Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Welding Residual Stress of U-Rib Joints in Orthotropic Steel Bridge Decks by Zhiqiang Huang, Wenxue Su, Jun Shi, Tao Li, Hongyou Cao

“…X-ray diffraction (XRD) was adopted to measure the RS of the U-rib welds, and the measurement results were utilized to verify the FEA. …”
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Experimental Research on High Temperature Resistance of Modified Lightweight Concrete after Exposure to Elevated Temperatures by Ke-cheng He, Rong-xin Guo, Qian-min Ma, Feng Yan, Zhi-wei Lin, Yan-Lin Sun

“…In order to improve the spalling resistance of lightweight aggregate concrete at high temperature, two types of modified materials were used to modify clay ceramsite lightweight aggregates by adopting the surface coating modification method. Spalling of the concrete specimens manufactured by using the modified aggregates was observed during a temperature elevation. …”
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Paleoclimate proxy records suggest reduced tropical Pacific zonal asymmetry under sustained global warming by Eui-Seok Chung, Seong-Joong Kim, Keith B. Rodgers, Sang-Yoon Jun, Joo-Hong Kim, Sun-Seon Lee, Kyung-Sook Yun

“…However, the relatively short high-quality instrumental record hampers robustly determining the response of tropical Pacific sea surface temperature to greenhouse gas increases. By adopting paleoclimate proxy records along with a series of climate model simulations, here we show that the zonal gradient is likely to decrease under sustained strong forcing. …”
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Real-Time Integrated Limited-Stop and Short-Turning Bus Control with Stochastic Travel Time by Hu Zhang, Shuzhi Zhao, Yang Cao, Huasheng Liu, Shidong Liang

“…In this paper, the number of controlled vehicles at any given time is determined, and the bus holding time at the turn-back station is adopted. When implemented correctly, the optimal scheme indicates which stations should be skipped, where it is suitable for buses to turn back, and how long the holding time should be at turn-back stations, which in turn will minimize the total cost of a transit system. …”
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Economic Consequence of Human - Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibious) Conflicts on Farming Livelihood in Rural Adamawa State, Nigeria by Celestine Lumbonyi, Patrick Boni, Ibrahim Lumbonyi, Amurtiya Michael

“…The study concluded that farmers should work as a team and adopt measures like fencing, scare tactics, or deterrents that will minimize significant crop losses. …”
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Revisiting the 10th‐Century Eldgjá Eruption: Modeling the Climatic and Environmental Impacts by Herman F. Fuglestvedt, Imogen Gabriel, Michael Sigl, Thorvaldur Thordarson, Kirstin Krüger

“…The combined tropospheric and stratospheric sulfur emissions are 3–8 times higher than those adopted for Eldgjá in existing paleoclimate simulations. …”
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Vacuum Preconsolidation Settlement Characteristics and Microstructural Evolution of Marine Dredger-Filled Silt by Keping Chen, Xinkai Ren, Yong He, Muyuan Gan, Danwei Wu, Lianwei Chen

“…The scanning electron microscope and finite element method were adopted. The results reveal that the dredger-filled silt in this area is composed mainly of sand with particle size mostly smaller than 0.075 mm. …”
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A Hybrid Model for Prediction in Asphalt Pavement Performance Based on Support Vector Machine and Grey Relation Analysis by Xuancang Wang, Jing Zhao, Qiqi Li, Naren Fang, Peicheng Wang, Longting Ding, Shanqiang Li

“…Finally, the data collected from the weather station installed on Guangyun Expressway were adopted to verify the validity of the GRA-SVR model. …”
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Faculty perceptions of extra-cognitive factors in virtual teaching during the pandemic by Gonzalo D. Andrés, Guillermo E. Macbeth, Patricia S. San-Martín

“…The COVID-19 pandemic obliged Argentina to adopt distance learning to continue university classes during 2020. …”
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An Evaluation of Socio-Economic Factors Underlying Pupils’ Dropout in Selected UPE Schools of Southern Division Kabale Municipality Kabale District. by Akampurira, Samuel

“…The study aimed to assess the influence of peer pressure, family background, and pupils' characteristics on pupils' dropout rates. The study adopted a descriptive research design and used both qualitative and quantitative approaches. …”
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Contextualizing Wilson’s Information Behavior model in Seeking Indigenous Information for HIV prevention among Adolescents in Secondary schools, Uganda by Olivia Nina, Rugambwa, Lyaka, Martha, Mutibwa, Lois Nankya

“…The key constructs of the model adopted for the study include; context of information need, person in context, activating mechanism, and information search behavior, information processing and use. …”
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Pemilihan Strategi Implementasi Kesehatan Digital Pada Kelompok Pengambil Keputusan Menggunakan Metode Vikor by Sri Kusumadewi, Rahadian Kurniawan

“…The decision matrix was developed by incorporating the input of adopters at Tirto Rahayu and conducting a literature review. …”
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A BigBiGAN-Based Loop Closure Detection Algorithm for Indoor Visual SLAM by Qiubo Zhong, Xiaoyi Fang

“…Therefore, a loop closure detection strategy based on an unsupervised learning method is proposed in this paper. The main component adopts BigBiGAN to extract features and establish an original bag of words. …”
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Structured Dynamics in the Algorithmic Agent by Giulio Ruffini, Francesca Castaldo, Jakub Vohryzek

“…We first formalize the notion of a <i>generative model</i> using the language of symmetry from group theory, specifically employing Lie pseudogroups to describe the continuous transformations that characterize invariance in natural data. Then, adopting a generic neural network as a proxy for the agent dynamical system and drawing parallels to Noether’s theorem in physics, we demonstrate that data tracking forces the agent to mirror the symmetry properties of the generative world model. …”
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Strategies for preventing and managing osteoporosis in elderly breast cancer patients undergoing aromatase inhibitor therapy by Andi Tian, Chunyu Zhang

“…Consequently, aromatase inhibitors (AI) have become widely adopted as a primary endocrine therapy for breast cancer. …”
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Interpreting EU Internal Market Powers in Light of Article 9 TFEU Social Objectives: Implications for the Attribution of Competences by Silvia Giudici

“…The inclusion of the so-called ‘horizontal social clause’, namely Article 9 TFEU, in EU primary law imposes on the EU legislator an obligation to balance the objectives of a specific policy area with the social interests contained therein. For instance, when adopting internal market measures pursuant to Article 114 TFEU, the EU legislator would need to reconcile free trade aims and social interests. …”
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Estimation of supply and demand for public health nurses in Japan: A stock-flow approach. by Kazuya Taira, Masanao Horikawa, Takahiro Itaya, Rikuya Hosokawa, Misa Shiomi

“…This simulation study adopted a stock-flow approach using data from a survey of local governments, log data from a recruitment information website, and government statistics. …”
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Advancements and Innovations in Marine Fuel Technology by Liu Yimeng

“…LNG is one of the most established and widely adopted options, owing to its mature technology and reduced emissions compared to conventional fuels. …”
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Volatility spillovers and conditional correlations between oil, renewables and stock markets: A multivariate GARCH-in-mean analysis by Wenxue Wang, Peter G. Moffatt, Zheng Zhang, Muhammad Yousaf Raza

“…The econometric framework adopted is the VARMA-DCC-GARCH-in-mean model. We find that this framework is ideal because it allows us to identify the impact of uncertainty in one market on returns in another market, and also volatility spillovers, that is, the phenomenon of high uncertainty in one market spreading to other markets. …”
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TAXATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA by Adebowale Ogunsola

“…Therefore, this study investigated the influence of taxation on the economic development in Nigeria. The study adopted time series research method. The data used were obtained from secondary sources, which covered a period from 2015 to 2022. …”
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