Influencing Factors of University Core Competence: An Empirical Study Based on the Entropy Weight Gray Relation Model by Yongqing Shi, Xiaojiang Yang

“…To measure the gray relation between the core competence of research universities and its influencing factors, this paper took the same period statistical data of the five research universities directly subordinate to the Ministry of Education of China as the research samples, all these five schools were shortlisted in the “World Top 300” rankings of USNews, QS, THE, and ARWU from 2014 to 2018, and the indicator systems of the four authoritative lists were taken as the basis; 30 representative indicators affecting the core competence of research universities were selected, and the gray relation model was adopted for the research; moreover, this paper applied the information entropy method to calculate the weight of each indicator and estimate the comprehensive gray relation between the core competence of research universities and the entire factor system. …”
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Capital culturel numérique des enseignants et territoires apprenants. Analyses des ressources et des parcours d’appropriation du numérique par les enseignants dans des tiers lieux... by Didier Perret, Pascal Plantard

“…The research was linked with the creation of the four CPN by the Bretagne academic region. Our team studied the operation. …”
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A Unique Finite Element Modeling of the Periodic Wave Transformation over Sloping and Barred Beaches by Beji and Nadaoka's Extended Boussinesq Equations by Mohammad Hadi Jabbari, Parviz Ghadimi, Mesbah Sayehbani, Arsham Reisinezhad

“…Subsequently, in order to display the ability of the presented model, four different test cases are considered. In these test cases, dispersive and nonlinearity effects of the periodic waves over sloping beaches and barred beaches, which are the common coastal profiles, are investigated. …”
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Early experiences of patellofemoral arthritis symptoms: A qualitative study in Gujarat, India by Heta R. Patel, M. Balaganapathy, Bipin Serasiya

“…Thematic analysis was used to analyze the qualitative data, where four domains of initial symptoms of patellofemoral arthritis were identified: pain, crepitus, stiffness, and difficulty in functional activity. …”
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Research on task offloading algorithm of mobile edge computing based on deep reinforcement learning in SDCN by Shouhua JIANG, Yiwu WANG

“…With the continuous development of network technology, the network topology distributed network control mode based on Fat-Tree gradually reveals its limitations.Software-defined data center network (SDCN) technology, as an improved technology of Fat-Tree network topology, has attracted more and more researchers’ attention.Firstly, an edge computing architecture in SDCN and a task offloading model based on the three-layer service architecture of the mobile edge computing (MEC) platform were built, combined with the actual application scenarios of the MEC platform.Through the same strategy experience playback and entropy regularization, the traditional deep Q-leaning network (DQN) algorithm was improved, and the task offloading strategy of MEC platform was optimized.An improved DQN algorithm based on same strategy empirical playback and entropy regularization (RSS2E-DQN) was compared with three other algorithms in load balancing, energy consumption, delay and network usage.It is verified that the improved algorithm has better performance in the above four aspects.…”
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Assessing the Impact of Cumulus Convection and Turbulence Parameterizations on Typhoon Precipitation Forecast by Yueya Wang, Haobo Li, Xiaoming Shi, Jimmy C. H. Fung

“…Incorporating the cumulus and RNA schemes increases domain‐averaged precipitation, improves recall scores, and lowers relative error across various precipitation thresholds, which is substantial in three out of four studied typhoon cases. Applying appropriate cumulus parameterization schemes alone also contributes to enhancing heavy precipitation forecasts. …”
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Notes on the Nests and Prey of Six Species of Pison in Australia (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) by Howard E. Evans, Robert W. Matthews, Allan Hook

“…We report here on six species, four of which have not previously been studied (rufipes Shuckard, westwoodi Shuckard, marginatum Smith, and a species near tibiale Smith). …”
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A “Rash” Decision in Anesthetic Management: Benzyl Alcohol Allergy in the Perioperative Period by Michael Tripp, Matthew Ribeiro, Susanna Kmiecik, Ramon Go

“…Here, we present the case of a 54-year-old female presenting for outpatient ankle hardware removal who experienced severe total body pruritus along with a maculopapular rash persisting four days after the procedure. Patch testing demonstrated a sensitivity to benzyl alcohol, a preservative in propofol and several other anesthetics. …”
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Production of Laccase by Cochliobolus sp. Isolated from Plastic Dumped Soils and Their Ability to Degrade Low Molecular Weight PVC by Tirupati Sumathi, Buddolla Viswanath, Akula Sri Lakshmi, D. V. R. SaiGopal

“…Research on plastic biodegradation has been steadily growing over the past four decades. Several fungi have been identified that produce enzymes capable of plastic degradation in various laboratory conditions. …”
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Founding and sustaining grassroots actions in superdiverse neighbourhoods facing socioeconomic challenges: narratives of emergent processes, actions and resources by Gabriella Elgenius, Jenny Phillimore

“…Since little is known about the nature of civil society in these conditions, this paper addresses a gap in knowledge using material from interviews with founders and actors of grassroots action and micro-mapping in four neighbourhoods. The analysis draws upon perspectives within Social Sciences to shed light on the offerings of grassroots activity with a particular focus on emergence narratives. …”
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Cross-Border Cooperation and the European Administrative Space – Prospects from the Principle of Mutual Recognition by Joachim Beck

“…Based on the analysis of central challenges of practical cross-border governance, the article examines the question whether the application the principle of mutual recognition, initially developed for the free movement of goods in the non-harmonized area, could provide a basis for substantial improvement in European cross-border cooperation. Four fields of application are designed, allowing for a new quality of transnational administrative cooperation and a new understanding of the laboratory role that cross-border territories might play both for the EAS and further European integration. …”
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Exploration and practice of project-based blended teaching mode based on OBE-CDIO concepts-example of “Project Planning and Control” by Yuming Huang, Ningze Gao, Yang Zhang, Fei Cao

“…Based on the the educational philosophy of OBE (Outcome based education) and CDIO (Conceive--Design-Implement-Operate), this paper toke the course of “Project Planning and Control” in Henan University of Economics and Law as an example, and adopt the blended course mode of combining project task-driven and round table seminar to carry out the teaching reform of the course, which has the The design of four modular teaching contents, the construction of teaching method(70% of concentrated lectures and 30% of immersion seminars) and evaluation system were finnaly conpleted. so that students could improve their professionalism and practical application ability in real work tasks and professional scenarios, and complete the initial exploration of the comprehensive education path of “policy, position, course, competition and certificate”.…”
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Serum Copper and Haematological Values of Sheep of Different Physiological Stages in the Dry and Wet Seasons of Central Trinidad by A. Mohammed, M. Campbell, F. G. Youssef

“…A study was conducted to determine serum copper (Cu) concentrations and hematological values of 174 sheep from four medium sized farms, pertaining to physiological stage, in the late dry and late wet seasons of Central Trinidad. …”
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Empirically Bounding of Space Booms with Tape Spring Hinges by A.L. Jennings, J. Black, C. Allen

“…Results show the first bounce of deployment is nearly bounded by a four parameter ellipse. The ellipses of similar folds are similar also, suggesting that a model can be developed. …”
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Functionality of the Search and Rescue Transponder (SART) in Maritime Search and Rescue Actions by Marzena Malyszko, Miroslaw Wielgosz, Brunon Rzepka

“…The experiment consisted of multiple trials to detect, locate, and track the device, as well as to assess the radar image features. Four scenarios were developed, considering different distances and radar settings. …”
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Dukungan Sosial Orang Tua Anak dengan Down Syndrome dalam Grup WhatsApp by Azzumar Adhitia Santika, Firstty Soraya Anugraheny, Yasmin Alvina

“…Phenomenology method used to find how the consciousness of four informants called by Mrs. Leli, Mrs. Ni Luh, Mrs. …”
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Theoretical Models for Video on Demand Services on Peer-to-Peer Networks by Giovanni Branca, Thomas Schierl, Luigi Atzori

“…In this paper, within the scenario of P2P-based VoD services, we study the phenomenon of peer churns and propose four models of the peer behaviour to evaluate its impact on the system performance, which are based on the Gilbert-Elliot chain, the fluidic representation of the user behavior, and a queuing analysis of the system. …”
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Le revivaliste et ses sources by Cyril Isnart, Pierre Carouge, Jérôme Casalonga, Olivier Durif, Manu Théron

“…Through the evocation of four contrasting figures on the French landscape - Michel Valière, Olivier Durif, Jérôme Casalonga and Manu Théron - it may become easier to think of the native plurality of revivalists and their sources, in the image of Daniel Fabre’s ethnography of France.…”
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Identifying Allosteric Small-Molecule Binding Sites of Inactive NS2B-NS3 Proteases of Pathogenic <i>Flaviviridae</i> by Hovakim Grabski, Siranuysh Grabska, Ruben Abagyan

“…Promising allosteric binding sites were identified in two conformationally distinct inactive states and characterized for five flaviviruses and four Dengue virus subtypes. Their shapes, druggability, inter-viral similarity, sequence variation, and susceptibility to drug-resistant mutations have been studied. …”
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On Indexicality, Direction of Arrival of Sound Sources, and Human-Robot Interaction by Ivan Meza, Caleb Rascon, Gibran Fuentes, Luis A. Pineda

“…Based on these behaviours, we have implemented four tasks which heavily rely on them: following a person, taking attendance of a class, playing Marco-Polo, and acting as a waiter in a restaurant.…”
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