Profit and Risk under Subprime Mortgage Securitization by M. A. Petersen, J. Mukuddem-Petersen, B. De Waal, M. C. Senosi, S. Thomas

“…The aforementioned hypothesis is verified in a theoretical- and numerical-quantitative context and is illustrated via several examples.…”
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Optimum Design of a Nonlinear Vibration Absorber Coupled to a Resonant Oscillator: A Case Study by H. F. Abundis-Fong, J. Enríquez-Zárate, A. Cabrera-Amado, G. Silva-Navarro

“…Finally, some simulations and experimental results are included to validate and illustrate the dynamic performance of the overall system.…”
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The Wide and Unpredictable Scope of Synthetic Cannabinoids Toxicity by Jose Orsini, Christa Blaak, Eric Tam, Salil Rajayer, Joaquin Morante, Angela Yeh, Ashvin Butala

“…Since the initial communications of their abuse in 2008, few case reports have been published illustrating the misuse of these substances with signs and symptoms of intoxication. …”
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HSK Wallet: A User Friendly Blockchain Application by Hassan Shah Khan, Kashif Iqbal, Munaf Rashid, Aqsa Shahid

“…Using decentralized blockchain technology, these wallets provide a secure, transparent, and efficient way to conduct digital transactions, and this research examines these issues. This study illustrates the utility of Blockchain technology for advancing digital asset operations. …”
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Robust Tracking Control for Vehicle Lateral Dynamics with Uncertain Parameters and External Nonlinearities by Huihui Pan, Yifu Zhang, Weichao Sun

“…Finally, a nonlinear vehicle model is employed as the design example to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed control laws.…”
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A Multi-Agent Control Architecture for a Robotic Wheelchair by C. Galindo, A. Cruz-Martin, J. L. Blanco, J. A. Fernńndez-Madrigal, J. Gonzalez

“…The proposed architecture is illustrated with a real assistant robot: a robotic wheelchair that provides mobility to impaired or elderly people.…”
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Investigating vegetable contamination in indigent communities by heavy metals: a case of food safety in Bushenyi, Uganda by Keneth Iceland, Kasozi

“…Food contamination by heavy metals is a health burden in sub-Saharan Africa. Here, we illustrate this burden by quantifying levels of Cd, Cr, Ni, Co, Pb, Fe, Cu and Zn in vegetables from Bushenyi District (Uganda). …”
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Toward accurate prediction of carbon dioxide (CO2) compressibility factor using tree-based intelligent schemes (XGBoost and LightGBM) and equations of state by Behnam Amiri-Ramsheh, Aydin Larestani, Saeid Atashrouz, Elnaz Nasirzadeh, Meriem Essakhraoui, Ali Abedi, Mehdi Ostadhassan, Ahmad Mohaddespour, Abdolhossein Hemmati-Sarapardeh

“…Lately, outlier detection utilizing the Leverage approach illustrated that nearly all data points, except only 39 points, were statistically reliable and located in the valid zone. …”
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Relativistic model of an anisotropic star with Bose-Einstein dark matter density profile in f(T) gravity by Samprity Das, Prabir Rudra, Surajit Chattopadhyay

“…Additionally, the various masses that are derived for varying the model parameter k correspond to five compact, realistic compact objects, including LMC X-4, Her X-1, 4U 1538-52, SAX J1808.4-3658, and Cen X-3. We have also illustrated the radially symmetric profiles of energy density and the moment of inertia for non-rotating stars.…”
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Binary fuzzy linear programming problems: a new solution by Malihe Niksirat, Majid Abdolrazzagh-Nezhad

“…In each node of the branch-and-bound tree, the linear relaxation of the fuzzy problem is solved with a new fuzzy simplex method based on Kerre's adapted method.Findings: Numerical examples are presented to illustrate the proposed method step by step, and the results are compared with those of other approaches that solve fuzzy binary integer programming problems.Originality/Value: Unlike the available defuzzification procedures and fuzzy ranking functions in the research problem literature, the proposed approach considers the assumption of being fuzzy in the solution process and thus offers a more realistic solution.…”
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The Effects of Sandstorms on the Climate of Northwestern China by Tiantian Hu, Di Wu, Yaohui Li, Chenghai Wang

“…Through analysis of the dust tracer total burden, we identified that the enhancement of the dust total burden in the arid region illustrated that the DRE of dust aerosol in sandstorm process can react with the dust emission, thus forming a self-feedback loop. …”
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An Enhanced Supervisory Control Strategy for Periodicity Mutual Exclusions in Discrete Event Systems Based on Petri Nets by Zhongyuan Jiang, Huan Wang, Xiaoliang Chen, Mingwei Tang, Jianhong Ye

“…Finally, an example is used to illustrate the proposed methodology.…”
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A geometric approach for accelerating neural networks designed for classification problems by Mohsen Saffar, Ahmad Kalhor, Ali Habibnia

“…The algorithm excludes layers with low performance, selects the best subset of filters in the filtering layers, and tunes the parameters of fully connected layers using center-based separation index. An illustrative example of classifying CIFAR-10 dataset is presented to explain the algorithm step-by-step. …”
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Percutaneous needle decompression for tension pneumoperitoneum during GI endoscopy: a step-by-step guide by Natalie J. Wilson, MD, Rahul Karna, MD, Giovanni A. Roldan, MD, Roberto Osorio Cintron, RN, Alexander Leaf, RN, Daniela Guerrero Vinsard, MD, Mohammad Bilal, MD

“…Methods: This review article and accompanying video review the technique for percutaneous needle decompression for pneumoperitoneum during endoscopy-related perforation, providing a step-by-step procedural guide illustrated with 2 case examples. Results: In both case examples, intraprocedural needle decompression resulted in rapid normalization of hemodynamics and allowed time to safely complete the procedures after endoscopic closure of the perforation. …”
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Triangular fuzzy merec (TFMEREC) and its applications in multi criteria decision making by Qaiyyum Hafizi Hasnan, Zahari Rodzi, Nor Hanimah Kamis, Faisal Al-Sharqi, Ashraf Al-Quran, Mamika Ujianita Romdhini

“…To demonstrate the feasibility and effectiveness of TFMEREC, this study will use an illustrative example to employ three different normalization methods with three different distance methods. …”
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A Majority Theorem for the Uncapacitated <i>p</i> = 2 Median Problem and Local Spatial Autocorrelation by Daniel A. Griffith, Yongwan Chun, Hyun Kim

“…The well-known location–allocation problem illustrates this state of affairs, although its empirical geographic distribution of demand virtually always exhibits positive SA. …”
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Land system changes of terrestrial tipping elements on Earth under global climate pledges: 2000–2100 by Jiaying Lv, Yifan Gao, Changqing Song, Li Chen, Sijing Ye, Peichao Gao

“…Our dataset includes 30 thematic categories, combining three density types and ten land cover types. The dataset illustrates potential land system changes under global climate pledges, contrasting with common SSP and RCP scenarios. …”
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Capillary microfluidics for diagnostic applications: fundamentals, mechanisms, and capillarics by Elham Khanjani, Andrea Fergola, Joan Antoni López Martínez, Simin Nazarnezhad, Simin Nazarnezhad, Jasmina Casals Terre, Simone Luigi Marasso, Simone Luigi Marasso, Behrouz Aghajanloo

“…Furthermore, the review explores other configurations, such as porous and solid substrates, to illustrate their potential for healthcare and biochemical applications. …”
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Remote Laboratory Experiments in a Virtual Immersive Learning Environment by Luca Berruti, Franco Davoli, Sandro Zappatore, Gianluca Massei, Amedeo Scarpiello

“…The immersive characteristics of the framework are illustrated, along with performance measurements related to a specific application.…”
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FDK Half-Scan with a Heuristic Weighting Scheme on a Flat Panel Detector-Based Cone Beam CT (FDKHSCW) by Dong Yang, Ruola Ning

“…Computer simulation is employed and conducted on a 3D Shepp-Logan phantom. The result illustrates a correction of FDKHSCW to the attenuation coefficient drop in the off-scanning plane associated with FDKFS and FDKHSFW while maintaining the same spatial resolution.…”
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