Observing documentary reading by verbal protocol by Fujita Mariangela Spotti Lopes, Nardi Maria Isabel Asperti, Fagundes Silvana Aparecida

“…Describes details of the methodological procedures adopted in five case studies with analysis of samples of data. …”
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Water Conservation and Extension Participants: An Interesting Synergy by Laura A. Warner, Sebastian Galindo-Gonzalez, Anil Kumar Chaudhary

“… The home landscape is a place where there is a great opportunity for people to adopt irrigation practices and technologies that conserve water. …”
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Simulation and Sensitivity Analysis of Molybdenum Disulfide Nanoparticle Production Using Aspen Plus by Mouad Hachhach, Hanane Akram, Mounir Hanafi, Ouafae Achak, Tarik Chafik

“…The obtained result showed that the approach adopted in the study might be of interest for further investigation of the process design and scaling-up.…”
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Water Conservation and Extension Participants: An Interesting Synergy by Laura A. Warner, Sebastian Galindo-Gonzalez, Anil Kumar Chaudhary

“… The home landscape is a place where there is a great opportunity for people to adopt irrigation practices and technologies that conserve water. …”
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Acceleration Signal Processing Method of Impact Response of Floating Shock Platform Based on Rigid Body Motion Model by Xiongliang Yao, Wenqi Zhang, Zhikai Wang, Jin Chen, Heng Yang

“…The rigid body motion revision model adopts the theory of ship’s seakeeping based on the hypothesis of KrylovFroude, in which the shock wave load of underwater explosion adopts the empirical formula. …”
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Entre convergences et divergences : la communauté haïtienne de Montréal by Ariane Cyr

“…The perceptions of the Haitian community of Montreal as regards its adoptive country (Canada, Quebec and Montreal) were useful to specify this new definition. …”
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Rêver la forêt, cultiver les arbres by Alan Guillou

“…By working on the aesthetic and symbolic aspects of trees, these pupils have adopted an old heritage, a long cultural affiliation of their profession to the forest. …”
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The covid-19 pandemic in vulnerable communities: the responses of Rio de Janeiro’s favelas by Dalia Maimon Schiray

“…We show that prevention, following WHO guidelines, is more easily adopted by the middle class. In low-income groups, housing conditions, lack of sanitation and informality limit the effectiveness of prevention. …”
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Fractional Dynamics of Genetic Algorithms Using Hexagonal Space Tessellation by J. A. Tenreiro Machado

“…Furthermore, the algorithm adopts an hexagonal tessellation of the two-dimensional space for promoting an efficient method of the neighbour modelling. …”
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Entrepreneurial Behaviour and the Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises in South-West, Nigeria by Nafiu Badiru

“…This study adopted a tabular approach proposed by Gill et al. (2010) Gill et al. (2010), as cited in Taherdoost (2017), to arrive at a sample size of six hundred and fifty-nine (659) respondents. …”
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Nonpenalty Machine Learning Constraint Handling Using PSO-SVM for Structural Optimization by Marco M. Rosso, Raffaele Cucuzza, Fabio Di Trapani, Giuseppe C. Marano

“…Firstly formulated to solve unconstrained optimization problems, the common way to solve constrained ones with the metaheuristic particle swarm optimization algorithm (PSO) is represented by adopting some penalty functions. In this paper, a new nonpenalty-based constraint handling approach for PSO is implemented, adopting a supervised classification machine learning method, the support vector machine (SVM). …”
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Impact of Personal Protection Habits on the Spread of Pandemics: Insights from an Agent-Based Model by Lindsay Álvarez-Pomar, Sergio Rojas-Galeano

“…We found that observing physical distance is the dominant habit in reducing disease transmission, although adopting either or both of the other two habits is necessary to some extent to suppress a new outbreak entirely. …”
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A proximal policy optimization based deep reinforcement learning framework for tracking control of a flexible robotic manipulator by Joshi Kumar V, Vinodh Kumar Elumalai

“…To improve the convergence of the proposed DRL algorithm, this study adopts the Lyapunov based reward shaping technique. …”
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Study on the Dynamic Evolution of Transverse Collusive Bidding Behavior and Regulation Countermeasures Under the “Machine-Managed Bidding” System by Zongyuan Zhang, Jincan Liu, Zhitian Zhang, Bin Chen

“…Results indicate that: (1) The MMB model significantly mitigates vertical collusive bidding behavior but lacks measures for governing transverse collusive bidding; (2) The game model has five evolutionarily stable strategies, with the one where the collusion initiator adopting the “non-collude” strategy, the free bidder adopting the “bid” strategy, and the regulator adopting the “negative regulate” strategy being the optimal evolutionary stable strategy; (3) Decreasing the costs associated with preparing bid documents, enhancing supervision costs, increasing the technical complexity of collusive bidding, and expanding the total number of construction enterprises with high-credit and low-credit ratings can expedite the evolution of the three participants toward the optimal evolutionarily stable strategy. …”
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Smart home technology to support engagement in everyday activities while ageing: A focus group study with current and future generations of older adults. by William Son Galanza, Jens Offerman, Sofi Fristedt, Susanne Iwarsson, Nebojsa Malesevic, Steven M Schmidt

“…The overall aim of this study was to explore factors involved in the decision-making process in adopting SHT among current and future generations of older adults. …”
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The Methodology of Imam Ash‘ari in Engaging with Sifat Khabariyyah Through the Book al-Ibanah by Mohd Saiba Yaacob, Syed Hadzrullathfi Syed Omar, Engku Ibrahim Engku Wok Zin

“…Imam Abu al-Hasan al-Ash‘ari (Imam Ash‘ari) produced various works that discuss the authentic manhaj (methodology) of engaging with Sifat Khabariyyah. He adopted two distinct approaches through different writings: the Ithbat and Tafwid. …”
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Identification of Manning’s Coefficient Using HEC-RAS Model: Upstream Al-Amarah Barrage by Sarmad A. Abbas, Ali H. Al-Aboodi, Husham T. Ibrahim

“…The HEC-RAS model was adopted, calibrated, and validated in adopting two sets of observed water levels. …”
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T-regulatory cells for the treatment of autoimmune diseases by Marina S. Fisher, Marina S. Fisher, Sergey V. Sennikov, Sergey V. Sennikov

“…Adoptive transfer of Tregs includes polyclonal Tregs with non-specific effects and antigen-specific Tregs in the form of CAR-Treg and TCR-Treg. …”
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Kyoto International Consensus Report on Anatomy, Pathophysiology and Clinical Significance of the Gastroesophageal Junction by A. A. Sheptulin, Y. S. Rabotyagova

“…The new definitions of GEJ, GEJ zone and Barrett’s esophagus adopted by the International Consensus will be used in subsequent studies, which will contribute to improving the results of treatment of diseases of this area.…”
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The New Normal? The European Union’s Temporary Frameworks for State Aid by Kociubiński Jakub

“…During the Covid pandemic the European Union has witnessed an unprecedented level of State aid measures, under the hastily adopted dedicated temporary framework. Temporary rules have also been adopted to facilitate State aid supporting companies affected by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which are still in force today (March 2023). …”
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