X-ray absorption spectra (XAS) were collected and analyzed to characterize bismuth (Bi) environments in borosilicate glass formulations developed for the immobilization of high level nuclear wastes (HLW), from the bismuth phosphate process. Therefore, the structural role of Bi in these glasses is of interest; in addition in the present study, more particular interest in Bi originated from unusu...

In this paper, we introduce the concept of interval valued fuzzy weak bi-ideals of $Gamma$-near-rings, which is a generalized concept of fuzzy weak bi-ideals of $Gamma$- near-rings. We also characterize some properties and examples of interval valued fuzzy weak bi-ideals of $Gamma$-near-rings.

Introduction: The multipurpose nanocomposites have gained growing biomedical attention as promising nanotheranostics to improve The effectiveness of cancer treatment, which concurrently combine advantages of the therapeutic and diagnostic techniques into one nanosystem. The “all-in on” probes not only help to ablate cancerous tumors, but also allow to optimize and monitoring of...

In Model-Driven Engineering, the potential advantages of using bidirectional transformations are largely recognized. The non-deterministic nature of bidirectionality represents a key aspect: i.e, consistently propagating changes from one side to the other is typically non univocal and more than one correct solutions are admitted. In this paper, the problem of uncertainty in bidirectional transf...

Business intelligence (BI) is one of the technology areas that have grown tremendously. BI describes a set of concepts and methods based on data for improving business decision making. BI capabilities have become one of the important business and technical capabilities. However, BI capabilities have remained largely unexamined in academic literature. Current understandings of BI capabilities ar...

Two methods for stochastically modelling bidirectionality in chart parsing are presented. A probabilistic islanddriven parser which uses such models (either isolated or in combination) has been built and tested on wide-coverage corpora. The best results are accomplished by the hybrid approaches that combine both methods.

In this paper, we introduce the notion of bi-Smarandache BL-algebra, bi-weak Smarandache BL-algebra, bi-Q-Smarandache ideal and bi-Q-Smarandache implicative filter, we obtain some related results and construct quotient of bi-Smarandache BL-algebras via MV-algebras (or briefly bi-Smarandache quotient BL-algebra) and prove some theorems. Finally, the notion of bi-strong Smarandache BL-algebra is ...

Business intelligence (BI) can help support decision-making processes and so contribute to improved BI assimilation and organisational performance. However, a BI undertaking may be effective and profitable for some organisations but not others. How can these differing outcomes be explained for those firms that have adopted BI systems? Drawing on the literature pertaining to absorptive capacity ...

Business intelligence (BI) has become the top priority for many organizations who have implemented BI solutions to improve their decision-making process. Yet, not all BI initiatives have fulfilled the expectations. We suggest that one of the reasons for failure is the lack of an understanding of the critical factors that define the success of BI applications, and that BI capabilities are among ...

Glioblastomas (GBM) are associated with high rates of relapse. These brain tumors are often resistant to chemotherapies like temozolomide (TMZ) and there are very few treatment options available to patients. We recently reported that polo-like kinase-1 (PLK1) is associated with the proliferative subtype of GBM; which has the worst prognosis. In this study, we addressed the potential of repurpos...