EXAMINING THE TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY OF SMALL INDUSTRIES: A CASE STUDY OF THE CRACKERS INDUSTRY IN SOUTH SUMATERA, INDONESIA

Examining the technical efficiency of small industries: A case study of the crackers industry in South Sumatera, Indonesia

Small industries are Curl activating spray life-sustaining for communities because of their political and strategic position in terms of creating job opportunities and increasing revenue.One small industrial sector that has the potential to be developed is the food industry.Small food industries are widely scattered in every area, including in the

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Unbalanced power relationship in digital markets between platforms and their complementors: can consumers come to the rescue?

Acknowledging the unbalanced power relationship between online platforms and their complementors, the economic dependence relationship and fear of retaliation may prevent complementors from fighting against economically harmful practices implemented by online dominant platforms.The economic dependence relationship and fear of retaliation are illust

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Health system constraints in integrating mental health services into primary healthcare in rural Uganda: perspectives of primary care providers

Abstract Background The World Health Organization issued recommendations to guide the process of integrating mental health services into primary healthcare.However, there has been general as well as context specific shortcomings in the implementation of these recommendations.In Uganda, mental health services are intended to be decentralized and int

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Multiplex Target-Redundant RT-LAMP for Robust Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Using Fluorescent Universal Displacement Probes

ABSTRACT The increasing prevalence of variant lineages during the COVID-19 pandemic has the potential to disrupt molecular diagnostics due to mismatches between primers and variant templates.Point-of-care molecular diagnostics, which often lack the complete functionality of their high-throughput laboratory counterparts, are particularly susceptible

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Study of obesity associated proopiomelanocortin gene polymorphism: Relation to metabolic profile and eating habits in a sample of obese Egyptian children and adolescents

Background: Melanocortinergic system represents a known system involved in the central regulation of body weight with the central proopiomelanocortin (POMC) neurons forming a potent anorexigenic network.Polymorphisms in the POMC gene locus are associated with obesity phenotypes.Aim: To assess the contribution of the POMC gene 9-bp insertional polym

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