Oscillations Control of Rocking-Block-Type Buildings by the Addition of a Tuned Pendulum by Luca Collini, Rinaldo Garziera, Kseniia Riabova, Mariya Munitsyna, Alessandro Tasora

“…From the analytical/numerical simulations, we derive some important conclusions, providing us with the tools suitable for the design of absorbers in practical cases.…”
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A New Finite-Time Observer for Nonlinear Systems: Applications to Synchronization of Lorenz-Like Systems by Ricardo Aguilar-López, Juan L. Mata-Machuca

“…The proposed methodology is based on state observer design under the frame of control theory; the observer structure provides finite-time synchronization convergence by cancelling the upper bounds of the main nonlinearities of the chaotic oscillator. …”
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Ultrasound-Assisted Modification of Insoluble Dietary Fiber from Chia (Salvia hispanica L.) Seeds by Zohaib Hassan, Muhammad Imran, Muhammad Haseeb Ahmad, Muhammad Kamran Khan

“…This research aimed to examine the effects of sonication treatment on the functional and physicochemical properties with possible structural changes in chia seeds dietary fiber. Central composite design was applied to optimize the sonication treatment process (amplitude 55%, time 20 min, and temperature 40°C) based on the oil holding capacity (OHC) and water holding capacity (WHC) as responses. …”
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A Dynamic and Energy-Efficient Clustering Algorithm in Large-Scale Mobile Sensor Networks by Changlin Ma, Nian Liu, Yuan Ruan

“…Random mobility and energy constraint are two main factors affecting system performance in mobile sensor networks, which cause many difficulties to system design. It is necessary to develop high-efficiency algorithms and protocols for mobile sensor networks to adapt to dynamic network environment and energy limitation. …”
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Engineering Education in the Epoch of Industrial Revolution and Digital Economy by A. I. Chuchalin

“…A technique for using the CDIO approach, further developed for engineering education of the top levels, is proposed for the optimal blended learning design of the Bachelor, Master and PhD programs. The author adduces the concrete examples, which show the possibility of digital transformation of engineering programs with the purpose of their actualization and improving the quality of graduates’ training for complex, innovative and research engineering activity.…”
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On markedness in locative and existential predication: “Existential takeover”, frequency and complexity in Siberian languages by Chris Lasse Däbritz

“…Moreover, it proposes a two-layered design of such a typology which considers both the domains themselves as well as possible co-expression patterns.…”
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Simulation of the Flexural Response of Ultrahigh Performance Fiber-Reinforced Concrete with Lattice Fracture Model by Chunping Gu, Qiannan Wang, Wei Sun

“…The proposed model has the potential to help with the materials design of UHPFRC, and the limitations of the model were also discussed in the paper.…”
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Materiality of TEI Encoding and Decoding: An Analysis of the Western European Union Archives on Armament Policy by Florentina Armaselu, Verónica Martins, Catherine Emma Jones

“…By combining traditional historical enquiry with TEI XML encoding and decoding in a corpus analysis phase, the project aims at addressing research questions mainly related to the French and British positions on the topics of armament design and production and of armament control within the Western European Union (WEU) from 1954 to 1982. …”
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THE EXPERIMENTAL SETUP FOR RESEARCH OF THE INFLUENCE OF MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS ON THE OUTPUT PARAMETERS OF ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS BASED ON FLEXIBLE MODULES by S. P. Novoselov, A. S. Botsman, V. V. Nevliudova

“…This will take into account and to apply this experience in the design and manufacture of devices with the use of flexible printed circuit boards.…”
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UiO-66 Metal-Organic Framework Membranes: Structural Engineering for Separation Applications by Yanwei Sun

“…This review presents a comprehensive discussion of the advancements in structure engineering and design strategies that have been employed to optimize UiO-66 membranes for enhanced separation performance. …”
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Optimized Sample Adaptive Offset Filter in HEVC by N. Archana, R. Menaka, P. T. Vasanth Raj, G. Keerthivasan, N. Kumar

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Debata kuchenna. Historia jednego nagrania i jednego zdjęcia by Marcin Giżycki

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Using Airlifts to Collect and Concentrate Copepod Nauplii by Eric Cassiano, Matthew A. DiMaggio, Cortney Ohs, John Marcellus

“…This 3-page fact sheet provides protocols and designs for harvesting and feeding copepod nauplii to marine fish larvae, but these methods can be adapted for use with many live feed organisms. …”
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An Evaluation of the Security Ability of the Basic Endowment Insurance System for China’s Urban and Rural Residents by Bing Liu, Yuhong He, Zhi Liu

“…To evaluate security ability, a three-level evaluation index system with a total of 19 indicators is designed. The research results show that it is low and even does not coincide with the country’s level of economic development, for the security ability of EIUR, due to the top-level design of the insurance system under analysis, the operating environment, and residents’ willingness to participate and contribute. …”
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Das artes tradicionais à economia criativa: a pintura indígena da Austrália e sua inserção no sistema das artes by Ilana Seltzer Goldstein

“…This is particularly – but not exclusively – true in sectors that comprise the so-called creative economy, as the design, visual arts, music, fashion, food etc. In contemporary societies, merchandises stand out for their uniqueness and for having both economic value and symbolic value. …”
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Experimental Investigation of Steady and Unsteady Flow Field Upstream and Downstream of an Automotive Torque Converter Pump by B. V. Marathe, B. Lakshminarayana

“…The experimental data were processed at three different operating conditions: maximum efficiency point, design point and near-stall point. The unsteady values of flow properties (pressure, velocity and flow angles) were divided into five components: mean, periodic, blade aperiodic, revolution aperiodic and unresolved components.…”
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Alternative RNA Splicing in Cardiac Diseases by Junli Gao, Yanan Zhang, Meiyu Hu, Tao He, Xiaohang Yin, Tian Hao, Guoping Li, Junjie Xiao

“…We also review the application of AS in the design of innovative therapeutic approaches.…”
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Synchronization of Different Uncertain Fractional-Order Chaotic Systems with External Disturbances via T-S Fuzzy Model by Lin Wang, Jinbo Ni, Chunzhi Yang

“…This paper presents an adaptive fuzzy synchronization control strategy for a class of different uncertain fractional-order chaotic/hyperchaotic systems with unknown external disturbances via T-S fuzzy systems, where the parallel distributed compensation technology is provided to design adaptive controller with fractional adaptation laws. …”
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Skyscapers and greenery. An unprecedented symbiosis by Simona Talenti, Annarita Teodosio

“…Greenery applied to Italian skyscrapers, however, should raise questions about the actual environmental, economic and social sustainability of these design solutions, which sometimes seem to respond to mere aesthetic and ornamental requirements or marketing demands. …”
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PERSONALIZED MOOCS IN BLENDED LEARNING by Vyacheslav A. Starodubtsev

“…With the aim to reduce the egalitarian nature of the MOOCs («one size fits all») the pedagogical design of personalized MOOCs suggests the differentiation contingent on individual «profiles», tiered content composition, tested previously, when creating digital manuals on local media (CD and DVD), updating content with the participation of learners, formative assessment with the participation of reviewers from different groups of the contingent, pedagogical support at the request of a user, and an integration of MOOCs platforms with social media cloud services. …”
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