Accessibility information and rhetoric: an evaluation of the website communications of three New Zealand hotels by Eshwar Atul Shetty, Alison McIntosh

“…Findings of the study reveal common themes, strategies and tactics for the design and delivery of accessibility information on the hotel websites. …”
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Place-based Guaranteed Minimum Income in Barcelona: (un)intended inclusionary policy for migrants by Laura Colini

“…Illustrating the Barcelona case study, the paper demonstrates that first, the approach adopted by B-MINCOME creates (unintended) benefits to migrants, second, that the combination of European and city level funds has fostered experimentation in terms of service design and provisions, and third, that local experimentations can further inform and challenge the design of public policies on inclusion at different scales. …”
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Research on Shear Capacity and Checking Method of MT·G-Joint for Application in Prefabricated Underground Structures by Xiuren Yang, Zhongheng Shi, Fang Lin

“…The findings of this study are of value to help researchers and engineers more effectively design prefabricated underground structures.…”
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A Low-Sidelobe-Level Variable Inclination Continuous Transverse Stub Antenna with a Nonlinear Slow-Wave Structure by Kexin Wang, Xue Lei, Jun Gao, Tianpeng Li, Siyu Tian, Mingyang Zhao

“…The sidelobe level (SLL) is an essential performance factor for satellite communication antennas. A low-SLL design can effectively suppress adjacent satellite interference. …”
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Passive highly dispersive matching network enabling broadband electromagnetic absorption by Pardha S. Nayani, Morteza Moradi, Pooria Salami, Younes Ra’di

“…Abstract In numerous applications from radio to optical frequencies including stealth and energy harvesting, there is a need to design electrically thin layers capable of perfectly absorbing electromagnetic waves over a wide bandwidth. …”
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Enhanced Light Trapping in Thin Film Solar Cells Using a Plasmonic Fishnet Structure by Sayan Seal, Vinay Budhraja, Liming Ji, Vasundara V. Varadan

“…We show that light absorption in the a-Si absorber layer is enhanced by a factor of 10.6 at the design wavelength of 690 nm due to the presence of the fishnet structure. …”
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A Laryngoscope with Shape Memory Actuation by Fischer Nikola, Ho Patty, Marzi Christian, Schuler Patrick, Mathis-Ullrich Franziska

“…Intubation blades can benefit from an adjustable design with shape memory alloys. We present a novel blade design with two degrees of freedom, continuously transforming a straight into a curved blade. …”
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Pathways for the Improvement of Construction Productivity: A Perspective on the Adoption of Advanced Techniques by Pejman Ghasemi Poor Sabet, Heap-Yih Chong

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Research on Roll Stabilizing Based on Energy Optimization for Autonomous Surface Vehicle by Hongjian Wang, Linlin Wang, Lixin Pan

“…Control system design is based on GPC (general predictive control) theory and working principle of zero-speed fin stabilizer. …”
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Measuring Soil Fertility under Hagenia abyssinica (Bruce) J. F. Gmel by the Biotest Method by Biruktayet Assefa, Gerhard Glatzel

“….), and wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) as indicators. The experimental design was a completely randomized design comprising of 20 seedlings per study site. …”
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Application of Latitude Stripe Division in Satellite Constellation Coverage to Ground by Maocai Wang, Xin Luo, Guangming Dai, Xiaoyu Chen

“…Through various case studies, the optimization in repeating sun-synchronous orbits design is successfully represented.…”
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Joint Optimization of Microstrip Patch Antennas Using Particle Swarm Optimization for UWB Systems by Muhammad Zubair, Muhammad Moinuddin

“…However, the antenna design for UWB has been a challenging task. Moreover, it is always desirable to have more freedom by designing different shape antennas with identical characteristics so that they can be used in either transmitter or receiver depending on other physical constraints such as area. …”
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Kernel Method Based Human Model for Enhancing Interactive Evolutionary Optimization by Yan Pei, Qiangfu Zhao, Yong Liu

“…With the human model, we design an evolution control method to enhance IEC search. …”
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KEBUN RAYA BOTANI DENGAN SISTEM WTP (WATER TREATMENT PLAN) DI MAKASSAR by Sri Innayah Wahid, Fahmyddin A'raaf Tauhid

“…The results of this report in the form of a botanical garden design botanical arrangement with WTP system (water Treatment Plan) in Makassar.…”
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Optimizing Thermal Efficiency of Building Envelopes with Sustainable Composite Materials by Milind Deshmukh, Madhura Yadav

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Automated Diagnosis of Otitis Media: Vocabulary and Grammar by Anupama Kuruvilla, Nader Shaikh, Alejandro Hoberman, Jelena Kovačević

“…We also design a process to combine the vocabulary terms based on the decision process used by otoscopists; we term this the otitis media grammar. …”
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Thermal Environment and Energy Performance of a Typical Classroom Building in a Hot-Humid Region: A Case Study in Guangzhou, China by Liang Yi, Yuan Xie, Chang Lin

“…This study thus aimed to examine the thermal effects of such designs on the cooling load, based on an actual classroom building during summers in hot-humid southern China. …”
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Circularly polarized dual-band resonance in a miniaturized implantable antenna using combined hexagonal and rhombic patches by Shanmugam Kumaravel, Madurakavi Karthikeyan

“…Abstract The design and characterisation of a novel dual-band implantable antenna with compact size is presented in this research. …”
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Trends in Architecture and Middleware of Radio Telescope Control System by Jun Li, Na Wang, Zhiyong Liu, Yining Song, Ning Li, Lingming Xu, Jili Wang

“…Furthermore, the architecture design of the control system is closely geared towards the technological development of radio telescope and computer software architecture. …”
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Ductility and Strength Reduction Factors for Degrading Structures Considering Cumulative Damage by Edén Bojórquez, Sonia E. Ruiz, Alfredo Reyes-Salazar, Juan Bojórquez

“…The results given in this paper provide insight into all relevant parameters that should be considered during seismic design of earthquake-resistant structures. Finally, some recommendations to evaluate the effect of cumulative damage on seismic design are suggested.…”
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