A fundamental problem in the design of a classroom is to identify what characteristics it should have in order to optimize learning. This is a complex problem because learning is a construct related to several cognitive processes. The aim of this stu...
Postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) increase the hospital length of stay (LOS) and the cost of healthcare associated with surgical procedures. Strategies to reduce PPCs begin before surgery and continue in the postoperative period. Fissios A...
Public concerns over exposure to Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP) or MAP components via foods of animal origin could have negative trade consequences, despite the absence of conclusive scientific evidence of a causal association...
Deep learning techniques have greatly improved the efficiency and accuracy of building extraction using remote sensing images. However, high-quality building outline extraction results that can be applied to the field of surveying and mapping remain...
The S100A1 protein in humans is a calcium-binding protein. Upon Ca2+ binding to S100A1 EF-hand motifs, the conformation of S100A1 changes and promotes interactions with target proteins. RAGE consists of three domains: the cytoplasmic, transmembrane,...
Specific adult populations known to be at high risk for human papillomavirus (HPV)-related disease, such as men who have sex with men, are inconsistently included in national immunization programs. No compilation of the evidence on the real-world imp...
Detecting the crystal system of lithium-ion batteries is crucial for optimizing their performance and safety. Understanding the arrangement of atoms or ions within the battery’s electrodes and electrolyte allows for improvements in energy densi...
In the current investigation, the solar photocatalytic degradation of two cationic model dyes (methyl green (MG) and crystal violet (CV)) was studied using α-Fe2O3/ZnFe2O4 nanocomposite. The fine powder of nanoparticles was obtained by co-preci...
Partitioning rectangular and rectilinear shapes in n-dimensional binary images into the smallest set of axis-aligned n-cuboids is a fundamental problem in image analysis, pattern recognition, and computational geometry, with applications in object de...
Prior work has shown that Translation Lookaside Buffer (TLB) data contains valuable behavioral information. Many existing methodologies rely on timing features or focus solely on workload classification. In this study, we propose a novel approach to...
Monitoring pesticide contamination in surface waters produces datasets with complex co-occurrence patterns that conventional statistical methods may struggle to interpret. This paper presents a data-mining framework for identifying pesticide relation...
The scheduling of conferences is a challenging task that aims at creating successful conference programs that fulfill an often wide variety of requirements. In this work, we focus on the problem of generating conference programs that organize talks i...
The article deals with the problem of building stacked pallet load units consisting of at least two stackable pallet load units. Moreover, this article concerns the part of the flow of goods in distribution networks that is prepared at the place of i...
Battery energy storage systems (BESSs) are key components in efficiently managing the electric power supply and demand in microgrids. However, the BESSs have issues in their investment costs and operating lifetime, and thus, the optimal sizing of the...
The model developed considers the uniqueness of a data-driven binary response (indicated by 0 and 1) identified as having a Bernoulli distribution with finite mixture components. In social science applications, Bernoulli’s constructs a hierarch...
In three-dimensional (3D) logistics environments, finding optimal paths for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is challenging due to positioning inaccuracies that require ground-based corrections. These inaccuracies are exacerbated in harsh environments...
Soil–rock binary structure slopes are a unique and common phenomenon in water conservancy and geotechnical engineering, with complex stability issues that challenge traditional evaluation methods. This paper proposes the Partitioned Rigid Eleme...
This paper presents a method for constructing polynomial Lyapunov functions to analyze the stability of nonlinear dynamical systems. The approach is based on genetic programming, a variant of genetic algorithms where the search space consists of hier...
The main purpose of this study was to develop a model predictive of dysphagia in hospital survivors with severe pneumonia who underwent tracheostomy during their hospital stay. The present study included 175 patients (72% male; mean age, 71.3 years)...
Although the school bus is considered a safe form of transportation, school bus crashes are a major safety concern. School bus crashes are a result of driver error of either the at-fault school bus or another at-fault vehicle (where the school bus is...
Sr2Fe1.5Mo0.5O6−δ (SFMO) perovskite has been considered as a promising anode candidate for solid oxide fuel cells. However, the significant inconsistency in the conductivity properties of SFMO perovskite has been reported in the literatur...
It is a significant issue for network carriers to immediately restore telecommunication services when a disaster occurs. A wired and wireless network cooperation (NeCo) system was proposed to address this problem. The goal of the NeCo system is quick...
Taiwan has suffered from widespread haze and poor air quality during recent years, and the control of indoor air quality has become an important topic. This study relies on Multi-Agent theory in which collected air quality was used in calculations an...
G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) transmembrane protein family members play essential roles in physiology. Numerous pharmaceuticals target GPCRs, and many drug discovery programs utilize virtual screening (VS) against GPCR targets. Improvements in th...
Optimization Modulo Theory (OMT) is an important extension of Satisfiability Modulo Theory (SMT), aiming to find models that satisfy constraints while optimizing objective functions. OMT naturally arises in program analysis and formal methods, making...
A battery swapping station exchanges a depleted electric-vehicle pack for a charged one in minutes, and its shelf of batteries doubles as a grid-connected store that arbitrages a time-of-use tariff. Running both businesses together is a scheduling pr...
Driven from real-life applications, this work aims to cope with the scheduling problem of automotive glass manufacturing systems, that is characterized as a two-stage flow-shop with small batches, inevitable setup time for different product changeove...
Evolutionary fuzzers generally work well with typical software programs because of their simple algorithm. However, there is a limitation that some paths with complex constraints cannot be tested even after long execution. Fuzzers based on concolic e...
The main goal of the presented paper is to study the influence of a range of support materials, i.e., multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), Al2O3-Cr2O3 (2:1), zeolite β-H and zeolite β-Na on the physicochemical and catalytic properties in...
The Korean Cryptographic Module Validation Program (KCMVP) requires the joint review of source code, submission documents, and their traceability. This study presents an evidence-gated decision-support prototype combining rule-based candidate generat...
The mental health of young people has increasingly emerged as a public health priority due to the growing prevalence of mental health problems during adolescence and early adulthood. The literature has identified community-based programs as effective...
Due to its significant deficiencies such as low permeability, low bearing and shear strength, and excessive compressibility, soft soil is one of the most problematic types of soil in civil engineering and soil stabilization can be considered a suitab...
The miscibility of a series of binary blends such as polystyrene/poly(methyl methacrylate) (PS/PMMA), polystyrene/poly(vinyl chloride)(PS/PVC), poly(vinyl chloride)/poly(polymethyl methacrylate)(PVC/PMMA) and poly(ethylene-co-vinyl alcohol)/poly(lact...
22 August 2023
We investigated the association between discrimination, neighborhood unsafety, and household food insecurity (FI) among Nigerian adults, as well as the gender-specific differences in these associations. Our analysis utilized data from the 2021 Multip...
Background: Prediabetes is a significant precursor to type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and its well-known complications. In Sudan, data on the epidemiology of prediabetes among adolescents are scarce, especially in the central region. Thus, this study...
Calibrating compensation programs for chemical-fertilizer reduction requires reliable evidence on farmers’ preferences across reduction practices and policy instruments. Existing choice-experiment evidence treats reduction as either a single ag...
An empirical model of the TU Muscae binary star system has been developed by a study of 23 high resolution SWP spectrophotometric images that were obtained with the International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE) satellite telescope including some that were...
In this work, high surface area mono- and binary oxide materials based on zirconia and titania synthetized via the alginate route were applied as supports of ruthenium catalysts used in levulinic acid hydrogenation towards γ–valerolactone...
7 September 2020
Confinement measures during the COVID-19 pandemic have caused substantial reductions in global physical activity (PA) levels. In view of the manifold health benefits of PA, the development of interventions counteracting this trend is paramount. Our s...
Single layer low-dimensional materials are presently of emerging interest, including in the context of magnetism. In the present report, on-surface supramolecular architecturing was further developed and employed to create surface supported two-dimen...
This paper deals with the problem of the optimal selection and location of batteries in DC distribution grids by proposing a new mixed-integer convex model. The exact mixed-integer nonlinear model is transformed into a mixed-integer quadratic convex...
A two-level optimization method is presented to find the optimal number and location of conventional protective devices to be upgraded to remote-controlled switches (RCSs) for an existing distribution network (DN). The effect of distributed generatio...
This article aims to identify which factors enable the mutual adjustment of top managers of small enterprises (SEs), frequently their owners, and interns (young college graduates) in their first work experiences. Using latent segment models and data...
This article examines the thought of Yi Ik 李瀷 (1681–1763), a prominent Confucian scholar in the late period of the Joseon 朝鮮 dynasty (1392–1910). In a broader context of the Confucian classics, as well as in th...
Statistical copolymers of norbornene (NBE) with cyclopentene (CP) were prepared by ring-opening metathesis polymerization, employing the 1st-generation Grubbs’ catalyst, in the presence or absence of triphenylphosphine, PPh3. The reactivity ratios we...
This paper studies the issue of capacity allocation in multi-rank distribution channel management, a topic that has been significantly overlooked in the existing literature. Departing from conventional approaches, hierarchical priority rules are intr...
Task scheduling is still an open issue for improving the performance of cloud services. Focusing on addressing the issue, we first formulate the task-scheduling problem of heterogeneous cloud computing into a binary non-linear programming. There are...
This study employs global optimization techniques to examine optimal vaccine pricing strategies that consider quantity discounts and vaccine distribution equity, under centralized procurement by group purchasing organizations. Based on the economic c...
This work develops a practical multi-period optimization approach that incorporates real-world constraints, including discrete decisions and conic risk constraints. Expanding upon earlier single-period models, our framework employs a binary scenario...
The development of highly conductive structured catalysts with enhanced mass- and heat-transfer features is required for the intensification of the strongly exothermic catalytic hydrogenation of CO2 in which large temperature gradients should be avoi...
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