University rankings generally present users with the problem of placing the results given for an institution in context. Only a comparison with the performance of all other institutions makes it possible to say exactly where an institution stands. In order to interpret the results of the SCImago Institutions Ranking (based on Scopus data) and the Leiden Ranking (based on Web of Science data), i...

Innovation can be the greatest hope of overcoming economic challenges. This paper aims to evaluate countries concerning their innovation performances. We introduce an performance evaluation methodology by considering objective factors and applying seven reliable MCDM methods: MEREC, CODAS, MABAC, MARCOS, CoCoSo, WASPAS, MAIRCA. MEREC calculates relative weights indicators considered, while othe...

Purpose. To create an integrated methodology for assessing educational and scientific activities of higher education institutions (HEI) following the recommendations international ranking agencies specific indicators that consider position at national level. Methodology. The combined method evaluation HEI activity is applied. Some are inherent in (in whole or part). Others have a numerical valu...

Every day, editors rank news articles for placement within their newspapers. In this paper, we investigate how news article ranking can be performed automatically. In particular, we investigate the blogosphere as a prime source of evidence, on the intuition that bloggers, and by extension their blog posts, can indicate interest in one news article or another. Moreover, we propose to model this ...

BACKGROUND Most in vitro assays of drug potency may not adequately predict the performance in vivo. Methods to assess the persistence of antiviral activity of deoxynucleoside analogs, which require intracellular activation to the active metabolites that can persist in cells, will be important for designing dosages, combination regimens, and assessing treatment compliance. Using an HIV-IIIB/TZM-...

The importance of preventing the voltage collapse is gaining importance due to increase in dependency on the use of electricity. This has compelled the utilities to maintain high system reliability. The evaluation of a power systems ability to withstand dangerous contingencies and to survive to a normal or acceptable operating point is a prerequisite for security analysis. Fast and accurate sec...

The theoretical basis of the use of the multiple indicator dilution technique to account for the heterogeneous distribution (or zonation) of enzymes in the liver was explored. The microcirculation was assumed to consist of identical capillaries perfused in parallel, with enzymatic activities for drug metabolism being distributed uniformly over the upstream half (periportal or pp) or the downstr...

The paradigm of competitive males vying to influence female mate choice has been repeatedly upheld, but, increasingly, studies also report competitive females and choosy males. One female trait that is commonly proposed to influence male mate choice is the exaggerated sexual swelling displayed by females of many Old World primate species. The reliable indicator hypothesis posits that females us...