17 Results Found

The sensory acceptability rate of pasteurized orange juices stored at different temperature levels was evaluated using a large-scale experiment with untrained consumers and an accelerated shelf-life testing method. Pasteurized orange juice samples we...

In this paper, we investigate the cycle structure inherent in the Tanner graphs of low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes constructed from balanced incomplete block designs (BIBDs). We begin by delineating the incidence structure of BIBDs and propose...

Many key pre-distribution (KPD) schemes based on combinatorial design were proposed for secure communication of wireless sensor networks (WSNs). Due to complexity of constructing the combinatorial design, it is infeasible to generate key rings using...

Optical code division multiple access (OCDMA) shows limitations in terms of the inefficient bandwidth utilization and low spectral density with one-dimensional (1D) codes. To overcome these limitations, a novel design is presented using a two dimensi...

Observational data with massive sample sizes are often distributed on many local machines. From an experimental design perspective, investigators often desire to identify the effect of new treatments (even ML algorithms) on many blocks of experimenta...

Neighbor discovery is one of the emerging research areas in a wireless sensor network. After sensors are distributed, neighbor discovery is the first process to set up a communication channel with neighboring sensors. This paper proposes a new block...

An extended growth curve model with fixed and random effects is considered. Under the assumption of multivariate normality, the maximum likelihood estimators of the fixed effects and the dispersion matrix are determined in a model with random nuisanc...

In this paper, we generalize the construction of locally repairable codes (LRCs) by leveraging pairwise balanced designs (PBDs) and balanced incomplete block designs (BIBDs) to construct codes with nonuniform locality or nonuniform availability. Our...

Collusion attack is one of the techniques used for unauthorized removal of embedded marks. However, there are no algorithms that utilize the averaging-resilient fingerprint code into 3D mesh watermarking. In this paper, we propose a collusion resilie...

Applying a statistical mixture design, 10 different blending combinations of traditional Greek sausages were prepared based on different percentages of the three ingredients (buffalo meat: 40–70%; pork fat: 0–30%; buffalo fat: 0–30%...

Far too often, one meets patients who went for years or even decades from doctor to doctor without obtaining a valid diagnosis. This brings pain to millions of patients and their families, not to speak of the enormous costs. Often patients cannot tel...

The biomass of Salix viminalis is the most highly valued source of green energy, followed by S. schwerinii, S. dasyclados and other species. Significant variability in productivity and leaf rust resistance are noted both within and among willow speci...

This study assesses inpatients’ preferences for participating in medical decision-making and determines the factors’ rankings in order of importance and whether they vary for respondents with different characteristics. Case 1 best-worst s...

Insects have been proposed as a sustainable protein alternative to conventional meat sources. However, consumer acceptance of edible insects is still low in the Western Hemisphere. This study examined how product characteristics and consumer beliefs...

In a variety of applications, e.g., psychoacoustic experiments, virtual sound propagation demonstration, or synthesized noise production, noise samples are played back in laboratories. To simulate realistic scenes or to mask unwanted background sound...

In recent years, with the development of deep learning technologies, Vision Transformers combined with Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) have made significant progress in the field of single-image super-resolution (SISR). However, existing methods...

Background: The gastrointestinal symptom score (GIS) is used in a standardized form to ascertain dyspeptic symptoms in patients with functional dyspepsia in clinical practice. As a criterion for evaluating the effectiveness of a treatment, the change...