The accurate estimation of students’ grades in future courses is important as it can inform the selection of next term’s courses and create personalized degree pathways to facilitate successful and timely graduation. This paper presents future-course grade predictions methods based on sparse linear and low-rank matrix factorization models that are specific to each course or student-course tuple...

In this paper, an adaptive model predictive control scheme is designed for speed control of heavy vehicles. The controller coordinates use of compression brakes and friction brakes on downhill slopes. Moreover the model predictive controller takes the actuator constraints into account. A recursive least square scheme with forgetting is used in parallel with the controller to update the estimate...

background: hepatitis activity index (hai) and fibrosing stage are two important findings during the evaluation of liver samples in patients with chronic hepatitis b. the aim of this study was to determine the hai and fibrosing stage in patients with anti-hbe positive chronic hepatitis b. methods: liver biopsy slides of 72 patients were evaluated at the department of pathology in two teaching h...

background : cd117 is a thyrosin kinase receptor encoded by c-kit proto-oncogene. it is expressed during normal development in some tissues and also in a subset of neoplasia especially gastrointestinal stromal tumors   (gists). treatment with thyrosin kinase inhibitors (e.g., imatinib) is useful in cd117- positive gists. the goal of this study is to investigate the expression of cd117 in glial ...

Up till now, research evidence on the mathematical abilities of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has been scarce and provided mixed results. The current study examined the predictive value of five early numerical competencies for four domains of mathematics in first grade. Thirty-three high-functioning children with ASD were followed up from preschool to first grade and compared wit...

BACKGROUND To assess gliomas using image-based estimation of cellularity, we utilized isotropic diffusion spectrum imaging (IDSI) on clinically feasible diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and compared it with amino acid uptake measured by α[(11)C]methyl-L-tryptophan positron emission tomography (AMT-PET). METHODS In 10 patients with a newly-diagnosed glioma, metabolically active tumor regions wer...

Abstract The authors introduce an experimental-analytical method for determining the average temperature values in PSZ (primary shear zone) and SSZ (secondary during orthogonal turning of grade 2 titanium with a use uncoated carbide tool positive rake angle flat face. presented is based on algorithm which stress are calculated by means Johnson–Cook constitutive equation Oxley’s model cutting me...