Inferences for Generalized Pareto Distribution Based on Progressive First-Failure Censoring Scheme by Rashad M. El-Sagheer, Taghreed M. Jawa, Neveen Sayed-Ahmed

“…In this article, we consider estimation of the parameters of a generalized Pareto distribution and some lifetime indices such as those relating to reliability and hazard rate functions when the failure data are progressive first-failure censored. Both classical and Bayesian techniques are obtained. In the Bayesian framework, the point estimations of unknown parameters under both symmetric and asymmetric loss functions are discussed, after having been estimated using the conjugate gamma and discrete priors for the shape and scale parameters, respectively. …”
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Le voyage des orangers by Chiara Santini

“…The variety and the treatment of vegetables and plants are an element of a paramount importance in order to understand the classical gardens project. The flowers and the shrubs – often very rare and coming from various latitudes – used to ornate the grounds, flowerbeds and paths by embellishing the chromatic and formal palette of the compositions. …”
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Eyeing the Beholder by Tobias Lindström

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A Stochastic-Variational Model for Soft Mumford-Shah Segmentation

“…In the current work, we propose a stochastic-variational model for <emph>soft</emph> (or fuzzy) Mumford-Shah segmentation of mixture image patterns. Unlike the classical <emph>hard</emph> Mumford-Shah segmentation, the new model allows each pixel to belong to each image pattern with some probability. …”
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Théâtre et cinéma dans les territoires occupés de Russie à travers la presse collaborationniste (1941-1944) by Boris Kovaliov

“…It is extremely important to identify the proportion of timeless classic works to anti-Soviet, anti-Semitic and Nazi-oriented films, programs, and performances. …”
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Du cyberespace à la datasphère. Le nouveau front pionnier de la géographie by Frédérick Douzet, Alix Desforges

“…Indeed, and even though it does not align with a territory in the classical sense of the term, the datasphere is the product, the focus, and the vector of power relationships set at the heart of contemporary geopolitical conflicts and international diplomacy.…”
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Research of estimated human resources methods by O. S. Suvalov, T. V. Suvalova

“…The essence and relevance of evaluation methods, the reliability of the results and the frequency of use of evaluation methods in Russian recruitment companies have been considered in the article. Classical methods have been highlighted, the most popular, time-consuming, and demanded evaluation technologies have been noted. …”
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Motions of a Powered Top with a Spherical Tip on a Curved Surface by David C. Meeker, Miles A. Townsend

“…This is an extension of a very general and classical problem and requires development of a method for treating the dynamical interactions between the two curved surfaces. …”
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Psammotourism: Desert sand as a specific resource and touristic experience by Laurent Gagnol, Pierre-Antoine Landel

“…The touristic immersion in the sand here is twofold. There is the classic excursions type of tourism, aimed at an international clientele, and the wellness tourism, aimed at Moroccan therapy enthusiasts, which consists of the practice of sand baths. …”
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Plasticity of the Central Nervous System Involving Peripheral Nerve Transfer by Jun Shen

“…However, the concept of central nervous system plasticity is rarely elucidated in classical textbooks involving peripheral nerve injury, let alone peripheral nerve transfer. …”
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A modernidade vista desde o Sul Global: três contribuições teóricas recentes by Marcos de Jesus Oliveira

“…However, as Durkheim’s, Marx’s, and Weber’s interpretations, and more contemporaneously, those of Giddens, Touraine, and Habermas, have become hegemonically classical within the social sciences, debates around its limits and scope as well as its problems have been accumulating. …”
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Psychodynamics of transference and countertransference in the psychotherapy with sexual trauma by Mariia Tyshchenko

“…This article reviews theoretical perspectives from classical psychoanalysis to positive psychotherapy, illustrating methods for identifying and using transference and countertransference as therapeutic tools. …”
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La constitution de ressources urbaines dans les parcours de familles migrantes à Mexico by Aurélia Michel

“…More specifically, these women had to organize child care, crucial for their access to employment. The first strategy, classic in the literature, is the anchorage, where solidarity can be reconstituted to deal with situations of vulnerability, the second relies more on the couple centrality-mobility through an intelligence of the urban configuration that make resources available.…”
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A Study on College Students’ Cognitive Intention and Path Choice of Entrepreneurship from the Perspective of Individual and Group Cooperation by Yingjie Zhao

“…The method briefly introduces the achievement motivation theory, entrepreneurial intention theory, entrepreneurial cognition theory, classical game theory, computer simulation, and experimental methods. …”
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Celiac Disease Assocaited with Primary Biliary Cirrhosis in a Coast Salish Native by Hugh J Freeman

“…A 41-year-old Coast Salish female was initially diagnosed with typical features of classical adult celiac disease. Clinical and pathological features of primary biliary cirrhosis were also present, along with a familial history of insulin-dependent diabetes. …”
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POLICY-LEGAL INSTRUMENTS OF INDIRECT ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT by Jelena Šogorov Vučković

“…This paper analyses the nature of indirect instruments, such as public information, economic incentives of the classical and modern types, as well as environmental agreements, with an indication of their role and importance in modern environmental systems.…”
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Millennial landscape and tourist development in China. The case of the Hani rice terraces in Yunnan by Myriam Dao

“…My work combines a sensitive approach through diverse artistic representations of landscapes – from classical Chinese art to the works of contemporary artists, including mine – and examines landscape planning and patrimonial policies. …”
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Film routes in Basilicata by Delio Colangelo

“…A classical definition of landscape is “nature perceived through a culture”. …”
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Thermal Aeroelastic Tailoring for Laminated Panel with Lamination Parameters and JAYA Algorithm by Peng Jin, Qihao Zheng, Wei Wei

“…Equivalent membrane and bending coefficients of thermal expansions for symmetric laminated panel are derived and represented with lamination parameters using Classical Laminated Plate Theory. The relationship between thermal flutter behavior and lamination parameters is examined. …”
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Voiler et dévoiler : temps et illusion dans Alumbramiento de Víctor Erice by Miguel Rodrigo

“…Alumbramiento, his latest film, is a particularly relevant example: organically integrated into a very classic narrative scheme, a bold reflection unfolds on the illusory nature of cinematic time while respecting the artifice that makes it possible.…”
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