Macroeconomic and firm-specific determinants of financial performance: Evidence from non-life insurance companies in Africa by Thabiso Sthembiso Msomi

“…Panel data of 1452 observations were examined using both ordinary least squares and two-step System Generalised Method of Moments estimators. The findings of this study show that lagged return on assets, equity capital, operational efficiency and leverage, investment capability and gross domestic product are the statistically significant determinants of financial performance in African non-life insurance companies even though equity capital, operational efficiency and leverage are inversely significant. …”
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PRODUCT DEMAND FORECASTING: A SOLUTION TO DETERMINE RAW MATERIAL NEEDS FOR COCONUT OIL AGROINDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT by Siti Wardah, Wiwik Sudarwati

“…Effective agroindustrial development requires accurate determination of raw material needs to plan production capacity and ensure efficient operation. …”
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Determination of 6 quinolones drug residues in milk by Ostro orifice plate combined with UPLC-MS/MS by WANG Yanpeng, ZHANG Biao, LI Peng, QIU Jianfei

“…An ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS) method for the determination of 6 quinolones drug residues in milk was established. …”
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Determination of main performance data of an aircraft threedimensional maneuver split-S with a permissible flight envelope limiter by K. A. Zhuravsky, P. S. Kostin

“…The article provides the description, advantages and disadvantages, comparison of the results of each of the techniques. The calculation method, despite its efficiency, is the most inaccurate due to the complexity and inability to define the average flight parameters. …”
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Determining human resource management key indicators and their impact on organizational performance using deep reinforcement learning by Zongyu Sun

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Determination of 18 amino acids in Tianlongquan seasoning glutinous rice wine by HPLC with pre-column derivatization by ZHANG Long, HAO Junguang, MO Wei, WAN Ruijie, WEI Haidan, QI Cen, HOU Hui, LIANG Zhenrong, WU Jinyan, LIN Haichao

“…In the linear range of the amino acid standard curves, the correlation coefficient (R²) ≥0.998 7, the average standard recovery was 92.38%-104.86%, the relative standard deviation (RSD) was less than 4.45%, and the RSD of repeatability and precision tests was less than 5%. The method was simple, accurate and efficient, and could be used to quantitatively determine the contents of amino acids in Tianlongquan seasoning glutinous rice wine and related products.…”
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The determination and pollution analysis of β-N- methylamino-L-alanine and its isomers in algal health products by WANG Chen, YUAN Guanxiang, LUO Qing, QIN Xiaoyun, YANG Shengyuan, LIU Guihua

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Simultaneous determination of 13 non-phthalate plasticizers in strong-flavor Baijiu by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry by RAN Yifan, HE Cheng, WANG Ming, AO Zonghua, LIAO Yuan, YANG Qin, DONG Liang, LI Chenyang, LIU Yalan

“…A method for the simultaneous determination of 13 non-phthalate plasticizers in strong-flavor (Nongxiangxing) Baijiu by gas chromatography- mass spectrometry (GC-MS) was established. …”
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Determination of the law of probability density distribution of colony-forming units number under livestock waste disinfection by Nikolay V. Limarenko, Victor P. Zharov

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Simultaneous Determination of Pyridine, Aniline and Nitrobenzene in Printing and Dyeing Wastewater by Headspace Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry by Yue WU, Yongzhong LAI, Guoyong LU, Xiaosheng LIN, Shusheng LIANG, Wenshuai XU

“…This method improves the detection efficiency, and is of significance for the simultaneous monitoring of pyridine, aniline, and nitrobenzene in printing and dyeing wastewater.…”
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Determining the parameters and chemical behaviour of the overdriven detonation reaction zone of CL-20-based aluminized explosives by Moyan Liu, Yan Liu, Fan Bai, Hongfu Wang, Shanyong Chu, Fenglei Huang

“…However, the energy release efficiency of the detonation reaction zone is inversely proportional to the content of aluminum powder. …”
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Determining Optimal Routes for Marble Transport Between Turkey and France Using the Multi-Criteria Decision Making by Melih Çelik, Yasin Gültekin

“…This study attempts to determine the optimal transportation route for exporting marble from Turkey to France using multi-criteria decision-making methods. …”
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Design and Analysis of Additional Tendon Path for Determining Bending Shape in Hyper-Redundant Manipulator with Rolling Joints by Hansoul Kim

“…However, this approach complicates control and reduces both space and cost efficiency. This study proposed a conceptual method for adding a shaping tendon to control the bending shape and mathematically analyzed the effect of this shaping tendon, inserted along an arbitrary path in addition to the main driving tendons for constant curvature bending, on the bending shape of the hyper-redundant manipulator with rolling joints. …”
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PRINCIPLES OF DETERMINATION OF VALUE IN USE FOR MEAT AND MEAT PRODUCTS BASED ON QUALITY INDICATORS — THE COEFFICIENTS OF CONSUMER PROPERTIES by N. F. Neburchilova, I. V. Petrunina

“…It is possible to achieve production efficiency with such use of the existing resources when the differentiated production costs are proportional to the utility of these resources. …”
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Rapid Identification Method for Concrete Defect Boundaries Based on Acoustic-Mode Gradient Analysis by Yong Yang, Peixuan Shen, Ziming Qi, Shiqi Liu

“…This paper addresses the challenges of traditional acoustic detection methods, which often suffer from low efficiency, poor adaptability to environmental conditions, and difficulties in measuring defect sizes. …”
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Methodology for determining the reactive parameters of aviation electrical energy consumers based on voltage and current data in transients by V. I. Pavlova, I. E. Starostin

“…This work is devoted to the development of methods for determining the parameters of secondary power sources of aircraft electrical equipment, characterizing its reactive properties.…”
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Determination of the effect of alkaline chemical modification using sodium hydroxide on the acoustic and thermal properties of bagasse fibers by Roohalah Hajizadeh, Amirhossein Montazeri, Mehrana Esnaasharieh, Mohammad Hossein Beheshti, Zeinab Garavand

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Аggregated methodology for determining human resources needs of the road transport sector in the region with specialized education by N. N. Yakunin, O. U. Frolov, N. V. Yakunina, V. V. Kotov

“…The existing methodology of personnel training determines the requirements for the competencies of future specialists, but the methods for determining the number of trained specialists are based either on the readiness of educational institutions for the quality management of the educational process, or are limited to the level of a motor transport enterprise, and do not take into account the regional needs of the labor market. …”
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Intensity of synthetic and organic fertilizers use among Indian paddy growers: Determinants and implications for productivity and sustainability by Girish Kumar Jha, Praveen Koovalamkadu Velayudhan, Toritseju Begho, Vera Eory, Arti Bhatia

“…This inefficient use of nitrogen fertilizers has implications for agricultural productivity and environmental sustainability. Materials and Methods Using data from 14,669 farmers in India, this paper examined the determinants of synthetic fertilizer and manure adoption and intensity of use for rice (Oryza sativa L.) production. …”
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Evaluating Groundwater Quality to Determine the Feasibility of Modern Irrigation Techniques (Case Study: Bam-Narmashir Plain) by Hadi Dehghan, Maryam Safavi, Somayeh Galdavi, Mohammad Naderianfar

“…Today, advancements in irrigation science have led to the development of new methods to enhance irrigation efficiency. In the new methods, such as drip irrigation, it is important to examine the EC, the pH level of the water, and the presence of cations and anions, as these factors can contribute to the clogging of drippers. …”
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