This article performs two types of analysis using Dempster-Shafer theory of belief functions for evidential reasoning. The first analysis deals with the impact of the structure of audit evidence on the overall belief at each variable in the network, variables being the account balance to be audited, the related transaction streams, and the associated audit objectives. The second analysis deals ...

Standard methods for estimating the effect of a time-varying exposure on survival may be biased in the presence of time-dependent confounders themselves affected by prior exposure. This problem can be overcome by inverse probability weighted estimation of Marginal Structural Cox Models (Cox MSM), g-estimation of Structural Nested Accelerated Failure Time Models (SNAFTM) and g-estimation of Stru...

Function sharing in mechanical design is the simultaneous implementation of several functions with a single structural element. If automobiles were designed without function sharing they would be relatively large, expensive and unreliable. But because elements like the sheetmetal body implement many functions (electrical ground, structural support, aerodynamic faring, weather protection, and ae...

An overview of development of high-rise buildings is presented. Key advancements leading to highrise buildings of today are discussed. Structural analysis and design considerations for modern highrise buildings are presented and trends in design of tall buildings of the future are discussed.

This study draws on absorptive capacity theory and organizational learning perspective to examine and elaborate the roles of IT in influencing firm innovation in the alliance network context of pharmaceutical industry. We focused on three types of IT-enabled knowledge capabilities and one specific type of alliance network structure structural holes and examine whether and how they interact to j...

The X-ray structure of the homodimeric chaperone CesT is the only structure among the type three secretion system (TTSS) chaperones that shows a domain swap. This swap has potential importance for the mechanism of effector translocation through a TTSS. Here we present two nuclear magnetic resonance strategies exploiting pre-existing structural models and residual dipolar couplings (RDCs), which...