel, R. Medapalli, E. E. Fullerton, O. V. Koplak, J. H. Mentink, K. A. Zvezdin, A. K. Zvezdin, P. C. M. Christianen, A. V. Kimel

“…Three different types of ultrafast magnetization dynamics were observed and, using a numerically calculated H-T phase diagram, the differences were explained by different initial states of FeRh corresponding to a (i) collinear antiferromagnetic, (ii) canted antiferromagnetic and (iii) ferromagnetic alignment of spins. …”
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Anthoteibinenes F–Q: New Sesquiterpenes from the Irish Deep-Sea Coral <i>Anthothela grandiflora</i> by Stine S. H. Olsen, Sam Afoullouss, Ezequiel Cruz Rosa, Ryan M. Young, Mark Johnson, A. Louise Allcock, Bill. J. Baker

“…One-/two-dimensional NMR spectroscopy and high-resolution mass spectrometry were used for structure elucidation, while a combination of NOESY NMR experiments, GIAO NMR calculations coupled with DP4+ probabilities measures, and ECD comparisons were incorporated to propose relative and absolute configurations of the anthoteibinenes. …”
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Initiating the Effective Unification of Black Hole Horizon Area and Entropy Quantization with Quasi-Normal Modes by C. Corda, S. H. Hendi, R. Katebi, N. O. Schmidt

“…In the specialized and important BH case study, our objective is to report and examine the pertinent groundbreaking work of the strictly thermal and nonstrictly thermal spectrum level spacing of the BH horizon area quantization with included entropy calculations, which aims to tackle this gigantic problem. …”
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Charge doping into spin minority states mediates doubling of T C in ferromagnetic CrGeTe3 by Liam Trzaska, Lei Qiao, Matthew D. Watson, Monica Ciomaga Hatnean, Igor Marković, Edgar Abarca Morales, Tommaso Antonelli, Cephise Cacho, Geetha Balakrishnan, Wei Ren, Silvia Picozzi, Phil D. C. King

“…Together with density functional theory calculations and Monte Carlo simulations, we show that, surprisingly, the increased T C is mediated by the population of spin-minority Cr t 2g states, forming a half-metallic 2D electron gas. …”
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Circular dichroism of relativistically–moving chiral molecules by Mitchell R. Whittam, Benedikt Zerulla, Marjan Krstić, Maxim Vavilin, Christof Holzer, Markus Nyman, Lukas Rebholz, Ivan Fernandez-Corbaton, Carsten Rockstuhl

“…To contribute to these significant developments, we describe a multi–scale computational framework that combines quantum chemistry calculations and full–wave optical simulations to predict the chiral optical response from molecules moving at relativistic speeds. …”
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Protein Backbone Torsion Angle-Based Structure Comparison and Secondary Structure Database Web Server by Sunghoon Jung, Se-Eun Bae, Insung Ahn, Hyeon S. Son

“…The web server offers functions of secondary structure database search, secondary structure calculation, and pair-wise protein structure comparison, based on a backbone torsion angle representation system. …”
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Diversity-oriented synthesis of stereodefined tetrasubstituted alkenes via a modular alkyne gem-addition strategy by Xuan Di, Sitian Zhou, Yali Qin, Wenjun Li, Yue Zhang, Jie Zhang, Xu Shen, Jie Han, Jin Xie, Hongming Jin

“…Detailed mechanistic studies, supported by DFT calculations, elucidates the role of selenium in this 1,1-addition process. …”
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A Simulation Model for Machine Efficiency Improvement Using Reliability Centered Maintenance: Case Study of Semiconductor Factory by Srisawat Supsomboon, Kanthapong Hongthanapach

“…The research methodology includes procedures such as following the priority of critical components in test machine, analyzing the damage and risk level by using Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), calculating the suitable replacement period through reliability estimation, and optimizing the preventive maintenance plan. …”
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Properties of Generalized Bronze Fibonacci Sequences and Their Hyperbolic Quaternions by Engin Özkan, Hakan Akkuş, Alkan Özkan

“…The first is in the known classical way and the second is with the help of the sequence’s generating functions. In addition, we calculate the special identities of these hyperbolic quaternions. …”
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Multi-Scale Feature Similarity and Object Detection for Small Printing Defects Detection by Haojie Lou, Yuanlin Zheng, Wenqian Chen, Haiwen Liu

“…Secondly, to segment defect object features from the complex background features, we analyze the differences between reference image features and detection image features by calculating the similarity heat map. Further, we can get a series of candidate area with possible defects. …”
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Critical length parameter of HDPE and its use in fatigue lifetime predictions by Kamila Kozáková, Lukáš Trávníček, Jan Poduška, Jan Klusák

“…Adding the fatigue tests of notched specimens with a model notch, the critical parameter can be found, and fatigue lifetime predictions of various notches can be calculated. …”
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Application of Simple Additive Weighting Method for Decision Making for Scholarship Recipients at SMA Angkasa Adisutjipto Yogyakarta by Yuliani Indrianingsih, Asih Pujiastuti, Uyuunul Mauidzhoh, Muhammad Leo, Edi Triono Nuryatno

“…The SAW technique was chosen because it allows for weighting calculations, allowing for a more systematic analysis of the criteria. …”
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Fractal Rate of Adsorption and Surface Diffusivity of Carbon Dioxide across Mesoporous Adsorbents by M.R. Othman, Martunus, W.J.N. Fernando, J. Kim

“…Contact experiments employing CO 2 gas with mesoporous hydrotalcite adsorbents were conducted to validate the model. The calculated adsorption of CO 2 from convective models was significantly higher in the turbulent regime. …”
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