A Convolutional Neural Network Model to Segment Myocardial Infarction from MRI Images by Farea Shaaf, Zakarya, Abdul Jamil, Muhammad Mahadi, Ambar, Radzi

“…The layers selection and hyper-parameters fine-tuning were applied before the training phase. …”
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Effect of heating rates on the microstructure and gas permeation properties of carbon membranes by Sazali, Norazlianie, Wan Salleh, Wan Norharyati, Ismail, Ahmad Fauzi, Kadirgama, Kumaran, Moslan, Mohamad Shahrizan, Che Othman, Faten Ermala, Ismail, Nor Hafiza, Samykano, Mahendran, Harun, Zawati

“…A single permeation apparatus was used to determine the gas permeation properties of the membrane at room temperature. Fine turning of the carbonization condition was necessary to obtain the desired permeation properties. …”
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Determinants of online brand communities’ and millennials’ characteristics: a social influence perspective by Ozuem, Wilson, Willis, Michelle, Howell, Kerry, Lancaster, Geoff, Ng, Raye

“…The main findings reveal four categories of customer engagement in OBCs (bias situators, sugar‐coaters, rationalisers, judgmentalists). …”
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Are rating agencies' assignment opaque? Evidence from international banks by Bellotti, Tony, Matousek, Roman, Stewart, Chris

“…Although support vector machines can identify significant determinants we argue that ordered choice models are more reliable for this. Our findings suggest that ratings reflect a bank’s financial position, the timing of rating assignment and a bank’s country of origin. …”
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Finite sample sensitivity of the critical value of an F-test for cointegration in a single equation ADL model by Stewart, Chris

“…Using simulation methods we find that these critical values are sensitive to the degree of autocorrelation and lag length in the DGP in finite samples. …”
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Banking efficiency and Economic growth in the MENA region by Ghannouchi, Walid, Radić, Nemanja

“…We apply a causality analysis between cost efficiency and financial deepening using the Generalized Methods of Moments and our findings show a significant and positive causality and reverse relationship between financial deepening and banking productivity. …”
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Integration in European retail banking: evidence from savings and lending rates to the household sector by Rughoo, Aarti, Sarantis, Nicholas

“…This method analyses the degree as well as the speed of convergence, identifies the presence of club formation, and measures the behaviour of each country’s transition path relative to the panel average. We find evidence supporting integration in the deposit and short-term mortgage markets but not in the consumer credit market and longer term mortgages. …”
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Comparison of Basic Iterative Methods Used to Solve of Heat and Fluid Flow Problems by Abdulbaset S Alkrbash, Abdulbaset S Alkrbash, Alhadi A Abosbaia, Alhadi A Abosbaia, Abdulhafid M Elfaghi, Abdulhafid M Elfaghi

“…The Jacobi method, the point Gauss-Seidel method, the successive over-relaxation method (SOR), the line Gauss method (TDMA), the ADI method and Strongly Implicit (SIP) method are among the iterative approaches investigated, which are then compared to find the most optimal method. The selection criteria included the number of iterations and the time needed to reach convergence. …”
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Comparison of Basic Iterative Methods Used to Solve of Heat and Fluid Flow Problems by Abdulbaset S Alkrbash, Abdulbaset S Alkrbash, Alhadi A Abosbaia, Alhadi A Abosbaia, Abdulhafid M Elfaghi, Abdulhafid M Elfaghi

“…The Jacobi method, the point Gauss-Seidel method, the successive over-relaxation method (SOR), the line Gauss method (TDMA), the ADI method and Strongly Implicit (SIP) method are among the iterative approaches investigated, which are then compared to find the most optimal method. The selection criteria included the number of iterations and the time needed to reach convergence. …”
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Knowledge-based reactive planning and re-planning – a case-study approach by Djemai, Ramzi, Vassilev, Vassil, Ouazzane, Karim, Dey, Maitreyee

“…Planning for uncertainties arising from indoor evacuations can be complex as there’s a fine balance to strike between a too-detailed plan and one that’s too vague. …”
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H∞ gain-scheduled dynamic output feedback control with transient performance applied to electrical microgrid by Fuentes, R. M., Lacerda, Marcio J., Morais, C. F., Oliveira, R. C. L. F., Palma, J. M.

“…We achieve this by employing changes in variables and congruence transformations, which lead to new synthesis conditions expressed as linear matrix inequalities. Additional fine-tuned scalar parameters can be used to enhance further the controller performance in terms of less conservative H-infinity guaranteed costs. …”
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A Convolutional Neural Network Model to Segment Myocardial Infarction from MRI Images by Zakarya Farea Shaaf, Zakarya Farea Shaaf, Muhammad Mahadi Abdul Jamil, Muhammad Mahadi Abdul Jamil, Radzi Ambar, Radzi Ambar

“…The layers selection and hyper-parameters fine-tuning were applied before the training phase. …”
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Optimisation of tapioca peel powder as natural coagulant in removing chemical oxygen demand, ammonia nitrogen, turbidity, colour, and suspended solids from leachate sample by ., Mohd-Salleh, S. N. A., ., Shaylinda M. Z. N., Othman, N., Yashni, G.

“…After several processes, the next step was to sundry the solution, and grind the dried tapioca peel until it became a fine powder. A series of jar test was carried out to study the optimisation processes by considering the concentration of the solution, the coagulant dosage, and the pH of the wastewater. …”
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Enhancing efficiency and robustness against collision attack using Mersenne number transform for hash function by Omar Maetouq, Ali Aboulqasim

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A Review of Genetic Algorithm: Operations and Applications by Md Isa, Faizatulhaida, Ariffin, Wan Nor Munirah, Jusoh, Muhammad Shahar, Erni Puspanantasari Putri, Erni Puspanantasari Putri

“…Methodology-wise, a systematic analysis of existing literature is undertaken to distil key insights and trends in GA applications. The main findings show the adaptability of GA in tackling problems spanning engineering, economics, bioinformatics, and beyond. …”
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Price Competition, Efficiency and Riskiness in Investment Banking by Radić, Nemanja, Fiordelisi, Franco, Girardone, Claudia

“…Our paper examines the intertemporal relationships between price competition, cost efficiency and riskiness for a sample of investment banks inten large developed countries over 2000-2008.We show that price competition is rather limited in investment banking worldwide thus implying the existence of colluding oligopolies.We also find that although investment banks’ stability was granted by relatively low competitive pressures, banks appeared prone to take more risk thus giving some support to the competition-stability view for the investment banking industry.…”
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Labour reallocation and total factor productivity growth in China by You, Kefei, Sarantis, Nicholas

“…The empirical evidence rejects VES and CES and supports the Cobb Douglas production function. We find that rural transformation has made a highly significant contribution to total factor productivity and output growth in China irrespective of the production function and capital series employed. …”
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Long memory and fractional integration in high frequency financial time series by Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Gil-Alana, Luis A.

“…Fractional integration or I(d) models are estimated with a variety of specifications for the error term. In brief, we find evidence that a lower degree of integration is associated with lower data frequencies. …”
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EU banks rating assignments: is there heterogeneity between new and old member countries? by Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Matousek, Roman, Stewart, Chris

“…We model EU countries' bank ratings using financial variables and allowing for intercept and slope heterogeneity. We find that country-specific factors (in the form of heterogeneous intercepts) are a crucial determinant of ratings. …”
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Price Discovery and Trade Fragmentation in a Multi-Market Environment: Evidence from the MTS System by Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Girardi, Alessandro

“…The implications of these empirical findings are discussed in the light of the debate about the possible restructuring of the regulatory framework for the Treasury bond market in Europe.…”
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