In real-life data, count data are considered more significant in different fields. In this article, a new form of the one-parameter discrete linear-exponential distribution is derived based on the survival function as a discretization technique. An e...
Counting data play a critical role in various real-life applications across different scientific fields. This study handles the classical and Bayesian estimation of the one-parameter discrete linear exponential distribution under randomly right-censo...
The geometric distribution is a fundamental model for count data and discrete-time lifetimes, but its memoryless property implies a constant hazard rate that is often too restrictive in practice. This paper introduces a new three-parameter discrete d...
In recent years several approaches have been developed to address the chromatin status and its changes in eukaryotic cells under different conditions—but only few are applicable in living cells. Fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) i...
This study investigates the coevolution of coauthorship and citation networks and their influence on scientific metrics such as the h-index and journal impact factors. Using a preferential attachment mechanism, we developed a model that integrated th...
Genetic selection has achieved little progress in reducing mastitis incidence. Mastitis traits are problematic due to the lack of sensitivity of the data and reliance on clinical diagnosis, often missing subclinical cases, and/or on monthly somatic c...
For the first time, the time-resolved two-photon excited autophosphorescence of non-labeled biological specimens was investigated by phosphoresce lifetime imaging with microscopic spatial resolution. A modified multiphoton tomograph was employed to r...
The network lifetime of wireless rechargeable sensor network (WRSN) is commonly extended through routing strategy or wireless charging technology. In this paper, we propose an optimization algorithm from the aspects of both charging and routing proce...
Fast fluorescence lifetime (FL) determination is a major factor for studying dynamic processes. To achieve a required precision and accuracy a certain number of photon counts must be detected. FL methods based on single-photon counting have strongly...
Nuclear magnetization storage in biologically-relevant molecules opens new possibilities for the investigation of metabolic pathways, provided the lifetimes of magnetization are sufficiently long. Dissolution-dynamic nuclear polarization-based spin-o...
Energy conservation remains a fundamental challenge in wireless sensor networks (WSNs), where battery-powered nodes are often deployed in locations where recharging is impractical. Because spatially correlated sensors frequently report redundant read...
Stand-alone microgrids have become reliable and efficient solutions for remote areas and critical infrastructures. However, the converters within these microgrids experience long-term complex power fluctuations caused by random variations in micro so...
13 April 2022
Uncontrolled drug and substance use (DSU) may pose unprecedented threats to nation building and a country’s socioeconomic development. Despite considerable efforts made and resources used to address DSU concerns, Malaysia has seen a significant...
High-purity germanium (HPGe) gamma-ray detectors are core instruments in nuclear physics and astrophysics experiments, where long-term stability and reliable extraction of decay parameters are essential. However, the standard exponential decay analys...
The reliability of power electronic switching components is of great concern for many researchers. For their usage in many mission profiles, it is crucial for them to perform for the duration of their intended lifetime; however, they can fail because...
Understanding the energy transfer in phycobilisomes extracted from cyanobacteria can be used for building biomimetic hybrid systems for optimized solar energy collection and photocurrent amplification. In this paper, we applied time-resolved absorpti...
Wireless body area networks (WBANs), which continually gather and transmit patient health data in real time, are essential for improving healthcare administration. Patient outcomes can be improved by sending these data to medical professionals for pr...
Optimal operation of energy storage systems plays an important role in enhancing their lifetime and efficiency. This paper combines the concepts of the cyber–physical system (CPS) and multi-objective optimization into the control structure of the hyb...
The capacity aging of lithium-ion energy storage systems is inevitable under long-term use. It has been found in the literature that the aging performance is closely related to battery usage and the current aging state. It follows that different freq...
This paper proposed a “Probabilistic and Deterministic Tree-based Routing for WSNs (PDTR)”. The PDTR builds a tree from the leaves to the head (sink), according to the best elements in the initial probabilistic routing table, measured by...
Background: Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic, relapsing inflammatory dermatosis with substantial quality-of-life impact. HS frequently co-exists with obesity and metabolic comorbidities. Cigarette smoking is highly prevalent and has been li...
The Internet of Things (IoT) is a network of numerous devices that are consistent with one another via the internet. Wireless sensor networks (WSN) play an integral part in the IoT, which helps to produce seamless data that highly influence the netwo...
The reliability of Internet of Things systems is critical for industrial applications; however, operational reliability data are often heterogeneous and strongly right-skewed, exhibiting non-Gaussian behaviour, overdispersion, and production-level va...
The cluster technique involves the creation of clusters and the selection of a cluster head (CH), which connects sensor nodes, known as cluster members (CM), to the CH. The CH receives data from the CM and collects data from sensor nodes, removing un...
We address the problem of how COVID-19 deaths observed in an oncology clinical trial can be consistently taken into account in typical survival estimates. We refer to oncological patients since there is empirical evidence of strong correlation betwee...
Wireless sensor networks are widely used in many fields. Nodes in the network are typically powered by batteries. Because the energy consumption of wireless communication is related to the transmission distance, the energy consumption of nodes in dif...
The named data networking (NDN)-based microservice-centric in-network computation poses various challenges in terms of interest aggregation and pending interest table (PIT) lifetime management. A same-named microservice-centric interest packet may ha...
Forest fires are a significant threat to the ecological system’s stability. Several attempts have been made to detect forest fires using a variety of approaches, including optical fire sensors, and satellite-based technologies, all of which hav...
Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) play a critical role in electric vehicles (EVs) and hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) and degradation of LIBs influences lifetime, reliability, safety and dependability. The ability to assess and quantify degradation enable...
This paper presents a signal-processing methodology for assessing thermal stress and fatigue damage in IGBT modules. This study utilizes junction temperature data from operational frequency converters at a belt conveyor station rather than convention...
Social connections and social support have shown strong associations with mental health within immigrant populations. This study examines the nuances in the associations between social network measures and perceived interpersonal support on depressio...
Variations in mechanical load constitute a dominant source of domain shift in data-driven fault diagnosis of rotating machinery, causing models trained under one operating condition to degrade sharply when deployed under another. This work addresses...
In Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs), routing algorithms can provide energy efficiency. However, due to unbalanced energy consumption for all nodes, the network lifetime is still prone to degradation. Hence, energy efficient routing was developed in th...
Energy conservation is one of the most critical challenges in the Internet of Things (IoT). IoT devices are incredibly resource-constrained and possess miniature power sources, small memory, and limited processing ability. Clustering is a popular met...
Fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) biosensors have proven to be an indispensable tool in cell biology and, more specifically, in the study of G-protein signalling. The best method of measuring the activation status or FRET state of a biose...
In heterogeneous wireless sensor networks (HWSNs), optimizing energy efficiency presents significant challenges due to variations in node energy levels and the complexity of the network environment. This paper introduces an energy efficiency optimiza...
Perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) is one of the most important forage grass species in temperate regions of the world, but it is prone to having poor persistence due to the incidence of abiotic and biotic stresses. This creates a challenge for l...
The main aim of the present paper is to assess the fatigue lifetime of ductile cast iron knuckles as one of the critical components of an automotive steering system. To this end, a real driving path, including various maneuvers, such as acceleration,...
21 July 2022
Improving understanding of risk factors for risky sexual behaviour is fundamental to achieve better population sexual health. Exposure to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) can increase the risk of poor sexual health outcomes, but most research is...
2 December 2022
Background: Childhood obesity and dental caries are prevalent chronic, multifactorial conditions with adverse health consequences and considerable healthcare costs. The aims of this study were: (1) to evaluate the relationship between obesity and den...
PANDORA (Plasmas for Astrophysics Nuclear Decays Observation and Radiation for Archaeometry) is an INFN project aiming at measuring, for the first time, possible variations in in-plasma
Three-dimensional charge-trapping (CT) NAND flash memory has attracted extensive attention owing to its unique merits, including huge storage capacities, large memory densities, and low bit cost. The reliability property is becoming an important fact...
The underwater acoustic sensor network (UASN) plays a crucial role in collecting real-time data from remote areas of the ocean. However, the deployment of UASN poses significant challenges due to the demanding environmental conditions and the conside...
Recently, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) performed sea surface temperature (SST) reanalysis (RAN1) from seven AVHRR/3s onboard NOAA-15 to -19 and Metop-A and -B, from 2002–present. Operational L1b data were used as input....
This paper investigates whether event-level pitch-bearing fatigue damage can be estimated directly from turbine measurements, and whether these mechanical damage metrics leave measurable fingerprints in the generator DC-link voltage and current. To a...
In reliability analysis, scale-relative reversed hazard aging describes how retrospective failure risk in a lifetime distribution changes across proportional ages. Reversed hazard elasticity and log time curvature characterize its directions and conn...
The fluorescence anisotropy of photosensitizers Radachlorin and chlorin e6 was studied using the time-resolved single photon-counting technique under one- and two-photon excitation within the Soret absorption band. A very small negative anisotropy wa...
The monitoring of underwater aquatic habitats and pipeline leakages and disaster prevention are assisted by the construction of an underwater wireless sensor network (UWSN). The deployment of underwater sensors consumes energy and causes delay when t...
With the promotion of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals and the construction of renewable-dominated electric power systems, renewable energy will become the main power source of power systems in China. Therefore, ensuring frequency stability...
The rapidly increasing skin cancer rates in Canada are alarming, with current data estimating that 1/3 of Canadians will be affected in their lifetime. Thus, deeper understanding of high-risk sun exposure behaviors is needed to help counter this tren...
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