OPERATIONAL RISK MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND PERFORMANCE: EVIDENCE FROM NON-INTEREST LISTED DEPOSIT MONEY BANK IN NIGERIA by Mujeeb Adegoke

“…Thus, this formed the reason for carrying out this study, as this study seeks to determine the effect of operational risk management practices on the performance in term of profitability and efficiency of non-interest bank. …”
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Assessing the Quality of the Endocervical Component: Pitfalls to Cervical Cancer Screening in Limpopo Province, South Africa by Dorah Ursula Ramathuba PhD, Doris Ngambi PhD

“…Method A mixed-method research approach was used for the study. …”
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Measuring. Monitoring. Management. Control by A.J. Alieva, Kh.S. Alieva, M.G. Ashrafov, N.Kh. Mustafazade

“…Using the variational optimization method, the optimal type of the specified dependence is calculated. …”

Integrating KEMIRA with Interval-Valued Neutrosophic Numbers to Assess University English Teaching Quality: A Multi-Attribute Decision-Making Model by Li Ding

“…Key contributions include extending the KEMIRA model to INSs, determining attribute weights using the average method, and applying INN-KEMIRA to complex MADM problems. …”
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A design-based framework for optimal stratification using super-population models with application on real data set of breast cancer. by Faizan Danish

“…An empirical application of the method is demonstrated using breast cancer data, where the mean perimeter is estimated based on mean radius and mean texture. …”
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Depressive disorders in women of climacteric age (review of foreign literature for 2012–2016) by N. A. Bokhan, E. V. Lukiyanova, G. G. Simutkin

“…In a number of papers the efficiency of antidepressant therapy, alternative methods and supplementary therapy in women with depressive disorders, climacteric disturbances and co-occurring physical diseases is shown. …”
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Quantitative characteristics of microstructure of shale reservoirs with different lithofacies in Dongying Sag， Jiyang Depression by NI Liangtian, DU Yushan, JIANG Long, YANG Feng, SUN Hongxia, FENG Mingshi, LIU Zupeng, LÜ Shichao, WANG Yunhe, LI Weizhong, LI Zhongxin

“…To clarify the pore-fracture development characteristics of shale reservoirs with different lithofacies and their impacts on reservoir properties， this study focused on the shale intervals of Es4U （The Upper Submember of the 4th Member of the Eocene Shahejie Formation） and Es3L （The Lower Submember of the 3rd Member of the Eocene Shahejie Formation）in the Dongying Sag of the Jiyang Depression. Test methods including core observation， thin-section identification， whole-rock X-ray diffraction， argon ion polishing， and field-emission scanning electron microscopy （FE-SEM） were used， and the mineralogical and petrological characteristics of shale oil reservoirs were determined. …”
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Research of production technology as a factor influencing the time of the product assembly cycle by V. S. Ponomareva, O. V. Khomutskaya

“…When evaluating the effectiveness of the organization of assembly production, criteria and factors are determined. The time of the product assembly cycle is taken as the efficiency criterion. …”
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Biochemical Oxygen Demand Prediction Based on Three-Dimensional Fluorescence Spectroscopy and Machine Learning by Xu Zhang, Yihao Zhang, Xuanyi Yang, Zhiyun Wang, Xianhua Liu

“…Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) is an important indicator of the degree of organic pollution in water bodies. Traditional methods for BOD₅ determination, although widely used, are complicated and dependent on accurate chemical measurements of dissolved oxygen. …”
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Prediction of Aerosol Particle Size Distribution Based on Neural Network by Yali Ren, Jiandong Mao, Hu Zhao, Chunyan Zhou, Xin Gong, Zhimin Rao, Qiang Wang, Yi Zhang

“…Therefore, it is necessary to determine the particle size distribution. However, the particle size distribution determined by the particle extinction efficiency factor according to the Mie scattering theory is an ill-conditioned integral equation, namely, the Fredholm integral equation of the first kind, which is very difficult to solve. …”
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Mineral Heterostructures for Simultaneous Removal of Lead and Arsenic Ions by Tijana Spasojević, Mirjana Ćujić, Vesna Marjanović, Zlate Veličković, Maja Kokunešoski, Aleksandra Perić Grujić, Maja Đolić

“…In addition to the experimental optimization of the parameters determined by the response surface method (RSM), the effects of pH, adsorbent dosage, temperature, and contact duration on the batch and column system adsorption efficiency of single-component and simultaneous lead and arsenate removal were tested. …”
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Infrared Small Target Detection Using Directional Derivative Correlation Filtering and a Relative Intensity Contrast Measure by Feng Xie, Dongsheng Yang, Yao Yang, Tao Wang, Kai Zhang

“…Experimental evaluations across multiple datasets verify that the proposed method substantially improves the signal-to-clutter ratio (SCR). …”
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Survival and Acidification Potential of Lactobacillus Plantarum MNC 21 Stored in Air-Dried Sorghum Flours by Yusuf Byenkya Byaruhanga, Stellah Byakika, Ivan Muzira Mukisa

“…Two sorghum varieties (malted and un-malted) were used. To determine their fermentation efficiency during storage, sterile sorghum malt slurries were inoculated with the dried culture and fermented at 30°C for 24 h. …”
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Heat management of LED-based Cu2O deposits on the optimal structure of heat sink by Wang Congrong, Zhang Chaoyang, Chen Qiduan, Lin Hui, Sun Xinting, Li Jiahao, Jean Mingder

“…The optimal junction temperature of the LED package is determined by using the signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) of the heat-dissipated structure based on Taguchi’s method as well as the heat dissipation coating. …”
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Self-powered copper sulfide/silicon heterojunction photodetectors with high-photoresponse performance by Der-Yuh Lin, Yu-Tai Shih, De-Jin Qiu, Yee-Mou Kao, Chia-Feng Lin, Sheng-Beng Hwang, Ming-Cheng Kao

“…The power conversion efficiency (PCE) of the p-CuxS/n-Si heterostructures was determined to be 2.52%. …”
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Flood resilience assessment of region based on TOPSIS-BOA-RF integrated model by Guofeng Wen, Fayan Ji

“…Secondly, the combined indicator weights are determined using quadratic programming combined with the EWM-Delphi method. …”
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Mathematical and Experimental Simulation of Operating Modes of Capillary Emitter of Electrostatic Colloidal Microthruster by S. V. Redko, E. B. Chubenko, V. P. Bondarenko, I. V. Nikiforov, M. S. Krakov

“…The dependence of the thrust of a micromotor on the electrical power supplied to it was experimentally studied, which made it possible to determine the most efficient operating modes of the microthruster. …”
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Green and miniaturized ultrasonic-assisted extraction using natural deep eutectic solvents to extract phenolic compounds from tea samples by Laura Carbonell-Rozas, Roberto Romero-González, Antonia Garrido Frenich

“…The experimental conditions affecting the miniaturized ultrasonic-assisted extraction (UAE) were optimized to maximize extraction efficiency by performing a design of experiments. The proposed sample treatment was combined with ultra-high performance liquid-chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry detection (UHPLC-MS/MS) to determine 21 phenolic compounds including catechin derivatives and other minor compounds. …”
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Phenol recovery and removal from aqueous solutions by emulsion liquid membranes by Durdu Topkara, Janarbek Izakov, Nurzat Shaykieva, Osman Tutkun

“…Emulsiontype liquid membrane process is a new and effective method for separation ofmixtures with applications in the nuclear industry, hydrometallurgy andwastewater treatment. …”
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Directed evolution of α-ketoisovalerate decarboxylase for improved isobutanol and 3-methyl-1-butanol production in cyanobacteria by Hao Xie, Afshan Begum, Laura H. Gunn, Peter Lindblad

“…PCC 6803 (Synechocystis) enables microbial production of IB and 3M1B through the 2-keto acid pathway, with KivdS286T identified as a key bottleneck limiting production efficiency. Results To address this limitation, a high-throughput screening method based on the consumption of the substrate 2-ketoisovalerate was successfully established. …”
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