Applying the Virtual Input-Output Method to the Identification of Key Nodes in Busy Traffic Network by Fan Yang, Fei Yan, Chikun Zhang, Xiaoying Tang, Jianchang Li, Xindan Zhang, Yingxin Gan

“…The results show that this improved method adopted to measure the importance of traffic nodes from the global scope has the advantages of fast calculation and simple process and provides a more reliable basis for rational allocation of transport resources.…”
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Beamforming Transmission in IEEE 802.11ac under Time-Varying Channels by Heejung Yu, Taejoon Kim

“…The IEEE 802.11ac wireless local area network (WLAN) standard has adopted beamforming (BF) schemes to improve spectral efficiency and throughput with multiple antennas. …”
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Immunotherapy Deriving from CAR-T Cell Treatment in Autoimmune Diseases by Yuehong Chen, Jianhong Sun, Huan Liu, Geng Yin, Qibing Xie

“…Chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR-T) cells are T cells engineered to express specific synthetic antigen receptors that can recognize antigens expressed by tumor cells, which after the binding of these antigens to the receptors are eliminated, and have been adopted to treat several kinds of malignancies. Autoimmune diseases (AIDs), a class of chronic disease conditions, can be broadly separated into autoantibody-mediated and T cell-mediated diseases. …”
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High-Order Sliding Mode Control for Networked Control System with Dynamic Noncooperative Game Scheduling by Weixuan Wang, Shousheng Xie, Bin Zhou, Jingbo Peng, Lei Wang, Hao Wang, Yu Zhang

“…Subsequently, the quadratic optimization theory was adopted to regulate the control value following the implementation of the scheduling strategy to ensure that the control quality was further enhanced in the limited network service. …”
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Mapping design-driven processes for the regeneration of small fortified towns in inland areas by Massimo Brignoni, Giorgio Dall’Osso, Silvia Gasparotto, Riccardo Varini

“…The taxonomy, developed and adopted by the Design Research Unit of the University of San Marino, identifies, distributes and classifies numerous case studies according to two essential relational variables between human beings, communities and places: the time of permanence and the level of interaction and involvement with the areas.   …”
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Highly robust co‐estimation of state of charge and state of health using recursive total least squares and unscented Kalman filter for lithium‐ion battery by Xiaohui Li, Weidong Liu, Bin Liang, Qian Li, Yue Zhao, Jian Hu

“…First, the 1‐RC equivalent circuit model is adopted and the model parameters are identified in a real‐time manner using the recursive total least‐square method to improve the accuracy and adaptivity of the battery model. …”
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Estimation of partially linear single-index spatial autoregressive model using B-splines by Lei Liu, Jun Dai

“…The Nelder-Mead iteration algorithm is adopted to calculate the parametric and nonparametric parts simultaneously in the optimization. …”
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An Improved Peak Sidelobe Reduction Method for Subarrayed Beam Scanning by Hang Hu, Xuepeng Luan, Guanglei Zhang, Ke Song, Weihui Liu, Chenghu Mou

“…Further, based on the concept adopting superelement patterns to approximately express original subarray patterns, the simplified GSP-based method is proposed. …”
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Novel Distributed PZT Active Vibration Control Based on Characteristic Model for the Space Frame Structure by Hua Zhong, Yong Wang, Hanzheng Ran, Qing Wang, Changxing Shao

“…Thus the characteristic modeling theory is adopted to establish the needed model, which can accurately describe the dynamic characteristics of the space frame structure in real time. …”
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Clinical Applications of Heart Rate Variability in the Triage and Assessment of Traumatically Injured Patients by Mark L. Ryan, Chad M. Thorson, Christian A. Otero, Thai Vu, Kenneth G. Proctor

“…The purpose of this paper is to describe the three analytical methods (time domain, frequency domain, and entropy) and specific clinical populations that have been evaluated in trauma patients and to identify key issues regarding HRV that must be explored if it is to be widely adopted for the assessment of trauma patients.…”
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A Double Inverted F-Shape Patch Antenna for Dual-Band Operation by M. M. Islam, M. R. I. Faruque, W. Hueyshin, J. S. Mandeep, T. Islam

“…Commercially available high frequency structural simulator (HFSS) based on the finite element method (FEM) has been adopted in this investigation. It has a measured impedance bandwidths (2 : 1 VSWR) of 18.53% on the lower band and 7.8% on the upper band, respectively. …”
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From ivory tower to fishbowl: Towards restoring academic freedom and institutional autonomy in public higher education in South Africa by Flip Schutte, Emetia Swart

“…The findings shed light on strategies for institutions to adopt to rebuild stakeholder confidence. The data indicated that institutions of higher learning could rebuild trust by increasing transparency and accountability to the public and engaging with their surrounding communities through various community engagement activities. …”
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Optimal Prestress Investigation on Tensegrity Structures Using Artificial Fish Swarm Algorithm by Xiaodong Feng, Wanpeng Zhang, Yaozhi Luo, Sergio Zlotnik

“…The issue is subsequently performed as a minimum problem by regulating the value of an objective function where the unilateral condition and the stress uniformity condition are entirely considered. The AFSA is adopted to search for the global minimum, leading to a set of initial prestresses that guarantee all the above conditions. …”
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An Empirical Study on Listed Company’s Value of Cash Holdings: An Information Asymmetry Perspective by Chuangxia Huang, Xin Ma, Qiujun Lan

“…Previous studies mostly adopt single index to analysis this issue, and the economic meaning it represents only reflects some information of asymmetric information, so it was one-sided and the conclusion also differ. …”
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Gender Differences in Implementing Organizational Change in Romania’s Central Public Administration by Constantin M. Profiroiu, Alina G. Profiroiu, Corina C. Nastaca

“… The present study analyses the gender differences in implementing organizational change in Romania’s central public administration, from a subordinates’ perspective, in order to establish whether female leaders are more likely to adopt change in comparison to their male counterparts. …”
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A quadratic $$\nu $$ ν -support vector regression approach for load forecasting by Yanhe Jia, Shuaiguang Zhou, Yiwen Wang, Fengming Lin, Zheming Gao

“…A feature weighting strategy is adopted to estimate the relevance of the features in the load history. …”
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Structure Analysis of Factors Influencing the Preference of Ridesplitting by Xinghua Li, Feiyu Feng, Wei Wang, Cheng Cheng, Tianzuo Wang, Pengcheng Tang

“…Specifically, attitude towards incentives and management issues, perceived benefit, and perceived usefulness appear to be strong active driving forces that encourage the desire to adopt ridesplitting.…”
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Application Research of Intelligent Classification Technology in Enterprise Data Classification and Gradation System by Lina Yu, Chunwei Wang, Huixian Chang, Sheng Shen, Fang Hou, Yingwei Li

“…Classification and gradation system adopts different security protection schemes for different types of data by implementing classification and gradation management of data, which is an important pretechnical means for data security protection and prevention of data leakage. …”
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The Effect of High-Frequency Parametric Excitation on a Stochastically Driven Pantograph-Catenary System by R. H. Huan, W. Q. Zhu, F. Ma, Z. H. Liu

“…A single-degree-of-freedom model of the pantograph-catenary system is adopted, wherein the stiffness of the nonlinear spring has a time-varying component characterized by both low and high frequencies. …”
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Impact of Conflict Resolution on the Performance of Workers of Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Abuja: An Econometrics Approach by Abubakar Orlando Ijoko, Ogakwu Julius Ogbaji, Samson Galadima Simon

“…Therefore, the study recommended that the management of FAAN, Abuja, should adopt a collaborative strategy in a bid to improve the performance of workers at FAAN, Abuja. …”
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