Modelos de apreçamento de ativos têm sido um tema sob constante investigação em finanças. Desde o capital asset pricing model (CAPM) proposto por Sharpe (1964), tais modelos relacionam, geralmente de maneira linear, a taxa ...

Observing the loss of tightening torque using modal parameters is challenging due to the variability and nonlinear effects in bolted joints. Thus, this paper proposes a combined application of two probabilistic machine ...

There still controversy about the relation between changes in myocardial contractile function and global left ventricular (LV) performance during stable concentric hypertrophy. To clarify this, we analyzed LV function in ...

Endogeneity is often present in discrete choice models, precluding the consistent estimation of the model parameters. To correct for this problem, the researcher needs to gather exogenous instrumental variables, which ...

This paper proposes a novel computer vision approach that processes video sequences of people walking and then recognises those people by their gait. Human motion carries different information that can be analysed in various ...

Background: Laparoscopic repair of the hiatal hernia is associated with a recurrence rate between 12% and 42% depending on the defect size. Although the impact of hiatal reinforcement on long-term recurrence remains ...