The comparative evaluation of the operational performance of the economies of constituent entities of the Russian Federation by V. M. Serov, N. A. Moiseenko

“…The authors ’proposals are based on the following: adopting, as a generalized indicator of the economic efficiency of the functioning of the economies of administrative-territorial entities of the country, the indicator of gross domestic income generated in their territories, regardless of which of them are registered; changes in the basic provisions for determining in statistical accounting the volumes of the gross domestic product and gross income, excluding from their volumes the cost of services, that do not represent in their content the newly created value.…”
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An overview of recent developments in translation studies with special reference to the implications for Bible translation by J. A. Naudé

“…Since the early eighties there has been a tendency within translation studies to move away from the normative and prescriptive approaches to translation and to adopt a descriptive approach towards the study of translated literature. …”
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Towards a Fluid Planning Approach in Germany: An Option for Social Fragmentation? by Maram Tawil, Christa Reicher, Eva Krings, Mehmet Haydan, Raveena Gadkar, Alena Gavrilova, Ursula Cardenas Vignes

“…In this research, a qualitative approach will be adopted to investigate the qualities of life that hinder sound integration, and, therewith, call for new types of planning to overcome such challenges, such as fluid planning. …”
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From Net Topology to Synchronization in HR Neuron Grids by Stefano Cosenza, Paolo Crucitti, Luigi Fortuna, Mattia Frasca, Manuela La Rosa, Cecilia Stagni, Lisa Usai

“…We investigate synchronization in several topologies;the results strongly depend on the adopted synapse model.…”
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Autologous Deciduous Tooth-Derived Material for Alveolar Ridge Preservation: A Clinical and Histological Case Report by Elio Minetti, Silvio Taschieri, Stefano Corbella

“…The paper presents clinical and histological outcomes and confirms the feasibility of adopting such autogenous biomaterial in standard procedures.…”
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Spatial design. Experiences and experiments of urban regeneration for a possible taxonomy by Carlo Martino, Meltem Eti Proto, Silvia Cosentino

“…In the sphere of Architecture, the 1990s saw the opening of an international debate that encouraged a process of revising the training methods adopted until that time, in favour of new ones capable of placing people – the true users of objects, spaces, and architectures – at the centre. …”
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Les plans climat énergie territoriaux : voies d’appropriation du facteur 4 par les collectivités et les acteurs locaux ? by Sylvain Godinot

“…While the first energy policies adopted by French local authorities resulted from the 1970s oil crises, the first local climate protection plans only started to emerge around 2000, in the wake of the Kyoto Earth Summit. …”
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Modified Minkowski Fractal Unit Cell for Reflectarrays with Low Sensitivity to Mutual Coupling Effects by Sandra Costanzo, Francesca Venneri, Giuseppe Di Massa

“…The inherent ability of the proposed geometry to be adopted in highly miniaturized cells is demonstrated through an extensive analysis of mutual coupling effects on reflectarray phase design curves. …”
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Modeling Lane-Keeping Behavior of Bicyclists Using Survival Analysis Approach by Hongwei Guo, Wuhong Wang, Weiwei Guo, Facheng Zhao

“…To investigate the reason behind such phenomenon, the lifetime analysis method is adopted to examine the observed data for the behavior that bicycles cross the bicycle lane and occupy the adjacent motor lanes. …”
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Functionally Graded Materials: An Overview of Stability, Buckling, and Free Vibration Analysis by Ning Zhang, Tahir Khan, Haomin Guo, Shaoshuai Shi, Wei Zhong, Weiwei Zhang

“…Moreover, the analyses of mathematical models adopted for the aforementioned analyses are not the core purpose of this paper. …”
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The main barriers of Portuguese entrepreneurship ecosystem: Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM) approach by Banha, F, Almeida, H, Rebelo, E., Orgambídez-Ramos, A.

“…The final model is a useful tool that can be adopted by key decisionmakers and players in the Ecosystem in order to optimize the selection of measures enabling the entrepreneurial activity in Portugal.…”
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A New Quasi-Human Algorithm for Solving the Packing Problem of Unit Equilateral Triangles by Ruimin Wang, Xiaozhuo Qi, Yuqiang Luo, Jianqiang Dong

“…., the unit equilateral triangles are not allowed to be rotated). This paper adopts a new quasi-human strategy to study the packing problem of unit equilateral triangles. …”
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Effects of Pyriproxyfen on Life Table Indices of Plutella xylostella in Multigenerations by Mohammad Mahmoudvand, Saeid Moharramipour, Mehrdad Iranshahi

“…The leaf dip bioassay method was adopted in conducting this experiment. Sublethal concentrations resulted in a significant decrease in fecundity, oviposition period, and pupal weight of parents and offspring generations. …”
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Inverse Approach to Evaluate the Tubular Material Parameters Using the Bulging Test by Yulong Ge, Xiaoxing Li, Lihui Lang

“…An inverse procedure is adopted to determine the tubular material properties in Krupkowski-Swift constitutive model of material deformation using a hybrid algorithm that combines the differential evolution and Levenberg-Marquardt algorithms. …”
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Manufacturer’s Business Strategy: Interaction of Sharing Economy and Product Rollover by Jian Feng, Bin Liu, Zhenfeng Liu

“…When the production cost is moderate, the manufacturer will adopt single rollover. Finally, the manufacturer’s participation in product sharing will increase the old/new product’s price and the manufacturer’s total profits but will decrease the old/new product’s demand in the sales market. …”
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Beyond Representations by Tobias Lindström, Erik Solfeldt

“…Departing from traditional representationalist approaches that have long been the modi operandi in the study of figurative imagery, as well as in the archaeology of figurines, the papers adopt ontological, new animist, and new materialist perspectives, viewing figurines not as mere depictions but as active entities affecting their makers, users and environments. …”
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MODELING THE DISTRIBUTION AND USE OF PROFITS IN VARIOUS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES by H. V. Sotnikova

“…The options for determining the proportions of distribution of net profit in accordance with the adopted strategy and for controlling profit have been considered, providing information to the integrated accounting of the deviation of the actual level of net profit from indicative and allowing you to make corrective solutions: transition to other strategy development or adjustment of the flexible areas of use of profits. …”
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The analysis of The Global Index of Innovation of Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina by Ćosić Miilivoje, Tomić Ljiljana, Mesarević Aleksandra

“…In modern business conditions most countries of the world have increasingly been adopting policies and strategies that encourage innovation, because they have realized that without systematically encouraging the development of innovation there is no global competitiveness. …”
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Venom of the Endoparasitoid Wasp Pteromalus puparum: An Overview by Jia-Ying Zhu, Gong-Yin Ye, Cui Hu

“…Pteromalus puparum is a gregarious pupal endoparasitoid wasp which has evolved unique means to adopt the host's immune system, as no other parasitoid-associated factors other than venom are injected into its hosts during oviposition. …”
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Damage Evaluation of Bridge Hanger Based on Bayesian Inference: Analytical Model by Yang Ding, Jing-liang Dong, Tong-lin Yang, Zhong-ping Wang, Shuang-xi Zhou, Yong-qi Wei, An-ming She

“…Three case studies are adopted to demonstrate the effect of the initial value and the applicability of the proposed model. …”
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