The Development Aid for the Agricultural Sector of African, Caribbean and Pacific Countries—Determinants and Allocation by Kinga Smolińska-Bryza, Ewa Kiryluk-Dryjska

“…The results show that the proposed approach allocates funds according to the assumed logic, supporting countries in the low and very low development classes. The research conducted can contribute to the discussion on the allocation of development support to the agricultural sector by potential donors while analyzing different assumptions. …”
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Energy study for the rehabilitation of the old Abbey of Salas de Bureba (Burgos) for residential use. Case study by Raul Briones-Llorente, Juan Maria Hidalgo-Betanzos, Paula Montoya-Saiz, Imanol Ruiz-de-Vergara-Ruiz-de-Azúa, Gabriel Rubio-Pérez, Natalia Muñoz-Rujas, Fernando Aguilar-Romero

“…A detailed energy simulation has been conducted and all viable options have been analysed, applying passive improvements combined with the installation of renewable energies. …”
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Energy exchange in vortex tube by V. I. Kuznetsov, V. V. Makarov, A. Yu. Shander, M. Yu. Agarin, I. A. Kuzmenko

“…There is experimentally found dependence on the thermophysical properties of energy gas, a gas pressure value at the inlet of the vortex tube and exit valve and diaphragm geometric parameters of the main elements of the vortex tube. There is conducted research to identify the nature of the vortex effect — of the fibers of the gas temperature. …”
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Experimental Investigations on Tilting Pad Journal Bearings by Renato Brancati, Stefano Pagano, Ernesto Rocca, Michele Russo, Riccardo Russo

“…The results of a survey conducted on an experimental system consisting of a rigid rotor supported on two radial bearings each with five tilting pads is presented. …”
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Job Scheduling with Efficient Resource Monitoring in Cloud Datacenter by Shyamala Loganathan, Saswati Mukherjee

“…The proposed scheduling algorithm considers the types of jobs and the resource availability in its scheduling decision. Finally, we conducted simulations using CloudSim and compared our algorithm with other existing methods, like V-MCT and priority scheduling algorithms.…”
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RECONSTRUCTION OF DIVACANCY IN ZIGZAG-BUCKLED SILICENE NANORIBBONS by Van Chinh Ngo, Nguyen Huu Hanh Pham, Thi Kim Quyen Nguyen, Thi Kim Loan Phan, Thanh Tra Vu

“…This is a favorable condition for controlling the conductive state of materials in future applications in the semiconductor and thermoelectric industries. …”
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A Comparative Study of Routing Protocols of Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Networks by Guangjie Han, Xu Jiang, Aihua Qian, Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues, Long Cheng

“…We mainly focus on the round of the first node dies (also called the stable period) and the number of packets sent to sink, which is an important aspect to evaluate the monitoring ability of a protocol. We conduct a lot of experiments and simulations on Matlab to analyze the performance of the five routing protocols.…”
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Evaluation of an Improved Technique for Geosynthetic-Reinforced and Pile-Supported Embankment by Jun Zhang, Shao-wen Liu, He-fu Pu

“…To investigate the performance of the FGT embankment, the comparison analyses and parametric studies are conducted by Finite Element Method (FEM). The influencing factors investigated include elastic modulus of soil, tensile stiffness of geosynthetics, pile length, pile spacing, and pile elastic modulus. …”
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Analysis of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (NORM) in shifting earth layers in Piyungan, Bantul by Iqbal Nurrahim, Andang Widi Harto, Yohannes Sardjono, Isman Mulyadi Triatmoko, Zuhdi Ismail, Gede Sutresna Wijaya

“…We developed a radon well geometry for Piyungan using Finite Element Method principles, and conducted simulations via GNU Octave to assess normal and anomalous conditions. …”
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PCB Drill Path Optimization by Combinatorial Cuckoo Search Algorithm by Wei Chen Esmonde Lim, G. Kanagaraj, S. G. Ponnambalam

“…The computational experience conducted in this research indicates that the proposed algorithm is capable of efficiently finding the optimal path for PCB holes drilling process.…”
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Permeability Characteristics of Tailings considering Chemical and Physical Clogging in Lixi Tailings Dam, China by Zengguang Xu, Xuemin Yang, Junrui Chai, Yuan Qin, Yanlong Li

“…The clogging seriously influences the safety of tailings dam. This paper conducts several column experiments to analyse the physical and chemical clogging of the Lixi tailings dam in China. …”
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Training Needs of Teachers and Implementation of a Model for Their Determination by Lidia Lara Díaz, Mayté Benítez Rodríguez, Coralia Juana Pérez Maya, Luís Rafael Sánchez Arce, Ania Carballosa González

“…<br /><strong>Methods:</strong> document analysis was conducted to examine the contents of the thesis paper; the use of inductive-deductive and analytic-synthetic methods was also emphasized.…”
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Scientific Review on the Ionospheric Absorption and Research Prospects of a Complex Eikonal Model for One-Layer Ionosphere by Alessandro Settimi, Alessandro Ippolito, Claudio Cesaroni, Carlo Scotto

“…The present paper conducts a scientific review on ionospheric absorption, extrapolating the research prospects of a complex eikonal model for one-layer ionosphere. …”
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Clinical case of the treatment of acute heart failure with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in patients with acute idiopathic giant cell myocarditis by B.M. Todurov, G.I. Kovtun, A.N. Postupalsky, A.N. Druzhyna, O.A. Loskutov, I.N. Kuzmich, А.О. Shpachuk

“…Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, conducted over 15 days, resulted in increase left ventricular ejection fraction of 18 % to 30 %, reduction and complete cancellation of the inotropic support. …”
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Research on Torque Ratio Based on the Steering Wheel Torque Characteristic for Steer-by-Wire System by Yandong Han, Lei He, Xiang Wang, Changfu Zong

“…Simulations and vehicle experiments are conducted by the proposed method, and the results show that the design goal has been achieved and the steering wheel torque characteristic obtained is very similar to that of the reference car.…”
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Adaptive fuzzy command filtered control for uncertain fractional order nonlinear systems with full state constraints by Ruixia Liu, Yang Han, Lei Xing, Liyang Sun

“…Overall, the stability analysis is conducted based on the Lyapunov method to ensure the boundedness of all signals. …”
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An Audit of Pain Management Following Pediatric Day Surgery at British Columbia Children’s Hospital by Serena Shum, Joanne Lim, Trish Page, Elizabeth Lamb, Jennifer Gow, J Mark Ansermino, Gillian Lauder

“…A prospective audit of 225 children was conducted to evaluate current pain management strategies both in-hospital and at home following day surgery at British Columbia Children’s Hospital (Vancouver, British Columbia). …”
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Investigating the Material Removal Rate Parameters in ECM for Al 5086 Alloy-Reinforced Silicon Carbide/Flyash Hybrid Composites by Using Minitab-18 by Bhiksha Gugulothu, P. S. Satheesh Kumar, Bathula Srinivas, Alapati Ramakrishna, S. Vijayakumar

“…Taguchi’s L16 orthogonal array was selected for design of experiments (DOEs), and 16 experimental tests were conducted to examine the effect of the selected machining parameters employed to identify the best optimal levels and also to investigate the effect of electrochemical machining parameters on MRR determined by Minitab-18.…”
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Analytical Solution of Tidal Loading Effect in a Submarine Leaky Confined Aquifer System by Zongzhong Song, Hailong Li, Qian Ma, Chunmiao Zheng, Jiu Jimmy Jiao, Shaohong Li

“…The impacts of the tidal loading efficiency, hydraulic conductivity and elastic storage of the semipermeable layer and aquifer on the groundwater head fluctuations in the aquifer system are analyzed and discussed. …”
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Parameterised design of robust point‐to‐point fast motion controller by Wentao Yu, Guoyang Cheng

“…Experimental verification is conducted on a DC motor position servo system using a TMS320F28335 board, and the effectiveness of the proposed design is demonstrated.…”
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