Dynamic Investigation in Green Supply Chain considering Channel Service by Qiuxiang Li, Mengmeng Li, Yimin Huang

“…Considering firm’s innovation input of green products and channel service, this paper, in dynamic environment, studies a dynamic price game model in a dual-channel green supply chain and focuses on the effect of parameter changing on the pricing strategies and complexity of the dynamic system. Using dynamic theory, the complex behaviors of the dynamic system are discussed; besides, the parameter adaptation method is adopted to restrain the chaos phenomenon. …”
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The Fetal Allograft Revisited: Does the Study of an Ancient Invertebrate Species Shed Light on the Role of Natural Killer Cells at the Maternal-Fetal Interface? by Amy Lightner, Danny J. Schust, Yi-Bin A. Chen, Breton F. Barrier

“…Classical transplantation theory has not provided a plausible solution to this problem. …”
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IS THE CONCEPT OF WASTE UNIVERSAL? HANDLING BUILDING DEMOLITION BY-PRODUCTS IN THE CITY OF KANO, NIGERIA by Aminu Lawan ABDULLAHI, Angela LEE

“… While old and new studies such as the works of Henry Lewis Morgan in 1871 on kinship and Geert Hofstede in 1980 on management theories show that what works in one cultural setting may not work in another, the United Nation policies on environmental governance to-date tend to be a uniform approach for all nations irrespective of the differences in cultural orientation. …”
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Hydraulic Performance Modifications of a Zeolite Membrane after an Alkaline Treatment: Contribution of Polar and Apolar Surface Tension Components by Patrick Dutournié, Ali Said, T. Jean Daou, Jacques Bikaï, Lionel Limousy

“…A decrease of the contact angles is observed after the alkaline treatment for the three liquids. According to the theory of Lifshitz-van der Waals interactions in condensated state, surface modifications are investigated and a variation of the polar component of the material surface tension is observed. …”
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Highly angle-sensitive and efficient optical metasurfaces with broken mirror symmetry by Kim Nayoung, Kim Myungjoon, Jung Joonkyo, Chang Taeyong, Jeon Suwan, Shin Jonghwa

“…Based on an effective medium theory, we intuitively explain which material parameters affect the sensitivity and efficiency and prove that high sensitivity and high efficiency can be achieved simultaneously by breaking the mirror symmetry. …”
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A Fractional Creep Constitutive Model for Frozen Soil in Consideration of the Strengthening and Weakening Effects by Feng Hou, Quanming Li, Enlong Liu, Cheng Zhou, Mengke Liao, Huiwu Luo, Xingyan Liu

“…Both the hardening parameter and the damage variable were introduced to describe the strengthening and weakening effects, respectively, and a new creep constitutive model for frozen soil considering these effects was put forward based on the theory of elastoviscoplastic and the fractional derivative. …”
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Strategi Peningkatan Kinerja Pelayanan Publik Bidang Kepengurusan Izin Usaha Dan Izin Mendirikan Bangunan di Kantor Camat Lima Puluh Kabupaten Batu Bara by Achmad Fahry Siregar, Nina Siti S. Siregar, Maksum Syahri Lubis

“…The results of the study refer to the theory of Agus Dwiyanto (1995:45) namely output, efficiency, and effectiveness. …”
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A Closed-Loop Supply Chain Problem with Retailing and Recycling Competition by Chuanchao Xu, Bo Li, Yanfei Lan, Yi Tang

“…In order to analyze the impact of retailing and recycling competitions on the profits of the manufacturer and the competitive retailers, two collection models (coordinated collection (Model C) and decentralized collection (Model D)) are established, respectively. Then, based on game theory, we derive the optimal retail price, the optimal repurchase price, and the optimal profits of the manufacturer and the retailers. …”
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Research on the Classification of Traditional Building Materials in Southern Fujian Using the Reflection Intensity Values of Ground-Based LiDAR by Tsung-Chiang Wu, Neng-Gang Kuan, Wei-Cheng Lu

“…This study addresses these challenges by using the laser reflectance intensity (I-value) for automated classification. Boxplot theory is applied to calibrate the data, remove noise, and establish polynomial regression equations correlating intensity with scanning distances. …”
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Method of product placement in computer games. Qualitative research amongst Polish players by Magdalena Hofman-Kohlmeyer

“…The presented paper contributes to the theory of marketing communication and branding.…”
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How rural school teachers can support the learning adjustment of left‐behind children under the ‘double‐reduction’ policy by Xuedi Pi, Jianping Huang, Jiong Niu

“…Guided by social support theory, this qualitative research highlighted the importance of teacher support on children's learning adjustment through social support networks. …”
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Implementasi Peraturan Bupati Gayo Lues Nomor 14 Tahun 2014 Tentang Pajak Bumi Dan Bangunan Perkotaan Dan Pedesaan by Alfi Husni, Isnaini Isnaini, Adam Adam

“…The Research results were tasted using George Edward III’s theory, wich consisted of (1). Communication, (2). …”
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A Book Review of Graphic for Learning Proven Guidelines for Planning, Designing, and Evaluating Visuals in Traning Materials by Sakineh Talebi, Mohammad Reza Nili Ahmadabadi

“…The authors’ efforts in presenting the material are accompanied by features such as the use of research evidence and action-based cognitive theory in real-life learning situations, clear and integrated expression, and up-to-datedness, to distinguish this book from other books in graphic design. …”
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Flight Loads Prediction of High Aspect Ratio Wing Aircraft Using Multibody Dynamics by Michele Castellani, Jonathan E. Cooper, Yves Lemmens

“…The multibody dynamics framework developed employs quasi-steady aerodynamics strip theory and discretizes the wing as a series of rigid bodies interconnected by beam elements, representative of the stiffness distribution, which can undergo arbitrarily large displacements and rotations. …”
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Improving Driver Assistance in Intelligent Transportation Systems: An Agent-Based Evidential Reasoning Approach by M. Benalla, B. Achchab, H. Hrimech

“…Based on a series of information handling techniques, specifically, the belief functions theory and heuristic inference operations to achieve a consensus about daily driving activity in automatically inferring. …”
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LAMOST Reveals Long-lived Protoplanetary Disks by Xiao-Long Wang, Min Fang, Yao Liu, Miao-Miao Zhang, Wen-Yuan Cui

“…While both observations and theories demonstrate that protoplanetary disks are not expected to live much longer than ∼10 Myr, several examples of prolonged disks have been observed in the past. …”
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Recommendation System with Biclustering by Jianjun Sun, Yu Zhang

“…For the selection of better neighbors, this study proposes a novel biclustering method based on modified fuzzy adaptive resonance theory. To reflect the similarity between users, a new measure that considers the effect of the number of users’ common items is proposed. …”
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A Fixed-Time Zero Sequence Circulating Current Suppression Strategy Based on Extended Kalman Filter by Xiaopeng Li, Guofeng He, Yuanhao Zhou, Yanfei Dong, Hang Wang

“…Firstly, the detailed mathematical model of ZSCC is described, where the inductance perturbations are considered according to the generation mechanism of ZSCC, and a novel ZSCC controller is designed based on the principles of the fixed-time stability theory which can assure the action time of the zero vectors in one switching cycle. …”
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A Robust Two-Machine Flow-Shop Scheduling Model with Scenario-Dependent Processing Times by Chia-Lun Hsu, Win-Chin Lin, Lini Duan, Jan-Ray Liao, Chin-Chia Wu, Juin-Han Chen

“…Furthermore, we set proposed 12 simple heuristics as the 12 initial seeds to design 12 variants of a cloud theory-based simulated annealing (CSA) algorithm. …”
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Unidirectional Alleviation of the Diffraction Limit in Geometrically Anisotropic Photonics by El Badri Youssef, Mangach Hicham, Belkacem Abdelhaq, Oubeniz Hammou, Bouzid Abdenbi, Achaoui Younes

“…Rationally constructed materials have enabled access to optical capabilities beyond nature’s limitations, thanks to advances made in both theory and experiment. These synthetic composites allow subwavelength confinement of electromagnetic energy and facilitate unparalleled control over different aspects of electromagnetic waves (polarization, amplitude, frequency, etc.). …”
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