Key Points * Lack of transparency and competitiveness in procurement processes * Financial losses due to coal purchases above international market prices * Weak contract management and oversight * ...

It is time for the government to move away from the outdated practice of lowest bidding (L1) in public procurement and adopt the globally accepted Quality-cum-Cost-Based Selection (QCBS) method. This ...

Green tea contains catechins and other antioxidant plant compounds that can help protect your cells from damage and disease.

This is a $20,000 grant to advanced doctoral students in all fields, who have passed their qualifying exams and exhausted the initial package of funding. It is awarded to students engaged in ...

Dr. JeFreda R. Brown is a financial consultant, Certified Financial Education Instructor, and researcher who has assisted thousands of clients over a more than two-decade career. She is the CEO of ...

Abstract: This brief proposes a systematic method for building multi-lobe locally active memristors (LAMs) via the rectified linear unit (ReLU) function. Theoretical analysis and numerical simulations ...

Abstract: The survival signature, a new approach introduced by Coolen, has been used as an effective method to quantify the complex system's reliability as it requires less computation cost than other ...

Objectives Sex differences in respiratory physiology and predilection for developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have been documented, suggesting that female sex hormones may ...