Nonlinear optimisation approach to proposing novel Croatian Industrial Confidence Indicator
Croatian Industrial Confidence Indicator (ICI) is one of the measures of mangers’ sentiment about the economic situation in the Croatian manufacturing industry. Since 2005, the ICI has been calculated in accordance with the harmonised European Commission
Čižmešija Mirjana +2 more
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A note on the turning point for the quadratic trend
The quadratic trend is a statistical model described by the quadratic function. Finding its extremum (also called the vertex or the turning point) using differential calculus or completing the square method is very well known in the literature.
Kojić Vedran, Škrinjarić Tihana
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Optimizing the Resource Consumption of Blockchain Technology in Business Systems
Blockchain technology has gained a great public interest due to the appearance of cryptocurrencies, a digital asset used for exchanging funds. Although blockchain calculations offer the benefits of security and reduced costs, blockchain is still strongly
Juričić Vedran +2 more
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Tetraacetonitrilelithium tetraisothiocyanatoborate [PDF]
The crystal structure of the title salt, [Li(CH3CN)4][B(NCS)4], is composed of discrete cations and anions. Both the Li and B atoms show a tetrahedral coordination by four equal ligands. The acetonitrile and isothiocyanate ligands are linear.
Bolte, Michael +3 more
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Effective Portfolios – An Application of Multi-Criteria and Fuzzy Approach
Research background: When selecting effective portfolios, the portfolio risk is minimized at the given expected return rate or the expected return rate is maximized with a given risk level.
Pośpiech Ewa
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Asset Allocation Strategies Using Covariance Matrix Estimators
The covariance matrix is an important element of many asset allocation strategies. The widely used sample covariance matrix estimator is unstable especially when the number of time observations is small and the number of assets is large or when high ...
László PáL
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Interplay of 'induced fit' and preorganization in the ligand induced folding of the aptamer domain of the guanine binding riboswitch [PDF]
Riboswitches are highly structured elements in the 50-untranslated regions (50-UTRs) of messenger RNA that control gene expression by specifically binding to small metabolite molecules. They consist of an aptamer domain responsible for ligand binding and
Noeske, Jonas +5 more
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PISA Performance of Natives and Immigrants: Selection versus Efficiency
In most countries, immigrant and native students perform differently in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) due to two main reasons: different immigration regimes and differences in their home-country educational systems.
Behr Andreas, Fugger Gerald
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The development of the digital teaching competence from a sociocultural approach [PDF]
En la actualidad, la competencia digital docente trasciende de la formación individual del profesorado en materia TIC. El marco europeo DigCompEdu incide en que el profesorado tiene que capacitar al alumnado en la aplicación de las tecnologías digitales ...
Colás Bravo, María Pilar +2 more
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Glycyl-L-proline hemihydrate at 298 K [PDF]
The crystal structure of glycyl-L-proline (GLY-PRO) hemihydrate, C(7)H(12)N(2)O(3)(.)0.5H(2)O, has two molecules of GLY-PRO in the asymmetric unit; one molecule adopts the cis configuration at the peptide bond and the other adopts the trans configuration.
Moggach, S A, Parsons, S, Sawyer, L
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