Personal, environmental and behavioral predictors associated with online fraud victimization among adults. by Vimala Balakrishnan, Umayma Ahhmed, Faris Basheer

“…Study I identified the online fraud victimization predictors through an Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and a hierarchical binary logistic regression. The dataset from Study II was used to validate the online fraud victimization model derived from Study I by executing another round of hierarchical binary logistic regression.…”
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Study of Thermal Decomposition of the Copolymer Based on Polyethylene Glycol Fumarate with Acrylic Acid by Meyram Burkeyev, Yerkeblan Tazhbayev, Abylaikhan Bolatbay, Yelena Minayeva, Santay Davrenbekov, Yermauyt Nassikhatuly, Anna Kovaleva, Kamshat Kutzhanova, Akerke Kazhmuratova

“…Then, using the compensation effect, the invariant kinetic parameters of the decomposition processes have been found. …”
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Adsorption Separation of Methyl Chloride from Nitrogen Using ZSM-5 and Mesoporous SBA-15 by Isil Toreci, F. Handan Tezel, Yang Yong, Abdelhamid Sayari

“…Adsorption isosteres were obtained by using the parameters of the Toth equation. Binary adsorption isotherm predictions were undertaken using the Extended Langmuir (EL) and Ideal Adsorbed Solution Theory (IAST) in order to obtain a better understanding of the separation of methyl chloride from air. …”
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DOA Estimation of Two-Dimensional Coherently Distributed Sources Based on Spatial Smoothing of Uniform Rectangular Arrays by Tao Wu, Yiwen Li, Xiaofeng Zhang, Yijie Huang, Qingyue Gu, Chaoqi Fu

“…Aiming at the direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation of two-dimensional (2D) coherently distributed (CD) sources which are coherent with each other, we explore the propagator method based on spatial smoothing of a uniform rectangular array (URA). The rotational invariance relationships with respect to the nominal azimuth and nominal elevation are obtained under the small angular spreads assumption. …”
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A Novel Optimization-Based Approach for Content-Based Image Retrieval by Manyu Xiao, Jianghu Lu, Gongnan Xie

“…Then a new matching technique is built to eliminate the error caused by large-scaled scale-invariant feature transform (SIFT). Additionally, a new unit mechanism is proposed to reduce the cost of indexing time. …”
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RESEARCH OF PARAMETERS OF ENCODING OF THE ALGORITHM WITH VARIABLE FRAGMENTATION OF THE UNIT by K. O. Zakharova

“…The investigation of the algorithm’s work with variable block fragmentation in the selection of various parameters is performed using pseudorandom sequence testing techniques, including statistical and graphical tests on encrypted sequences using various parameters in a binary representation. The statistical test is selected from a selection of D. …”
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Global Dynamics of HIV Infection of CD4+ T Cells and Macrophages by A. M. Elaiw, A. S. Alsheri

“…Using Lyapunov functionals and LaSalle's invariant principle, we have proven that if the basic reproduction number R0 is less than or equal to unity, then the uninfected steady state is globally asymptotically stable (GAS), and if the infected steady state exists, then it is GAS.…”
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MANOVA for Nested Designs with Unequal Cell Sizes and Unequal Cell Covariance Matrices by Li-Wen Xu

“…The PB test is shown to be invariant under affine-transformations. Moreover, the PB test does not depend on the chosen weights used to define the parameters uniquely. …”
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Mixed Optimal Scheduling Model of Flexible Service System Based on Inverted Triangle by Shipei Hu, Yujun Sun

“…In the study presented in this paper, we built a nonlinear binary integer programming model of a flexible scheduling problem for the Department of Zhejiang Provincial Local Tax Services. …”
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Generation of Length Distribution, Length Diagram, Fibrogram, and Statistical Characteristics by Weight of Cotton Blends by B. Azzouz, M. Ben Hassen, F. Sakli

“…From these distributions, the length distribution, the length diagram, and the fibrogram by weight of four binary blends are expressed. The length parameters of these cotton blends are calculated and their variations are plotted against the mass fraction x of one component in the blend .These calculated parameters are compared to those of real blends. …”
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Improved ESPRIT Method for Joint Direction-of-Arrival and Frequency Estimation Using Multiple-Delay Output by Wang Xudong, Xiaofei Zhang, Jianfeng Li, Jinchao Bai

“…An automatic pairing joint direction-of-arrival (DOA) and frequency estimation is presented to overcome the unsatisfactory performances of estimation of signal parameter via rotational invariance techniques- (ESPRIT-) like algorithm of Wang (2010), which requires an additional pairing. …”
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New materials and sensors for semiconductor gas analysis by I. A. Kirovskaya, T. A. Kirovskaya, A. O. Ekkert

“…Using the complex of up-to-date methods, the acid-base and adsorption (with regard to NH3 , NO2 ) properties of binary and multicomponent semiconductors of equitably chosen systems InSb-ZnTe, InSb-CdTe, GaSb-ZnTe, GaSb-CdTe have been studied. …”
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Periodic solutions of nonlinear vibrating beams by J. Berkovits, H. Leinfelder, V. Mustonen

“…The results are obtained via generalized Leray-Schauder degree and reductions to invariant subspaces.…”
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Plug and Play Robust Distributed Control with Ellipsoidal Parametric Uncertainty System by Hong Wang-jian, Wang Yan-xiang

“…We consider a continuous linear time invariant system with ellipsoidal parametric uncertainty structured into subsystems. …”
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Influence of the pairs in the expression of bullying in high school students in Arequipa by Filiberto Bellido, Renzo Rivera, Julio C. Salas, Verónica Bellido, Norma Peña, Guillermo Villasante, Yesenia Casapía

“…We evaluated 3979 high school students from state, private and parastatal schools in 19 districts in the province of Arequipa, aged between 11 and 19 years. A descriptive and binary logistic regression and multiple linear analysis was performed to model the association between variables. …”
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New materials based on InP-ZnS system for semiconductor gas analyzers by I. A. Kirovskaya, R. V. Ekkert, A. O. Ekkert, E. V. Mironova, I. Yu. Umansky, A. I. Blesman, D. A. Polonyankin, L. V. Kolesnikov, E. N. Kopylova, V. B. Goncharov

“…According to the developed methodology, based on the isothermal diffusion of the initial binary compounds (InP, ZnS), their physical and physicochemical properties, solid solutions of different composition ((InP)x (ZnS)1-x) have been obtained. …”
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Étude exploratoire des obstacles à la transition universitaire selon le vécu d’étudiants français et belges by Mikaël De Clercq, Cathy Perret

“…Most of international studies focused on individual predictors of adjustment and consider transition to Higher Education as a universal and invariant process. However, contextual characteristics of educational environment should be considered because they don’t imply the same requirements for adjustment. …”
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Le discours auto-adressé des sujets malades chroniques : un agir sur soi by Lennize Pereira Paulo

“…The article characterizes different uses of the self-directed speech The author concludes that the use of self-directed speech can be considered as an invariant helping people to handle activities to stay alive and healthy.…”
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PID Control for Electric Vehicles Subject to Control and Speed Signal Constraints by Amanda Danielle O. da S. Dantas, André Felipe O. de A. Dantas, João Tiago L. S. Campos, Domingos L. de Almeida Neto, Carlos Eduardo T. Dórea

“…A PID controller for a vehicle DC motor with a separately excited field winding considering the field current constant was tuned using controlled invariant set and multiparametric programming concepts to consider the physical motor constraints as angular velocity and input armature voltage. …”
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A–102-dBm Sensitivity Multichannel Heterodyne Wake-Up Receiver With Integrated ADPLL by Linsheng Zhang, Divya Duvvuri, Suprio Bhattacharya, Anjana Dissanayake, Xinjian Liu, Henry L. Bishop, Yaobin Zhang, Travis N. Blalock, Benton H. Calhoun, Steven M. Bowers

“…This article presents a binary frequency-shift keying (BFSK) heterodyne wake-up receiver (WuRx) with -102-dBm sensitivity at 2.4 GHz. …”
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