Spatio-temporal systems in Chaucer’s language: A discourse-pragmatic analysis by Minako Nakayasu

“…The text used for analysis is “The knight’s tale” adopted from the Riverside edition of The Canterbury tales. …”
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Environmental Aspects of Domestic Cat Care and Management: Implications for Cat Welfare by Judith L. Stella, Candace C. Croney

“…Understanding cat behavior and providing the highest quality environments possible, including positive human-cat interactions, based on research could help improve the outcomes of biomedical research, shelter adoptions, and veterinary care, as well as overall cat welfare. …”
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SYNERGY BETWEEN THE YOUTH AND A SECURED NATION: AN ATTEMPT TO DEVELOP NIGERIA THROUGH POLITICS AND ELECTORAL REMINISCENCE by ABDULKAREEM ONAKOYA

“…Survey research method with the use of questionnaire to garner responses from various stakeholders and politicians was adopted by the researcher. System Theory was used to navigate the study with expected findings. …”
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Independent Innovation Incentive Mechanism of the National Independent Innovation Demonstration Zone of China Based on Evolutionary Game by Peijie Du, Kang Tian, Yanrong Wang

“…In addition, this paper adopts numerical simulation to analyze the influence of each decision variable on different players’ strategic selections. …”
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PUBLIC POLICY AND INEQUALITY IN NIGERIA: AN INTERROGATION by MOSES DANJUMA BOT, MARIA ELEYI IGOCHE, ANOMNIHE UDOKA TIMDIR

“…Hence, addressing the root causes of inequality, it is possible to create a more just and equitable society for all. The paper adopts a qualitative research design, drawing on secondary sources such as policy documents, scholarly articles, official reports, relevant blog post, newspapers and books to examine the correlation and impact of public policy on inequality in Nigeria. …”
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Measurement of the factors affecting the quality of life in the informal settlements areas of Tabriz Metropolis by Nazli pakru, Rasoul Darskhan

“…Rapid urbanization causes the number of problems for citizens and urban managers, which noted the need to adopt strategies and approaches to improve the condition. …”
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Can Marketization Improve Sustainable Development in Northeastern China? Evidence from the Perspective of Coupling Coordination Degree Model by Sai Tang, Yue Zhu, Fang Wang, Na Shen

“…Can marketization improve sustainable development measured by the coupling coordination degree? This paper adopts the coupling coordination degree model (CCDM) to estimate the coupling coordination degree and further explore the impact of marketization on the coupling coordination degree in Northeastern China from 1994 to 2019. …”
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A PMBGA to Optimize the Selection of Rules for Job Shop Scheduling Based on the Giffler-Thompson Algorithm by Rui Zhang, Cheng Wu

“…Several dispatching rules are adopted in the Giffler-Thompson algorithm for constructing active schedules. …”
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Exploring the Representation of the Field of Communication in Academic Publishing: A Content Analysis of the Journals of Communication Schools in Turkey by Fırat Tufan, Yeşim Akmeraner, Ezel Turk

“…The articles that analyzed new media predominantly adopted qualitativemethods. In addition, collaborative studies were less than single-authored studies, a very limited numberof the studies was supported by a project, and the number of articles written in foreign languages wasremarkably few.…”
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Research and Implementation of Intelligent Home Pension System Based on Speech and Semantic Recognition by Guokun Xie, Sen Hao, Peipei Zhang, Ningning Wang

“…In this method, data transmission, instruction uploading, and receiving are completed by designing the communication interface of home appliance terminal to build the wireless intelligent home communication subsystem, and the voice module of IfI is adopted. The intelligent cloud is selected as the development cloud platform, and the related hardware is selected to realize the remote data communication. …”
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ECONOMIC AND INSTITUTIONAL DETERMINANTS OF INTERNATIONAL TOURISM DEMAND IN THE ECOWAS REGION by Sodiq Olaiwola Jimoh, Nusirat Ojuolape Gold

“…The study recommends government, authorities in charge of crime prevention (security agencies) and other key players (both private and public) to team up and map out plans to tackle terrorism and insecurity in the West African region; the region should consider adopting single currency to stabilize prices; and ensure effective communication is maintained so that tourists are adequately informed about dangerous zones. …”
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Evaluation of Sanandaj city vulnerability to earthquake using classification tree analysis (CTA) model by shahrivar rostaei, rahim heydari chyaneh, ayoub zoghi

“…What matters is the level of community's preparedness and the degree of vulnerability of the city and its residents, which can be reduced to the lowest level if properly planned and principle policies are adopted.  In this research, considering the high potential of Sanandaj in terms of seismicity and the existence of many faults in the vicinity and around of the city, it is tried to gain an authentic understanding of the subject with identifying the factors affecting the earthquake and combining indicators using the  Classification Tree Analysis (CTA) model. …”
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Why Severability? A New Theory of the Effect of Invalid Treaty Reservations by Ulf Linderfalk

“…This theory provides an answer to the general question of why, in the application of human rights treaties, the severability solution should be adopted, whereas in the application of many other treaties, it should not.…”
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Design and ecological thinking. The new narratives of contemporary design placing Earth on centre stage by Alessandro Valenti, Andrea Trimarchi and Simone Farresin

“…Recalling Buckminster Fuller, who promoted a practice of design based on rigorous analysis and transparency between both material and user, the design approach of Studio Formafantasma in recent years has been adopted as a paradigm in an alternative to the status quo. …”
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The Influence Mechanism of BIM on Green Building Engineering Project Management under the Background of Big Data by Ning Feng

“…This method is based on the specific technical measures and targeted management methods adopted in the green construction process. At the same time, the specific measures of construction project management in the era of big data are analyzed. …”
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Inclusive, Exclusive, Didactic: Typologies of Islamic Thought on Apostasy in Muhammadiyah by Sholihul Huda, Zuly Qodir, Nafik Muthohirin, Warsidi Warsidi

“…The findings indicate a dominant trend towards inclusive views but reveal inconsistencies, as elites may express inclusive views on religious freedom while adopting exclusive stances on legal aspects of apostasy. …”
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Introduction: Intergenerational Transmissions of Infant Mortality using the Intermediate Data Structure (IDS) by Luciana Quaranta, Hilde Leikny Sommerseth

“…In addition, the works have shown that there are large advantages of adopting the IDS for historical demographic research. …”
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Bending Response of Cross-Ply Laminated Composite Plates with Diagonally Perturbed Localized Interfacial Degeneration by Chee Zhou Kam, Ahmad Beng Hong Kueh

“…The stiffness of the laminate is expressed through the assembly of the stiffnesses of lamina sub-elements and interface element, the latter of which is formulated adopting the well-defined virtually zero-thickness concept. …”
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The Path of Systematic Improvement of the Rules for Ships Under Construction in Maritime Law of the People's Republic of China by CAO Xingguo, SUN Ninglu

“…Through the analysis of the theoretical basis, comparative reference and demarcation standards, the phased application approach can be deployed to solve the disputes concerning ships under construction. It is proposed to adopt a systematic perspective to clarify the phased application approach during the revision of the Chinese Maritime Code. …”
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Secure data deduplication for Internet-of-things sensor networks based on threshold dynamic adjustment by Yuan Gao, Hequn Xian, Aimin Yu

“…The item response theory is adopted to determine the sensitivity of different data and their privacy score, which ensures the applicability of data privacy score. …”
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