An Optimal Investment Strategy and Multiperiod Deposit Insurance Pricing Model for Commercial Banks by Grant E. Muller

“…We employ the method of stochastic optimal control to derive the optimal investment strategy for maximizing an expected exponential utility of a commercial bank’s capital at some future date T>0. …”
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Accurate calculation of low energy scattering phase shifts of charged particles in a harmonic oscillator trap by Mirko Bagnarol, Nir Barnea, Matúš Rojik, Martin Schäfer

“…We illustrate these methods using p−α scattering, employing a phenomenological p−α short-range interaction. …”
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Evaluation of Subsurface Damage in Concrete Deck Joints Using Impact Echo Method by Larry Rickard, Wonchang Choi

“…Impact echo and surface wave technology, mainly a portable seismic property analyzer (PSPA), were employed to evaluate the structural deficiency of concrete joints. …”
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Evaluation of Production Line Modelling in Qualified Cardboard Production with Reliability Analysis by Aykut Güleryüz, Mehmet Yılmaz, Hüseyin Ünözkan

“…By calculating transition probabilities and employing Markov Chain and reliability analysis, it predicts long-term production capacity for the production line.Findings: It can predict long-term production expectations with high accuracy for a business with six production lines.Originality: The proposed model and method in this current study are capable of effectively addressing any production line problem where regular data is maintained.…”
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E-health-based nutrition education effect for improving result measurement of hedonic hunger, dietary energy density, and body mass index in overweight and obese adult women by Rusyantia Anggun, Meliyanti Kusharto Clara, Pratomo Hadi

“…This study aims to analyse the effect of E-health-based nutrition education on improving result measurement of hedonic hunger, dietary energy density, and Body Mass Index (BMI) in overweight and obese adult women. This study employed a quasi-experimental design involving 92 overweight and obese adult women (intervention 45, control 47). …”
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Hypothetical 3D reconstruction of the tomb of the nomarch Ini from Gebelein by Wojciech Ejsmond, Jakub Stępnik

“…Blender, an open-source software designed for three-dimensional modeling, has been employed for the task. The modeling process is described and followed by a discussion of the validity and usefulness of such reconstructions for archaeology and dissemination of research results.…”
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Numerical Solution of Piecewise Constant Delay Systems Based on a Hybrid Framework by H. R. Marzban, S. Hajiabdolrahmani

“…The operational matrices of integration, delay, and product are employed to transform the problem under consideration into a system of algebraic equations. …”
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Analytic Approximate Solution for Falkner-Skan Equation by Vasile Marinca, Remus-Daniel Ene, Bogdan Marinca

“…An analytic approximate technique, namely, optimal homotopy asymptotic method (OHAM), is employed to propose a procedure to solve a boundary-layer problem. …”
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The effects of heterogeneity on Darcy-Benard convection saturated with a ferrofluid by Moussa Rachida, Lagziri Hajar, El Khanoussi Fadoua, El Fakiri Hanae

“…A dimensionless formulation and linear stability analysis are employed to derive an ordinary differential equation, which is solved using the shooting method and a Runge-Kuttasolver. …”
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The General Traveling Wave Solutions of the Fisher Equation with Degree Three by Wenjun Yuan, Qiuhui Chen, Jianming Qi, Yezhou Li

“…We employ the complex method to research the integrality of the Fisher equations with degree three. …”
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Analysis of Acoustic Cavitation Surge in a Rocket Engine Turbopump by Hideaki Nanri, Hiroki Kannan, Naoki Tani, Yoshiki Yoshida

“…However, we obtained an interesting experimental result in which the frequency of cavitation surge varied discontinuously. Therefore, we employed one-dimensional analysis based on an acoustic model in which the fluid is assumed to be compressible. …”
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Active partnership, community engagement, and intersectoral collaboration are needed to enhance the successful implementation of inclusive education at full-service schools by Mokwena Morelle, Glory Maria Morelle

“…It also discusses the maximum support schools need to cater to the needs of learners with learning barriers. It employed a qualitative approach, where teachers from full-service schools were interviewed. …”
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A Novel Dictionary Learning Model with PT-HLBP for Palmprint Recognition by Xiumei Guo, Weidong Zhou

“…Pooling technique is used to enhance the invariance of hierarchical local binary pattern (PT-HLBP) for palmprint feature extraction. PDPL is employed to learn an analysis dictionary and a synthesis dictionary which are utilized for image discrimination and representation. …”
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Global Robust Exponential Stability and Periodic Solutions for Interval Cohen-Grossberg Neural Networks with Mixed Delays by Yanke Du, Rui Xu

“…A class of interval Cohen-Grossberg neural networks with time-varying delays and infinite distributed delays is investigated. By employing H-matrix and M-matrix theory, homeomorphism techniques, Lyapunov functional method, and linear matrix inequality approach, sufficient conditions are established for the existence, uniqueness, and global robust exponential stability of the equilibrium point and the periodic solution to the neural networks. …”
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Modeling Anomalous Diffusion by a Subordinated Integrated Brownian Motion by Long Shi, Aiguo Xiao

“…The time-averaged mean square displacement is also employed to show weak ergodicity breaking occurring in the proposed process. …”
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Bayesian location of the QCD critical point: A holographic perspective by Ratti Claudia, Grefa Joaquin, Hippert Mauricio, Manning T. Andrew, Noronha Jorge, Noronha-Hostler Jacquelyn, Vazquez Israel Portillo, Rougemont Romulo, Trujillo Michael

“…We present a Bayesian analysis, based on holography and constrained by lattice QCD simulations, which leads to a prediction for the existence and location of the QCD critical point. We employ two different parametrizations of the functions that characterize the breaking of conformal invariance and the baryonic charge in the Einstein-Maxwell-dilaton holographic model. …”
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Best Management Practices in the Everglades Agricultural Area: Soil Testing by Samira H. Daroub, Orlando A. Diaz, Timothy A. Lang, Ming Chen

“…This EDIS article is one in a series which attempts to explain in easily understandable terms the implementation methods and rationale behind the main P load reducing BMPs employed on EAA farms. This document is Fact Sheet SL-225, one of a series of the Soil and Water Science Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. …”
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Investigation on the Influence of Microstructure Based on Hydrogen Bonding on Surface Tension by Raman Spectroscopy by Nannan Wu, Shunli Ouyang, Junjie Cui, Shiliang Liu, Mingzhe Zhang, Qingcheng Hu, Baokun Huang

“…A spectroscopic method for studying the macroscopic properties of aqueous solutions was employed. The direct experiment results provided the relationship between surface tension and microstructure in aqueous solutions.…”
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Convergence Results on Iteration Algorithms to Linear Systems by Zhuande Wang, Chuansheng Yang, Yubo Yuan

“…In order to solve the large scale linear systems, backward and Jacobi iteration algorithms are employed. The convergence is the most important issue. …”
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Further Results on Reachable Set Bounding for Discrete-Time System with Time-Varying Delay and Bounded Disturbance Inputs by Wei Kang, Hao Chen, Kaibo Shi, Jun Cheng

“…The main advantage of this paper lies in two aspects: first, the initial state vectors are not necessarily zero; second, the obtained criteria in this paper do not really require all the symmetric matrices involved in the employed Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional to be positive definite. …”
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