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Prioritising factors for selection of infectious waste management contractors using fuzzy analytic hierarchy process
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Inderscience Publishers
, 2011 , Article)
Bio-medical or infectious waste has not received its due attention in developing countries like India. It is being collected and disposed off along with the municipal solid waste (MSW). Therefore, infectious waste management ...
Tuning the activity of Cu-containing rare earth oxide catalysts for CO oxidation reaction: Cooling while heating paradigm in microwave-assisted synthesis
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2018 , Article)
(Ce-La-xCu)O2 catalysts with low (3 at.%) and high (10 at.%) Cu content were prepared by conventional microwave (MW) and enhanced microwave methods where air cooling (AC), while heating, was applied. The catalysts were ...
Review of recent research on biomedical applications of electrospun polymer nanofibers for improved wound healing
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Future Medicine
, 2016 , Article)
Wound dressings play an important role in a patient’s recovery from health problems,
as unattended wounds could lead to serious complications such as infections or,
ultimately, even death. Therefore, wound dressings since ...
Circular economy business models and operations management
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2019 , Article)
This article examines and conceptualizes the implications of the adoption of circular economy (CE) business models on operations management (OM) decision-making processes, in the areas of product design, production planning ...
A versatile in situ etching-growth strategy for synthesis of yolk–shell structured periodic mesoporous organosilica nanocomposites
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Royal Society of Chemistry
, 2016 , Article)
This paper describes a versatile in situ etching-growth strategy for the preparation of periodic mesoporous organosilica (PMO) composites with yolk-shell structure, which can generate the void space and construct the outer ...
Metagenomic analysis demonstrates the diversity of the fecal virome in asymptomatic pigs in East Africa
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Springer Vienna
, 2016 , Article)
Pigs harbor a variety of viruses that are closely related to human viruses and are suspected to have zoonotic potential. Little is known about the presence of viruses in smallholder farms where pigs are in close contact ...
Impact of execution time on adaptive wireless video scheduling
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2014 , Article)
Adaptive wireless video scheduling has been widely studied to improve network performance. However, the majority of existing scheduling algorithms assume that they are able to converge instantaneously to adapt to a dynamic ...
Production of metal-oxide nanoclusters using inert-gas condensation technique
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2017 , Article)
Inert-gas condensation is a novel technique that can be used to produce nanoclusters for different applications. In the present work, dc sputtering combined with inert-gas condensation were used to produce copper oxide ...
A closed-loop supply chain management problem: Reformulation and piecewise linearization
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2016 , Article)
Recent environmental considerations as well as advancements in the field of logistics have promoted the integration of the forward and reverse supply chains, in order to increase operational efficiency and support sustainable ...
The evolution of base of the pyramid approaches and the role of multinational and domestic business ventures: Value-commitment and profit-making perspectives
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Elsevier Inc.
, 2019 , Article)
Anchored in the current controversy around the role of multinational enterprises (MNEs)in promoting base of the pyramid (BoP)initiatives in developing nations, this paper analyzes the evolution and changes in BoP approaches ...