Low environmental impact construction: fragilities and potentialities of hyperadobe as a solution for the Brazilian housing deficit by Renata do Carmo Mota Alves, Maria Gabriela Araújo Ranieri, Patrícia Capellato, Daniele Ornaghi Sant'anna

“…Through the bibliographic review, it is concluded that the studied technology presents particularly advantageous characteristics to face the problem such as the low costs, the fast execution, the easy workforce training, and the high environmental performance in thermal and acoustical comfort. …”
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WiFi and WiMAX Secure Deployments by Panagiotis Trimintzios, George Georgiou

“…Wireless Broadband offers incredibly fast, “always on” Internet similar to ADSL and sets the user free from the fixed access areas. …”
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Antidisturbance Vibration Suppression of the Aerial Refueling Hose during the Coupling Process by Zikang Su, Honglun Wang

“…This paper proposed an active control strategy based on the permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) angular control for the timely and accurate vibration suppression of the flexible refueling hose. A nonsingular fast terminal sliding-mode (NFTSM) control scheme with adaptive extended state observer (AESO) is proposed for PMSM take-up system under multiple disturbances. …”
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Study on a Novel High-Efficiency Bridgeless PFC Converter by Cao Taiqiang, Chen Zhangyong, Wang Jun, Sun Zhang, Luo Qian, Zhang Fei

“…With this converter, the diode rectifier bridge of traditional AC-DC converter is eliminated, and zero-current switching of fast recovery diode is achieved. Thus, the efficiency is improved. …”
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Passive Initialization Method Based on Motion Characteristics for Monocular SLAM by Yu Yang, Jing Xiong, Xiaoyu She, Chang Liu, ChengWei Yang, Jie Li

“…This paper introduces a rectilinear platform motion hypothesis and thereby converts the estimation problem into a verification problem to achieve fast monocular SLAM initialization. The proposed method is simulation tested on a fixed-wing UAV. …”
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Convergence Region of Newton Iterative Power Flow Method: Numerical Studies by Jiao-Jiao Deng, Hsiao-Dong Chiang

“…One vital variation of Newton method popular in power industry is the fast decoupled power flow method whose convergence region is also numerically studied on an IEEE 14-bus test system which is of 22-dimensional in state space.…”
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Low-Shot Wall Defect Detection for Autonomous Decoration Robots Using Deep Reinforcement Learning by Fanyu Zeng, Xi Cai, Shuzhi Sam Ge

“…The experiments are implemented on a low-shot dataset in which images are collected from real decoration environments, and the experimental results show the proposed method can achieve fast convergence and learn the optimal detection policy for wall defect images.…”
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Does a Feedforward Orientation Provide Competitive Advantages Under Disruptive Conditions? A Review of Control Literature with an Illustrative Case by Rajaram Veliyath

“…The example of Zara, a leader in ‘fast-fashion’ retailing, is presented as an example of how feedforward attributes can be identified, inculcated, and ingrained/retained as organizational attributes that become a part of an organization’s DNA. …”
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The Demise of Modernist Buildings in Khor Dubai: A Case Study on the FNCB Building by Rasha Saffarini

“…The findings establish that due to Dubai’s fast-paced growth, replacing heritage is more profitable to sustain the ever-growing demands of Dubai as a real estate hub. …”
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A Challenging Diagnosis of Ascites: A Case Report of Peritoneal Tuberculosis by Jose Ruiz, Maedeh Ganji, Catarina Canha, Carmen Isache

“…He underwent omental biopsy which showed necrotizing granulomatous inflammation with rare acid-fast bacilli. Repeat biopsy was culture positive for mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. …”
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Rapid Analysis of Seven Polyamines in Nephotettix cincticeps by Using Ultra-Performance Liquid Chromatography-Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometry by Mingwen Zhang, Yunqiang Zhao, Zongwen Wang, Jintian Cheng

“…A fast, simple, and sensitive method for the simultaneous determination of seven polyamines in Nephotettix cincticeps was developed based on ultra-performance liquid chromatography-triple quadrupole mass spectrometry (UPLC-3Q-MS) together with liquid phase extraction. …”
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A Case Study of Anomalous Snowfall with an Alberta Clipper by Scott M. Rochette, Patrick S. Market, Chad M. Gravelle, Thomas A. Niziol

“…Such systems, known primarily for their fast motion and relatively dry nature, are not generally associated with significant snowfalls. …”
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Reduction kinetics of lead-rich slag with carbon in the temperature range of 1073 to 1473K by Hou X., Chou K.C., Zhao B.

“…It was found that, at a given temperature, the reaction rate between the slag and carbon was initially fast and then slow as the extent of the reaction increases. …”
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A Study of the Solid Waste Chain in Benin Metropolis, Nigeria by Dennis Iyeke Igbinomwanhia, Ejovo Nena Ohwovoriole

“…Benin metropolis like other fast urbanizing towns and cities in Nigeria is faces with a solid waste management problem. …”
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The Use of Machine Learning Approaches for the Diagnosis of Acute Appendicitis by Omer F. Akmese, Gul Dogan, Hakan Kor, Hasan Erbay, Emre Demir

“…The study aims to develop an easy, fast, and accurate estimation method for early acute appendicitis diagnosis using machine learning algorithms. …”
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New Robust Part-Based Model with Affine Transformations for Facial Landmark Localization and Detection in Big Data by Chentao Zhang, Habte Tadesse Likassa, Peidong Liang, Jielong Guo

“…Our way to update the parameters compared to the state of the art of the works is relatively better, as we employ a fast alternating direction method for multiplier (ADMM) algorithm that solves the parameters separately. …”
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Reliability Assessment of Steel-Concrete Composite Beams considering Metal Corrosion Effects by Trong-Ha Nguyen, Duy-Duan Nguyen

“…This kind of structure has some advantages such as fast fabrication time and optimized weight. However, designers are often concerned about the initial reliability, while over time the structural reliability will be reduced, especially due to metal corrosion. …”
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Predictive Power of Machine Learning for Optimizing Solar Water Heater Performance: The Potential Application of High-Throughput Screening by Hao Li, Zhijian Liu, Kejun Liu, Zhien Zhang

“…Fortunately, knowledge-based machine learning can provide a fast and precise prediction method for SWH performance. …”
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Fault-Tolerant Guidance of Rocket Vertical Landing Phase Based on MPC Framework by Jingqi Li, Yaosong Long, Mao Su, Lei Liu, Bo Wang, Zhongtao Cheng

“…First, we propose a piecewise guidance algorithm that combines a trajectory optimization algorithm based on convex optimization with the MPC framework. With the fast trajectory optimization algorithm and the MPC framework that recursively introduces the real-time state, this algorithm forms a robust closed loop. …”
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Automatic Classification of Normal and Cancer Lung CT Images Using Multiscale AM-FM Features by Eman Magdy, Nourhan Zayed, Mahmoud Fakhr

“…Computer-aided diagnostic (CAD) systems provide fast and reliable diagnosis for medical images. In this paper, CAD system is proposed to analyze and automatically segment the lungs and classify each lung into normal or cancer. …”
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