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PSK Method for Solving Mixed and Type-4 Intuitionistic Fuzzy Solid Transportation Problems
P. Kumar
Apr 01, 2019
In this article, the author categorises the solid transportation problem (STP) under uncertain environments. He formulates the mixed and fully intuitionistic fuzzy solid transportation problems (FIFSTPs) and utilizes the...
Published by: IGI Global
An Improved Image Compression Model Enabled by Adaptive Active Contour and Supervised Learning-Based ROI Classification
This paper plans to develop a novel image compression model with four major phases. (i) Segmentation (ii) Feature Extraction (iii) ROI classification (iv) Compression. The image is segmented into two regions by Adaptive ACM. The...
Published by: IGI Global
Formal Analysis of Database Trigger Systems Using Event-B
Most modern relational database systems use triggers to implement automatic tasks in response to specific events happening inside or outside a system. A database trigger is a human readable block code without any formal...
Systems & Software Design Computer Science and Information Technology Systems and Software Engineering
Published by: IGI Global
Petrobras P-36 Accident
Sara Whelan
Apr 09, 2013
Petrobas P-36 was a floating offshore production unit operating in the Roncador Field, off the coast of Brazil, commencing operations May 2000. This structure was originally designed as a floating drilling unit and was modified...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
The Rumble in the Meson
Abstract
We juxtapose global fits of two bottom-up models (an S 3 scalar leptoquark model and a...
Influence of Soil Drought Stress on C, N and P Stoichiometry of Tamarix Chinensis Lour. in Yellow River Delta, China
Qiangqiang Rong, Jingtao Liu, Yanpeng Cai, Zhaohua Lu, Zhenzhen Zhao, Wencong Yue, Jiangbao Xia
Aug 04, 2014
Taking the one-year-old T. chinensis (Tamarix chinensis Lour.) in Yellow River Delta as the study object, the variations of C, N and P stoichiometry in T. chinensis under drought stress was studied using pot experiments. The...
Trust, Risk and Alternative Website Quality in B-Buyer Acceptance of Cross-Border E-Commerce
Cross-border e-commerce (CBEC) has become an imperative mode for global trade. Research on cross-border e-commerce historically focuses mainly on the customer's behavior intention to purchase on a CBEC platform. However...
Published by: IGI Global
Maternal immunisation against Group B Streptococcus
Simon R Procter, Bronner P Gonçalves, Proma Paul, Jaya Chandna, Farah Seedat, Artemis Koukounari, Raymond Hutubessy, Caroline Trotter, Joy E Lawn, Mark Jit
Apr 14, 2023
Background
Group B Streptococcus (GBS) can cause invasive disease (iGBS) in young infants, typically presenting as sepsis or meningitis, and is also associated with stillbirth and preterm birth. GBS vaccines are under...
Humans Streptococcus Agalactiae Streptococcal Infections premature birth vaccines Immunization Vaccination Bayes Theorem Pregnancy Quality of life Infant Infant Newborn Cost-Benefit Analysis Female Stillbirth
Published by: PLoS Medicine
Insights into the Origin of High Activity of Ni<sub>5</sub>P<sub>4</sub>(0001) for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction.
Hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is directly relevant to green hydrogen production from water splitting. Recently, a low-cost Ni5P4 material has been demonstrated experimentally and theoretically to...
Bridging pre-surgical endocrine therapy for breast cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic
Rajiv V Dave, Beatrix Elsberger, Vicky P Taxiarchi, Ashu Gandhi, Cliona C Kirwan, Baek Kim, Elizabeth M Camacho, Charlotte E Coles, Ellen Copson, Alona Courtney, Kieran Horgan, Patricia Fairbrother, Chris Holcombe, Jamie J Kirkham, Daniel R Leff, Stuart A McIntosh, Rachel O'Connell, Ricardo Pardo, Shelley Potter, Tim Rattay, Nisha Sharma, Raghavan Vidya, Ramsey I Cutress, B-MaP-C study collaborative
Apr 17, 2023
PURPOSE: The B-MaP-C study investigated changes to breast cancer care that were necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Here we present a follow-up analysis of those patients commenced on bridging endocrine therapy (BrET), whilst...
Solution NMR of Battery Electrolytes
NMR spectroscopy is a powerful tool that is commonly used to assess the degradation of lithium-ion battery electrolyte solutions. However, dissolution of paramagnetic Ni2+ and Mn2+ ions from cathode...
Effectiveness of Remote Interventions to Improve Medication Adherence in Patients after Stroke
Background
Stroke affects more than 30 million people every year, but only two-thirds of patients comply with prescribed medication, leading to high stroke recurrence rates. Digital technologies can facilitate...
Co-Surveillance of Rotaviruses in Humans and Domestic Animals in Central Uganda Reveals Circulation of Wide Genotype Diversity in the Animals.
Josephine Bwogi, Charles Karamagi, Denis Karuhize Byarugaba, Phionah Tushabe, Sarah Kiguli, Prossy Namuwulya, Samuel S Malamba, Khuzwayo C Jere, Ulrich Desselberger, Miren Iturriza-Gomara
Apr 17, 2023
Rotavirus genotypes are species specific. However, interspecies transmission is reported to result in the emergence of new genotypes. A cross-sectional study of 242 households with 281 cattle, 418 goats, 438 pigs, and 258 humans...
domestic animals genotyping Rotavirus EPIDEMIOLOGY Uganda co-surveillance inter-host species transmission Feces Animals Animals Domestic Cattle Goats Swine Humans Rotavirus Infections Capsid Proteins Antigens Viral Cross-Sectional Studies Phylogeny Genotype
Published by: Viruses
A randomised study of rituximab and belimumab sequential therapy in PR3 ANCA-associated vasculitis (COMBIVAS)
Mark E McClure, Seerapani Gopaluni, James Wason, Robert B Henderson, Andre van Maurik, Caroline C O Savage, Charles D Pusey, Alan D Salama, Paul A Lyons, Jacinta Lee, Kim Mynard, David R Jayne, Rachel B Jones
Apr 11, 2023
Background
Sequential B cell-targeted immunotherapy with BAFF antagonism (belimumab) and B cell depletion (rituximab) may enhance B cell targeting in ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) through several...
Vasculitis Rituximab belimumab ANCA Humans Immunosuppressive Agents Antibodies Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Treatment Outcome Proteomics Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis
Published by: Trials
Prediction of Environmental Pollution Using Hybrid PSO-K-Means Approach
Air pollution is increasing day by day, decreasing the world economy, degrading the quality of life, and resulting in a major productivity loss. At present, this is one of the most critical problems. It has a significant impact...
Published by: IGI Global
Gamesy
Games have existed since time immemorial and have proved to significantly change people's mentality and attitudes towards countless scenarios. Although games are ‘time wasters', we should acknowledge the one thing that games...
Published by: IGI Global
Motivations and Social Media Influencing Online Purchase Intention in India
The purpose of the study is to examine the influence of hedonic and utilitarian motivation on Indian consumer's online purchase intention. Second, this study tried to explore if social media mediates the influence of hedonic and...
Published by: IGI Global
Robot-Assisted Versus Laparoscopic Distal Pancreatectomy in Patients with Resectable Pancreatic Cancer
Jeffrey W Chen, Tess ME van Ramshorst, Sanne Lof, Bilal Al-Sarireh, Bergthor Bjornsson, Ugo Boggi, Fernando Burdio, Giovanni Butturini, Riccardo Casadei, Andrea Coratti, Mathieu D'Hondt, Safi Dokmak, Bjørn Edwin, Alessandro Esposito, Jean M Fabre, Giovanni Ferrari, Fadhel S Ftériche, Giuseppe K Fusai, Bas Groot Koerkamp, Thilo Hackert, Asif Jah, Jin-Young Jang, Emanuele F Kauffmann, Tobias Keck, Alberto Manzoni, Marco V Marino, Quintus Molenaar, Elizabeth Pando, Patrick Pessaux, Andrea Pietrabissa, Zahir Soonawalla, Robert P Sutcliffe, Lea Timmermann, Steven White, Vincent S Yip, Alessandro Zerbi, Mohammad Abu Hilal, Marc G Besselink, European Consortium on Minimally Invasive Pancreatic Surgery (E-MIPS)
Apr 10, 2023
BACKGROUND: Robot-assisted distal pancreatectomy (RDP) is increasingly used as an alternative to laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy (LDP) in patients with resectable pancreatic cancer but comparative multicenter studies...
Simulated Workbench Design for Characterisation and Selection of Appropriate Outlier Ensemble Algorithm
Outlier ensembles can enhance the performance of outlier detection algorithms. However, identification of an appropriate outlier ensemble algorithm for the given application is a difficult task. In order to achieve this...
Published by: IGI Global
Detection of Change in Body Motion With Background Construction and Silhouette Orientation
Background subtraction techniques have been widely implemented and improvised to obtain a stable background model. The novelty of the proposed work is to generate a stable background model under dynamic changes in the...
Published by: IGI Global
Using Tablets to Collect Breast Cancer Risk Information in an Underserved Population
Arash Naeim, Zhuoer Xie, Liliana Johansen, Neil Wenger, David Elashoff, Antonia Petruse, Guita Rahbar
Oct 01, 2020
The authors tested the use of tablets to collect breast cancer risk data and compared the approach against paper-based scantrons. The goal was to examine the usability of digital technology for data collection in underserved...
Published by: IGI Global
CT-guided vs. fluoroscopically guided transforaminal epidural steroid injections for lumbar radiculopathy
Jozef PM Kamp, Jonathan Bartlett, Amr Fahmy, Kendrick To, Rumana Hossain, Maheswara Akula
Apr 17, 2023
INTRODUCTION: There are no formal guidelines for whether CT-guided or fluoroscopy-guided TFESI should be undertaken for patients with symptoms of lumbar nerve root irritation and corresponding nerve impingement. Here, we sought...
Diabetes Prediction Using Enhanced SVM and Deep Neural Network Learning Techniques: An Algorithmic Approach for Early Screening of Diabetes
Diabetes, caused by the rise in level of glucose in blood, has many latest devices to identify from blood samples. Diabetes, when unnoticed, may bring many serious diseases like heart attack, kidney disease. In this way, there...
Published by: IGI Global
Blockchain Technology in the Food Supply Chain
This paper explains about the feasibility of Blockchain Technology in food organization. The technology of BCT helps the organizations to achieve integrity among peer-to-peer nodes, such as maintaining proof of work, reducing...
Published by: IGI Global
They patronize herbal medicine, coincidence or planned behaviour
Aim: This study assessed, if use of herbal medicine (HM) among hypertensive patients is coincidence or planned. Design: Cross‐sectional survey. Methods: The study used a cross‐sectional survey for collection of data from four...
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