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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Monte Carlo Algorithm For Matrices in Solving Systems of Linear Equations, Determinants, Inverse, Eigen Values, and Eigenvectors. by Bamwine, Delik

“…On the other hand, many classical, deterministic numerical linear algebra algorithms have difficulty scaling to handle large data sets. Monte Carlo methods, which are based on statistical sampling, exhibit many attractive properties in dealing with large volumes of datasets, including fast approximated results, memory efficiency, reduced data accesses, natural parallelism, and inherent fault tolerance. …”
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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

“…In order to create parity in price setting for different groups of products, the unified method of price equivalence with regard to the qualitative parameters of the raw material constituent was developed. …”
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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

“…To this end, this paper is based on the impedance matching method to test the ODD conditions of CL-20 type aluminium explosive particle velocity. …”
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Determinants of sleep quality and their impact on health outcomes: a cross-sectional study on night-shift nurses by Qingqing Xiao, Qingqing Xiao, Xia Huang, Xia Huang, Tao Yang, Tao Yang, Lei Huang, Nan Li, Jingjun Wang, Junqiang Huang, Yalin Huang, Hao Huang, Hao Huang, Ya Wang, Ya Wang

“…PurposeThis study aimed to identify determinants of sleep quality and explore their adverse health outcomes among night-shift nurses in China.MethodThrough convenience sampling, this cross-sectional study enrolled a total of 711 night-shift nurses aged 20-55 years who completed questionnaires from which details regarding their sociodemographic characteristics, health-related indicators and sleep quality based on the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) were extracted. …”
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High-Sensitivity Determination of K, Ca, Na, and Mg in Salt Mines Samples by Atomic Emission Spectrometry with a Miniaturized Liquid Cathode Glow Discharge by Jie Yu, Zhichao Zhang, Quanfang Lu, Duixiong Sun, Shuwen Zhu, Xiaomin Zhang, Xing Wang, Wu Yang

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Self-Choice Emotion Regulation Enhances Stress Reduction: Neural Basis of Self-Choice Emotion Regulation by Nozomi Imajo, Yutaka Matsuzaki, Akiko Kobayashi, Kohei Sakaki, Rui Nouchi, Ryuta Kawashima

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The determination of specificity, sensitivity and accuracy of core needle biopsy in the diagnosis of parotid and submandibular salivary glands tumors by Oroz Aleksandar, Bokun Zorana, Antonijević Đorđe, Jevđić Jasna

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JUSTIFICATION OF DRIP EMITTER FLOW RATE AND DETERMINATION OF EROSION-SAFE DRIP IRRIGATION DURATION OF SOUTHERN CHERNOZEMS by Viktor N. Shkura, Aleksandr V. Kolganov, Andrey S. Shtanko

“…Purpose: to study erosion-safe values of emitter flow rate and drip irrigation duration using southern chernozems as an example and to develop a methodology for their justification. Materials and methods. The field research data carried out on four experimental sites with southern chernozems as a soil cover were the experimental base of the scientific work. …”
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Quantifying the impact of external and internal factors and their interactions on thermal load behaviour of a building by Christoph Matschi, Isabell Nemeth

“…Due to the high effort required for transient calculations, a less complex method is needed at the neighborhood level. For this reason, a method is developed, which identifies the relevant parameters influencing the building heating load behavior. …”
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Development and validation of an analytical procedure for the determination of residual protein A in active substances of therapeutic monoclonal antibodies by E. V. Nozdrina, D. A. Mazalev, D. R. Rogozina, S. P. Zhivoderov, I. V. Lyagoskin, R. R. Shukurov

“…This study aimed to develop and validate an analytical procedure for the determination of residual protein A in active substances of therapeutic mAbs by ELISA with a test kit comprising in-house reagents.MATERIALS AND METHODS. …”
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Determination of Composition and Amount of Different Feeds to Produce Animal Products to Use in Agricultural Policy Studies in Iran by Seyed Majid Alimagham, Afshin Soltani, Behrouz Dastar, Taghi Ghoorchi

“…To do this, the metabolizable energy of the feed and the conversion efficiency coefficients of the metabolizable energy into livestock and poultry products were used. …”
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Deep learning-based identification of precipitation clouds from all-sky camera data for observatory safety by Mohammad H. Zhoolideh Haghighi, Alireza Ghasrimanesh, Habib Khosroshahi

“…We train our model on a set of roughly 2445 images taken by the INO all-sky camera through the deep learning method based on the EfficientNet network. Our model reaches an average accuracy of 99% in determining the cloud rainfall’s potential and an accuracy of 96% for cloud coverage. …”
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Negotiation impact in Supply Chain Management by Elena-Simona Ionel

“…Using qualitative research method through an analysis of recent qualitative and quantitative research, including meta-analysis and case studies, the author identifies negotiation as a strategic leverage that increases supply chain reactivity and efficiency. …”
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Efficient Conditions of Enzyme-Assisted Extractions and Pressurized Liquids for Recovering Polyphenols with Antioxidant Capacity from Pisco Grape Pomace as a Sustainable Strategy by Jacqueline Poblete, Mario Aranda, Issis Quispe-Fuentes

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Efficiency evaluation of the milling process based on the granulometric analysis of crushed stone-mastic asphalt concrete granulate by D. V. Furmanov, E. S. Budanova

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Global and regional impact of health determinants on life expectancy and health-adjusted life expectancy, 2000–2018: an econometric analysis based on the Global Burden of Disease s... by Kamran Irandoust, Rajabali Daroudi, Maryam Tajvar, Mehdi Yaseri

“…This study examines the impact of these determinants on life expectancy (LE) and health-adjusted life expectancy (HALE) at both regional and global levels using econometric analysis.MethodsThis ecological study included all 194 WHO member countries from 2000 to 2018. …”
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Hybrid lion and exponential PSO-based metaheuristic clustering approach for efficient dynamic data stream management by M. Ananthi, K. Valarmathi, A. Ramathilagam, R. Praveen

“…Thus, a data stream clustering method is essential for exploring and storing the potential amount of information from the historical data determined in a single pass. …”
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Impact of main idiosyncratic and exogenous factors on cost Efficiency: The case of MENA banking industries - SFA approach by Samar Rizk

“…By using this method, SFAW versus SFAWO, we compare between the efficiency frontiers and scores obtained and understand the effect of the integration of main determinants on efficiency of banks in the MENA region. …”
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Empirical Evidence on Pro-Environmental Activities of Companies in Times of Energy Transformation: A Case Study of Poland by Beata Bal-Domańska, Elżbieta Stańczyk, Mirosława Szewczyk

“…For large enterprises, the key determinants were incentives, reputation, and law requirements. …”
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