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10 Articles
2024 Year
Vol. 64 Volume

Research Articles

1

Recession, Gov. Decision, and Consumers’ Behavior A Cognitive Game Approach – Theoretical Analysis

Ghada Gomaa A. Mohamed, PhD

Department of Economics, Helwan University, Egypt

Keywords: Cognitive game theory, Recession, Economic Crisis, Consumers’ Behavior, Consumers’ Spending, Governments’ Bailout Plans, Expansionary Fiscal Policy, Government Decision Making, Government Policy Analysis, Public Policy Analysis.

This manuscript presents a theoretical cognitive game approach to analyze the potential behavior of consumers as a reaction to a government bailout plan at times of big recessions.

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2

THE SEGMENTATION OF LOWER MODIFIERS IN OFFLINE HANDWRITTEN HINDI TEXT

Naresh Kumar Garg, Lakhwinder kaur, Manish Kumar Jindal

Department of Computer Science, Panjab University, India

Keywords: Lower Modifier Segmentation; Segmentation problems; Handwritten Hindi Recognition System; Over\nsegmentation

Character segmentation is very challenging problem in the field of Optical character recognition.\nPresence of lower modifiers makes the problem of segmentation even more critical. The problem in the\...

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3

Efficiency Analysis in Production Systems With Imprecise Data

Rebecca Clark, Victoria Lopez, Samantha Hill

School of Mathematics, Seoul National University, South Korea

Keywords: Data envelopment analysis, Efficiency, Imprecise data, Input/output

The standard data envelopment analysis (DEA) method assumes that the values for inputs and outputs are exact. While DEA assumes exact data, the existing imprecise DEA (IDEA) assumes that the values fo...

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4

Validating Rule-Based Algorithms

Laszlo Lengyel

Department of Computer Science, Budapest University of Technology, Hungary

Keywords: verification/validation of rule-based systems; graph rewriting-based model transformations; dynamic verification of model transformations

A rule-based system is a series of if-then statements that utilizes a set of assertions, to which rules are created on how to act upon those assertions. Rule-based systems often construct the basis of...

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6

Sensitivity efficiency analysis in European railways

Justo de Jorge, Cristina Su�rez

Department of Business Administration, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain

Keywords: corrected efficiency, European railways, Deregulation

This paper analyses the technical efficiency of European railways in the period 1984–2005. Our results reveal first that the use of bootstrapping indicates a certain degree of sensitivity of the eff...

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7

Effects of qi and activating blood circulation herbs on angiogenesis and expression of Vascular endothelial Factor (VEGF) and Endostatin Protein(ES) in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in rats

Chenglong Zheng1,2,#, Panchu Yang3,#, Lu Zhang2,#, Meiying Niu2, Yue Lan2, Qing Sun2, Kun Huang2, Ting Wan2, Dandan Yang2, Xin Qi2, D.S.Sheriff4and Shuwen Guo2,*\n1Beijing Gulou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine,13 Dou Fu Chi Hutong,Dongcheng Distr

Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou University, China

Keywords: Myocardial ischemia；angiogenesis；Vascular endothelial growth factor(VEGF)；Endostatin (ES) protein；Supplementing qi and herbs that promote blood circulation

Aim: To study the effects of supplementing qi and herbs that promote neovascularization on angiogenesis and expressions of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and endostatin (ES) protein in expe...

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9

Increment in acute phase proteins in high altitude climbers

Nazan Dolu, Sami Aydogan, Tolga Saka, Nihat Kalay, Asiye Kanbay, Mehmet Karakus, Mehmet Akif Baktir, Fahrettin Kelestemur

Department of Physiology, Erciyes University, Turkey

Keywords: Mountaineer, sedentary, high altitude Neutrophile lymphocyte ratio acute phase proteins

“Erciyes Tigers” are an elite group of high altitude climbers. They have been climbing Erciyes Mountain (3500 m, in Kayseri, Turkey) once a week at least for ten years. When they climb Erciyes in ...

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10

Methodological approach for eco-innovative design based on inventive principles

Ahmed Cherifi,Mario Dubois, Mickael Gardoni, Abdelaziz Tairi

Department of Industrial Engineering, Universite du Quebec, Canada

Keywords: Eco-innovation; Eco-design; TRIZ; Indicators; Eco-efficiency

In all models of creation of objects, products or development, it is essential today to consider a sustainable development and eco-design dimension and give value to each project created. \nIn additio...

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