The aim of this study was to compare the intra-and inter-rater reliability of pressure pain threshold (PPT) and manual palpation (MP) of orofacial structures in symptomatic and symptom-free children for temporomandibular ...

In deterministic optimization, the uncertainties of the structural system (i.e. dimension, model, material, loads, etc) are not explicitly taken into account. Hence, resulting optimal solutions may lead to reduced reliability ...

Microgrids are emerging to coordinate distributed energy resources and locally increase reliability to expected events and resilience to extreme events. Furthermore, by deploying their inherent flexibility, grid-connect ...

This paper presents a methodology to solve the transmission network expansion planning problem (TNEP) considering reliability and uncertainty in the demand. The proposed methodology provides an optimal expansion plan that ...

This paper presents a methodology to solve the transmission network expansion planning problem (TNEP) considering reliability and uncertainty in the demand. The proposed methodology provides an optimal expansion plan that ...

Variability is a well-known problem in construction projects, which leads to the general deterioration of project performance. During the last decade, the Last Planner System (LPS), a production planning and control system ...

The power output from wind farms is highly volatile, uncertain and hard to be predicted accurately. Then sometimes positive short-run correlation between variations of wind power output and load could bring more and larger ...

The competitiveness of the industry is directly related to the level of reliability of its equipment. An equipment that fails little or that is able to predict its failure with an adequate level of confidence is of fundamental ...