Since the inception of FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) and its special playoff system, robotics teams have longed to appropriately quantify strengths their designed robots. The FRC includes a playground draft-like phase (alliance selection), arguably most game-changing part competition, in which top-8 tournament based on FRC’s ranking system assess potential alliance members for opportunity pa...

The proper management of oily sludge from petroleum products storage tanks is necessary because inappropriate methods for dredging of tanks may result in high costs and increased environmental pollution. The purpose of the current study is to rank the strategies outlined by strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats analysis using data envelopment analysis model, which provides enriched i...

one of the most important requirements of developing appropriate strategies for international marketing is correct identification of target markets. using quantitative techniques and decision making skills will lead to better results regarding the evaluation of marketing strategies. in this study, first we have used internal factor evaluation (ife) matrix for recognizing and comparing strengths...

PURPOSE Cementation failures of restorations are frequently observed in clinical practice. The purpose of this study is to compare the effect of initial and repeated bonding on the bond strengths of different resin cements to enamel and dentin. MATERIALS AND METHODS Ninety human maxillary central incisors were bisected longitudinally. The 180 tooth halves were divided into 2 groups (n = 90) f...

Editorial Consolidating Strengths I remember receiving a wonderful message from Cambridge University Press around three years ago – an invitation to take over as Editor of Medical History. I accepted almost instantaneously, but remember being nervous about the task at hand. At least as nervous as I had been whilst walking into a cage containing around fifty teenaged lions and lionesses with a g...