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The Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP) is one of the most studied topics in Operations Research. Among the numerous variants of the VRP, this research addresses the VRP with relaxed priority rules (VRP-RPR) in which customers are assigned to several priority groups and customers with the highest priorities typically need to be served before lower priority ones. Additional rules are used to control the trade-off between priority and cost efficiency. We propose a Mixed Integer Linear Programming (MILP) model to formulate the problem and to solve small-sized instances. A metaheuristic based on the Adaptive Large Neighborhood Search (ALNS) algorithm with problem-tailored components is then designed to handle the problem at larger scales. The experimental results demonstrate the performance o... |
Purpose
The current review aims to examine the growth trajectory, most influential documents, intellectual and conceptual structure of the literature regarding gender issues in family business research.
Design/methodology/approach
The bibliometric analysis was performed using 224 documents from 1991 to 2020 extracted from the Web of Science database.
Findings
The review finds that this field's knowledge grew exponentially during the last three decades, mainly after 2003 and the last several years. Based on the co-citation analysis, three major research lines are identified: “Women's challenges and opportunities in the family business”, “Gender diversity in the family business corporate board”, and “Gender and family SMEs management.” The temporal co-word analysis reveals th... |
The class of demosponges is the biggest and most diverse of all described sponge species and it is reported to produce a plethora of chemically different metabolites with interesting biological activities. The focus of the present study was to investigate the chemical composition of two Mediterranean demosponges, targeting their brominated compounds and prenylated hydroquinones, compounds with interesting cytotoxic and anti-microbial properties. In order to gain a deeper insight into the chemical diversity of their metabolites and their activities, 20 pure secondary metabolites including new natural products were isolated from two different species (Aplysina aerophoba and Spongia sp.) using various chromatographic techniques. Their structures were confirmed by NMR and HRMS, revealin... |
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education has become a critical factor in promoting sustainable development. Meanwhile, book reading is still an essential method for cognitive development and knowledge acquisition. In developing countries where STEM teaching and learning resources are limited, book reading is an important educational tool to promote STEM. Nevertheless, public data sets about STEM education and book reading behaviors in emerging countries are scarce. This article, therefore, aims to present a data set of 4,966 secondary school students from a school-based data collection in Vietnam. The data set comprises of five major categories: 1) students' personal information (including STEM performance), 2) family-related information, 3) book reading pr... |
This paper investigates the nanoscale effect on the effective bulk modulus of nanoparticle-reinforced polymer. An interface-based model is introduced in this work to study the nanoscale effects on the effective properties of heterogeneous materials. That interface model is able to capture discontinuity of mechanical fields across the surface between the nanoparticle and matrix. A generalized self-consistent scheme is then employed to determine the effective bulk modulus. It has been seen from the results that, in a certain range of limits, the influence of nanoscale effects on effective properties of heterogeneous materials is significant and needs to be taken into account. In particular, when the nanoparticle radius is smaller than 10 nm, the value of effective bulk modulus signifi... |
One of the aspects of post-publication peer review that is difficult for reputable journals or publishers to accept is that it may reveal flaws in their oft-claimed resilient peer review and efficient editorial management. Prospective authors are frequently sold a brand-associated image of a fail-safe process, rigorous editorial handling, and stringent peer review. Yet, in reality, a sector of the published literature that has passed through claimed rigorous screening may still be flawed and contain errors, while some of the peer-reviewed literature is the product of fraud or misconduct. Even top-ranked journals, in terms of journal-based metrics such as the Clarivate Analytics’ journal impact factor, or those that are indexed or hosted on platforms like PubMed, Scopus or Web of Sci... |
This paper is devoted to the development of a deep learning- (DL-) based model to detect crack fractures on concrete surfaces. The developed model for the classification of images was based on a DL Convolutional Neural Network (CNN). To train and validate the CNN model, a database containing 40,000 images of concrete surfaces (with and without cracks) was collected from the available literature. Several conditions on the concrete surfaces were taken into account such as illumination and surface finish (i.e., exposed, plastering, and paint). Various error measurement criteria such as accuracy, precision, recall, specificity, and F1-score were employed for accessing the quality of the developed model. Results showed that for the training dataset (50% of the database), the precision, r... |
Venomous snake bite is common poisonous accident and important medical problem around the world. The snake anti-venom is only type-specific protection to each venom type that was used to immunize. In this study, the chicken egg yolk (IgY) antibodies against the Vietnamese cobra Naja Naja venom was developed and evaluated in in-vitro (ELISA and SDS-PAGE) and in-vivo (hen and mice immunization). In particularly, the LD50 of the Vietnamese cobra Naja Naja venom was determined at 1.46 g kg−1 body weight of the Swiss mice. The ISA Brown layers of 16 to 18-week-old were immunized intramuscularly with the Vietnamese cobra Naja Naja venom at 0.5 mg kg−1 body weight of the layers. The specific anti-venom antibodies were presented in both serum and egg yolk at 14 days, reached to highest anti... |
Background
Oral administration is the primary route employed for drug delivery. In addition to the gastrointestinal tract, the oral cavity has been drawing considerable attention owing to its physiological properties and advances in drug carrier development. Notably, nanotechnology has made immense contributions to enhancing drug bioavailability, stability, and efficacy, both in research and clinical settings.
Area covered
The present review comprises lessons from physiological characteristics to fundamental material science knowledge, summarizing the pros and cons of nanotechnology applications in therapeutic drug delivery. The oral cavity presents inherent challenges, including oral cancer, dental caries, oral infection, or oral inflammation, that necessitate local solutions.... |
This paper presents an analytical approach on the nonlinear vibration of nanocomposite multilayer organic solar cell (NMOSC) subjected to the combination of wind load and uniform temperature change. The NMOSC comprises of five layers, which are made of Al, P3HT:PCBM, PEDOT:PSS, Graphene and Glass. Compared to common models of the NMOSC, ITO is replaced by graphene to control the output colors of NMOSC. The nonlinear motion equations and the compatibility equation are deriving by taking into account the effect of viscous damping, von Karman nonlinearity terms, elastic foundations and initial imperfection. The formula of the wind load is improved for consideration in the general case that the direction of the wind load is not just perpendicular to the structure. Four edges of the NMOS... |
