Localization Algorithms in Large-Scale Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks: A Quantitative Comparison by Guangjie Han, Aihua Qian, Chenyu Zhang, Yan Wang, Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues

“…The four algorithms are all suitable for large-scale UASNs. We compare the localization algorithms in terms of localization coverage, localization error, and average energy consumption. …”
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Atlantic overturning inferred from air-sea heat fluxes indicates no decline since the 1960s by Jens Terhaar, Linus Vogt, Nicholas P. Foukal

“…Based on the here identified relationship and observation-based estimates of the past air-sea heat flux in the North Atlantic from reanalysis products, the decadal averaged AMOC at 26.5°N has not weakened from 1963 to 2017 although substantial variability exists at all latitudes.…”
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Impact of Inorganic Arsenicals on Vegetative Growth of Two Pakistani Origins Sunflower Cultivars by Muhammad Asif Imran, Feroza Hamid Wattoo, Muhammad Nawaz Chaudhry, Muhammad Hamid Sarwar Wattoo, Khan Rass Masood

“…T5 (100 mg/kg) of both salts showed notable stressful impacts as compared to low arsenic concentrations (20, 40 mg/kg) and especially control plants in case of all morphophysiological parameters of sunflower cultivars.…”
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FAMILY HEALTH HISTORY CONFIRMED POSITIVE COVID-19 DURING SELF ISOLATION by Lia Nurliani, Andria Pragholapati

“…Introduction: Coronavirus or the so-called Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-COV2) is a virus variant that was newly discovered in December 2019, in Wuhan China, and is the cause of the infectious disease Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19). This virus can infect all ages and manifests mild to severe symptoms, and can even cause death. …”
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THE CHANGES OF THE MEETING INDUSTRY IN KRAKOW IN THE CONTEXT OF THE GLOBAL CRISIS by KRZYSZTOF BORODAKO, JADWIGA BERBEKA, KATARZYNA KLIMEK, AGATA NIEMCZYK PhD, Senior Researcher, Tourism Department, Krakow Uni, RENATA SEWERYN

“…The results of the research allowed for the ascertainment that the economic crisis affected the changes of the level, and above all, the structure of MICE type events organised in the city, which was visible in 2010, therefore with some time delay. …”
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The Mechanics of Fear: Organic Haunted Houses in American Cinema by Anne-Marie Paquet-Deyris

“…It also demonstrates how the outside-the-norm entity is finally not considered exogenous any more but rather endogenous and how it appropriates and somehow tries to incorporate some, if not all, members of the household. In his 1981 film The Entity, Sidney Furie stages Barbara Hershey’s body (Carla Moran) as a vehicle for the revelation process and in their 1982 Poltergeist, Tobe Hooper and Steven Spielberg also use young Heather O’Rourke (Carol Anne Freeling) as a medium in very different kinds of houses, no longer darkened and isolated in some desolate part of the American East Coast but now part of the West Coast urban sprawl. …”
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The Effect of Salt Solutions and Absorption Cycles in the Capillary and Drying Coefficient of Red Brick Samples with Different Joints by A. S. Guimarães, J. M. P. Q. Delgado, V. P. de Freitas, A. P. Albuquerque

“…In the end of this paper an evaluation of the drying kinetics was presented for all the tested samples. Four different first-order kinetics models, available in the literature, were adjusted to describe the drying process and the results point that the Page and Logarithmic models allow the best fit. …”
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Design, Synthesis and Potential Anti-Proliferative Activity of Some Novel 4-Aminoquinoline Derivatives by Ghorab Mostafa M., Al-Said Mansour S., Arafa Reem K.

“…Bis-compounds 15, 16 and 19 were also synthesized to assess their biological activity. All the newly synthesized comounds were tested for in vitro antiproliferative activity against the MCF-7 breast cancer cell line. …”
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Science and Technology Development in Dutch East Indies by Maulana Akbar, Tri Handayani

“…The findings of this study are after ethical politics in the beginning of 21 century, colonial government failed to provide more inclusive education system for all groups. Therefore, the scientist who contributed are mainly from European group and small contribution of Indonesian in the medical field. …”
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Study of Heat Transfer under the Impact of Thermal Radiation, Ramped Velocity, and Ramped Temperature on the MHD Oldroyd-B Fluid Subject to Noninteger Differentiable Operators by Syed Tauseef Saeed, Ilyas Khan, Muhammad Bilal Riaz, Syed Muhammad Husnine

“…The fractionalized solutions have been traced out separately through all fractional differential operators. Nondimensional parameters along with Laplace transformation are used to find the solution of temperature and velocity profiles. …”
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Treating Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Proteus Spp. were Isolated from Renal Stone Patients by Crataegus rhipidophylla and Adiantum capillus by Srwa Ali Mohammed, Mohammed Abdul Aziz Hama Ali, Dereh Lattif Mohammed

“…The antibiotic susceptibility test for all isolates were conducted to nine antimicrobial agents including (Ciprofloxacin (Cip), Tetracycline(TE), Neomycin (N), Gentamicin (CN), Erythromycin (E), Nitrofurantoin (F), Naldixic acid (NA), Imipenem (IPM), Amoxicillin (AX). …”
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Effect of High Temperature Heating on Chemical Compounds in Magnesium Composite Materials by Rezza Ruzuqi, Eko Tavip Maryanto

“…Next, the materials were pelletized using a manual compacting machine with a diameter and compressive strength of 10 mm and 150 kg/cm2 respectively. After that, all materials were sintered at 7500C with a muffle furnace for 60 minutes. …”
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The Importance of Detailed Audio-Vestibular Monitoring in Familial Non-Syndromic Hearing Losses: A Longitudinal Study by Burak Kabiş, Nuriye Yıldırım Gökay

“…Results: Sensorineural-type hearing loss, which was evident at high frequencies, was detected in all family members. A significant progressive deterioration was observed in the hearing thresholds of family members and in the CDP results over the years. …”
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Characterization of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus / AIDS Epidemic in Cienfuegos. 2006- 2010 by Isis Arelis Espinosa Salas, Sara Hernández Malpica, Maitté González Vila, Mario Álvarez Gutérrez

“…The form of infection mentioned by all cases was sexual. The vast majority of them (74.4%) ignored the source of infection.…”
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Communicating climate change: The role of nature-based community development program in enhancing stakeholders engagement by Widhagdha Miftah Faridl, Muktiyo Widodo, Kartono Drajat Tri, Padmaningrum Dwiningtyas

“…Climate change communication is carried out through the empowerment program by adopting a participatory approach, using local evidence as the primary information basis, involving local actors or local figures, conducting capacity-building training, and forming local community networks, all of which are executed through the implementation of nature-based community development program. …”
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Designing a Scenario-Based Fuzzy Model for Sustainable Closed-Loop Supply Chain Network considering Statistical Reliability: A New Hybrid Metaheuristic Algorithm by Peyman Bahrampour, Seyyed Esmaeil Najafi, Farhad Hosseinzadeh lotfi, Ahmad Edalatpanah

“…In addition, the variability of DM index in all three algorithms was almost the same, but in MID index, GW-NS algorithm, and in SM index, MOPSO algorithm had the highest change and less sustainability.…”
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Modeling the Effects of Formulary Exclusions: How Many Patients Could Be Affected by a Specific Exclusion? by Anne M. Sydor, Emily Bergin, Jonathan Kay, Erik Stone, Robert Popovian

“…**Methods:** We modeled the effect of excluding novel agents for atrial fibrillation/venous thromboembolism, migraine prevention, and psoriasis, which all would require substitution with a different active ingredient. …”
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«By the pricking of their thumbs»: farmers’ income dynamics towards sustainable development in rural Ethiopia by Elena Urquía-Grande, Raquel Pérez-Estébanez, Elisa Isabel Cano-Montero, Julián Chamizo-González

“…They attend continuous training in agriculture, nutrition, and economics; they have more crop diversification, and they use varied financial resources. All these factors, as well as socio- demographic variables, link farmers’ income levels to villages’ improvement and empowerment, creating significant challenges for institutional design of alternative policies to maximize farmers’ livelihood, sustainability and socioeconomic development in Third World countries. …”
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Blood and bile lipid composition and the risk of gallstones at diabetes mellitus of the 1st and 2nd type by V. V. Tsukanov, Yu. L. Tonkikh, A. V. Vasyutin

“…Overall 70 patients with the first type DM, 67 patients with the second type DM, 44 patients of the control group #1 and 43 patients of the control group #2 were investigated. All patients underwent diagnostics for the presence of DM and cholelithiasis, blood lipid levels and blood­to­duodenal bile ratio was assessed by biochemical methods. …”
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Investigation of Benthic Macroinvertebrate Fauna and Water Quality of Animal Drinking Water Troughs by Multivariate Statistical Methods: The Case of Şarkışla by Menekşe Taş Divrik

“…As a result, a total of 17 taxa were identified: 4 taxa belonging to Oligochaeta, 6 species belonging to Chironomidae, 2 taxa belonging to Amphipoda, and one each belonging to Gastropoda, Hemiptera, Coleoptera, Ostracoda and Trichoptera larvae. All taxa identified are new records for the study area. …”
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