How vulnerable are road networks to shocks? An analysis through accessibility indicators by Angela Stefania Bergantino, Gianmarco Troiani, Tahseen Bashir, Francesca Pagliara

“…The proposed accessibility indicator represents a measure of the vulnerability of an area, while the LII defines a hierarchy of importance among the roads of the network. …”
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Studying Impacts of Urban Impermeability on Fear of Crime Using the Space Syntax Method; The Kuruçeşme Neighborhood as the Case Study by Meysam Soleimani, Maryam Golabi

“…The former suffers from a lack of “natural surveillance” and physical disorders, while the latter engenders extreme “territoriality”, resulting in social incivilities. …”
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THE RISE OF ETHNIC MILITIA, BANDITRY AND IMPLICATION ON NATIONAL SECURITY IN NIGERIA by ABARE YUNUSA KALLAH, ADO AHMED IBRAHIM, MAKBERE ARTHUR JACOB

“… Nigeria is experiencing increasing waves of ethnic conflicts,Since 2015 while its leaders engage in a series of ‘dialogue of the deaf’. For now, a great deal of literature has explored the causes of ethnic crisis and unsuitable solutions are being proposed for a wrongly diagnosed structural social malaise. …”
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Information and Communication Technologies of households and individuals, geographical proximity and regional competitiveness: distribution, clusters and spatial patterns of techno... by Reyes González-Relaño, Ángel Luis Lucendo-Monedero, Francisca Ruiz-Rodríguez

“…The results at regional level in Europe demonstrate that: i) the greatest inequalities occur in the ICT usage variables and not in those of access; ii) the indicators of TR create a spatial pattern with a gradient from the regions of the extreme north-west to south-western and eastern Europe; and iii) there is evidently an opportunity to incorporate other regional variables of ICT usage for future editions of the RCI. …”
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Developing Train Station Parking Algorithms: New Frameworks Based on Fuzzy Reinforcement Learning by Wei Li, Kai Xian, Jiateng Yin, Dewang Chen

“…However, TSP is always subject to a series of uncertain factors such as extreme weather and uncertain conditions of rail track resistances. …”
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Intersexual relationships in mandrills: dominance, sexual conflict and the influence of social integration by Nikolaos Smit

“…The set up of Mandrillus Project over a decade ago has offered a unique opportunity to study intersexual relationships of mandrills in their natural habitat. …”
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Prediction the Choice of Financing for Start-ups using Machine Learning Algorithms and Behavioral Biases by Naimeh Niazi, Hamideh Razavi

“…These factors were then assessed using a questionnaire consisting of 32 items, which was sent online to startup founders. …”
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Radical Prostatectomy: An Option for High-Risk Prostate Cancer by S. Rausch, C. Schmitt, T. Kälble

“…High-risk prostate cancer represents a therapeutic challenge. The role of radical prostatectomy (RP) in patients with extreme PSA values is under discussion. …”
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Sustainable Restoration of Cultural Heritage in the digital era by Federico Cinquepalmi, Virginia Adele Tiburcio

“…Digital technologies can be used to prevent such a catastrophic event, preventing and limiting damages, providing evaluable information, and realizing a tool that can be shared among the stakeholders to restore the physical and cultural value of an historical building also in case of extreme events.…”
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The Coupling Dynamic Analysis and Field Test of TBM Main System under Multipoint Impact Excitation by Junzhou Huo, Hanyang Wu, Guangqing Li, Wei Sun, Jing Chen

“…A set of field vibration tests is set up to accurately collect data under extreme work conditions; then, field data is collected from Liaoning northwest engineering. …”
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Study on the Dynamic Magnification Effect of Structure Stiffness Based on the Gust Coupling Analysis of Civil Aircraft by Yingying Liu, Kaiping Yu, Jinze Li

“…In addition, compared with rigid aircraft, flexible aircraft experiences a delay in the occurrence of extreme gust loads with the delay interval proportional to the frequency. …”
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New Robust PCA for Outliers and Heavy Sparse Noises’ Detection via Affine Transformation, the L∗,w and L2,1 Norms, and Spatial Weight Matrix in High-Dimensional Images: From the Pe... by Peidong Liang, Habte Tadesse Likassa, Chentao Zhang, Jielong Guo

“…In this paper, we propose a novel robust algorithm for image recovery via affine transformations, the weighted nuclear, L∗,w, and the L2,1 norms. …”
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The role of climate and population change in global flood exposure and vulnerability by Justin S. Rogers, Marco M. Maneta, Stephan R. Sain, Luke E. Madaus, Joshua P. Hacker

“…Urban areas are especially vulnerable in nearly all global regions, and urban areas sensitive to extreme events are expected to see a 33% increase in population exposure. …”
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Early Head Specification in Xenopus laevis by Blue B. Lake, Kenneth R. Kao

“…In Xenopus, the progressive determination of the head is an extremely complex process involving the activation and localized antagonism of a number of interdependent intracellular signaling pathways including the Wingless/Int-1 (Wnt), bone morphogenetic protein (BMP), and nodal-related pathways. …”
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Impact of Climate Change on Individuals with Autism and the Role of Renewable Energy by Georgiou Ioanna, Xekalakis Georgios, Parlalis Stavros

“…Individuals with autism often exhibit unique sensory sensitivities and a preference for rigid routines, which can be severely disrupted by the environmental impacts of climate change, such as extreme weather conditions. …”
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The Evaluation of Visual Clarity and Comfort of Light Environment in Multimedia Classroom by Yu Dong, Minshen Xi, Minghua Hu

“…Finally, by analyzing the experimental data, combined with the operational definition of the psychophysical threshold, the functional relationship between visual clarity, comfort, and brightness in the light environment of a multimedia classroom is obtained through regression analysis and the threshold and extreme point data are calculated. …”
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Comparison of Wide Conjunctival Flap and Conjunctival Autografting Techniques in Pterygium Surgery by Lokman Aslan, Murat Aslankurt, Adnan Aksoy, Murat Özdemir, Erdem Yüksel

“…In addition, the flap technique has a shorter surgical time, the surgery does not require extreme experience, feeding of the flap is provided with own vessels since the vascular structure is protected on the upper temporal conjunctival area, reverse placement of the flap is not seen, it needs fewer sutures, so that suture disturbances may reduce, and it is less traumatic than autograft technique during conjunctival transport. …”
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An ‘abyss of self-love’ by Carla Zdanow, Bianca Wright

“…In this regard, claims that increasingly consumerist, individualist and media-saturated societies are nurturing a culture of extreme narcissism, vanity and entitlement are examined in relation to an increase in the use of consumer-orientated new media technologies. …”
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Prediction of Mg Alloy Corrosion Based on Machine Learning Models by Zhenxin Lu, Shujing Si, Keying He, Yang Ren, Shuo Li, Shuman Zhang, Yi Fu, Qi Jia, Heng Bo Jiang, Haiying Song, Mailing Hao

“…This study collected magnesium alloys’ corrosion data and developed a model to predict the corrosion potential, based on the chemical composition of magnesium alloys. …”
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The Effect of Soft Skills on the Successful Employment of Future Engineers: Self-Evaluation Results by L. V. Bondareva, T. V. Potemkina, G. S. Saulembekova

“…We have found that 71.7% of all respondents who determined a high level of proficiency in “soft” skills, only 29.6% are confident that job search should not cause difficulties, 28.8% can see a clear connection between their studies and future profession, and 37% believe that they have motivation for professional fulfillment.The results of the survey based on self-evaluation showed that in spite of having a high score in evaluating their “soft” skills, the respondents express extreme uncertainty that they will be competitive enough outside the university and that will be prepared to apply the skills which are crucial for successful employment.…”
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