Factors Influencing BIM Adoption for Construction Enterprises in China by Ruixue Zhang, Yuyan Tang, Liang Wang, Zeyu Wang

“…This paper sums up 13 influencing factors from four aspects, namely, technology, economy, institution, and environment aspect. …”
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Balancing mitigation strategies for viral outbreaks by Hamed Karami, Pejman Sanaei, Alexandra Smirnova

“…Five different scenarios of epidemic progression were considered: (ⅰ) the 'no control' scenario, reflecting the natural evolution of a disease without any safety measures in place, (ⅱ) the 'reconstructed' scenario, representing real-world data and interventions, (ⅲ) the 'social distancing control' scenario covering a broad set of behavioral changes, (ⅳ) the 'vaccine control' scenario demonstrating the impact of vaccination on epidemic spread, and (ⅴ) the 'both controls concurrently' scenario incorporating social distancing and vaccine controls simultaneously. …”
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Information Experiences and Needs in Patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension or Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension by Bodil Ivarsson, Björn Ekmehag, Trygve Sjöberg

“…Seventeen patients (thirteen women and four men) aged 28–73 years from a regional PAH centre were individually interviewed. …”
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Cumulative earnings of Black, Chinese, South Asian and White individuals born in Canada by Aneta Bonikowska, René Morissette, Grant Schellenberg

“…Using data from Statistics Canada’s Longitudinal Worker File and the 1996 and 2001 censuses of population, this study fills this gap and quantifies differences in cumulative earnings—the sum of earnings received over a 20-year period—for four different groups of Canadian-born individuals. …”
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Analysis of City Energy Systems Modeling Case Studies: A Systematic Review by Kushagra Gupta, Erik O. Ahlgren

“…In terms of research objective themes behind the model application, four research themes are identified. Studies aimed at identifying pathways to future low-carbon energy systems and evaluating policy impacts on the city energy systems are the most stated research objective themes for modeling city energy systems. …”
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Recycling of plastic waste polyethylene terephthalate (PET) as a modifier in asphalt mixture: study of Creep-Recovery at Low, Medium, and Hot Temperatures by Amine Bekhedda, Mohammed Merbouh

“…In this study, PET waste was used as an additive for hot mix asphalt at two sizes (2.50 to 1.25 mm, and 0.315 to 0.160 mm) and three contents (3%, 5%, and 7% by weight of binder), PET modified mixes creep-recovery behavior was tested by four points bending test and compared with control mix (without PET waste) at three different temperatures (0�, 25� and 50�C), were added directly to the mixture as the method of dry process. …”
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Cooperative Intercept Guidance of Multiple Aircraft with a Lure Role Included by Shuai Zhang, Yang Guo, Shicheng Wang

“…When threatened by a pursuer, an evading aircraft launches two defenders to accomplish a cooperative evasion, constituting a four-aircraft interception engagement. Under the assumption that the pursuing aircraft adopts the augmented proportional guidance law and first-order dynamics, a cooperative intercept mathematical model with an intercept angle constraint is established, allowing for the cooperative maneuvering of the evader. …”
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On Asymptotic Analysis of Packet and Wormhole Switched Routing Algorithm for Application-Specific Networks-on-Chip by Nitin

“…However, to overcome all the previous problems, a new method is proposed that uses MIN to provide intra-(global) communication among application-specific NoCs in networks-in-package (NiP). For this, four fault-tolerant parallel algorithms are proposed. …”
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Young beginning learners’ vocabulary learning via input and output tasks: The role of working memory by Mark Feng Teng

“…., input and output tasks) on picking up new words. 93 young learners studying English as a foreign language (EFL) participated in input and output tasks and four vocabulary assessments. These assessments functioned as a pretest, immediate posttest, and delayed posttest. …”
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Revisiting the impacts of green purchasing practices on environmental and economic performances: A case study for the Marmara region of Türkiye by Ali Ibrahim Balin, Billur Engin Balin

“…Addressing a gap in existing literature, the study holistically evaluates four sub-activities of GPPs—supplier selection, supplier development, supplier collaboration, and supplier evaluation—and examines the mediating role of EP between GPPs and ECP. …”
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The Effect of Exercise and Learning Therapy on Cognitive Functions and Physical Activity of Older People with Dementia in Indonesia by Neti Juniarti, Ihda Al’Adawiyah MZ, Citra Windani Mambang Sari, Hartiah Haroen

“…The intervention group received an Indonesian physical exercise program for older people and reading therapy through 12 sessions over four weeks. The intervention was led by a community health volunteer who has been trained and certified. …”
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Uninephrectomy and sodium‐glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor administration delay the onset of hyperglycemia by Yuri Sakai Ishizaki, Masao Kikuchi, Koichi Kaikita, Shouichi Fujimoto

“…Male rats were divided into four treatment groups: sham + placebo, sham + dapagliflozin, UNx + placebo, and UNx + dapagliflozin. …”
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Study on Finger Gesture Interface Using One-Channel EMG by Hee-Yeong Yang, Young-Shin Han, Choon-Sung Nam

“…Subsequently, these preprocessed data sets are used to train machine learning models, facilitating a comparative analysis. Four machine learning models were used: eXtreme Gradient Boost, Random Forest, k-Nearest Neighbors, and Logistic Regression. …”
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Back to (the Future) School. Reshaping the Relationship Between Mobility and Schools by Fabrizia Cannella, Samuel Fattorelli, Maria Chiara Tosi, Valentina Rossella Zucca

“…The participatory pathway involves the school community in developing actions and interventions that promote active mobility on home-school routes and a rethinking of the street, threshold and proximity spaces of four inland Venetian elementary schools. Through a reconstruction of the process, we reflect on how to interweave relationships and mutual learning between school and city, with the shared elaboration of an imaginary oriented toward active mobility, awareness of the importance of motor autonomy and the psycho-physical well-being of the local community. …”
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Exploring heavy metal dynamics and risks from dust and soil in urban cities of Jharkhand, India by Arpita Roy, Tanushree Bhattacharya, Mala Kumari, Abhishek Kumar

“…This study assesses the seasonal variation of pseudo-total metal contents (Cr, Ni, Pb, Zn, Mn, Cu, Fe, Mg, Al) and related contamination and risks in indoor dust, street dust, and soils of four major cities of Jharkhand. Across cities and seasons, Zn, Cu, and Pb were the most common pollutants. …”
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Mohammad Taghi Qiasi and Translation of French Poetry by Mitra Raissi Dehkordi

“…Initially, the translation of forty four pieces of Paul Eluard’s poems entitled Oh Freedom by Mohammad Taghi Qiasi was published in 1978. …”
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Impact of Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus on Air Gaps in Structural Firefighting Personal Protective Clothing by Josephine Bolaji, Meredith McQuerry

“…Nine active-duty male firefighter participants were scanned in a three-dimensional body scanner in four garment configurations (compression, base layers, turnout suit, and turnout with SCBA). …”
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Higher twist corrections to doubly-charmed baryonic B decays by Zhou Rui, Zhi-Tian Zou, Ying Li

“…The charmed baryon LCDAs are included up to the twist four and the effect of the subleading component of the B meson LCDAs is studied for details. …”
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Applying Sewage Sludge to Eucalyptus grandis Plantations: Effects on Biomass Production and Nutrient Cycling through Litterfall by Paulo Henrique Müller da Silva, Fabio Poggiani, Jean Paul Laclau

“…Biomass production and nutrient cycling were studied over a 36-month period in a complete randomized block design. Four experimental treatments were compared: wet sewage sludge, dry sludge, mineral fertilizer, and no fertilizer applications. …”
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Investigating the Pass-Through Effect of Global Oil Price Shock on Domestic Inflation in Selected African Countries by Lukman O. Oyelami, Babatunde S. Adekunle, Ademisola M. Oluwakemi

“…To achieve the objective of this study, country-specific data were gathered from twenty-one African countries and four foreign countries selected based on trade relations. …”
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