The Construction Countermeasures of Shallow-Buried Small Spacing Tunnel Undercrossing Cultural Relic Buildings: A Case Study by Li Wan, Jiajia Shen, Changan Zhang, Zanquan Lin, Hu Zhang

“…The results of numerical simulation and on-site construction monitoring showed that the overall deformation of aqueduct foundation generally increases first, then decreases and increases again, and finally tends to be stable. …”
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Sound Radiation and Vibration of Composite Panels Excited by Turbulent Flow: Analytical Prediction and Analysis by Joana Rocha

“…Smaller composite panels generally produced lower levels of sound and vibration than longer and wider composite panels. …”
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Why the Length of a Quantum String Cannot Be Lorentz Contracted by Antonio Aurilia, Euro Spallucci

“…We show how our results are consistent with (i) the generalized form of the uncertainty principle (GUP), (ii) the so-called hoop-conjecture, and (iii) the intriguing notion of “classicalization” of trans-Planckian physics. …”
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Flexural Behavior of Posttensioned Flat Plates Depending on Tendon Layout by Min Sook Kim, Young Hak Lee

“…The comparison between the test results and estimation by yield-line analysis generally showed good agreement.…”
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PEEP or No PEEP: That Is Not the Question by Jesús Villar, Arthur S Slutsky

“…Generally, positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) is applied to improve oxygenation, and has been shown to improve gas exchange and lung compliance in acute lung injury, but it is not without risk. …”
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s-Goodness for Low-Rank Matrix Recovery by Lingchen Kong, Levent Tunçel, Naihua Xiu

“…This class of optimization problems is generally 𝒩𝒫 hard. A popular approach replaces the rank function with the nuclear norm of the matrix variable. …”
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2019–2020 Florida Citrus Production Guide: Canopy Management by Tripti Vashisth, Mongi Zekri, Fernando M. Alferez

“… Tree canopy and bearing volume are two important factors in fruit production and fruit quality. Generally, trees with larger canopy and bearing volumes produce more fruit than smaller-canopy trees. …”
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Adnexal Torsion in the Third Trimester of Pregnancy After in Vitro Fertilization: A Case Report by İlker Selçuk, Gökhan Boyraz, İbrahim Esinler

“…Colour and power Doppler sonography may be useful for the early diagnosis. Adnexal torsion is generally due to ovarian stimulation treatment or ovarian masses in pregnancy. …”
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Ruptured Large Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor: A Case Report and Review of Literature by Javereeya Abdul Jabbar, Amr Elmekresh, Yousif Eltayeb

“…Here, we report a rare case of a previously healthy 50-year-old woman, with generalized abdominal pain and increased abdominal girth for over nine months. …”
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FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC FREEDOM AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: NEW EVIDENCE FROM TUNISIA by Zaïbi Oussama, Ahmed Hachicha, Fatma Hachicha

“… This article investigates the effect of financial development on economic growth conditions well-developed institutions in Tunisia as a case study during the period 1980-2014, using the generalized moment method (GMM) to analyze the panel data. …”
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Effects of Surface Roughness on the Locomotion of a Long-Tailed Lizard, Colobodactylus taunayi Amaral, 1933 (Gymnophthalmidae: Heterodactylini) by Elizabeth Höfling, Sabine Renous, Felipe Franco Curcio, André Eterovic, Pérsio de Souza Santos Filho

“…We analyzed the locomotor behavior of a long-tailed, forest floor, and leaf litter lizard, Colobodactylus taunayi, a species that retains the generalized Gymnophthalmidae Bauplan whilst presenting the discrete toe reduction associated with the Bachia-like pattern of limb reduction. …”
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Violence symbolique et résistances populaires by Ugo Palheta

“…This article reassesses the concept of « symbolic violence » which was introduced by Pierre Bourdieu in his works about school systems, and more generally as the French scholar tried to address the enigmatic character of the perpetuation of domination relations. …”
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2019–2020 Florida Citrus Production Guide: Grove Planning and Establishment by Christopher Vincent, Tripti Vashisth, Mongi Zekri, Ute Albrecht

“…This chapter addresses the most important decisions that should be made before and immediately after planting and refers to other chapters with more detailed information. Generally, the most important factors before planting fall into site selection and grove planning and preparation. …”
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Osmanlı Diplomasisinde Mihmandar Geleneği by Mustafa CAN

“…Since it is thought that the mihmandars represent the dignity of Ottoman State in the face of foreign guests, selection of mihmandars has been meticulous. Generally selected from the palace officials, mihmandars were interested in hosting the diplomatic guests coming to the Ottoman lands and their needs as long as they were in the country and providing the coordination between the institutions in this regard. …”
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Improving the Long-Term Mechanical Properties of Thermoplastic Short Natural Fiber Compounds by Using Alternative Matrices by Renato Lemos Cosse, Tobias van der Most, Vincent S. D. Voet, Rudy Folkersma, Katja Loos

“…The addition of fibers generally improved the mechanical properties but increased water absorption. …”
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American Studies in Norway: Historic Ideals and Contemporary Challenges by Cassandra Falke

“…The article closes with three generalizations about the landscape of American studies teaching in Norway today related to America as a political imaginary, internationalization within American studies as a discipline, and the presumed relationship between American literature and lived experience of the culture. …”
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Performance of Gel Treatments in Reservoirs with Multiscale Heterogeneity by Ji Ho Lee, Kun Sang Lee

“…Performance of gel treatment has been shown to depend on permeability distribution and permeability values, which are determined by correlation length, variance, and number of scales. Generally, spatially-correlated permeability fields generated with longer correlation length, higher variance, and multiscale lead to higher improvement in the performance of gel treatment. …”
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INTERBUDGETARY RELATIONS AND OPTIONS FOR SOLVING THE PROBLEMS OF BUDGET SUBSIDIES by I. V. Sugarova

“…The determining factors of the manifestation of subsidization, generalized on the basis of structural and functional reasons have been considered. …”
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Field and Laboratory Evaluation of Bioefficacy of an Insect Growth Regulator (Dimilin) as a Larvicide against Mosquito and Housefly Larvae by Shandala Msangi, Ester Lyatuu, Eliningaya J. Kweka

“…The laboratory and field evaluation used different rates of concentrations of these formulations. Generally, at higher dosages larvae developments, eggs hatchability and pupation were impossible. …”
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Enabling Dynamic Sensor Configuration and Cooperation in Opportunistic Activity Recognition Systems by Marc Kurz, Gerold Hölzl, Alois Ferscha

“…Opportunistic activity recognition as research discipline is characterized by the fact that human activities (and more generally the context) shall be recognized with sensors that are initially unknown to the system. …”
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