Elite in social networks: new forms of feedback in the digital age by O. V. Kryshtanovskaya

“…The study was conducted by analyzing a database, containing information about the presence of accounts, subscriptions and the size of the audience, the content of published materials of representatives of the Russian establishment. …”
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Channel estimation for double IRS-assisted millimeter wave MIMO systems based on tensor decomposition and manifold optimization by FENG Kaihui, LIU Chen, HUANG Zheng, SONG Yunchao, GAO Runqin

“…Unlike traditional schemes, the proposed scheme takes into account the low-rank characteristics of millimeter wave channels, accurately describes the channels, and effectively handles fixed-rank constraints using manifold optimization theory, thus improving the accuracy of channel estimation. …”
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Investigating the role of insulated tiles as a prospective material for building envelope: thermal performance and energy efficiency by Dr. M. Arif Kamal

“… The residential and commercial sectors account for nearly one-third of the total electricity consumption in India. …”
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Data Imputation for Detected Traffic Volume of Freeway Using Regression of Multilayer Perceptron by Xiang Wang, Yingying Ma, Shengwen Huang, Yu Xu

“…Also, 32 groups of simulated imputation experiments based on the detected traffic volume of road sections in the Guangdong freeway system are conducted, which take the scenarios of continuous missing and jumped missing into account. The results of the experiments show that the MLP-MICE can optimize the imputation performance in the missing value of traffic volume with the MAPE of imputation results from 6.38% to 30%. …”
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Oral Hygiene Practices and Awareness of Pregnant Women about the Effects of Periodontal Disease on Pregnancy Outcomes by Noora Mohammed Eissa Bushehab, Jayadevan Sreedharan, Sesha Reddy, Jovita D’souza, Hossam Abdelmagyd

“…One of the major contributing factors is periodontal disease, which accounts for about 18.2% of all PTLBW cases worldwide, and prevention of the same could reduce the occurrence of PTLBW babies. …”
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A New Closed-Form Solution of the Side Abutment Pressure Distribution of Roadway by Liang Cheng, Yidong Zhang

“…Since the previous closed-form solutions of the side abutment pressure do not take into account all the necessary parameters which include the properties of the coal and the interface between coal and roof/floor, the roadway height, and the support strength, a mechanical model is established based on the equilibrium of the plastic zone, and a new closed-form solution is derived in this paper. …”
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Trivariate Stochastic Weather Model for Predicting Maize Yield by Patrick Chidzalo, Phillip O. Ngare, Joseph K. Mung’atu

“…Stochastic analyses are applied on the pdf and process to account for nonlinearity and nonstationarity, and also establish a corresponding stochastic differential equation (SDE) for maize yield. …”
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Reproductive behaviour and longevity: Evidence from Chinese centenarians by Shuo Zhang, Si-qing Zhang, Hua-lei Yang, Jia-hao Wang, Yuan-yang Wu

“…The association between fertility and health of both men and women should be taken into account in the development of fertility policies and supporting policies. …”
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Vivre de paysage dans le Morvan ou l’impensé de la gestion forestière morvandelle by Damien Marage

“…Stakeholders realise that in considering the future of a forest landscape they need to systemically take into account the activities deployed within it and, above all, to recognise the landscape as an excellent lever for motivation and mediation between actors. …”
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Better than Nothing? The Idea of “Rough Justice” for Individual Compensation in Disaster Cases by Thais Temer, Karina Denari Gomes de Mattos, Maria Cecília de Araujo Asperti

“…It focuses on holding companies accountable for compensating damages incurred by individuals. …”
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Understanding the influence of stratification for mine water management: a comparative study by Elke Mugova, Christian Wolkersdorfer

“…The investigation of 29 ore and coal mine shafts and their corresponding physico-chemical depth profile measurements was aimed to compare the profiles with each other, while also taking into account the shaft geometry and the layout of the mine. …”
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Nutritional Composition, Antinutritional Factors, Antioxidant Activities, Functional Properties, and Sensory Evaluation of Cactus Pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) Seeds Grown in Tigray... by Tewelde Hailemicheal Reda, Mulubrhan Kahsay Atsbha

“…The dietary Ca, K, P, Fe, and Zn contents of the sample accounted 390.14mg, 446.46mg, 206.18mg, 4.37mg, and 2.01mg per 100 g, respectively. …”
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Die Erinnerung an die Sächsische Schweiz in den Reisetagebüchern der Schwester Florentyna und Symforoza Krzyżanowska by Katarzyna Król

“…This is evidenced, for instance, by various travel accounts, among which it is worth mentioning the travel diaries of two young girls—sisters Florentyna and Symforoza Krzyżanowska, which remain in manuscripts to this day. …”
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Examining Delay Intervals in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Primary Open Angle Glaucoma in an Egyptian Population and Its Impact on Lifestyle by Iman M. Eissa, Nahla B. Abu Hussein, Ahmed E. Habib, Yasmine M. El Sayed

“…The median total delay was one year, with 50% of patients having a total delay of 1 year or less, of which 25% exhibited zero total delay. 25% of patients had a delay ranging from 1 to 3 years, and 25% had a total delay ranging from 3 to 27 years. Diagnostic delay accounted for 43.03% of cases. Longer delays were met in patients with certain socioeconomic factors. …”
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Evaluation of Antioxidant Activities and Tyrosinase Inhibitory Effects of Ginkgo biloba Tea Extract by Pongsathorn Klomsakul, Arisara Aiumsubtub, Pornchanok Chalopagorn

“…The extract showed the total phenolic compound and flavonoid content were 14.13 mg GE g−1 extract and 71.33 mg rutin equivalence g−1 DW, respectively. Taking into account the results of the DPPH, the antioxidant property at the concentration of 500 µg ml−1 was 95.29% that is similar to that of the BHT, ascorbic acid, and gallic acid used as positive controls. …”
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Lack of Smoking Prevalence Data for Indigenous Peoples Worldwide Contributes to Epidemiological Invisibility by Marewa Glover

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A new proposal for an easy-to-calibrate DNI clear-sky model: a performance analysis and validation in different geographical locations by César D. Sánchez-Segura, Manuel I. Peña Cruz

“…By proposing calibration coefficients obtained from only a couple of DNI measurements, and without taking into account the geographical characteristics or climatic conditions of the study site, the developed clear sky model was tested in a global context using a period of 11 years (2010-2020) with databases of 71 solarimetric stations, obtaining an average RMSD that ranges between 6.48% (arid climate) to 7.97% (equatorial climate). …”
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Prevalence of caries and social classes in a group of children under 6 years old in southern Chile by Gloria Analia González Nieto

“…The ceod index and social risk survey of Graffar attached were taken into account. The data was recorded in Excel® and then exported to the SPSS program for statistical analysis. …”
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La gestion des déchets post-catastrophe à Port-au-Prince : entre relégation et proximité by Roxana Popescu, Mathieu Durand, Robert d’Ercole

“…This removal takes place at several scales, taking into account use landing and proximity between the waste fields and waste disposal sites. …”
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Validation of the New Algorithm for Rain Rate Retrieval from AMSR2 Data Using TMI Rain Rate Product by Elizaveta Zabolotskikh, Bertrand Chapron

“…Ice clouds are not taken into account. AMSR2 brightness temperature differences at C- and X-band channels are then used as inputs to train a neural network (NN) function for RR retrieval. …”
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