Idaho is first to use firing squads as primary state execution method

Idaho will use firing squads as its primary method of capital punishment, the first state in the United States to officially ...
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Analytical Approach of Director Tilting in Nematic Liquid Crystals for Electronically Tunable Devices

Abstract: This paper presents an analytical expression that models the tilt angle of directors in a nematic liquid crystal (LC), depending on its elastic properties, its dielectric anisotropy, and the ...
Frontiers

Thermal conductivity performance in sodium alginate-based Casson nanofluid flow by a curved Riga surface

This study examines the effects of a porous media and thermal radiation on Casson-based nano liquid movement over a curved extending surface. The governing equations are simplified into a system of ...
Frontiers

What are the changes in basketball shooting pattern and accuracy in National Basketball Association in the past decade?

The main research question addressed in this study is if and how the shooting pattern and field-goal accuracy have changed in the NBA league in the past decade. This study analyzes NBA game data from ...
IEEE

Shooting methods for identification of nonlinear state-space grey-box models

Abstract: Identifying state-space models that are nonlinear in the parameters is still a challenge due to the non-convex nature of the objective function and possible regions of the parameter space ...