OCC-ID: New Broadcasting Service-Based Cloud Model and Image Sensor Communications by Thithanhnhan Le, Nam-Tuan Le, Yeong Min Jang

“…This standard was one of the first for this technology. …”
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Research on Mechanical Response of Pavement Structure to Differential Settlement of Subgrade on Highway Widening by Quanjun Shen, Yu Lu, Yaohui Yang, Guanxu Long

“…Finally, the differential settlement control standard indicated by crack strength is proposed. The results show that, under the effect of differential settlement, within about 4 cm of old pavement surface and upper base bear tensile stress, the base first reaches the failure strength. …”
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Microscopic parametrizations for gate set tomography under coloured noise by P. Viñas, A. Bermudez

“…We compare the estimated gate sets obtained by our method and the standard long-sequence GST, discussing their accuracies and showcasing the advantages of the parametrized approach in terms of the sampling complexity.…”
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Incorporating preference uncertainty in best worst scaling. by Francisco J Areal, Rubén Perez

“…Moreover, accounting for participants' preference uncertainty can alter the ranking of preferences obtained through the standard approach. This alteration is due to both accounting for preference uncertainty itself as well as the uncertainty indicator used. …”
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Methods and Approaches to Optimizing the Number of Staff by T. V. Suvalova

“…You should pay attention to the existing standards of strength for both production and management processes. …”
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A Novel Hybrid Bat Algorithm with Harmony Search for Global Numerical Optimization by Gaige Wang, Lihong Guo

“…The detailed implementation procedure for this improved metaheuristic method is also described. Fourteen standard benchmark functions are applied to verify the effects of these improvements, and it is demonstrated that, in most situations, the performance of this hybrid metaheuristic method (HS/BA) is superior to, or at least highly competitive with, the standard BA and other population-based optimization methods, such as ACO, BA, BBO, DE, ES, GA, HS, PSO, and SGA. …”
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ALTERNATIVE APPROACH TO THE METHODOLOGY OF ECOLOGICAL NORMALIZATION by Galina A. Oboldina

“…Approval of standardized algorithms of expert actions based on the impact monitoring data gives grounds for possible ecologization of the Water Code in order to assess the aquatic systems safety and to implement the state regulatory function of natural resources protection.…”

Investor and (Un)Accountability of The Supervisor in Self-Construction of a Single-Family House by Mojca Klemenčič Manič, Zoran Cunk, Štefan Bojnec

“…Construction is always accompanied by various interests and the legislator must ensure minimal safety and construction standards, as well as living standards for all single-family houses, in order to ensure socially responsible actions of all participants in a project. …”
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Surface Evaluation by Estimation of Fractal Dimension and Statistical Tools by Vlastimil Hotar, Petr Salac

“…The text presents application of fractal geometry (fractal dimension) for complex surface analysis in combination with standard roughness parameters (statistical tool).…”
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Ovarian Mature Cystic Teratoma: Challenges of Surgical Management by Abha Sinha, Ayman A. A. Ewies

“…The laparoscopic approach is generally considered to be the gold standard for the management. Oophorectomy should be the standard operation except in younger women with a single small cyst. …”
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ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND FINANCIAL ANALYSIS INTERDEPENDENCES EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE by Nino Serdarević

“… This paper presents empirical evidence on applied analysis interdependences with created accounting policies and estimates within Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) private commercial entities, in specific, targeting practice oriented relevance of financial indicators, nonfinancial indicators, enterprise resource planning and management account ting insight frequencies. Recently, standard setters (International Accounting Standards Board and International Federation of Accountants) have published outcomes of an internationally organized research on financial reports usefulness, recommending enforced usage of enterprise relevant information, non financial indicators and risks implications in assets and liabilities positions. …”
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Long-Term Cosmic Ray Variability and the CME-Index by Helen Mavromichalaki, Evangelos Paouris

“…The standard deviation between the observed and calculated values is about 6.63% for the solar cycle 23 and 4.13% for the ascending part of solar cycle 24.…”
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Single-Agent Thalidomide for Treatment of Malignant Paraganglioma of the Organ of Zuckerkandl by Mackenzie L. Shindorf, Prabir K. Chaudhuri

“…The standard of care for benign pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas is surgical resection; however, there is no definitive curative or standard therapy for the treatment of malignant pheochromocytomas or paragangliomas. …”
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Exocrine Pancreatic Function Tests: A Review by Yuyuan Li, Stephen G. Chiverton, Richard H. Hunt

“…Direct intubation PFTs, using secretin/cholecystokinin or secretin/caerulein as the stimulants, continue to the the 'gold standard', although they are invasive, expensive and time consuming. …”
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Patients’ and Professionals’ Views on Managing Fibromyalgia by Erica Briones-Vozmediano, Carmen Vives-Cases, Elena Ronda-Pérez, Diana Gil-González

“…BACKGROUND: Managing fibromyalgia is a challenge for both health care systems and the professionals caring for these patients, due, in part, to the fact that the etiology of this disease is unknown, its symptoms are not specific and there is no standardized treatment.…”
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Diagnostic Performance of Gastric Imprint Smear for Determination of Helicobacter pylori Infection by J Al-Ali, F Al-Asfar, R Dhar, PM Dhar, K Kapila

“…BACKGROUND: Despite the availability of several methods (invasive and noninvasive) for the diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection, no test is considered to be the ‘gold standard’. Endoscopy-based tests are regarded as the reference method in most studies.…”
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Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C in Canadian Prison Inmates by John D Farley, Victor K Wong, Henry V Chung, Elizabeth Lim, Gavin Walters, Theresa A Farley, Eric M Yoshida

“…PURPOSE: To assess sustained viral response rate and adherence to standard interferon alpha-2b and ribavirin therapy in inmates with chronic hepatitis C (HCV) in Canadian penitentiaries in the Pacific region.…”
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13C Urea Breath Test for Helicobacter pylori: Evaluation of 10-minute Breath Collection by Marina Mauro, Vladimir Radovic, Melanie Wolfe, Markad Kamath, Premsyl Bercik, David Armstrong

“…AIM: To determine whether a shortened 13C urea breath test (13C UBT) (breath collection time of 10 min) is as reliable as the standard assay (30 min).…”
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THE SYSTEM OF EDUCATIONAL INDICATORS: PROBLEMS OF STATISTICAL MEASUREMENT by M. Khabib, M. Teplyakova

“…The problems of adaptation of international standards to the Russian statistical practice.…”
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The double bubble problem in spherical and hyperbolic space by Andrew Cotton, David Freeman

“…We prove that the standard double bubble is the least-area way to enclose and separate two regions of equal volume in ℍ3, and in S3 when the exterior is at least ten percent of S3.…”
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