Academic Articles & Research Papers

Expert projections on the development and application of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage technologies

Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) is a crucial element in most modelling studies on emission pathways of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to limit global warming. BECCS can substitute fossil fuels in energy prod...

Robotic Arthroplasty Clinical and cost Effectiveness Randomised controlled trial (RACER-knee): a study protocol

Introduction Robotic-assisted knee replacement systems have been introduced to healthcare services worldwide in an effort to improve clinical outcomes for people, although high-quality evidence that they are clinically, or cost-effective re...

Agricultural Use of Lands Affected by Deep-Seated Landslides in the Transylvanian Basin and Its Consequences on Soil Physicochemical Properties

Land leveling deep-seated landslides for agricultural use alters soil profile integrity and soil functionality. In the mid-20th century, such interventions in the Transylvanian Basin (Romania) involved grading and converting landslide bodie...

On Asymptotic Classification of Solutions to Fourth-Order Differential Equations with Singular Power Nonlinearity

The asymptotic behavior of all solutions to the fourth-order Emden– Fowler type differential equation with singular nonlinearity is investigated. The equation is transformed into a system on the three-dimensional sphere. By investigation of...

Semi-Analytical Option Pricing Under Double Heston Jump-Diffusion Hybrid Model

We examine European call options in the jump-diffusion version of the Double Heston stochastic volatility model for the underlying price process to provide a more flexible model for the term structure of volatility. We assume, in addition, ...

Microbial network inference for longitudinal microbiome studies with LUPINE

Abstract Background The microbiome is a complex ecosystem of interdependent taxa that has traditionally been studied through cross-sectional studies. However, longitudinal microbiome studies are becoming increasingly popular. These studies ...

Numerical Modal Analysis of Vibrations in a Three-Phase Linear Switched Reluctance Actuator

This paper addresses the problem of vibrations produced by switched reluctance actuators, focusing on the linear configuration of this type of machines, aiming at its characterization regarding the structural vibrations. The complexity of t...

The causal ordering of mathematics anxiety and mathematics achievement: a longitudinal panel analysis

Using data from the Longitudinal Study of American Youth (LSAY), we aimed to determine the causal ordering between mathematics anxiety and mathematics achievement. Results of structural equation modelling showed that, across the entire juni...

Changing Movements in a Changing World: Modelling Early Pleistocene and Early Middle Pleistocene Climatic and Ecological Environments and Influences on Hominin Dispersal in Eurasia

In a world of drastic climatic and ecological changes, our knowledge of how the environment influenced hominin behaviour is of the utmost importance. Archaeology plays a key role in this domain, as it is the only discipline that studies emp...

The Mathematics of Financial Derivatives

Finance is one of the fastest growing areas in the modern banking and corporate world. This, together with the sophistication of modern financial products, provides a rapidly growing impetus for new mathematical models and modern mathematic...

Satellite-derived prediction on habitat modelling of skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) in the Makassar Strait, Indonesia

The Makassar Strait is one of the Indonesian Throughflow (ITF) branches that transports warm water masses from the Pacific Ocean to the Indian Ocean. These water masses have a significant impact on oceanographic parameters, which in turn af...

Dengue serotype immune-interactions and their consequences for vaccine impact predictions

Dengue is one of the most important and wide-spread viral infections affecting human populations. The last few decades have seen a dramatic increase in the global burden of dengue, with the virus now being endemic or near-endemic in over 10...

Good Practice Guidelines for Decision-Analytic Modelling in Health Technology Assessment

Modelling Methods for Pharmacoeconomics and Health Technology Assessment

Factors influencing Diffusion of Health Technology

Abstract Health Technology is at the core of delivering quality healthcare service in many environments. To this end, the adoption of innovation plays an important role in ensuring the most current solutions are consistently applied in diag...

Decision Analytic Modelling in the Economic Evaluation of Health Technologies

Cost Effectiveness Modelling for Health Technology Assessment

Computable phenotype for real-world, data-driven retrospective identification of relapse in ANCA-associated vasculitis

Objective ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) is a relapsing-remitting disease, resulting in incremental tissue injury. The gold-standard relapse definition (Birmingham Vasculitis Activity Score, BVAS>0) is often missing or inaccurate in re...

A taxonomy of model structures for economic evaluation of health technologies

Models for the economic evaluation of health technologies provide valuable information to decision makers. The choice of model structure is rarely discussed in published studies and can affect the results produced. Many papers describe good...

Statistical assessment of the learning curves of health technologies

OBJECTIVES: (1) To describe systematically studies that directly assessed the learning curve effect of health technologies. (2) Systematically to identify 'novel' statistical techniques applied to learning curve data in other fields, such a...