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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"RPD"”.
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Social interactions and the prisoner's dilemma game: new measures of cognitive and behavioral phenotypes
… for children, the Repeated Prisoner’s Dilemma (RPD), and demonstrated how it can be used to elucidate the mechanisms underlying children’s social interactions. I developed a novel RPD with fixed-strategy partners in order to test specific hypotheses based on developmental theories of social …
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New design comparison criteria in Taguchi's robust parameter design
… a weighty matter in Robust Parameter Design (RPD). RPD seeks to choose the levels of fixed controllable variables that provide insensitivity (robustness) to the variability of a process induced by uncontrollable noise variables. We use the fact that in the RPD scenario interest lies primarily …
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Validation of the recognition-primed decision model and the roles of common-sense strategies in an adversarial environment
… the validation of recognition-primed decision (RPD) model in a simulated adversarial environment; 2.Explore the roles of common-sense strategies in decision making in the adversarial environment; and 3.Test the effectiveness of training recommendations based on the RPD model. Three related …
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In-vitro Evaluation of Accuracy of Conventional and CAD/CAM Removable Partial Denture Frameworks
… to fabricate removable partial dentures (RPD). The purpose of this study was 1) to evaluate the overall accuracy and fit of conventional versus CAD/CAM fabricated printed RPD frameworks based on STL data analysis, and 2) to evaluate the accuracy and fit of each component of the RPD …
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PROGRAMMED DEATH LIGAND 1 (PD-L1) IMMUNE CHECKPOINT-MEDIATED STIMULATION OF MALIGNANT PHENOTYPES IN TUMOUR CELLS
… MDA-MB-231 cells treated with recombinant PD-1 (rPD-1) revealed a potential role for NOTCH1, WNT, MAPK and TGF-/SMAD signaling downstream of PD-L1. Since autophagy is a well-established mechanism of chemoresistance in cancer cells, we examined the contribution of this cellular process to …
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Rapid identification of oil contaminated soils using visible near infrared diffuse reflectance spectroscopy
… r2 of 0.64 and relative percent difference (RPD) of 1.70. Those 46 samples were used to calibrate a penalized spline (PS) model. Subsequently, the PS model was used to predict soil TPH content for 128 soil samples collected over an 80 ha study site. An exponential semivariogram using PS …
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Reliability of Fatigue Measures in an Overhead Work Task: A Study of Shoulder Muscle Electromyography and Perceived Discomfort
… indicated that ratings of perceived discomfort (RPD) parameters (slope and final rating) showed relatively high reliability. Intercepts for mean power frequency (MnPF), median power frequency (MdPF), and root means square (RMS) also showed very high reliability. Actual slopes for MnPF, MdPF, and …
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Social reintegration of offenders : the role of the probation service in North West Frontier Province, Pakistan
… in the Reclamation and Probation Department (RPD) of NWFP Pakistan, the judicial magistrates who are empowered to grant probation orders and the offenders placed on probation. The result is a deluded system which was founded upon the rehabilitation ideal but which tries to offer an 'advice, …
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Enterprise e-recruitment: a problem-oriented conceptual model and ontology for contextualising recruitment problem space.
… for Recruitment Problem Definition (Onto-RPD) to elaborate those problem viewpoints towards a comprehensive recruitment problem definition; (3) a POCM-informed Requirements Analysis Approach (POCM-RAA) to utilise POCM and systematically derive and analyse requirements through different …
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Using Portable X-ray Fluorescence to Predict Physical and Chemical Properties of California Soils
… subset of data and evaluated by R2 , RMSE, RPD and RPIQ on an unseen test set. The California soils sample set was comprised of 480 soil samples from across the state that were subject to laboratory and pXRF analysis in GeoChem mode. Results showed that existing data models applied to the CA …
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Development of a flexible manufacturing system (FMS)
… a conveyor and a Robot Positioning Device (RPD) into a Flexible Manufacturing System (FMS). Also described are the benefits that South African manufacturers still using old CNC machines could achieve if they implemented a similar process in their organisation.
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ACCURACY OF SURVEYED CROWN DESIGN DUPLICATION WITH CAD/CAM TECHNOLOGY COMPARED WITH CONVENTIONAL METHODS IN PARTIALLY EDENTULOUS KENNEDY CLASS III ARCH FORM
Fabrication of a surveyed crown under an existing RPD requires designing a crown pattern that duplicates the coronal anatomy of the existing tooth including all undercut and non-undercut areas and occlusal rest seats. The aim of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of surveyed crown design …
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Decision Making in Dry-Grind Ethanol Industry Using Near-Infrared Spectroscopy
… samples with a RMSEP of 0.87% w/v and RPD of 8.7. Total soluble sugar ranged from 0.4 to 22.2% w/v. Thus, in order to observe the effect of treatment on total soluble sugars, the difference between total soluble sugar for treatment and control should be greater than 1.74% w/v. From the …
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Visual correlates of functional difficulties in Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease
… (10 LPD, 10 with right-side motor onset [RPD]) and 11 normal control adults (NC). Performance was related to data from measures of retinal structure (Optical Coherence Tomography) and function (Frequency Doubling Technology; FDT) across the eye. Correlations of structure and function were …
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Developing a spectroscopy-based high throughput assay for anthocyanin content in corn
… corn blends as compared to other models. With RPD = 1.6 and RER = 4.7, the model was useful for rough screening purposes. When the same PLSR approach was applied to the NIR spectra of whole corn samples, the best PLSR model was based on first order SG (using 13 smoothing points) pretreated …
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The Impact of Police Officer Presence on Driver Behaviors Within Active School Zones
… collaboration with the Reno Police Department (RPD), the hypothesis is that an officer's presence will cause drivers to significantly reduce their speeds. Three case studies conducted at local schools indicated a modest, though statistically significant, reduction in speeds with officer presence …
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Understanding the Role of Plant-based Proteins and Extrusion Parameters in Different Fish Feeds
… was found that SPC-based diet had the highest INVRPD. Optimal processing conditions for production of physically and nutritionally viable feeds were identified for each diet. It was determined that the best quality FSBM-based diet could be produced at higher T and MC compared with SPC-based diet. …
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Modeling the Fourier transform near infrared spectra of unreacted starch in corn for monitoring applications
… corn, dried and un-dried, were created with RPD values of 7.28, 2.07, and 2.16, respectively, which may be used for rough screening of blends and flours.
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Design of power delivery networks for noise suppression and isolation using power transmission lines
… planes induces return path discontinuities (RPDs), which create displacement current sources between the power and ground planes. The current sources excite the plane cavity and cause voltage fluctuations. These fluctuations are proportional to the plane impedance since the current is drawn …
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BIOINFORMATIC PIPELINES AND MICROBIAL DATABASES FOR THE ANALYSIS OF DAIRY COWS 16S RRNA-GENE SEQUENCING DATA: A BENCHMARKING STUDY.
… utilizzando tre diversi database - 16S-ITGDB, RPD, SILVA e Greengenes -, di cui due in due differenti aggiornamenti (SILVA versione 132 e versione 138, Greengenes versione 13.9 e versione 2). Le prestazioni di queste combinazioni saranno testate utilizzando due comunità fittizie e quattro set …
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