Sustainability Reporting in Value Creation: The Critical Mediation of Environmental Management Accounting by Laila Oshiana Fitria A'zizah, Nur Prasetyo Aji, Dewita Puspawati, Ovi Itsnaini Ulynnuha, Nur Andriyani

“…This study examines the essential function of Environmental Management Accounting (EMA) as a mediating variable in the correlation between sustainability report disclosures and firm value. …”
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The influence of fitness mobile apps on workout behavior intention among Chinese young adults. by Mengyu Li, Shujie Wang, Abdul Rahim Ahmed Soliman Darweesh

“…Three components of belief were examined: self-efficiency, perceived barriers, and perceived benefits. …”
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Optimization of stope dimensions using response surface method coupling a hybrid chaos-genetic algorithm by Ming lan, Hanwen Jia, Ju Ma

“…The interaction between variables within this framework was carefully considered when defining the objective functions for optimization. …”
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Optimizing the Spectrum and Power Allocation for D2D-Enabled Communication Systems Using DC Programming by Guomei Gan, Yanhu Huang, Qiang Wang

“…Indeed, the devices can communicate with each other in a D2D system, and the base station (BS) can share the spectrum with D2D users, which can efficiently improve the spectrum and energy efficiency. …”
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Robot welding trajectory optimization based on intersecting line welds by FAN Chenhui, LIU Huan, LIU Xuan, TANG Xiang

“…ObjectiveOperational efficiency, smoothness and energy consumption have been bottlenecks in the trajectory optimization for industrial robots in the non-contact processing such as welding and painting. …”
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DESIGN OF BED SADDLE OF HIGH-SPEED PRECISION CNC LATHE BASED ON TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION by DUAN MingDe, LI Yan, GU JiaJia, ZHANG ZhuangYa

“…Firstly,according to variable density method,which makes bed saddle quality be objective function and allows stiffness as well as natural frequency to be constraint condition was established,then the best structure layout of bed saddle was acquired as a result of topology optimization.Finally,the integral design of the bed saddle was accomplished,with the basis of best structure layout of bed saddle and the requirements of the reasonable design. …”
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A novel unified variational finite difference (VFD) solution method for optimal control problems by Amir Norouzzadeh, Nader Nariman-zadeh, Reza Ansari

“…To do so, the general form of quadratic performance index function and nonlinear state equations are considered first. …”
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Swarm Intelligence Integrated Graph-Cut for Liver Segmentation from 3D-CT Volumes by Maya Eapen, Reeba Korah, G. Geetha

“…The paper proposes a swarm intelligence inspired edge-adaptive weight function for regulating the energy minimization of the traditional graph-cut model. …”
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The Nebraska Nomogram for Autograft Planning (NNAP) a surgical planning tool for ipsilateral rotational autokeratoplasty by Collin Asheim, Ashok Puri, Helen Song, Brian Armstrong, Sam Navon, Ronald Krueger

“…A patient undergoing IRA with this software achieved successful graft placement, improved visual function, and no post-operative complication or rejection. …”
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A nomogram for diagnosis of BI-RADS 4 breast nodules based on three-dimensional volume ultrasound by Xianping Jiang, Chen Chen, Jincao Yao, Liping Wang, Chen Yang, Wei Li, Di Ou, Zhiyan Jin, Yuanzhen Liu, Chanjuan Peng, Yifan Wang, Dong Xu

“…It can function as a relatively accurate predictive tool for sonographers and clinicians and is therefore clinically useful. …”
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Risk-averse Robust Interval Economic Dispatch for Power Systems with Large-scale Wind Power Integration by Zhenjia Lin, Haoyong Chen, Jinbin Chen, Jianping Huang, Mengshi Li

“…Based on the available probability distribution function (PDF), wind power curtailment and load shedding are quantified as the operational risk and incorporated into the decision-making process. …”
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Optimized Blade Design of Counter-Rotating-Type Pump-Turbine Unit Operating in Pump and Turbine Modes by Jin-Woo Kim, Jun-Won Suh, Young-Seok Choi, Kyoung-Yong Lee, Toshiaki Kanemoto, Jin-Hyuk Kim

“…The pump and turbine mode efficiencies of the unit were selected as the objective functions and they combined into a single specific objective function with the weighting factors. …”
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An Optimization Strategy for Generator Start-up Sequence After Blackouts Considering the Cyber System Fault by Mingming LI, Lei SUN, Yinghao MA

“…An optimal start-up sequence model of generators is proposed with the expectation of maximum power systems’ total generation as objective function, and taking into account the constraints including the start-up time constraint of generator units, the auxiliary variables constraint related to the cyber system fault, and the start-up power constraint of generator units. …”
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Monitoring and benchmarking Earth system model simulations with ESMValTool v2.12.0 by A. Lauer, L. Bock, B. Hassler, P. Jöckel, L. Ruhe, M. Schlund

“…While the examples shown here focus on atmospheric variables, the new functionality can be applied to any other ESM component such as land, ocean, sea ice, or land ice. …”
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Radar-equivalent snowpack: reducing the number of snow layers while retaining their microwave properties and bulk snow mass by J. Meloche, N. R. Leroux, B. Montpetit, V. Vionnet, C. Derksen

“…A reduction in the mathematical complexity of SWE retrieval cost functions and a reduction in computation of up to 80 % can be gained by using fewer layers in the SWE retrieval.…”
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Correlation Between Hallux Valgus Severity, Abductor Hallucis Muscle Properties, and Plantar Pressure Distribution by Kyeong-Ah Moon, Ye Jin Kim, Hye-Seon Jeon

“…Objects: This study aimed to explore how changes in skeletal, muscular, and functional variables correlate with HV severity and to provide evidence for more integrated treatment approaches. …”

Incorporation of Mean/Maximum Stress Effects in the Multiaxial Racetrack Filter by Marco Antonio Meggiolaro, Jaime Tupiassú Pinho de Castro, Hao Wu

“…The MRF efficiency is evaluated from tension-torsion experiments in 316L stainless steel tubular specimens under non-proportional (NP) load paths, showing it can robustly filter out nondamaging events even under multiaxial NP variable amplitude loading histories. …”
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Record Keeping Systems and Service Delivery in Uganda: Case Of Kabale District Local Government by Turyasingura John Bosco, agaba moses, Kabagambe Jesse David, Barigye Godfrey

“…The purpose of this study was to determine how the Kabale District Local Government's service delivery was impacted by its record-keeping procedures. The study's end variable was the provision of services, and its predictor factors were the efficiency with which the records management systems function. …”
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Double and integer multi-objective optimization of solar HDH desalination system with bubble column dehumidifier: An artificial neural network approach by Alireza Naeini, Alireza Jalali, Ehsan Houshfar

“…A neural network model is utilized to predict how the objective functions vary with six decision variables. The chosen optimization approach utilizes the genetic algorithm (GA) method. …”
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Application of a novel metaheuristic algorithm inspired by connected banking system in truss size and layout optimum design problems and optimization problems by Mehrdad Nemati, Yousef Zandi, Jamshid Sabouri

“…Besides the truss size/layout problems, CEC-BC-2017 test functions with ten dimensions and also three other constrained optimum design problems are also investigated to examine the performance of the CBSO in dealing with these standard unconstrained and constrained test functions. …”
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