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Supplemental Material - Development and psychometric properties of the Reproductive Health Assessment in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Mixed-Methods study
No full textSupplemental Material for Development and psychometric properties of the Reproductive Health Assessment in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Mixed-Methods study by Zahra Behboodi Moghadam, Armin Zareiyan, Seyedeh Tahereh Faezi, and Elham Rezaei in Lupus.</p
Political narrative fiction and the responsibility of the author
No full textArt in general and fiction in particular have had close affinities with politics throughout history. When there is a close tie between a narrative fiction and political issues then critics may deem it as "committed fiction". Political fiction is at the crossroads of political science and the art of fiction. And more often than not, novelists are involved with politics but not all of them are dubbed as or even consider themselves to be political novelists. In this article I attempt to investigate political fiction as a distinct genre produced (un)consciously by a range of (politically committed) novelists and critics. The authors discussed in this paper demonstrate dissimilar perspectives on freedom and democracy. Also, regarding political fiction and the responsibility of author, we will see how divergent is the attitudes of critics such as George Orwell, Allen Robbe-Grillet, Juan Goytisolo, Mario Vargas Llosa and Isabel Allende
How Do Experts Think? An Investigation of the Barriers to Internationalisation of SMEs in Iran
No full textNowadays, “internationalisation” is a topic of concern for many types of research on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). SMEs pursue internationalization policy as a leading process to keep and improve their position in the competitive business markets. However, SMEs face many challenges that hinder the successful implementation of the internationalization process. This chapter aims to recognise the important barriers to internationalisation for Iranian SMEs. We conduct two studies using a combined exploratory and confirmatory approach. We apply the Delphi method for exploring and forecasting the key barriers in the first study. In the second study, we validate the key indicator employing a Structural Equation Modelling technique for the Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the survey data. In the Delphi method, a group of 24 managers and academic professors in Iran, identified the main barriers. A sample of 210 survey observations was collected from the owner and top managers, senior managers, and employees. The results suggest 8 key factors and 31 indicators of barriers to internationalisation associated with Iranian SMEs: informational, financial, marketing, functional, procedural, governmental, environmental and, tariff and non-tariff. This research contributes to the knowledge of critical obstacles concern for current and future business internationalisation, and the outcomes provide practical implications. © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
معرفی و نقد مقالة «تشریح استخوانها در آثار پزشکی دوره اسلامی؛ مطالعه تطبیقی طبالملکی اهوازی و قانون ابنسینا»
No full textBackground and Aim: Anatomy is one of the most important topics in the history of medicine in all eras, especially in the era of Islamic civilization. During this period, Muslim physicians have written various works on the science of anatomy. Accordingly, in recent years several studies have been conducted in connection with the evolution of anatomical knowledge in the Islamic period. The purpose of this study is to introduce and critique the article "Dissection of bones in the medical works of the Islamic period; a comparative study of Tib- al- Maleki by Ahwazi and Qanoon by Avicenna written by Fahimeh Mokhber Dezfuli.
Materials and Methods: This research is an analytical-critical study that uses library resources and after introducing the article, evaluates it in terms of form, content, and method.
Findings: The article has fluent and cohesive writing and indicates the author's efforts to prove the sufficient mastery of Iranian Muslim physicians over the science of anatomy. Improper referrals and spelling errors are seen in the structure of the article. Also, the incompleteness of the research background, the determination of the unlikely goal, the lack of sufficient coverage of the historical subject, and the lack of accurate expression of the skull description in Qanoon can be considered as content critiques.
Conclusion: The main results of this study show that the article, despite being able to open new categories for researchers in the history of medicine by comparison of the description section of two valuable books of Iranian medicine but has several problems in terms of structure, content, and method. Therefore it is expected that due to the importance of criticism in scientific research and according to the analysis done in the article, the author can publish a significant work in future research by eliminating the mentioned weaknesses and shortcomings.
Shakeri T, Rezaei Orimi J. Introduction and critique of the article "Anatomy of Bones in Medical Writings in Islamic Period: A Comparative Study on Tib al-Maleki by Ahwazi and Canon by Avicenna". Medical History Journal 2021; 13 (46): e13.زمینه و هدف: دانش تشریح یکی از مباحث مهم تاریخ پزشکی در همهی ادوار به خصوص در دوران تمدن اسلامی بوده است. در این دوره پزشکان مسلمان آثار مختلفی پیرامون دانش تشریح نگاشتهاند و یا اینکه بخشهایی از کتابشان را به این موضوع اختصاص دادهاند. بر این اساس، در طی سالیان اخیر پژوهشهای متعددی در ارتباط با سیر تطور دانش کالبدشناسی در دورهی اسلامی انجام گرفته است. هدف از پژوهش حاضر معرفی و نقد مقالهی «تشریح استخوانها در آثار پزشکی دوره اسلامی؛ مطالعه تطبیقی طبالملکی اهوازی و قانون ابن سینا» اثر فهیمه مخبر دزفولی است.
مواد و روشها: این پژوهش یک مطالعه تحلیلی - انتقادی است که با بهرهگیری از منابع کتابخانهای ابتدا به معرفی مقاله و سپس به بررسی و ارزیابی آن از نظر شکلی، محتوایی و روشی میپردازد.
یافتهها: مقالهی «تشریح استخوانها در آثار پزشکی دوره اسلامی؛ مطالعه تطبیقی طبالملکی اهوازی و قانون ابن سینا» دارای نگارش روان و منسجمی بوده و حاکی از تلاش نویسنده برای اثبات تسلط کافی پزشکان مسلمان ایرانی، بر دانش تشریح است. در ساختار مقاله بعضاً ارجاعدهیهای نامناسب و اشکالات نگارشی دیده میشود. همچنین جامع نبودن پیشینه تحقیق، تعیین هدف غیر محتمل، عدم احاطه کافی بر موضوع تاریخی و عدم بیان دقیق تشریح جمجمه در کتاب قانون را میتوان از نقدهای محتوایی برشمرد.
نتیجهگیری: نتایج اصلی این پژوهش حاکی از آن است که مقاله مورد نظر علیرغم اینکه توانسته با مقایسه تطبیقی بخش تشریح دو کتاب ارزنده طب ایرانی مقولهای تازه به روی پژوهشگران تاریخ پزشکی بگشاید، اما دارای اشکالات متعددی به لحاظ ساختاری، محتوایی و روشی است. لذا انتظار میرود با توجه به اهمیت موضوع نقد در پژوهشهای علمی و با توجه به تحلیل انجام شده در ارتباط با مقاله مذکور، نویسنده محترم با برطرف نمودن ایرادات ذکر شده، بتواند در پژوهشهای بعدی اثر قابل توجهتری پیرامون تاریخ پزشکی منتشر نماید
Barriers and overcoming strategies to supply chain sustainability innovation
No full textThis study identifies a list of barriers that hinders adoption, implementation and upscaling of sustainable supply chain innovation in the manufacturing industry. It further proposes overcoming strategies that seek to aid management decision to dealing with these barriers systematically. A multi-criteria decision analysis method, the Best-Worst Method (BWM), is adopted to aid in the evaluation and prioritisation of the barriers and their overcoming strategies within the Indian manufacturing industry, an emerging economy. The results depict that, “lack of technical expertise and training”, “lack of R&D and innovation capabilities”, “popularity of traditional technology”, “high initial investment in latest technology” and “fear of extra workload and loss of flexibility” are the top five barriers that confronts the Indian manufacturing companies in their quest for adopting and implementing sustainable supply chain innovation practices. In addition, the overcoming strategic pathway for dealing with these barriers are provided. The findings provide managerial and policy insights for guiding the formation of strategic operations framework and resource allocation if these Indian manufacturing firms seeks to build sustainability into their supply chain innovations
Data for publication: "Dynamic behavior of shear-thickening tluids under harmonic excitation: an experimental investigation"
No full textThe dataset accompanying the publication "Dynamic Behavior of Shear-Thickening Fluids under Harmonic Excitation: An Experimental Investigation" is now provided exclusively as a single archive:STF Dynamic Behavior Analysis: MATLAB CodeThis repository contains the MATLAB code and all accompanying files inside Suplimentary material.zip and the separate ZIP file “Experimental Paper_Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing_Elsevier.zip,” associated with the paper:"Dynamic Behavior of Shear-Thickening Fluids under Harmonic Excitation: An Experimental Investigation"OverviewThese scripts process experimental data, perform parameter identification for the oscillator system, and generate figures demonstrating the dynamic behavior of shear-thickening fluids (STFs) under harmonic excitation.PrerequisitesMATLAB (R2019b or newer recommended)Inside Supplementary_material.zip, you will find:All .txt experimental data files:RecordedExperimentalDataWithoutSTFOmega0.txtRecordedExperimentalDataWithoutSTFOmegaIncreasingRate0_047.txtRecordedExperimentalDataWithSTFOmegaIncreasingRate0_0333.txtRecordedExperimentalDataWithSTFOmegaConstant8_2.txtRecordedExperimentalDataWithSTFOmegaConstant11_3.txtThe main MATLAB scripts and auxiliary functions for data processing, parameter identification, and figure generation.Any related documentation (including the paper PDF, if applicable).Execution StepsFollow these steps to process the data and generate all figures:1. Data FiltrationRun prepare_mat_data.mProcesses raw experimental data exported from LabVIEW.Applies polynomial fitting to compute rotation speed, velocity, and acceleration.Generates .mat files containing the filtered data for further analysis.2. Free Vibration Parameter IdentificationRun identOscDyn_freeMotion.mUses Nelder-Mead optimization to determine stiffness (k), damping (c), and friction (T) parameters.Minimizes the objective function (Eq. 14) to match simulation with experimental data.Generates Figure 3 comparing simulation vs. experiment.Saves identified parameters in par0.3. Forced Vibration Parameter Identification and Figure GenerationRun identOscDyn_forcedMotion.mBuilds on free-vibration parameters for forced vibration.Generates Figures 4–8, showing:Excitation frequency vs. time (Fig. 4)Resistance force vs. velocity (Fig. 5)Displacement comparison (Fig. 6)Velocity comparison (Fig. 7)Frequency response (Fig. 8)Saves refined parameters to par1.4. Additional FiguresAutomatic generation of:Figure 13: STF force relationships in the resonance region (Section 6.1.2).Figure 15: Time histories in the post-resonance region (Section 6.1.3).Figure 16: STF force relationships in the post-resonance region (Section 6.1.3).Figure 17: STF behavior at constant excitation frequency (Section 6.1.3).Figure 18: Frequency response comparison with and without STF (Section 6.2).TroubleshootingPath Issues: Keep all files in the same directory or update path references in the scripts.Optimization Variability: Multiple runs may be needed due to the stochastic nature of Nelder-Mead.Memory Constraints: For large datasets, reduce data size or increase MATLAB’s allocated memory.Additional InformationFor questions or issues regarding the code, please contact the corresponding author as indicated in the paper.© 2025 | All rights reserved by the authors of"Dynamic Behavior of Shear-Thickening Fluids under Harmonic Excitation: An Experimental Investigation."Additional Note: Paper Source FilesAlso included in this repository is a second ZIP file, “Experimental Paper_Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing_Elsevier.zip,” containing:elsarticle-template folderElsevier’s LaTeX class/template files (e.g., elsarticle.cls and elsarticle-template.tex).Figure 1.jpg through Figure 18.jpgHigh-resolution figures referenced in the manuscript (see image in the screenshot: 18 total JPG files).mybibfile.bibA BibTeX reference database, ensuring proper citation management.These items allow you to compile the full manuscript (in LaTeX) for submission to Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing (Elsevier), with all figures and references properly linked.</p
The Impact of Collaborative Scheduling and Routing for Interconnected Logistics: A European Case Study
No full textInterconnected logistics system can play an important role towards having a more sustainable green freight transport. Recently, after introducing the concept of Physical Internet (PI), researchers have started to explore the opportunities and challenges that a collaborative and interconnected network could create in different aspects of the supply chain. In this research, we study the last mile delivery as well as vehicle dispatching problems under the assumptions of collaborative supply chain networks while assuming that modularized boxes are applied inside the network from the provider to the final customer. Our research aims at proposing a more efficient resource planning with the minimal number of empty vehicle movements running on roads that ultimately leads to decrease carbon dioxide emission. The assumptions have been tested and verified using real data coming from a major retail company in Europe.Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Transport and Logistic
Author spotlight
No full textAn interview published by INFORMS following the publication of the paper:
Y. Crama, M. Rezaei, M. Savelsbergh and T. Van Woensel, Stochastic inventory routing for perishable products, Transportation Science 52 (2018) 526-546.
https://doi.org/10.1287/trsc.2017.0799 and http://hdl.handle.net/2268/21324
The Influence of Logistics Decisions on Transport Decarbonization: Lessons from Local to Global Scale
No full textOne of the proposed approaches to decarbonize freight transport systems is to internalize the environmental costs of transport, by means of carbon emission-based taxes. The expected impact is a reduction of transport demand and an increased use of environmentally friendly transport technologies. The magnitude of the impact will depend on the levels of taxation, the activities to which they apply and the degrees of freedom allowed to companies to react to the taxes. In this chapter we explore the impact mechanisms of carbon taxes by investigating the reorganization responses of freight decision-makers. We do this through a series of empirical cases of recent modelling studies at city, corridor, country, continent and global level. The city case involves an application of an agent-based model to evaluate a carbon credit point system for city logistics. The corridor case involves carbon pricing of container transport in the hinterland of the port of Rotterdam over a multimodal network. The country and continental cases describe the effects of network-wide truck charging, with a focus on mode choice, vehicle type and routing. The global case concerns a full economic impact analysis of internalization of external costs of supply chains, also looking at the effect of changes in sourcing decisions of companies. We draw lessons concerning the impacts of logistics decisions on the impact of policies and identify needs for further research. Common findings relevant for climate change policy include the following: (1) prices needed to achieve a significant impact are a multiple of current market prices, (2) logistics decisions may act as buffer for the propagation of taxes towards consumers and, as a result, (3) the ultimate price impacts for consumers could remain small. In order to be able to predict impacts of climate policies, there is a need to continue research on the way companies take logistics decisions. This includes decisions in specific areas or logistics, but also on decision processes, to better understand the dynamics of impact pathways.Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Transport and PlanningTransport and Logistic
Piecewise linear value functions for multi-criteria decision-making
No full textMulti-criteria decision-making (MCDM) concerns selecting, ranking or sorting a set of alternatives which are evaluated with respect to a number of criteria. There are several MCDM methods, the two core elements of which are (i) evaluating the performance of the alternatives with respect to the criteria, (ii) finding the importance (weight) of the criteria. There are several methods to find the weights of the criteria, however, when it comes to the alternative measures with respect to the criteria, usually the existing MCDM methods use simple monotonic linear value functions. Usually an increasing or decreasing linear function is assumed between a criterion level (over its entire range) and its value. This assumption, however, might lead to improper results. This study proposes a family of piecewise value functions which can be used for different decision criteria for different decision problems. Several real-world examples from existing literature are provided to illustrate the applicability of the proposed value functions. A numerical example of supplier selection (including a comparison between simple monotonic linear value functions, piecewise linear value functions, and exponential value functions) shows how considering proper value functions could affect the final results of an MCDM problem.Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Transport and Logistic
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