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Planning urban pavement maintenance by a new interactive multiobjective optimization approach

open access: yesEuropean Transport Research Review, 2019
Pavement maintenance is essential to prevent the deterioration of asset value and to satisfy the expectations of all stakeholders (objectives). However, the budgets are often insufficient to keep the road pavement at optimum levels. Therefore, a decision
Maria Grazia Augeri   +2 more
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Landscape Assessment and Economic Accounting in Wind Farm Programming: Two Cases in Sicily

open access: yesLand, 2018
In recent years, the scientific interest for the economic and landscape impact of wind farms has increased. This paper presents a useful GIS tool that allows for helping policymakers and investors to identify promising areas for wind power generation as ...
Salvatore Giuffrida   +3 more
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A New Application with Conditional Risk Matrix and Decision Rules: An Assessment of the Sustainability and Performance Electric Power Company

open access: yesFoundations of Computing and Decision Sciences
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development of the United Nations General Assembly focuses on economic development, poverty cessation, environmental sustainability, and good governance at all levels, including peace and safety.
Couto Ayrton Benedito Gaia do   +1 more
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Incorporation of pea and hemp seed protein hydrolysates into soybean protein-based meat analogues for enhanced bioactive and instrumental sensory attributes

open access: yesFuture Foods
This study produced enzymatic protein hydrolysates from hemp and pea seeds, using papain and chymotrypsin, followed by their incorporation into soybean-based meat analogues (MAs).
Helen Oluwaseun Agunbiade   +4 more
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Dysfunctional Beliefs Towards Parenthood and Depressive Symptoms: A Dyadic Response Surface Analysis (DRSA) Approach

open access: yes
Based on Beck’s cognitive theory, the present study sought to examine the extent to which the degree of (dis)similarity between partners in specific beliefs about parenting (i.e., others’ judgments, parental responsibility, parental role idealization) may be associated with their levels of depression.
Gugliandolo, Maria Cristina   +3 more
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DRSA: a non-hierarchical clustering algorithm using k-NN graph and its application in vegetation classification

open access: yesVegetation of Russia, 2015
In this article we proposed a new method of non-hierarchical cluster analysis using k-nearest-neighbor graph and discussed it with respect to vegetation classification. The method of k-nearest neighbor (k-NN) classification was originally developed in 1951 (Fix, Hodges, 1951).
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A Method to Handle the Missing Values in Multi-Criteria Sorting Problems Based on Dominance Rough Sets

open access: yesMathematics
The handling of missing attribute values remains a challenging and problematic issue in data analysis. Imputation techniques are key procedures used to deal with missing attribute values.
Ahmet Topal   +2 more
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RSM-based microwave- and ultrasound-assisted bioactive compounds extraction and isolation from Quercus infectoria and anti-viral docking studies

open access: yesArab Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences
Quercus infectoria (Q. infectoria) is a medicinal plant renowned for its therapeutic benefits. The current study included optimization of microwave-assisted extraction (MAE) and ultrasound-assisted extraction (UAE) for obtaining bioactive compounds from ...
Faiza Imtiaz, Dildar Ahmed
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Ethnic inequalities in health: The interplay of racism and COVID-19 in syndemics

open access: yesEClinicalMedicine, 2021
Kamaldeep Bhui, CBE, MD, FRCPsych, FRCP(E), DRSA, PFHEA
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