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...
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...
This paper proposes a recursive method for constructing intra-resolvable balanced incomplete block designs (BIBDs). The approach exploits the algebraic and geometric structure of finite projective geometries over Galois fields to generate resolvable...
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...
In plant breeding, Multi-Environment Trials (METs) evaluate candidate genotypes across various conditions, which is financially costly due to extensive field testing. Sparse testing addresses this challenge by evaluating some genotypes in selected en...
Evaluating the statistical properties of a semi-Latin square, and in general, an incomplete block design, is vital in determining the usefulness of the design for experimentation. Improving the procedures for obtaining these statistical properties ha...
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...
This paper proposes a unified approach based on maximal consistent blocks (MCBs) to address the problem of incomplete single-label and multi-label dimensional reduction. The matrix computation method for maximal consistent blocks is improved by intro...
Telecom fraud detection is of great significance in online social networks. Yet the massive, redundant, incomplete, and uncertain network information makes it a challenging task to handle. Hence, this paper mainly uses the correlation of attributes b...
Experimental designs are commonly used to produce valid, defensible, and supportable conclusions. Among commonly used block designs, the class of Latin square designs is used to study factors or treatment levels expressed as Latin letters and applyin...
The aim of this study was to generate and evaluate the efficiency of improved field experiments while simultaneously accounting for spatial correlations and different levels of genetic relatedness using a mixed models framework for orthogonal and non...
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...
The horizontal wave pressure on the front wall of the caisson protected by armor blocks on the rubble-mounted core is investigated by carrying out physical experiments. There have been few previous studies regarding this type of structure, and the ch...
Protocol flaws such as the well-known Heartbleed bug, security and privacy issues or incomplete specifications, in general, pose risks to the direct users of a protocol and further stakeholders. Formal methods, such as Colored Petri Nets (CPNs), faci...
Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging is vulnerable to deceptive jamming, while conventional whole-aperture subsection shift-frequency modulation sequentially applies multiple frequency shifts in slow time, causing reduced temporal support for each...
Standardized ileal digestibility (SID) of amino acids (AA) in alternative protein sources for growing pigs was determined in this study. Diets containing egg albumen (EA), casein, blood meal (BM), and blood plasma meal (BPM) and a nitrogen-free diet...
During the cold metal transfer plus pulse (CMT+P) welding process of medium-thick plates, problems such as incomplete penetration (IP) and burn-through (BT) are prone to occur, and weld pool morphology is important information reflecting the penetrat...
Weed management in sweet corn can be costly; genetic improvements in sweet corn competitiveness may reduce this expense. Competitive ability can exist as weed suppressive ability (WSA), or crop tolerance (CT). Previous studies in corn have found year...
To determine the effects of zilpaterol hydrochloride (ZH) on growth performance, carcass characteristics and meat quality for steers differing in breed type, steers with British (B; n = 76) or British × Continental (BC; n = 57) backgrounds were...
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%...
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...
The sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) is one of the most essential oil crops in the world. Several component traits, including flowering time, plant height, stem diameter, seed weight, and kernel weight, determine sunflower seed and oil yield. Althoug...
This paper presents a novel multi-modal segment anything model (MSAM) for glioma tumor segmentation using structural MRI images and diffusion tensor imaging data. We designed an effective multimodal feature fusion block to effectively integrate featu...
Karst piedmont fault overflow springs are widely developed in structurally controlled, basin-margin settings, where basin-bounding faults obstruct regional groundwater flow. However, the coupled fault blocking, fault conduction, and caprock sealing m...
Increased maritime cargo transportation has necessitated stricter management of emissions from ships. The primary source of this pollution is fuel combustion, which is influenced by factors such as a ship’s added wave resistance. Accurate estim...
The Social Golfer problem (SGP) consists of scheduling v players into rounds of equally sized groups in such a way that (1) any two players are assigned to the same group in at most one round and (2) as many rounds as possible are obtained. Combinato...
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...
Field experiments were conducted at 23 sites in Poland during the 2021–2023 growing seasons to evaluate the interaction between genotypes and environments on grain yield and plant height in 15 maize varieties with medium-early maturity. The tri...
Improving fuel efficiency is a primary challenge in modern aviation, with aerodynamics serving as a key enabler. Aerodynamic friction drag accounts for more than 50% of total drag, highlighting a significant opportunity for efficiency gains through l...
Change detection (CD) is a particularly important task in the field of remote sensing image processing. It is of practical importance for people when making decisions about transitional situations on the Earth’s surface. The existing CD methods...
Microorganisms produce secondary metabolites with a remarkable range of bioactive properties. The constantly increasing amount of published genomic data provides the opportunity for efficient identification of biosynthetic gene clusters by genome min...
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...
Drought and heat stress have perceptibly become major maize (Zea mays L.) yield reducing factors in Sub-Saharan Africa. As such, the objectives of this study were to: (i) determine the type of gene action conditioning tolerance to combined drought an...
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...
Image reconstruction from incomplete measurements is a fundamental problem in signal and image processing, with applications ranging from medical imaging to computational photography. In recent years, deep learning approaches have shown promising per...
What is the potential impact on carbon storage of the native and introduced tree species commonly associated with coffee in the central Peruvian Amazon? Coffee is a pivotal crop within the Peruvian economy. Nevertheless, the establishment of new plan...
This paper considers a tracking system developed for a full-actuated manipulator with flexible joints under the following assumptions: torques are control actions, and current loop dynamics are not considered; the mass-inertial characteristics of the...
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...
Aircraft engine systems are composed of numerous pipelines. It is crucial to regularly inspect these pipelines to detect any damages or failures that could potentially lead to serious accidents. The inspection process typically involves capturing com...
Historical earthquake records are inherently incomplete: many sites that were likely damaged were never documented, leaving spatial gaps in the macroseismic record. This study evaluates whether intensity values at unreported sites can be estimated fr...
Monitoring genetic gain is required in crop improvement programs in order to assess the effectiveness of breeding initiatives. The periodic measurement of genetic gain will quantify the efficiency of new technologies incorporated into the program. He...
The objectives of this study were to assess the agronomic performance of common bean genotypes, previously selected for their response to infestation, by Mexican bean weevil and to identify promising lines that can be used as parents in a downstream...
The wet-dry transition period brings unique challenges to cattle producers in the tropics as the forage quality starts to decrease and animal performance is negatively affected unless supplementation strategies are applied. Two experiments were condu...
To solve the problems of large root damage and incomplete seedling blocks (SBs) in rice machine transplanting, this study numerically optimized the root blanket-cutting device for rice blanket seedling cutting and throwing transplanters based on the...
The significant role of papain-like cysteine proteases, including papain, cathepsin L and SARS-CoV-2 PLpro, in biomedicine and biotechnology makes them interesting model systems for sensor development. These enzymes have a free thiol group that is su...
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...
Nicosulfuron and topramezone are herbicides with different mechanisms of action, and are recommended for weed control in maize (Zea mays L.). The objective of this study was to evaluate and compare the effect of both herbicides, at increasing doses o...
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