Decoupling Strategy and Modular Design for Loosely Coupled Organizations by Jing Zhang, Fengyan Li, Xiangmin Zhang

“…Based on clustering DDM, a decision structure matrix (DSM) was constructed, and the clustering decoupling algorithm was adopted to create clustering design structure modules. …”
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Mechanical Loading and Tribological Studies on Boron Carbide (B4C) and Lead (Pb) Particles Dispersed Epoxy-Based Multilayered Composites by S. Vignesh, J. T. Winowlin Jappes, Khan M. Adam, Temal Varol

“…The development route adopted for the composites is a novel route called layered molding and curing. …”
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Rolling Bearing Fault Diagnosis Method Based on Multisynchrosqueezing S Transform and Faster Dictionary Learning by Guodong Sun, Ye Hu, Bo Wu, Hongyu Zhou

“…Addressing the problem that it is difficult to extract the features of vibration signal and diagnose the fault of rolling bearing, we propose a novel diagnosis method combining multisynchrosqueezing S transform and faster dictionary learning (MSSST-FDL). Firstly, MSSST is adopted to transform vibration signals into high-resolution time-frequency images. …”
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Degradation of Interfacial Bond for FRPs Near-Surface Mounted to Concrete Under Fatigue: An Analytical Approach by Xun Wang, Lijuan Cheng

“…A trilinear local bond stress–slip relationship was adopted to characterize the fundamental bond behavior at the FRP-epoxy-concrete interface at different stages of elastic, softening and debonding. …”
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Trabajo garantizado y política salarial para reducir la pobreza en México by Bruno Sovilla, Elmar Morales Sánchez, Karina Guadalupe Gómez Méndez

“…Sostenemos que, en las condiciones actuales del mercado de trabajo nacional, expresar que la actual política de recuperación del salario mínimo es eficaz para reducir la pobreza y la desigualdad es una contradictio in adiecto, y no dejará de serlo hasta que se adopte una política de trabajo garantizado que la acompañe.…”
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Scientific investigations on Integral General Medicine during the historic evolution of this specialty. Cienfuegos, 1988-2005. by Margarita Roméu Escobar, Beatriz Sabina Roméu, Pilar Almaguer Sabína, Gloria Lara Calderín

“…<strong>Conclusions: </strong>The majority of the investigations topics correspond to the main Health programs, but new ones are being adopted while others are abandoned. Methodological deficiencies continue.…”
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A Discussion of Reinforcement Timing Optimization for Main Inclined Shaft Roadway with Water Seepage by Minglei Zhang, Chaoyu Chang, Wen Cao

“…Furthermore, this study can provide insightful references to the grouting reinforcement adopted by similar main inclined shafts.…”
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Investigating the Effect of the Rock-Socketed Depth of the Hinged Cable-Anchored Pile on the Earthquake Response Characteristics of Supporting Structures by A. Fa-you, Ming-chang Hei, Shi-qua Yan, Peng Zhang

“…In order to meet the design requirements of the anti-slide pile, the form of the anchor-pull pile is often adopted in engineering applications. In the present study, the seismic response characteristics of hinged cable-anchored piles with different rock-socketed depths are analyzed using a large-scale seismic model test platform and numerical simulations. …”
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A Multiagent Potential Field-Based Bot for Real-Time Strategy Games by Johan Hagelbäck, Stefan J. Johansson

“…Although attempts have been made to transfer the technology to the gaming sector, assumed problems with efficiency and high costs for implementation have made the industry reluctant to adopt it. We present a multiagent potential field-based bot architecture that is evaluated in two different real-time strategy game settings and compare them, both in terms of performance, and in terms of softer attributes such as configurability with other state-of-the-art solutions. …”
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Implications of the Mechanism of Change for the Decision-making Process in Environmental Protection by Grzegorz Embros

“… Activities for environmental protection induce the necessity of adopting specific solutions aimed at their facilitation or enhancing their effectiveness. …”
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An Improved Dual-Kurtogram-Based T2 Control Chart for Condition Monitoring and Compound Fault Diagnosis of Rolling Bearings by Zhiyuan Jiao, Wei Fan, Zhenying Xu

“…An alarm will be triggered when the T2 statistics exceed the control limit and suitable subbands for square envelope analysis are adopted to obtain the characteristic frequency. Simulation and experimental data are used to verify the feasibility of the proposed method. …”
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A Dynamic Opposite Learning Assisted Grasshopper Optimization Algorithm for the Flexible JobScheduling Problem by Yi Feng, Mengru Liu, Yuqian Zhang, Jinglin Wang

“…The recently proposed dynamic opposite learning (DOL) strategy adopts the asymmetric search space to improve the exploitation ability of the algorithm and increase the possibility of finding the global optimum. …”
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K-12 teachers’ perceptions of the effectiveness of online EFL teaching and learning during the COVID-19 pandemic by Zou Bin, Chen Xinyi, Sun Weifeng

“…The results showed that while some EFL teachers adopted effective online pedagogies, others encountered challenges in online teaching. …”
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An Analysis of Chinese Transport Infrastructure Loans and Investment in ICT in Nigeria by Innocent .A. Ocholi, Nnamdi .S. Okonkwo

“…Since the thrust of the paper is an enquiry after the fact, the Ex-Post-Facto research design was adopted for data collection while the theory of absolute and relative gains was applied as a theoretical framework. …”
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Implementation of Simplified Data Encryption Standard on FPGA using VHDL by salim Qadir Mohammed

“…The Data Encryption Standard (DES) is one of most familiar type of cryptography and widely used in the modern network system, which has been adopted in encryption and decryption a digital information for several decades. …”
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Non-B DNA Secondary Structures and Their Resolution by RecQ Helicases by Sudha Sharma

“…In addition to the canonical B-form structure first described by Watson and Crick, DNA can adopt a number of alternative structures. These non-B-form DNA secondary structures form spontaneously on tracts of repeat sequences that are abundant in genomes. …”
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TR-SDTN: Trust Based Efficient and Scalable Routing in Hostile Social DTNs by Zhenjing Zhang, Maode Ma, Zhigang Jin

“…Although there are many research works which address the issue and adopt various trust models to encourage nodes to forward information, most of them have not considered the social characteristics of the mobile nodes and they have not handled the selfish behaviors and attacks in a systematic way. …”
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Immediate shock and residual stress: Unmasking the dual dynamics of covid-19 on the mental health of health professionals in China by Suyi Duan

“… # Method To address these objectives an explorative qualitative research design has been adopted involving analysis of previous researches in the relevant field…”
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Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Mentoring as Support for African Women’s Academic Career Trajectories by Renitha Rampersad

“…A mixed methods approach was adopted to enable the researcher to give a female perspective to the academic position, experiences, and challenges within academia. …”
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The Influence of Multimedia Input Mode Based on Complex System Discrete Model on College Students’ English Ability by Xiaoge Wang, Weihong Zhao, Yuanyuan Xu

“…Because the modeling and sampling of complex systems are abstract and not fixed, approximation and control methods are adopted in discrete time, which greatly improves the reliability of the final research results. …”
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