Abstract: In this paper, similar to the extension from intuitionistic fuzzy numbers (IFNs) to neutrosophic numbers (NNs), we propose the normal neutrosophic numbers (NNNs) based on the normal intuitionistic fuzzy numbers (NIFNs) to handle the incompleteness, indeterminacy and inconsistency of the evaluation information. In addition, because Heronian mean (HM) operators can consider capture the ...

In arthropods, a group of peptides possessing a -Y((SO3H))GHM/LRFamide carboxy-terminal motif have been collectively termed the sulfakinins. Sulfakinin isoforms have been identified from numerous insect species. In contrast, members of this peptide family have thus far been isolated from just two crustaceans, the penaeid shrimp Penaeus monodon and Litopenaeus vannamei. Here, we report the ident...

In 2000, the responsibility for selecting a DRG variant for use in Germany was assigned to a body comprising representatives of hospitals and insurers called the Self-Administration Board (or Board in this paper). To help the Board, we applied cardiac surgery data from 18 German hospitals to eight different DRG variants. The error caused by bad coding quality could be minimized this way, since ...

The topic of indoor positioning and indoor navigation by using observations from smartphone sensors is very challenging as the determined trajectories can be subject to significant deviations compared to the route travelled in reality. Especially the calculation of the direction of movement is the critical part of pedestrian positioning approaches such as Pedestrian Dead Reckoning ("PDR"). Due ...

The data from a lung function study on 2209 white 45-54 year old South African gold miners in 1968-71 and at a five year follow up examination, were analysed to establish the actual loss of lung function associated with exposure to silica dust and with smoking. Ex-smokers were excluded from the analysis. Of the remaining 1625 subjects, 1249 had the five year follow up test of lung function. The...

Among the passive control techniques for vibration attenuation in composite structures demonstrated in the last decades, the use of viscoelastic material as a damping core in laminated beam like components is an interesting possibility but has not yet received sufficient attention so far. In order to gain an insight into this interest and develop more accurate and efficient viscoelastic-based v...

به‌منظور تحلیل نوترونیک قلب رآکتورها، نیاز به توسعه نرم‌افزارهای محاسبات هسته‌ای جهت تولید ثابت‌های چند گروهی و حل عددی معادله پخش است. برای این منظور، از روش‌هایی استفاده می‌شود که علاوه بر دقت مناسب حجم زمان بهینه‌ای برخوردار باشند. در پژوهش تئوری حاکم روش نودال بسط شار جریان متوسط هم‌چنین مرتبه‌های بالاتر پرداخته می‌شود. پس‌ازآن با گسسته‌سازی نوترون، نشان داده روش‌ بهینه خوبی بهره می‌برد. مس...

The importance of project governance in curbing opportunistic behavior (OB) has been clearly established the literature. Although contract and trust are considered critical factors that explain governance, there is a lack understanding regarding their interplay at various stages development. current study takes dynamic perspective breaks down into completeness (CC) enforcement (CE), while diffe...

Abstract Global hydrological models (GHMs) supply key information for stakeholders and policymakers simulating past, present future water cycles. Inaccuracy in GHM simulations, i.e., simulation results that poorly match observations, leads to uncertainty hinders valuable decision support. Improved parameter estimation is one more accurate simulations of global models. Here, we introduce an effi...

A satisfactory performance of hydrological models under historical climate conditions is considered a prerequisite step in any change impact study. Despite the significant interest global modeling, few systematic evaluations (gHMs) at catchment scale have been carried out. This study investigates 4 gHMs driven by observation-based meteorological inputs simulating weekly discharges over 198 larg...