Proposing an interpretive structural model of barriers to using blockchain technology in the food supply [PDF]
Purpose: Today, the ever-expanding supply chain of the food industry has made controlling and turning the slogan "Food Security: From Farm to Table" a difficult task in reality.
Akbar Rahimi +2 more
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Plausible Scenarios for the Futures of Chain Stores in Iran; a Case Study of ETKA Chain Stores [PDF]
Rapid changes and widespread uncertainties in the chain store business have led managers to focus on "Scenario-based planning" rather than "Strategic planning", and "robust strategies" rather than "Optimum strategies".
Ahad Rezayan, Ehsan Marzban
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Tacit knowledge acquisition and incremental innovation capability: Proximity perspective
Knowledge, especially tacit knowledge (TK), has become the most strategic resource for firms' innovativeness and competitiveness. However, most agricultural firms struggle to effectively manage TK to improve their innovation capability.
Albertine M. Houessou +3 more
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Identification of suitable sites for flood spreading by integrating fuzzy logic and GIS & RS techniques [PDF]
Flood control and storage are the main factors in combating desertification especially in arid and semi arid regions. This study aims at recognizing suitable sites for flood spreading by coupling fuzzy inference systems and RS & GIS techniques.
Esmaeel Dodangeh +3 more
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The study and policy cessation of forest utilization or forest logging in hyrcanian forests (Case study: Shafarood forests) [PDF]
Quality and quantity of forest utilization belong to the most debated issues in managing the Hyrcanian forests. There are two conflicting views of 1) sustainable forest utilization and 2) forest rest. The present study aimed to apply these two approaches.
Maziar Haidari +1 more
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The effect of store image and service quality on private label brand image and purchase intention [PDF]
Introduction: Private label brands are also known as store brands or retail brands. At present, these brands include almost all product categories. They have many benefits for both retailers and consumers.
Nima Soltani-Nejad +3 more
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Abstract Nickel (Ni) stress adversely affects plant growth and biomass accumulation, posturing severe menace to crop production and food security. The current study aimed to determine the putative role of sodium nitroprusside (SNP) in mitigating Ni‐induced phytotoxicity and identify the underlying defense mechanisms in maize, which are poorly ...
Saghir Abbas +12 more
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The effect of elastomers and coupling agent on tensile properties and impact strength polypropylene/saw dust composites [PDF]
To study the tensile properties and impact strength in Wood Plastic Composites (WPC) polypropylene as a matrix and teada pine sawdust as reinforcement / filler is used.
Hamid Ibaghi esfahani +2 more
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Determination of unacceptable HLA antigen mismatches in kidney transplant recipients
With the introduction of the virtual allocation crossmatch in the Eurotransplant (ET) region in 2023, the determination of unacceptable antigen mismatches (UAM) in kidney transplant recipients is of utmost importance for histocompatibility laboratories and transplant centers.
Malte Ziemann +14 more
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Increasing numbers of elderly (≥65 years) patients are listed for kidney transplantation. In elderly recipients the patient survival benefits of a living donor kidney are limited, but there is decreased death‐censored graft loss for these recipients. Nevertheless, graft survival for recipients with a deceased donor remains satisfactory.
Erzsi Tegzess +6 more
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