Sustainable Portfolio Optimization Model Using PROMETHEE Ranking: A Case Study of Palm Oil Buyer Companies by Seyedeh Asra Ahmadi, Ali Peivandizadeh

“…Sustainability is one of the main concerns of decision makers, factories, and retailers. …”
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Expanding Viral Diversity in Rice Fields by Next-Generation Sequencing by Wang Haoran, Chen Guoqing, Feng Guozhong

“…These viruses pose serious threats to rice production and have traditionally been identified only from rice plants and insect vectors by isolation techniques. …”
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Coprescribing of opioids and high-risk medications in the USA: a cross-sectional study with data from national ambulatory and emergency department settings by Dio Kavalieratos, Mohammed K Ali, Kara Suvada, Anna Zimmer, Jesse Soodalter, Jimi S Malik

“…Compared with adults receiving opioid prescriptions alone, those coprescribed opioids and high-risk medications were older, more likely female, white and using private or Medicare insurance (p<0.0001).Conclusions Coprescribing is more common in ambulatory than ED settings and has been declining, yet one in four patient visits where opioids were prescribed resulted in coprescribed, high-risk medications in 2016. …”
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Transparency Enhances Positive Perceptions of Social Artificial Intelligence by Ying Xu, Nora Bradford, Radhika Garg

“…They were randomly assigned to observe conversations between a hypothetical chatbot and a user in one of the two-by-two experimental conditions: whether the participants received an explanation about how the chatbot was trained and whether the chatbot was framed as an intelligent entity or a machine. …”
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TURİZM İŞLETMELERİNDE YÖNETİM BİLİŞİM SİSTEMLERİ KULLANIMININ YÖNETSEL KARARLAR ÜZERİNDEKİ ETKİSİ by Rıfat İraz, Muammer Zerenler

“…İçinde bulunduğumuz çağ bilgi çağı olarak adlandırılmakta ve bilgi günümüzün en önemli kaynağı olarak yeni değer yaratan bütün yeniliklerin temel girdisi olarak kullanılmaktadır. …”
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Urban greeen areas in the reduction of cooling loads. Simulations in the Mediterranean climate by Carola Clemente, Massimo Palme, Anna Mangiatordi, Daniele La Rosa, Riccardo Privitera

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Exclusion Limits on a Scalar Decaying to Photons and Distinguishing Its Production Mechanisms by Tanumoy Mandal

“…We show that combining various kinematic variables in a multivariate analysis can be very powerful to distinguish different production mechanisms from one another.…”
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KİTAP TANITIMI - HUKUK FELSEFESİ AÇISINDAN TABİİ HUKUK TEORİSİ VE İSLÂM HUKUKU by Seniyye Şahin

“…Türkçe literatürdeki tabii hukuk teorisini ve ‎pozitivizmi inceleyen eserlerde dahi İslâm hukukunun tabii hukuk teorisiyle örtüşen yönlerinin ‎göz ardı edildiği bir vakıa olarak önümüzde durmaktadır.‎ Bu kitapta Yıldırımer, tabii hukuk teorisi ile İslâm hukukunun haiz olduğu benzerlikler ve ‎farklılıkları okuyucuya objektif bir bakış açısıyla aktarmayı vâdediyor.‎…”
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Emotional competence and problem behavior of left-behind preschool children—the roles of self-regulation and authoritative grandparenting styles by Lanlan Luo, Shan Jin, Qi Huang

“…Children’s emotional competence and self-regulation were completed one-on-one by trained research assistants, following a standard protocol.ResultsThe results revealed that children’s emotional competence is negatively related to problem behavior. …”
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Human Schistosome Infection and Allergic Sensitisation by Nadine Rujeni, David W. Taylor, Francisca Mutapi

“…However, helminth products induce regulatory responses capable of inhibiting not only antiparasite immune responses, but also allergic sensitisation. …”
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Self-Ligating Brackets and Their Impact on Oral Health-Related Quality of Life in Chinese Adolescence Patients: A Longitudinal Prospective Study by Yu Zhou, MinLing Zheng, Jiaqiang Lin, Yi Wang, Zhen Yu Ni

“…Materials and Methods. One hundred fifty Chinese orthodontic adolescence patients completed the 14-item Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-14, Chinese version) at five distinct intervals: after insertion of the fixed appliance at 1 week (T1), 1 month (T2), 3 months (T3), and 6 months (T4); and after treatment (T5). …”
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'Woorde in die mond gelê'? Psalmomdigting en die proses van kanonvorming by E. Kloppers

“… In a previous article (HTS 2000/1:192–204) I have examined the process of versifying the Psalter and have questioned the principle of a so-called ‘reproductive’ versification, the lack of a sound hermeneutical approach, the necessity of versifying all 150 psalms — especially in one form and style as metrical psalms that are meant to be sung, and the liturgical function of many of the texts that had been versified in this manner. …”
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A review of the application of CIELAB colour systems for the development of gold and silver nano-enabled colorimetric assays for the detection of chromium by Sindisiwe Fortunate Shange, Phumlane Selby Mdluli, Nirmala Deenadayalu

“…This interaction results in a shift in colour from red to blue for gold nanoparticles and from yellow to brown for silver nanoparticles from well-spaced to aggregated ones.The purpose of this review is to give a thorough overview on the applications of the CIEAB colour systems that have been established for the gold nanoparticles and silver nanoparticles-based chromium detection. …”
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THE EFFECT OF ACTIVATING THE FOUNDATIONS OF SCENARIO THINKING IN INCREASING THE PERFORMANCE OF BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS by Башир Гессаби, Муса Гессаби

“…In our time, the world is witnessing rapid and highly developed changes in the business environment of organizations, and we require them to constantly work on a path in accordance with the development required by this need for conditions, as the performance of organizations has become one of the most important basic pillars for the survival and continuation of organizations in a work environment characterized by developments and changes. …”
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INTERPRETATION, ETHICS, AND THE COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A PROPHET AND AN ??????? ????????? by C J Redelinghuys

“…This had a profound impact on not only how one conceives of the process of interpretation, in general, but also how one thinks of ethical evaluation and appropriation, in particular. …”
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TOPLU ULAŞIM SİSTEMLERİNDE ELEKTRONİK KART UYGULAMASININ ULAŞIM PERFORMANSINA ETKİSİ VE BİR ÖRNEK UYGULAMA by Mehmet Yıldız, Mustafa Cahid Ungan

“…Bu çalışmada, problem çözme tekniklerinden biri olan bekleme hattı modelleri tekniği kullanılarak, Konya Büyükşehir Belediyesi Toplu Ulaşım İşletme Müdürlüğü tarafından verilmekte olan tramvay taşımacılığının performans seviyesi test edilerek; bu hizmetin yerine getirilmesinde, yolcu memnuniyetini daha da arttıracak şekilde, alınması gereken önlemler ve yerine getirilmesi gereken yeni faaliyetler hakkında çözüm önerileri sunulmaktadır. …”
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General Symmetric Starter of Orthogonal Double Covers of Complete Bipartite Graph by R. A. El-Shanawany, M. Sh. Higazy

“…An orthogonal double cover (ODC) of the complete graph is a collection of graphs such that every two of them share exactly one edge and every edge of the complete graph belongs to exactly two of the graphs. …”
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The Use of Activated and Non-Activated Tar Sands as Adsorbents for Copper Ion Removal by Lua'y Zeatoun, Shadi Yousef

“…Experimental results showed that the adsorption of Cu 2+ ions onto tar sands was pH- and temperature-dependent. …”
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Head and Neck Schwannomas: A Surgical Challenge—A Series of 5 Cases by Ishtyaque Ansari, Ashfaque Ansari, Arjun Antony Graison, Anuradha J. Patil, Hitendra Joshi

“…Brachial plexus schwannoma constitute only about 5% of schwannomas. Cervical vagal schwannomas constitute about 2–5% of neurogenic tumors. …”
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Two Novel CYP11B1 Gene Mutations in Patients from Two Croatian Families with 11β-Hydroxylase Deficiency by Katja Dumic, Tony Yuen, Zorana Grubic, Vesna Kusec, Ingeborg Barisic, Maria I. New

“…In order to elucidate the molecular basis for 11β-OHD in the Croatian/Slavic population, it is imperative to perform CYP11B1 genetic analysis in more patients from this region, since so far only four patients from three unrelated Croatian families have been analyzed.…”
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