This paper develops a novel approach to incorporate the contributions of both quantitative validation metrics and qualitative subject matter expert (SME) evaluation criteria in model validation assessment. The relationship between validation metrics (input) and SME scores (output) is formulated as a classification problem, and a probabilistic neural network (PNN) is constructed to execute this ...

one of the most important questions in islamic banking system is about the best method for calculating the interest rate of loans and deposits. this paper compares two methods : time- value method and economic value- added method and tries to answer this question that, based on the information gathered from the financial statements of a sample of the accepted firms in the iranian exchange marke...

The Method Engineering (ME) community is a prolific research domain where competing Situational Method Engineering (SME) approaches have been defined and used for composing, adapting or/and configuring a method into modular constructs according to their own modularization vision. This diversity shows the richness of the ME domain but implies some drawback like unnecessary confusion for non ME e...

Agar medium (SME) prepared from aqueous soil extract was used to examine genetic transformation of Pseudomonas stutzeri JM302 (his-1) by homologous his DNA in a plate transformation assay. Growth studies indicated that SME was strongly limited in carbon and nitrogen sources. Transformation was observed on SME supplemented with pyruvate, phosphate, and ammonium. A 25-fold increase of the transfo...

BACKGROUND Lagerstroemia speciosa (SEL) leaves are a popular folk medicine for diabetes treatment due to presence of corosolic acid. It has low water solubility resulting poor absorption after oral administration. Self micro-emulsified drug delivery system is the way by which we can improve the oral absorption of drug. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to develop the self micro-emulsi...

What are the most effective ways of educating today ́s young SME managers and entrepreneurs? How can a formal tertiary education institution become a good supporter and partner in developing the most important entrepreneurial skills for managing modern SMEs in the environment of global competition? In today’s world of constant hunting down for innovation it is getting obvious that learning and d...

Today, great potential is envisaged for ERP systems in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and software vendors have been repackaging their ERP systems for SMEs with a recent focus on cloud-based systems. While cloud ERP offers the best solution for SMEs without the overheads of the huge investment and management costs that are associated with traditional ERP systems, the SME sector face...

Orexin A and B are hypothalamic peptides involved in the control of food intake, sleep patterns, autonomic and neuroendocrine systems. The biological actions of orexins are mediated via two G-protein coupled receptors, termed orexin receptor 1 (OX1R) and orexin receptor 2 (OX2R). The present study analyzed mRNA and protein expressions of OX1R and OX2R in porcine hypothalamic structures engaged ...

The antioxidant activity of myricetin, a natural flavonol found in fruits and vegetables, was determined in soybean oil methyl esters (SME) and compared with a-tocopherol and tert-butylhydroquinone (TBHQ) over a 90-day period employing EN 14112, acid value, and kinematic viscosity methods. Myricetin had greater antioxidant activity than a-tocopherol, but was inferior to TBHQ. Synergism was obse...

Over the last decade many SME organizations have understood the strategic importance of managing and leveraging a wide variety of intellectual assets that are usually found scattered across individuals, departments, documents, and databases. While various researchers and vendors have developed and implemented specialist Knowledge Management Frameworks (KMF) for large organization, many small an...