Modeling the strengthening effect of grain boundaries (Hall Petch effect) in metallic polycrystals in a physically consistent way, and without invoking arbitrary length scales, is a long-standing, unsolved problem.
The inclusion of past behaviour in the model strengthened the model's predictive power, with the amount of variance explained increasing to 14.1%.
Results from experiments run with a one-dimensional ABM agree with the starkest of the results from the mathematical model, strengthening the support for both models.
After adjusting for other variables, CRP level still contributed significantly in the multivariate model, strengthening the possible role of inflammation and the severity of the underlying disorder on complications and mortality in noncritically ill patients receiving TPN.
The ARC model for strengthening the nursing and midwifery workforce in East, Central and Southern Africa is adaptable to other health care cadres and other regions struggling with similar health workforce challenges.
Also, our additional sensitivity analysis confirmed the stability of the final multivariate model, thus strengthening the reliability of our findings.
It represents the administration's model for strengthening the protection of expensive brand-name drugs in wealthy countries, where the biggest profits can be made.
Correct predictions, failing to invalidate the model, do strengthen the confidence in the model but only to the degree commensurate with the comprehensiveness of the particular prediction.
The entry of DHA into the model significantly strengthened the association with mercury, supporting the hypothesis that beneficial effects from DHA intake can obscure adverse effects of mercury exposure.
A detailed quantitative model for the strengthening of monolithic alloys and composites due to precipitation strengthening, solution strengthening, grain and subgrain strengthening, strengthening by dislocations and load transfer to ceramic inclusions is presented.
