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Inventory models for joint pricing and greening effort decisions with discounts
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Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
, 2018 , Article)
Purpose: This paper aims to develop efficient decision support tools for a firm?s environment protection by using greening effort while yet improving profitability by utilizing pricing and inventory decisions with discount ...
Empowering Technology Enabled Care Using IoT and Smart Devices: A Review
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2018 , Article Review)
Designing power aware wearable devices is the main key in building compact size autonomous smart devices to successfully connect health Internet of things solutions. With their ability to perform tasks ranging from simple ...
Effects of acute and chronic exercise on immunological parameters in the elderly aged: Can physical activity counteract the effects of aging?
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Frontiers Media S.A.
, 2018 , Article Review)
Immunosenescence is characterized by deterioration of the immune system caused by aging which induces changes to innate and adaptive immunity. Immunosenescence affects function and phenotype of immune cells, such as ...
A Novel Efficient Classwise Sparse and Collaborative Representation for Holistic Palmprint Recognition
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2018 , Conference Paper)
Palmprint recognition is an important and widely used modality in biometric systems. It has a high reliability, stability and user acceptability. Although the discriminative ability of the existing state-of-the-art holistic ...
Female audit committee members and their influence on audit fees
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Blackwell Publishing
, 2018 , Article)
We test the relationship between female representation on the audit committee and audit fees for 624 Australian companies in the year 2011. A positive relationship is found, leading to the conclusion that female presence ...
Life cycle cost analysis of structural concrete using seawater, recycled concrete aggregate, and GFRP reinforcement
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Elsevier
, 2018 , Article)
© 2018 Elsevier Ltd Using seawater and recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) in a concrete mix is potentially advantageous from a sustainability perspective. However, the high chloride levels expected in such a case demands ...
Exploring microservices for enhancing internet QoS
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Wiley Blackwell
, 2018 , Article)
With the enhancements in the field of software-defined networking and virtualization technologies, novel networking paradigms such as network function virtualization and the Internet of Things are rapidly gaining ground. ...
Nanofibers of resorcinol–formaldehyde for effective adsorption of As (III) ions from mimicked effluents
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Springer Verlag
, 2018 , Article)
In the present study, the core–shell structured RF/PVA nanofibers have been developed and used for the adsorption of As3+ ions from the mimicked liquid effluents. Efficient-facile fabrication of the structured nanofibers ...
Dietary magnesium-to-iron intake ratios and risk of impaired fasting glucose in Chinese adults: The prospective Jiangsu Nutrition Study (JIN)
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Elsevier Inc
, 2018 , Article)
Background: Studies have consistently shown that risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D) is positively associated with dietary haem iron intake and inversely associated with dietary magnesium intake in a dose-response way. However, ...
High strength, ductility, and electrical conductivity of in-situ consolidated nanocrystalline Cu-1%Nb
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2018 , Article)
Nanocrystalline metals—with grain sizes less than 100 nm— have strengths exceeding those of coarse-grained and even alloyed metals [1], [2]. A bulk nanocrystalline Cu-1%Nb alloy was synthesized by an in-situ consolidation ...