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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"likelihood of failure"”.
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The use of democratic institutions as a strategy to legitimize authoritarian rule.
… can make decisions against the interests of the ruler. So, why do autocratic regimes install institutions which limit their power and threaten their survival in office? Assuming actors behave rationally, one should expect authoritarian rulers only to introduce procedures working in their …
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Predicting Hard Drive Failures in Computer Clusters
Mitigating the impact of computer failure is possible if accurate failure predictions are provided. Resources, and services can be scheduled around predicted failure and limit the impact. Such strategies are especially important for multi-computer systems, such as compute clusters, that experience …
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Reliability-Based Topology Optimization with Analytic Sensitivities
… a system to apply safety factors to the critical failure load or event. These safety factors provide a buffer against failure due to the random or un-modeled behavior, which may lead the system to exceed these limits. However these safety factors are not directly related to the likelihood of a …
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Optimal sensor placement for sewer capacity risk management
… to both. Yet effective approaches to remediating failures in these systems remains an unresolved shortfall for system operators. This shortfall is evident in the estimated 850 billion gallons of untreated sewage that escapes combined sewer pipes each year (US EPA 2004a) and the estimated 40,000 …
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Three Essays on Traditional and Nontraditional Banking and Portfolio Decisions
… contains three coherent essays in the field of banking. The first paper aims to understand whether and how banks' shift from traditional to nontraditional income sources contributed to the failure of hundreds of U.S. depository institutions between 2008 and 2010. A key ingredient of our …
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Autopsy of the Banking Crisis: Examining the Impact of Director Characteristics on Bank Failures
<p>The catastrophic impact of the recent financial crisis on the banking industry reverberated throughout the United States and had contagion effects worldwide. Congressional inquiries, media scrutiny, and the public alleged failure of the boards of directors to effectively discharge their …
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Risk-based Renewal Prioritization Models (RPM) for Potable Water Pipeline Infrastructure Systems
… pressures from source to customers. A majority of these pipelines were installed in the mid-twentieth century without adequate financial planning for future renewal, creating a growing renewal backlog under tight budget and operational constraints. Decades of utility data and practice-based …
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Comparative Study on Cultural Dimensions of Organisational Change in India and New Zealand IT Industry
… organisational change is challenging and often impossible for many organisations. Most transformation initiatives fail to achieve their objectives, especially during the planning and implementation stages. Policies and procedures must be closely tied to the organisation's culture for …
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Development of a risk management system for consumables used in biopharmaceutical manufacturing
… like those manufactured by the BioPharmOps group of Novartis Pharmaceuticals AG, must conform to strict guidelines for purity and potency. Recent non-conformances of critical supplied consumables have revealed potential business and patient safety risks for biotechnology manufacturers worldwide. …
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Improving Medical Student Performance on Clinical Skills Exams
… created in an effort to determine the readiness of medical students to enter into residency. These exams place students in a simulated patient encounter and grade them on their proficiency in handling that encounter. The National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) instituted the United States …
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Analysis and forecasting of asset quality, risk management and financial stability for the Greek banking system
… loans (NPLs) during the financial crisis of 2008, which has been converted into a fiscal crisis, as well as the risk of a medium-term increase due to the COVID-19 pandemic has put into question the robustness of many banks and the financial stability of the whole sector. As far as the …