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17 February 2023

We propose a simple two-step approximation for the radial distribution function of a one-component two-dimensional Yukawa fluid. This approximation is specified by the key parameters of the system: coupling parameter and screening parameter. On the b...

(This article belongs to the Section Mathematical and Computational Fluid Mechanics)
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  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,203 Views
25 Pages

16 May 2023

In this paper, a vaccination model for SARS-CoV-2 variants is proposed and is studied using fractional differential operators involving a non-singular kernel. It is worth mentioning that variability in transmission rates occurs because of the particu...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Dynamical Systems: Theory and Applications in Mathematical Biology)
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  • Open Access
1,854 Views
17 Pages

Quantum finance represents a pivotal and cutting-edge application domain within the burgeoning field of quantum computing. In this work, we propose a two-step quantum approximate optimization algorithm (two-step QAOA) for portfolio optimization and r...

(This article belongs to the Topic Quantum Systems and Their Applications)
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  • Open Access
13 Citations
1,910 Views
20 Pages

15 August 2023

This paper introduces a novel two-step inertial algorithm for locating a common fixed point of a countable family of nonexpansive mappings. We establish strong convergence properties of the proposed method under mild conditions and employ it to solve...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Fixed Point Theory and Its Applications)
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7 January 2025

Higher-order asymptotic methods for nonlinear models with nuisance parameters are developed. We allow for both one-step estimators, in which the nuisance and parameters of interest are jointly estimated; and also two-step (or iterated) estimators, in...

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427 Views
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14 July 2026

The large time step (LTS) explicit scheme relaxes the Courant–Friedrichs–Lewy (CFL) restriction by propagating waves across multiple cells per time step and has shown clear efficiency gains for the homogeneous shallow water equations. Ear...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics in Fluid Machinery, 3rd Edition)
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6 Citations
3,649 Views
19 Pages

The problem regarding the optimal location and sizing of fixed-step capacitor banks in distribution networks with radial configuration is studied in this research by applying a two-stage optimization approach. The first stage consists of determining...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Computing, Electrical and Industrial Systems 2022)
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9 Citations
3,382 Views
14 Pages

The minimization of annual operating costs in radial distribution networks with the optimal selection and siting of fixed-step capacitor banks is addressed in this research by means of a two-stage optimization approach. The first stage proposes an ap...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Optimization Theory and Applications)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,690 Views
26 Pages

26 October 2021

Two 1D nonlinear coupled Schrödinger equations are often used for describing optical frequency conversion possessing a few conservation laws (invariants), for example, the energy’s invariant and the Hamiltonian. Their influence on the properties of t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing)
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  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,397 Views
11 Pages

22 October 2024

This work is devoted to the development and implementation of a two-step method for solving the vector three-dimensional inverse diffraction problem on an inhomogeneous dielectric scatterer having the form of a hemisphere characterized by piecewise c...

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9 Citations
2,232 Views
27 Pages

28 June 2024

Ensemble Kalman filters are an efficient class of algorithms for large-scale ensemble data assimilation, but their performance is limited by their underlying Gaussian approximation. A two-step framework for ensemble data assimilation allows this appr...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Sea Ice Research Using Satellite Data)
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57 Citations
11,889 Views
28 Pages

The vast majority of spatial econometric research relies on the assumption that the spatial network structure is known a priori. This study considers a two-step estimation strategy for estimating the n(n-1) interaction effects in a spatial autoregres...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Spatial Econometrics)
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  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,769 Views
21 Pages

Silver Nanowires and Silanes in Hybrid Functionalization of Aramid Fabrics

  • Alicja Nejman,
  • Anna Baranowska-Korczyc,
  • Katarzyna Ranoszek-Soliwoda,
  • Izabela Jasińska and ,
  • Grzegorz Celichowski and
  • Małgorzata Cieślak
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17 March 2022

New functionalization methods of meta- and para-aramid fabrics with silver nanowires (AgNWs) and two silanes (3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES)) and diethoxydimethylsilane (DEDMS) were developed: a one-step method (mixture) with AgNWs dispersed in...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Textile Materials Chemistry)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
5,067 Views
19 Pages

Variational Characterizations of Local Entropy and Heat Regularization in Deep Learning

  • Nicolas García Trillos,
  • Zachary Kaplan and
  • Daniel Sanz-Alonso

20 May 2019

The aim of this paper is to provide new theoretical and computational understanding on two loss regularizations employed in deep learning, known as local entropy and heat regularization. For both regularized losses, we introduce variational character...

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1 Citations
2,749 Views
9 Pages

8 June 2020

A vital role in the dynamics of physical systems is played by symmetries. In fact, these studies require the solution for systems of equations on abstract spaces including on the finite-dimensional Euclidean, Hilbert, or Banach spaces. Methods of ite...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Iterative Numerical Functional Analysis with Applications)
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  • Open Access
41 Citations
5,663 Views
20 Pages

26 May 2020

In this paper, we propose a two-step iterative algorithm based on projection technique for solving system of monotone nonlinear equations with convex constraints. The proposed two-step algorithm uses two search directions which are defined using the...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fixed Point Theory and Computational Analysis with Applications)
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  • Open Access
24 Citations
4,166 Views
13 Pages

Enhancing the Interfacial Adhesion with Rubber Matrix by Grafting Polydopamine-Carbon Nanotubes onto Poly(p-phenylene terephthalamide) Fibers

  • Xuan Yang,
  • Qunzhang Tu,
  • Xinmin Shen,
  • Qin Yin and ,
  • Ming Pan,
  • Chengming Jiang and
  • Caibing Hu
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

24 July 2019

To enhance the interfacial adhesion between poly(p-phenylene terephthalamide) (PPTA) fibers and a rubber matrix without damaging the fiber structures, aminated carbon nanotubes (NH2-CNTs) were mildly deposited onto the fiber surface by combining the...

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  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,793 Views
26 Pages

12 February 2023

This article presents a simple but effective two-step analytical–numerical algorithm for solving multi-dimensional multi-term time-fractional equations. The first step is to derive an analytic representation that satisfies boundary requirements...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Computational Methods and Applications for Numerical Analysis)
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  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,247 Views
14 Pages

20 August 2018

Linear flux switching permanent magnetic (LFSPM) machines, with the armature windings and magnets both on the mover in addition to a robust stator, are a good choice for long stoke applications, however, a large cogging force is also inevitable due t...

(This article belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)
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  • Open Access
33 Citations
5,890 Views
16 Pages

Entrained Flow Gasification of Polypropylene Pyrolysis Oil

  • Fredrik Weiland,
  • Muhammad Saad Qureshi,
  • Jonas Wennebro,
  • Christian Lindfors and ,
  • Taina Ohra-aho,
  • Hoda Shafaghat and
  • Ann-Christine Johansson
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

2 December 2021

Petrochemical products could be produced from circular feedstock, such as waste plastics. Most plants that utilize syngas in their production are today equipped with entrained flow gasifiers, as this type of gasifier generates the highest syngas qual...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Chemical Recycling of Waste Plastics)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,838 Views
20 Pages

In this paper, a new one-parameter class of fixed point iterative method is proposed to approximate the fixed points of contractive type mappings. The presence of an arbitrary parameter in the proposed family increases its interval of convergence. Fu...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mathematical and Computational Modeling on Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer)
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  • Open Access
42 Citations
7,114 Views
16 Pages

Bioleaching of Gold from Sulfidic Gold Ore Concentrate and Electronic Waste by Roseovarius tolerans and Roseovarius mucosus

  • Kanjana Kudpeng,
  • Tsing Bohu,
  • Christina Morris,
  • Paitip Thiravetyan and
  • Anna H. Kaksonen

Gold bioleaching mediated by iodide oxidizing bacteria (IOB) has been proposed as a sustainable alternative to conventional technologies such as cyanidation. This study evaluated the ability of two IOB sourced from a commercial culture collection, Ro...

(This article belongs to the Section Microbial Biotechnology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,604 Views
17 Pages

1 April 2019

This manuscript presents a new two-step weighted Newton’s algorithm with convergence order five for approximating solutions of system of nonlinear equations. This algorithm needs evaluation of two vector functions and two Frechet derivatives pe...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Numerical Methods for Solving Nonlinear Equations and Systems: Convergence and Stability)
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4 Citations
5,901 Views
30 Pages

6 April 2024

Implied volatility is known to have a string structure (smile curve) for a given time to maturity and can be captured by the B-spline. The parameters characterizing the curves can change over time, which complicates the modeling of the implied volati...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances of Computational Statistics in Industry and Business III)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,071 Views
14 Pages

In this paper, a 12-bit, 10 MS/s two-step sub-ranging successive approximation register (SAR) analog-to-digital converter (ADC) is proposed. The proposed architecture enables residue amplification within a single-stage SAR ADC by dividing the top-pla...

(This article belongs to the Section Circuit and Signal Processing)
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1,289 Views
17 Pages

Comparative Experimental Study on Hydrolysis of Cellulose by Plasma Acid

  • Weidong Zhao,
  • Yi Sun,
  • Weijun Zhang,
  • Yongsheng Fan and
  • Junfeng Wang

2 December 2025

The key technological step in realizing the energy utilization of cellulose lies in the hydrolysis of cellulose into glucose. To achieve clean and efficient energy utilization of cellulose, this study innovatively proposes a technical approach of pla...

(This article belongs to the Topic Advanced Bioenergy and Biofuel Technologies)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,496 Views
12 Pages

Study of Local Convergence and Dynamics of a King-Like Two-Step Method with Applications

  • Ioannis K. Argyros,
  • Ángel Alberto Magreñán,
  • Alejandro Moysi,
  • Íñigo Sarría and
  • Juan Antonio Sicilia Montalvo

1 July 2020

In this paper, we present the local results of the convergence of the two-step King-like method to approximate the solution of nonlinear equations. In this study, we only apply conditions to the first derivative, because we only need this condition t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Selected Papers from Iterative Processes for Solving Nonlinear Problems: Convergence and Stability of ICIAM 2019 and MME&HB 2019)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,762 Views
21 Pages

One-Step Suicide Substrate Inactivation Kinetics of a Ping-Pong Reaction with One Substrate Undergoing Disproportionation: A Theoretical Approach with Approximate Solutions

  • Ismael Gutiérrez-Fernández,
  • Ouardia Bendou,
  • Nara Bueno-Ramos,
  • Emilio L. Marcos-Barbero and ,
  • Rosa Morcuende and
  • Juan B. Arellano
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13 November 2022

Understanding the kinetic mechanism of enzyme inactivation by suicide substrate is of relevance for the optimal design of new drugs with pharmacological and therapeutic applications. Suicide substrate inactivation usually occurs via a two-step mechan...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing II)
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296 Views
26 Pages

Enhanced Fire Performance of Poplar Wood by Two-Step Silicate–Borate–Calcium Mineralisation

  • Veronika Kvorková,
  • Igor Wachter,
  • Peter Rantuch,
  • Jozef Martinka and ,
  • Tomáš Štefko,
  • Hana Kobetičová and
  • Elif Kaynak
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14 October 2026

This study investigates a two-step inorganic mineralization treatment designed to improve the fire performance, mechanical properties, and leaching resistance of poplar wood. White poplar (Populus alba L.) was impregnated under vacuum–pressure...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Combustion and Fire Safety of Wood: From Built Environments to Forests)
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  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,567 Views
14 Pages

7 January 2019

In this paper, a few single-step iterative methods, including classical Newton’s method and Halley’s method, are suggested by applying [ 1 , n ] -order Padé approximation of function for finding the roots of nonlinear equati...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Iterative Methods for Solving Nonlinear Equations and Systems)
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  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,173 Views
7 Pages

One-Step Synthesis of N-Succinimidyl-4-[18F]Fluorobenzoate ([18F]SFB)

  • Ida Nymann Petersen,
  • Jacob Madsen,
  • Christian Bernard Matthijs Poulie,
  • Andreas Kjær and
  • Matthias Manfred Herth

22 September 2019

Herein, we present a one-step labeling procedure of N-succinimidyl-4-[18F]-fluorobenzoate ([18F]SFB) starting from spirocyclic iodonium ylide precursors. Precursor syntheses succeeded via a simple one-pot, two-step synthesis sequence, in yields of ap...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in the Chemistry of Hypervalent Iodine Compounds)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,424 Views
8 Pages

1 September 2019

The semi-local convergence analysis of a well defined and efficient two-step Chord-type method in Banach spaces is presented in this study. The recurrence relation technique is used under some weak assumptions. The pertinency of the assumed method is...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Difference Equations and Discrete Dynamical Systems: Theory and Applications)
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  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,399 Views
17 Pages

Illegal buildings (IBs) are a dramatic problem in developing countries due to the population explosion, but, at the same time, they represent an unsolved issue in several states usually called advanced (as, for instance, Italy). To protect the enviro...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Geo-Information Science in Planning and Development of Smart Cities)
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  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,084 Views
13 Pages

A New Two-Step Hybrid Block Method for the FitzHugh–Nagumo Model Equation

  • Mufutau Ajani Rufai,
  • Athinoula A. Kosti,
  • Zacharias A. Anastassi and
  • Bruno Carpentieri

23 December 2023

This paper presents an efficient two-step hybrid block method (ETHBM) to obtain an approximate solution to the FitzHugh–Nagumo problem. The considered partial differential equation model problems are semi-discretized, reducing them to equivalen...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Numerical Solution of Differential Equations and Their Applications)
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26 Citations
3,350 Views
14 Pages

MOC Doped with Graphene Nanoplatelets: The Influence of the Mixture Preparation Technology on Its Properties

  • Martina Záleská,
  • Milena Pavlíková,
  • Adam Pivák,
  • Šimon Marušiak and ,
  • Ondřej Jankovský,
  • Anna-Marie Lauermannová,
  • Michal Lojka,
  • Filip Antončík and
  • Zbyšek Pavlík
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

16 March 2021

The ongoing tendency to create environmentally friendly building materials is nowadays connected with the use of reactive magnesia-based composites. The aim of the presented research was to develop an ecologically sustainable composite material based...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Low-Dimensional Carbon Nanostructures and Their Applications in Advanced Composite Materials and Devices)
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5 Citations
3,538 Views
18 Pages

10 December 2019

In this paper, we study the meshless local Petrov–Galerkin (MLPG) method based on the moving least squares (MLS) approximation for finding a numerical solution to the Stefan free boundary problem. Approximation of this problem, due to the movin...

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1 Citations
1,940 Views
22 Pages

13 May 2025

Non-terminal and terminal events in semi-competing risks data are typically associated and may be influenced by covariates. We employed regression modeling for semi-competing risks data under a copula-based framework to evaluate the effects of covari...

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9 Citations
9,118 Views
12 Pages

Efficient Production of Enantiopure d-Lysine from l-Lysine by a Two-Enzyme Cascade System

  • Xin Wang,
  • Li Yang,
  • Weijia Cao,
  • Hanxiao Ying and ,
  • Kequan Chen and
  • Pingkai Ouyang
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

30 October 2016

The microbial production of d-lysine has been of great interest as a medicinal raw material. Here, a two-step process for d-lysine production from l-lysine by the successive microbial racemization and asymmetric degradation with lysine racemase and d...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Asymmetric and Selective Biocatalysis)
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910 Views
18 Pages

Two-Step 3D Microphone Array Fusion Algorithm to Enhance Sound Source Location Measurements

  • Mahya Shahmohammadimehrjardi,
  • Bruce Wallace,
  • Adrian D. C. Chan,
  • Rafik Goubran and
  • Pengcheng Xi

15 June 2026

This paper presents a novel two-step algorithm for microphone array fusion to enhance sound source localization (SSL) in three-dimensional indoor reverberant environments. Simulation analyses using simulated Room Impulse Responses (RIRs) reveal that...

(This article belongs to the Section Navigation and Positioning)
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16 Citations
6,729 Views
13 Pages

Geometrically Constructed Family of the Simple Fixed Point Iteration Method

  • Vinay Kanwar,
  • Puneet Sharma,
  • Ioannis K. Argyros,
  • Ramandeep Behl and ,
  • Christopher Argyros,
  • Ali Ahmadian and
  • Mehdi Salimi
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

23 March 2021

This study presents a new one-parameter family of the well-known fixed point iteration method for solving nonlinear equations numerically. The proposed family is derived by implementing approximation through a straight line. The presence of an arbitr...

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696 Views
17 Pages

30 April 2026

Efficient calibration is essential for the practical application of option pricing models. The Fractional Stochastic Volatility Jump Diffusion (FVSJ) model can reproduce several stylized features observed in option markets, including the volatility s...

(This article belongs to the Section E5: Financial Mathematics)
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  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,621 Views
16 Pages

Pressure Stabilization Strategies for a LES Filtering Reduced Order Model

  • Michele Girfoglio,
  • Annalisa Quaini and
  • Gianluigi Rozza

25 August 2021

We present a stabilized POD–Galerkin reduced order method (ROM) for a Leray model. For the implementation of the model, we combine a two-step algorithm called Evolve-Filter (EF) with a computationally efficient finite volume method. In both steps of...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Reduced Order Models for Computational Fluid Dynamics)
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8 Citations
3,836 Views
27 Pages

16 November 2021

The miniaturization of hyperspectral cameras has opened a new path to capture spectral information. One such camera, called the hybrid linescan camera, requires accurate control of its movement. Contrary to classical linescan cameras, where one line...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Machine Learning, Signal, and/or Image Processing Methods to Enhance Environmental Sensors)
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10 Citations
3,280 Views
11 Pages

A Local Search Maximum Likelihood Parameter Estimator of Chirp Signal

  • Guangli Ben,
  • Xifeng Zheng,
  • Yongcheng Wang,
  • Ning Zhang and
  • Xin Zhang

12 January 2021

A local search Maximum Likelihood (ML) parameter estimator for mono-component chirp signal in low Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) conditions is proposed in this paper. The approach combines a deep learning denoising method with a two-step parameter estim...

(This article belongs to the Section Acoustics and Vibrations)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,600 Views
17 Pages

An Adapted Proximal Point Algorithm Utilizing the Golden Ratio Technique for Solving Equilibrium Problems in Banach Spaces

  • Hammed Anuoluwapo Abass,
  • Olawale Kazeem Oyewole,
  • Seithuti Philemon Moshokoa and
  • Abubakar Adamu

29 November 2024

This paper explores the iterative approximation of solutions to equilibrium problems and proposes a simple proximal point method for addressing them. We incorporate the golden ratio technique as an extrapolation method, resulting in a two-step iterat...

(This article belongs to the Section B: Geometry and Topology)
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  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,702 Views
35 Pages

Quantifying Drivers of Forecasted Returns Using Approximate Dynamic Factor Models for Mixed-Frequency Panel Data

  • Monica Defend,
  • Aleksey Min,
  • Lorenzo Portelli,
  • Franz Ramsauer and ,
  • Francesco Sandrini and
  • Rudi Zagst
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

8 February 2021

This article considers the estimation of Approximate Dynamic Factor Models with homoscedastic, cross-sectionally correlated errors for incomplete panel data. In contrast to existing estimation approaches, the presented estimation method comprises two...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Frontiers in Forecasting the Business Cycle and Financial Markets)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,918 Views
16 Pages

8 November 2023

Aiming at the problems of synthetic-aperture radar (SAR), such as high sampling rate and vulnerability to noise interference in imaging, a sparse reconstruction algorithm based on approximate observation and L1/2 threshold iteration is proposed in th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
10,194 Views
15 Pages

25 June 2003

The dissociation of an ammonia molecule on a cluster of Si atoms simulating the 100 silicon crystal structure with two Si dimers has been investigated by means of the DFT and an approximate instanton methods. The model corresponds to the low coverage...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Proton Transfer Processes)
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633 Views
28 Pages

Development of Gluten-Free Corn Snacks Enriched with White Mulberry Fruit: Polyphenolic Composition, Antioxidant Activity and In Vitro Gastrointestinal Stability of Phenolic Compounds

  • Kamila Kasprzak-Drozd,
  • Agnieszka Ziółkiewicz,
  • Karolina Wojtunik-Kulesza,
  • Marek Gancarz and ,
  • Iwona Kowalska,
  • Justyna Misiurek,
  • Magdalena Wójciak,
  • Ireneusz Sowa,
  • Tomasz Oniszczuk and
  • Anna Oniszczuk
  • + 6 authors+ 1 author

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of adding white mulberry (Morus alba L.) fruit to extruded corn snacks on their polyphenol profile, antioxidant properties, acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitory activity and the preservation of pheno...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Functional Foods Enriched with Natural Bioactive Compounds)
  • Letter
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,358 Views
14 Pages

12 November 2020

In this paper, a novel beamforming technique is proposed as the over-the-air computation (AirComp) framework in a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) Internet-of-things (IoT) network consisting of multiple IoT sensors (STAs) and a single access poi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Communications and Computing in Sensor Network)

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