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It is time for the government to move away from the outdated practice of lowest bidding (L1) in public procurement and adopt the globally accepted Quality-cum-Cost-Based Selection (QCBS) method.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

WHEN the work function of a metal is varied by depositing on its surface various amounts of a foreign substance (up to a complete monatomic layer), the ratio of secondary emission to primary current ...

Abstract: The scoring function, which measures the plausibility of triplets in knowledge graphs (KGs), is the key to ensure the excellent performance of KG embedding, and its design is also an ...

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