Assessing the realization rate of effectiveness components in the faculty member of civil engineering department at Imam Khomeini International University (IKIU) by Roohollah Taherkhani, Amirhossein Hajibabaei

“…The university as responsible of education for future generations is bound to commit its professional effectiveness as an important process in the performance of the education system. …”
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A proportionately increased small and equal batch delivery under consignment stock agreement for a single vendor, multiple buyers supply chain system by Kehinde Adegbola, Abdulrakib Abdulrahman

“…These n shipments are proportionately increased according to the vendor rate of production to each buyer’s demand rate. A mathematical cost function is developed to reduce the overall cost of the integrated supply chain system through the optimal cycle time and the optimal numbers of shipments to be delivered to each buyer. …”
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Medical school service regions in Canada: exploring graduate retention rates across the medical education training continuum and into professional practice by Cassandra Barber, Cees van der Vleuten, Saad Chahine

“…Quebec (86.5%) and Ontario (80.4%) had above-average retention rates across the medical education continuum. Family medicine had the highest retention rates from undergraduate to postgraduate training (81.9%), while psychiatry had the highest retention rate across the training continuum and into professional practice (71.2%). …”
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Towards emotional intelligence and quality of work life: Improving the role of work attitude by Achmad Sudiro, Agung Nugroho Adi, Noora Fithriana, Muhammad Fajrul Iskam Fasieh, Mochamad Soelton

“…We distributed 400 questionnaires to the respondents, and the response rate was 81%. Path analysis using SmartPLS 3.0 was used to check the validity and reliability of the questionnaires. …”
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Strengthening Employee Retention in Islamic Microfinance by Laila Khoirunisa, Muhammad Zakiy, Purbo Jadmiko, Ardian Samsuddin

“…One of the factors that can cause high turnover rates is the employee workload. Despite this, some factors can be highlighted to reduce turnover rates due to high workload, namely, perceived organizational support (POS) and continuance commitment. …”
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Incentivizing Video-on-Demand Subscription Intention Through Tiered Discounts and Anti-Piracy Messages by Ignacio Redondo, Diana Serrano

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The relationship between the European Union's economic power status and the economic convergence of the Member States by Tudor Mugurel AURSULESEI, Ștefan Cătălin TOPLICEANU, Liviu-George MAHA

“…In the second part, we focused on an analysis of the following indicators, which determine a European Union deficit at the global level: GDP growth, unemployment rate and inflation rate. Finally, we propose to conclude if, for the three indicators, there is a correlation between the economic convergence between the European Union states and its world economic status.…”
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Suicide cases investigated at the state mortuary in Bloemfontein, 2003–2007 by Karen Stark, Gina Joubert, Magdalena Struwig, Marinus Pretorius, Nak van der Merwe, Henmar Botha, Jaco Kotzé, Daniel Krynauw

“…The estimated suicide rate for this part of the Free State province was 10.9/100 000 of the population per year. …”
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Evaluating the Impact of Pharmacotherapy in Augmenting Quit Rates Among Hispanic Adults in an App-Delivered Smoking Cessation Intervention: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Contr... by Margarita Santiago-Torres, Kristin E Mull, Brianna M Sullivan, Ana Paula Cupertino, Ramzi G Salloum, Matthew Triplette, Michael J Zvolensky, Jonathan B Bricker

“…There was an interaction between pharmacotherapy use and intervention arm that marginally influenced 12-month quit rates at 12 months (P for interaction=.053). In the iCanQuit arm, 12-month missing-as-smoking quit rates were 43.8% (7/16) for pharmacotherapy users versus 28.8% (19/16) for nonusers (odds ratio 2.21, 95% CI 0.66-7.48; P=.20). …”
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Multiple metabolic requirements for size homeostasis and initiation of division in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by Shivatheja Soma, Kailu Yang, Maria I. Morales, Michael Polymenis

“…Most cells must grow before they can divide, but it is not known how cells determine when they have grown enough so they can commit to a new round of cell division. Several parameters affect the timing of initiation of division: cell size at birth, the size cells have to reach when they commit to division, and how fast they reach that size. …”
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Suicide in Turkey: its changes and regional differences by Yakar Mustafa, Temurçin Kadir, Kervankıran İsmail

“…As a matter of fact the number of suicides which was 788 in 1975 increased at a rate of 304.7% to become 3189 in 2013. The crude suicide rate per 100,000 population increased from 1.95 in 1975 to 1.69 in 1980, to 2.42 in 1990, to 2.67 in 2000 and increased to 4.19 in 2013. …”
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PEPsy-CM study protocol: impact of a 3-year program for early psychosis based on case-management on relapse rate, a French multicenter randomized trial by Aurélie Schandrin, Julie Jourdan, Sihame Chkair, Sophie Bouvet, Pascale Fabbro-Peray, Mocrane Abbar, for the PEPsy-CM working group

“…The study has encountered problems in attracting recruiting centers often to commit to randomization. The medico-economic evaluation is a strength of the study, as economic objectives are too infrequently considered in such studies. …”
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Incomplete crime as an object of humanization of the Russian criminal legislation by V. F. Lapshin, R. V. Kilimbaev

“…The article is devoted to the problems of simultaneous harmonization between the policy of humanization of the Russian criminal law and the reduction of the crime rate in society. The institute of incomplete crime is proposed as one of the promising areas of humanization of criminal legislation. …”
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A pay-it-forward approach to improve feedback rate of HPV-based self-sampling in cervical cancer screening among women in ethnic minority regions of China: a randomized controlled... by Xueyuan Zhou, Rantong Bao, Xin Guan, Wenzhuo Li, Chenxin Yang, Ruijin Zhu, Hui Li, Xiaohua Wang

“…The primary outcome measure is the feedback rate of HPV self-sampling results. The study is conducted at maternal and child health care and family planning service centers in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, with an expected enrollment of 108 participants.DiscussionThe Pay-It-Forward approach is expected to significantly improve the feedback rate of HPV self-sampling results by enhancing participants’ psychological commitment and sense of responsibility. …”
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Exploring Violent and Property Crime Geographically by Maria Camacho Doyle, Manne Gerell, Henrik Andershed

“…In the current study we compared the accuracy (Predictive Accuracy Index) and precision (Recapture Rate Index) of simply counting crimes: Simple Count with Kernel Density Estimation in the prediction of where people are reported to commit violent crimes (assault and robbery) and property crimes (residential burglary, property damage, theft, vehicle theft and arson), geographically. …”
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Survival of the greenest: environmental sustainability and longevity of organizations by Daria M. Haner, Yilei Wang, Deniz S. Ones, Stephan Dilchert, Yagizhan Yazar, Karn Kaura

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Persepsi Wajib Pajak Orang Pribadi terhadap Tax Evasion di KPP Pratama Badung Utara by Wayan Bunga Larasati, Putu Wenny Saitri, Ni Putu Yuria Mendra

“…Taxpayers think that taxes are a burden so that many taxpayers try to minimize the amount of tax owed by committing fraud, one of which is tax evasion.This study aims to determine the effect of tax understanding, tax audit, tax sanctions, tax rates, and the tax system on individual taxpayers' perceptions of tax evasion. …”
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Exploring institutional competence for effective anti-trafficking policy compliance by Md Saidur Rahman

“…Although many countries have committed to international declarations, protocols, and conventions aimed at protecting human rights, compliance with anti-trafficking policies remains low at the institutional level. …”
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FUNDING OF ACCIDENT INSURANCE IN UKRAINE by O. Gamankova, S. Shуmkiv

“…The results show need to implement scientifically proven approach to determining premium rates in the state social insurance based on mathematical statistics and actuarial calculations to ensure that such conditions on the one hand, can insure the risk, and the other - to provide the insurer the ability to perform insurance obligations' commitments. …”
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Value Added Tax and Economic Development: Focus on Human Capital Development by Kuyebi Favour Orejesuoluwapo, Omodero Cordelia Onyinyechi

“…The verdicts show that both VAT and Exchange Rate significantly impact both Economic Development and Human Capital Development, though negatively. …”
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