Iterative Solutions of a Set of Matrix Equations by Using the Hierarchical Identification Principle by Huamin Zhang

“…This paper is concerned with iterative solution to a class of the real coupled matrix equations. …”
Get full text

Elevated resting heart rate in adolescent men and risk of heart failure and cardiomyopathy by Martin Lindgren, Josefina Robertson, Martin Adiels, Maria Schaufelberger, Maria Åberg, Kjell Torén, Margda Waern, N. David Åberg, Annika Rosengren

Subjects: Get full text

Impact of the Late Miocene Cooling on the loss of coral reefs in the Central Indo-Pacific by B. F. Petrick, L. Reuning, M. Pfeiffer, G. Auer, L. Schwark

“…This “Pliocene Reef Gap” has often been ascribed to non-climatic factors. …”
Get full text

Diffusion rate determines balance between extinction and proliferationin birth-death processes by Hilla Behar, Alexandra Agranovich, Yoram Louzoun

“…   Using a combination of Monte Carlo simulation and percolation theorybased estimations; the asymptotic behavior of such systems is studied.In all studied cases, it turns out that the overall survival of thereactant population in the long run is based on the size and shapeof the reactant aggregates, their distribution in space and the reactantdiffusion rate. We here show that for a large class of models, thereactant density is maximal at intermediate diffusion rates and lowor zero at either very high or very low diffusion rates. …”
Get full text

Effect of Rotation Speed and Flow Rate on Slip Factor in a Centrifugal Pump by Bo Chen, Baolin Song, Bicheng Tu, Yiming Zhang, Xiaojun Li, Zhigang Li, Zuchao Zhu

“…Results show that, at the same rotation speed, the slip factor increases with the flow rate and reaches the maximum value at 1.0 QBEP flow rate. …”
Get full text

The Effect of a Nurse-Led Multidisciplinary Team on Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Rates by W. Bradley Dosher, Elena C. Loomis, Sherry L. Richardson, Jennifer A. Crowell, Richard D. Waltman, Lisa D. Miller, Muhammad Nazim, Faisal A. Khasawneh

“…A separate and independent infection control team monitored VAP rates. Results. Across the study period, mean VAP rate was 3.20/1000 ventilator days ±5.71 SD. …”
Get full text

Effect of Fluid Flow Rate on Efficacy of Fluid Warmer: An In Vitro Experimental Study by Vorasruang Thongsukh, Chanida Kositratana, Aree Jandonpai

“…The aim of this study was to determine the effect of the fluid flow rate on the efficacy of a fluid warmer. Methods. …”
Get full text

Optimizing Pinned Nodes to Maximize the Convergence Rate of Multiagent Systems with Digraph Topologies by Yujuan Han, Wenlian Lu, Tianping Chen, Changkai Sun

“…This paper investigates how to choose pinned node set to maximize the convergence rate of multiagent systems under digraph topologies in cases of sufficiently small and large pinning strength. …”
Get full text

Prognostic Value of Glomerular Filtration Rate in Diabetic Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction by Ailed Elena Rodríguez Jiménez

“…<p><strong>Background</strong>: low glomerular filtration rate is a known poor prognostic factor in acute coronary syndrome, particularly when associated with diabetes mellitus.…”
Get full text

Design of IIR Digital Filters with Arbitrary Flatness Using Iterative Quadratic Programming by Yasunori Sugita

“…In the design of Chebyshev-type filters, the flatness condition in the stopband is preincorporated into a transfer function, and an equiripple characteristic in the passband is achieved by iteratively solving the QP problem using the transfer function. …”
Get full text

The Functional Movement Screen: Exploring Interrater Reliability between Raters in the Updated Version by Ricky Morgan, Steven LeMire, Lindsey Knoll, Emily Schuster, Cooper Tietz, Austin Weisz, Gary Schindler

“…The total scores showed excellent reliability among the four student raters with an ICC of 0.95. The updated FMS&trade; produced good to excellent interrater reliability…”
Get full text

The Savvy Survey #6c: Constructing Closed-Ended Items for a Questionnaire by Jessica L. Gouldthorpe, Glenn D. Israel

“… This 5-page fact sheet presents an overview of constructing closed-ended items for a questionnaire. It is part of the Savvy Survey Series. …”
Get full text

The Impulsive Model with Pest Density and Its Change Rate Dependent Feedback Control by Ihsan Ullah Khan, Sanyi Tang

“…The idea of action threshold depends on the pest density and its change rate is more general and furthermore can produce new modelling techniques related to integrated pest management (IPM) as compared with those that appeared in earlier studies, which definitely bring challenges to analytical analysis and generate new ideas to the state control measures. …”
Get full text

Global Dynamics of an Epidemic Model with a Ratio-Dependent Nonlinear Incidence Rate by Sanling Yuan, Bo Li

“…We study an epidemic model with a nonlinear incidence rate which describes the psychological effect of certain serious diseases on the community when the ratio of the number of infectives to that of the susceptibles is getting larger. …”
Get full text

Experimental and Numerical Study on Tensile Strength of Concrete under Different Strain Rates by Fanlu Min, Zhanhu Yao, Teng Jiang

“…Results of tensile strength versus strain rate are presented and compared with compressive strength and existing models at similar strain rates. …”
Get full text

Geospatial Analysis of COVID-19 Death Rate and Influencing Factors in the MENA Region by MUSTAFA SHEBANI ABOALYEM, Mohd Tahir Ismail

“…The research suggests that hospital bed allocation, unemployment rate, and overall immunizations could be key factors influencing the death rate. …”
Get full text

Fractal Rate of Adsorption and Surface Diffusivity of Carbon Dioxide across Mesoporous Adsorbents by M.R. Othman, Martunus, W.J.N. Fernando, J. Kim

“…In this study, fractal theory has been employed to construct a rate and surface diffusivity model for these mesoporous adsorbents. …”
Get full text

Relation Between Rates of Geriatric Suicide and Consumption of Alcohol Beverages in European Countries by Leo Sher

“…Among older adults, suicide is a significant and persistent health problem. The highest suicide rate is found among white men aged 65 years and older. …”
Get full text

Reliability generalization meta-analysis of the internal consistency of the Big Five Inventory (BFI) by comparing BFI (44 items) and BFI-2 (60 items) versions controlling for age, sex, language factors by Waqar Husain, Areen Jamal Haddad, Muhammad Ahmad Husain, Hadeel Ghazzawi, Khaled Trabelsi, Achraf Ammar, Zahra Saif, Amir Pakpour, Haitham Jahrami

“…The studies that we intended to include in our meta-analysis required to have utilized the BFI (44 items) and the BFI-2 (60 items) and have reported Cronbach's alpha or McDonald's omega reliability estimates. …”
Get full text

Quando la montagna diventa opera d’arte: Arte Sella e le trasformazioni di uno spazio alpino in declino by Giovanni Sechi

Get full text