Perceptions of private specialist outreach services at a rural district hospital, South Africa by Hayden L. Poulter, Louis S. Jenkins, Paul A. Kapp

“…Contribution: This paper provides evidence that private specialist outreach and support services are feasible in the state health sector, provided that certain considerations are taken into account.…”
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Truth, beauty, and goodness in grand unification: A machine learning approach by Shinsuke Kawai, Nobuchika Okada

“…We investigate the flavour sector of the supersymmetric SU(5) Grand Unified Theory (GUT) model using machine learning techniques. …”
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Analytical Review on Improving Coconut Production and Management Practices in Fiji by Shirlyn Vandana Lata, Tamara Osborne-Naikatini

“…One of the challenges foreseen is the breeding of Fiji Tall and Fiji Dwarf varieties only that limits genetic variability of coconut populations in Fiji. The coconut value chain is complex associating various players (farmers, processors, exporters, wholesalers, retailers, and consumers) to perform multiple functions to strengthen value-adding products and projected competition in the global market. …”
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From Space to Satisfaction: Investigating Architectural Interior Determinants of Quality Work Environments by Vesna Krizmanić, Aleksandra Milovanović

“…A total of 124 participants took part in the survey, representing the logistics (Fercam), IT (UBConnect), and healthcare (Medigroup) sectors. The survey integrates validated instruments—the Workspace Characteristics Scale (WCS) and the Workspace Satisfaction Scale (WSS)—to assess the impact of 12 variables and spatial features, reflecting functional, sensory, and sociological dimensions. …”
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Elementary Derivation of the Nyquist Criterion for Fractional-Order Feedback Systems by Daniele Casagrande, Wieslaw Krajewski, Umberto Viaro

“…The proof of this extension merely requires basic notions of vector analysis and of closed-loop system transfer functions. The criterion can be used not only to ascertain the stability of a fractional-order system but also to detect the presence of closed-loop poles inside any given sector of the complex plane. …”
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Forest biomass for bioenergy as a tool to mitigate climate change: Implications for sustainable forest management in eastern Canada by Claudie-Maude Canuel, Evelyne Thiffault, Eric R. Labelle, Nelson Thiffault

“…It emerged that forest bioenergy represents an opportunity for the development of the forestry sector. However, the specifications of the forest biomass to be harvested need to be clarified in order to harmonize its mobilization within the existing industrial ecosystem, while maintaining the ecological functions of forest ecosystems. …”
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Application of artificial neural networks in the prediction of sugarcane juice Pol by Anderson P. Coelho, João V. T. Bettiol, Alexandre B. Dalri, João A. Fischer Filho, Rogério T. de Faria, Luiz F. Palaretti

“…ABSTRACT Innovative techniques that seek to minimize the costs of production and the laboriousness of certain operations are one of the great challenges in the sugar-energy sector nowadays. Thus, the objective of the present study was to estimate the Pol values of sugarcane juice as a function of °Brix and wet cake weight (WCW) using artificial neural network (ANN) modeling. …”
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Adoption Drivers of Intelligent Virtual Assistants in Banking: Rethinking the Artificial Intelligence Banker by Rui Ramos, Joaquim Casaca, Rui Patrício

“…The adoption of Intelligent Virtual Assistants (IVAs) in the banking sector presents new opportunities to enhance customer service efficiency, reduce operational costs, and modernize service delivery channels. …”
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On-farm resource-use efficiency in China: overall rebounding trends and region-specific enhancement opportunities by Meng-Lu Huang, Jing-Yu Liu, Xiaoxi Wang, Huijuan Dong, Zhipin Ai

“…Sustainable development of the agricultural sector largely hinges on a well-functioning food-energy-water (FEW) nexus because agriculture is closely intertwined with these resources. …”
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Unmasking Greenwashing in the Building Materials Industry Through an Evolutionary Game Approach via Prospect Theory by Zihan Li, Yi Zhang, Zihan Hu, Yixi Zeng, Xin Dong, Xinbao Lu, Jie Peng, Mingtao Zhu, Xingwei Li

“…Second, a greater degree of diminishing sensitivity in the value function promotes the adoption of authentic green behavior by enterprises. …”
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Circular Intuitionistic Fuzzy Dombi Aggregation Operators and Their Application to Marine Fuel Selection by Nuraini Rahim, Binyamin Yusoff, Lazim Abdullah, Dian Pratama

“…Therefore, we propose an alternative score function to improve the consistency and accuracy of CIFS value ranking. …”
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A Method for Generating Approximate Similarity Solutions of Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations by Mazhar Iqbal, M. T. Mustafa, Azad A. Siddiqui

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Influence of quenching temperature from the intercritical interval on the character of X70 steel strain hardening by V. G. Gavrylova, N. E. Mak-Mak, M. A. Grigoreva

“…The results are recommended to use in the development of thermal hardening modes of low-carbon and low-alloy steels, as well as in the evaluating the parameters of their technological and functional characteristics.…”
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Analyzing Competitiveness of Small Business and Entrepreneurship of Textile Industry in the Namangan Region by Swot-Analysis by E. A. Aliyeva, O. S. Kazakov

“…The use of this potential and shaping a stable textile and clothing sector in the country is a priority line in the development of national economy. …”
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Enlightening the Critical Factors affecting the Solvency of Indian Construction Industry: An Empirical Analysis using Multivariate Discriminant Analysis and Logistic Regression by RAKESH SHARMA, Neba Bhalla

“…So one discriminant function is created and found significant at 5% levels for two different solvency parameters. …”
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Presentation of Financial Assets in the Statistics of Foreign Economic Relations by V. N. Salin, L. Yu. Arhangelskaya, O. G. Tretyakova

“…Groups of financial assets and liabilities are given in a classification similar to that used in the Balance of payments: by functional purpose, by financial instruments, by institutional sectors, by maturity. …”
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Regional experience of implementing the state control risk-based model in vocational education: sociological survey analysis by S. E. Titor

“…The control and supervisory state function reform by a new risk-oriented model implementing has two major complementary goals: reducing the administrative burden on business while enhancing the safety of legally protected values. …”
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Role Of Financial Intermediaries in Shadow Schemes: Risk-Based Approach by Inna Tiutiunyk, Yuliia Humenna

“…The article is devoted to the study of the role of financial intermediaries in the shadow sector of the economy. The main purpose of the article is to analyze and systematize the work of scientists to assess the risk of shadow transactions with the participation of financial intermediaries. …”
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Comparing Strategies for Optimal Pumps as Turbines Selection in Pressurised Irrigation Networks Using Particle Swarm Optimisation: Application in Canal del Zújar Irrigation Distric... by Mariana Akemi Ikegawa Bernabé, Miguel Crespo Chacón, Juan Antonio Rodríguez Díaz, Pilar Montesinos, Jorge García Morillo

“…A comparative analysis of values for each EPP and objective function is conducted independently in Sector II of the Canal del Zújar Irrigation District (CZID) in Extremadura, Spain. …”
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SOCIO-ECONOMIC SECURITY OF RURAL TERRITORIES AND AGRICULTURE: A CASE STUDY OF UKRAINE by Lyudmila LEVKOVSKA, Volodymyr SARIOGLO, Tetiana KOTENKO, Oleg DOBRYANSKYY, Yuliia HOREMYKINA, Olena DIDKIVSKA

“…It is determined that in the system of social and economic security, in particular, food security, which is based on the effective functioning of the agricultural sector, is becoming important. …”
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