Investigating financial efficiency in steel industry companies: evidence from three-dimensional DEA approach by Kasra Ghafori

“…Purpose: In general, efficiency is a criterion for evaluating the performance of a decision unit from different dimensions. Data envelopment analysis is a mathematical programming method for evaluating the performance of decision-making units. …”
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Extraction and Characterisation of African Star Apple (Chrysophyllum albidum) Seed Oil and the Adsorptive Properties of the Fruit Shell in Ghana by Michael A. Anang, Michael Oteng-Peprah, Kwasi Opoku-Boadu

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Liver cancer risk and changes in lifestyle habits after successful hepatitis C virus therapy post-DAA HCV therapy: lifestyle changes and liver cancer risk by Núria Granel, Gemma Iserte, Concepció Bartres, Neus Llarch, Anna Pla, Víctor Sapena, Zoe Mariño, Sabela Lens, Ramón Vilana, Isabel Nuñez, Anna Darnell, Ernest Belmonte, Ángeles García-Criado, Alba Díaz, Marco Sanduzzi-Zamparelli, Carla Fuster, Sergio Muñoz-Martínez, Carmen Ayuso, Jordi Rimola, Alejandro Forner, Alexandre Soler, Ferran Torres, José Ríos, Jordi Bruix, Andrew M. Moon, Xavier Forns, María Reig

“…Methods In this prospective, single-center study, HCV patients with advanced liver disease (F3/F4) treated and cured with DAA were invited to fill a lifestyle habits questionnaire in and perform abdominal ultrasound (US), blood extraction and anthropometric measurements within the 1st month after SVR and every 6 months thereafter until 48 months of follow-up, LC development, death, or loss to follow-up. …”
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Uninephrectomy and sodium‐glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor administration delay the onset of hyperglycemia by Yuri Sakai Ishizaki, Masao Kikuchi, Koichi Kaikita, Shouichi Fujimoto

“…Abstract The kidneys are essential for glucose homeostasis, as they perform gluconeogenesis, utilize glucose, and reabsorb glucose. Reabsorption is performed by SGLT2, which is responsible for about 90%. …”
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Feasibility and Acceptability of Antenatal Hepatitis C Screening: A Pilot Study by Joseph Valamparampil, Jaswant Sira, Maxine Brown, Saket Singhal, Deirdre Kelly

“…Pregnant women attending the antenatal unit were given information regarding HCV and antenatal screening for HCV prior to their initial antenatal visit. …”
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No major impact of new grape varieties on Bordeaux wine typicity: expert assessments in blind and non-blind tastings by Marc Plantevin, Sophie Tempère, Cécile Thibon, Lucile Dijkstra, Julien Lecourt, Agnès Destrac-Irvine, Cornelis van Leeuwen

“…If new varieties were to be accepted in the Bordeaux varietal mix, it would most likely be as secondary varieties accounting for a small proportion in the final Bordeaux blend. …”
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E_N_T_R_O_P_Y: Monocentric analysis of rectal cancer radio-chemotherapy treatment in patients of young age by E. Meldolesi, A. Nicolì, N. Dinapoli, G. Chiloiro, A. Romano, R. Menghi, R. Persiani, F. Pacelli, C. Coco, C. Ratto, S. Manfrida, L. Boldrini, B. Corvari, M.A. Gambacorta

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Acceptability of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine plus dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine in Papua New Guinea: a qualitative stu... by Elvin Lufele, Sophie Pascoe, Alice Mengi, Alma Auwun, Nalisa Neuendorf, John W. Bolnga, Moses Laman, Stephen J. Rogerson, Kamala Thriemer, Holger W. Unger

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Instrumental balance assessment in Parkinson's disease and parkinsonism. A systematic review with critical appraisal of clinical applications and quality of reporting by Andrea Merlo, Lorenzo Cavazzuti, Maria Chiara Bò, Francesco Cavallieri, Maria Chiara Bassi, Benedetta Damiano, Sara Scaltriti, Valentina Fioravanti, Giulia Di Rauso, Giulia Di Rauso, Giacomo Portaro, Franco Valzania, Mirco Lusuardi, Isabella Campanini

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Sensitization of Perovskite Strontium Stannate SrSnO3 towards Visible-Light Absorption by Doping by Hungru Chen, Naoto Umezawa

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ON A METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE NEUTRAL SURFACE OF THE LAMINATED MONOLITH COMPOSITES by RADU I. IATAN, GEORGIANA LUMINIŢA ENĂCHESCU, PAVEL GH. FLORESCU

“…It is to be neglected the spins effect on normal sectional unit load, respectively the influence of the specific linear movements when calculating the bending and torsion of the unit moments. …”
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Weighted Composition Operators from H∞ to α,m-Bloch Space on Cartan-Hartogs Domain of the First Type by Jianbing Su, Ziyi Zhang

“…Our main results generalize both cases of the unit ploydisc and the unit ball obtained by Li and Stević (Li 2007 and Li 2008). …”
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Finite-part singular integral approximations in Hilbert spaces by E. G. Ladopoulos, G. Tsamasphyros, V. A. Zisis

“…The method is further extended for the proof of the existence of solutions for systems of finite-part singular integral equations defined on Hilbert spaces, when their singularity consists of a system of diffeomorphisms of the integration interval, which is a unit circle, on itself.…”
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Primary Cutaneous Mantle Cell Lymphoma: A Case Report by L. D. Mazzuoccolo, G. A. Castro Perez, I. Sorin, A. I. Bravo

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Therapeutic Drug Monitoring in the Treatment of Active Tuberculosis by Aylin Babalik, Sharyn Mannix, Denis Francis, Dick Menzies

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The Recategorization of the Rheme and the Structure of the Oral Paragraph in French and in Finnish by Mari Lehtinen

“…‘Preamble’ and ‘rheme’ are the two main constituents of the so-called ‘oral paragraph’, which is the basic structural unit of French discourse according to their model. …”
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KINDS OF QUESTIONS MAKING EFL STUDENTS LEARN: STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION by Mushoffan Prasetianto

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Risk Factors and Outcomes for Pandemic H1N1 Influenza Compared with Seasonal Influenza in Hospitalized Children in China by Qingli Zhang, Wei Ji, Zhongqin Guo, Zhenjiang Bai, Noni E MacDonald

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Usability as Speculum Mundi: A Core Concept in Socio-technical Systems Development by Mikko Rajanen, Dorina Rajanen

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Parkinsonism following Bee Sting: A Case Report by Ruchika Mittal, Sanjay Munjal, Dheeraj Khurana, Ashok Gupta

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