ESA CCI Soil Moisture Assimilation in SWAT for Improved Hydrological Simulation in Upper Huai River Basin by Yongwei Liu, Wen Wang, Yuanbo Liu

“…In this assimilation, the ensemble Kalman filter (EnKF) is adopted with full consideration of the model and observation error, the rescaling technique for satellite SM, and the regional applicability of the hydrological model. …”
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Developing a Framework to Support the Delivery of Effective Pain Management for Children: An Exploratory Qualitative Study by Joan Simons, Bernie Carter, Jennie Craske

“…Findings demonstrated that the following elements were considered to be important: delivering pain management with confidence, supporting colleagues with protocols and guidance, empowering parents to be involved in pain management, and adopting an individual approach to a child and family. …”
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RWA-BFT: Reputation-Weighted Asynchronous BFT for Large-Scale IoT by Guanwei Jia, Zhaoyu Shen, Hongye Sun, Jingbo Xin, Dongyu Wang

“…To address these limitations, RWA-BFT adopts a two-layer blockchain architecture; the first layer leverages reputation-based filtering to reduce computational complexity by excluding low-reputation nodes, while the second layer employs an asynchronous consensus mechanism to ensure efficient and secure communication among high-reputation nodes, even under network delays. …”
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Emergence and Distribution of Diverse Serovars of Non-Typhoidal Salmonellae in Mangalore, Coastal Karnataka: A 12-year Experience by Beena Antony, Anup Kumar Shetty, Thomas S. Kuruvilla

“…It is very essential to adopt strict quality measures in poultry, fish, dairy, and meat processing units as they are widely distributed in animals. …”
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Some Problems of Legal Regulation of Employer’s Labor Legal Personality as a Party to Contract by S. V. Vereitin

“…An individual who has reached the age of sixteen and wishes to be engaged in entrepreneurial activity may be an employer with the written consent of the parents (adoptive parents), guardian or a guardianship authority. …”
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Transposable Elements and Genome Size Variations in Plants by Sung-Il Lee, Nam-Soo Kim

“…Also, genome-purging mechanisms have been adopted to counter-balance the genome size amplification. …”
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The effect of learning and memory on brand equity and it’s implications on financing decisions for pt bsi msme customers in the maqasid syariah perspective by Sarwoto Sarwoto, Asmuni Asmuni, Isnaini Harahap, Rika Surianto Zalukhu

“…The study also incorporates the Maqasid Shariah perspective. This research adopts a quantitative descriptive approach, employing quota sampling techniques for sample selection and utilizing primary data collected through questionnaires distributed directly to respondents. …”
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The National Police of Ukraine as an object to combat illegal migration by K. O. Krut

“…First of all, it is very important to coordinate the mutual activities of all subjects of combating illegal migration and to adopt relevant legal acts. Secondly, it is necessary to improve and expand the scope of powers of the Department (Office) of the Migration Police to bring to justice foreigners who violate the migration legislation of Ukraine, for quick response to administrative and criminal offenses. …”
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Transformation of initial cartographic materials for the “Main State Topographic Map” to coordinate system UCS-2000 by Karpinskyi Yurii, Lazorenko Nadiia, Kin Danylo, Vitruk Olga

“…Authors propose a method of transformation orthophoto at the scale of 1:10,000 to UCS-2000 in Cartesian coordinates of Gauss-Krüger projection in the corresponding 6-degree zone in the adopted state interchart of topographic maps at the scale of 1:50,000. …”
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Behavioural Risk Factors, Hypertension Knowledge, and Hypertension in Rural India by Eslavath Rajkumar, John Romate

“…Still, there is a poor understanding about associated behavioural risk factors of hypertension and importance of knowledge in adopting health-promoting behaviours and controlling hypertension among rural areas of India. …”
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Evolution of access to prenatal care in Pernambuco: maternal schooling as a marker of health inequities by Daniella Oliveira Albuquerque Lins, Maria Tatiane Alves da Silva, Lívia Teixeira de Souza Maia

“…Strategies need to be adopted to ensure greater equity in prenatal care for more vulnerable pregnant women.…”
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Individual, Group, and Organizational Factors Affecting Group Bidding Decisions for Construction Projects by Peng Yan, Junying Liu, Martin Skitmore

“…More contractors are adopting group bidding decision-making to reduce the number of incorrect decisions. …”
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Vision-Based Damage Detection Method Using Multi-Scale Local Information Entropy and Data Fusion by Yiming Zhang, Zili Xu, Guang Li, Cun Xin

“…For high-spatial-resolution vibration measurements, phase-based optical flow estimation algorithm is adopted to deploy virtual sensors on the structure, yielding reliable mode shapes. …”
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“We Need to Think about the Grammar”: Practices for Opening Explanations on Language and Changing their Linguistic Focus by Mark Romig

“…., meaning, pronunciation, etc.). Thus, this paper adopts a conversation analytic framework to examine how a teacher opens an explanation sequence on the use of “so” and ensures that it is about its grammatical role as a coordinating conjunction, not on its meaning. …”
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Discussion of Inconsiderate Cruelty Towards Animals: Further Arguments for Animal Rights by Enyimba Maduka, Chukwuemeka I. Awugosi, Pius A. Ohere, Timothy Adie Okpe, Joseph Paul Essien

“…It is appropriate to consider human interests in this equation, because most times human interests take precedence over those of animals. Adopting the conversational method of inquiry, we claim that often the interests of animals are entirely disregarded, and if they were considered, many of our current practices would be indefensible. …”
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Counterterrorism Planning in the Shipping Industry Leveraging Competitive Intelligence by Anastasios-Nikolaos KANELLOPOULOS, Anthony IOANNIDIS

“…The authors anticipate that using CI will help stakeholders, including policymakers, Shipping companies, and security agencies, adopt more proactive and effective measures against emerging threats. …”
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Mechanical Calculation of Flexible Wires of Overhead Lines with Barrage Balls by I. I. Sergey, Y. V. Bladyko

“…The acceptable accuracy of mechanical calculation is demonstrated when using the model of wire in the form of a parabola adopted in the design practice, provided that the components of concentrated forces are correctly determined. …”
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Decoding Success: The Role of E-Learning Readiness in Linking Technological Skills and Employability in Hospitality Management Graduates by Ibrahim A. Elshaer, Alaa M. S. Azazz, Abuelkassem A. A. Mohammad, Sameh Fayyad

“…To that end, this study adopted a quantitative approach and used a self-administered questionnaire survey to collect primary data. …”
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Case studies in open access publishing. Number one. The Electronic Journal of Information Technology in Construction (ITcon): an open access journal using an un-paid, volunteer-bas... by Bo-Christer Bjoerk, Ziga Turk

“…From the start the journal adopted a rather traditional layout of the articles. …”
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A Cloud-based Sales and Stock Control System for Superstores under Non-zero Constant Lead Time Constraint by Fidelis Ikechukwu Onah, Jacinta Chioma Onuoha

“…In this research study, advanced cloud-based sales and stock control software is written to improve accuracy in stock records, facilitate effective demand forecasting, reduce holding costs, minimize stock outs, ensure prompt customer order fulfillment, reduce order lead times, aid the decision-making process and subsequently maximize throughput. The methodology adopted in this study is the structured system analysis and design methodology (SSADM) which uses objects throughout the software development process. …”
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