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Adipokines and Associations with Incident Osteoporotic Fracture in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Purpose We assessed whether circulating adipokines are associated with incident fractures in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods Three adipokines (adiponectin, leptin, fibroblast growth factor [FGF]‐21) were measured using banked enrollment serum from participants in a longitudinal RA cohort.
Joshua F. Baker, Bryant R. England, Michael D. George, Hannah Brubeck, Brian Sauer, Aleksander Lenert, Punyasha Roul, Geoffrey M. Thiele, Ted R. Mikuls, Katherine D. Wysham   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Evaluation of the Challenges of Multilingualism in Data Warehouse Development

International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, 2016
In this paper we discuss Business Intelligence and define what is meant by support for Multilingualism in a Business Intelligence reporting context. We identify support for Multilingualism as a challenging issue which has implications for data warehouse ...
Nedim Dedić, C. Stanier
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Mechanistic Insights in Surface Engineering of Micro‐/Nanocomposite Phase Change Materials for Thermal Energy Storage: A Review

Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research, EarlyView.
This review examines surface‐engineered phase change material composites as vital solutions for escalating thermal energy storage demands driven by urbanization. It elucidates their enhanced performance through chemical mechanisms, diverse compositions, and preparation strategies, emphasizing the role of carbon‐based additives in improving thermal ...
Laxman Singh, Saravanakumar Balakrishnan, Joseph Johnson William, Sheikdawood Parveen, Ponnachiyur Aruchamy Periasamy, Rajeev Kumar, Anshuman Srivastava, Sunil Kumar, Amit Kumar Shringi, Dimple Kumari, Ambrish Singh, Fei Yan   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Extreme Thermal Cycling of Anode‐Supported Microtubular Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Using a Novel Test Setup

Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research, EarlyView.
A novel test setup is developed to perform extreme thermal cycling on microtubular solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs). The tested microtubular SOFC shows excellent tolerance to over 100 extreme thermal cycles at heating/cooling rates of ≈175/100 °C min−1.
Dhruba Panthi, Yanhai Du, Hai Feng
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring barriers to utilizing local agricultural products in the catering industry

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Both the proportion and expenditure of dining out and takeaway in Taiwan have been increasing year by year. This study investigates the factors influencing the catering service providers (CSPs) procurement of domestically produced or imported food materials.
Wan‐Yu Liu, Hsing‐Wei Lin, Chun‐Cheng Lin   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of Coordination Mechanisms and Transaction Costs Promoting Sustainability Performance in Agri‐Food Supply Chains: Evidence From Ecuador

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Social tensions and resource depletion pose significant challenges to the agri‐food sector, highlighting the need for coordinated strategies to ensure sustainability in supply chains. Despite its critical importance, the relationship between coordination mechanisms and sustainability performance remains underexplored.
Carlos Moreno‐Miranda, Liesbeth Dries
wiley   +1 more source

Data Cleaning In Data Warehouse: A Survey of Data Pre-processing Techniques and Tools

, 2017
A Data Warehouse is a computer system designed for storing and analyzing an organization's historical data from day-to-day operations in Online Transaction Processing System (OLTP).
Anosh Fatima, Nosheen Nazir, Muhammad Gufran Khan   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Benefits of InterSite Pre-Processing and Clustering Methods in E-Commerce Domain [PDF]

, 2005
This paper presents our preprocessing and clustering analysis on the clickstream dataset proposed for the ECMLPKDD 2005 Discovery Challenge. The main contributions of this article are double.
Chelcea, Sergiu Theodor, Da Silva, Alzennyr, Lechevallier, Yves, Tanasa, Doru, Trousse, Brigitte   +4 more
core   +4 more sources

How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan, Orkhan Sariyev, Mohammad Ariful Islam, Manfred Zeller   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Testing the Marketing Performance of German Wheat Farmers

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyses the marketing performance of wheat farmers in Germany. Wheat sales data from 465 individual farms over a 12‐year period are used to test against different market benchmarks. Market benchmarks are constructed by simulating passive trading agents using regional wheat prices.
Franziska Potts, Jens‐Peter Loy
wiley   +1 more source