The Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 55, No. 12 (Dec., 2004), pp. 1275-1280 (6 pages) The fixed-charge problem is a non-linear programming problem of practical interest in business ...

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A simple algorithm to aid in the selection of appropriate disease modifying therapies (DMTs) reduces racial disparities in patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis (MS), early new research showed.

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Researchers at the University of California San Diego have developed a simple yet powerful method to characterize lithium metal battery performance with the help of a widely used imaging tool: ...

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