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IMMUNE-MOLECULAR IDENTIFICATION OF GIARDIA INTESTINALIS IN DIARRHOEAL CHILDREN: COMPARISON OF THREE DIAGNOSTIC METHODS [PDF]

Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 2016
Giardiasis is a major health problem in both developed and developing world. A variety of methods for diagnosis of Giardia duodenalis cysts or trophozoites is available but still has certain limitations.
AZZA EL-AMIR, AYMAN EL-BADRY, ALYA FARID, NEVEEN MADBOULY   +3 more
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Modelo de apoio à decisão multicritério para terceirização de atividades produtivas baseado no método SMARTS Support model for multicriteria decision to outsource productive activities based on SMARTS method

Production, 2009
Este artigo apresenta um modelo decisório para estruturar o dilema entre terceirizar e executar, com recursos próprios, atividades produtivas dentro de uma organização.
Último de Valois, Adiel Teixeira de Almeida   +1 more
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Assessing Women’s Preferences and Preference Modeling for Breast Reconstruction Decision Making

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open, 2014
Background: Women considering breast reconstruction must make challenging trade-offs among issues that often conflict. It may be useful to quantify possible outcomes using a single summary measure to aid a breast cancer patient in choosing a form of ...
Clement S. Sun, MS, Scott B. Cantor, PhD, Gregory P. Reece, MD, Melissa A. Crosby, MD, Michelle C. Fingeret, PhD, Mia K. Markey, PhD   +5 more
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Errata to “A Survey of Multiattribute Utility Theory and Applications” [PDF]

Management Science, 1978
List of typographical errors that appeared in my paper “A Survey of Multiattribute Utility Theory and Applications” in M. K. Starr and M. Zeleny (eds.), Multiple Criteria Decision Making, TIMS Studies in the Management Sciences, vol. 6, North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1977, pp. 59–89.
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Optimal allocation of hybrid energy storage for microgrids based on multi-attribute utility theory

Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy, 2017
To satisfy the requirements of high energy density, high power density, quick response and long lifespan for energy storage systems (ESSs), hybrid energy storage systems (HESSs) have been investigated for their complementary characteristics of ‘high ...
Xiaoshan FENG, Jie GU, Xuefei GUAN
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Solving the Problem of Time, Cost, and Quality Trade-Off in Project Scheduling under Fuzzy Conditions Using Meta-Heuristic Algorithms

Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society, 2022
Balancing the project’s time, cost, and quality involves deciding on different implementation methods for each project activity. Time and cost are minimized simultaneously, and the quality of the final product or service is maximized.
Hojjatullah Ghadir, Seyed Ahmad Shayannia, Mehdi Amir Miandargh   +2 more
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Fuzzy Multiattribute Utility Analysis for Collective Choice [PDF]

, 1987
An extension of multiattribute utility analysis for the multiple-agents decision problem is presented. Although multiattribute utility analysis is concerned with decisionmaking under uncertainty, assessment of parameters of the multiattribute utility ...
Seo, F., Sakawa, M.
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Decision Analysis for Transporting Critically Ill Patients with Cardiovascular Diseases

Engineered Science
Transporting critically ill patients with cardiovascular diseases is often difficult due to patient’s health condition and the remoteness of the cardiac centers. In countries with large territories, cardiovascular patients often require transportation to
Yerbolat N. Kalpakov, Yerkin G. Abdildin, Dmitriy Viderman   +2 more
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IGA‐POLLM: An Improved Genetic Algorithm for Prompt Optimization in Materials Literature Information Extraction

Materials Genome Engineering Advances, EarlyView.
An improved genetic algorithm is developed to automatically optimize prompts for materials literature information extraction. For corrosion‑inhibitor papers, IGA‑POLLM framework achieves an F1 score of 0.857, outperforming expert‐crafted prompts and randomly sampled prompts.
Hengju Xiang, Suyu Jin, Zhongheng Fu, Guangxuan Song, Jiamin Pei, Zewei Gu, Tian Zhang, Wenxuan Fan, Qiuji Wang, Dawei Zhang   +9 more
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Water Demand Analysis for Tree Crops in Spanish Mediterranean Farms

Journal of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, 2006
Olive, vine and almond in rainfed farming systems are the most traditional crops in the large inland extensions of the Spanish Mediterranean. Their economic contributions enable farming activities to be maintained meaning that the villages remain ...
Maria Angeles Fernández-Zamudio, Maria Dolores De-Miguel, Pedro Caballero   +2 more
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