Implementing self-healing N-policy queueing models and their impact on IoT design applications by B. Janani, K. Ambika, S. Jegan

“…Additionally, we provide explicit expressions for the transient probabilities of the model, employing generating function methodology and Laplace transform techniques. …”
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Drivers of business model innovation in micro and small enterprises: evidence from Egypt as an emerging economy by Rasha A. A. ElNaggar, Mayar Farrag ElSayed

“…This study ensures that BMI is a function of how resources can be deployed and configured dynamically to generate value.…”
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Extended Framework for Preventive Maintenance Planning: Risk and Behaviour Analysis of a Proposed Optimization Model by Pablo Viveros, Marco Espinoza, Rodrigo Mena, Fredy Kristjanpoller

“…The proposed optimization model is formulated under a mixed integer linear programming (MILP) paradigm and its objective function seeks to minimize the unavailability of the system associated with the execution times of the activities developed, generating different experimental cases, and varying the start time scheduling under a tolerance factor from 0% up to a maximum of 25% for advance or delay. …”
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Systematisation of Scientific approaches to the definition of capital as an Economic and accounting category by M. V. Protasov

“…The scientific novelty of this work lies in the fact that, based on the historical-logical approach and the method of system-chronological analysis, the development of the definition of Capital in accounting and balance theories has been studied with the justification of its special function — an indicator of the increase or depletion of resources that generate economic benefits and profits remaining at the disposal of the owners of the organization. …”
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Face Detection and Segmentation Based on Improved Mask R-CNN by Kaihan Lin, Huimin Zhao, Jujian Lv, Canyao Li, Xiaoyong Liu, Rongjun Chen, Ruoyan Zhao

“…To overcome this drawback, we present a face detection and segmentation method based on improved Mask R-CNN, named G-Mask, which incorporates face detection and segmentation into one framework aiming to obtain more fine-grained information of face. Specifically, in this proposed method, ResNet-101 is utilized to extract features, RPN is used to generate RoIs, and RoIAlign faithfully preserves the exact spatial locations to generate binary mask through Fully Convolution Network (FCN). …”
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Arabic Linguistics And Phonetics* An Introduction To The Neo-khalilian Theory by Abderrahmane Hadj Saleh

“…These ancient grammarians‚ and more particularly al-Ḫalil lbn Aḥmad (8th century), have underlined the most important function of language, i.e communication. …”
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Contribution of mushroom farming to mitigating food scarcity: Current status, challenges and potential future prospects in Pakistan by Asif Khan, Waheed Murad, Salahuddin, Sajid Ali, Syed Sikandar Shah, Sobia Ahsan Halim, Asaad Khalid, Hamdy Kashtoh, Ajmal Khan, Ahmed Al-Harrasi

“…Interestingly, it supports the local economy by offering more and more livelihood opportunities and significant income sources for local and national trade. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Stability to Induced Deadlocks for Computing Grids with Various Node Architectures by Tatiana R. Shmeleva

“…The execution intensity of guns which generate a malicious traffic is determined by a random function with the Poisson distribution. …”
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Assessing the potential impact of transmission during prolonged viral shedding on the effect of lockdown relaxation on COVID-19. by Burcu Tepekule, Anthony Hauser, Viacheslav N Kachalov, Sara Andresen, Thomas Scheier, Peter W Schreiber, Huldrych F Günthard, Roger D Kouyos

“…A key parameter in epidemiological modeling which characterizes the spread of an infectious disease is the generation time, or more generally the distribution of infectiousness as a function of time since infection. …”
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FAViTNet: An Effective Deep Learning Framework for Non-Invasive Fetal Arrhythmia Diagnosis by Bipin Samuel, Malaya Kumar Hota

“…In this work, authors aim to develop a three-stage fetal arrhythmia detection framework comprised of 1) fECG extraction from abdominal Electrocardiogram (aECG) signal based on functional link neural network adaptive filter, 2) denoising of extracted fECG exploiting a generative adversarial network where the generator and the discriminator follow robust architectures, and 3) fetal arrhythmia detection based on FAViTNet architecture. …”
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Temperature compensated crystal oscillator design in Keysight ADS by A. N. Lyashuk, A. V. Kosykh

“…The article proposes an all-embracing approach to designing a temperature compensated crystal oscillator in Keysight ADS CAD system, which allows: to investigate the conditions for the occurrence of self-oscillations in a given oscillator circuit; analyze the temperature-frequency characteristics of the resonator; form requirements for the frequency control function; simulate noise characteristics of the generator; optimize the circuit according to the given parameters. …”
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Group Authentication Key Agreement Protocol Based on Certificateless Cryptography in UAV Network by Yuecheng WANG, Youwen ZHU, Zhiqiang ZHANG

“…The central node with high computing power in the group functions as the hub node, undertaking most computing and communication tasks. …”
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ATP-Dependent Chromatin Remodeler CSB Couples DNA Repair Pathways to Transcription with Implications for Cockayne Syndrome and Cancer Therapy by Rabeya Bilkis, Robert J. Lake, Hua-Ying Fan

“…We will also discuss how these CSB functions may account for Cockayne syndrome and the emerging roles of CSB as an innovative target for cancer therapy.…”
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Policy Options for Contributory Health Insurance Schemes in Low and Lower-Middle Income Countries to Enable Progress Towards Universal Health Coverage by Agnes Gatome-Munyua, Joseph Kutzin, Cheryl Cashin

“…The promise of contributory health insurance to generate additional, self-sustaining funding for the health sector has not been achieved in many low- and lower-middle-income countries. …”
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A UAV path planning algorithm for bridge construction safety inspection in complex terrain by Wenyuan Xu, Chuang Cui, Yongcheng Ji, Xiang Li, Shuai Li

“…To ascertain the efficacy of the enhanced algorithm, 14 standard test function convergence comparison experiments were conducted, as well as three-dimensional path planning simulation experiments under multi-scenario conditions of bridge construction by UAV. …”
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Genome-wide association studies are enriched for interacting genes by Peter T. Nguyen, Simon G. Coetzee, Irina Silacheva, Dennis J. Hazelett

“…Results We used genetic algorithms to measure fitness of gene-cell set proposals against a series of objective functions that capture data and annotations. The highest information objective function captured protein-protein interactions. …”
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The Chemical Yields of Stars in the Mass Range 9–15 M⊙ by Marco Limongi, Lorenzo Roberti, Agnese Falla, Alessandro Chieffi, Ken’ichi Nomoto

“…We find that: (1) the yields of the intermediate mass elements (i.e., O to P) show a steep decrease as the initial mass decreases; (2) the yields of s -weak components, i.e., those produced by the slow neutron captures from Ga to to the first neutron closure shell, decrease almost linearly as a function of the initial mass with respect to the ones produced by the more massive stars; and (3) the global contribution of the stars in the mass range 9.22−13 M _⊙ to the yields of a generation of massive stars averaged over a standard initial mass function is negligible for essentially all the isotopes. …”
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SEMANTIC ESSENCE OF QUALITY PREDICATES IN THE STRUCTURE OF A COMPOUND SENTENCE by Valentyna A. Tymkova

“…This means that in addition to the valence position of the unpredictable argument with the semantic function of the carrier of a qualitative attribute, they reveal another mandatory binding valence position – the position of not a predicate argument with the semantic function of the object. …”
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<p><strong>Analysis of the reproductive viability of <em>Varroa destructor</em> (Mesostigmata: Varroidae) rearing under laboratory conditions</strong></p> by Jesús Humberto Reyna-Fuentes, Cecilia Carmela Zapata Campos, Fabian Eliseo Olazarán Santibanez, José Octavio Merino Charrez, Daniel López Aguirre

“…All data were analyzed using generalized linear mixed models implemented in Proc GLIMMIX using the binary distribution function with the default logit link function. For both treatments (capsule with 1 and 2 mother mites), a significant effect was shown for the mean number of broods (p < 0.0001). …”
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Combined metabolomic and transcriptomic analysis reveals the key genes for triterpenoid biosynthesis in Cyclocarya paliurus by Duo Chen, Xupeng Chen, Xuehai Zheng, Jinmao Zhu, Ting Xue

“…Triterpenoids can improve the bioactive function of C. paliurus health tea and also improve the efficacy of health care tea. …”
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