This paper examines the statistical properties and quality of speed through water (STW) measurement based on data extracted from almost 200 container ships Maersk Line’s fleet for 3 years operation. The analysis uses high-frequency sensor along with additional sources derived external providers. interest study has its background in accuracy STW as most important parameter assessment a ship’s pe...

Promotor : prof. dr. The research described in this thesis is fully supported by the Technology Foundation STW, applied science division of NWO and the technology programme of the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs.

Vancomycin susceptibility of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus has been changed over time and its average minimum inhibitory concentration increased from 1.5 to 1.75 mg/L. A recently published guideline by the American Society of Health Pharmacist recommended a daily dose of 15-20 mg/kg every 8 to 12 hours of vancomycin to achieve a trough concentration between 15-20 mg/L for treatmen...

The shaped traveling-wave (STW) structure contains periodic structure of cavities with optimal shape and magnetic coupling operating in the forward travelingwave mode. The structure combines the advantages of conventional standing-wave (SW) and traveling-wave (TW) structures. It ensures high efficiency of the use of radio-frequency (RF) power for the particle acceleration inherent in the SW str...

A novel nanometeric plasmonic filter in a tooth-shaped metal-insulator-metal waveguide is proposed and demonstrated numerically. An analytic model based on the scattering matrix method is given. The result reveals that the single tooth-shaped filter has a wavelength-filtering characteristic and an ultracompact size in the length of a few hundred nanometers, compared to gratinglike surface plasm...

This article examines the performance of Minimax Probability Machine Regression (MPMR) for prediction of settlement(s) of shallow foundation on cohesionless soil. MPMR maximizes the minimum probability that future predicted outputs of the regression model will be within some bound of the true regression function. Width of footing (B), net applied pressure (q), average Standard Penetration Test ...

Abstract We study whether the Swiss short-time work (STW) program reduced unemployment in and after Great Recession using quarterly establishment-level panel data linking administrative sources. compare changes layoffs into unemployment, employment, establishment survival between establishments that applied successfully unsuccessfully for STW at cantonal employment agencies. The unsuccessful pr...

Earth reinforcing techniques have become useful and economical to solve problems related to difficult grounds and provide satisfactory foundation performance. In this context, this paper uses radial basis function neural network (RBFNN) for predicting the bearing pressure of strip footing on reinforced granular bed overlying weak soil. The inputs for the neural network models included plate wid...

In this paper we study the automation of test derivation and execution in the area of conformance testing. The test scenarios are derived from multiple specification languages: LOTOS, Promela and SDL. A central theme of this study is the usability of batch-oriented and on-the-fly testing approaches. To facilitate the derivation from multiple formal description techniques and the different test ...

Cutmarks inflicted by a stone tool were observed on the right maxilla of Stw 53, an early hominid partial skull from Sterkfontein "Member 5" (South Africa). The morphology of the marks, their anatomical placement, and the lack of random striae on the specimen all support an interpretation of this linear damage as cutmarks. The location of the marks on the lateral aspect of the zygomatic process...