Browsing by Publisher "Elsevier Science Bv"
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(3+3+2) warped-like product manifolds with Spin(7) holonomy
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Publisher and Date : (Elsevier Science Bv, 2011)We consider a generalization of eight-dimensional multiply warped product manifolds as a special warped product by allowing the fiber metric to be non-block diagonal. We define this special warped product as a (3 + 3 + 2) ...
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An Applied Analysis for whether the Relation between Innovation and Foreign Direct Investment is Vicious for Turkey after the early 1980s
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Publisher and Date : (Elsevier Science Bv, 2016)The relation between innovation and foreign direct investment (FDI) is investigated in this paper by using time series Vector Autoregression (VAR) method. The main research question of the paper is whether FDI contributes ...
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Assessment of chromite liberation spectrum on microscopic images by means of a supervised image classification
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Publisher and Date : (Elsevier Science Bv, 2017)Assessment of mineral liberation spectrum with all its aspects is essential for plant control and optimization. This paper aims to estimate 2D mineral map and its associated liberation spectrum of a particular chromite ...
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Cognitive impairment in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: evidence from neuropsychological investigation and event-related potentials
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Publisher and Date : (Elsevier Science Bv, 2002)The presence of subclinical cognitive impairment in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is investigated using neuropsychological assessment and event-related potential recordings (ERP). An extensive battery ...
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Employee connections. The multidimensional team management scorecard
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Publisher and Date : (Elsevier Science Bv, 2015)Many organizations that resist change are missing growing opportunities
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Energy consumption-GDP nexus: heterogeneous panel causality analysis
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Publisher and Date : (Elsevier Science Bv, 2012)Existing studies examining the Granger causality relationship between energy consumption and GDP use a panel of countries but implicitly assume that the panels are homogeneous. This paper extends the Granger causality ...
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Evaluating machine tool alternatives through modified TOPSIS and alpha-cut based fuzzy ANP
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Publisher and Date : (Elsevier Science Bv, 2012)The problem of machine tool selection among available alternatives has been critical issue for most companies in fast-growing markets for a long time. In the presence of many alternatives and selection criteria the problem ...
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Guerrilla advertisement and marketing
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Publisher and Date : (Elsevier Science Bv, 2012)This study examines the relationships similarities and differences among traditional advertising applications guerrilla art guerrilla marketing and guerrilla advertising all of which are interrelated. Guerrilla advertising ...
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Improving OpenCL programmability with the Heterogeneous Programming Library
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Publisher and Date : (Elsevier Science Bv, 2015)The use of heterogeneous devices is becoming increasingly widespread. Their main drawback is their low programmability due to the large amount of details that must be handled. Another important problem is the reduced code ...
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Influence of pH on the optical and structural properties of spin coated CeO2-TiO2 thin films prepared by sol-gel process
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Publisher and Date : (Elsevier Science Bv, 2007)Optical and structural properties of mixed CeO2-TiO2 thin films have been investigated by varying the pH of the coating sol. The films were prepared by sol-gel process using spin-coating technique with a spin speed of 2500 ...
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Modeling of claim exceedances over random thresholds for related insurance portfolios
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Publisher and Date : (Elsevier Science Bv, 2011)Large claims in an actuarial risk process are of special importance for the actuarial decision making about several issues like pricing of risks determination of retention treaties and capital requirements for solvency. ...
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New forms of design education
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Publisher and Date : (Elsevier Science Bv, 2012)Design has been in a period of change for the last decade but design education and more specifically design educators haven't kept up with these transformations. As a result design students continue to learn outdated methods ...
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Optical and structural properties of Ta2O5-CeO2 thin films
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Publisher and Date : (Elsevier Science Bv, 2007)In this study the sol-gel spin-coating method has been used to make Ta2O5-CeO2 thin films. These films have been prepared in various composition ratios to observe changes in their optical and structural properties. Reflectance ...
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Percolation and Film Formation Behaviors of MWNT/PS Nanocomposites
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Publisher and Date : (Elsevier Science Bv, 2011)This study involves the investigation of film formation and electrical conductivity properties of polystrene (PS) latex/multi-walled Carbon nanotube (MWNT) composites. Films prepared from PS/MWNT mixtures with different ...
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Philosophical concerns in fine arts education
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Publisher and Date : (Elsevier Science Bv, 2012)Due to the rapid changes in society it is increasingly important to ask why we teach the way we do which teaching methods we should adopt and which we should reject or abandon. As a result it is crucial that philosophical ...
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Re-Considering The Linkage Between The Antecedents and Consequences of Happiness
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Publisher and Date : (Elsevier Science Bv, 2016)A growing number of studies examine the antecedents of happiness but only a handful of them appear to undertake an analysis of its consequences. Employing a unique cross-sectional data set of 413 adults we examine the ...
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Regression model for interior design cost estimate in preliminary stage
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Publisher and Date : (Elsevier Science Bv, 2012)Cost factors become even more important in the design of the kitchen which is remodeled 34% more than any other room of the house. For this reason the purpose of this study was to propose a reliable kitchen cost estimate ...
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Relativistic antihydrogen production by pair production with positron capture
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Publisher and Date : (Elsevier Science Bv, 2012)Antihydrogen atoms may rarely be produced by the collision of antiprotons with ions. At relativistic velocities the antiproton may pass around the Coulomb field of the nucleus and the electron-positron pairs can be produced ...
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Social media integration in higher education cross-course google plus integration shown in the example of a master's degree course in management
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Publisher and Date : (Elsevier Science Bv, 2012)Nearly all web services can be adapted for educational use Although some nistructors do use social media for their courses privacy concerns always throttle the 'need' of instructors for social media. Google Plus seems to ...
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Surfactant and Metal Ion Effects on the Mechanical Properties of Alginate Hydrogels
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Publisher and Date : (Elsevier Science Bv, 2016)This paper addresses the controlled variation of the mechanical properties of alginate gel beads by changing the alginate concentration or by adding different surfactants or cross-linking cations. Alginate beads containing ...