THE PROBLEM OF CORRUPTION OF BASIC SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS IN PARTICULAR: FORMAL-ETHIC AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS by V. O. Lobovikov

“…The effective criterion of basic scientific researches offered by the author, and also exact specifying of their place and role in lifecycle of knowledge as goods in market economy (at the conceptual level of the Boston Chart) allow to designate an urgent problem of corruption of the scientific sphere in a new perspective. …”
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HOUSING ECONOMY: USE OF INTERLOCKING MASONRY FOR LOW-COST STUDENT HOUSING IN NIGERIA by Y.M.D AYODEJI

“…Professionals like architects, engineers, quantity surveyors and building contractors involved in the designs and supervision of these projects were interviewed to obtain their views on the subject. …”
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From activity to learning: using cultural historical activity theory to model school library programmes and practices by E.M. Meyers

“…</b> contradictions and tensions in the general school library activity system are identified, and an intervention was designed to facilitiate the development of expansive instruments. …”
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Schoolness effect and academic journals: The case of the Revue de la Régulation (2007-2023) by Adrien Rougier

“…This suggests a great malleability of the term “school”, still applying despite variations and heterogeneity within the designated collective.…”
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Application of function-oriented modelling systems in construction control implementation by A. A. Lapidus, A. Yu. Shchukin

“…The study of functional dependencies between the main participants of construction control, such as technical customer, general contractor and general designer, is carried out.Materials and methods. The structure of their interaction is presented in the form of a flowchart, which is drawn up using function-oriented analysis methodology. …”
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Experimental Study on the Influence of Borehole Angles on Fracture Grouting in Limestone Aquifers by Jianbo Li, Yanchun Xu

“…A special device composed of boreholes and fractures is designed to study the whole process of grouting in limestone fractures. …”
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Artificial Intelligence in the Eyes of Society: Assessing Social Risk and Social Value Perception in a Novel Classification by Gabbiadini Alessandro, Durante Federica, Baldissarri Cristina, Andrighetto Luca

“…Understanding people’s perceptions of AI can guide researchers, developers, and policymakers in adopting an anthropocentric approach when designing future AI technologies to prioritize human well-being and ensure AI’s responsible and ethical development in the years to come.…”
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Defect Point Location Method of Civil Bridge Based on Internet of Things Wireless Communication by Xiaofeng Yan, Zedong Liu, Zijing Zhuang, Yong Miao

“…Aiming at the compatibility problem of wireless communication front end caused by the difference in wireless communication protocols, this study designs a high-applicability front-end control interface for wireless communication. …”
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Experimental and numerical investigations of CFRP reinforced masonry ?beams performance under bending loads by Mahmoud Zaghlal, Alaa El-Sisi�, Mohamed Husain, Samar Samy

“…Three beams were built using concrete bricks and grout mortar. The brick was designed with two holes that were filled with grout before placing the rebar inside. …”
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Strengthening of Damaged Masonry Walls Using Engineered Cementitious Composites: Experimental and Numerical Analysis by S. M. Renuka, I. P. Mervin Sanjith

“…Engineered cementitious composites (ECC) are special types of high-tensile and high-ductility concrete that are designed using a micromechanics approach, with a tensile strain capability of more than 3%. …”
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Storytelling in Pregnancy and Childbirth: An Integrative Review of the Literature by Zahra Mahdavi, Leila Amiri-Farahani, Sally Pezaro

“…Due to limited high-quality intervention studies in this field, future studies could usefully be more robustly designed and incorporate digital storytelling methods to inform future directions.…”
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The Effects of Interdot Spacing and Dot Size on the Performance of InGaAs/GaAs QDIBSC by Sayeda Anika Amin, Md. Tanvir Hasan, Muhammad Shaffatul Islam

“…In0.53Ga0.47As/GaAs-based quantum dot intermediate band solar cells (QDIBSCs) have been designed and optimized for the next generation photovoltaic technology. …”
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Anti-Diabetic Therapeutic Medicinal Plant Identification Using Deep Fused Discriminant Subspace Ensemble (D2SE) by N. Sasikaladevi, S. Pradeepa, A. Revathi, S. Vimal, Gaurav Dhiman

“…The fused deep neural network (DNN) model with Discriminant Subspace Ensemble is designed to identify the diabetic plants from VNPlant200 data set. …”
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Effects of Gyroscope on Arm Swing and Gait in Healthy Volunteers by Meriç Selim Şipal, Elif Yalçın, Aynur Ayşe Karaduman

“…In the future, a medical device that has the features of a gyroscope can be designed for its use in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease and Senile Bradykinesia.…”
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Mettre en situation et accompagner la construction de connaissances : un parti pris pour la formation à l’accompagnement de projets en agriculture by Lucie Gouttenoire, Marion Guillot

“…We have incrementally designed this study course on the basis of learning through our experience, confronting knowledge about education and participating in practice analysis devices. …”
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A photovoice study on pre-service EFL teachers’ struggles for managing students’ misbehavior during teaching practicum by Lisa Amalia Solicha

“…This study aims to investigate the types of students’ misbehavior and pre-service EFL teachers’ struggles in managing students’ misbehavior during their teaching practicum in secondary schools. This research was designed as a photovoice study, and two pre-service EFL teachers were recruited to participate in this study. …”
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Adaptive Neural Network Variable Structure Control for Liquid-Filled Spacecraft under Unknown Input Saturation by Hongwei Wang, Shufeng Lu, Xiaojuan Song

“…Then, adaptive variable structure control technique is designed, which contains hyperbolic tangent function that preserves control smoothness at all times. …”
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Elastoplastic and fracture behaviour of semi-crystalline polymers under multiaxial stress states by Joao Pedro Manaia, Abílio M.P. Jesus, Francisco A. Pires

“…Specimens’ geometries were carefully designed to achieve various loading conditions and allowing to explore initial stress triaxialities ranged from 0 in pure shear loading (α = 0°) to a maximum of 0.84 for flat notched specimens with radius of 5 mm. …”
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Gradient Enhancement Techniques and Motion Consistency Constraints for Moving Object Segmentation in 3D LiDAR Point Clouds by Fangzhou Tang, Bocheng Zhu, Junren Sun

“…In this paper, we introduce a novel deep neural network designed to enhance the performance of 3D LiDAR point cloud moving object segmentation (MOS) through the integration of image gradient information and the principle of motion consistency. …”
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Mechanism and Kinematics for Flapping Wing Micro Air Vehicles Maneuvering Based on Bilateral Wings by Rui Zhang, Haiyang Zhang, Lichao Xu, Peng Xie, Jing Wu, Chao Wang

“…Finally, a dragonfly-like prototype assembled using a carbon fiber plate with adjustable wings is designed and manufactured based on the SCSM. Flight tests are conducted to show that the rack and pinion mechanism can accomplish the movement of hinges neatly, and the proposed flapping mechanism makes left turns and right turns effectively while continuing to fly forward. …”
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