New Rule Base Business Success Prediction Model for Iranian IT Start-Ups [PDF]
Hundreds of thousands of new businesses are created every year around the world, and it is estimated that about half a billion people worldwide are actively trying to start new businesses.
Seyed Mehdi Sadat Rasoul+2 more
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Micro-economic drivers of the South African foundry industry
Background: The foundry industry plays an important economic role in South Africa and all efforts should be made to sustain the industry. However, the problem is that many foundries are closing down due to economic factors.
Luckson Phiri+2 more
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Designing multi period-multi level Supply Chain for Fixed Lifetime Perishable Products under Uncertainty [PDF]
The current research has considered the design of the four-level supply chain of perishable goods, including manufacturing factories, distribution centers, wholesalers, and retailers, in conditions of uncertainty in important parameters.
Ahmad Ebrahimi+3 more
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Evaluating the Resilience of COVID-19 Vaccine Supply Chain using Bayesian Networks [PDF]
The COVID-19 pandemic has posed a significant challenge to the COVID-19 vaccine supply chain that need to be resolved for a successful exit from the pandemic. It is essential to identify and evaluate the risks associated with the vaccine supply chain. We
Samaneh Peyghami+3 more
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The potential financial impact and influence of black economic empowerment (BEE) on private higher education institutions in South Africa: management alert [PDF]
Education is considered an important pillar of economic development and a vital factor for nation building in post-1994 South Africa. Higher education (HE) is offered by government-subsidized universities and colleges, while there has been an increase in
Riaan Dirkse van Schalkwyk+1 more
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Death Trend of Lung Cancer in China from 2006 to 2020 Based on Age-Period-Cohort Model
Objective To analyze the trend of lung cancer death rate in China from 2006 to 2020 to provide reference for the prevention of lung cancer. Methods The data of Chinese lung cancer deaths from 2006 to 2020 were collected from the health statistical ...
XU Jing, YU Xin, MA Hongtao, WAN Beixin
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A BP Neural Network-Based GIS-Data-Driven Automated Valuation Framework for Benchmark Land Price
The automated valuation of benchmark land price plays an essential role in regulating land demand in Chinese real-estate market as the big data are currently accumulated rapidly. However, this problem becomes highly challenging due to the multidimension,
Lei Wu+3 more
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Background Although the prevalence of hepatitis B in Guangzhou, China, is high, the epidemiological trends are not well-documented. We aimed to analyse newly reported hepatitis B cases in Guangzhou between 2009 and 2020 to explore the epidemiological ...
Wei Liu+7 more
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Effects of Polyethylene Terephthalate Fibre Reinforcement on Mechanical Properties of Concrete
Cracked concrete is a problem due to several factors such as poor maintenance, insufficient reinforcement, or steel corrosion leading to crack propagation.
NZ Nkomo, LM Masu, PK Nziu
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Design of core thermocouple adaptive plug-and-pull device [PDF]
In the process of change and maintenance material of nuclear power plants, due to the uncontrollable driving force of the existing core thermocouple insertion and removal tools, it is easy to cause the thermocouple to be installed in place, the ...
Zhou Jianhua+4 more
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