Discrete event simulation and optimization for DOS in a public hospital by Chen, Zitong

“…By using this model, we simulated data and applied a greedy algorithm to find the optimal bed allocation which maximize utilization of resources in the public hospital. …”
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Discrete biquintic spline method for Fredholm integral equations of the second kind by Chen, Fengmin, Wong, Patricia Jia Yiing

“…To find approximate solutions of Fredholm integral equations, we degenerate the kernels by discrete biquintic splines. …”
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Mothers’ social networks and socioeconomic gradients of isolation by Andrew, AR, Attanasio, O, Augsburg, B, Behrman, J, Day, M, Jervis, P, Meghir, C, Phimister, A

“…We track 2,170 mothers’ networks over four years and find a high degree of isolation. Wealthier women and women from more-advantaged castes and tribes have smaller networks than their less-advantaged peers, primarily because they know fewer women within their own socioeconomic group. …”

Herding in equity crowdfunding by Åstebro, T, Fernández, M, Lovo, S, Vulkan, N

“…We test predictions using data from a leading European equity crowdfunding platform and find support. Results are consistent with rational information aggregation. …”

Misconduct by voters' own representatives does not affect voters' generalized political trust by Kelly, E, Tilley, J

“…Yet, using a multilevel analysis of survey and representative implication data, we find no evidence for these effects. This is despite voters being aware of their MP's scandal implication, and this awareness affecting voters' support for their own MP. …”

Moment conditions for dynamic panel logit models with fixed effects by Honoré, BE, Weidner, M

“…Our approach is closely related to the numerical "functional differencing" construction in Bonhomme (2012), but our emphasis is to find explicit analytic expressions for the moment functions. …”

Digest: islands promote population differentiation in dispersive swallows by Estandía, A, Merino Recalde, N

“…Broyles and Myers sequence the genomes of almost 150 individuals from the island-dwelling Pacific swallow (<i>Hirundo tahitica</i>) and its continental counterpart, the welcome swallow (<i>H. neoxena</i>). They find strong population structure only among island populations and attribute this to a behavioral reduction in dispersal propensity following island colonization. …”

Why the rule of law? A historical perspective by Pirie, F

“…Around the world, systems of accountability are weak and dictators find ways to avoid the constraints of both national and international laws. …”

Perception and salience of social security contribution incentives: evidence from voluntary contributions by Iraizoz, A

“…Using quasi-experimental variations from three pension reforms, I find that most self-employed workers fail to take advantage of the extraordinary contribution incentives available in Spain, and often make suboptimal contribution choices. …”

The uniqueness trap by Flyvbjerg, B, Budzier, A, Christodoulou, MD, Zottoli, M

“…<br> The cure is to always assume that someone, somewhere has undertaken a project like yours. If you can’t find an analogue, break your project into components, which may prove comparable with other projects. …”

Dissecting the sinews of power: international trade and the rise of Britain’s fiscal-military state, 1689-1823 by Dal Bó, E, Hutkova, K, Leucht, L, Yuchman, N

“…We construct new historical revenue series disaggregating excise revenues from traded and domestic goods. We find substantial growth in revenue from traded goods, accounting for over half of indirect taxation around 1800. …”

The cost of mass gatherings during a pandemic by Phalippou, L, Zhang, D

“…We exploit variation in rainfall during the protest period as an exogenous source of variation in attendance. We find that good weather coincides with both more people protesting and more subsequent COVID-19 cases and deaths. …”

Measuring Outsourcing Performance of Malaysian Economic Transformation Program by Hassan, Mohamad Ghozali, Abdullah, Rohani, Razalli, Mohd. Rizal

“…The focus of this research is to find out the strategic relationship among the environmental dynamism, outsourcing success, and the performance of the relationship. …”
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High p16 expression and heterozygous RB1 loss are biomarkers for CDK4/6 inhibitor resistance in ER+ breast cancer by Palafox, Marta, Monserrat, Laia, Bellet, Meritxell, Villacampa, Guillermo, Gonzalez-Perez, Abel, Oliveira, Mafalda, Brasó-Maristany, Fara, Ibrahimi, Nusaibah, Kannan, Srinivasaraghavan, Mina, Leonardo, Herrera-Abreu, Maria Teresa, Òdena, Andreu, Sánchez-Guixé, Mònica, Capelán, Marta, Azaro, Analía, Bruna, Alejandra, Rodríguez, Olga, Guzmán, Marta, Grueso, Judit, Viaplana, Cristina, Hernández, Javier, Su, Faye, Lin, Kui, Clarke, Robert B., Caldas, Carlos, Arribas, Joaquín, Michiels, Stefan, García-Sanz, Alicia, Turner, Nicholas C., Prat, Aleix, Nuciforo, Paolo, Dienstmann, Rodrigo, Verma, Chandra Shekhar, Lopez-Bigas, Nuria, Scaltriti, Maurizio, Arnedos, Monica, Saura, Cristina, Serra, Violeta

“…Here, we show that p16 overexpression is associated with reduced antitumor activity of CDK4/6 inhibitors in patient-derived xenografts (n = 37) and estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer cell lines, as well as reduced response of early and advanced breast cancer patients to CDK4/6 inhibitors (n = 89). …”
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Observation of flat bands and Dirac cones in a pyrochlore lattice superconductor by Huang, Jianwei, Setty, Chandan, Deng, Liangzi, You, Jing-Yang, Liu, Hongxiong, Shao, Sen, Oh, Ji Seop, Guo, Yucheng, Zhang, Yichen, Yue, Ziqin, Yin, Jia-Xin, Hashimoto, Makoto, Lu, Donghui, Gorovikov, Sergey, Dai, Pengcheng, Denlinger, Jonathan D., Allen, J. W., Hasan, M. Zahid, Feng, Yuan-Ping, Birgeneau, Robert J., Shi, Youguo, Chu, Ching-Wu, Chang, Guoqing, Si, Qimiao, Yi, Ming

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Tsewang Norbu NGB by Cantwell, C, Mayer, R

“…In some cases, these two types of colophons are melded into one, and occasionally, we may find a colophon which contains other types of information. …”

Sustainable structural design optimisation of steel truss by Wicaksana, Enrian

“…The program is developed using Visual Basic for Application (VBA) with ETABS Application Programming Interface (API) to link between Excel and ETABS as the analysis and design software. …”
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The impact of the digital economy on industrial structure upgrading and sustainable entrepreneurial growth by Deevi, Durga Praveen, Allur, Naga Sushma, Dondapati, Koteswararao, Chetlapalli, Himabindu, Kodadi, Sharadha, Perumal, Thinagaran

“…The paper’s statistical foundation has been data collected from 25 Chinese regions between 2014 and 2022. The findings support that the DE’s growth positively impacts the ISU. …”

Handbook Of Marine Craft Hydrodynamics And Motion Control / by Fossen, Thor I., author 571020, John Wiley & Sons (Online service) 647106

“…New methods for guidance and navigation, including line-of-sight (LOS) guidance laws for path following, sensory systems, model-based navigation systems, and inertial navigation systems This fully revised Second Edition includes innovative research in hydrodynamics and GNC systems for marine craft, from ships to autonomous vehicles operating on the surface and under water. …”
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Integrative taxonomy clarifies the evolution of a cryptic primate clade by van Elst, T, Sgarlata, GM, Schüßler, D, Tiley, GP, Poelstra, JW, Scheumann, M, Blanco, MB, Aleixo-Pais, IG, Rina Evasoa, M, Ganzhorn, JU, Goodman, SM, Hasiniaina, AF, Hending, D, Hohenlohe, PA, Ibouroi, MT, Iribar, A, Jan, F, Kappeler, PM, Le Pors, B, Manzi, S, Olivieri, G, Rakotonanahary, AN, Rakotondranary, SJ, Rakotondravony, R

“…Following a revised classification, we find that crypsis within the genus is best explained by a model of morphological stasis imposed by stabilizing selection and a neutral process of niche diversification. …”