A new method for assessing the health status of aerospace equipment based on a belief rule base with balanced accuracy and complexity by Jinting Shen, Zeyang Si, Hongyu Li, Ning Ma, Wei He

“…Subsequently, the constructed model is deduced using the evidential reasoning (ER) calculation procedure, the other parameters are optimized using the projection covariance matrix adaptive evolution strategy (P-CMA-ES). Finally, the practicality of the proposed method is validated through two examples.…”
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Cross-cultural impact of (in)genuine, smiling celebrities in online advertising by Peter Broeder, Daphne Goorden

“…These advertisements’ ability to stand out and obtain desired consumer outcomes has become increasingly challenging due to the enormous amount of advertisements already present on this platform. One strategy that can be useful is celebrity endorsement, which has – because of celebrities’ credibility and attractive characteristics – proven to be an effective way to create favourable attitudes and stronger purchase intentions. …”
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Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia in HIV — Investigate or Just Treat? by Steven Kesten

“…The pattern has been so typical of the disorder that empirical therapy without microbiological proof of disease is often imitated by primary care physicians. This strategy has not been tested in controlled clinical trials although decision analysis models have attempted to evaluated it, it's liekly reasonable to choose empirical antimicrobial therapy in specific clinical settings such as: (a) typical radiographic picture in a person with dyspnea and/or nonproductive cough. presence of HIV and a CD4 count of less than 200 cells/mm3:(b) previous PCP, typical appearance and the patient is known to tolerate standard anti-PCP medications: and (c) high clinical suspicion in a patient who refuses bronchoscopy yet desires treatment or where bronchoscopy cannot he performed. …”
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An Interference Avoidance Method of Wireless Body Area Network Based on Chinese Medical Band by Weixia Zou, Chao Guo, Fengyuan Kang, Chunqing Zhang

“…Then differentiated channel maintenance strategy is utilized to avoid interference as far as possible in network running phase. …”
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Issues of the Russian liquefied natural gas market in the context of sanctions pressure and ways to solve them by A. A. Laznik, T. S. Gordeeva

“…However, under the conditions of sanctions imposed by “unfriendly” countries on the supply of technologies and equipment required for liquefied natural gas production and transportation, not only the industry development, but also implementation of the Energy Strategy of the Russian Federation for the period up to 2035 is threatened, especially major projects implementation on the Arctic coast of the country. …”
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Incremental Fuzzy Clustering Based on Feature Reduction by Yongli Liu, Yajun Zhang, Hao Chao

“…Combined with single-pass and online incremental strategies, respectively, we propose two incremental fuzzy clustering algorithms based on feature reduction. …”
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Exploring the Protective Effects of Xueshuantong Injection on Central Retinal Vein Occlusion by Qiang Chen, Jing Zhang, Xin-Yu Liu, Kai Xu, Hui-Yi Guo, Ya-Min Li, Yu-Qing Guo, Li-Na Liang

“…Conclusions: The results indicate that XST injection exhibited significant protective effects against experimental CRVO by regulating angiogenesis and inflammation, suggesting its potential as an effective therapeutic strategy for treating CRVO.…”
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The Study of Mean-Variance Risky Asset Management with State-Dependent Risk Aversion under Regime Switching Market by Shuang Li, Yu Yang, Yanli Zhou, Yonghong Wu, Xiangyu Ge

“…Ultimately, numerical examples presented with comparisons of the analytical results under different market conditions are exposed to analyse numerically the developed mean variance asset liability management strategy. We find that our proposed model can explain the financial phenomena more effectively and accurately.…”
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Who Does and Who Does Not Engage in Strategic Litigation in European Law? by Andreas Hofmann

“…While results show significant differences in country-level litigation rates, the focus of this analysis is on the impact of group characteristics on the choice of litigation as a strategy. The findings confirm that litigation requires specific resources but highlight that groups with a prior interest in European affairs and those with antagonistic relations to national authorities are the most likely to turn to strategic litigation based in European law.…”
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Transfer learning for linear regression with differential privacy by Yiming Hou, Yunquan Song, Zhijian Wang

“…This study delves into the problem of linear regression transfer learning under differential privacy and, on this basis, proposes a novel strategy incorporating prior information as a constraint to further enhance model performance and stability. …”
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Modeling and Modulation of NNPC Four-Level Inverter for Solar Photovoltaic Power Plant by Xiaoqiang Guo, Xuehui Wang, Ran He, Mehdi Narimani

“…In order to solve the problem, a new modulation strategy is proposed to minimize the common mode voltage. …”
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Aluminium Process Fault Detection and Diagnosis by Nazatul Aini Abd Majid, Mark P. Taylor, John J. J. Chen, Brent R. Young

“…A fault detection and diagnosis system developed based on the proposed taxonomy is demonstrated using aluminium smelting data. A potential new strategy for improving fault diagnosis is discussed based on the ability of the new technology, augmented reality, to augment operators’ view of an industrial plant, so that it permits a situation-oriented action in real working environments.…”
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Impact of digital transformation on the competitive advantage of companies by Zimonjić Marijana

“…Organizations can make this goal more achievable by defining a clear, comprehensive digital transformation strategy that should highlight key digital advantages.…”
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Building an African Counter-Terrorism Architecture by Jolaade Omede, Arinze Ngwube

“…Hence the call for developing a continental-counter terrorism strategy for the African continent. …”
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A Multihop Key Agreement Scheme for Wireless Ad Hoc Networks Based on Channel Characteristics by Zhuo Hao, Sheng Zhong, Nenghai Yu

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Improved Finite Control Set Optimal Control for PMSM in Rocket Launcher Servo System by Di-fen Shi, Yuan-long Hou, Xiao-hui Gu, Run-min Hou

“…Furthermore, the semiphysical experiment is conducted to verify the proposed IFCSOC strategy.…”
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Federated edge learning model based on multi-level proxy permissioned blockchain by GE Li’na, LI Haiao, WANG Jie

“…The multi-level proxy permission blockchain was designed to establish a trusted underlying environment for federated edge learning, and the hierarchical model aggregation scheme was implemented to alleviate the pressure of model training. A hybrid strategy was devised to enhance model privacy using secret sharing and differential privacy. …”
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Role of Global Food Security in the Common Agrarian Policy of the European Union by I. N. Shcherbak

“…The deepening rift between the strategy of the CAP oriented towards promotion of agricultural export and real contribution of the EC to the Global Food Security and assistance for development is becoming more and more the most «vulnerable» place of the CAP.…”
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Challenges in providing correctional service education: A case study in a correctional institution in Amhara regional state, Ethiopia by Genet Gelana Kabeta, S G Pretorius

“…Guided by the constructivist paradigm, the study employed qualitative case study as a strategy, involving sixteen participants selected through purposive sampling from one institution. …”
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Technology adoption by women-owned businesses in Canada by Huju Liu, Hassan Faryaar

“…This paper linked two cycles (2017 and 2019) of the Survey of Innovation and Business Strategy with the Canadian Employer-Employee Dynamics Database to study the use of advanced and emerging technologies by women- and men-owned businesses in Canada. …”
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