Semi-continuous data are very common in social sciences and economics. In this paper, a Bayesian variable selection procedure is developed to assess the influence of observed and/or unobserved exogenous factors on semi-continuous data. Our formulatio...
This paper discusses two alternative two-part models for fractional response variables that are defined as ratios of integers. The first two-part model assumes a Binomial distribution and known group size. It nests the one-part fractional response mo...
Non-negative continuous outcomes with a substantial number of zero values and incomplete longitudinal follow-up are quite common in medical costs data. It is thus critical to incorporate the potential dependence of survival status and longitudinal me...
The high-throughput gene expression data generated from recent single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) and parallel single-cell reverse transcription quantitative real-time PCR (scRT-qPCR) technologies enable biologists to study the function of transc...
Background: Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is a central outcome measure in population health research, yet empirical investigations directly linking nutrition label utilization to HRQoL remain limited, particularly in East Asian contexts. Thi...
Traditional building energy consumption prediction methods lack the description of occupant behaviors. The interactions between occupants and equipment have great influence on building energy consumption, which cause a large deviation between the pre...
Interest in the interaction between energy and health within the built environment has been increasing in recent years, in the context of sustainable development. However, in order to promote health and wellbeing across all ages it is necessary to ha...
Destination platforms provide travel information and cheaper travel products, thus increasing the number of individual travelers. Therefore, travel agencies need to understand consumer behaviors toward family package tours and maintain and create new...
Agriculture is a major contributor to economic development in most developing nations, with smallholder farmers playing a critical role, but their productivity and growth are impeded by a lack of access to agricultural loans. The affordability of loa...
Railway accidents are critical issues characterized by a large number of injuries and fatalities per accident due to massive public transport systems. This study proposes a new approach for evaluating the damages resulting from railway accidents usin...
There are many studies on the impact of physical activity on health but few studies on the relationship between physical activity and medical expenditure among the elderly. Based on the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Survey (CHARLS) databas...
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Patients with chronic mental illness are highly vulnerable to chronic respiratory problems. We examined the influence of mental disability on respiratory infection-related utilization risk in individuals with and without mental disabilities (MDs). A...
Background: Diabetes is associated with an increased risk of oral health complications, yet adults with diabetes remain less likely to obtain dental care in the United States. Objective: To examine socioeconomic, demographic, and insurance-related de...
Over-fertilization has caused serious environmental problems and high agricultural production costs at the household level in China. This study attempts to analyze the effects of grape growers’ fertilization knowledge and technologies on their...
Two-part models are important to and used throughout insurance and actuarial science. Since insurance is required for registering a car, obtaining a mortgage, and participating in certain businesses, it is especially important that the models that pr...
Background/Objectives: Medication-associated xerostomia is a clinically relevant adverse effect, but its contribution to oral symptom burden in midlife women remains insufficiently characterized. This study investigated the association between xeroge...
Nautical area scattering coefficient (NASC) data from small coastal acoustic surveys are strongly zero-inflated and spatially autocorrelated. We analysed 3324 integration intervals from 19 surveys in Jinhae Bay, Korea: May–September 2023 and Ma...
Previous studies have introduced different potential pricing strategies for cloud services. However, not much research has been done comparing subscription pricing and pay-per-use pricing, which are commonly used pricing schemes. Also, there are very...
In this paper, an asymmetric regression model for censored non-negative data based on the centred exponentiated log-skew-normal and Bernoulli distributions mixture is introduced. To connect the discrete part with the continuous distribution, the logi...
This study presents a new charging system with lattice compensation for wireless power transfer (WPT) applications. A mathematical model is developed for the proposed system to accurately estimate power transfer capabilities. Furthermore, a linear pr...
Crop insurance has to be priced and screened before the season’s main losses are known. This paper asks how far an insurer can get using only the information already available when a contract is enrolled: where the farm is, what crop and practi...
Multilevel semicontinuous data occur frequently in medical, environmental, insurance and financial studies. Such data are often measured with covariates at different levels; however, these data have traditionally been modelled with covariate-independ...
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Cyberbullying has recently attracted attention due to its increasing prevalence and serious consequences for both victims and perpetrators. The objective of this population-based study was to examine the determinants of a person becoming a perpetrato...
A growing number of young Chinese farmers are abandoning agriculture. This research aimed to identify ways to stimulate enthusiasm among young people for choosing careers in agriculture and to promote the professionalization of young part-time farmer...
The simulation model is one of the key points affecting the optimal planning and operation of energy hubs (EHs). Since treating the efficiencies of generation units as constants would significantly simplify the calculation, only a simplified model is...
Accurate cutting of salmon parts and surface defect detection are the key steps to enhance the added value of its processing. At present, mainstream manual inspection methods have low accuracy and efficiency, making it difficult to meet the demands o...
In this article, the operation of a large two-stroke marine diesel engine including various cases with turbocharger cut-out was thoroughly investigated by using a modular zero-dimensional engine model built in MATLAB/Simulink environment. The model w...
We aimed to investigate the association of chronic disease and depression with medical service use and expenses in hardcore smokers and provide basic data for health management system of hardcore smokers. This was a secondary data study involving 173...
hy2Foam is a newly-coded open-source two-temperature computational fluid dynamics (CFD) solver that has previously been validated for zero-dimensional test cases. It aims at (1) giving open-source access to a state-of-the-art hypersonic CFD solver to...
A two-temperature CFD (computational fluid dynamics) solver is a prerequisite to any spacecraft re-entry numerical study that aims at producing results with a satisfactory level of accuracy within realistic timescales. In this respect, a new two-temp...
In the proposed work, the MATLAB program was used to model and simulate the performance of the investigated two-stage adsorption chiller with and without heat recovery using an activated carbon/methanol pair. The simulated model results were then val...
With the sustainable development of the global economy, environmental problems and the green economy are increasingly becoming points of concern for the community. However, the large amount of capital invested in green technology and the high price o...
In this work, we develop a structural model for the fracturing of an aircraft coating system applied to a complex airframe structure that includes aluminum panels and stainless-steel fasteners. The mechanical properties of the coating system, which c...
Pumped storage power plants face many challenges in competing in the electricity market, and high pumping costs lead to high prices for their power generation, which is one of the important factors that has limited their development. To address this...
(1) Background: With the development of blockchain technology and fierce competition between tourism platforms, tourism platforms can adopt blockchain technology to disclose product information to enhance their core competitiveness. As for a tourism...
This paper develops a Stackelberg game model for a retailer-led secondary low-carbon supply chain (L-CSC) comprising a manufacturer and a retailer. Then, a two-part pricing contract is designed to investigate the product pricing, carbon reduction, an...
The enactment of the Water Framework Directive, constituting the basis of the European water policy, introduced various challenges and complexities for water resources management. River basins are exposed to a plethora of environmental stresses, resu...
This study is the second part of the theoretical study of “Modeling and Simulation of a Two-Stage Air-Cooled Adsorption Chiller with Heat Recovery”, which is based on developing a theoretical model for a two-stage adsorption chiller with...
Manual order picking, the process of retrieving stock keeping units from their storage location to fulfil customer orders, is one of the most labour-intensive and costly activity in modern supply chains. To improve the outcome of order picking system...
Proximal humerus fractures increase with the aging of the population. Due to the high failure rates of surgical treatments such as open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF), biomechanical studies seek to optimize the treatments and intervening fact...
The fish community structure of the Zhoushan Fishing Ground is undergoing change due to overfishing, climate variability, and other anthropogenic stressors. To investigate community-level environmental responses and interspecific associations in this...
Surveillance aircraft perform long-duration missions (>eight hours) that include detection and identification of objects on the ground, the water, or in the air. They have surveillance systems that require large amounts of cooling power (typically...
Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) tomography has developed into an efficient tool for sensing the high spatiotemporal variability of atmospheric water vapor. The integration of GNSS top signals and side rays for tropospheric tomography system...
This study examined direct and indirect associations of Machiavellianism, narcissism, psychopathy, and sadism with suicidal ideation through depression, anxiety, and stress in psychiatric patients. A cross-sectional sample of 210 patients completed t...
Background/Objectives: This novel compression screw design offers potential benefits due to its two-part structure and can be used for various bone types, much like a conventional single-piece compression screw. However, full engagement may not alway...
In two-sided disassembly lines, stations are symmetrically arranged on both sides of the conveyor, which is suitable for large-sized waste products. During the disassembly process, evenly assigning parts to workstations while satisfying various const...
With the development of the electricity spot market, pumped-storage power stations are faced with the problem of realizing flexible adjustment capabilities and limited profit margins under the current two-part electricity price system. At the same ti...
In this paper, an integrated model that coupled CONTAM and WUFI was developed to assess the indoor air quality (IAQ), moisture, and thermal comfort performance. The coupling method of CONTAM and WUFI is described based on the exchange of airflow rate...
Carbon emission reduction is increasingly becoming a public consensus, with governments formulating carbon emission policies, enterprises investing in emission abatement equipment, and consumers having a low-carbon preference. On the other hand, it i...
In the computer vision field, understanding human dynamics is not only a great challenge but also very meaningful work, which plays an indispensable role in public safety. Despite the complexity of human dynamics, physicists have found that pedestria...
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