Machine learning-based analyzing earthquake-induced slope displacement. by Jiyu Wang, Niaz Muhammad Shahani, Xigui Zheng, Jiang Hongwei, Xin Wei

“…Accurately evaluating earthquake-induced slope displacement is a key factor for designing slopes that can effectively respond to seismic activity. …”
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From Citizen Science to Policy Development on the Coral Reefs of Jamaica by M. James C. Crabbe

“…It was agreed that a number of themes and tactics need to be implemented in order to facilitate coral reef conservation in the Caribbean. …”
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Machine learning suggests climate and seasonal definitions should change under global warming by Milton Speer, Lance Leslie

“… Extreme and unseasonal temperature and precipitation events have increased worldwide. …”
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GLOBALIZATION, COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND THE SITUATION IN AFRICA by ZEKERI MOMOH, JEREMIAH AKAHA GBENDA

“…This study argues that the Covid-19 virus spread from Wuhan in China, to other parts of the world within a very short time, due to movement of persons across international borders. …”
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Optical Properties of Polypropylene upon Recycling by Felice De Santis, Roberto Pantani

“…However, is it well known that polymers experience a depletion of all the properties upon recycling. …”
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The Ecstasy of Communication. Critical remarks on Jean Baudrillard by Pieter Duvenage

“…The point is that with the “… greater mediatization of society … we are witnessing the virtualization of our world.”2 This contribution briefly reconstructs, firstly, two phases in Baudrillard’s intellectual career – phases that shifted from an early neo-Marxist critique of the modern consumer society to a post-Marxist or postmodern view of society (which include engagements with socio-anthropology; psychoanalysis, sociology, semiology and media theory), and eventually ends in a kind of anti-theory with an extreme fatal vision of the world.3 In section 2 the implications of these two shifts in Baudrillard’s intellectual career are contextualized in the field of media and communication studies – and specifically his concept of the “ecstasy of communication”. …”
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An Overview of Application of Machine Learning Models in Urban Flood Simulation and Forecasting by CHEN Zeming, FANG Xuhong, LI Jiaye, WANG Mengyao, CHEN Aifang, YIN Ling

“…In recent years, the frequent occurrence of extreme rainstorms has been prone to causing urban flood disasters, directly affecting people's lives and property safety. …”
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Experimental Study on Hygrothermal Deformation of External Thermal Insulation Cladding Systems with Glazed Hollow Bead by Houren Xiong, Jinming Xu, Yuanzhen Liu, Shimeng Wang

“…The length and width of cracks on the finishing coat grew as the experiment progressed but with a decreasing growth rate and the cracks stopped growing around 70 cycles.…”
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Assessment of Design and Retrofitting Solutions on the Progressive Collapse of Hongqi Bridge by Amir Seyed Khoei, Reza Akbari, Shahrokh Maalek, Alireza Gharighoran

“…In 2009, the Hongqi Bridge, a multispan reinforced concrete bridge located in Zhuzhou, Hunan Province, China, collapsed progressively in the form of domino, due to extreme effect of deck to pier, during demolition process of the bridge. …”
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Geospatial Assessment of Floods in Western Nepal by Sugam Subedi, Gandhiv Kafle, Shankar Tripathi

“…Floods are major problems, and their coexistence poses a potent threat, which cannot be eradicated but has to be managed. …”
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Flap/Lag Stall Flutter Control of Large-Scale Wind Turbine Blade Based on Robust H2 Controller by Tingrui Liu, Wei Xu

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Coastal Groundcherry, Physalis angustifolia by Debbie Miller, Mack Thetford, Chris Verlinde, Gabriel Campbell, Ashlynn Smith

“…Threatened and endangered beach mice and many other animals rely on this plant as a food source. Plants can be longed-lived and form relatively thick tuberous roots. …”
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Negative emotions, projection bias, and the vote choice in South Korea by Kiyoung Chang, Jeeyoung Park

“…This study focuses on a major corruption scandal in South Korea and examines its impact on voters’ perceptions of presidential candidates’ ideological positions. …”
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THE EFFECTS OF EXCESS PRECIPITATION FALLEN IN THE CURVATURE SUBCARPATHIANS (ROMANIA) DURING THE WARM PERIOD OF THE YEAR. CASE-STUDY: SĂRĂŢEL AND BĂLĂNEASA DRAINAGE BASINS by ANDUŢA GROFU, CARMEN-SOFIA DRAGOTĂ

“…The period analysed (1961–2007) is statistically relevant in terms of climatology, covering the standard climatological period (1961–1990), the last decade of the twentieth century and the early years of the current decade which are characterized by major extreme pluvial events on a global, regional and local scale. …”
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Analysis of Russian Federation Foreign Policy in the Field of International Information Security by E. S. Zinovieva

“…The article analyzes the characteristics of the global information society, which has a decisive influence on the international security in the information age, as well as international cooperation in this field. …”
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Urban farming: Production risks of vegetable farming in Pekanbaru City, Riau Province, Indonesia by Vaulina Sisca, Elinur, Dewi Ilma Satriana, Maharani Tati

“…The research was conducted in the Marpoyan Damai sub-district of Pekanbaru, with a sample size of 30 farmers. The results indicate that most farmers are between 43-49 years old, with most having elementary school education and 11-20 years of farming experience. …”
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Radiation Hardness of Flash Memory Fabricated in Deep-Submicron Technology by Bojan Cavrić, Edin Dolićanin, Predrag Petronijević, Milić Pejović, Koviljka Stanković

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Dietary Magnesium Intake and Leukocyte Telomere Attrition in Adults: The Regulatory Role of Serum Tumor Necrosis Factor α by Jie Yu, Haibin Liu, Shuli He, Pingping Li, Chunxiao Ma, Minglei Ma, Yiwen Liu, Lu Lv, Fan Ping, Huabing Zhang, Wei Li, Qi Sun, Lingling Xu, Yuxiu Li

“…There was an inverse relationship between dietary magnesium and LTL (P<0.001), with a between-extreme-quarter difference of -0.55. …”
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Flakka-Induced Prolonged Psychosis by Craig Crespi

“…Although people use Flakka for its potential euphoric high, symptoms are known to easily escalate into frightening delusions, paranoid psychosis, extreme agitation, and a multitude of other altered mental states. …”
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An Integrated Cumulative Transformation and Feature Fusion Approach for Bearing Degradation Prognostics by Lixiang Duan, Fei Zhao, Jinjiang Wang, Ning Wang, Jiwang Zhang

“…Aimed at degradation prognostics of a rolling bearing, this paper proposed a novel cumulative transformation algorithm for data processing and a feature fusion technique for bearing degradation assessment. …”
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