Nuclear Power Plant Maintenance Optimization with Heuristic Algorithm by Andrija Volkanovski, Leon Cizelj

“…The optimal solution of the objective function is estimated with genetic algorithm. The proposed method is applied on probabilistic safety analysis model of the selected safety system of the reference nuclear power plant. …”
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Experimental Study on the Size Effect on the Probability Distribution of Concrete Compressive Strength by Youcheng Zhai

“…The point and interval estimates of the mean and standard deviation of concrete compressive strength showed that both the mean and standard deviation decreased, and the latter decreased to a greater extent with an increase in specimen size. …”
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A Structured Light RGB-D Camera System for Accurate Depth Measurement by Van Luan Tran, Huei-Yung Lin

“…With the development of 3D vision techniques, RGB-D cameras have been widely used to perform the 6D pose estimation of target objects for a robotic manipulator. …”
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Pore Pressure Prediction of an Oil-Field in Part of the Niger Delta Basin, Nigeria by F.I. Chiazor, F.T. Beka

“…From the results, the onset of overpressure is likely at depths beyond 14,760ft which corresponds to the 11.5Ma marker shales, while fluid pressures ranging from 0.53-0.7psi/ft are estimated at 15,744ft and hard overpressures ranging from 0.7-0.9psi/ft are likely at depths beyond 19,680ft which corresponds to the 12.8Ma marker shales. …”
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The Effect of Anti-fraud Socialization, Whistleblowing System, and Social Sanction on Assets Misappropriation by Rahmat Aiman, Roekhudin Roekhudin, Imam Subekti

“…Hypothesis testing was conducted using the Smart-PLS application, employing bootstrapping techniques to estimate the path coefficients of each variable. The result showed that (1) anti-fraud socialization has a negative effect on asset misappropriation; (2) whistleblowing systems do not have a significant impact on asset misappropriation, and (3) social sanctions have a negative effect on asset misappropriation. …”
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Influencing Factors of University Core Competence: An Empirical Study Based on the Entropy Weight Gray Relation Model by Yongqing Shi, Xiaojiang Yang

“…To measure the gray relation between the core competence of research universities and its influencing factors, this paper took the same period statistical data of the five research universities directly subordinate to the Ministry of Education of China as the research samples, all these five schools were shortlisted in the “World Top 300” rankings of USNews, QS, THE, and ARWU from 2014 to 2018, and the indicator systems of the four authoritative lists were taken as the basis; 30 representative indicators affecting the core competence of research universities were selected, and the gray relation model was adopted for the research; moreover, this paper applied the information entropy method to calculate the weight of each indicator and estimate the comprehensive gray relation between the core competence of research universities and the entire factor system. …”
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Analysis of the Impact of Magnetic Materials on Cogging Torque in Brushless DC Motor by K. Karthick, S. Ravivarman, Ravi Samikannu, K. Vinoth, Bashyam Sasikumar

“…With the presence of these three magnetic materials, the cogging torque is estimated independently using multiposition simulation. …”
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Hematological Changes in Sudanese Patients with Falciparum Malaria Attending Elnihoud Teaching Hospital by Abdelnassir M. Ahamed, Hafiz Ahmed Hobiel, Gad Allah Modawe, Mohammed Saeed Elsammani

“…Objectives: This study was aimed to assess the hematological changes in patient with falciparum malaria and to estimate the incidence of leucopenia, thrombocytopenia, and its response to anti-malaria therapy, and to correlate the association of the hematological changes with P. falciparum-positive (study group) and P. falciparumnegative (control group). …”
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Efficient Recovery of Linear Predicted Coefficients Based on Adaptive Steepest Descent Algorithm in Signal Compression for End-to-End Communications by Abel Kamagara, Abbas Kagudde, Baris Atakan

“…This algorithm is used to estimate the unknown frequency, time, and phase. Subsequently, the algorithm facilitates down-conversion, time and carrier recovery, equalization, and correlation processes. …”
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Cloud-Assisted Scalable Video Delivery Solution over Mobile Ad Hoc Networks by Lujie Zhong, Shijie Jia

“…CSVD designs a new estimation model of resource maintenance scale in terms of quality of service- (QoS-) oriented dynamic balance between supply and demand, in order to economically use the clouds. …”
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PROBLEMS OF PUBLIC SERVICE OF RUSSIAN OFFICIALS by V. I. Sharin

“…Scientists and practitioners give ambiguous estimates of the role of motivation of public service in the structure of motivation of officials. …”
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A tool for managerial decision making in emerging economies, and asymmetric cost behavior: Evidence from Ecuador by Juan Carlos Aguirre-Quezada, Gabriela Duque-Espinoza, Fernando Córdova-León, Adrián Sigüencia-Muñoz

“…The different analysis techniques show consistent and robust results, with the exception of the estimation using panel data in the meat sector. The study´s results show an asymmetric behavior within the costs, which suggest an inability for Ecuadorian companies to lower their costs due to a drop on their income, whereas, when their income raises, so does their cost; a fact that matches the recent evidence found worldwide. …”
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Empirical Evidence on Time-Varying Hedging Effectiveness of Emissions Allowances under Departures from the Cost-of-Carry Theory by Kai Chang

“…Under departures from the cost-of-carry theory, traded spot prices and conditional volatility disturbed from futures market have significant impacts on futures price of emissions allowances, and then we propose time-varying hedge ratios and hedging effectiveness estimation using ECM-GARCH model. Our empirical results show that conditional variance, conditional covariance, and their correlation between between spot and futures prices exhibit time-varying trends. …”
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Ranking the Return on Assets of Tehran Stock Exchange by a New Method Based on Z-Numbers Data by Maryam Farzam, Mozhdeh Afshar Kermani, Tofigh Allahviranloo, Azim Aminataei

“…The advantage of this method over conventional fuzzy methods is considering uncertainty and allocating credit in the opinion of experts to estimate fuzzy parameters, and in the second example, we ranked the factors which affect the productivity of tourism security. …”
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What does it drive the relationship between cardiovascular disease mortality and economic development? New evidence from Spain by Carla Blázquez-Fernández, David Cantarero-Prieto

“…Methods In doing so, we estimated several panel data models considering differences by sub-periods of time while also considering gender differences. …”
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Prediction of the Flight Dynamics of Maneuvering Multirotor Aircraft by Devin Barcelos, Götz Bramesfeld, Steven Waslander

“…In addition, the aerodynamic loads of the remaining aircraft components are estimated using a load decomposition. Flight test data of an AscTec Pelican quadcopter were used to evaluate the prediction quality by comparing it with the vehicle tracks recorded in flight tests. …”
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Studying the Simultaneous Effect of Autonomous Vehicles and Distracted Driving on Safety at Unsignalized Intersections by Mohammad Khashayarfard, Habibollah Nassiri

“…For human-driven cars, the factor that is considered for calibration is driver distraction mainly caused by reading or writing text messages on a cellphone while driving. This factor can be estimated using driving simulators. In this paper, five different scenarios were defined for simulation, in addition to the primary state, according to the different market penetration rates of AVs in Vissim. …”
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Effect of Ground Motion Orientation on Seismic Responses of an Asymmetric Stress Ribbon Pedestrian Bridge by Yi Zhang, Wuchuan Pu, Qishuo Zhang, Kaiwen Liu, Hua Dong

“…Checking the responses resulting from different directions is necessary for a comprehensive estimation of the seismic performance of the stress ribbon bridge.…”
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Ligation of fistulas of rectum in intersphincteric layer: the pilot study by M. N. Chekanov, A. M. Chekanov, I. G. Verner

“…It is obviously important to estimate LIFT results according to original experience and literature data.Material and methods. …”
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A New Simulation Method Providing Shock Mount Selection Assurance by Michael A. Talley, Shahram Sarkani

“…This process combines practical methods for determining relative displacements and accelerations (e.g. shock response spectrum analysis) with a new, efficient, easy to use, 6 degree of freedom (6DOF) simulation method known as Shock Isolation Mount Predictions & Loading Estimates (SIMPLE). SIMPLE is also a tool that can easily account for uncertainties in isolated systems and their environments. …”
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