The objective of this paper is proposing a developed balanced scorecard approach to measure supply chain performance with the aim of creating more value in manufacturing and business operations. The most important metrics have been selected based on experts’ opinion acquired by in-depth interviews focused on creating more value for stakeholders. Using factor analysis method, a survey research h...

background: human breast milk is the most important food for infants and one of the main roads to exposure to toxic substances. in this study, nonylphenol (np) levels in human milk samples collected from turkish mothers (n=100) were determined, and the factors including mothers’ demographics, eating habits, obstetric histories, and usage of cleaning and cosmetic products were examined. methods:...

Sport-related concussions are now recognized as a major public health concern: the number of participants in sport and recreation is growing, possibly playing their games faster, and there is heightened public awareness of injuries to some high-profile athletes. However, many clinicians still rely on subjective symptom reports for the clinical determination of recovery. Relying on subjective sy...

The classical process to recover uranium (U) and plutonium (Pu) from used nuclear fuel using tributyl phosphate (TBP), namely the Plutonium Uranium Redox EXtraction (PUREX) process, is complicated by persistent presence of neptunium (Np) thus requires extra purification steps. concept Adapted PUREX seeks achieve Np recovery adjusting valence metal more effectively, thereby controlling its behav...

Given n demand points in the plane, the p-center problem is to find p supply points (anywhere in the plane) so as to minimize the maximum distance from a demo& point to its respective nearest supply point. The p-median problem is to minimize the sum of distances from demand points to their respective nearest supply points. We prove that the p-center and the p-media problems relative to both the...

A multiple-metric routing using the proactive Optimized Link State Routing (OLSR) protocol to improve quality of service is proposed. It is known that multiple-metric routing is an NP-complete problem, but the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Pruning techniques are used to perform such routing, providing the best available routes based on the considered metrics. The performance of the propo...