Human-de-centred Design – Towards a (new) era of suffering by Niccolò Casiddu, Francesco Burlando, Boyu Chen

“…To illustrate this concept, three case studies are analysed, demonstrating how design can challenge traditional logic and adopt a more radical perspective that removes the human user from the centre of the project.   …”
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Closure Scheme Analysis of 3 × 70 m Bearingless Integral Rigid Frame Bridge of Fuzhou Xiamen High-Speed Railway by Fangwen Weng, Xiangui Li

“…The deep-water approach bridge on both sides of the main bridge of Fuzhou Xiamen high-speed railway adopts the bearingless prestressed concrete integral rigid frame bridge for the first time in the domestic railway bridge design. …”
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Zostań MovieStarPlanet! – czyli o partycypacji kultury dziecięcej w kulturze cyfrowej by Joanna Dziekońska

“…The communication in the service has been treated as an example of a new dimension of children’s culture and, as such, it is the subject of the present study. The adopted study procedure mainly comprised the netnographic method and revealed many original examples of children’s culture. …”
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Study on Acoustic Emission Localization of Concrete Using Modified Velocity by Jiapeng Li, Lei Qin

“…However, the current AE location system adopted constant wave velocity. As a result, the error was tremendous. …”
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Evaluation of Students' Use of Visual Learning Representations in Science Classes: A Case Study from Turkey by Tufan Inaltekin, Volkan Goksu

“…Document analysis, a qualitative research strategy, has been adopted and content analysis technique was used to analyse the collected documents. …”
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Comprehensive Evaluation of Talent Growth Factor Index System Based on Hesitant Fuzzy Language by Xueer Ji, Lei Wang, Huifeng Xue

“…The entropy of hesitation fuzzy language terms adopts the algorithm, which calculates the index weights according to the relative entropy values and adjusts the expert weights with the expert group consensus model. …”
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Displacement and Force Control of a Quarter Car Using a Mixed Mode MR Mount by Shuo Wang, Mohammad Elahinia, The Nguyen

“…A mixed mode magnetorheological (MR) fluid mount was adopted to isolate this vibration and was evaluated in a quarter car model. …”
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Towards an optimization of catheter guidance in vascular surgery: A comparative analysis of the contribution of reinforcement learning by Cheima Bouden

“…Conclusion: The study indicates that reinforcement learning could significantly improve the precision and safety of catheter navigation in vascular surgery. By adopting these techniques, medical practices could see more accurate and less invasive procedures, enhancing patient outcomes. …”
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Glovebox-CT to Enable 3D Imaging of Reactive or Hazardous Samples by Nick Brierley, Darius Zanke, Luke Peche, Peter Habenschaden

“…This contribution will describe the solutions adopted to meet these challenges. …”
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Villy Sørensen’s Hermeneutics of the Fall by Rasa Alė Petronytė

“…The interpretation of the short story “The Soldier’s Christmas Eve” highlights several aspects of the hermeneutics of symbols which constitute consciousness: (1) the unmasking of consciousness by revealing the split in the psyche is irreversible, (2) the archaeology and eschatology of the subject are interrelated: they contradict each other, yet are mutually constitutive, (3) the conscious becomes true consciousness only by adopting the hermeneutical task: consciousness is the act of interpreting representations of meaning outside the conscious. …”
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Cine documental y 15-M, un diálogo a múltiples voces by Laura Grifol-Isely

“…El nuevo rapto de Europa (Portabella, 2015), this paper intends to explore some productions whose emergence could hardly be understood without the essential contribution of 15-M. By adopting the concept of 15-M as a unifying factor of a previously present series of synergies, it is about showing the power of movement to catalyze impulses, and the representative role that documentary has been playing, both to channel questions and to open new political, economic and social perspectives. …”
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Interface Bond Characterization between Fiber and Cementitious Matrix by Won-Chang Choi, Seok-Joon Jang, Hyun-Do Yun

“…The parameters for each type of fiber include the water-to-binder ratio and fiber embedment length. The adopted equation used for the numerical analysis was calibrated using experimental data, and design coefficients are proposed accordingly. …”
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Public-Private Partnerships in the Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure in China: An Illustrative Case Study by Kun Wang, Yongjian Ke

“…However, PPP has not been commonly adopted in this sector yet. This paper hence studied an illustrative case of Anqing Project in China to demonstrate how governments structure a PPP deal in the electric vehicle charging infrastructures. …”
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Analysis of the Tunneling Blast Safety Criterion Based on Longitudinal Shocks by Xiao Wang, Wen-bo Zhao, Hou-you Zhou, Dian-shu Liu

“…In this paper, based on the analysis of the pressure change, volume expansion, fracture development, and blasting gas motion, an accurate blasting loading model was proposed. Then, adopting plane longitudinal shock theory, the coupled loading of multiple holes can be obtained. …”
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From introduction to phonemic symbols to development of transcription skills: A case study in the English Department at University of Tuzla by Jurida Sanel Hadžiahmetović

“…The present study portrays some of the key aspects of connected speech in English, as adopted by 42 native Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian-speaking undergraduate students of English in the English Department, University of Tuzla, in the academic year 2013/2014. …”
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Thermidor in Ethiopia? Agrarian Transformations between Economic Liberalization and the Developmental State by Davide Chinigò, Emanuele Fantini

“…The Ethiopian Thermidor sheds light on the extent to which post-revolutionary elites since the 1990s have adopted selective and original strategies of political and economic liberalization to consolidate their power in the context of neoliberal globalization. …”
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Analysis of Foundation Pit Design of Metro Station in Complex Environment by Yunchao Tao

“…The results show that making full use of the geological features of strata and adopting effective support methods can ensure the safety of foundation pit construction, reduce the cost of engineering description, and shorten the construction period, which can be used as a reference for similar projects and construction.…”
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Crimillegal Orders: Revisiting Organized Crime’s Political Power by Markus Schultze-Kraft

“…The article concludes by presenting some ideas about how the concept of crimillegality could be usefully adopted in the fields of peace building and the mitigation of non-armed conflict violence in Latin America and other parts of the contemporary world.…”
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Experimental study on dynamic response of model shield tunnel induced by moving-axle loads of subway train by Mengxi Zhang, Xiaoqing Zhang, Lei Li, Chengyu Hong

“…Finally, a three-dimensional dynamic finite element model was adopted to simulate the movement of the axle loads and calculate the responses of the lining. …”
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Specific Issues of Mandatory Nature and Discretionary Nature of Shareholders Legal Relations’ Regulation by E. M. Bondariev

“…It must comply with the requirements of the legislation, as well as with the by-laws adopted for their itemization.…”
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