Measuring local competitiveness: comparing and integrating two methods PCA and AHP

This article discusses two methods to measure the concept of local competitiveness: Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP). The goal of this analysis is to determine whether these two methods used in social sciences research lead to comparable model results. By non-parametric tests we show that there is a significant correlation between the PCA and AHP local competitiveness indexes. Thereafter, a developed mixed method examination of whether the methods can be used interchangeably is presented and illustrated with detailed examples of two mixed approaches. The mixed method confirms the correlation between the PCA and AHP models. However, the mixed modelling results indicate the utility of the PCA in the situation of a multicriteria local competitiveness data examination.

Modeling Cell Energy Metabolism as Weighted Networks of Non-autonomous Oscillators

Networks of oscillating processes are a common occurrence in living systems. This is as true as anywhere in the energy metabolism of individual cells. Exchanges of molecules and common regulation operate throughout the metabolic processes of glycolysis and oxidative phosphorylation, making the consideration of each of these as a network a natural step. Oscillations are similarly ubiquitous within these processes, and the frequencies of these oscillations are never truly constant. These features make this system an ideal example with which to discuss an alternative approach to modeling living systems, which focuses on their thermodynamically open, oscillating, non-linear and non-autonomous nature. We implement this approach in developing a model of non-autonomous Kuramoto oscillators in two all-to-all weighted networks coupled to one another, and themselves driven by non-autonomous oscillators. Each component represents a metabolic process, the networks acting as the glycolytic and oxidative phosphorylative processes, and the drivers as glucose and oxygen supply. We analyse the effect of these features on the synchronization dynamics within the model, and present a comparison between this model, experimental data on the glycolysis of HeLa cells, and a comparatively mainstream model of this experiment. In the former, we find that the introduction of oscillator networks significantly increases the proportion of the model's parameter space that features some form of synchronization, indicating a greater ability of the processes to resist external perturbations, a crucial behavior in biological settings. For the latter, we analyse the oscillations of the experiment, finding a characteristic frequency of 0.01–0.02 Hz. We further demonstrate that an output of the model comparable to the measurements of the experiment oscillates in a manner similar to the measured data, achieving this with fewer parameters and greater flexibility than the comparable model.

Different Soft Soil Improvement Techniques of Dhaka Mass Rapid Transit Project

The objective of this research is to the analysis of the different soil improvement techniques and the comparable model of these soil improvement techniques. In Bangladesh, different soil improvement techniques were used by different construction firms to improve the soil bearing capacity, but many of them could not verify the techniques after improvement. The verification of the soil improvement techniques is more important than the implementation of the soil improvement techniques. A comparison has been made between results obtained from three soft soil improvement techniques. Analysis of the effectiveness of soft soil improvement technique before and after improvement technique. From analyses, it has been revealed that for Tongi to Uttara along the Project package CP01 soft clay layer is effective for Sand Compaction Pile (SCP) and the sand layer, which is susceptible to liquefaction is effective for Dynamic Compaction (DC) method. After the improvement standard penetration test (SPT) value increases dramatically; this is a significant finding of this research. Journal of Engineering Science 11(2), 2020, 37-44

A meta-analysis and explanation of innovation processes through the outline of Social Fields Theory

Modern reports and studies on innovation processes offer a variety of possibilities for measuring and explaining innovation processes. These reports have a comparable model for operationalization of the concept of innovation, as they include both quantitative and qualitative indicators. The complexity of the modern societies and the interaction of actors, determines also to look for alternative models, which would embrace this complexity. We do not question these approaches and their reliability toward measuring the innovation performance, but rather to focus on alternative operationalization and explanation. Thus, through the embedment of the Social Fields Theory in the context of innovation processes it would offer various possibilities of applying a more coherent operationalization toward the explaining innovation. This article will display a critical assessment of a number of studies and projects, which used this approach in order to explain the innovation, but also using different methodologies that incorporate innovation processes and the theory of Social Fields.

An Improved Residual Network for Electricity Power Meter Error Estimation

The lack of research on the metering characteristics of electricity power meters under complex conditions is a major obstacle to the on-site verification of electrical energy metering equipment. Establishing a predictive model for electricity power meter errors offers an effective way of dealing with this issue. Deep learning has been proven to have the capacity to reduce end-to-end dimensionality and improve recognition. Through the analysis of the back propagation process in residual networks, an improved residual network is set out in this paper. While preserving the advantages of residual network gradient propagation, it adds an adjustable shortcut and designs a convex [Formula: see text]-parameter strategy that can be improved according to different processing objects. Experimental results show that the predicted errors produced by the proposed technique are significantly lower than in a comparable model. At the same time, the improved residual network does not increase the network’s complexity.

Great and Noble Lines

This chapter compares David Drake to George Moses Horton. Like Dave the Potter, Horton is a once-forgotten African American author who was living and writing in the South during the slave era. Barrett historicizes Horton’s formalism as a poet to reveal the racial and social underpinnings of his aesthetic. The fact that Horton’s poems were regularly commissioned by the slave-owning gentry of his region gives us a comparable model with which to comprehend the unexpected leniency shown Dave the Potter. Beyond the similarities, Barrett traces compelling differences between Horton and Drake, advancing, while also considering the limits of, a comparative approach to Dave the Potter.

Islamic Law as a Comparable Model in Comparative Legal Research

Increasingly, Islamic law has become the subject of comparative legal study. Further, in the applied sense, comparative legal studies’ greatest value lies in understanding our own legal systems, as well as benefiting from other legal systems by importing what we lack from them. Unlike secular legal systems, Islamic law, being religious in nature and having eschatological connotations, requires reworking the comparative legal method to take account of that. When it comes to religious laws, hermeneutics play a key role, as a religious legal system will only be receptive to foreign norms if such norms earn their place internally, following hermeneutic justification. Cultural and religious pride, as well as intellectual impartiality, decrees that a legal solution should not be preferable just because it comes from the First World. This paper will therefore formulate a methodology for comparative legal studies where religious law is one of the comparative models and there are potential suggestions of legal transplant.

A New Product Development Process: William and Mary’s Experiment in MBA Development

For decades, business schools have advocated product development processes that utilize trans-organizational, cross-function teams.Is it time for business schools to apply this model to our own product: MBA graduates?In this paper, we describe the trans-organizational, team-based approach that has transformed product development in many industries.We then discuss whether a comparable model might be applied to business education, its benefits and costs, and the unique characteristics of academic institutions that could complicate this effort.Finally, we present an effort at trans-organizational, team-based design and development currently underway in the Resident MBA Program at the College of William and Mary.