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Random weighting and Edgeworth expansion for the nonparametric time-dependent AUC estimator
No full textEvaluation of dermal thermal damage by multiphoton autofluorescence and second-harmonic-generation microscopy
No full textImprovability of assembly systems I: Problem formulation and performance evaluation
No full textThis work develops improvability theory for assembly systems. It consists of two parts. Part I includes the problem formulation and the analysis technique. Part II presents the so-called improvability indicators and a case study. Improvability theory addresses the questions of improving performance in production systems with unreliable machines. We consider both constrained and unconstrained improvability. In the constrained case, the problem consists of determining if there exists a re-distribution of resources (inventory and workforce), which leads to an increase in the system's production rate. In the unconstrained case, the problem consists of identifying a machine and a buffer, which impede the system performance in the strongest manner. The investigation of the improvability properties requires an expression for the system performance measures as functions of the machine and buffer parameters. This paper presents a method for evaluating these functions and illustrates their practical utility using a case study at an automotive components plant. Part II uses the method developed here to establish conditions of improvability and to describe additional results of the case study
Application of CT in Diagnosing Carcinoma of the Maxillary Sinuses : PART 2: An Experimental Study of Pitfalls Encountered when Diagnosing Carcinoma of the Maxillary Sinuses with CT
Full text link1982-03A phantom simulating the transverse section of the maxillary sinuses was constructed for experimentation with various CT scanners to study the following: (1) the occasional inability to image the very thin posterior-lateral walls which have no real bone defects, and (2) to verify whether or not the bony walls surrounding the maxillary sinuses are actually as thick as they appear on CT. The phantom was made of an acrylic cylinder containing three cavities simulating the maxillary sinuses and the nasal cavity and filled with water. The walls, made of thin aluminum and acrylic plates and placed between water and air, disappeared in some CT images. The thickness of the walls calculated from CT values was greater than the true thickness imaged by each CT scanner. The author stresses that in CT images, either experimentally or clinically, thin bony walls placed between water and air or fat tend to disappear, and that bony walls tend to appear thicker than their true thickenss.departmental bulletin pape
Low genetic variation in Amentotaxus formosana Li revealed by isozyme analysis and random amplified polymorphic DNA markers.
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Evolution of Left Atrial Systolic and Diastolic Functions in Different Stages of Hypertension: Distinct Effects of Blood Pressure Control.
No full textImaging of skin dermal thermal damage by multiphoton autofluroescence and second harmonic generation (SHG) microscopy
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