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Factor Affecting Innovation Performance of Manufacturing Firms
In the knowledge-based economy, creation, management, and dissemination of knowledge in an organized way will certainly enhance the innovative practices of companies in any country. This article has tried to explore the impact...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Recycled aggregates in concrete
The relative proportions of the three main constituents within recycled aggregates (unbound stone, crushed concrete and crushed brick) can vary widely and it is generally assumed that, as a result, the performance of concrete...
Research on new applications for granulated rubber in concrete
This study was undertaken to assess the feasibility of using granulated rubber as an aggregate or filler in concrete construction, by exploiting the inherent stability, impact, crack and thermal resistance characteristics that...
Research on new applications for granulated rubber in concrete
This study was undertaken to assess the feasibility of using granulated rubber as an aggregate or filler in concrete construction, by exploiting the inherent stability, impact, crack and thermal resistance characteristics that...
Artificial Intelligence and the Myth of Objectivity
Rajiv Pathni
Jan 01, 2023
Artificial intelligence (AI) is being rapidly integrated into healthcare with a naïve belief in the objectivity of AI and a complacent trust in the omniscience of computational knowledge. While AI has the potential to transform...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Engineering property and structural design relationships for new and developing concretes
The paper reports the findings of a study carried out to investigate the effect of new and developing concrete technology solutions,e.g. (i) use of particle packing techniques and fillers to minimise voids, (ii) use of cement...
A linear test method for determining early-age shrinkage of concrete
For certain applications, the early-age dimensional stability of concrete can significantly affect aesthetics and long-term durability performance. The combined effects of plastic settlement, plastic shrinkage and autogenous...
Experimental study and modelling of heat evolution of blended cements
The advisability of controlling the temperature rise and fall in concrete at early age is well recognised, and the choice of an appropriate, low-heat cement with suitable heat of hydration characteristics can assist in this...
Fuzzy Based Parameter Adaptation in ACO for Solving VRP
Ant Colony Optimization, a popular class of metaheuristics, have been widely applied for solving optimization problems like Vehicle Routing Problem. The performance of ACO is affected by the values of parameters used. However...
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Molecular genetic framework underlying pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a rare, progressive disorder typified by occlusion of the pulmonary arterioles owing to endothelial dysfunction and uncontrolled proliferation of pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells and...
Measurement of early-age temperature rises in concrete made with blended cements
The advisability of controlling the temperature rise and fall in concrete at early age is well recognised as one of the factors preserving long-term performance and durability of structures. Of particular importance in design of...
Engineering property and structural design relationships for new and developing concretes
The paper reports the findings of a study carried out to investigate the effect of new and developing concrete technology solutions,e.g. (i) use of particle packing techniques and fillers to minimise voids, (ii) use of cement...
Predicting early-age temperatures of blended-cement concrete
The advisability of controlling the temperature rise and fall in concrete at early age is well recognised, and the choice of an appropriate low-heat cement with suitable heat of hydration characteristics can assist in this...
Deregulated Expression of Mammalian lncRNA through Loss of SPT6 Induces R-Loop Formation, Replication Stress, and Cellular Senescence.
Takayuki Nojima, Michael Tellier, Jonathan Foxwell, Claudia Ribeiro de Almeida, Sue Mei Tan-Wong, Somdutta Dhir, Gwendal Dujardin, Ashish Dhir, Shona Murphy, Nick J Proudfoot
Jun 24, 2019
Extensive tracts of the mammalian genome that lack protein-coding function are still transcribed into long noncoding RNA. While these lncRNAs are generally short lived, length restricted, and non-polyadenylated, how their...
DNA replication stress H3K36me3 R-loop SPT6 Cellular Senescence eRNA integrator complex long non-coding RNA mNET-seq mNuc-seq Animals Cell Proliferation Cellular Senescence Chromatin Assembly and Disassembly DNA Damage DNA Polymerase II DNA Replication DNA Neoplasm Drosophila melanogaster Female Gene Expression Regulation Neoplastic HeLa Cells Histones Humans Methylation Nucleic Acid Conformation Nucleic Acid Heteroduplexes RNA Stability RNA Long Noncoding RNA Messenger RNA Neoplasm Transcription Factors Transcription Genetic Uterine Neoplasms
Ranking Mobile Wallet Service Providers Using Fuzzy Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Approach
The aim of this paper is to identify key dimensions of mobile wallet (m-wallet) service quality and to prioritize mobile wallet service providers on the basis of these dimensions. Based on extensive literature review and...
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Deep Neural Network Regularization (DNNR) on Denoised Image
Image dehazing in supervised learning models suffers from overfitting and underfitting problems. To avoid overfitting, the authors use regularization techniques like dropout and L2 norm. Dropout helps in reducing overfitting and...
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Tablet in the Consultation Room and Physician Satisfaction
The purpose of the study is to investigate patient-physician interactions during a clinical encounter to ascertain the impact of tablet computing on physician satisfaction during a clinical encounter. This study was conducted at...
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Long-term strategies to control COVID-19 in low and middle-income countries
Rajiv Chowdhury, Shammi Luhar, Nusrat Khan, Sohel Reza Choudhury, Imran Matin, Oscar H. Franco
Sep 10, 2020
Abstract: In low and middle-income countries (LMICs), strict social distancing measures (e.g., nationwide lockdown) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic are unsustainable in the long-term due to knock-on socioeconomic and...
Decision Making as a Contributor for Women Empowerment
As per United Nations Development Program's Human Development Report 2016, India ranks 131 out of 188 countries on the gender inequality index, which positions it in the medium category. Women need intervention at various levels...
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Performance Accretion in Delay Compensation of Networked Control System Using Markov Approach-Based Randomness Estimation in Smith Predictor
By the second decade of the 21st century, there has been a multi-faceted technological development in the field of networked control system (NCS). This progression in NCS has not only revealed its significant applications in...
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Recycled aggregates in concrete
The relative proportions of the three main constituents within recycled aggregates (unbound stone, crushed concrete and crushed brick) can vary widely and it is generally assumed that, as a result, the performance of concrete...
A Hybrid Approach Based on Fuzzy TOPSIS-AHP for Ranking and Classifying MOOC Key Acceptance Factors
This investigation is done during COVID-19 to identify, rank, and classify MOOC (massive open online course) key acceptance factors (KAFs) from an Indian perspective. A systematic literature review identifies 11 KAFs of MOOC....
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Optical Flow-Based Weighted Magnitude and Direction Histograms for the Detection of Abnormal Visual Events Using Combined Classifier
Movement information of persons is a very vital feature for abnormality detection in crowded scenes. In this paper, a new method for detection of crowd escape event in video surveillance system is proposed. The proposed method...
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Alleviation of Delay in Tele-Surgical Operations Using Markov Approach-Based Smith Predictor
The acceptance of tele-robotics and teleoperations through networked control system (NCS) is increasing day-by-day. NCS involves the feedback control loop system wherein the control components such as actuators and sensors are...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Experimental study and modelling of heat evolution of blended cements
The advisability of controlling the temperature rise and fall in concrete at early age is well recognised, and the choice of an appropriate, low-heat cement with suitable heat of hydration characteristics can assist in this...
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