Design and Research of Semiactive Quasi-Zero Stiffness Vibration Isolation System for Vehicles by Shaohua Li, Guizhen Feng, Quan Zhao

“…The vertical spring is paralleled with a magnetorheological (MR) damper, and the semiactive on-off control scheme is adopted to control the vibration. The analytical expression of the isolator’s displacement transmissibility is derived via the averaging method. …”
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Industrial wastewater treatment and reuse: Heckman probit sample selection model by Urgessa Tilahun Bekabil, M.K. Jayamohan, Amsalu Bedemo Beyene

“…The result implies that firms with treatment and disposal facilities take a more active approach to adopting sustainable techniques as their energy costs and R&D investment rise. …”
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Atatürk Dönemi Dış Politikasında Barış İlkesinin Uygulanmasına Bir Örnek: İspanya İç Savaşı by Gültekin K. BİRLİK

“…Although many European countries took sides during the Spanish Civil War, Turkey adopted the policy of “non-intervention”. In this context, Turkey forbid selling weapons to the parties in the Civil War and the Turkish civilains to join the war. …”
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Benchmark Solution for Free Vibration of Moderately Thick Functionally Graded Sandwich Sector Plates on Two-Parameter Elastic Foundation with General Boundary Conditions by Haichao Li, Fuzhen Pang, Xueren Wang, Shuo Li

“…The first-order shear deformation theory (FSDT) is adopted to construct the theoretical model. Under current framework, regardless of boundary conditions, each displacement and each rotation of plates is represented by the modified Fourier series consisting of a standard Fourier cosine series and several closed-form auxiliary functions introduced to ensure and accelerate the convergence of the series representation. …”
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The Mongolian Script in the Baikal region at the Present Stage: a Course for Revitalization? by Innokenty G. Aktamov, Nadezhda B. Badmatsyrenova

“…The research is based on a thorough examination of official data from the Government of the Republic of Buryatia, government departments of the Irkutsk region and Transbaikal region, as well as publications in the media and field materials gathered through an expert survey of heads of educational centers and language activists. The authors have adopted a systematic approach and applied a range of general scientific and special methods, including comparative historical and statistical methods, to conduct this study. …”
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Development of interactive learning media based on silayar folklore to improve reading comprehension of elementary school students by Fikri Husin Batubara, Elpina Yanti Hasibuan

“…Implementation in schools is recommended with the support of the school principal, and teachers can adopt this media as an interesting alternative in training students' reading comprehension skills. …”
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Optimisation of Embodied Carbon and Thermal Performance of Roof Material Selections for Australian Residential Housing by Yuqi Fu, Cynthia Changxin Wang

“…In this paper, a multi-objective, mixed-integer, non-linear mathematical programming model is adopted to perform the optimisation. While mathematical programming is a well-established method in optimisation, a research gap has been observed in its application in optimising roof material selection under the simultaneous constraints of the R-value and volumetric heat capacity (thermal mass). …”
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Analysis of Changes in Intercity Highway Traffic Travel Patterns under the Impact of COVID-19 by Mingchen Gu, Shuo Sun, Feng Jian, Xiaohan Liu

“…Spatial matching, full-sample extrapolation, and trajectory feature analysis are adopted to attain travel volumes of intercity highways during four different periods. …”
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A cooperative jamming decision-making method based on multi-agent reinforcement learning by Bingchen Cai, Haoran Li, Naimin Zhang, Mingyu Cao, Han Yu

“…To tackle the challenges of a parameterized action space, the MP-DQN network structure is adopted, forming the basis of the MA-CJD algorithm. …”
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Comparative assessment of the resilience of new urban settlements to earthquake risk (Case study: Greater Isfahan urban area) by Fazllollah Karimi Ghotbabadi, Ali Zangiabadi

“…Given the nature of the subject matter, the research adopts a descriptive-analytical approach. The study's statistical population comprises six new urban developments: Shahin Shahr, Majlesi, Sepahan Shahr, Foolad Shahr, Baharestan, and Shahid Keshvari. …”
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Effect of Chemical Corrosion on the Mechanical Characteristics of Parent Rocks for Nuclear Waste Storage by Tielin Han, Junping Shi, Yunsheng Chen, Zhihui Li

“…Long-term immersion was adopted to explore the damage deterioration and mechanical properties of granite under different chemical solutions. …”
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Russian Orthodox Church and Covid-19 Pandemic: New Challenges and New Opportunities by Viktoriia Demydova

“…Second, COVID-19 pandemic posed a threat to the position of ROC in Russian society: flock had distanced from the Church due to the isolation measures adopted. Third, financial contributions of the citizens have deteriorated that has led to the financial crisis within the Church. …”
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Information technology industry state support as a key problem of ensuring the national security of the Russian Federation by B. D. Nuriev, S. V. Pospelov

“…The authors also set a goal to identify the shortcomings of the support, based on regulatory legal acts that have been adopted over the year 2021. The study emphasizes that, despite the balanced approach of the legislator to solving key issues, such as the lack of an unambiguous understanding of some legal categories, gaps in education legislation, insufficient attention to some types of digital technologies, it is necessary to improve the efficiency of public administration and further support of the industry development. …”
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Semianalytical Solution for Large Deformation of Salt Cavern with Strain-Softening Behavior by Lina Ran, Huabin Zhang, Qingqing Zhang

“…The solution is derived by adopting the large deformation theory, considering the nonlinear Hoek–Brown (H-B) strength criterion. …”
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(Re-)construing Space as Capital: Contributions from a Study with Local Entrepreneurs by Anderson de Souza Sant'Anna, Daniela Martins Diniz

“…Taking as reference the approaches adopted by Bourdieu (2010) and Jacobs (2011), the focus of this article is to present the findings of a research effort designed to investigate the relationships between the constructs Space and Social Dynamics. …”
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Exploring factors for the introduction and implementation of quality assurance systems in selected higher education institutions in Tanzania by Evaristo Andreas Mtitu

“…The article proposes the need for consistent policy application, improved communication, adequate resource allocation, fostering a culture of quality and addressing structural challenges to adopting these strategies, HEIs in Tanzania can better meet international standards of quality and accountability, thereby enhancing the educational experiences and outcomes for their students.…”
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Brain Metastases Research 1990–2010: Pattern of Citation and Systematic Review of Highly Cited Articles by Carsten Nieder, Anca L. Grosu, Minesh P. Mehta

“…Nine covered surgical or radiosurgical approaches and the remaining one a widely adopted prognostic score. Overall, 30 randomized clinical trials were published between 1990 and 2010, including those with phase II design and excluding duplicate publications, for example, after longer followup or with focus on secondary endpoints. …”
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Smart Grid Dispatching Optimization for System Resilience Improvement by Li Liao, Chengjun Ji

“…The solution method of combinatorial optimization is analyzed, and the genetic optimization algorithm adopted in this paper is selected and discussed. According to the characteristics of the system, various loads are modeled, and power supply constraints are considered. …”
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THE EFFECT OF ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION TOWARDS RESISTANCE TO CHANGE: A CASE STUDY IN BANKING SECTOR by Betül AKAN, Funda ER ÜLKER, Agah Sinan ÜNSAR

“…If the employees are well-informed about the organizational change process, and if their opinions are asked regarding the decisions to be taken in explanation of the change process, the employees would adopt the change process and it would help breaking their resistance to change. …”
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A scientometric review of the relationship between learning agility and work engagement in modern management context by Farira Nareswari, Rini Juni Astuti

“…Therefore, this research suggests that in the future, data should be explicitly limited by selecting the data to be analyzed one by one by adopting a mixed-method approach. …”
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