We develop an approach to conducting large-scale randomized public policy experiments intended to be more robust to the political interventions that have ruined some or all parts of many similar previous efforts. Our proposed design is insulated…
Papers in Reliability and Risk Analysis
Reliability and Risk Analysis papers in Engineering, A
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PURPOSE: One technique which some hospitals have used in an attempt to control Operating Room costs is a "zero tolerance for overtime" policy. We used a case cost analysis to determine if this policy was always cost effective. METHOD: A case cost…
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We present an algorithm for graph isomorphism and subgraph isomorphism suited for dealing with large graphs. A first version of the algorithm has been presented in a previous paper, where we examined its performance for the isomorphism of small and…
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The aim of the study was to assess the feasibility of metabonomics in clinical studies. A 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)-based metabonomic analysis was performed on plasma and urine samples obtained from a group of 12 healthy male subjects on…
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Orthostasis due to autonomic neuropathy can cause severe debilitation and prove refractory to treatment. This report describes a case of severe sympathetic and parasympathetic autonomic dysfunction as a consequence of acetylcholine receptor…
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Knee injuries are common and account in various sports for 15-50% of all sports injuries. The cost of knee injuries is therefore a large part of the cost for medical care of sports injuries. Furthermore, the risk of acquiring a knee injury during…
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Aim of this study is to introduce, evaluate, and propose a basic arthroscopy training course with interactive methods as using bovine knees, joint models but mainly focusing on practices with motor skill-learning devices. This study presents the…
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Based on the data from the integrated Danish Salmonella surveillance in 1999, we developed a mathematical model for quantifying the contribution of each of the major animal-food sources to human salmonellosis. The model was set up to calculate the…
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A recent survey indicates that 53 % of software development projects are over budget, behind schedule, or deliver fewer features than originally specified. Statistics also show that 31 % of development projects end up being cancelled or terminated…
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Deformable models have recently been proposed for many pattern recognition applications due to their ability to handle large shape variations. These proposed approaches represent patterns or shapes as deformable models, which deform themselves to…
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Extracting full-body motion of walking people from monocular video sequences in complex, real-world environments is an important and difficult problem, going beyond simple tracking, whose satisfactory solution demands an appropriate balance between…
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To reduce the number and the gravity of accidents, it is necessary to analyse and reconstruct them. Accident modelling requires the modelling of the impact which in turn requires the estimation of the deformation energy. There are several tools…
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Applied avalanche models are based on parameters which cannot be measured directly. As a consequence, these models are associated with large uncertainties, which must be addressed in risk assessment. To this end, we present an integral probabilistic…
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The discrete Fourier transforms (DFT) is ubiquitous in spectral analysis as a result of the introduction of the Fast Fourier transform by Cooley and Tukey in 1965. In 1987, E. T. Jaynes derived the DFT using Bayesian Probability Theory and provided…
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Over the last decade or more, geographic information systems (GIS) have proved themselves nimble and potent tools in myriad academic, civic, and political disciplines. A body of scholarship followed GIS on its rise to wider acceptance and adoption,…
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Motorcyclists and a matched group of non-motorcycling car drivers were assessed on behavioral measures known to relate to accident involvement. Using a range of laboratory measures, we found that motorcyclists chose faster speeds than the car…
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Economic studies of taxation typically estimate external costs of tobacco use to be low and refrain from recommending large tobacco taxes. Behavioral economics suggests that a rational decision-making process by individuals fully aware of tobacco's…
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Research towards Indian handwritten document analysis achieved increasing attention in recent years. In pattern recognition and especially in handwritten document recognition, standard databases play vital roles for evaluating performances of…
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This paper describes the character recognition process from printed documents containing Hindi and Telugu text. Hindi and Telugu are among the most popular languages in India. The bilingual recognizer is based on Principal Component Analysis…
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In this paper, a new method for document images or photos binarization is presented. The method is simple, fast and robust and appropriate for normal as well as for special cases of documents like photos, historical documents etc. The proposed…
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