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In this paper, we give the Lichnerowicz type formulas for statistical de Rham Hodge operators. Moreover, Kastler-Kalau-Walze type theorems for statistical de Rham Hodge operators on compact manifolds with (respectively without) boundary are proved.

We consider the propagation of TE-polarized electromagnetic waves in cylindrical dielectric waveguides of circular cross section filled with lossless, nonmagnetic, and isotropic medium exhibiting a local Kerr-type dielectric nonlinearity. We look for axially-symmetric solutions and reduce the problem...

Stationary structures in a classical isotropic two-dimensional continuous Heisenberg ferromagnetic spin system are studied in the framework of the (2 + 1)-dimensional Landau­Lifshitz model. It is established that in the case of S(r, t) = S(r - vt) the Landau­Lifshitz equation is closely related to the...

The phenomenon of an implicit function which solves a large set of second order partial differential equations obtainable from a variational principle is explicated by the introduction of a class of universal solutions to the equations derivable from an arbitrary Lagrangian which is homogeneous of weight...

This is the second part of a series of papers dealing with an extensive class of anlytic difference operators admitting reflectionless eigenfunctions. In the first part, the pertinent difference operators and their reflectionless eigenfunctions are constructed from given "spectral data", in analogy with...

This paper presents an architecture which applies document similarity measures to the documentation produced during the phases of software development in order to generate recommendations of process and people metrics for similar projects. The application makes a judgment of similarity of the Service...

Case-based reasoning (CBR) infers a solution to a new problem by searching a collection of previously solved problems for cases which are similar to the new problem. The collection of previous problems and their associated solutions represents the CBR system’s realm of expertise. A CBR system helps...

Background: The compliance of screening for latent tuberculosis (TB) with the tuberculin purified protein derivative (PPD) test is very low among healthcare workers (HCWs) in Israel. Methods: This randomized controlled study uses the Health Belief Model (HBM) as a conceptual framework to examine whether...

A wide variety of stories can be created from the same material. The author asked several teams to create stories, focusing on cognitive biases. As expected, a variety of stories were created by each team, and cognitive biases were identified in the process of creating them. In other words, if it is...

The application of Internet of Things (IoT) has been widely used in our lives with the advancement of related software and hardware technologies. In order to make these IoT modules more intelligent, many IoT modules have begun to incorporate artificial intelligence algorithms. Therefore, this paper develops...

We study local conservation laws and corresponding boundary conditions for the ptential Zabolotskaya-Khokhlov equation in (3+1)-dimensional case. We analyze an infinite Lie point symmetry group of the equation, and generate a finite number of conserved quantities corresponding to infinite symmetries...

It is shown that the system of two coupled Korteweg-de Vries equations passes the Painlevé test for integrability in nine distinct cases of its coefficients. The integrability of eight cases is verified by direct construction of Lax pairs, whereas for one case it remains unknown.

When the project is scheduled with a given set of resources, it is difficult to find the optimal solution. Resourceconstrained scheduling problems (RCPSP) are generally NP-hard. In this paper, a high level heuristic procedure “Tabu Search Algorithm (TSA)” is proposed to provide good solutions to...

We sought to identify factors associated with mode of delivery in a peri-urban Indian population with a high cesarean section rate. Poisson regression with robust error variance was applied to model factors associated with cesarean compared to vaginal delivery in a prospective, preconception pregnancy...

Enhancing efficiency is a critical objective of corporate management. While numerous approaches to measure efficiency have been devised, this manuscript suggests a new method referred to as dynamic network-based Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) as a more advanced procedure for examining transaction priorities...

This paper introduces the Fast Iterative Rule-based Linguistic Classifier (FaIRLiC), a Genetic Fuzzy Rule-Based Classification System (GFRBCS) which targets at reducing the structural complexity of the resulting rule base, as well as its learning algorithm's computational requirements, especially when...

In this talk we introduce generalised Calogero­Moser models and demonstrate their integrability by constructing universal Lax pair operators. These include models based on non-crystallographic root systems, that is the root systems of the finite reflection groups, H3, H4, and the dihedral group I2(m),...

We propose a simple procedure to identify the collective coordinate Q which is used to generate the isochronous Hamiltonian. The new isochronous Hamiltonian generates more and more isochronous oscillators, recursively.

Novikov superalgebras are related to the quadratic conformal superalgebras which correspond to the Hamiltonian pairs and play fundamental role in the completely integrable systems. In this note, we divide Novikov superalgebras into two types: N and S. Then we show that the Novikov superalgebras of dimension...

In this paper, the exact and explicit expressions for single, product, and conditional moments for inverted Kumaraswamy distribution using dual generalized order statistics (dgos) are derived. Further, the expression for maximum likelihood estimator (MLE) and uniformly minimum variance unbiased estimator...

We consider six different estimators of residual heterogeneity in random-effects meta-regression, five estimators already known and implemented in the R package metaphor and one estimator not yet considered in random-effects meta-regression. In a numerical study, we investigate the properties of these...

We here describe Parallel Relational Universes, an artistic method used for the psychological analysis of group dynamics. The design of the artistic system, which mediates group dynamics, emerges from our studies of modular playware and remixing playware. Inspired from remixing modular playware, where...

The design of biomimetic robot is one popular research. To achieve this goal, the reproduction of animal locomotion is mandatory. Animal locomotion is created by the activities of Central Pattern Generator (CPG). CPGs are neural networks capable of producing rhythmic patterned outputs without rhythmic...

In this paper, a global non-singular fast terminal sliding mode controller (FTSMC) is designed for an active gravity field simulator (AGFS). The stability of the control algorithm can be easily verified by using Lyapunov theory. It is shown that the proposed controller can eliminate the chattering effect...

For positive parameters a+ and a- the commuting difference operators exp(ia±d/dz) + exp(2z/a), acting on meromorphic functions f(z), z = x + iy, are formally self-adjoint on the Hilbert space H = L2 (R, dx). Volkov showed that they admit joint eigenfunctions. We prove that the joint eigenfunctions for...

We study two-dimensional triangular systems of Newton equations (acceleration = velocity-independent force) admitting three functionally independent quadratic intgrals of motion. The main idea is to exploit the fact that the first component M1(q1) of a triangular force depends on one variable only. By...

We compute the spectrum of the trigonometric Sutherland spin model of BCN type in the presence of a constant magnetic field. Using Polychronakos's freezing trick, we derive an exact formula for the partition function of its associated Haldane­Shastry spin chain.

Cartan described some of the finite dimensional simple Lie algebras and three of the four series of simple infinite dimensional vectorial Lie algebras with polynomial coefficients as prolongs, which now bear his name. The rest of the simple Lie algebras of these two types (finite dimensional and vectorial)...

It is of great theoretical and practical significance to develop the efficient SAT solvers due to its important applications in hardware and software verifications and so on, and learnt clauses play the crucial role in state of the art SAT solvers. In order to effectively manage learnt clauses, avoid...

Respiratory problem is one of the most common health problems occurring in Saudi Arabia due to the continuous changes of the weather in addition to surface winds that cause dust during all seasons yearly. The most affected people especially children and elderly in addition to the adults with respiratory...

Whether arterial stiffness is a surrogate end-point for cardiovascular and renal disease has never been directly demonstrated by a controlled clinical trial. Our main hypothesis is a better prevention of outcomes in high risk hypertensives with PWV normalization driven strategy than with usual blood...

Uganda is considered as a ‘hot spot’ for emerging and re-emerging infectious disease epidemics. The country has experienced several epidemics including; Ebola, Marburg, plague, Rift Valley fever, yellow fever and Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever. Epidemics overwhelm health systems, devastate economies...

We summarize the most featured items characterizing the semi-discrete nonlinear Schrödinger system with background-controlled inter-site resonant coupling. The system is shown to be integrable in the Lax sense that make it possible to obtain its soliton solutions in the framework of properly parameterized...

In this paper, a fusing approach of a 3D sensor and a camera are used to improve the reliability of pedestrian detection. The proposed pedestrian detecting system adopts DBSCAN to cluster 3D points and projects the candidate clusters onto images as region of interest (ROI). Those ROIs are detected by...

The deep feedback Group Method of Data Handling (GMDH)-type neural network is applied to the medical image diagnosis of lung cancer. The deep feedback GMDH-type neural network can identified very complex nonlinear systems using heuristic self-organization method which is a type of evolutionary computation....

A simple algoritm for the inverse scattering approach to the Camassa-Holm equation is presented.

Let M be an odd-dimensional Euclidean space endowed with a contact 1-form ?. We investigate the space of symmetric contravariant tensor fields over M as a module over the Lie algebra of contact vector fields, i.e. over the Lie subalgebra made up of those vector fields that preserve the contact structure...

Many construction projects involve repetitive operations that are exposed to various constraints and uncertainties.During construction field execution, schedulers must maintain and update look-ahead schedules, which coordinate work for the next several weeks based on the most recent productivity achieved....

Embedded technologies are used everywhere. One of the educational materials to learn the embedded technologies is Arduino. When a beginner designs circuit, it is possible to design the circuit that damages Arduino itself or the modules on it. Therefore, this research implements an Arduino simulator that...

Background: Prospective cohort studies are instrumental in generating valid scientific evidence based on identifying temporal associations between cause and effect. Researchers in a developing country like Pakistan seldom undertake cohort studies hence little is known about the challenges encountered...

In July–August 2009, eight patients with bloody diarrhea complicated by hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) were admitted to hospitals in Tbilisi, Georgia. We started active surveillance in two regions for bloody diarrhea and post-diarrheal HUS. Of 25 case-patients who developed HUS, including the initial...

The present study explores different drivers of cigarette and water pipe smoking among middle and high school students in Isfahan province. A questionnaire-based cross-sectional study was conducted. Trained staff collected questionnaires and saliva samples for response accuracy evaluation. Prevalence...

Increased financial and human resource constraints for research and development (R&D) imply rigorous research evaluation to guide the research policy for wise allocation of resources. In this study, we developed a conceptual framework called the “Institutional Research Evaluation Model” (IREM) to...

The internal environment of the vehicle affects the driver’s state to a certain extent, so it is necessary to design an intelligent vehicle internal environment monitoring system. In this paper, a STM32F103 single-chip microcomputer is used as the core controller, which integrates multiple sensors including...

Pose estimation algorithms’ goal is to find the position and the orientation of an object in space, given only an image. This task may be complex, especially in an uncontrolled environment with several parameters that can vary, like the object texture, background or the lightning conditions. Most algorithms...

Recently, peer-to-peer (P2P) traffic is increasing rapidly in volume day by day. One of the main causes is that most of P2P applications including file sharing and streaming applications often form overlay networks for exchanging data that are oblivious to the underlay network topology. As a result,...

In this paper, we bring out the Lie symmetries and associated similarity reductions of the recently proposed (2+1) dimensional long dispersive wave equation. We point out that the integrable system admits an infinite-dimensional symmetry algebra along with Kac-Moody-Virasoro-type subalgebras. We also...

We define the deformation quantization in the Fedosov sense for a limit model of Taubes in white noise analysis.

We briefly derive the infinite set of multi-point correlation equations based on the Navier–Stokes equations for an incompressible fluid. From this we reconsider the previously derived set of Lie symmetries, i.e. those directly induced by the ones from classical mechanics and also new symmetries. The...