Behavioral Determinants of Mating Success in Blackbuck under Semienclosed Condition: A Cross-Sectional Study in Shuklaphanta National Park, Nepal by Puja Saud, Juna Neupane, Mukesh Kumar Chalise

“…We recorded different behavioral initiations for the mating reproductive activities and the behaviors followed after copulatory mounting. Four dominant adult males were used as a subject. …”
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Pattern Synthesis of Linear Antenna Arrays Using Enhanced Flower Pollination Algorithm by Urvinder Singh, Rohit Salgotra

“…Hence to check the efficacy of the proposed algorithm it has been used for synthesis of four different LAA with different sizes. Experimental results show that EFPA algorithm provides enhanced performance in terms of side lobe suppression and null control compared to FPA and other popular algorithms.…”
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Generation of Length Distribution, Length Diagram, Fibrogram, and Statistical Characteristics by Weight of Cotton Blends by B. Azzouz, M. Ben Hassen, F. Sakli

“…From these distributions, the length distribution, the length diagram, and the fibrogram by weight of four binary blends are expressed. The length parameters of these cotton blends are calculated and their variations are plotted against the mass fraction x of one component in the blend .These calculated parameters are compared to those of real blends. …”
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Mathematical Modeling of the Transmission Dynamics of Gumboro Disease by J. S. Musaili, I. Chepkwony, W. N. Mutuku

“…A mathematical model of the transmission dynamics of Gumboro disease is developed in this paper having four compartments of chicken population and one compartment of Gumboro pathogen population. …”
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The Political Economy of Sino-South African Trade in the Context of Asia-Pacific Regional Competition by Tinuade Ojo

“… In The Political Economy of Sino-South African Trade in the Context of Asia-Pacific Regional Competition, the author intends to comparatively examine the China-South Africa trade relationship over the twenty-year 1998-2018 period through the prism of four other relationships South Africa has with countries China’s contentious neighbours in South Asia and the Asia-Pacific (or Indo-Pacific). …”
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Study of Stress Distribution in L-Shaped Walls with Openings under Intense Seismic Conditions on Various Soil Types by Salem Merabti, Salah Bezari

“…To conduct this study, seismic performance analyses of the buildings were carried out using ABAQUS software on four distinct types of soils, subjecting the buildings to a high-intensity earthquake. …”
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Structural analysis and development of a short form of the Test Anxiety Inventory – Spanish version (TAI-S) in college students from Lima by Sergio Alexis Dominguez-Lara, Freddy De la Cruz-Contreras

“…The internal structure of TAI-S was analyzed by using structural equation modeling (factorial confirmatory analysis) and the short version was obtained on the basis of a Bifactoral model and conceptual approaches. Four models were evaluated: orthogonal, oblique, bifactor and one-dimensional. …”
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Seasonal changes in the mycorrhizal symbiosis of Rhododendron tomentosum Harmaja in the Ukrainian Polissia by Nataliia Bielova

“…Samples were taken at four stages of the growing season, analyzed morphologically, and quantitatively assessed. …”
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Inventory of ethical problems in mobile pre-hospital care by Simone da Silva Oliveira, Mariana Oliveira Antunes Ferraz, Darci de Oliveira Santa Rosa, Kátia Santana Freitas, Elaine de Oliveira Souza, Deisy Vital dos Santos, Marisa Aparecida Amaro Malvestio

“…Results: the instrument had 44 items, distributed across four dimensions. Final considerations: the constructed instrument presented sources of evidence of content validity, providing good psychometric measurements and constituting a useful tool for nurses’ practice in the pre-hospital setting.…”
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Roles of Alkaloids from Medicinal Plants in the Management of Diabetes Mellitus by Bikash Adhikari

“…., alkaloids, show antidiabetic activity through the inhibition of enzymes (α-amylase, α-glucosidase, aldose reductase, dipeptidyl peptidase-IV, and protein tyrosine phosphatase-1B); inhibition of advanced glycation end products; increment of insulin secretion and its sensitivity; enhancement of glucose uptake; and their antioxidant ability. …”
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Global hip-hop culture and the scopophilic spectacle of women in South African hip-hop music videos by Ntebaleng Mpetsi, Toks Oyedemi

“…This article assesses the techniques and ways women are sexualised in South African hip-hop music videos, and how their representation attempts to create visual pleasure for those that consume these videos. Four critical elements are adopted from Laura Mulvey’s seminal theoretical discourse about the positioning of women in narrative cinema, to study the gender representation and sexual presentation of women in two popular South African hip-hop music videos. …”
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STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION OF THE EXCAVATOR ENGINE HOOD BASED ON MODAL ANALYSIS by YANG WeiPing, HOU Liang, CAI HuiKun, LI ShengYu, ZHANG EnLai, WANG WenWu

“…The finite element model of an excavator engine hood was established and modal analysis was conducted by using Hyper Works software. Its first four order natural frequencies and corresponding mode shapes in free state were obtained. …”
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Musical Manifestations of Textual Patterning in Estonian Regilaul by Janika Oras

“…The article examines which variants of musical rhythm and melodic contour are preferred by four singers in their performance of verses that have different functions within the song structure. …”
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Perceptual Enhancement for Arabic Reading: An Intervention to Support Fluency and Automaticity in Grade One by Elisabeth Wilson, Soohyun Jeon, Holly Cook, Helen Abadzi

“…A curriculum with enhanced perceptual features, such as font size and spacing was used with grade one students in four schools to detect any significant difference in students’ reading speed and reading accuracy after one year. …”
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Vertical farm. New architectures and cities from the forms of agriculture by Sara Basso, Adriano Venudo, Thomas Bisiani, Pierluigi Martorana

“…The issue is articulated through four areas: the origin of the tall building as a symbolic expression and its contemporary evolution; above-ground agriculture in relation to classical macroeconomic categories since the 1700s; and three case studies of experimental vertical farms (Skyfarm, Farmscraper and Farmhouse), interpreted as possible origins of new architectural types. …”
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Food Safety for the Holiday Season by Soohyoun Ahn, Keith R. Schneider

“…The good news is that by practicing four basic food safety measures you can help prevent foodborne illness over the holiday season. …”
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Sum-Connectivity Coindex of Graphs under Operations by Muhammad Ibraheem, Ebenezer Bonyah, Muhammad Javaid

“…Let Γ be a graph we perform four operations which are S, R, Q, and T and obtained subdivisions type graphs such that SΓ, RΓ, QΓ, and TΓ, respectively. …”
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Editorial presentation: Innovation towards Building a Sustainable Future by Valentina Gomes Haensel Schmitt, Jean Pierre Seclen Luna

“…In this sense, this special issue of the GECONTEC Journal presents four selected papers from the Congress of the Latin-Iberoamerican Association of Technological and Innovation Management (ALTEC 2021), whose evidence corroborates what we propose here. …”
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Chrysophanol from the Roots of Kniphofia Insignis and Evaluation of Its Antibacterial Activities by Asnakew Amare Tadesse, Beshir Legas Muhammed, Moges Abebe Zeleke

“…The in vitro antibacterial activities of the crude extracts and the isolated compounds were evaluated against four bacterial strains (S. aureus ATCC 25923, B. subtilis ATCC 6633, E. coli ATCC 35218, and P. aeruginosa ATCC 27853). …”
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STUDY ON INFLUENCING FACTORS TO THE CYLINDER LINER PRE-TIGHTENING DEFORMATION OF TURBOCHARGED INTER-COOLED DIESEL ENGINE by XIANG Rong, BI YuHua, LEI JiLin, SONG GuoFu, SHEN LiZhong, XU YuanZhi

“…The results show that the four liners deformation is uneven and the first and the fourth cylinder liner are larger than the second and the third cylinder liner deformation. …”
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