Support Services Provided by a Child and Youth Care Centre (CYCC) to Adolescent Witnesses of Domestic Violence by Shahana Rasool, Suzanne Swart

“…Method: For this study, a qualitative holistic case study design was adopted. This single case study design was chosen as information was gathered from various sources in only one CYCC. …”
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Influence of Initial Gap, Voltage, and Additives on Zinc Microcolumn Morphology by Local Electrochemical Deposition by Yi Liu, Fuliang Wang

“…A holistic approach integrating experimental methodologies with finite element simulations was adopted to scrutinize the influence of these variables on the microcolumns’ dimensions, surface morphology, and structural integrity. …”
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The Unity of Space in Kant’s Pre-Critical Philosophy by Dai Heide

“…I contend that the theory is excluded from the Critique of Pure Reason in light of the strict epistemological strictures adopted in that text. But considerable textual evidence shows that Kant continues to aver the theory throughout the 1770s and 1780s in the looser epistemic context of his lectures. …”
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Full-Scale Laboratory Test of Cutting Large-Diameter Piles Directly by Shield Cutterhead by Yuqing Wang, Xinyu Wang, Yangyang Xiong, Zhuangzhi Yang, Jie Zhang

“…Considering the tunnel status, it is recommended to adopt excavation speed of 3∼5 mm/min, and rotating speed of 1.0∼1.3 r/min. …”
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Pace of Life Is Faster for a Bored Person: Exploring the Relationship Between Trait Boredom and Fast Life History Strategy by Garam Kim, Eunsoo Choi

“…Life history theory suggests that in harsh, unpredictable environments, individuals may benefit from adopting a fast life history strategy. This may involve experiencing boredom more frequently and intensely as an adaptive mechanism to seek novel stimuli, potentially increasing the number of sexual partners and offspring. …”
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Trabalho cultural no Recôncavo da Bahia: uma abordagem a partir da organização das classes criativas by Mariella Pitombo, Frederico Barbosa, Amanda Botelho

“…This analysis is based on Richard Florida’s concept of creative classes, whose class typology guides the construction of the indicators we adopt to analyze the region’s labor market. By the interpretation methods used in this study, it is concluded that Recôncavo has considerable creative dynamism, because it reaches about 10% of the global labor market of the selected municipalities. …”
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Deep learning-enhanced detection of road culverts in high-resolution digital elevation models: Improving stream network accuracy in Sweden by William Lidberg

“…Topographical modelling is a widely adopted method for mapping small streams and has been proposed as a potential solution. …”
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FIRM-SPECIFIC CHARACTERISTICS, MARKET RISKS AND ASSET QUALITY OF DEPOSIT MONEY BANKS IN NIGERIA by Toluwa Celestine Oladele, Peters Ade Sanni

“…Hence, this study examined the asset quality of these banks from firm-specific characteristics and market risks dimension. Secondary data was adopted for this study and the data for the firm-specific characteristics was extracted from the audited financial statements of the sixteen selected quoted DMBs in Nigeria as at December 2018. …”
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Effect of Progressive Solid Solution Treatment on the Structure and Properties of 316H Stainless Steel by Jing　Xue, Xin　Guanghan, Geng　Xin, Jiang　Zhouhua

“…The thermodynamic calculation results show that the solid solution temperature range for the formation of a single austenite structure in 316H steel is 975.5 ℃-1 281 ℃.Solid solution experimental research shows that the experimental steel treated with single stage solid solution can meet the requirements for residual ferrite content at 1 050 ℃ and 1 100 ℃， but the distribution of grain size is uneven and the phenomenon of mixed crystals is severe， leading to an increase in plasticity and toughness of the experimental steel， but the strength is obviously decreased. Adopting a progressive solid solution treatment of 1 000 ℃ （1 h）+1 100 ℃ （1 h）， while ensuring that the ferrite content and grain size meet the requirements， the uniformity of the structure is significantly improved， and the strength and toughness of the sample are higher than those of single stage solid solution treatment.…”
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Application of H∞ Filter on the Angular Rate Matching in the Transfer Alignment by Lijun Song, Zhongxing Duan, Jiwu Sun

“…In this paper, the H∞ filter is adopted in the TA scheme of the angular rate matching when the various stages of disturbance in measurement are unknown. …”
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Food: God’s Gift to All People. Case Study from Croatia by Martina Ana Begić

“…The third part of the paper deals with certain decrees on food production and control and the promotion of ecological production in the Republic of Croatia. Nevertheless, adopting the legislation of the European Union and accepting its guidelines on the development of agriculture has brought a certain shift in recent years. …”
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Code switching and the so-called “assimilation narrative” by Tamás Vraukó

“…Assimilation, however, means melting up in the majority nation by adopting all the values, customs and way of life characteristic of the majority, and abandoning, leaving behind, giving up the original traditional values, ethics, lifestyle, religion etc. of the minority. …”
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Teachers’ and Students’ Reflection on the Problem of Writing Narrative Text in a Remote Area (Flores Island) by Darmawan Labira

“…Grammar and vocabulary were mostly performed in writing activities, most teachers used 50-minute time allocations for writing practices and pictures to pictures model was mostly adopted by teachers. …”
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A Systematic Literature Review on Defense Techniques Against Routing Attacks in Internet of Things by Lanka Chris Sejaphala, Vusimuzi Malele, Francis Lugayizi

“…The proliferation of the Internet of Things (IoT) has attracted different sectors such as agriculture, manufacturing, smart cities, transportation, etc. to adopt these technologies. Most IoT networks utilize Routing Protocol for Low Power and Lossy Networks (RPL) to exchange control and data packets across the network. …”
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Log-Less Metadata Management on Metadata Server for Parallel File Systems by Jianwei Liao, Guoqiang Xiao, Xiaoning Peng

“…As the client file system backs up certain sent metadata requests in its memory, the overhead for handling these backup requests is much smaller than that brought by the metadata server, while it adopts logging or journaling to yield highly available metadata service. …”
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Tourism and economic growth in Portugal: an empirical investigation of causal links by João Paulo Cerdeira Bento

“…This study uses quarterly time series for the period from 1995 to 2015 to assess the temporal causal link between tourism and economic growth based on the hypothesis according to which tourism development precedes economic growth. It adopts a disaggregated approach to study the effects of both domestic tourists and foreign tourists on economic growth. …”
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Experimental Assessments of Treating Effect on Retaining Walls for Loess Slopes under Long-Term Rainfall by Guodong Liu, Zhijun Zhou, Shiqiang Xu, Wenjing Mi

“…Based on an actual loess slope in Shaanxi Province treated by retaining wall, indoor geotechnical and model tests were conducted, revealing the rainwater infiltration process and pressure variations behind the wall, and the processes were then adopted to perform the postevaluation of the treated slope. …”
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A Vibration Reliability Analysis Method for the Uncertain Space Beam Structure by Yanyu Mo, Shuxiang Guo, Cheng Tang

“…The input uncertain-but-bounded parameters are treated as interval variables, and an interval model is adopted to describe bounded uncertainties. Then a theory of nonprobabilistic reliability is introduced, in which the dimensionless nonprobabilistic reliability index and system reliability index are defined. …”
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Impact of the High-Energy Dynamic Compaction by Multiple Compactors on the Surrounding Environment by Chunlin Jiang, Yanhui Ge, Baoqun Wang, Luchen Zhang, Youbo Liu

“…Dynamic compaction machine (DCM) is a widely adopted ground reinforcement technology. However, dynamic compaction energy has a very significant impact on the surrounding environment. …”
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Automated Testing to Evaluate Employee Attendance System Performance Using Gtmetrix by Nurul Hafizhah, Ahmad Tri Hidayat

“…This study aims to evaluate the performance of an employee attendance system through automated testing using the website performance analysis tool GTMetrix. By adopting automated testing using GTMetrix on this system to measure and analyze its performance, this research also offers an objective and efficient approach to identifying performance bottlenecks. …”
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