Background Medical reimbursement in China is not for all diseases, and medical reimbursement expenses are not completely consistent with medical service demand, though the scope and proportion of medical reimbursement are gradually expanding. This study aimed to examine the efect of retirement...

Background There is sparse evidence on the impact of health information on mental health as well as on the mechanisms governing this relationship. We estimate the causal impact of health information on mental health via the efect of a diabetes diagnosis on depression. Methods We employ a fuzzy...

The sources for renewable energy are those that can never be depleted as these sources are given by nature. For instance, biomass, solar, wind, hydro, etc. They don't damage the climate as they generate practically zero pollution. The utilization of energy is expanding because of the development...

To complete a successful energy project, all aspects and criteria which can influence the project should be considered. Classic time-cost trade-off (TCT) is used when the completion time of project is not acceptable for customers or top managers. This paper proposes a new...

Recently, a large portion of the world's population has experienced an unprecedented devastating effect of the COVID-19 pandemic. At the time of its outbreak, not much was known about this disease and therefore, quarantine and social distancing were the only ways suggested to prevent its spread...

The existence of intense competition in the global market has pressurized organizations to increasingly survive. Many universities strive to create technologies because of their enormous influence on the universities' development and values. However, the success of achieving this task is arduous...

Supplier selection plays a crucial role in enhancing the competitiveness and operational efficiency of manufacturing industries. In the Indonesian manufacturing sector, where market conditions are dynamic and complex, the need for an effective supplier selection methodology is particularly...

Evaluating patent assets from the perspective of a patent portfolio is an emerging research direction and also a concrete practical example of open innovation theory, which presents the main form of encouraging more innovation entities to participate and further innovate by disclosing...

In corporate sustainability reporting, the credibility of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) information is paramount, especially for socially responsible investors relying on ESG metrics. This study proposes an integrated method combining Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), Analytic...