A Critical Review on the Book Relationship between Religion and Technology and Its "Islamic Technology" Project by Mahmoud Mokhtari

“…In fact, the author's view focuses on the intentions of the designers and users of technological artifacts, not on the structure and physical properties of the artifacts, and thus the concept of "religious technology" is reduced to what the author calls "non-religious technology" (as opposed to anti-religious).…”
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An extension of Gompertzian growth dynamics: Weibull and Fréchet models by J. Leonel Rocha, Sandra M. Aleixo

“…A generalized family of probability density functions, designated by $Beta^*(p,q)$, which is proportional to the right hand side of the Tsoularis-Wallace model, is studied. …”
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A WeChat-Based Mobile Platform for Perioperative Health Education for Gastrointestinal Surgery by Ying Li, Xiao-hui Cheng, Wen-ting Xu, Li-ping Tan, Xiao-jun Gou

“…Clinicians and nurses believed that the mobile platform was attractively designed and easy to navigate, valuable, and adequate for patient health education. …”
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Effect of Loop Diameter on the Steady State and Stability Behaviour of Single-Phase and Two-Phase Natural Circulation Loops by P. K. Vijayan, A. K. Nayak, D. Saha, M. R. Gartia

“…A simple way to do this is to increase the loop diameter which can be easily adopted in pressure tube designs such as the AHWR and the natural circulation boilers employed in fossil-fuelled power plants. …”
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Shock Tube as an Impulsive Application Device by Soumya Ranjan Nanda, Sumit Agarwal, Vinayak Kulkarni, Niranjan Sahoo

“…Shock tube, the fundamental impulse facility, is specially designed and calibrated for present objectives. Force measurement experiments are performed on a hemispherical test model integrated with the stress wave force balance. …”
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Preparation of pre-service teachers for English first additional language teaching: A literature review approach by Nomfundo Philile Nkala

“…Pre-service teachers in English First Additional Language (FAL) preparation programmes are designed to skill with knowledge so they become competent teachers. …”
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SIMULATION OF XRF SPECTRA EMPLOYING A MODIFIED MCNP CODE by Nguyen Thi Tho, Nguyen Kien Cuong, Huynh Ton Nghiem

“…The modified MCNP4C2 code is capable of forecasting the basic characteristics of new XRF designs.…”
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Advancements in End-to-End Audio Style Transformation: A Differentiable Approach for Voice Conversion and Musical Style Transfer by Shashwat Aggarwal, Shashwat Uttam, Sameer Garg, Shubham Garg, Kopal Jain, Swati Aggarwal

“…Introduction: This study introduces a fully differentiable, end-to-end audio transformation network designed to overcome these limitations by operating directly on acoustic features. …”
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Chaos synchronization for a class of uncertain chaotic supply chain and its control by ANFIS by Seyed Mohamad Hamidzadeh, Mohsen Rezaei, Mehdi Ranjbar-Bourani

“…To train adaptive neural fuzzy controller, first, a nonlinear feedback control method is designed. Then, using Lyapanov theory, it is proved that the nonlinear feedback controller can reduce the synchronization error to zero in a finite time. …”
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THE EFFECT OF THE PARTICIPATION OF SUCCESSFUL ENTREPRENEURS ON ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENT IN APPLIED ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION, by Ömer Lütfi Antalyalı, Pınar Göktaş

“…An applied entrepreneurship program was designed as theoretical, game-based and mentor supported for 13-week was implemented twice; to assess its effects on students’ perceived behavioral control, entrepreneurial intention, knowledge and skills. …”
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Atypical Presentation of Giant Mandibular Aneurysmal Bone Cyst with Cemento-Ossifying Fibroma Mimicking Sarcoma by Haneen Al-Maghrabi, Serge Verne, Bassam Al-Maghrabi, Osamah Almutawa, Jaudah Al-Maghrabi

“…The World Health Organization (WHO) designates ABCs as benign, but locally destructive, rapidly growing masses. …”
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A Hazardous Chemical-Oriented Monitoring and Tracking System Based on Sensor Network by Qiulin Tan, Yang Zhang, Xiaofei Zhang, Xiangdong Pei, Jijun Xiong, Chenyang Xue, Jun Liu, Wendong Zhang

“…Once sensor-derived signals were detected, the signals would be fused and transmitted to the master monitor center via a high precision and large-scale wireless communication network. The designed tracking and localizing system displayed good monitoring ability and adequately satisfied technical requirements.…”
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Linking Waterbody Acidification and Aquatic Plant Metabolism: A Lesson Plan for Middle School Students by Alexandra L. Bijak, Laura K. Reynolds, Ashley R. Smyth

“…This publication is intended for Florida grade eight educators and other environmental educators of middle school students. We designed a lesson plan to reinforce fundamental concepts in acid-base chemistry, including the pH scale, and to introduce students to waterbody acidification, its negative effects on shell-forming organisms, and the potential role of aquatic plant metabolism (i.e., photosynthesis and respiration) in mitigating these effects. …”
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Molotov cocktail protection - protective clothing material for emergency forces by Rahel Krause, Justin Kühn, Thomas Gries, Maren Gültner, Yvette Dietzel

“…Afterwards, specially designed fabrics were developed and produced to realize a smooth surface. …”
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Active Contour Model Coupling with Higher Order Diffusion for Medical Image Segmentation by Guodong Wang, Jie Xu, Qian Dong, Zhenkuan Pan

“…To enhance the efficiency of the segmentation, the fast Split Bregman algorithm is designed for the segmentation implementation. The performance of our method is demonstrated through numerical experiments of some medical image segmentations with intensity inhomogeneities.…”
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Novel National High-Precision Time Synchronization System for Mobile Communication by Liuyan Han, Rongduo Lu, Jiachen Li, Xinyu Chen, Hui Cao, Jia Shen, Dechao Zhang, Han Li

“…It enables flexible designation of time servers as national primaries. All the time servers are interconnected via a centralized data center. …”
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Attentional Phenotypes for the Analysis of Higher Mental Function by John Fossella, Michael I. Posner, Jin Fan, James M. Swanson, Donald W. Pfaff

“…Then we discuss development of a task designed to measure the efficiency of each network in normal individuals and consider evidence on the independence, reliability, and heritability of the networks. …”
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LEGAL REGULATION OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY OF THE EMPLOYER FOR NON-PAYMENT OF WAGES by Egor V. Makarov, Luiza Dantesovna Habibova, Irek A. Bikkinin

“…The authors draw their conclusions based on the analysis of the system of public law norms of the designated branches of legislation and the practice of their application.…”
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Observer-Based Sliding Mode Control for Path Tracking of a Spherical Robot by Majid Taheri Andani, Zahra Ramezani, Saeed Moazami, Jinde Cao, Mohammad Mehdi Arefi, Hassan Zargarzadeh

“…First, a neural network observer is designed to estimate the pendulum angles. Then a modified sliding mode controller is proposed for the robot’s tracking control in the presence of uncertainties. …”
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THE METHOD OF ROLL SURFACE QUALITY MEASUREMENT FOR CONTINUOUS HOT DIP ZINC COATED STEEL SHEET PRODUCTION LINE by Ki Yong Choi, Yu. A. Lebedinsky, E.I. Marukovich, A.M. Branovitsky, V.A. Dementev

“…The simulated test machine for coated roll surface in processing line has been designed and performed. The system makes it possible to analyze roll surface condition according to pickup phenomena from various roll coatings concerning operating conditions of hearth rolls in annealing furnace. …”
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