This thesis contains three chapters. The first chapter considers tests of the parameter of an endogenous variable in an instrumental variables regression model. The focus is on one-sided conditional t-tests. Theoretical ...

Abstract Background Ensuring objectivity and maintaining reliability are necessary in order to consider any form of assessment valid. Evaluation of students in Problem-Based ...

The study of motor noise in the industry is widely practiced due to the increased attention paid to operators' health and workability, as well as the impact on the motor performance. The most efective way to control noise ...

Solid oxide fuel cells (PaCOS) are devices capable of converting chemical energy into electrical energy with high efficiency and low pollution. They are composed of several unit cells (anode, electrolyte, cathode) connected ...

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the strain of coronavirus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the respiratory illness responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. As of October 2021, ...

This work shows a project method proposed to design and build software components from the software functional m del up to assembly code level in a rigorous fashion. This method is based on the B method, which was developed ...

Several genomic data analysis contexts have a large number of statistical hypotheses, which are tested simultaneously. When the association between categorical phenotypes (i.e. healthy and not healthy) and Single Nucleotide ...